JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ LAUNCHES THE BODY SHOP'S NEW PULSE BOUTIQUE IN MUMBAI

ENJOY THE SEASON OF LOVE! VISIT THE NEW THE BODY SHOP PULSE BOUTIQUE STORE TO ENJOY LUXURIOUS VALENTINE'S DAY TREATS

Mumbai, 30th January, 2015: Jacqueline Fernandez, brand ambassador, The Body Shop, unveiled the season of love with the launch of The Body Shop's new Pulse boutique at Palladium Mall

With its interactive themes focused on beauty and community, beautiful interiors, pampering products, exclusive makeovers and indulgent beauty treats-the new Pulse boutique is all set to provide true Valentine’s Day celebrations to its customers this season. 

Beautiful and vivacious Jacqueline Fernandez was thrilled to launch the New Pulse store and Valentine's day celebrations. “Valentine's Day is approaching and millions across the world will look to present their loved ones with candy, flowers, and chocolates! But this time I plan to do it different! I am here to launch this new store and enjoy wonderful Valentine's Day pampering treats with all of you. This new The Body Shop Pulse Boutique is just the perfect place to do all my Valentine's Day shopping.”

Varun Sharma General Manager The Body Shop India says, “This is our new store in the ground floor at Courtyard in Palladium. This beautiful boutique is wonderfully spacious, innovative and interactive for our customers. We have launched this store in time for Valentine's Day with gorgeous gifts, delectable bath & body ranges, innovative skincare products and seductive fragrances everything to fulfil Valentine's day wishes this season.”

Jacqueline also launched the new unique and intense fragrance Red Musk™, a smoldering blend of spiced musk with hot notes of pepper, cinnamon and tobacco. The new incredible fragrance is created by one of the world's most talented perfumers 'Corinne Cachen'. The scent adds a red-hot note to the scandalous fragrance history of The Body Shop.

Raving about the new scandalous fragrance from The Body Shop, brand ambassador Jacqueline Fernandez said, “A good fragrance should have a certain personality and The Body Shop's Red Musk™ perfume is just intriguingly irresistible. The bold and sensual tones evoke a mysterious allure and this unconventional scandal in a bottle is definitely going to be in my hand bag at all the times to spice up my day. This is a perfect gift for the season of love.”

Adding to Jacqueline, the General Manager of The Body Shop India - Varun Sharma, said “We have pioneered in cruelty free fragrances by creating the first man-made musk. Instead of using the perfume industry's standard ingredient gathered from deer, we broke the rules and shaped the future of scent in the process. With the success of White Musk in the past we are confident that the New Red Musk Collection will be a hot favourite with all for its dramatic sensuality and animal cruelty free ingredients.”

ABOUT THE BODY SHOP

At The Body Shop, we believe true beauty comes from the heart. For us, beauty is much more than a pretty face. It's about feeling good and doing good, too. The Body Shop products are created using the finest ingredients sourced from the four corners of the globe, which are not tested on animals and are 100% vegetarian. We harness the skills of artisan farmers and add our expertise to create fabulous and effective beauty products that are wonderful to use.

Birdman review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Birdman

review by

ANIZ FILMVALA

***** 

Broadway life backstage and live has been bought into cinema halls with chimera of velocity and the credit entirely goes to two mastermind’s cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and Mexican Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

They have used the illusion of cinematic approach to get the right feel of the behavioral prototypes of frenzy Broadway culture. The camera delves continuously without any cuts [advance technology at work] at an impossible protracted endurance capturing every moment of the actors expression and brings the regale atmosphere with traditional cinema frames. Add to the gaiety is the next invincible hero of the film a musician who plays drums for the background score Is also peerless at the moments when vital.

Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) a washed out Hollywood actor forgotten for his legendary superhero image of Birdman. Now in present attempts to be in vogue by producing and acting in a play, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" with host of his co actor Laura (Andrea Riseborough) and first-time Broadway actress Lesley (Naomi Watts) and his daughter Sam (Emma Stone} serves as his assistant, a freak accident at the sets happen to replace actor with none other than a volatile method actor Mike (Edward Norton).

As the first previews go disastrously off beam, Riggan blames Mike for stealing the limelight with his own lines. As the day of the final preview comes closer, Riggan sees Sam and Mike flirting, disappointed he accidentally locks himself out of the theater thus leaving his night gown at the door and walks away in his underwear through Times Square to get back inside. This act of his doesn’t go well with a veteran critic Tabitha and promises him to kill his play with bad reviews.

The film gives high-quality scope to all the characters to portray their talent with flamboyance with no inhibition left as to prove their brilliance. There is no doubt about the Academy Nominations in the different category the film has garnered.


Cast
Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson / Birdman
Edward Norton as Mike Shiner
Emma Stone as Sam Thomson
Naomi Watts as Lesley
Zach Galifianakis as Jake
Andrea Riseborough as Laura
Amy Ryan as Sylvia Thomson
Lindsay Duncan as Tabitha Dickinson
Merritt Wever as Annie
Jeremy Shamos as Ralph
Frank Ridley as Mr. Roth
Katherine O'Sullivan as Costume Assistant
Damian Young as Gabriel

Katrina to start shooting for Fitoor in Kashmir

Katrina Kaif is going to start shooting for Fitoor in Kashmir. She will be leaving for Kashmir this week.

The talented actor will be joining the Fitoor team during the second schedule of the film.

The team was in Kashmir shooting in November and December but Katrina will be joining them only now.

The team got to experience the autumn in Kashmir in the earlier schedule but Katrina will be going now during acute winter.

She is looking forward to the same however the crew has asked her to brace up and be prepared for the extreme climatic conditions there.

Stylish Shraddha Kapoor

From the young college look to the classy red carpet look, Sharddha Kapoor can carry off any look with elegance.

With her slim frame and beautiful features, the actress is able carry off any kind of outfit beautifully.

The young actress has the personality and grace to carry off various designs with ease.

She has her own sense of style and dresses according to the occasion and is comfortable in a wide range of clothes.

From dresses and shorts to gowns and ethnic Indian wear, Shraddha wears different outfits depending on the event.

She walked the red carpet in a glamorous avatar and attended award shows in formal evening gowns.

While for her film promotions and events Shraddha is seen in a chic avatar. She keeps it casual with shorts, skirts, dresses and jeans.

Designers find it easy to dress Shraddha as she can carry off any kind of outfit.

Shraddha has had an exceptional 2014 with commercial success in Ek Villan and critical acclaim with Haider. She was immensely appreciated for her beautiful performances last year.

Shraddha is currently busy shooting for her next film ABCD 2. 

SAB TV pays tribute to India’s greatest storyteller, cartoonist R.K. Laxman

Watch Best of ‘R K Laxman Ki Duniya’ this Saturday only on SAB TV

Mumbai, 28th Jan 2015: Best known for his creation ‘The Common Man’, Padma Vibhushan R.K. Laxman’s passing is a great loss to the country and the creative world. His celebrated character, that of a meek and silent common man, perfectly captured the idiosyncrasies of life and politics in India. R.K. Laxman’s opinions and thoughts on life as we know it in India not only was immortalised through his cartoons but on television too through R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya.

SAB TV’s R K Laxman Ki Duniya which was based on the books and works of R K Laxman, attempted to capture episodes and incidents involving happenings in the life of The Common Man.  The show represented the character’s hopes, aspirations, troubles, and weaknesses in day-to-day life as depicted by R.K Laxman over the years. As an expression of gratitude and to honour the eminent cartoonist, SAB TV brings back R.K Laxman Ki Duniya this Saturday from 11:30am to 1:30pm.

                                                                                                                                                                                      

Mr. Anooj Kapoor, Senior Executive VP & Business Head SAB TV said, “India will definitely miss R.K. Laxmansaab, his blunt and honest depiction of Indian way of life is what kept the humour alive in daily newspaper reading. With ‘R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya’, we wanted to immortalise his ideas and thoughts on Indian television too. SAB TV has always believed in presenting our viewers with real, innovative and fresh concepts with a comical twist. His ‘Common Man’ series fitted perfectly in line with the content proposition of our channel.”

SAB TV is India’s leading light-hearted family entertainment channel and the fact that R K Laxman’s cartoons was always able to take a light-hearted view of serious issues made R. K. Laxman Ki Duniya a perfect fit for the channel. The series which was produced by J D Majethia (Hats Off Productions)and Dharmesh Mehta (NamanRaj Productions Pvt. Ltd featured prominent artists like Atul Parchure essaying the common man, Vandana Pathak as his wife, Deepak Ghirwale as the retired Sanskrit teacher and many more.

‘R K Laxman ki Duniya’ exclusively on SAB TV! Revisit the animated life and experience the nostalgia this Saturday, 31^st Jan, back-to-back episodes from 11:30am to 1:30pm.

About R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya

R. K. Laxman Ki Duniya focuses on the character of Common Man who is a silent spectator of marching time and confronts India's latest heartbreak with a kind of wry resignation. The meek and silent Common man character, a witness to everything, scheming politicians, gossiping housewives and rapacious bureaucrats, has been hugely successful because it represents us - Indians.

About SAB TV -

SAB is a part of the network of Television channels owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. SAB is India’s only family comedy entertainment channel with a core brand promise of ‘Asli Mazaa SAB ke Saath Hai’. SAB with its impressive line-up of innovative programs and light-hearted content ranging from daily family comedy to path breaking concepts like silent comedy is dedicated to promoting an enjoyable “family-viewing” experience. Its current programming mix includes Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Chidiyaghar, Baal Veer, Yam Hain Hum, Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hai and The Great Indian Family Drama. For its differentiated programming and healthy entertainment SAB has also won the Brand Leadership award in media & entertainment space.

Bhushan Kumar's ROY topping music charts

After BABY which is doing successful business at box office and received a lot of critic acclamation, is scoring high with ROY. The trailer of ROY that crossed 3 million views on YouTube in just 3 days of its release and today sees around 6 million views is already topping the music charts.  

ROY which is one of the most anticipated thriller film this year stars Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez. The music of the film that was launched digitally on 11th Jan is topping the music charts across channels, radio and digital platforms. The first song Sooraj Dooba Hai is no.1 everywhere due to its catchy tune which is easy to groove to. Composed by Amaal Mallik & sung by Arijit Singh and Aditi Singh Sharma, the song has crossed 6 million viewership already and is the party anthem for the youth this season. Making its place in the top 5 is also, Tu Hai Ki Nahi sung and composed by Ankit Tiwari featuring Ranbir Kapoor is about nostalgia which takes you to another level!!  If the first song was a party number their second track Tu Hai Ki Nahi is soulful and sooths your deep thoughts. The next song that is gripping the audience is Jacqueline Fernandez's dance number Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan composed by Meet Bros Anjjan and sung by 'Babydoll' Kanika Kapoor.

T-Series recently released the last two songs from the album, both the songs Boond Boond and Yaara Re composed by Ankit Tiwari are of extremely different genres. Where Boond Boond is a soft sensuous romantic track  featuring Arjun and Jacqueline romancing, Yaara is a song that speaks about heartbreak, longing for your loved one and soothing sung by KK. Says producer Bhushan Kumar, "We were bullish about the music from day one because we knew we had a good album in hand. I'm happy that our conviction has paid off."  

Special screening of Hawaizaada- a starry affair

Thursday night witnessed a starry affair at a suburban multiplex where the much anticipated movie Hawaizaada premiered. With multiple shows slotted for guests, stars walked in through the evening to watch the movie. Some of the guests were Huma Qureishi, Sudhir Mishra, Anand L Rai, Resul Pookutty, Rannvijay, Cyrus, Siddharth Mahadevan, Mohit Chauhan and Raghu Ram amongst many others.

Interestingly the last to walk in were the stars of the movie Ayushmann Khurana and Pallavi Sharda, who were heading back from Delhi and walked indirectly from the airport.

Mithun Chakrobarthy was conspicuous by his absence. We hear he feared it would be like a jinx to attend a pre release date screening.

Director Vibhu Puri was seen beaming through the night, however his mentor Sanjay Leela Bhansali got caught up and was unable to attend.

Hosted by producers Vishal Gurnani, Rajesh Banga and Kamlesh Bhanushali of Trilogic Digital Media were seen welcoming friends and family members.

All in all, the screening was a gala affair with stars showering their best wishes to the debutant director Vibhu and talented Ayushman Khurana.

”Hey Bro”, a tale of Judwaa with a Twist

  

Pushpa Krishna Creation Present a Comedy-Drama

”Hey Bro”, a tale of Judwaa with a Twist

Directed by Ajay Chadhok  Starring Ganesh Acharya,Maninder,Nupur Sharma,Hanif Hilal and Prem Chopra

The trailer of Hey Bro has garnered a lot of positive responses from the film fraternity as well as the audiences, they also launched a promotional song “Birju”featuring  Amitabh Bachchan,Ajay Devgn,Akshay Kumar,Hrithik Roshan,Ranveer  Singh and Prabhudheva  which has  created quite a buzz on social media for its unique lyrics and rap. The song revolves around its catchy one liner “Birju…Maa ke kangan wapis karde re”, in which all the actors are seen asking the un-revealed character ‘Lala’ to return the Kangan. Singers Mika Singh and Udit Narayan have lent their voices to the song.

The first look poster of Hey Bro had Ganesh Acharya and Manindar looking in a fun Avatar, which set the tone of the movie. The song Birju has already made it one of the most-talked about songs  on social media platforms and topping the charts already.

Ganesh Acharya is an Indian National award winner choreographer and occasional film actor .Last seen in a cameo in Remo D’Souza’s ABCD ,will now be seen in upcoming movie  Hey Bro. Directed by Ajay Chandhok the film stars Ganesh Acharya, Maninder and Nupur Sharma in lead roles with  Music by Nitz 'N' Sony(Nitin Arora & Sony Chandy). 

Hey Bro is about Gopi(Ganesh Acharya) who lives with his grandfather(Prem Chopra) in a small village. One day his grandfather tells him that he has a twin brother who stays in Mumbai. Unlike the usual Bollywood twin brothers movies, Hey Bro is a movie with a twist as Gopi’s twin brother Shiv (Played by Manindar) looks totally opposite to him.

Clearly the verdict is out; people have been loving the trailer and the song “Birju”.

Directed by Ajay Chadhok  Starring Ganesh Acharya,Manindar,Nupur Sharma,Hanif Hilal and Prem Chopra,Hey Bro releases on 27^th February 2015,and  is produced by Vidhi Acharya.

"Akshara's look had to stand out" says R.Balki

 Akshara Haasan who makes her big Bollywood debut in R.Balki's Shamitabh alongside Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and National award winner Dhanush is anything but conventional and director R.Balki chose to present that uniqueness to audiences as the spunky,young actress makes her foray into Hindi cinema.

The actress who sports a pixie cut and an all-black attire in the entertainer, went through 12 lookstests before locking in on one - In an industry where sporting short locks is looked upon as a taboo, Aksharadared to be different and chose a pixie cut that is creating trends on the international front with Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence ,Anne Hathway and Kiera Knightley sporting the look.

Says Akshara, " A lot of people had reservations about me chopping my hair and sporting a really short pixie - They also do not associate black with something an actress should wear onscreen .However, I wanted the look to be spunky and different. I do not believe in stereotypes".

Says R.Balki, "The first time I met Akshara was outside an editing studio . The look I saw her in outside that studio inspired the look of the character when I wrote the script .When we cast her ,my first brief to her was to go back to the look I first saw her in...minus the blue hair color." 

Presented by Eros International, produced by RK Damani, Sunil Lulla ,Gauri Shinde ,Rakesh Jhunjhuwaala and Abhishek Bachchan Shamitabh starring Amitabh Bachchan,Dhanush and Akshara Haasan is scheduled to release February 6th 2015.

​जैकलिन के सहूलियत के लिए इंटरनेशनल प्रोजेक्ट के निर्माता शूट की खातिर आये मुंबई।

जैकलिन अपनी आगामी पहली 

​हॉलीवुड

 हॉरर फिल्म कर रही है ,और उसकी शूटिंग पोलैंड में ८० प्रतिशत हो चुकी है और क्लीमेक्स मलेशिया में शूट करना था पर जैकलिन को अपने व्यस्त शेडूल के चलते यह शूट करना मुमकिन नहीं था तो जैकलिन ने लेखक निर्देशक जेम्स सिम्पसन को अपनी परेशानी बताई और फिल्म का बाकी का हिस्सा मुंबई शूट करने को कहा  ​। 

फिल्म के निर्माताओ ने जैकलिन यह बात मान ली और पोलैंड में जो सेट लगा था वह मुंबई के फिल्म सिटी में बनाया गया। यह एक हन्टेड हाउस है जहां फिल्म में जैकलिन के क्लाइमेक्स सीन है। इस फिल्म में जैकलिन सारा फॉर्डिंग नामक सायकॉलॉजी की स्टूडेंड का किरदार निभा रही है। 

जैकलिन कहती है " यह मेरा पहला इंटरनेशनल प्रोजेक्ट है और इसके लिए में बहुत चिंतित हु क्यूंकि मेरे बिना फिल्म का क्लाइमेक्स शूट नहीं होगा। एक ही समय पर एक देश से दूसरे देश सफर नहीं कर सकती क्यूंकि में कारन जोहर की आगामी फिल्म का शूट भी मुंबई में कर रही हु। 

जैकलिन अगले महने से दोनों शूट के बीच तालमेल बनाएगी , इंटरनेशनल फिल्म के निर्माता नवंबर फिल्म को प्रदर्शित करना चाहते है और जैकलिन वक्त पर शूटिंग पूरी करना चाहती है। 

Foxcatcher review by ANIZ FILMVALA

Foxcatcher

review by

ANIZ FILMVALA

***

Yet another tale of a dreaded American du Pont's family wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont biographical of hiring the 1984 Olympic champion brothers Mark and Dave Schultz and ending with a shocking tragic killings of the Olympic champion.

Directed by Bennett Miller ‘Foxcatcher’ gyrates around the three major characters Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum), Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) and John E. du Pont (Steve Carell). Mark an Olympic gold medal-winning wrestlers is approached by du Pont for a private wrestling training facility and consequently to join his wrestling team, "Team Foxcatcher" while Mark accepts the offer Dave reasons of being committed to his family and rejects being a part of the team.

Meanwhile Mark heads a Team of Wrestlers to get ready for the upcoming Seoul Olympics and progresses well being a favorite of du Pont, a petty incident between Mark and du Pont intensifies into a split and as result Dave is hired to coach the team members. Dave manages to get Mark back to the team, as the Olympic Trials in Pensacola, Florida begins Mark shows disastrous result thus pissing off du Pont enormously and the upshot being terrible.

The movie has some fantastic performances by the lead cast, particularly by Steve Carell as the wrestling enthusiast John E. du Pont he gets into the skin of the role and delivers some moments of silent expressions and strong impact with his somnolent eyes and interesting dialogue prototype. Bravo

Cast
Steve Carell as John du Pont
Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz
Mark Ruffalo as Dave Schultz
Vanessa Redgrave as Jean du Pont
Sienna Miller as Nancy Schultz
Anthony Michael Hall as Jack 

Badmashiyaan Trailer was launched

A hilarious skit and some really crazy revelations, that was the launch of Vijay Gutte’s BADMASHIYAAN – trailer launch. The event was graced by the entire cast, namely Gunjan Malhotra, Karan Mehra, Sidhanth Gupta, Suzzana Mukherjee and Sharib Hashmi and also the director of the film Amit Khanna.

Staying true to their title, the event was freckled with the stars of the film sharing many instances with the media about their various BADMASHIYAAN on the sets. Remembering one such instance, director Amit Khanna spoke about the day he conned none other than the ‘Haryanvi don’ himself, Sharib Hashmi, “During the sequence, I suddenly told Sharib he has to kiss Suzzanna in the shot thinking he will be shocked but Sharib was totally fine with it and he came on the sets all clean shaven. When we told him there was to be no kiss, it was merely a prank he was surprised but then he started laughing at the whole scenario!”

Badmaashiyaan – Fun Never Ends is a twisted ROM-COM, directed by Amit Khanna, produced by Vijay Gutte, Co-produced by Baahul and Anurag Shrivastav, under the banner of VRG motion pictures, slated for 27th February 2015 release.

CCL to raise funds for expansion of new celebrity format

CCL looking to raise Funds for its expansion into New Celebrity Formats.

Sachiin Joshi who has business interests in Hospitality, Real Estate and Media is now keen to acquire stake in Celebrity Cricket League (CCL). 

CCL is the second most popular league in India after IPL which is now in its fifth season. Source close to the company reveals that Sachiin Joshi has been the title sponsor of CCL promoting his brands like XXX Energy Drink over the last two years and is very excited with the reach CCL has delivered to his brands and now is looking at investing in CCL in the next round of fund raising that CCL is working on.

Over the last four seasons CCL has been growing year on year in its popularity and reach. Over the years CCL has garnered pan india reach and it's regional strength is its USP. In few regional pockets it is the most viewed sporting league due to its localised content and local stars. 

CCL is planning to start newer formats other that T20 Cricket and for this expansion the company is looking at raising funds from strategic investors who will help the company in more than just financialinvestment.

"We are very excited about CCL 5 as it brought us in to cash positive. We are looking at adding more celebrity formats in to the company and to do so we are looking at fund raising which will help us expand" says Vishnu Induri, Founder of CCL.

When contacted Sachiin Joshi about the transaction, he said that he has been closely observing the growth of CCL over the last 2 years and is keen in participating in the next round of fund raising by the company. When asked about the Valuation and amount being invested, he said that it is too early to talk about it now.

Kriti Sanon buys her first own car

​Kriti Sanon​

, who made her big debut with Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heropanti will be seen getting out of her brand new car on the red carpet of the award functions this award season.

Kriti has recently bought her first own car, a BMW 3 series to celebrate her win at the award functions this season.

There is a lot that the young actress feels thankful about. After getting a dream debut under Sajid Nadiadwala’s banner with Heropanti, the actress signed her next films; Singh is Bling and Farzi.

Now, this award season as well, Kriti is overwhelmed with the recognition that she has been receiving in the form of awards.

She is very humbled with the love, appreciation and acceptance that she has been receiving from the industry as well as the audiences, despite being a complete outsider.

Kriti (born and brought up in Delhi) when she first came to Bombay, it was not certain how long she would be here, so she bought a second hand Honda City for commuting that time.

Now that she has paved her way in the industry and she is here to stay, she has bought this new car.

When contacted Kriti, she shares, "First Heropanti and now recognition for it at my first award season, I feel truly blessed. I was toying with the idea of buying the car for sometime now, but this seemed to be the perfect time to treat myself."

Hawaizaada makers re-create the 1895 Era.

The makers created an entire city from scratch in gondal gujarat, near rajkot.

Vibhu Puri who is making his directorial debut with Hawaizaada, was keen to shoot the film in real locations.

The film being set in the 1895 era, it was difficult to find real locations.

The makers travelled extensively to remote parts, villages all over India, finding a desired location as they were not keen to shoot the film on a set.

They wanted to encapsulate the era of 1895 hence re-created an entire city in Gondal, Gujarat.

In order to maintain the authenticity of the era and avoid fabrication, the makers kept every single detail in mind and re-created the set from scratch.

The director made it a point to look into the nuance elements of the era while reconstructing the infrastructure. A major chunk of the film has been shot there.

The entire team has managed to bring out the era brilliantly on silver screen.

The trailer and music of the film has been garnering a lot of appreciation from the industry and is all set to release on 30th January.