~Celebrating 25 years of credible, dedicated & path breaking news broadcasting~ NDTV honored 25 Greatest Global Living Indian Legends

~Celebrating 25 years of credible, dedicated & path breaking news broadcasting~
NDTV honored 25 Greatest Global Living Indian Legends   
NDTV also hosted a Global Summit – SOLUTIONS

A pioneer in India’s news television, NDTV today marked its 25 years of credible, dedicated and path breaking news broadcasting by acknowledging 25 Greatest Global Indian Living Legends for their outstanding contribution. For the first time ever, the Nation witnessed the coming together of twenty five Indian Living Legends on the centre stage. The legends were acknowledged and felicitated by the Honourable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at an awards ceremony held by NDTV at the Rashtriyapati Bhawan.

NDTV’s 25 Greatest Global Indian Living Legends

o    Amitabh Bachchan

o    Anish Kapur

o    Amartya Sen

o    A R Rahman

o    CNR Rao

o    Ela Bhatt

o    Fali Nariman

o    Indira Nooyi

o    Hari Prasad Chaursia

o    Kapi Dev

o    Leander Paes

o    M S Swaminathan

o    Mukesh Ambani

o    N R Narayanmurthy

o    Rajinikanth

o    Ratan Tata

o    Sachin Tendulkar

o    Dr SS Badrinath

o    S H Raza

o    Shahrukh Khan

o    Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

o    Vikram Seth

o    Waheeda Rehman

o    Y K Hamied

o    Zubin Mehta

Launched in November 1988, NDTV has become synonymous with credible news. Its first show, 'The World This Week' opened country’s eyes to the world in a way it had never seen before. What was one small step for a company called New Delhi Television Ltd was one giant leap for the Indian broadcasting industry. Together with a 1500 plus strong team of reporters and producers around the country today, the network has been instrumental in building the company’s brand and strength of news delivery. Incisive and creative, NDTV targets the global Indian with news that is credible, true and fast.It is currently the only English News Channel from India which is beamed in the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius and most of the SAARC Countries to reach out to the Indian Diaspora.

Pankaj Kapoor, who saw Shahid Kapoor get his infectious smile back on his face as his film R..Rajkumar recorded a very good Box Office opening, has had an extremely emotional weekend.

Pankaj Kapoor, who saw Shahid Kapoor get his infectious smile back on his face as his film R..Rajkumar recorded a very good Box Office opening, has had an extremely emotional weekend.

Pankaj had reached out to Shahid Kapoor and was the first one to celebrate the success of R…Rajkumar. The veteran actor was often heard saying that Shahid only needs a good film and he would bounce back in a big way. Pankaj had always believed in Shahid’s potential and strongly felt that it would be recognized and would be applauded for the talent he has. Now it seems that Shahid Kapoor’s luck has smiled upon the actor. His hard work has come through. Shahid Kapoor, with the success of R…Rajkumar has bounced back and how.

His film has recorded a very good weekend and held fabulously during the week. The film has performed wonderfully across the mass belts and across India. He is the only young star to try a mass film like this and garner audience acceptance. Audiences in the single screens have been whistling and cheering Shahid's performance and dance. He surely has won a new fan base as his audience was till now largely coming from multiplexes. The actor has generated a whole new fan-base for himself with the audiences loving and accepting him in this whole new avatar.

Shahid Kapoor, being one of the most talented actors in the industry has gained immense appreciation with his performance in the film R…Rajkumar. The actor is currently working on Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider opposite Shraddha Kapoor.

‘The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug’ got off to good start at the Indian Box office, raking in INR 5.1 crores.

‘The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug’ got off to good start at the Indian Box office, raking in INR 5.1 crores.

The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug

3D screens – 213

2D screens – 74

Total – 287 screens

GBO –  INR 5.1 crores

Abhay Deol, who turns producer with his upcoming film One by Two has started his production house with a philosophy in mind. Going forward, the actor turned producer will be seen giving a chance and launching new writers, directors and actors.

Abhay Deol, who turns producer with his upcoming film One by Two has started his production house with a philosophy in mind. Going forward, the actor turned producer will be seen giving a chance and launching new writers, directors and actors.

Abhay Deol has himself walked on a lesser taken route in his acting career by choosing to work with a lot of new comer director in the industry like Imtiaz Ali in Socha na Tha, Navdeep Singh in Manorama Six Feet under, Reema Kagti in Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. and other debut directors like Shivam Nair.

The actor feels lucky that he has found good talent for himself each time when he was into acting. Now Abhay Deol wants to get new writer, director, actor talent and give them a new platform to showcase their work.

He is keen on creating new age cinema which is neither on the commercial side nor arty. It is something that he calls ‘middle of the road’ cinema. Abhay Deol has always gone by his gut feeling for acting and he wants to continue this with his production house.

Even in One By Two, Abhay Deol was not supposed to be a part of the cast but the team strongly felt that he fits in the lead actor character perfectly.

Abhay Deol says, "I would really like my production house to be a creative hub where new talent gets launched. We would love to work with as many new writers, directors and actors."

So much so that the audience have started searching for “Dhoom 3 full songs” and “Dhoom 3 complete songs” on various search engines.

The songs of Dhoom 3 which have been recently released has caught upon by the audience and how. Even when the makers have only given out the 30 seconder teaser promos of each song, it has created immense hype amongst the audience and are now wanting to watch the entire video of all the songs. 

 

So much so that the audience have started searching for “Dhoom 3 full songs” and “Dhoom 3 complete songs” on various search engines.The search has been done so frequently, that these engines immediately throw up the data when one types Dhoom 3 full song. 

Audiences are searching for the entire video of the song online. However, the marketing plan of the film has been such that the makers are creating immense mystery around the content. Even though the 30 seconder teaser promos have been really liked by the audience, they still can’t get enough of it.

Dhoom 3 which is regarded as the biggest release of 2013 has left no stone unturned in respect with it’s marketing and promotion.

From the very start, Dhoom 1 and Dhoom 2 have been extremely liked by the audience. Not neglecting the fact that the tracks of both these film were equally loved. However this time, the makers have come up with an entire unique strategy. Audiences will only get to witness a 30 seconder teaser cut of all the tracks in the film. This only makes the viewers more curious and eager to get a firsthand experience of the tracks in the theater hall.
  

In order to experience the entire song, audiences will have to catch the movie in the theaters which is set to release on 20th December.

Manoj narrowly escapes a grave accident

Manoj narrowly escapes a grave accident

 

 

    Manoj Bajpayee recently had a jittery experience at the wheel, while shooting for an action sequence in his upcoming film Traffic. 
    The actor had apparently witnessed a gruesome car accident as a child and has not been able to forget it. In fact, so scared is he of car accidents that he has strictly instructed his driver to adhere to the speed limit of 70 kmph. Also, Manoj learnt driving only recently. So, it was with greatdifficulty that he mustered the courage to be in the driver’s seat. 
    The scene required him to drive at breakneck speed. And then, what he feared happened. Says a source, “Manoj had a narrow escape. The scene required him to take a sharp turn at high speed. He would have flipped across, had he not pressed the brakes at the last minute, bringing the car to a screeching halt. His presence of mind saved the day.”

First look Launch of the film Hasee Toh Phasee

NDTV's SOLUTIONS, a GLOBAL SUMMIT conducted as part of NDTV's 25 years celebration

When Arshad Warsi turned into a real life hero during Mr. Joe B Carvalho!

When Arshad Warsi turned into a real life hero during Mr. Joe B Carvalho!

Versatile Actor Arshad Warsi will soon be seen in the upcoming detective comedy film ‘Mr. Joe B Carvalho’ which is all set to tickle your bones with a combination of action, drama and a comedy of errors!

The film which has some scenes which are shot in the outskirts of Bangalore had a life changing experience for Arshad.

What we hear is that Arshad & Soha had a particular scene in which they had to drive a jeep  in the Ghats, the actor who has good control over the car managed to save a life of a commoner who out of nowhere came in front of the jeep.

The source close to the team, “It was really scary as Arshad was driving the jeep , along with Soha by his side and we had one jeep in front at a distance where the cameras were placed & suddenly a man appeared before their Jeep, Arshad had his presence of mind and quickly moved the jeep in another direction, for a moment. We all panicked as it was the Ghats. But later everything fell in place. The man was middle aged and was in search for one of his animal from the cattle which was running”

The entire crew expressed their extreme gratitude to Arshad Warsi who prevented what may have shaped up to be a highly tragic event!

Produced by Bhola Ram Malviya & Shital Malviya and Directed by Samir Tiwari

Mr. Joe B Carvalho starring Arshad Warsi, Soha Ali Khan, Javed Jaffrey, the film releases on 3^rd January, 2014!!