“Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai”

                                                                   

Blue Phoenix Production in collaboration with Leap of Faith Productions, brings out a classic social satire on stage- “Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai” by Vijay Tendulkar on 9^th November

New Delhi, 4^th November 2014: “Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai” is a Vijay Tendulkar classic social satire which portrays the hypocritical face of the Indian society. The story revolves around a theatre group and its members (symbolizing different facets of the social order) who get locked in the theatre before their show and decide to pass the time by playing a game of a false court room drama. The patriarchal society targets the free spirited Leela Benare, who is chosen as the culprit. Benare gets entangled in a web of lies and mockery which slowly uncover the masks of frustration, hypocrisy and orthodoxy from the face of the real society.

Directed by Gaurav Amlani
Produced by Blue Phoenix Productions and Leap Of Faith Productions

CAST :
Mohak Pajni as Leela Benare
Aditi Arora as Mrs. Kashikar
Aakash Gupta as Mr. Kashikar
Eklavey Kashyap as G.N. Ponkshe
Ayushmaan Roy as Baalu Rokde
Yathartha Sharma as Samant
and Adhiraj Sharma as Sukhatme

VENUE : Lok Kala Manch , Lodhi Road (near India Habitat Centre)

DATE : 9th November, 2014 (sunday)

TIME :  6:30 PM

About Blue Phoenix Productions

Esablished in 2014, Blue Phoenix Productions is an independent commercial production house working towards expanding horizons in the field of performing arts and elevating the stature of theatre in Delhi by encouraging young blood to take charge of the stage. It strives towards transforming the spark of performing into a blazing fire of owning, breathing and living the stage. 

It was founded by two friends and theatre lovers Adhiraj Sharma and Gaurav Amlani. After graduating from Delhi College of Arts & Commerce and leading the college street play society - "Parindey" that got a chance to showcase it's peformances at the finest college level theatre fests of the country, along with making and winning accolades for short films, Adhiraj and Gaurav decided to pursue their mutual passion for theatre. 

They found likewise individuals in the Delhi theatre circuit and started to perform various roles on the stage. Also, they have been volunteering to impart theatrical arts to children at an NGO. 

And finally, in 2014, they both decided to launch their own production house "Blue Phoenix Productions" under the tagline - "From ashes, they rise", that suggests the ideology behind starting an independent production, which is combining the talents of the people who are scarce on resources and yet want to strive to make a name through the medium of performing arts.

Film Bazaar

Film Bazaar to take place from 20^th November to 24^th November, 2014, Goa

~The event aims to be bigger and better with introduction of new sections this year~

Mumbai, November, 2014: Organized by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Film Bazaar in its 8th edition is a platform exclusively created to encourage collaboration between the international and South Asian film fraternity. The Film Bazaar is focused on discovering, supporting and showcasing South Asian content and talent, in the realm of filmmaking, production and distribution. A converging point for film buyers and sellers from all over the world, the Bazaar also aims at facilitating the sales of world cinema in the South Asian region. First held in 2007, Film Bazaar has evolved into South Asia’s global film market, witnessing an increased South Asian and international participation with every edition. The 8th edition of Film Bazaar will be held from Nov 20-24, 2014 at the Marriott Resort, Goa, India.

The 2013 market saw an attendance of 831 delegates from 36 countries including dedicated country delegations from Australia, Canada and Poland.

This year Film Offices is a new segment that will be introduced at Film Bazaar. Film offices will have State/Country Tourism Boards and Country Film Commissions with a dedicated office at Film Bazaar which will allow them to introduce and pitch their respective Tourism Board / Film Commission to attending delegates of the film fraternity. In addition, the organizing team of Film bazaarwill set up one on one meeting for the Tourism Board / Film Commission officials with Indian as well as International Producers during the Bazaar.

Another section, Investor Pitch has been launched at Film bazaar this year. The event entails two sessions, first session would be on pitching scripts in the romance genre that have been mentored by Habib Faisal, screenwriter and director, Band Baja Baaraat, Ishaqzaade, Bhavani Iyer, screenwriter, Lootera and Guzaarish and Girish Joshi (Raanbhool, Kakasparsha) The second session would be for pitching films that are looking for completion funds. These films will be curated by well-known festival programmer Deepti Dcunha and restricted to films from Film Bazaar Recommends of Viewing Room only. This event is scheduled for 2 days at the Film Bazaar.

NFDC, in association with Harlequin, introduces the first-ever Romance Screenwriters' Lab, which will focus on developing scripts based on romance and women-centric plots. The Lab will be held in three stages and the participants will be mentored by three eminent people from the Indian film industry. The last stage of the Lab will culminate at Film Bazaar, Goa, where the participants will be given the opportunity to pitch the projects to prospective producers. The Lab mentors are Habib Faisal, screenwriter and director and Bhavani Iyer, screenwriter.

For the first time at NFDC Film Bazaar, there will be two Work-in-Progress (WIP) Labs: WIP Fiction and first WIP Documentary. In each Work In Progress Lab, selected projects in their rough-cut stage will be presented to a panel of international film experts for their feedback. The newly introduced WIP Documentary Lab will only consider creative feature-length documentaries in the rough cut stage which are aimed at a theatrical release.

This year, two new sections are being introduced in the Viewing Room: 'World Cinema' and 'Available for Remake'. The 'World Cinema' category comprises foreign-language films that have won acclaim at major international film festivals and are looking at distribution and sales in South Asia. The 'Available for Remake' category consists of Indian and foreign-language films that are available for remake in Indian languages. The AFR category is a section jointly curated by Deborah Benattar of La Fabrique Films and the NFDC.

The other sections at Film bazaar includes Co-Production Market, 32 potential projects relating to South Asian stories available for Co-productions, Screenwriters’ Lab, Six original scripts mentored by International mentors, ready to get into production, NFDC Knowledge Series, Industry conversations and Panel Discussions by renowned film industry experts on current trends, skills & techniques in the global film scenario, Industry Screenings, Digital theatres for trade screenings of films for investors, buyers and festival programmers, Exhibition Stands,Stalls at the market venue to showcase products and hold meetings with other delegates, Producers’ Lab, Film Bazaar 2013 had introduced a new section called Producers’ Lab that will focus on honing the skill sets of Indian Independent Producers and will help them interact and collaborate with their International counterparts.

According to Nina Lath Gupta - Managing Director, NFDC India, “We are excited to launch new sections at Film bazaar this year ie. Film offices, Investor Pitch and Romance Screenwriters’ Lab. We hope like last year this year too will be a soaring success with an aim to bring together film makers and production companies. ”

The Film Bazaar will take place from November 20 to 24, 2014 at the Marriott Resort in Goa.

"Saason Ko" from Zid - Most popular on Youtube India !

Staying true to its musical thriller genre, Saason Ko from the movie Zid is a bona fide hit .

Benaras Mediaworks' Zid produced by Anubhav Sinha and Mushtaq Shiekh and directed by Vivek Agnihotri will hit theatres this November and the audiences eagerly await the film, going by the official numbers the trailer drew in ,not to mention,the popularity of the first song "Saason Ko" .

While the uncut trailer of the musical psychological thriller was recently launched online,it received an overwhelming response with over 503,775 views in a mere 2 days and was trending on the number 1 spot with over 680,000 views ,making it the most popular video on Youtube India recently.What's more is that the first song launched from the film titled "Saason Ko" sung by Arijit Singh is currently amongst the most viewed videos on Youtube India.

Zid introduces "Mannara", Priyanka Chopra's cousin sister as she makes her big Bollywood debut with the film. The film that promises to spook the socks off audiences also stars Karanvir Sharma and Shraddha Das.

Says a source, "Zid has been in the spotlight ever since the trailer and poster came out thanks to its controversial nature and the online numbers have only gone on to cement its popularity.The song Saason Ko sung by Arijit Singh too is fast gaining popularity on the music charts ".

Benaras Mediaworks' Zid will release on 28th November.

Parineeti Chopra happy to be back with her debut co star, Ranveer Singh

Parineeti made her debut in bollywood with YRF's Ladies VS Ricky Bahl opposite Ranveer Singh. 

Both the actors, being jovial and full of life, had a crazy time on the set.

Starting their careers in Bollywood around the same time, Parineeti and Ranveer have grown up together as actors.

Yet again, after 3 years, the actors have got a chance to work together in Kill Dil. 

Parineeti is happy to the fact that in Kill Dil , the actors will be sharing screen space as each others love interests, unlike LVRB, where only Parineeti falls in love with Ranveer. 

Parineeti did a cameo role in LVRB , but in Kill Dil , she has got a chance to play a lead role opposite the debut hero. Not every actor gets a chance to work again with their debut actor, within such a short span of their career.

 

Shooting together for the second time, the two of them had a comfort level where they got to draw more platform from each other as actors.

They are currently busy promoting Kill Dil , that releases on November 14.

MICF Roadshow India and Raw Comedy 2014

Teamwork Arts and Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF)PresentsMICF Roadshow India and Raw Comedy 2014

The All-Star Roadshow line-up, brings big laughs to India (Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi)

from7^th- 22^nd November 2014

Mumbai, November 4, 2014:Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), the 3^rd largest comedy festival in the world brings big laughs to India this November. The Festival has been brought to India by Teamwork Arts.

The comedy talent hunt, RAW Comedy India Season 3 which will be held in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi from  7^th- 22^nd November 2014will scout the best stand up comedians fromthese cities and will be hosted by Raghav Mandava.

The winner of MICF Raw comedy gets a chance to perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia on an all-expense paid trip in April 2015.

In addition to Raw Comedy, this year Teamwork Arts brings to India, the best of international comedy via the best talent from the Australian comedy festival in the form of “MICF Roadshow”. Top international comedians, namely -Ronny Chieng, Kate Mclennan, Elbow Skin, Nish Kumar and David Williams will perform at the MICF Roadshow in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkatta and will also judge MICF Raw comedy. They will also hold workshops prior to the heats/competition for the Raw Comedy participants.

The finalists for the recently concluded Raw Comedy 2 in February 2014 for each of the 4 cities will be performing along the cast of the MICF Roadshow in each city.  The winner of the last season – Rohan Desai will perform with the International comics across four cities.

Mumbai Festival dates:

Raw Comedy: 7^thNovember 2014 at Cafe Nemo, Worli, Mumbai.

2 finalists from Raw Comedy 2 -AkshayShinde&Abish Mathew will be performing with the cast of the MICF Roadshow in Mumbai.

For more information please click: http://rawcomedy.in/

Bio’s: MICF Roadshow India 2014 Line- up

RONNYCHIENG
One of Australia’s fastest rising stars, Ronny had record breaking sold-out seasons in 2013 and 2014  at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. He’s wowed crowds in London and Edinburgh and scored an invitation to the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. 

KATEMCLENNAN
One of Australia’s funniest ladies with several award-winning comedy live shows, Kate visited India in February 2014 to lead Raw Comedy workshops and can’t wait to return. Kate is a regular on International TV channels with acts that propel growth to their television ratings and an increase to her list of awards.

ELBOWSKIN
One of the most in demand musical headline acts in the country, Melbourne musical comedy duo ElbowSkin has been entertaining crowds around Australia & the world since 2003. For their debut visit to India they have been busy writing hilarious cricket-focused songs to add to their repertoire! 

NISHKUMAR
The Guardian called the UK’s Nish Kumar “A highly polished, subtly innovative stand-up”. Fresh from sell-out seasons at London’s Soho Theatre and The Edinburgh Fringe, as well as a critically acclaimed Australian debut at the 2014 Melbourne Comedy Festival, Nish is one of our favorite English comics.

DAVIDWILLIAMS
David Williams is the James Bond of comedy. Sharp, witty and charismatic – he is one of Australia’s most sought-after headline artists.  Dave is on the road constantly. A regular at all major comedy festivals, he tours Australia as well as the UK and USA to the consistent warm approval of his fans.

ROHAN DESAI

A college drop out by choice,Rohan is a film and animation enthusiast.His comic talent was discovered in Raw Comedy India Season 2.The platform opened up new avenues for Rohan who has performed not just in India but has wooed audiences globally.According to Rohan,comedy is yet another way of telling a story and he can't wait to unveil yet another chapter in his comic journey return from where he started.

Entry:

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Presented by Teamwork Arts

A highly versatile entertainment company, Teamwork Arts has roots in traditional andcontemporary performing arts, social action, and the corporate world. For over 24 years,Teamwork has presented the fnest of Indian performers, artists and writers to the worldand India.Every year, we produce over 21 performing, visual arts and literary festivals in 11 countries,including Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Singapore,South Africa, Spain, UK and USA.Our expertise lies in the area of curation, production and development of contemporary performing and visual arts, and literary festivals across the world; helping produceentertainment including television, film - documentary and feature, and in nurturing newtalent across Art forms.

 Teamwork produces amongst the world’s largest literary gatherings the annual JaipurLiterature Festivalandthe Hay Festival in Kerala. We also produce the national theaterawards - the annual Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) and Festival, KahaniFestival &the Ishara International Puppet Festival in New Delhi.

 Our colourful extravaganza, Bollywood Love Story - A Musical, continues to tour the worldand has had sold out shows in Austria, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain andSwitzerland. The India Africa Forum Summit - Delhi 2008 featured A Tribute to Africashowcasing over 250 artists from India andAfrica in a musical Extravaganza conceived andproduced by us.Our international festivals in India have included the bi-annual Bonjour India, festival ofFrance with more than 200 events across 18 cities in India and featuring over 250 artists,designers, researchers and entrepreneurs, and OZ fest a festival of Australia in India.Indian Summer in Canada and Eye on India in Chicago, both annual performing and visualarts festivals, are into their 3rd edition and we have recently launched India by the Nile inEgypt in April 2013. Kala Utsavam in Singapore celebrates its 11the edition and SharedHistory in South Africa is in its 8th year.

 Teamwork has launched new festivals over the year including the just concluded GoingSolo - An International Solo Theater Festival & the upcoming Mehrauli Gateway Festival.

The arts of India are unrivalled in their depth, diversity and mystery. To showcase thiswork to diverse audiences requires a deep understanding of our arts, an acute sense ofrelevance in programming, and an unflinching attention to organisational detail.Above all, we at Teamwork believe in respect and love for the artist.

Sanjoy Roy, Managing Director Teamwork Arts said, “At Teamwork arts our endeavor is to bring the best of performing arts from across the globe to India. MICF Roadshows will tour across 4 cities for the first time in India and Raw Comedy gives an opportunity to Indian comedians to showcase their talents internationally at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Teamwork Arts aims to bring the best international comedy to India as laughter is supposedly the best medicine.”

Huma Qureshi impressed by the Luxury Summit

Huma Qureshi recently attended a luxury summit and was extremely impressed by the kind of work they had done.

The luxury summit recently held in Mumbai had representatives of multiple brands from all over the world present.

The ace actor takes a lot of interest in fashion and was impressed by the variety the summit had to offer.

Huma keeps up to date with fashion trends and the summit was the perfect platform for her to be updated on the latest trends.

She interacted with a lot of people and was a part of the discussions on the current fashion trends and the upcoming winter collection.

Huma even met a few people she has previously worked with and she got to connect with a lot of people there.

She likes attending such sessions and had a good time at this one as well.

Shraddha Kapoor is keen on getting her parents names inked

Shraddha Kapoor is keen to get inked. She has been considering it for a while now.

Infact she wants to get the names of her parents inked but has been mulling over the design, font and also which part of her body.
 
It has been a good year for Shraddha with back to back successes. She feels her success is largely because of her parents who have supported her and helped her through the process.  She wants to get their name engraved as a gesture.

Her parents’ names are Shakti & Shivangi so she has been thinking if she should do a combination or keep it symbolic or individually get them imprinted.

A tattoo is something which will stay with her forever and so she wants to be double sure before she decides.

Also - being an actress, where she will have to play different characters, she just wants to be sure that it does not restrict her as an actor.
 
Shraddha has actively been talking to her friends and people around her for suggestions. She has been finding the correct meaning of their name and doing research online on the creatives.

Shraddha is very close to her parents and often discusses things with them.

Even when the young actress recently decided to buy a car for herself – she wanted to get a mini cooper and after a discussion with them she settled and bought a merc.

The actress counts on them for most of her decision

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 and she feels having their name on her will give her the added sense on how they are always there.

'Happy New Year' continues its strong showing at the Box Office in India

Happy New Year continues its strong showing at the Box Office in India Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd today announced that Happy New Year had a strong showing at the Box Office in India in the 2nd weekend and collected Rs. 22.23 Crs for a total so far of Rs. 179.80 Crs. Venky Mysore, RCE CEO said, “The positive trends in collections across India, shows that the audience have loved Happy New Year & the families have gone to the theatres to get fully entertained.” HNY was produced by Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd and directed by Farah Khan.

बोल्डनेस की सारी हद्दे पार करता ज़िद का सॉन्ग साथ ही में हुस्न और संगीत का धमाकेदार मिलन ।

​इन दिनों प्रियंका चोप्रा की बहेन मनारा अपनी आगामी फिल्म ज़िद में किये गए अंग प्रदर्शन को लेके काफी चर्चा में है । बॉलीवुड की जानीमानी हेरोईनोको पीछे छोड़ते हुए वह बोल्ड्नेस में काफी आगे निकल गयी है । फिल्म ज़िद का नया  गाना  सांसोंको इंटरनेट पे काफी धूम मचा रहा है , सिर्फ २ ही दिन  में इस गाने ने टॉप ५ में अपना मुक्काम हासिल कर लिया है और अगले कुछ दिनोमे यह नंबर  १ में आने की संभावना  है।  इस गाने में मनारा ने अंगप्रदर्शन की सारी  हदें  पार की है इस गाने के सीन काफी उत्तेजक नजर आ रहे है शायद यही वजह से युथ इसे काफी पसंद कर रहे है

Gratitude Propels Baweja To Make CHAAR SAHIBZAADE!

After Rajinikanth’s KOCHADAIIYAN, filmmaker Harry Baweja is attempting to come up with performance capture photo realistic film called CHAAR SAHIBZAADE. The film is slated to release on the 6^th of November, on the even of Guru Nanak Jayanti. The filmmaker says, “This film is my petition towards Waheguru from me,” before you seem perplexed Baweja explains, “We always pray to God for some thing or the other, and once its completed we go to temples or gurudwaras and give our thanks and show our gratitude towards God but merely going to temples is not always enough. Sometimes you gratitude needs a more profound expression, you feel the need to find a better way to give your thanks to him. I personally have got loads of things from my Waheguru, whatever I have wished for, I have received more than that, so CHAAR SAHIBZAADE is my act of devotion towards my Waheguru. Maybe others have different ways of expressing themselves, I am a filmmaker and I have tried to present my talent, my art and my craft to Waheguru in the form of CHAAR SAHIBZAADE.”

‘Chaar Sahibzaade’ is a story of last guru Shri Guru Govind Singh’s four sons Ajit Singh, Juzhaar Singh, Joravar Singh and Fateh Singh’s sacrifice towards the establishment of their religion. Chaar Sahibzaade is directed by Harry Baweja. The film will be presented in 3 languages, hindi, English and Punjabi. Also in 3D and 2D.

Will Indian audiences get a glimpse of J Law of The Hunger Games?

Embarking on the World Press Tour of the highly anticipated movie ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’, the entire star cast kicked-off the films promotions across the globe in Bejing, Seoul, London, New York and Los Angeles starting 1^st November.

Nursing her broken heart J Law is keen to visit India before the movie hits the theatres in November. A fan of the mystic land of the royals, the Oscar winning actress is looking forward to visiting Hollywood’s favourite destination in India i.e. Rajasthan. Known to all for tumbling her way at the Oscars, J Law’s wish list for her Indian sojourn includes indulgences like traditional designer Indian wear and precious diamonds to pamper herself.  

With already so much hype & excitement on the movie release and the lead actress’ love life, will the Indian fans get a chance to meet the real Katniss Everdeen?  

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, the third in the global blockbuster Hunger Games film franchise, opens in Indian theaters onNovember 28, 2014.

Fan requests for Aditya

Aditya Roy Kapur has been getting special requests from fans. The actor has a huge fan following, especially amongst girls.

The young actor is a Bandra boy and is often spotted around. Very often when he meets his fans they ask him to join the social media band wagon.

Even while he is on promotion tours, his fans have repeatedly asked him to join facebook and twitter.

The all tell him how they want to know more about Aditya and his day to day life.

He does not have an account on facebook and twitter.

Aditya has a group of friends whom he is regularly in touch with. He has a close knit friends’ circle.

He has refrained from joining these social websites, but after repeated requests is now thinking of signing up.

He is considering joining facebook and twitter so that he can be in touch with his fans on a regular basis.

Transistor for Anushka

Anushka  Sharma  made a special request to her director Rajkumar  Hirani  and Aamir  Khan. In a candid chat recently, Anushka asked them if she can have the transistor  as a momento.

The transistor is an important element in the film and Anushka is keen to have it with her for keeps.

It is an old transistor which Aamir  will be seen holding through a large part of the film.

Infact, Aamir was seen carrying the transistor in the very first poster of the film. The poster created a buzz and the transistor also got prominently  registered.

It is a transistor which was used during olden times and has a sort of antique value today.

Aesthetically, it is quite intriguing and in fact it caught Anuskha’s  eye during the shoot itself.

Anushka is keen to have it and keep it as a memory of the film.

Rajkumar Hirani confirms the news and smilingly shares  “Yes, Anushka has requested for the transistor. All of us are keen to keep it as a memento” 

The mega star was seen cycling through the bylanes of Kolkata~

Mumbai, November 3, 2014: It was a journey to the past for megastar Amitabh Bachchan  as he shot for Shoojit Siracar’s ‘Piku’ while cycling through the streets of Kolkata Sunday afternoon. Thrilled and excited beyond limit, Bachchan Senior paddled around the sets even after the shot was canned in front of thousands of fans who thronged the streets of Kolkata to catch a glimpse of their ‘jamai babu’.

A member of the crew confirmed the news, “Yesterday, they shot near the Nonapukur tram depot. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has assured the unit complete cooperation and over 100 cops were deployed to ensure that there were no security issues despite the large crowds.”

Kolkata has huge emotional connect for Amitabh, as he got landed his very first job in this city, and also because the city gave him, a life partner in actor Jaya Bachchan.

Bachchan is shooting in city after a long gap of 8 years. He was spotted in the city last time while shooting Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear in 2006. The Kolkata schedule will continue till the third week of November.

‘Piku’ is a roller coaster ride of a crazy father-daughter relationship essayed by Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone with Irrfan Khan top lining the cast, in a pivotal author backed role. ‘Piku’ also marks coming together of Shoojit Sircar, Ronnie Lahiri and Juhi Chaturvedi, the team that had scripted Vicky Donor.

Produced by MSM Motion Pictures ( a division of Sony Entertainment Network) , in association with Saraswati Entertainment Creations Limited and Rising Sun Films, ‘Piku’ will release worldwide onApril 30, 2015.

Sidharth Malhotra goes house hunting.

Sidharth Malhotra is on the look out to buy a house.

The young actor migrated from Delhi and moved into a house in Bandra after the success of Student of The year. It is a sea facing house and a bachelor pad of sorts.

Its a spacious house and Sidharth has been staying here for about two years now.

However the property is a rented one and currently Sidharth is keen to buy a house of his own.

Sidharth has been on the look out for a house since couple of  months. Infact post Ek Villian he had some time on hand while he was getting into shape for Brothers and he used this time bracket to meet realtors and look at properties. 

He quite likes the location of his rented apartment and hence is looking for something in and around Bandra.

Being a Delhi  boy he has found his roots in Mumbai  and buying a property here is a big deal.

Sidharth also bought himself a Mercedes after the success of Ek Villain.

Ali Zafar sketches super Amitabh Bachchan live !

Ali Zafar who will next be seen in Yash Raj's Kill Dil , couldn't contain his excitement when the team of the film went to the sets of Kaun Banega Crorepati to promote the film - Ali who has been a huge fan of host Amitabh Bachchan , was extremely excited to meet him and interact with the veteran who he deeply admires.

Ali who is also a renowned artist in Pakistan got the opportunity to sketch the superstar live , fulfilling a long standing dream - Says Ali, "“I am a huge fan of Bachchan, I have grown up watching his films and songs. I used to draw as a child, and I had taken a sketch of Amitabh that I had done when I was a 13-year-old kid. When I gifted it to him he adored it and asked me to draw him ‘live’, as the episode was going on. It was a dream- come-true".

What's more is that Mr.Bachchan also requested the versatile actor/singer to sing for him -"  It was an impromptu performance but I know most of his songs. So, I sang a medley of his old hits including Chookar mere mann ko, My name is Anthony Gonsalves, Angrezi mein kehte hai, Jaha teri yeh nazar hai and Yeh dosti with an acoustic guitar"

Siddhanth Kapoor Turns Delivery Boy Bombairiya Style!

Siddhanth  Kapoor caught a lot of eyeballs with his performance in his debut film Shootout at Wadala. It has now come to light that this young talented actor will be essaying the role of a mysterious “Biker” in Pia Sukanya’s debut film Bombairiya.

While it was recently revealed that Bombairiya would feature Richa Chaddha and Akshay Oberoi in leading roles, the makers have recently revealed that Siddhanth will be essaying the third leading role in the film which is an affectionate ode to the city of Bombay.

The film which is set to roll in early December has been in the news for its fresh casting and it must be said that the addition of Siddhanth to what the makers are calling new age and relevant casting is only increasing the interest in this pacy comic caper.

Siddhanth admitted that he had to go through rounds of auditions to get the role and added, “While Richa plays a Public Relations Executive from Bollywood, I play a small town boy who is learning the ways of how the industry operates and who unwittingly gets trapped in a controversy.”

Michael Ward

Added Bombairiya’s Indian Born British producer, Michael Ward, “In Bombairiya, Siddhanth plays a man with no name whom we call "the Biker" as he remains a mysterious character throughout the film. Let's just say that the Biker's approach to what he has to achieve by nightfall is do or die and this catalyses the larger story he finds himself in. I'm delighted Siddhanth is doing our film as he brings the right balance of charm and menace to a comic thriller where literally anything can happen.”

Rekha Bhardwaj delivers one of her best performances at Mirchi Live!

Radio Mirchi’s very own live music property Mirchi Live saw one of its best editions celebrated at Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai on 31^st October with none other than the one and only Rekha Bhardwaj. One of India’s leading vocalists, Rekha Bhardwaj delivered a musical extravaganza to remember in a night that was studded with some of her greatest hits.

The performance was a two hour extravaganza with an eclectic mix of Bollywood, folk and Sufi music. Rekha Bhardwaj enchanted the audiences an impressive range of music that had influences of multiple genres etched all over it. The audiences were enthralled as the Diva laced the occasion with a barrage of melodies like ‘GendaPhool’ and ‘TereIshq Mein’. Radio Mirchi promoted this campaign thoroughly on air and on their digital platforms with a special interview with Rekha Bhardwaj in their morning show which created a huge buzz amongst Mumbaikars who ensured that the auditorium was packed to the rafters.

This edition of Mirchi Live is presented by National Insurance.

Commenting on the event Mahesh Shetty, COO, ENIL said, “Mirchi Live reached newer heights with this new edition with Rekha Bhardwaj. The response that we received from the audiences was phenomenal. In time to come we look forward to creating many more such musical offerings for our listeners and hope each one brings us closer to them.”

Shri John Pulinthanam, GM of National Insurance, the presenting sponsor said, "When you think of insurance, Think National Insurance, the oldest general insurance company with 107 years of service to the nation.”

On being associated with Mirchi Live, Rekha Bhardwaj said,“I am honoured to be a part of such a prestigious platform that celebrates music and helps me connect with music lovers. I am sure that the music and celebrations we offered on this special day brought joy to each and every one of my fans. I look forward to being a part of Mirchi Live in a much bigger way in time to come.”

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About Radio Mirchi
Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL), India’s leading private FM radio broadcaster, popularly known as Radio Mirchi, operates across 32 cities in the country. Launched in 2001, Radio Mirchi has the highest listenership across the country and a track record of developing innovative content, thus expanding and retaining its audiences and advertisers through the years. Radio Mirchi has delighted listeners and the industry with its exciting properties like the Purani Jeans Film Festival and the Mirchi Music Awards.

Radio Mirchi’s continuous innovations across different platforms like Visual Radio or Mirchi Mobile have been instrumental in gaining leadership in the private FM Radio industry. Radio Mirchi made its international foray with the launch of the brand in the UAE. From 1st Feb, 2012, Radio Mirchi can be heard in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain and is the first Indian radio brand to go international.