13th Indian Telly Awards

COLORS hosted the 13th Indian Telly Awards on September 9, 2014, Tuesday. Please find the pictures attached. 

The event saw not only a host of big names from the TV industry but also Bollywood biggies such as Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor, Rohit Shetty and Jeetuji.

Bollywood’s hype on the Ice Bucket Challenge!

A fitting summary of Bollywood’s hype on the Ice Bucket Challenge!

Spoof on the Ice Bucket Challenge with Bollywood stars hits the internet, classic rap number Ice Ice Baby recreated with special curated lyrics!

The new cool trend that recently drove everyone crazy was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It made quite a few headlines as many celebrities from the east to the west were seen taking up the challenge. Known for spoofing the trendiest issues, Culture machine- a digital video entertainment company for the internet generation has come up with a parody on the desperado of the celebrities who took the Ice Bucket Challenge to garner publicity.

The video called ‘Likes Likes Baby’ by the Being Indian channel on YouTube is a rap on all the famous as well as infamous celebrities who were ‘brave’ enough to take the challenge. The video is a mash up of all the clips where Bollywood stars poured ice on themselves in the name of charity. Accepting the challenge without even knowing what ALS is all about is sheer foolishness which has been hilariously woven into a recreated version of famous rap song Ice Ice Baby! Getting more likes on Facebook by uploading their Ice Bucket Challenge videos seemed to be the agenda. From Akshay Kumar to Sania Mirza to Poonam Pandey, everyone wanted to donate for the people of America. The funniest part of the video was everyone doing charity for America when Indians themselves are struggling for basic necessities. It also features the legendary Baba Sehgal and his famous song- Thanda Thanda Pani! Towards the end comes the hysterical Veenu Mallesh  doing his own version of The Ice Bucket challenge.

Lisa and Hrithik's Selfie Time!

When one thinks of the Indian celebrities that have made a mark internationally, Lisa Ray will be top of the list. 

The International luxury watch brand recently shot a commercial with Lisa and Bollywood’s Super star Hrithik Roshan. The duo shot the ad in Mumbai. The advertisement features the gorgeous lady dressed as a European Barista in the classic black and white attire. The minimalist classy look and the honest disarming million watt smile are to die for.

The actress shot with Hrithik for the first time and the duo had a lot of fun shooting the commercial.  The two have also captured the fun in a series of selfies that they uploaded on their social media accounts.

Speaking about the experience the actress said, “It was a pleasure to shoot the ad with Hrithik and a highlight of long association with RADO as ambassador. ‘Time to Surprise’ is a great script, more like a mini-action film, based on a chase with a twist at the end. Hrithik is the consummate professional, and its inspiring to watch him work. He’s also a genuine and soulful person. We had a blast. I look forward to working with him again. He is a great person to hang out with.”

JIGARIYAA BRINGS BACK ROMANCE

Let’s all admit we are all suckers for a good ol’ love story! And after seeing the first look of JIGARIYAA, There is something about that talks right into the inner recesses of our heart.

Amongst all the mad-hog comedies and big-bannered grandiose, JIGARIYAA is like a ray of hope. And let’s not forget with a story of new and young romance, almost always comes great success, be it Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla’s QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK or even Salman Khan and Bhagyashree’s MAINE PYAR KIYA.

After the success of Tanu Weds Manu, producer Vinod Bachchan, is launching two newcomers Harshvardhan Deo and Cherry Mardia in JIGARIYAA, who will have that same charm and chemistry we have witnessed in those great love stories.

When asked director Raj Purohit about launching new comers, he says, “Taking new comers in the film somewhere maintains the innocence a love story requires unlike an established actor’s image that defuses it. That’s why I cast HARSHVARDHAN and CHERRY as their innocence and personality bring out the characters of SHAMMU AND RADHA come alive so beautifully on the screen that you fall in love with them instantly."

Wave cinemas Ponty Chadha present A Soundarya Production’s, ‘Jigariyaa’, directed by Raj Purohit, produced by Raju Chadha & Vinod Bachchan, starring Harshvardhan Deo and Cherry Mardia along with Virendar Saxena, K.K. Raina, Navni Parihar, Natasha Rastogi, Vineeta Malik, Deepak Chadha, Kettan Singh, is slated for 10th October 2014 release.

Finding Fanny associates with Goa Tourism

Finding Fanny associates with Goa Tourism as destination partner

Honorable Minister for Tourism, Shri. Dilip Parulekar and Mr. Nilesh Cabral, Chairman, GTDC along with Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor at the press conference of Finding Fanny’s association with Goa Tourism as the destination partner in Mumbai.

September 11, 2014 – Goa Tourism is roped in as the destination partner for the English- Hindi satirical bollywood movie Finding Fanny scheduled to be released soon. With the movie plot surrounded by 5 dysfunctional and contrasting characters set in a village of Goa, the State’s tourism body was chosen to be the perfect destination partner keeping in mind Goa is the world’s only tourist destination that has the maximum contrasts in the smallest geographical space.

Honorable Minister for Tourism, Mr. Dilip Parulekar said, “Goa being just 3702 sq.kmin size, offers many contrasting experiences in the space of an hour which no other destination in the world can offer in such a small space. Goa Tourism was looking for a perfect partner to launch this new brand positioning and we found the perfect match in Finding Fanny where there are five contrasting characters looking for Fanny in the land of contrasts!”

Goa Tourism has recently undergone a brand make over to encapsulate the State’s contrasting rich tangible heritage which is in the form of forts, temples, churches, natural beauty and even richer intangible heritage in the various forms of dances, music, traditions and culture. The State’s new identity is an Ambigram that appears the same from either side and in this case, captures the contrasts within the same geographical space. The other unique feature being a dynamic logo, making Goa the third place in the world to use dynamic logos. The colors of the logo will change based on seasonality and focus of the state.

Goa Tourism also has a new brand line which is the world’s first dynamic tourism brand line – kenna, which means sometimes. The word ‘kenna’ makes it the first ‘Kin-glish’ line brand Goa has had, setting it apart from all the other brands. It can be used to bring contrasts such as kenna romance, kenna adventure; kenna rough, kenna smooth; kenna slow, kenna fast; kenna calm, kenna clamour; kenna party, kenna safari; kenna classic, kenna modern, etc.

Mr. Nilesh Cabral, Chairman, GTDC said, “We have launched a facebook contest on Finding Fanny where people can participate by giving their thoughts on what they think of Goa’s contrast through the word kenna. The winners will win a 3 nights, 4 days stay in Goa and a chance to meet the cast of the movie in addition to free tickets, etc.”

Mr. Nikhil Desai, MD, GTDC said “Goa Tourism has embarked upon professional destination marketing as a part of brand building exercise. We found that the film Finding Fanny which has been extensively shot in Goa represents the correct brand fit and portrays the fun loving character of Goans. The film has also managed to showcase a completely new side of Goa which made it an exciting proposition for us to associate with the concept of the movie”

Finding Fanny reveiw by ANIZ FILMVALA

Finding Fanny

reveiw by

ANIZ FILMVALA 

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Winsome but bewildering ‘Finding Fanny’ Homi Adajania’s trip to a lunatic world of loners carving niche for themselves. Five people and one destination – LOVE.

In a small place Pocolim a village in Goa Ferdie [Naseeruddin Shah] receives a letter which was undelivered to one Stefanie Fernandes [Fanny] 46 years ago on which he had proposed to her but had assumed being rejected for these many years, thus living down in the dumps. Angie [Deepika Padukone] a virgin widow living in the neibgourhood with her loathsome mother-in-law Rosie [Dimple Kapadia] persuade Ferdie to find fanny and propose her back again.

Angie who has a lost love tale with a pungent mechanic [Arjun Kapoor] convinces him to drive and borrow the vintage car from a quarrelsome and lusting artist Pedro [Pankaj Kapur] who superfluously joins them for the journey.

A chaotic five some engage into amusing events on the journey that alters their lives to different level perpetually. Will Ferdie get her lost love back; 100 minutes of a fairy tale storytelling will rekindle emotions in you and the joy of watching the veterans give their best performance. 

Dimple Kapadia with her goan lingo is riotous and Pankaj Kapur’s lust is explicit with full conviction.

Deepika Padukone shines in her quintessential magnificence looks and bold talent, she outshines the inferiority of the films weakness of over indulgence in a western format.

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah as Ferdie

Dimple Kapadia as Rosie

Pankaj Kapur as Don Pedro

Deepika Padukone as Angie

Arjun Kapoor as Savio Da Gama

Anjali Patil as Stefanie "Fanny" Fernandes

Aditya Roy Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra promoting Daawat-e-Ishq at Radio Mirchi studio

Life Ok’s Ek Boond Ishq

Life Ok’s Ek Boond Ishq celebrates its one year completion

The cast and crew cut a huge cake to celebrate the show’s success.

Life Ok's popular daily show Ek Boond Ishq that went on air on 9^th September 2013 recently completed a successful year.

The cast and crew of the show got together to celebrate this success. The set brimmed with energy as the show’s main leads Mrityunjay (Viraf Phiroz Patel), Tara (Chhavi Pandey) and other cast members cut a huge chocolate cake to begin the celebrations.

Speaking on the happy occasion of the show completing a year Viraf said “Ek Boond Ishq has been my first daily soap and is extremely special to me. It feels really nice to see the show complete a year. Time flies soon and I can’t believe it’s already been a year. I’d like to thank the entire team for making this journey so memorable and the audience for watching us.”

Watch Life Ok’s Ek Boond Ishq from Monday to Friday at 8.30 pm.

3 AM events to be held at haunted locations

The makers of an upcoming horror film 3 AM have devised an interesting marketing strategy.

Keeping in mind the genre of the film they have decided to scout for haunted places in various cities where they can visit for promotions.

The idea cropped up in one of the marketing meetings and since then has been actively discussed among the team.

They have been conducting a research and also talking to people in the surrounding vicinity to know more.

However the actors have been slightly apprehensive about the idea.

The team has been sitting at length to talk to them and reassure them.

They are also looking into logistics and checking places which are convenient to access and host events. They are sorting permissions from required authorities.

The team wants to set the tone of the film and are walking lengths to achieve this.

Sonam Kapoor was offered to play the lead role in 'Finding Fanny '

Sonam Kapoor is all heart,attends special screening of Finding Fanny ! 

Very few know that Sonam Kapoor was offered to play the lead role in Homi Adajania's Finding Fanny ,but had to turn it down due to prior commitments.However,the gracious actress  watched the film at a special screening organized by director Homi Adajania who she shares a great equation with.

Sonam Kapoor has been speaking highly about the trailer and was very keen on watching cousin Arjun Kapoor's performance in it, not to mention, Deepika Padukone whose work she deeply admires.

Reveals a source, "Sonam was offered Finding Fanny but had to turn it down ,however, that has not stopped her from supporting director Homi Adjania and cousin Arjun Kapoor.So despite her hectic schedule when Homi extended an invitation for a special screening , Sonam immediately agreed and watched the film.Sonam is known to be all heart and has always worn her heart on her sleeve , she loved Deepika's performance in the film and didn't hold back her praise when she met her at the screening.They greeted eachother warmly and spoke at length about the film"

Kalki Koechlin at the Toronto Film Festival

Margarita, With a Straw Draws Standing Ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival

The Kalki Koechlin starrer, Directed by Shonali Bose was premiered under the Contemporary World Cinema category

Mumbai, 10^th Sept 2014: Margarita, With a Straw - a film about a young romantic rebel in a wheelchair, was screened under the ‘Contemporary World Cinema’ category at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.Produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Jakhotia Group, Ishan Talkies and ADAPT, this Kalki Koechlin starrer - directed by the acclaimed Shonali Bosewas received an overwhelming response as well as a standing ovation at the film festival.  Incidentally,  Margarita, With a Straw is the only Indian film other than Mary Kom that premiered at TIFF.

Paving the path for a new wave of cinema, Margarita, With a Straw will break all stereotypes of women led films, bringing forth a bold character that has never been seen before on the silver screen – and yet, at the same time is utterly relatable.

A slice of life film wherein Laila embarks on the journey to seek love and acceptance─Margarita, With a Straw is not only intricately nuanced but also depicts a wide array of emotions that struck a chord with the viewers who saw the screening at TIFF.

Commenting on this occasion, Ajit Andhare, COO – Viacom18 Motion Picturessaid, “From Kahaani to Queen, from Mary Kom to Margarita, With A Straw – we at VMP enjoy producing strong, content led films that are headlined by some of the best actors in our industry. Kalki’s portrayal of Laila is simply unbelievable… We are delighted to have two of our films, Mary Kom and Margarita, With a Straw premier at TIFF while being received so well by global audiences.”

Travelling the Film Festival circuit - Margarita, With a Straw has also been officially selected at the 58^th BFI London Film Festival and the 19th Busan International Film Festival. The film’s stellar cast also includes veteran starRevathy, Hollywood actor William Moseley (lead of the Narnia Chronicles) and the talented new face Sayani Gupta in pivotal roles.

​Farhan and Ritesh prioritize safety of women​ ​

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Farhan and Ritesh prioritize safety of women​

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​Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani have prioritized safety of women in their own small way.

Currently, Excel Entertainment’s, Dil Dhadakne Do, is in their Bombay shooting schedule.

Since, on some days, their shoot would go beyond 10.30 pm, the producers made arrangements for cars to drop their female crew back home.

On any day, if they pack up late, they ensure that the women/ girls on the set are given cars to be dropped home safely.

They have arranged for cars and trusted drivers who have been with them for some time now to drop the female cast and crew home at odd hours.

In this way, they are assured that there is least possibility of any sort of mishap and the girls are safe.

They feel that as citizens it is our responsibility to make sure that we try and bring about a change at an individual level. We cannot just sit at home and complain.

​Farhan says "If we pack up later than 10.30 pm there are cars on set so everybody reaches home safely. We ensure the girls and their families are not worried about their ride back home. It is important to take necessary safety measures at an individual level."​

"माँ का फोन"

सुनीता कपूर माँ का फोन गाने से है बेहद खुश। 

सोनम कपूर की आगामी फिल्म खूबसूरत में "माँ का फोन" यह गाना खास तौर पर लिया गया है , यह गान खास कर कपूर बेटियो यानी सोनम और रेहा ने अपनी माँ सुनीता के लिए बनाया है।  इस गाने को सुन कर वे काफी ​उल्लसित हो कर हस्ती रही। वही उनके पिता अनिल कपूर ने यह जोक प्लान किया की जब उनकी पत्नी सुनीता उन्हें कॉल करे तो इस गाने की रिंगटोन बजे। 

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​Sunita Kapoor was extremely amused when the Kapoor daughters Sonam and Rhea made her listen to the quirky "Ma Ka Phone" from their upcoming Khoobsurat.She found the song hilarious and laughed through the entire song. Dad, Anil Kapoor too joked that he planned to set the song as his ringtone for whenever wife Sunita called.