Though Asha Bhosle and Khayyam were the cynosure of all eyes at the cassette release function of PolyGram’s Asha Aur Khayyam, music video director Ken Ghosh, sporting a mouche, too was basking in the glory. After all wasn’t he the director of the video, oops... videos (five in all!) for the album. According to Ken each video is interlinked, and together the five tell a story.

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RISHMA MALIK : MAKING NEWS
Channel [V]’s new VJ for [V] News is ex-Miss India Canada, Rishma Malik. Guess who chose her? The chaiwalla in the office. This is how it went. Rishma — smart girl that she is — screen-tested for both Channel [V] and MTV almost simultaneously.

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ASHA ON ASHA AUR KHAYYAM
Asha Bhosle is very excited about her new album, PolyGram’s Asha Aur Khayyam, which has entered the music charts within a week of its release. However, the legendary singer is distressed with the deteriorating state of the Urdu language and declining number of ghazal patrons...

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