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 Leading edtech platform WhiteHat Jr on Friday launched live online classes in music -- starting with piano and guitar -- in India and the US, as the company aims to create a one-on-one music experience for kids to help them build confidence and boost their cognitive development. The company organised over 10,000 trials during the beta phase limited to paid WhiteHat Jr students, and has onboarded more than 800 trained music teachers to deliver one-to-one sessions, leveraging a custom-built music learning platform. "The online music learning is currently available for students from grade 1 to grade 12 in India and the US, with more countries to follow soon. We have hired a great pool of teachers and each of them went through 500 hours of training via our in-depth programme," Karan Bajaj, CEO and Founder, WhiteHat Jr, told IANS. "We are close to announcing a contract with a renowned music school that will help students further their interest in the music stream. Our next g

Hindi mainstream has served up a couple of songs lately that managed to grab eyeballs in an old-Bollywood way. The movies that feature the respective songs are lined up for OTT release, but that hasn't taken away the filmi touch. "Param sundari", filmed on Kriti Sanon in "Mimi", and "Chura ke dil mera 2.0" in "Hungama 2", bringing back Shilpa Shetty, have been trending upon release within a span of days from each other. The songs, dance numbers both, interestingly represent the two conflicting schools of thought in the music industry. "Param sundari" is an original song penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and scored by AR Rahman for Shreya Ghoshal. "Churake dil mera 2.0" credits Anu Malik as composer and is a remix of an old hit the composer created on Rani Malik's lyrics for the 1994 hit "Main Khiladi Tu Anari". These two numbers in no way herald a revival of Bollywood music, which in recent years has been weighe