Hi Guys,

We are experiencing a network outage right now as a result of which Dhingana Player will be unavailable for sometime. We will resume streaming as soon as the network comes back online.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thanks for your support.

Dhingana Team.

Update: We are back up

Already excited? Would you like to try it out before it launches?

Send a private mDing to Dhingana Dude & he will add you in the private beta. Who knows, the next time you listen to music on Dhingana, you might see the awesome new player…

Stay tuned… as we unleash the next generation music player …

Do you love to compile songs and create your own SmartLists? Even better do you like to make your SmartLists public and share them with the musical community on Dhingana? If so, here are a few steps you can follow to make sure your SmartList is loved by everyone in the community.

1. Give a very relevant and good name to your SmartList so that users know what songs they can expect to hear from your SmartList.
2. Add a good number of songs to your SmartList which go well with the SmartList name.
3. Always add a nice and meaningful photo and description to your SmartLists. HINT: Only SmartLists with ‘photos’ appear on the home page.
4. Once you have created your SmartList, use the “share” button on the SmartList page and share it with your friends. You can also mDing your friends and tell them about your new SmartList.
5. Always keep and eye on & reply back to any comments you might get on your SmartList.

Hope this helps!

Hi Guys,

We had a server crash today as a result of which a few user uploaded pictures & all user uploaded thumbnails got deleted from our servers

We are currently working on recovering the lost data from our hard drives. This might take a few days as we are sending the hard drive over to the experts to work on this. We might be successful in getting the data back or we might lose it.

In the mean time our musical life should move on. We request and encourage our users to please re-upload their profile pictures and SmartList pictures in the meantime…

Lets make Dhingana colorful again.

Extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thanks for your support in this matter.

Dhingana Team.

Wish you all a very Happy and Colorful Holi…

This Holi we have introduced a fun way to wish your friends on Dhingana - Colorful mDings..!!

To wish your friends , just type your message in the mDing text box and click on the “Wish Holi !” button.

This will add a splash of colors to your friend’s profile…

By now you must have received a “Happy Holi” mDing from Dhingana Dude …

So go ahead, spray some colors on your friends this festive season and wish them a Happy and Vibrant Holi.

Here is a special logo for this great occasion…




and here is a cool Holi Public SmartList created by Mangesh Garud - Holi Hain

Enjoy this classic universal Holi song as well…



Cheers,

Dhingana Team.

In our effort to create one of the most entertaining multimedia based platform for the South Asian community, we have taken yet another major step of intergrating YouTube videos on Dhingana. Yes! you can now enjoy those amazing music, bollywood, gossip, trailors and movie clips right from Dhingana. On every album page just below the songs, you will now see Related Videos being displayed. Clicking on the video will open the video in an overlaid video player right on the same page - so you don’t have to leave Dhingana. Here is a screen shot for you to checkout.

We query YouTube in real time for each movie or album and get 10 related videos for you. We then rotate these videos in a strip of 5 videos every 10 seconds. This will allow you to enjoy more related videos everytime.

So keep a watch on these cool videos while you enjoy music. Since we get these videos from YouTube in real time, there is high chance that you can enjoy different videos everytime you come to Dhingana.

Maha Shivratri or Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri or Sivaratri (Night of Shiva) is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month Maagha (as per Shalivahana) or Phalguna (as per Vikrama) in the Hindu Calendar. The most significant practices on this day are offerings of Bael (Bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva, fasting and all night long vigil. In North India and Nepal many people consume bhang lassi, which they believe is lord Shiva’s favorite drink. (more here).

To celebrate this great day, one of our “Famous SmartList Owners“, Shraddha Pandey, has created a great SmartList called “On the Occassion of MahaShivratri“. She has also created a really good Public mGreeting called Happy MahaShivratri.

Check it out and if you like it, give it a thumbs up and don’t forget to send a nice mDing to Shraddha Pandey on her profile.

Have a great musical Maha Shivratri..

Did you see the Filmfare 2008 awards? If you missed it, here is a quick run through some major winners. You can enjoy all the winning movies right here on Dhingana.

• Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan (Chak De India)
• Best Actress - Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
• Best Director - Aamir Khan(Taare Zameen Par)
• Best Movie - Taare Zameen Par
• Best Music - A R Rahman (Guru)
• Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi…Maa (Taare Zameen Par)
• Best Playback Singer - Shaan…Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
• Best Playback Sinder (Female) - Shreya Ghosal …Yeh Ishq Hai (Jab We Met)

And here is some real action




For the last couple of days we were busy investigating the issue where hundreds of thousands of user created Public SmartLists and Public mGreetings were negatively rated - intentionally. We would like to inform all the Public SmartLists and mGreeting owners that we have successfully detected the malicious accounts and the bad/negative ratings for all such SmartLists and mGreetings have now been reverted.

So please go ahead and enjoy the world of Public SmartLists and Public mGreetings with peace of mind while we will continue to keep an eye on them

Cheers,

Dhingana Team.