POGO launches magical new adventures of ‘Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz’!

 July 27, Mumbai, India:Sparkling ruby red slippers beckon once again! Dorothy has been called upon to unleash her farmhouse feistiness, to take care of the magical world of Oz. POGO, Turner's only-for-India, kids’ entertainment channel, is all set to launch ‘Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz’, an all-new comedic fantasy series based on L. Frank Baum’s renowned classic. This latest original content from Warner Bros. Animation, promises viewers thrilling magical adventures, as Dorothy and her friends undertake their extraordinary royal duties!

The new series kicks off from the Wicked Witch’s defeat, and our Kansas girl is called upon by Queen Ozma to rein in the chaos in Oz. Doe-eyed Dorothy once again lands up in the enchanting universe of Witches and Wizards, Munchkins, Flying Monkeys and many more creatures, with a whole lot of responsibility. Her companions - Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Toto - help her put an end to all mischief in the fantasy world of Oz, as they bring with them dollops of pluckiness, fun and frolic.

So, hop, skip and jump along the Yellow Brick Road, and join Dorothy and her friends as they tackle mischief mongers in the wondrous world of Oz. Meet them every Saturday and Sunday at 12 noon from 29^th July onwards only on POGO.

Watch the promos in English and Hindi.

Havmor Introduces New Ice Cream Flavors

This monsoon, enjoy the goodness of real milk with newly launched flavors - Choconut, Pina Colada and Chikoo

Mumbai, July 27, 2017: Continuing its tradition of creating new flavors for the quarter, Havmor Ice Cream, a leading pure milk ice cream brand has launched new exotic mélange of flavors - Choconut, Pina Colada and Chikoo. These new range of flavors are available in scoops and family packs at Havmor outlets across cities.

Like every quarter, this time too, Havmor has focused on the freshness of fruits and richness of nuts while creating these delightful flavors.

Choconut, is a perfect blend of all-time favorite chocolate and rich roasted almonds with pieces of our traditional Indian sweet - Chikki. This flavor is definitely going to entice the sweet lover who will enjoy the unique combination of three distinct ingredients in the form of ice cream.

Pina Colda, this tantalizing flavor is prepared by fresh milk churned with chunks of pineapple and tender coconut. The name itself signifies the ingredients and taste and thus, indulging in this fruitful flavor is a wonderful source of vitamin C. Now, you can enjoy the new flavor with nutritional value, a perfect dessert that will help relieving indigestion.

Chikoo, a new savoury ice-cream flavor is full of freshness and real pieces of juicy chikoos.

Keeping in mind, the consumer preference and the demand for natural and real products, Havmor has designed these three delicious variants. Consumers can now beat the monsoon blues with a scoop of real milk with fresh fruits and healthy nuts. These newly launched flavors will be available for limited period only across all retail outlets of Havmor Ice Cream.

Hicare launches an innovative air purifier by Blueair Purifier - The Blue Pure 211

HICARE, India’s only HACCP Certified Pest Control Service Provider and home cleaning services company, in partnership with Blueair aims at purifying the air in your house with the launch of a new Air purifier. This innovative air purifier christened as Blueair Blue Pure 211 Air Purifier has the potential of cleaning the air of the entire room upto 5 times an hour.

The Blue Pure 211 Air Purifier can cater to room size from 540 square feet to 1080 square feet with a capacity of cleaning an entire room 2 to 5 times an hour. With a 360 degree air intake, it boasts of the largest filter area, far superior than any other the market has to offer.

It has the energy consumption to that of a single light bulb and comes in a variety of colors to blend into your home namely Diva Blue, Buff Yellow, Dark Shadow, Cristal Pink and Lunar Rock.

The Blueair Blue Pure 211 Air Purifier can be bought at 24,990/- with a 10 percent discount on online payments on www.hicare.in. The Blueair Blue Pure 211 Air Purifier is available on Flipkart as well

Septalyst wins award for Fastest Growing Nephrology Company

(From left) Shyam Sunder Singh, MD &CEO, Septalyst receiving CIMS Healthcare Excellence Award for “Fastest Growing Company of the year in Nephrology” from BJP leader Parag Alwani along with his team.

Mumbai, July 25, 2017: Septalyst Lifesciencs Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai based super-speciality pharmaceutical company focusing on Nephro, Neuro & Critical care products & therapy has bagged the award for “Fastest Growing Company of the year in Nephrology” at the seventh edition of CIMS Healthcare Excellence Awards held in Mumbai.

Speaking about the award, Shyam Sunder Singh, MD & CEO, Septalyst said, “It is indeed a moment of pride & pleasure to be recognized for our good work. I dedicate this award to my team for their hard work & commitment. We are now even more motivated to work with missionary zeal and commitment and achieve bigger heights in future. Unique products, very strong sales team and focus on secondary sales are the main factors which led to very rapid growth of the company.”

Septalyst started its operations in 2010 and in a short span of time has carved a niche in Nephro & Critical care segments. Today, it is the fastest growing company in the field of Nephrology & ranked amongst the top 12 players in Indian Nephrology. With a team size of 200 highly talented professionals, a strong network of 30 sales depot & 150 stockists across India, it is all set for rapid growth & expansion.

Recently Septalyst launched Central Nervous System (CNS) division in 10 states with 18 products in Neuro & psychiatry range. By December 2017, it plans to have a pan India presence in CNS with a field force of 250 people. Septalyst is confident that with its therapy centric business model, professional work culture & motivated sales force, it will soon become a leading player in the CNS segment also.

The company is promoted by young entrepreneurs having wide experience & exposure in exports & domestic pharmaceutical industry. Founder Director Shyam Sunder Singh has a vast experience of 20 years in retail, supply chain & pharmaceutical industry.

Rajesh Mapuskar's tribute to Dadasaheb Phalke

Rajesh Mapuskar, who won the award for the Best Director at the 64th National Award for his First Marathi film Ventilator, will soon direct a 55-minute short film to offer tribute to the father of Indian cinema - Dadasaheb Phalke.

Dhundirao Govind Phalke, better known as Dadasaheb Phalke is the founder of the film industry in India. Phalke sowed the seeds of Indian Cinema by creating 'Raja Harishchandra', the first feature film in the history of Indian Cinema. The Indian film industry owes its credit to his contribution and his work is famous worldwide, yet the new generation is unaware of who Dadasaheb Phalke was? And so, Vinod Tawde Maharashtra's State Education Minister, Marathi Bhasha, Cultural affairs approached Director Rajesh Mapuskar to create awareness about the contribution of Dadasaheb Phalke, Father of Indian Cinema. Rajesh Mapuskar agreed to create a 55-second video based on Dadasaheb Phalke. The state government has said a short film on his life & work will be played mandatory at theatres & multiplexes. This film is written & conceptualized by Rajesh Mapuskar himself.

Commenting on the filming of this video based on the legendary filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke, the director of the video, Rajesh Mapuskar, said. "When I was first asked by Honorable Vinod Tawadeji to direct this short film, I was very excited & immediately came on board. I am grateful to Vinodji for giving me the opportunity to pay tribute to Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema." The shooting of the film will be starting soon, he added.

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Wipro and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partner to Offer Consumption-Based IT Infrastructure Solutions

East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA and Bangalore, India – July 25, 2017: Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced a partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to offer IT infrastructure solutions in a consumption-based or pay-per-use business model for enterprises. This model for IT Infrastructure procurement and provisioning will be offered to both Wipro and HPE’s customers, globally.

As a part of this alliance, Wipro will leverage HPE Flexible Capacity to offer flexible and scalable IT infrastructure services in a consumption-based IT model, accelerate growth and enable digital transformation for its customers. HPE’s scalable consumption-based IT model of provisioning and procurement coupled with Wipro’s industry proven end-to-end suite of IT Infrastructure services,  and global delivery capabilities will enhance the security, agility, scalability of customers’ IT infrastructure, and help them ascertain and regulate the public cloud economics of their data centers.

Sharing the stage with Meg Whitman, Chief Executive Officer, HPE at the HPE Discover 2017 in Las Vegas, Abidali Z. Neemuchwala, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Wipro Limited highlighted the strategic importance of Wipro’s partnership with HPE to develop a true, as a service model of technology consumption for customers. He added, “This business model, an innovation in the IT infrastructure space, is a step towards enabling Wipro’s vision of an industry powered by ‘as a service model’ through variable pricing of the entire IT infrastructure value chain.”

Kiran Desai, Senior Vice-President and Head - Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited said, “We are very excited about our collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise on the consumption based IT model. We are confident that this business model will help us fulfill the requirements of our customers for truly on-demand, agile and secure IT infrastructure.”

Olivier Suinat, Senior Vice President, Global Sales at HPE said, “Businesses need an agile IT foundation that can scale up quickly to accommodate growth and power new initiatives. Our collaboration with Wipro delivers the agility and economics of a public-cloud experience with the control and performance benefits of on-premises IT.”

'मला काहीच प्रॉब्लेम नाही' चित्रपटाचा ट्रेलर लाँच

टॉर्क फार्मा प्रस्तुत आणि फिल्मी किडा प्रोडक्शन्स निर्मित ‘मला काहीच प्रॉब्लेम नाही’चित्रपटाचा ट्रेलर नुकताच मुंबईत लाँच करण्यात आला. या चित्रपटाचे निर्माते पी. एस. छतवाल, रिचा सिन्हा आणि रवि सिंग तर दिग्दर्शक समीर विद्वांसबरोबरच चित्रपटातील कलाकार स्पृहा जोशी, गश्मीर महाजनी, कमलेश सावंत, सीमा देशमुख, मास्टर आरश गोडबोले, करण भोसले आणि पटकथा संवाद लेखक कौस्तुभ सावरकर यांच्या उपस्थितीत हा सोहळा पार पडला.

उपस्थितीत कलाकारांबरोबरच निर्मिती सावंत, विजय निकम, मंगल केंकरे, ज्येष्ठ रंगकर्मी सतिश आळेकर आणि डॉ. साहिल कोपर्डे या चित्रपटात महत्त्वाच्या भूमिकेत दिसणार आहेत. बऱ्याच हिट मालिका प्रेक्षकांसमोर आणणारे दिग्दर्शक विनोद लव्हेकर समीरच्या चित्रपटात अभिनय करायला मला काहीच प्रॉब्लेम नाही म्हणत पहिल्यांदाच रूपेरी पडद्यावर झळकणार आहेत.

या चित्रपटाच्या निमित्ताने सतत मला काहीच प्रॉब्लेम नाही म्हणत आपल्या प्रॉब्लेम्सकडे दुर्लक्ष करणाऱ्या तरूणाईचे प्रॉब्लेम्स आणि त्यावर कसा तोडगा ही तरूणाई काढू शकते याचं चित्रण मोठ्या पडद्यावर पाहायला मिळणार आहे.

समीर विद्वांस दिग्दर्शित या सिनेमाची कथा निर्माते रवि सिंग यांची असून त्याला साजेसं संगीत ह्रषिकेश-सौरभ-जसराज यांनी दिलं आहे. गुरू ठाकूर आणि वैभव जोशी यांच्या लेखणीतून अवतरलेल्या गीतांना बेला शेंडे, प्रियांका बर्वे,आनंदी जोशी, अभय जोधपूरकर, श्रृती आठवलेबरोबरच संगीत दिग्दर्शक जसराज जोशी यांचे सुमधूर स्वर लाभले आहेत.

तेव्हा आपले प्रॉब्लेम्स सोडवायला नक्की पहा

'मला काहीच प्रॉब्लेम नाही' येत्या ११ ऑगस्ट ला...

MANJHA Review ***

The film has a take on parenting and it proves that there are risks involved in parenting where both you and your children are vulnerable to get hurt. Being too lenient and too strict is not going to work out same like kite thread, manjha,  and balance has to be maintained in upbringing of children. From the first frame the film creates interest and sustains it for most part of the film. The best part about the film is the thrill and the story keeps us thinking what the characters are upto.

Showing the picturesque location of Lonavala and its surroundings, the film tells the story of urban characters. Mostly the film focuses on three characters Samidha (Ashwini Bhave), her son Jaideep (Rohit Phalke) and his school friend Vikram aka Vicky (Sumedh Mudgalkar. When the film starts, Jaideep is sorta shy characters who talks less and is more of a timid guy. Samidha is a caring mother who oversees his life because Jaideep has gone through a troubled past along with her that is why they have come to settle in Lonavala. But things change soon when extrovert  Vikram befriends Jaideep and soon Jaideep starts getting active. Jaideep's transformation not only happens in terms of his talking and being happy but Vikram corrupts his mind and Jaideep is on verge of becoming a bad guy that is forced on him by Vikram.  But the events take sharp turn and Samidha has to support her son Jaideep to get him back on right track. The battle of good and bad continues till the end.

There is only one song in the film nearing the climax that takes the story forward. Cinematography and apt acting are the strengths of the movie. Ashwini Bhave has portrayed her character beautifully while as the Rohit and Sumedh also have done justice. There are few awkward moments in the film though in terms of dialogue where Vikram gives description of killing an animal and raping a girl. The film increases our expectations from start to end but the culmination is shown too quick that may prove to be a letdown. Overall the movie is well made and is sure to be a hit on account of its promotion and word of mouth.

Manjha – Cast and Crew

Story, Screenplay, Direction: Jatin Wagle

ACTORS

Ashvini Bhave - Samidha

Sumedh Mudgalkar – Vicky

Rohit Phalke - Jaydeep

Apoorva Arora – Maya

Shivani Tanksale – Ashvini Bhave’s friend Veena

Mohan Kapur – Ashvini Bhave’s friend Saurabh

Denzil Smith - School Principle Mr. Smith

Presenters: Nittin Keni, Manish Vasisht (MFDC)

Producers: Trilok Malhotra, KR Harish (India Stories)

Dialogues: Upendra Sidhaye

Director of Photography: Fasahat Khan  

Editor: Charu Shree Roy 

Sound Designer: Baylon Fonseca  

Re-Recording Mixer: Alok De (Fiesta)

Production Designer: Priten Patil  

Lyrics: Mangesh Kangane

Music Composers: Shail-Pritesh

Original Background Score: Anurag Saikia

Visual Promotions: Roop

Action Director: Pradyumna Kumar Swain (PK)

Choreographer: Longinus Fernandes

Costume Designer: Nakshatra Dewadikar

Make- Up: Pradeep Pemgirikar

Location Sound: Suraj Jaisingh

D.I & VFX: Prime Focus Ltd

D.I Colourist: Nilesh Sawant

VFX Supervisor: Susheel Peris

Publicity Designer: Chaitanya Sant (Mantra SDS)

Marketing & PR: Dreamers PR & Marketing LLP

Associate Director: Omkar Joshi

Head – Post Production: Sharang Pange

Executive Producer: Surendra Pratap Singh / Umang Agarwal

Production Manager: Dinesh Yadav

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Director, Sandeep Mohan & Tiranga Productions to Release “Shreelancer” in India

 

~Based on the story of a freelancer, the feature film is all set to release on 18^th August 2017~

Director Sandeep Mohan’s next release, “Shreelancer” is a feature film starring Arjun Radhakrishnan (an actor known for his film “A White Feather”) in the lead along with a veteran theater artist Salmin Sheriff and Monica Mahendru. The film is produced by Giju John – Tiranga Productions Pvt. Ltd. and Sandeep Mohan and slated to hit the screens on 18^th August 2017.

The film is looking to be one of the best adaptation of the people who are self-employed.

Media agencies to battle it out at the 4th ‘BBC World News Football Connect’ tournament

                                                        

Mumbai, July 17^th 2017: Some of India’s top media agencies will be taking to the field next week for the 4th ‘BBC World News Football Connect’, a five-a-side football tournament hosted by BBC World News. Launched in 2014, this annual competition aims to bring together media agencies for a game of football and a chance to claim the event’s top title. 

Taking place at Cooperage Ground astro turf field in Mumbai on Friday, 21st July, BBC World News Football Connect 2017 will highlight the international news channel’s significant sports offer both on TV and online at BBC.com.

More than 250 associates from the media industry are estimated to attend the event, representing the top media agencies, including CEOs and senior planners.  And this year there is a particular focus on getting more women involved with the introduction of a ‘Golden Goal’ penalty shoot-out. Every team has to nominate two women, one would take the penalty and the other would be a goalkeeper, encouraging female participants to play significant roles in teams. At the start of each match the nominated women would get three penalty shots and the goals scored would be added to the final score if the game ends in a tie. This is just one of the many highlights of the day which is now a ‘must-attend’ event for many in the industry, as it blends networking with high quality sporting spirit.

The tournament will begin with league matches and conclude with a final match and awards ceremony. But while the teams take on each other on the field, there will also be plenty of action on the sidelines. There will be a VIP fan zone where fans can cheer the teams, participate in a foosball competition or test their teamwork skills, working collaboratively to build the tallest tower possible using 4ft jenga-style blocks, plus a host of other activities where they can challenge the hosts and score merchandise.

The event has gained a lot of attention in the past few weeks with its recently concluded media agency drive in Mumbai where the BBC World News Football Connect team built a football environment in offices and encouraged media agency personnel to challenge their colleagues over a penalty shoot-out competition. This has also encouraged wider teams in these media agencies to join the event to cheer for their favorite squads.

Looking forward to BBC World News Football Connect 2017, Vishal Bhatnagar, Sales Director, South Asia, for BBC Advertising said:

“We are excited to be back with BBC World News Football Connect 2017, an initiative which has been well received and appreciated by the media community over the last four years. BBC World News and BBC.com are amongst the top news platforms in India and this makes BBC World News Football Connect 2017 a key platform for sharing our brand values with our associates, and for showcasing our various offerings across World News, .com, the mobile app and other platforms. We are confident of having significant participation this year, along with a display of high quality football.”

For more information on this year’s tournament visit:http://www.bbcfootballconnect.com