Bollywood divas Malaika Arora Khan, NehaDhupiademonstrate that women all over India think ‘Shaved is Bathed”

Bollywood divas Malaika Arora Khan, NehaDhupiademonstrate that women all over India think ‘Shaved is Bathed”

~Actors Arbaaz Khan and VidyutJammwalvow to shave for their partners, everyday at India’s first Shave Theater~

·        83% Women think men with stubble haven’t taken a bath* ·        86 % Women think clean shaven men smell good* ·        84% Women think clean shaven men make a good first impression* ·        81 % Women are attracted to a clean shaven man*

 

Mumbai, January 9, 2014:The nation-wide ‘Unshaved is Unbathed’ movement, on a  mission to urge all men in India to shave every day and to make shaving a part of their daily regime has achieved tremendous support and encouragement from both men and women across the nation.Bollywood actors and popular film stars Chitrangada Singh, Sneha, Soha Ali Khan, NehaDhupia along with women from all walks of life endorsed the thought “Unshaved is unbathed”, by travelling from city to city including Delhi, Lucknow, Indore, Bengaluru, Chennai among several others.

In a first of its kind ‘Shave theatre’ the Finale event gave us a preview into numerous homes & bathrooms across the cities the movement has travelled, demonstrating how women all over India prefer men clean shaven. Women were seen protesting Unshaved is Unbathed and didn’t let their partners get out from the bathroom unless they are clean shaven and made it a daily regime as well. In a rare visual, leading Actors Arbaaz Khan &VidyutJammwal were seen shaving seated on bathtubs as they agreed to the Unshaved is Unbathed protest.

Malaika Arora Khan and NehaDhupiahighlightedtheir preference for clean shaven men and voiced the opinion of Indian women who think clean shaven men are more attractive. They make a better impression and they also smell good. Talking about routine grooming hygiene, the actorsexpressed their disapproval of men who are not clean shaven, highlighting that they look unclean and unattractive, like they have not had a bath.

As all women expressed that clean shaven men look fresh as they did after a bath;actors Arbaaz Khan and VidyutJammwal along with other men vowed to shave for their partner every day. Men got themselves the perfect shave with theGillette Fusion Power Phantom Razor, against the backdrop of a one-of-its-kind Shave Theater.

Actors Arbaaz Khan and VidyutJammwalfurther revealed Gillette’s new revolutionary shaving system ‘GilletteFusion Power Phantom’ - so smooth that you can barely feel the blades. The razor with its superior design combines revolutionary blade technologies to offer the smoothest shave, making every day shaving an ultimate experience. Not only this; the Gillette Fusion Power Phantom comes at an attractiveprice of INR 349/-, leaving men with no reason to not shave every day.

Bollywood DivasMalaika Arora Khan and NehaDhupia highlighted,“Grooming includes several things like well-maintained hair, clean nails, smelling good & overall hygiene amongst the rest. But, you have to start somewhere and men can do that with shaving every day to be clean.When a man sports stubble it looks like ‘he has not had a bath’. He doesn’t look fresh.Not just us, but 83% of Indian Women think men with stubble haven’t taken a bath*.If women can spend hours on grooming to look good, we would like men to do the same not just for us, but to look fresh, clean and attractive.By shaving men can actually save themselves the trouble of having a bath twice, a quick shave makes them look fresh just like they have had a bath.”

In acknowledgement, actors Arbaaz Khan and VidyutJammwalsaid, “Yes, we agree with the sentiments of the women who are against unclean stubble.83% of women in India think men with stubble haven’t taken a bath*, men need to pay more attention and start shaving like they bathe every day.While we do feel lazy to bathe sometimes, shaving helps us look fresh just like we had a bath in two minutes.  Moreover men should realize that women put in so much effort to groom themselves for their partners, the least that men could do is stay clean and well groomed.With Gillette’s technologically advanced revolutionary innovations like Fusion Power Phantom, shaving has now been made effortless for men, giving them the right tool for a superior and comfortable shave.We are sure men can’t thank Gillette enough for making shaving so easy and convenient.”

*Based on Grazia India reader survey done on 300 respondents all over India. 

As a manifestation of their strong protest against men with unclean stubble, Indian women unveiled the three mandates and vowed to follow them if their men didn’t shave:

·        “We will not be your date if you don’t shave”

·        “We will not share our space & things if you don’t shave”

·        “We will go out alone if you don’t shave as we think no shave means you haven’t had a bath”

“This program is not intended to hurt the sentiments of any particular gender/community.”

About Procter & Gamble India

P&G serves approximately 4.8 billion people around the world with operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. P&G is one of the largest and amongst the fastest growing consumer products companies in India. Its presence pans across the Beauty & Grooming segment, the Household Care segment as well as the Health & Well Being segment, with trusted brands that are household names across India. These include Vicks ®, Ariel®, Tide®, Whisper®, Olay®, Gillette®, AmbiPur®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Oral-B®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella® and Duracell®. P&G operates through 3 entities in India of which 2 are listed on NSE & BSE. The listed P&G entities are: ‘Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care Limited’ and ‘Gillette India Limited’, whereas the unlisted entity (which is a 100% subsidiary of the parent company in the U.S) operates by the name ‘Procter & Gamble Home Products Ltd.’ Please visit http://www.pg-India.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G India, its brands and corporate social responsibility program Shiksha.

P&G Shiksha                                                 

Gillette is proud to be associated with P&G Shiksha, the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility program. Every time you buy a Gillette product, in January, February and March, a part of the proceeds go towards P&G Shiksha. Till date, P&G Shiksha has helped over 420,000 children gain access to education by building/supporting over 220 schools across India in association with NGO partners like Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), Round Table India (RTI), Save the Children (STC). P&G has made a cumulative donation of over Rs. 28 crores since inception towards building new schools, providing critical infrastructural amenities at existing schools or reviving non-operational government schools.

Amol Gupte composed a song for Hawaa Hawaai

Amol Gupte composed a song for Hawaa Hawaai

Amol Gupte, the screenwriter, actor and film-maker, has added another feather to his cap. After tasting success in the scripting and film-making domain, he has now turned music composer for his next film, Hawaa Hawaai. 

Amole wants to reach out to children with his song, which will be based on Indian classical ragas. “I wanted to sing to the children of the nation. So, I wrote and composed Chule Ke Angaare. It’s an inspirational anthem for them and is an early morning rendition." 

"It has a flavour of Indian classical music,” says Amole. 

Besides composing the track, the director has also lent his voice to it. “I have also sung in the film. Since I was really connected to the song, I didn’t have any difficulty in singing it. I needed a voice that could communicate the words and I felt like singing it myself,” says Amol, who has been an Indian classical music aficionado since childhood.
 
“I was four years old when my father introduced me to Indian classical music, and I used to attend baithaks (music sessions),” he adds. He also says that he “will definitely compose more songs in the future”.

The rest of the songs have been composed by Hitesh Sonik. The same collaboration had rocked Stanley Ka Dabba, and one can't wait to see what they pull out of the box this time.

THE AUDIO RELEASE OF FIVE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS WINNING FILM STRINGS OF PASSION WAS LAUNCHED

THE AUDIO RELEASE OF FIVE INTERNATIONAL  AWARDS WINNING FILM STRINGS OF PASSION WAS LAUNCHED  AT SHEESHA SKY LOUNGE ,JUHU WITH LOTS OF FILM AND TV STARS.
Film by Tricolors Creations, EON Films & Mithuntara Movies 
Starring Zeenat Aman, Shubh Mukherjee, Indrani Halder, 
Rajesh Sharma, Avalok Nagpal, Trishaan Sarkar, 
Paru Gambhir & Sangita Sonali.
Directed By Sanghamitra Chaudhuri
GUEST WHO ATTENDENT FUNCTION VENUS CHAMPAK JAIN,MUKESH RISHI,SHAKTI KAPOOR,Mr. YOGESH LAKHANI, MUSIC DIRECTOR SHRAVAN, Sharbani Mukherjee,Ayaz khan,LOVEL OF  COLOSES COUSIONS,SHILPI SHUKLA,SAHILLA  CHADDHA,
POONAM JHAWAR,Sneha  Paul,Shomu  M ukherjee ,HARISH,SHIVA,KALPNA PANDIT,BOBBY DARLING,LIZA MALIK AND ALL STAR CAST AND CREW AND MANY OTHER.Its music on venus.

Radhika Rao & Vinay Sapru shoots Salman Khan’s “Naina..” Trilogy for Jai Ho…

Radhika Rao & Vinay Sapru shoots Salman Khan’s “Naina..” Trilogy for Jai Ho…

After “Mast Mast Do Nain” & “Dagabaz Naina” Salman completes the “Naina” trilogy with “Tere Naina” in “Jai Ho”.

All the three super hit songs have been shot for him by his “Lucky…” directors Radhika Rao & Vinay Sapru who earlier directed his film “Lucky… No Time For Love”

Like earlier Naina songs “Tere Naina” of “Jai Ho” is already topping all music charts with over 4 million hits in just 10 days.

The only way this song is different from the earlier “Naina” song is that in both earlier songs Salman sang for Sonakshi Sinha’s  “Naina” but this one is  for Salman’s Naina..!

For the first time Nawazuddin Siddhiqui will be seen doing an out and out comedy movie “Ghoomketu” which was announced on 14th January 2014.

For the first time Nawazuddin Siddhiqui will be seen doing an out and out comedy movie “Ghoomketu” which was announced on 14th January 2014.

The event started with director Pushpendra Misra announcing the movie. It was followed by the entry of the lead actor Nawazuddin Siddhiqi who will be seen playing the title role.

The actor showed a glimpse of the role he will be playing in the movie at the announcement of the movie. Nawaz was handpicked for the lead role by the director who wanted to make the movie only with him.

The movie will also show a glimpse of  Anurag Kashyap who will be playing a cop in the movie

The movie will also cast Richa Chadda and Huma Quershi in pivotal role.

Nawaz will be playing the title role "Ghoomkatue" who is an aspiring writer, travels all the way from Lucknow to Mumbai to be a part of Bollywood. With his unconventional acting skills and a very spunky character Nawaz is all set to thrill his audience.

While we will get to see Nawazuddin Siddiqui playing the lead in this comedy film, the other actors who will be playing pivotal roles in the film are Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda.

The movie is being produced by Phantom Films and MSM Motion Pictures.

About Phantom Films:

Phantom Films is India’s first ‘Directors’ Company’. It has been formed by four young creative minds of the country, viz. Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena.  They have joined hands to start a journey with a distinct focus on fostering creativeenergies to develop enduring and entertaining content. This year Phantom has a slew of releases including Hasee toh Phasee, Queen, Ugly, NH10 & BombayVelvet.

About MSM:

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) backs Multi Screen Media Private Limited, which is India’s leading television network. It comprises of Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of India's leading Hindi general entertainment television channels; MAX, India's premium Hindi movies and special events channel; SAB, a family comedy entertainment channel; PIX, the English movie channel; MIX a refreshing Hindi music channel ,SIX, India’s Premier Sports Entertainment Channel and Sony LIV - the Digital Entertainment Channel . Multi-Screen Media’s channels are available across the Globe and influence over 400 million viewers in the Indian sub- continent, and the South Asian Diaspora worldwide. The One Alliance - a joint venture between Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. and Discovery Communications India is the distribution arm and The One Alliance bouquet includes SET, SAB, MAX, PIX, MIX,SIX,AXN, ANIMAX, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, ANIMAL PLANET, TLC, DISCOVERY SCIENCE, DISCOVERY TURBO, DISCOVERY CHANNEL TAMIL, DISCOVERY KIDS, AATH, AAJ TAK, HEADLINES TODAY, TEZ, NEO SPORTS, NEO PRIME, TIMES NOW, MOVIES NOW, ET NOW, ZOOM, SET HD, SIX HD AND DISCOVERY HD WORLD.MSM Motion Pictures is a division of Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. It is committed to offering high quality and differentiated content through its movies.

Total Siyapaa is now slated to release on 7th March 2014

The film, Total Siyapaa is now slated to release on 7th March 2014. Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey's Friday Filmworks collaborate with &Pictures for their upcoming project, Total Siyapaa.

Neeraj Pandey has always been known for good content films. The movie content synergises with the brand personality of &pictures, who have found a seamless fitment with it and are excited about the association.  

Post the collaboration , the makers also felt 7th March is an appropriate date for the release of the film.

Till then, the three partners Reliance Entertainment, Friday Filmworks and  &Pictures will combine forces to further the scale of Total Siyapaa’s presence in India and globally. 

The film is a romantic-comedy about a Pakistani boy in love with an Indian girl, both based in London.

The makers have got together a fresh and unique star cast which includes Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam in the lead. Also for the first time, real life couple, Anupam kher and Kirron Kher will be playing reel life couple.

Audiences have given positive feedback on the trailer and are now waiting for the release of the film.

Deepika Padukone bagging three awards

The awards season in Bollywood has commenced.

Screen Awards, last evening saw Deepika Padukone bagging three awards; for the Best Actress (Popular) and Best Actress (Critics) for her performances in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela and Chennai Express and  also Life Ok Screen Hero Award.

Before this, Deepika Padukone also won three awards at the BIG Star Entertainment awards including best actress in romantic and comedy role and most entertaining actor in a comedy film (female) – Chennai Express.

Deepika Padukone, who delivered four back to back hits in 2013, was the sure shot winner of the awards this season.

The year belonged to Deepika Padukone with praises and appreciation flowing from both the audiences as well as the critics for her performances in the year.

All her films have done extremely well at the box office and Deepika has worked very hard for this.

This is just the beginning and the actress has a lot more awards coming her way this award season.

Darr At The Mall’ To Have Bollywood’s First Gothic Song ‘Pinacolada’ By Ganesh Hegde

Darr At The Mall’ To Have Bollywood’s First Gothic Song ‘Pinacolada’ By Ganesh Hegde

The trailer of upcoming scare fare ‘Darr At The Mall’ was unveiled recently and after scaring everyone, the makers of the film are planning to make everyone tap their feet to a groovy number named ‘Pinacolada’, which is a first of its kind Gothic song in Bollywood. The song has been choreographed by none other than Ganesh Hegde and keeping in tune with the theme and vibe of the film, Hegde, who has never choreographed a song for a horror flick till date, came up with the idea of a Gothic look.

At the Screen awards last evening Farhan Akhtar bagged the Best Actor 2013 award by the jury for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

At the Screen awards last evening Farhan Akhtar bagged the Best Actor 2013 award by the jury for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

This is Farhan's second award this season. He previously bagged the Big Star Entertainment Awards.

Farhan has worked extremely hard to get into the skin of his character and this can be witnessed on screen.

Usually there is a certain unpredictability attached to awards. However this year around there seems to be no ambiguity in the air.

Farhan is the hands down contender for his performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The critics and audiences have all loved his performance in the film.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag did very well at the box office. The film ran for over four weeks and got appreciation from all quarters.

The Legend of Hercules review by ANIZ FILMVALA.

The Legend of Hercules

 review by

 ANIZ FILMVALA.

*****

CRITIC VIEW.

The Legend of Hercules is not enough of a movie to sit and enjoy and doesn’t meet the requirements as an action movie or a historical.
Its $70 million budget that does a little effect on screen to give that extravagant movie satisfaction.
The film central character[Kellan Lutz] as a legend is unpersuasive and to make him believe as a Hercules goes in vain.

Lukewarm and monotonous in all departments as acting of all cast is so pathetic; also the story which ends nowhere.
The effects are of poor quality, seldom gives the period authenticity and the aura of that century.

This is a total mockery of epic movies like “300”, director Renny Harlin has action sequence which is more of a takeoff than an actual related to the script demand.

For your value of one ticket there are some wrestle scenes which will truly excite you and thrill .

STORY.

In ancient Greece, King Amphitryon (Scott Adkins) invades the shores of a neighboring kingdom. The two massive armies face each other, prepared for battle. King Amphitryon strikes a bargain with the rival King Galenus: the two will fight to the death, to the victor goes his adversary's kingdom and army. The two engage in combat and King Amphitryon easily defeats King Galenus and seizes his kingdom. That night, King Amphitryon is visited by his estranged wife, Queen Alcmene (Roxanne Mckee). He boasts he won the kingdom for her; she protests he won the kingdom for himself and its gold. Queen Alcmene is disgusted by her husband's thirst for power and warmongering. She prays to Hera for guidance. A woman appears declaring herself to be Hera, wife of Zeus, and prophecies that Alcmene will bear the son of Zeus and he will be the savior of her people. The only other witness to this wondrous event is Chiron (Rade Šerbedžija), the queen's loyal advisor.

That night as King Amphitryon celebrates his victory, Alcmene is visited by Zeus. She is discovered by Amphitryon who believes the Queen has taken a mortal lover. Alcmene soon gives birth to a healthy baby boy named Alcides, but she secretly acknowledges his true name: Hercules. Twenty years later a strong and handsome Hercules/Alcides (Kellan Lutz) rides along the countryside with his love, Hebe (Gaia Weiss). They frolic along the shore of a secluded lake. Alcides admires Hebe's necklace which was given to her by her mother; she in turn bestows the necklace to Alcides. The two are discovered by Alcides' older brother, Iphicles (Liam Garrigan). A search party was dispatched to look for Hebe, a princess of Crete. Hebe returns to the palace along with her guard while Alcides and Iphicles follow. Along the way the two are attacked by a lion. Alcides wrestles with the lion, crushing it. Iphicles takes all the credit and arrives at the royal banquet clutching the lion's pelt. He attempts to humiliate Alcides, calling him a coward but Hebe sees right through him. At the banquet Amphitryon announces the engagement of Hebe and Iphicles. The two lovers are devastated and decide to run away together. They are chased down by the royal guard and Hebe nearly drowns before being saved by Alcides. Alcides is taken back to the palace and is sent away by his father to join a campaign of soldiers to Egypt.

As Alcides prepares for his journey, Alcmene tells him of his true lineage. Alcides believes it is madness and departs for his journey vowing to return to Hebe in three moons before her impending nuptials. Alcides, under the command of Captain Sotiris (Liam McIntyre), traverses the arid Egyptian desert. Sotiris sends two scouts ahead to scour the desert but they never return. The company is ambushed, leaving Alcides and Sotiris as the last survivors. The leader of the ambush recovers Alcides' helmet and demands to know where the prince is. Sotiris gestures to the body of a slain soldier, saying he is Alcides. Alcides refers to himself as Hercules to protect his identity. It is revealed that Amphitryon planned the ambush in hopes of killing Hercules. The two are sold off as slaves to a vicious promoter (Stefan Shterev) who organizes gladiator style fights. Sotiris and Hercules fight to death with other slaves and soon become undefeated. Sotiris and Hercules convince the promoter to send them to Greece in order to fight in an arena battle in which two gladiators fight six undefeated gladiators. If the promoter were to bet on Hercules and Sotiris he would have riches beyond his wildest dreams. The promoter agrees to take Sotiris and Hercules if they are able to defeat two other gladiators, Half Face and Humbaba. The four are thrown into an arena, with narrow stone paths divided by pits studded with spikes. Hercules defeats Half Face and Humbaba but Sotiris is injured. The promoter refuses to take Sotiris, since he will be useless in battle but Hercules convinces him to set Sotiris free and he will fight all six gladiators himself.

Back in Greece, Alcmene and Hebe mourn the death of Hercules. Alcmene once again seeks guidance from Hera. Amphitryon discovers her and confronts her about Hercules' parentage. She reveals she took Zeus as her lover so that she would bear the child that would overthrow him. In anger, Amphitryon stabs Alcmene with her own dagger. Chiron discovers them and Amphitryon tells him the Queen committed suicide in her grief. Meanwhile, Hercules arrives in Greece and easily bests the six gladiators in battle. The people celebrate his victory and deserters of Amphitryon's army join him and Sotiris. Chiron brings Hercules' news of his mother, who vows to avenge her death. Sotiris and Hercules seek refuge in the home of the human vessel of Hera, who foretells Hercules' destiny.

Hebe is in anguish after the death of Alcides and dreads her wedding to Iphicles, in just two moons. She tries to leap off the roof of the palace but is saved by Chiron who brings her to Hercules. The two are reunited and return to Hercules' safe-house. Amphitryon's army begins to desert him, forcing him to hire foreign mercenaries. Hercules and Sotiris begin a fight against Amphitryon's campaign of tyranny, angering Amphitryon who seeks to destroy them. Iphicles, aided by the mercenaries, murders Sotiris' wife and uses his son as a bargaining chip. He must lead them to Hercules or his son will die. Sotiris reluctantly leads them to the safe-house. Iphicles discovers that Hercules is none other than his brother Alcides. Hercules, Chiron, and Hebe are captured. Sotiris and Chiron are imprisoned while Hercules is chained and publicly flogged. Sotiris and Chiron are brought before the crowd. Hercules watches on in horror as Iphicles murders Chiron under Amphitryon's orders. In anguish he acknowleges his father and calls upon him for strength. Hercules breaks free from his chains and crushes Amphitryon's guard. Amphitryon and Iphicles escape.

Hercules and Sotiris raise an army and storm Amphitryon's palace. Amphitryon's guard join Hercules and his army and they battle Amphitryon's mercenaries. Hercules calls upon his father who infuses his sword with the power of lightning. Hercules easily defeats the mercenaries with his lightning sword. He meets Amphitryon inside and the two duel. Hercules nearly defeats Amphitryon but Iphicles holds Hebe hostage and threatens to kill her if Hercules does not let Amphitryon go. Hercules hesitates but Hebe thrusts the dagger through her shoulder, killing Iphicles. Hercules finally avenges his Alcmene's death and kills Amphitryon with the same blade that murdered his mother. Hercules rushes to Hebe's side as she slowly drifts into unconsciousness. Nearly a year later, the cries of a baby are heard. Hebe gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. Hercules looks on lovingly at his new family. That night, he watches over his kingdom, finally fulfilling his destiny.

Shruti Haasan's Cosmopolitan cover

It’s Gaushal after Saifeena

It’s Gaushal after Saifeena

Gauahar Khan who accepted Kushal’s proposal on-screen on the show Bigg Boss 7 was trending on the social networking site for 2 days. Gauahar’s fans who were watching the chemistry building up between the two and have loved the couple, named the new love birds ‘Gaushal’ just like Saifeena (Saif Ali Khan and Kareena). Gauahar and Kushal are very happy to see the love the fans have expressed for them. Gauahar says, “this is the love our fans have expressed which kept trending for two days!”