‘THE HOUSE OF STYLE’: A Preview to the ‘BLENDERS PRIDE FASHION TOUR 2013’

‘THE HOUSE OF STYLE’: A Preview to the ‘BLENDERS PRIDE FASHION TOUR 2013’

Experience the stylish spaces of designers as they showcase their craft

Mumbai, September 17^th 2013: The afternoon of September 17, 2013 at Le Mill called for a concept experience of the ‘Blenders Pride - House of Style’. Designers adorned the spaces with distinct fashion statements and style as the fabulous sneak peek to the 9^th edition of Seagram’s Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2013 came alive.  The brand pioneered, once again, a preview in a unique setting befitting the announcement.

Speaking on the preview, Raja Banerji, General Manager - Marketing, Pernod Ricard India said, “Style is permanent. The Blenders Pride Fashion Tour preview showed us that a great look never loses its impact. We hope to improve on our past editions and achieve better. It’s a continuous challenge, but we thrive on it. Trend spotting with the finest talent and a national audience in six cities makes the Blenders Pride experience differentiated and special.”

Blenders Pride hosted this special media preview in Mumbai with 10 designers who each revealed a creation from their collection.

Gaviin Miguel ‘Warriors of heaven on earth’ was portrayed through his muse Dipannita Sharma. An opulent evening gown graced her slender frame as an ethereal paradise was brought to life on earth and transported audiences to a world of beauty that can only be described as angelic.

JJ Valaya presents ‘Maharaja of Madrid’ that projects a medley of Spanish and Indian influences. The collection delves into seemingly contradictory juxtapositions to come out with a unique collection of ready-to-wear statements of the season. His muse, Kajal Agarwal showcased an ensemble from the collection.

Neeta Lulla drew inspiration from the fashionistas of the 20’s and 30’s to create a thought that truly reflects the wispiness associated with mood as much as garb. The sheer, peek-a-boo quality of Sophie Choudhary’s outfit retains the boldness accredited to that era; the silhouettes accentuated a certain sensuous femininity that was not only glamorous but rather poised too.

Pankaj & Nidhi scripted their collection as ‘roses are blue’. The notions have been given an unexpected twist with their interpretation of this eternally flower in a surreal palette of blues. Roses appear in pixilated avatars, in full bloom, oversized and in a graphic glory that is a signature Pankaj & Nidhi style. Neha Dhupia represented the designer’s collection

Rocky S delineated the dramatic splendor of mystery. Keeping the signature ‘Black’, Super models Binal Trivedi, Pia Trivedi, Mashoom Singha, Shamita Singha & Aanchal Kumar’s ensembles recreated the aura of the dark medieval age of Fashion, which was all about lavishness, seduction, and the gorgeous contours of femininity.

Suneet Varma derived inspiration from poetry written by his mother. Supermodel Sanea Sheikh featured as the designers muse wearing an outfit which has been based upon words that repertoire, soothe and enrich the soul. 

For Tarun Tahiliani, glimmers of sunrise saffron met exuberant outbursts of fiery hues and midnight shades. Mehr Rampal was the enigma that is the sadhu’s style - a sea of unending fabric, mysteriously wrapping itself upon itself, to create an aura, a cocoon, a sensuous drape. It was simply an effortlessness that lets the fabric be, a Kumbh mystery, unlocked.

Vikram Phadnis threw in a passionate combination of colours and creativity for a ‘Chic You’. The uber elegant Malaika Arora Khan featured as his eternal muse, a celebration of vivacious and buoyant spirits on a structured silhouette. 

Wendell Rodricks took the music tribute to Cole Porter – Red, Haute and Blue and transformed hot tunes with a hot garment in a delightful palette on Evelyn Sharma, creating a youthful resort look, perfect for the beach and the red carpet.

Falguni & Shane Peacock who have dressed the hottest Bollywood and Hollywood stars present a look from their collection with their muse Sameera Reddy. The duo is known for their very Avant Garde and futuristic fashion sensibilities.

Stimulated by life’s moods and motivated by its rhythm and beat, the face of BPFT is none other than fashion icon Priyanka Chopra. Photographed by ace lens man Bharat Sikka, she is the ideal synergy between life and fashion and thus the perfect event ambassador.

Fashion’s on a trip, as BPFT 2013 embellishes 6 cities and breaches the borders of the fashion spectrum, transcends theme, and gets edgy, in a seemingly impossible move toward fashion egalitarianism. Prepare to be inspired.

The young diva’s these days consider the ‘chic-look’ to be incomplete without pairing their classy attire with stylish hair bands. The young gang of girls of B-town have been spotted these days accessorizing with elegant hair-bands.

The young diva’s these days consider the ‘chic-look’ to be incomplete without pairing their classy attire with stylish hair bands.
The young gang of girls of B-town have been spotted these days accessorizing with elegant hair-bands.

The young B-town gals are donning hairbands to look effortlessly graceful.

The gorgeous Shraddha Kapoor, the sexy Alia Bhatt or the stunning Parineeti Chopra, these dazzling beauties clearly know how to make a style statement.

The pretty Aashiqui 2 actress, Shraddha Kapoor looks fabulous in her stylish red hair band.  The wonderfully designed apparel with the well-coordinated red hair band helps the actress score a ten on ten.

The young guns of Bollywood have adapted comfortable sport shoes with a zing of style. Its the trend of funky but comfy shoes for the B'Town hunks.

The young guns of Bollywood have adapted comfortable sport shoes with a zing of style.

Its the trend of funky but comfy shoes for the B'Town hunks.

They have been sporting colored sports shoes.

Recently at an event, Shabid Kapoor and Imran Khan were seen in Blue and green sports shoes. What was the best thing about it, is the fact that the young men carried off a casual shoes in the most trendy manner.

Sidharth Malothra's blue Lanvin shoes made a lot of news, which he wore during Arjun Kapoor's birthday bash.

The most talked about yellow shoes of Farhan Akhtar has now been replaced by the trending neon green shoes.

Sharman becomes an army officer

Sharman becomes an army officer

Actor Sharman Joshi will be seen playing an army officer in his upcoming film, War Chhod Na Yaar. Sharman made special preparations with his look to fit a young captain’s look. The film’s director Faraz Haider wanted Sharman to get a crew cut to make the character look real.
“Sharman was given a crew cut to fit the young Captain look, unlike many Hindi films where heroes who play army officers keep longish hair”, says a source. Haider admits that he gave Joshi the brief that he should adapt the personality of an officer. “When I first narrated the script, Sharman got excited about donning a new look. Apart from working on his physique, I advised him to groom himself to look like a very authentic army man,” Haider says. “Sharman had long hair and I was concerned about his hairstyle because he had to carry a style similar to an army officer. After a few days, he called me to say that he is coming to meet me in my office. And there was my hero standing in front of me with a perfect crew cut, which showed his involvement with his character and the film,” Haider added.

KID KRRISH TO FEATURE ON CARTOON NETWORK ON OCTOBER 2 AT 2 PM.

KID KRRISH TO FEATURE ON CARTOON NETWORK ON OCTOBER 2 AT 2 PM.
 http://youtu.be/R0N01G08eBA

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which touched the hearts of viewers, seems to have secured yet another fan. Buzz is that software giant Narayan Murthy and his wife Sudha have requested the makers to hold a special screening for 800 employees of their company.

 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which touched the hearts of viewers, seems to have secured yet another fan. Buzz is that software giant Narayan Murthy and his wife Sudha have requested the makers to hold a special screening for 800 employees of their company.
A special screening of the ace athlete’s biopic has been arranged in Bengaluru for the software giant’s staff.
Says a source, “Murthy also had a very humble beginning to his career and wanted his staffers to imbibe the zeal and enthusiasm portrayed by Milkha Singh’s character in the film.” Insiders say the producers have been elated to receive Murthy’s request and the screening of the film has been arranged to take place in Bengaluru on September 27.

Shatrughan Sinha’s son, Kush was the third A.D on the sets of Besharam.

Shatrughan Sinha’s son, Kush was the third A.D on the sets of Besharam.

Kush wanted to get hands on with the nitty gritties of production before he ventures into something of his own. 

The young lad has closely worked with Abhinav Kashyap and tried to learn things from the director.

Infact, this is the second time Kush is working under the well known director. Previously he assisted Abhinav in Dabaang and shares a great bond with the director.

Even though Kush is a star kid he never acted as one on the sets. He understands Abhinav's vision and works things effectively on sets.

Abhinav has been all praise for him. However they two do not extensively divulge details on their working patterns.

Ranbir Kapoor as the lead of Besharam, is one of the most awaited movies of B-town.

Poonam Jhawer onto the big league The sexy Radhe Sanyasani transforms into a modern village belle

Poonam Jhawer onto the big league

The sexy Radhe Sanyasani transforms into a modern village belle

There is a saying that talent is not time bound. Talking about sheer talent, meet Poonam Jhawer who is growing into one of the most formidable forces when it comes to playing all kinds of roles. She is an actress who has pursued and found her own way and has taken up the challenge to play difficult roles and doing total justice to it. Poonam is a challenge to all writers and directors who are willing to create complex, complicated and even controversial roles for the actress. She has this knack of bringing the characters alive and giving them a new dimension.

The absolutely admirable talent has earned all the applause and appreciation for her role of “Radhe Maa” in Akshay Kumar – Paresh Rawal starrer OMG-Oh My God! directed by Umesh Shukla. The Hindi satirical comedy directed by Umesh Shukla received a positive response and was declared a super hit grosser at the box office when it was released on September 28 last year.

After lighting up the screen with her presence and outstanding and natural performance, the sexy Radhe Sanyasani will be seen playing a modern village belle in Eros International’s upcoming film Rambo Rajkumar.The action packed entertainer is directed by none-other-than Prabhu Deva and features Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead. The film is slated to release on December 6 this year.  

Poonam Jhawer has joined the big league and has the right to be on cloud nine. Talking about the same, an excited Jhawer said that she’s lucky to be a part of Eros and Prabhu Deva’s film Rambo Rajkumar.

Hope has shown the actress in a new light that has something special about her, playing the kind of roles with some extraordinary spark…

Pamela Chopra, wife of the legend, Yash Chopra wants to celebrate the late filmmaker’s birthday every year by announcing a new initiative to mark the occasion.

Pamela Chopra, wife of the legend, Yash Chopra wants to celebrate the late filmmaker’s birthday every year by announcing a new initiative to mark the occasion.
Late director Yash Chopra’s wife, Pamela, has taken up an initiative to celebrate his birthday in a unique manner every year. Yashji’s production house will celebrate the occasion with a new initiative on September 27.
 “It’s entirely Pamelaji’s idea. She was keen that Yashji’s birthday becomes an important day for everyone at the production house. So as far as we know, every year, there will be some kind of activity on his birthday — it could be a charity event, a film announcement or another special event — in his memory. She has apprised everyone at Yash Raj Films of her wish and it will, of course, be complied with,” says an industry insider.
This year, we have been told that a big event is being planned. “Details are a bit unclear right now, but things will be finalised in a couple of days. Her sons, Aditya and Uday, are privy to all the details and execution plans. But like all other initiatives by the production house, not many people are aware of the exact nitty-gritty,” adds the insider. One of the activities will be the launch of a line of saris that are inspired by the filmmaker’s body of work.
When contacted, Pamela Chopra confirms the news: “Yes, we are looking to celebrate every birthday of Yash in a meaningful manner. This year, we are in the process of putting together something really big.”
The filmmaker passed away in October last year, less than a month before his last release, Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

Dulux Velvet Touch unveils new brand campaign - ‘Fashion trends for walls’ Launches a new TVC featuring Farhan Akhtar

Dulux Velvet Touch unveils new brand campaign - ‘Fashion trends for walls’

Launches a new TVC featuring Farhan Akhtar

Unveils ‘Celebrations’ – a signature wall-décor collection

designed by Manish Malhotra 

Mumbai, September 17, 2013:

Dulux, from the house of AkzoNobel; the world’s largest paints and coatings company unveiled its latest Dulux Velvet Touch collection – ‘Fashion trends for walls’ via a brand campaign that celebrates the stylized expression of elegance. The announcement was made at a gala event in Mumbai today.

Dulux Velvet Touch – Fashion trends for walls is an offering of high-end emulsions (decorative paints), inspired by fashion. The new range from Dulux Velvet Touch includes colours, patterns, finishes, and stencils for decorating walls, revitalizing the aura and essence of your home; making it elegant, stylish and ‘simply you’!

At the launch of the Dulux Velvet Touch integrated marketing campaign, Rajiv Rajgopal, Director – Sales & Marketing, Decorative Paints, Akzo Nobel India, said, “Over the past three decades, Dulux Velvet Touch has emerged as India’s leading premium emulsion brand and has created a distinct positioning for itself in home décor. ‘Fashion trends for walls’ is more than just a brand positioning - it embodies a mindset that is true to today’s dynamic consumers who look at homes as stylised expressions of elegance and living, enabling them to express their individualistic, creative instincts. The newly unveiled collection by Dulux Velvet Touch is designed to make homes look trendy.”

The integrated campaign for Dulux Velvet Touch showcases fashion trends for walls through an array of communication channels offering a diverse and all-encompassing glimpse into the brand.

The Dulux Velvet Touch marketing campaign includes:

ü  A 45-second TVC featuring the Dulux Velvet Touch Brand Ambassador - Farhan Akhtar, which airs today

ü  Print advertisement featuring creative partner – ace fashion designer – Manish Malhotra who has especially designed a signature wall décor collection themed around ‘Celebrations’

ü  Cross-country outdoor activation

ü  Digital communication across social media platforms, and

ü  A limited edition coffee table book that bespeaks the transformative power of colour – leveraging its innate ability to elevate home decor

Dulux Velvet Touch has further strengthened it positioning by unveiling the symbolic global colour mnemonic, ‘Lady in Red’, which will be integral to all marketing initiatives of the ‘Fashion Trends for walls’ campaign. 

The new Dulux Velvet Touch TVC, featuring Farhan Akhtar celebrates the coming together of high-end fashion and home décor. Creative conception and execution of the new TVC campaign was led by Agnello Dias, co-founder and CEO, Taproot India and his team at Dentsu-Taproot (please refer to the “Annexure – TVC for Dulux Velvet Touch” for further details).

According to Farhan Akhtar, actor, director, singer and Brand Ambassador, Dulux Velvet Touch, says, “To me fashion is a lot more than clothes and cars. It can even be about the home one lives in and that’s exactly what Dulux has been doing for the past many years with its Velvet Touch range – giving homes and those who live in them, a medium to express themselves creatively and be fashionably stylish. That is one of the key reasons why I identify with Dulux Velvet Touch and I am delighted to be associated with the leading premium emulsion brand. The new collection with its versatile hues and textures has energized me to stylize my home.”

The signature wall décor collection ‘Celebrations’, designed by ace designer, Manish Malhotra was unveiled today. Dulux Velvet Touch ‘Celebrations’ is a designer ensemble for walls, a celebration of lively festive colours, embroidery work and Indian textiles inspired from Manish’s successful works in fashion and the Indian cinema.

Talking about his signature wall décor collection for Dulux Velvet Touch, ace fashion designer & creative partner for Dulux Velvet Touch, Manish Malhotra said, “'Celebrations' is a theme that every individual relates to. Be it an auspicious moment or simply celebrating the essence of life and living. Dulux has been giving families, across India, a chance to paint the canvas of their homes with various colour combinations, finishes and patterns of their choice. My latest collection has been successfully inspired from my work in the Indian cinema. Cinema is all about colour, fashion and style and my latest wall décor collection ‘Celebrations’ echoes that verve just perfectly.”

The current Dulux Velvet Touch campaign will be largely led by television. It will be further supported by outdoor and BTL (below-the-line) activities in certain regions, and also via digital media - Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Photo caption:  (L-R) Rajiv Rajgopal, Director – Sales & Marketing, Decorative Paints, Akzo Nobel India, Farhan Akhtar, Brand Ambassador, Dulux Velvet Touch, Manish Bhatia, General Manager – Marketing, Decorative Paints, Akzo Nobel India and Creative Partner for Dulux Velvet Touch, Manish Malhotra at the unveiling of Dulux Velvet Touch’s new brand campaign - ‘Fashion trends for walls’

About Akzo Nobel India

Present in India for over 100 years and a significant player in the Paints industry. Over the years, it witnessed sustained expansion, growth and transformation. In 2008, Akzo Nobel N.V. became owner of the entire equity share capital of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., by virtue of which the Company became a member of the AkzoNobel Group. Akzo Nobel India manufactures and markets paints, coatings and specialty chemicals. In 2012, three AkzoNobel Group companies in India, namely, Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes India Private Limited, Akzo Nobel Chemicals (India) Limited, Akzo Nobel Coatings India Private Limited got merged with Akzo Nobel India Limited, thereby expanding the Company’s presence in a wide range of coatings covering Decorative, Powder, Marine & Protective, Automotive & Aerospace, Coil & Specialty Plastics.

Dulux is its most popular brand of its Decorative coatings business while the Performance Coatings business provides solutions to many industries and sectors including automotive, consumer electronics, power, aviation, shipping & leisure craft, construction, oil & gas, water & waste water, food & beverages, etc. Its chemicals business in India sells more than 30 products grouped under organic peroxides, metal alkyls and Polymer additives to pharmaceutical companies, polymer producers, composite & rubber industry. Every year we try and introduce new products in India to further strengthen our position as an innovative specialty chemicals company.

With employee strength of close to 1,800, Akzo Nobel India has manufacturing sites, offices and distribution network spread across the country. All its five manufacturing facilities have an ISO 14001 certification for environmental management system.  Its commitment to Health, Safety, Environment & Security (HSE&S) has been amongst the best in class globally, with due care being taken to protect the people and the environment.

Cinema TV channel viewing can now be enjoyed on Dish TV

Cinema TV channel viewing can now be enjoyed on Dish TV

Mumbai, September 17^th , 2013: Cinema TV movie channel, the 24x7 Hindi movie channel from Naaptol, is now available on Dish TV it was confirmed today by Hitesh Sabharwal, CEO, CINEMA TV. The channel broadcasts a classic blend and popular Bollywood movies that offers a unique entertainment perspective to the viewers.

CINEMA TV movie channel showcases titles from its vast library, including award winning features, cult favorites, comedies and gripping drama movies.

The USP of Cinema TV is that it follows appointment viewing, which simply put is a scheduled time for different kind of movies for different target audience. The content for the channel is based on research done to gauge the interest of their target audience. They plan to expand across geographies and aim to grow into a multi-channel network. With improved quality of viewing and more variety in content, CINEMA TV  is on its way to assuming a position among the top 5 GECs in the future.

“We’re seeing a robust demand for movie content channel across various regions of India and in an effort to meet the customers’ needs; CINEMA TV was specifically designed for the movie buffs, bringing out high quality catalogue of feature films directly to viewers.”  Said, Hitesh Sabharwal, CEO, and CINEMA TV.

About CINEMA TV

Incepted in April 2012, CINEMA TV is a 24x7 Hindi Movie channel that exclusively caters to movie buffs. It thrives on the sensibilities of a nation that takes its cinema viewing very seriously. Watching a film is a cause for the family to come together in the living room, or for friends to hang out together at the local tea stall, enraptured by the drama and entertainment onscreen. CINEMA TV’s ambit of films holds universal appeal for everyone from an urban housewife to an old man in a remote village. From the latest fiery blockbusters to the nostalgia-inducing melodramatic classics, CINEMA TV encapsulates every type of film in its film bank

Sanjay leela bhansali's RAM LEELA first look trailer launched.

Sanjay leela bhansali's

 RAM LEELA

 first look trailer launched.

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Theatre festival bringing the best of theatre across Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai

Theatre-in-Motion ~Theatre festival bringing the best of theatre across Kolkata, New Delhi & Mumbai~ This winter, get ready to experience the best of Indian Theatre with Theatre in Motion; a festival that will provide theatre lovers a chance to experience plays across Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai in Hindi, English and Bengali. Running for 3 months starting from October 5 till December 29, the festival will bring together the best of theatre groups, personnel and art connoisseurs on a single platform. Presented by Utkal Rangmanch Trust in association with Sanket and steered by Anant Mahapatra, a legendary figure in theatre, Theatre-in-Motion revolves around his idea of making the best of theatre available for viewing to connoisseurs across the country. Theatre in Motion will feature famous theatre exponents like Dada Saheb Phalke awaredee Soumitra Chatterjee, Rajit Kapur, Nadira Zaheer Babbar, Mohan Agashe, Om Katare, Manoj Mitra, Rakesh Bedi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Lilette Dubey, Ira Dubey, Shernaz Patel, Yashpal Sharma, and many more. The festival commences in New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata from Saturday, October 5 till December 29. In New Delhi, the festival opens with Nadira Zaheer Babbar's Ekjute presenting Saku Bai in New Delhi with Sarita Joshi among the main cast. On October 13, theatre lovers will be enthralled by Tom Alter who stars in The Old Man and the Sea by Shivani Tibrewala's performing arts company No License Yet, marking his debut in the play for the city. In Mumbai, the festival opens with Sohini Sengupta and Rudraparasad Sengupta in his debut play Ajantobas. The city will also see the iconic Bengali film, stage actor and poet Soumitra Chaterjee starring in the Bengali play Chariganga presented by Dwijen Bandopadhyaya's Samstab as the festival draws to an end on December 29 In Kolkata, the festival opens with Rajit Kapur's Rage presenting Mahua starring Mona Ambegaonkar and Sadiya Siddiqui among the main cast. Lillete Dubey and Ira Dubey, the mother-daughter duo gets together in 30 Days in September, a Primetime Theatre production on December 27. The festival comes to a close with Lillete and Mohan Agashe in Primetime Theatre's Adhe Adhure on December 28 Venues: New Delhi - LTG Auditorium, Mandi House, Copernicus Marg Mumbai - Veer Savarkar Auditorium, Shivaji Park Kolkata - GD Birla Sabahghar, 29, Ashutosh Chaudhary Avenue, Ballygunge For complete schedules and more information - visit http://www.theatreinmotion.in Download High Res. Image Download High Res. Image Download High Res. Image

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