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Sony Music and Eros International tie up with Raanjhanna
MUMBAI: Eros International Media Limited has once again collaborated with Sony Music, to present the music Raanjhanaa. It is a romantic story starring Sonam Kapoor and south Indian actor Dhanush (of Kolavari Di fame) that will highlight the essence of love and simplicity.
Sony Music will distribute and promote the music of the movie across all physical and digital platforms. The Hindi and Tamil original sound track of Raanjhanaa will be distributed under the co-branding of Sony Music and Eros Music labels.
Set in the streets of Delhi and Varanasi, Raanjhanaa‘s music is composed by Oscar Winner A R Rahman.
Sony Music Entertainment India MD Sanujeet Bhujabal said, "We are delighted to be associated with Eros International for its second release of this year. The trailer of Raanjhana was released recently and has already accumulated a huge response. We are extremely confident that AR Rahman‘s music will connect hugely with the music fans at all levels."
Eros International Media president business development Kumar Ahuja added, "We are very happy to align with Sony Music and follow up the success of Go Goa Gone with Raanjhanaa. Raanjhanaa has a magical score by A R Rahman which will definitely strike a chord with listeners and we are looking forward to the response to the album".
Goa Goa Gone‘s music is already out across all platforms while Raanjhanaa‘s music will be available in the coming weeks.
Hindi
Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
