Farhan Akhtar adorns multiple hats. He is actor, director, producer, singer and activist and ace's at all his skills.

Farhan Akhtar adorns multiple hats. He is actor, director, producer, singer and activist and ace's at all his skills.

In the recent past Farhan has been juggling with shooting Shaadi Ke Side effects and also promoting Fukrey and BMB with little or no time to give to his band, Farhan Live

However, now post the successful launch of both his film Farhan figured a convenient window to get back on stage.

It was a 70 minute performance where Farhan was seen singing one hit song after the other. He was full of enthusiasm and energy.

His audiences were enthused and were seen clapping, hooting and whistling with vigour and enthusiasm.

Farhan Live is a nine member band which got formed early this year.

Previously they have performed in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore.

Says a friend of the actor, “ Farhan loves being on the stage. He had taken a break from his music for the past few months and now he is planning to go on tours across the country.” And after finishing with some remaining work on his upcoming film opposite Vidya Balan, Farhan will immerse himself in making music for his band.

Going forward, Farhan will be seen performing more often. The Farhan Live team is currently in conversation with various organizers and are working out the plan,logistics etc

Confirms Farhan, “ The band is now gearing up for a concert in Mumbai soon, post the monsoons.”

The fashion diva of B-town, Sonam Kapoor takes personal interest in the redecorating her room.

The fashion diva of B-town, Sonam Kapoor takes personal interest in the redecorating her room.
After the massive success that Sonam Kapoor has recently seen with Raanjhanaa and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag becoming huge hits, the style icon has a gift to herself for the same.

Sonam Kapoor is personally giving an all new look to her personal space.

Post the huge success of her recent films, the actress got into the shooting of her next film with YRF.

So, the actress is making sure that she removes some time to personally select every single thing for her room.

Sonam Kapoor, who is also popularly known as the fashionista of B-town is now adding style to the way her personal space looks.

PVR Pictures Steve Jobs’ biopic ‘JOBS’ RELEASING ON 23 AUGUST

PVR Pictures 

Steve Jobs’ biopic

‘JOBS’

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern

Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, J.K Simmons, Matthew Modine, Dermot Mulroney & Amanda Crew

Synopsis:

JOBS’ is the story of the late Steve Jobs, one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century. The movie explores Jobs' life from the keenness and self-discovery of his youth to his rise as a veritable icon that changed technology as we knew it. It chronicles his darkest days, biggest triumphs, his dreams, hopes and passions and his aspiration to change the world and question the impossible. ‘JOBS’ tells the tale of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into technological genius. The film was selected as the closing film for the Sundance Film Festival.

Hrithik Roshan will soon be seen on the sets again. The shooting of his next film, Bang Bang,

Hrithik Roshan will soon be seen on the 

sets again. The shooting of his next film, 

Bang Bang, commences in mid November. The third schedule of Siddharth Anand’s next was supposed to go on the floors from July 10, but the actor’s hospitalization (last month) brought the plans to a halt.

“I am doubly charged and looking forward to resuming my amazing journey with the team of Bang Bang from mid November. We promise to give our best to making the film one of the finest ever,” says Hrithik, who teams up with Katrina Kaif (after Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara; 2011) in the action-entertainer.

On the other hand, Siddharth explains why they have chosen November to start the film. He says, “Hrithik is raring to go and his enthusiasm is infectious. But his home production Krrish 3’s release (on November 4) is around the same time and he will be fully involved with its promotions. So we decided to start the third schedule of Bang Bang in mid-November.”

The film was earlier slotted for a May release, but will now come out on October 2, 2014. “Given Hrithik’s revised schedule, we are now resuming our shoot in mid-November and have decided to lock the four-day Dusshera weekend of 2014. So we will come all guns blazing on October 2, and the date will coincide with the country’s festive season,” says Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios, producers of the film.

Hrithik underwent a successful brain surgery at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital on July 7. A few days later, he was discharged and has since been busy with the promotions and post production work on the superhero flick, Krrish 3.

Dar Motion Pictures want to throw an industry party for the director-producer Karan Johar.

Dar Motion Pictures want to throw an 

industry party for the director-producer 

Karan Johar.
Karan Johar has decided to attach his name to presenting and marketing of the film Lunchbox.

The film that has won accolades at various international film festivals will now get a theatrical release across India.

Karan Johar who will be promoting the film will soon be receiving a token of thanks by the makers; Dar Motion Pictures who want to throw a party for him.

Dar motion pictures, who just released D-day want to be upfront in their appreciation of Karan Johar taking up the project.

While Lunchbox has Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin at its helm, its core audience is very excited about the project. With a commercial presentator like Karan Johar it would help them make it a more commercial film.

Dar Motion Pictures is very excited about Lunchbox and wants to do all in its power to push its prospect in India

Parineeti Chopra has an inescapable habit.

Parineeti Chopra has an inescapable habit.

Parineeti loves to drink tea, so much so the young lady is almost a tea addict. 

During the shoots of her movie Shuddh Desi Romance, the actress was seen taking sips of tea between scenes.

This inspired Manish to use her this habit for her character in the movie.

Parineeti playing Gayatri in Shuddh Desi Romance will be seen drinking a lot of tea in the movie now.

Pure delight for Parineeti to enjoy her tea. 

Behind the scenes of the Never Ending Movie, ‘Online Milo Sajna’

After causing a buzz in the trade media and agencies with an innovative marketing teaser campaign and a long list of big ticket acquisitions, India’s first interactive movie channel ‘‘&pictures’’ ventured into previously unexplored territory by going all out to make a movie in just 48 hrs! ‘& pictures’ has created India’s first crowd-sourced film in just a week. From 5th August the channel invited entries for online users to name the film that they will co-create on the channels micro-site, www.andpictures.in. Over 7th and 8th August, users shared their storylines and dialogues for the film via Twitter and Facebook. The best ideas were then aggregated onto the micro-site where users could log in and view how the story is progressing while contributing to the writing of the script.

 In the world of film and television, channels need to constantly find new ways and means to differentiate themselves from others and tell people that they are more than what they are known for. So when it came to the launch of &pictures, the channel knew exactly what they wanted to achieve.

  

The need for a big idea was felt which would not only make ‘&’ synonymous with ‘more’, but also create conversations on the digital platform about the same. The campaign had to meet the objectives and reach the correct audience. The team wanted to do something that had never been attempted before anywhere. It was thought that since people were being asked to write the script, why not take it one step further and get it shot into a movie, WHILE IT IS BEING WRITTEN! A real time movie making experience where people would write their ideas for the script and the best ones would be selected and shot immediately with a professional team of film makers, actors, editors - the works, sparing no expense! This was the birth of The Never &ing Story!

With the never ending movie, social media users were given a chance to continuously engage themselves with the brand and do something that had never been done before. By just tweeting or typing their ideas in 140 characters, they were rewarded with a chance to fame and their very own movie which was shot by the channel and released within the week. It would be the fastest movie ever made!

The campaign was split into 3 phases –

a)     Naamkaran (Aug 5^th/6^th) – Where people had to suggest a name for the movie over the first 2 days of the campaign. The campaign microsite had the plot and the characters listed down and the audience had to decide the name. Over 1700 names were submitted via the microsite and 800 over twitter.

b)     Kahaani main tweet (Aug 7^th to 9^th) – Where people had to start adding to the script. They were given 8 scenes, one at a time and they simply had to build those scenes. The best suggestions were taken in real time and were added to the script. People just had to be aware of the STORY SO FAR and suggest in 140 characters what happens next. With over 5000 entries for the story and over 3000 contributors this was truly a movie for the people and by the people.

c)     Madh Island main Shootout (Aug 8^th – 10^th) – And then started the shoot. The suggestions from the Janta were compiled into a script and shooting began. 60 hours of continuous grueling shoot, made this dream of the people a reality.

And finally, the movie that was named and written by the JANTA was released on August 12^th on www.andpictures.in

Has it been a success? Well, with more than 41000 users touching the campaign, at an engagement rate of more than 20% and with over 6000 entries, it sure was a rollicking ride. If there was ever a 100 Crore movie online, well this is it!

Click here & REVIEW 27 minutes of democratically created content, ‘&pictures’ Never Ending Movie – Online Milo Sajna - http://www.andpictures.in/movie

AAPNE LIKHA, AB DEKHO The 1st Movie Written by the Janta!

You gave it a name & you wrote the script. Now, you get the best seats in the house to watch it's World Premiere.

Power of a Common Man Over 25000 people came together online over 5 days to write, discuss, share & contribute in the making of the script and creating history. We would like to thank each one of you. Truly, one should never underestimate the power of a Common Man.

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