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Once upon a time, the Bollywood Music industry used to have a strong prescence of independent music, but sadly over time, the independent music scene has steadily declined. Now, thankfully, this is all set to change! One of Bollywood’s finest rappers and musicians Arya Acharya has recently launched his own talent company ‘Arya Entertainment’ and with it, he is also launching his first independent song ‘Albeliya’.

Rapper & Music Producer Arya Acharya

Arya, has worked with many composers within the Bollywood music industry and notably with the multi-talented Himesh Reshammiya. They have collaborated together on popular tracks such as ‘Chhed De Pyar Di Baat’ from the highest-selling album of all time ‘Aap Kaa Surroor’ and more recently ‘Punjabi Mast’ in Action Jackson. Arya has also rapped on the soundtrack of the Ganesh Acharya directorial debut ‘Hey Bro’, as well as performing with international icon Akon!

‘Albeliya’ is the first song ready for release.

Music Director, Singer, Actor and Producer Himesh Reshammiya celebrates his birthday today, 23rd July! We take a look at his year so far, and his forthcoming projects in this special birthday post!

The beginning of 2015 saw Himesh emerge as a singer with the energetic dance number ‘Bulbul’ for the Ganesh Acharya film Hey Bro. This was the first time Himesh sang for Music Directors Nitz n Sony and ‘Bulbul’ was much loved by all!

After Bulbul, Himesh performed a series of concerts across India and internationally too. Performing in cities such as Lucknow, Balasore, Goa and more recently Gandhinagar and Baerilly, Himesh continued to emerge as one of the most loved performing artists in India. Himesh also completed a successful mini international tour with 3 dates in Fiji and New Zealand at the end of May and was accompanied by popular and talented singer Aman Trikha and newbie Akasa Singh (India...

As the release of Akshay Kumar- Sidharth Malhotra starrer intense-looking movie Brothers comes closer, we bring you 8 more movies which was not only about the special relationship you share with a brother, but also had the word 'Brothers' in their title. Take a look...

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Imran Khan and Ali Zafar played the cool brothers in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

Hello Brother

Even though real-life brothers Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan did not play brothers on reel in the movie, their relationship was as cute as brothers!

Hey Bro

Ganesh Acharya and Maninder Singh played unique brothers in Hey Bro.

My Brother Nikhil

Juhi Chawla played a supportive sister to Sanjay Suri in the movie that was about a brother dealing with AIDS.

Big Brother

Sunny Deol, played the role of a supportive brother to an acid-attack victim in Big Brother.

After we gave you a collection...

‘Aao ji Bauji, Dil se Dil Milao Ji, Agaya Hain Dekho Bodyguard, Bodyguard…’ we have all heard and enjoyed the title song of Bodyguard, but if we were to say the name Arya Acharya, would you know, that he is the voice behind the word ‘Bodyguard’ that featured in the song? Arya is a well-known Bollywood rapper who has worked extensively alongside top musicians in the industry.

In this exclusive interview, BollySpice brings you the chance to get to know the rapper beyond his rap (!) and learn about his thoughts of the Bollywood music industry, how he became a rapper, including his inspirations and aspirations.

Congratulations on the success of your latest songs Punjabi Mast (Action Jackson) & Birju (Hey Bro). How has your journey in the Bollywood music industry been so far?

Thank you so much Jem! Of my 15 years in the Indian Film and Music industry, I have sung...

The recently released Ganesh Acharya movie Hey Bro has definitely been appreciated for its music by the audience. The songs ‘Mera Gaana Baja De DJ’, ‘Birju’ and ‘Bulbul’ are climbing their way up the charts as we speak. The song video for ‘Birju’ features many Bollywood greats such as Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Ranveer Singh. BollySpice brings you an exclusive interview with the Music Directors of Hey Bro ‘Nitz n Sony’ aka Nitin Arora and Sony Chandy. Read on to find out how they conceived the music of the film and learn about their ‘fairly’ unusual background before they became Music Directors in the Bollywood industry!

Congratulations on the success of the music of Hey Bro! Please share with us your journey so far in the Bollywood music industry.

Both: Both of us are self taught (and still learning!) musicians with no formal training or family background in music.