Asia’s Largest Bollywood Music Fest To Debut In Mumbai This September
This month will see Asia’s largest Bollywood music festival marking its debut in India. 9XM and 9X Jalwa are the media partners for the inaugural edition of the fest, called Bollywood Music Project (BMP).
This month will see Asia’s largest Bollywood music festival marking its debut in India. 9XM and 9X Jalwa are the media partners for the inaugural edition of the fest, called Bollywood Music Project (BMP). Here are some highlights of the event, which will be held on September 30 – October 1 at Jio Garden, BKC:
Bollywood’s first music festival with top Bollywood top music talent
● Mumbai’s first resident music festival
● Bollywood music showcased in an alternative experimental avatar
● Nationwide talent hunt to seek the opening act for Arijit Singh and Rekha Bhardwaj
● Over 20 artistes, 2 stages, 6 genres, 24 hours of experimental Bollywood music
● Festival evaluated to cost Rs 50 crore
● It will travel to other parts of the country and abroad countries within a 5-year period
● Tickets available exclusively on www.bookmyshow.com
The artistes participating in the fest include: Amit Trivedi, Arijit Singh, Rekha Bhardwaj, Badshah, Papon, Divya Kumar, Mohammed Irfan, Shefali Alvares, Hariharan, Sajid –Wajid and Sachin–Jigar among others.
One of the main features of the show is a talent hunt for aspiring singers, which began in the second week of August. Two winners (mainline and alternative) will get to perform at the fest. Contestants can submit their video entries online through the contest microsite. The entries will be evaluated by the advisory panel, and 20 shortlisted aspirants each will be called for a live audition in 4 cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. The winner will be selected by the panel based only on the online entries.
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