Singer Bamba Bakya, who has sung for composer A.R. Rahman in a few hit Tamil tracks, has passed away. He was 49. His most recent musical contribution was in the Ponni Nadhi number in Mani Ratnam ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) featured the Tagalog word “bakya” as its Word of the Day on Tuesday, marking its important contribution to Philippine English.

If you grew up in the 1970s or the 1980s, chances are you were part of the bakya crowd, the crowd that was "in" and hip and shod in Happy Feet sandals. Since then the wooden Happy Feets have given ...

The track includes voices of late legends Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed using AI technology. Rahman obtained permission and provided remuneration to their families. Directed by Aishwarya ...

In his album ‘Lal Salam’ he ‘brought back’ the voice of two well-known singers - Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed. This is the first time a music professional has used an AI voice model in ...

A R Rahman's team used AI software to recreate the voices of late singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for a track in Rajinikanth's film "Lal Salaam". Rahman obtained permission from the families ...

In time, every fad will be hated. That’s what I think happened to the bakya. I guess what they actually meant is that the bakya isn’t popular anymore; it is no longer the fad. With as much ...

Jannatul Bakya died in the collision in Oldbury Road, Smethwick, West Mids. at around 10.50pm on Saturday, July 28. The six-year-old was with her father heading to prayers at a local mosque and ...

While many were left divided on AR Rahman's decision to create the new Lal Salaam song, he added that the families of the singers were given remuneration. AR Rahman used AI (Artificial ...

AR Rahman uses AI voice models of late singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for ‘Lal Salaam’ song Rahman is happy that artificial intelligence technology, which is a hot button issue in the ...

A wooden sculpture of a brown-skinned youth with wooden bakya on his feet was chosen as the “model image” of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod to be brought to Rome. And the nose was made to ...

That the movie star, looked down upon as bakya by the literary elite of the day, was Joaquin's subject drew brickbats from those snobs. Nora Aunor on the cover of the July 11, 1970 issue of the ...