Actress and social activist Shabana Azmi, a self-confessed "non singer", will be heard singing in her forthcoming award winning English film,  Loins of Punjab Presents  . The film has just won the Best Feature Film Award at the 65th Annual First Run Film Festival

"Since I played a person who sings the song Chura liya Hai Dil Ko from the Hindi film Yaadon Ki Baraat , Manish Acharya (film director) was insistent that I should sing the song myself. I am a bathroom singer and have never trained in music, formally," said the National Award winning actress in an informal tete-a-tete on Friday with surfers on Indiatimes chat.

Life is the inspiration for most song writers. Well, at least for Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, who’s also known by her stage name M.I.A. (expanded to read ‘Missing In Acton/Action’). The Sri Lankan-British rapper-song-writer’s second studio album “Kala” is as hard-hitting as her first “Arula,” and has earned her glowing reviews and a five-star status from The Guardian and The Rolling Stone magazine, and is fast climbing the international charts.

In an interview with Hyderabad Times, firebrand filmmaker Rakesh Sharma shares his views on his National Award and talks about his future

It’s an irony many would find it hard to understand. Rakesh Sharma’s much talked about documentary Final Solution, which was banned by the Censor Board, has got this year’s National Award (Special Jury Award).