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Azmi's prolific career involved numerous awards for his poems and lyrics. These include three Filmfare awards for ‘Garam Hawa’ in 1973, Padma Shri Award for Literature and Education in 1974, and India’s highest literary honors — Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. Azmi is also known for his work in Heer Ranjha, Kaagaz Ke Phool, etc. … [Read more...] about Kaifi Azmi’s 101st birth anniversary: Here are some of his best Bollywood songs

Google Doodle of the Day: Google remembers Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau on his birth anniversary Google Doodle of the day: Google dedicates today's doodle to pioneering psychiatrist Herbert Kleber Google Doodle of the Day: Google celebrates its 21st birthday with a retro Doodle … [Read more...] about Google Doodle celebrates Kaifi Azmi’s 101st birth anniversary: Here are some of his best Bollywood songs

Some of the most exciting work in animation is coming from the independent sector, a place that is less risk-averse than the major studios. “You can’t out-Pixar Pixar,” David Jesteadt, president of indie animation distributor GKids, told Fast Company in a previous interview. “These studios are so good at creating films that are meaningful to incredibly broad audiences. And while I think that they create great films with that mandate, that does provide some natural limitations in terms of the kind of things that you can do before you start worrying about narrowing the potential audience.” … [Read more...] about ‘Frozen 2’ got snubbed by the Oscars—and that’s a good thing

Scott Snibbe, the interactive media artist behind the MoMA-acquired Bjork Biophilia app, saw untapped creative and business potential in the millions of fans obsessed with making DIY music videos. “It’s really hard to make a good fan music video,” Snibbe says in a phone interview. “One video can take people hours or days to shoot.” … [Read more...] about This App Lets You Make Professional-Looking Fan Videos With Your Smartphone

Daniels and his collaborators, the team over at The Data Face, analyzed the lyrics in 50,000 songs by 500 artists who have appeared on the Billboard Rap Chart to figure out the most common words appearing in hip-hop lyrics. Then, they performed the same analysis on almost 276,000 songs from all genres except hip-hop and compared the two. Daniels was most interested in sleuthing the most common words in hip-hop that aren’t common in other styles. … [Read more...] about Visualizing What Makes Rap Lyrics So Unique