‘Driven by the Extraordinary’ campaign concludes with the superhero Hrithik Roshan

Mumbai, November 26, 2013: Tata Manza announces the five lucky winners of the ‘Driven by the Extraordinary campaign. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Daniel from Secunderabad, Mr. Aniket Vilas Tamhane from Mumbai, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Pattanaik from Bhubhaneshwar, Mr. Rajkumar Dembla from Vadodara, and Mr. N R Rangaswamy from Bangalore, have bagged the golden opportunity to meet and interact with superstar, Hrithik Roshan.

The Tata Manza Club Class, designed for the discerning new-age customer, associated with Krrish 3 to offer its customers a unique experience. From October 13th to November 5th, Tata Manza ran the Driven by the Extraordinary campaign, inviting customers to experience an enticing combination of first-in-class human-machine interface, best-in-class cabin space and contemporary styling. Five lucky winners were bestowed with a chance to meet with Krrish (Hrithik Roshan), the superhero in Krrish 3.  The winners were elated and shared candid images and dance moves with their favourite star.

Speaking about the association with Krrish 3, Ms. Delna Avari, Head- Marketing Communications, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “It was extremely gratifying to be a part of a new wave in Bollywood movies. Krrish enjoys a cult status amongst fans and this extraordinary superhero is a perfect combination of intelligence and style just like the Tata Manza Club Class. We are happy to have associated with this movie and made this Diwali even more special for our customers.”

This association has been conceived and executed by MATES, the Entertainment Unit of Madison Communications. “This was an extraordinary association and an interesting one. Through this association, Tata Manza got to be a part of the biggest super-hero franchise in India. Together we worked for almost 2 years to make this a success.”

Powered with the powerful 90 PS Quadrajet diesel and Safire petrol engines, the Tata Manza Club Class is designed for the discerning new-age customer. This Club Class Sedan, is an enticing combination of first-in-class human-machine interface, best-in-class cabin space and contemporary styling. Taking forward its luxurious lineage, the Tata Manza comes with a powerful positioning of ‘the Club Class Sedan’ since it has set a new benchmark for sedan buyers in the mid-sized car segment with its plush interiors and state-of-the-art technology features, making it the most premium sedan in its class.

Rich interiors, tastefully adorned in Black and Plum enhance the luxurious ambience of the Tata Manza Club Class' best-in-class cabin space. Cutting-edge technology like the touchscreen multimedia navigation system are first-in-its-class. A new Infinity Contrast Roof and 8 split-spoke alloys add further class to the exteriors. These new additions have been further embellished in chrome, endowing the Tata Manza Club Class with a character which makes it stand apart.

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About Tata Motors

Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs. 1, 88, 818 crores ($ 34.7 billion) in 2012-13. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands. It also has an industrial joint venture with Fiat in India.  With over 8 million Tata vehicles plying in India, Tata Motors is the country’s market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top in passenger vehicles. It is also the world's fifth largest truck manufacturer and fourth largest bus manufacturer. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, CIS and Russia.

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Poignant historical film ‘The Bastard Child' all set to release in India and Bangladesh this December! Mrityunjay Devvrat’s film title awaiting an approval from the IMPPA.

November 29th, 2013: Director Mrityunjay Devvrat awaiting an approval from the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) for his film, titled 'The Bastard Child.' Mrityunjay is amazed that “Naajayaz (1995), Kaminey (2009) and Inglourious Basterds (2009) are acceptable but not my title. I don’t understand why they are objecting because only the Censor Board has the authority to reject titles.” He adds, “The dictionary defines ‘bastard’ as a child born out of wedlock. It becomes profane only when society uses it in the wrong sense. Maybe they are troubling me because I don’t have enough sources.” We all know of Hitler and his atrocious ways. People have watched Schindler’s List (1993) and Guns Of Navarone (1961) but the genocide that took place in Bangladesh is something that hasn’t been spoken about. The film will showcase how rape and religion were used as war weaponry.

The film deals with the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, focusing on the genocide and when “400,000 women were raped and 3 million people were killed.

Mrityunjay hopes the film releases smoothly in India. “It might face protests in Bangladesh but I will release it there as I spent part of my childhood in the country. This is a small token from my end,” he says.

On being contacted, IMPPA president TP Aggarwal says, “I spoke to the Film Makers Combined and they found the title abusive so they rejected it. I spoke to them to reconsider. Now if the film-maker reapplies, we will reconsider.”

The Bastard Child’ is a controversial film about the sanguinary birth of Bangladesh in 1971. It’s the 1^st Indian global film of sorts because its the first indian film talking about another country and what happened there. It is the 1st shocking revelation of what happened in Bangladesh.Directed by an Indian, Mrityunjay Devvrat, this movie is based on a true story and all the facts that were not known to many. It is the Best Kept Secret in the world.

Pavan Malhotra, being a powerful performer, has amazingly portrayed a role of a crude pakistani army officer. The movie also has some veteran performers like Farooq Shaikh and Victor Banerjee. Raima Sen and Indraneil Sengupta play the role of victims and this is the strongest role played by them by far.

Looking forward to his debut release, director of The Bastard Child, Mritunjay Devvrat says, "The Bastard Child’ is a gripping and compelling reconstruction of the events that took place in Bangladesh, in 1971. Not a single soul remained without the tears of sorrow in their eyes for years to come since then. If not anything, it would be only fair to bring out the reality for the world to see. It’s a film like no other, uniting the notable actors of hindi film industry delivering some power packed performances that would surely touch many hearts. We are keenly looking forward to its theatrical release. Indians should definitely watch the tale of its neighboring nation.”

The background score has been given by very talented Sidhant Mathur and Ishaan Chhabra. Mr. Fasahat Khan, D.O.P of the film has done complete justice by capturing the right essence of the subject.

The Bastard Child is expected to release on December 27^th, 2013. This emotionally stimulating film is all set to carve a dent in the history.

YRF who has never released a film in Bengali is set to do so with Gunday.

YRF who has never released a film in Bengali is set to do so with Gunday. 

Gunday is releasing day and date in Bengali along with its Hindi release on Valentine's day on 14th of February 2014. 

YRF released Gunday's teaser last week and it's created a lot of noise and has had a positive impact. 

Shoot extensively in Calcutta and Bengal, the film's back drop essentially lends itself to releasing the film in Bengali. 

YRF plans to release the teaser poster and teaser trailer in Bengali this week. 

Gunday has another strong Bengali connect as Bapi da has given music and this is the first time that YRF and Bapi da have come together. 

Starring Ranvir Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Priyanka Chopra, Gunday is one of the big releases of next year. 

Spokesperson of Gunday says, “The film is set during Calcutta’s most turbulent times of the 70’s and this is at the soul of the film with the characters seeped in the culture of that time. Consequently, the plans for releasing the film also in Bengali was finalised at the pre-production stage.”

SAB TV celebrates success of Chidiya Ghar &Laapataganj ~Chidiyaghar completes 500 episodes & Lapataganj 100 episodes~

SAB TV celebrates success of Chidiya Ghar &Laapataganj

~Chidiyaghar completes 500 episodes & Lapataganj 100 episodes~

Mumbai, 29^th November, 2013:Itscelebration timeat SAB TV as two of its most popular shows Chidiyaghar and Lapataganj produced by Garima Productions are set to celebrate their success. While Chidiya Ghar will celebrate the completion of its 500th episode, the new season of Lapataganj has completed 100 episodes.

The joint celebration that took place on the sets of Lapataganj saw the cast of both the shows getting together to rejoice the success with a big bang. The evening was graced byMr. Anooj Kapoor,EVP & Business Head, SAB TV, Producer Ashwini Dheer ,lead actors from both the shows, which included - Paresh Ganatra (Ghotak), Sumit Arora (Gomukh), Shubhangi poorey Atre(Koyal), Saransh Verma (Kapi) ,Jeetu Shivre (Gadha Prasad),Mandakini Srivastav (Nagin)from Chidiyaghar and  Rohitashv Gaur (Mukundi), Sucheta Khanna (Indumati), Abbas Khan (Biji Pandey), Aditi Telang (Surili), Anup Upadhyay (Mama),Rakesh Srivastav(Lallan),Sanjay Chaudary(Chukundi),Krishna Bhatt(Eliza), Ashutosh Sinha(Guddu), Sunil Kumar(Sutti Lal), Soma Rathod (Mircha), Vineet Kumar(Kachua Chacha),Dhuv ,Mamta(Bindumati) etc. from Lapataganj. The celebration started with a cake cutting ceremony followed by distribution of trophies to the artists.

                 

Mr. Anooj Kapoor, EVP & Business Head, SAB TV said, “This is a proud moment for us as we celebrate the success of two of our most popular shows. It has always been our endeavor to offer our viewers engaging and entertaining content and through these two shows, we have successfully captured this while delivering socially relevant messages. Both the shows have consistently received immense love and admiration from our viewers and we look forward to the continued support from them for other shows as well.”

About SAB TV: SAB TV is a part of the network of Television channels owned by Multi Screen Media. SAB TV is India’s only family comedy entertainment channel with a core brand promise of ‘Asli Mazaa SAB ke Saath Aata Hai’. SAB with its impressive lineup of innovative programs and light-hearted content ranging from daily family comedy to path breaking concepts like silent comedy shows is dedicated to promoting an enjoyable “family-viewing” experience. Its programming mix includes Baalveer, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasmah, Chidiyaghar, Jeannie Aur Juju, Lapataganj Ek Baar Phir, FIR, Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyaar, SAB Khelo SAB Jeeto,. For its differentiated programming and healthy entertainment SAB TV has also won the Brand Leadership award in Media & Entertainment space.

Suneel Darshan to launch his Son Shiv Darshan in Karle Pyar Karle

Suneel Darshan to launch his Son Shiv Darshan in Karle Pyar Karle

The successful filmmaker is all set to produce again after a long time. This time, he is making a romantic comedy with his son as the lead.

Suneel Darshan, who gave hits like Ek Rishtaa: starring Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar and Andaaz starring Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra, is back from a six year sabbatical to give his young son Shiv a grand entry into Bollywood.

Shiv Darshan is all set to face the camera in his father’s new rom-com, Karle Pyaar Karle. The young actor, studied in acting and dancing schools in New York.

Femins Miss India Earth 2011, Hasleen Kaur plays the main lead opposite Shiv Darshan in the film. 

Synopsis (Karle Pyaar Karle)

Karle Pyaar Karle is an adrenaline gushing, action packed, edgy love story of two rebels, Kabir & Preet, playing the game of life.

The unstable environment within their homes manifests into their daring attitude towards life. Right from their childhood Kabir and Preet indulged in playing borderline dangerous games trying to defy the fear and complexes within. In a desperate moment, eight year old Kabir indulged in an act that lead him to the doors of a juvenile home … In a bid to protect Kabir, his mother decided to leave town to escape the harsh punishment. After travelling from one city to another for 12 years, the family returns to their home town where Kabir and Preet reconnect......beginning a mad chapter of dares, games and fun.

The film is a journey of their unbridled games as they discover themselves and the essence of romance. Problems rear up as though it was their destiny … Preet started believing that they are ill fated and it’s best they should stay away. Kabir firmly believed that only if they are together, will they survive. Preet willingly tore herself apart from Kabir leading them to a point of no return.

They love to dare........ But will they dare to love?

                                              KARLE PYAAR KARLE

Introducing

Shiv Darshan and Hasleen

 Aham Sharma, Tanya Malik, Ankit Raaj, Sanjay Sharma, Mahesh Thakur, Karan Anand, Amandeep Kaur, Meneka Kurup Arora, Nilanjana Gupta, Aru Verma ,Roshan Preet, Aditi Khanna, Shailesh Hejmady, Harry , Dennis Fernandes, Shaji Chaudhary, Suyash Shukla, Yash Acharya, Dhwani Gori, Dimppy Sabherwal and Rumy Khan

Director

Rajesh Pandey

Producer

Suneel Darshan

Story By

Suneel Darshan

Choreographer    

Rakesh Sharma

Ranju Varghese (Soni-Soni Song)

Action

Mehmood Bakshi

 Baan Rigs & Co.

Art Director

Manish Binani

Screenplay & Dialogues

Rajesh Pandey, Reshu Nath& Rahul Patel

Cinematographer

NavneetMisser

Music

Rayyan Ameen

Rashid Khan

Prashant Singh

Suneel Darshan

Mumzy

Meet Bros Anjjan

Lyrics

Rashid Khan

Mehmood Arfat

Suneel Darshan

Mumzy Stranger

Yusuf Khan

Paras Chaurasia

Shakeel Azmi

Kumaar

Dialogue

Rakesh Pandey

Reshu Nath

Rahul Patel

Editor

Devendra Murdeshwar

Amrita Rao's scary Morning

Recently while actress Amrita Rao was on her way to the airport for an early morning flight she came across a rickshaw driver physically assaulting a woman. in the most brutal manner. It was 4 am in the morning and the rickshaw was parked in a secluded area of a long private road that connected to the main road. When Amrita saw the rickshaw driver holding a woman by her hair and banging her head to the ground mercilessly she couldn't force herself to move on and had to stop to try and stop the man. She opened the car door and howled at the man to stop hitting the woman and scared him that she will call the cops. But he ignored justifying that the woman he was beating up was a thief. When Amrita’s driver stepped out of the car to stop the man, three other men who also could have been rickshaw drivers and who could have been involved in the woman getting beaten up came out of nowhere and started hovering around her car. As soon as Amrita realised that she hurriedly summoned her driver to get back into the car and fled away from the location. Amrita realised she did not even have her mobile as she had forgotten it at home. Amrita proposed to the driver to go to the police station but he suggested that she will surely miss the flight. On realising that it would be highly unprofessional to miss her flight and not land up at the event where all arrangements and bookings were already made and there were people eagerly awaiting her arrival, she headed to the airport but the day had already started on a bad note and her car broke down on the highway and then she had to call for an emergency help and somehow managed to get on the flight.

Amrita says, "I haven't slept well since the incident imagining what would have happened if the 4 men got together and attacked me and my driver. It was still dark and no one would have heard our screams. It is a HEIGHLY unsafe city for women AND I also realised that DAY THAT A lot of injustice must be happening to the women of our country between 12 am-5 am."

She further adds, "Although what I did was very dangerous, ideally I should have called the police and informed them the location and the rickshaw number so that they could take action. Getting involved was very dangerous and would have only worsen things but I raised my voice against women getting beaten up and as a woman myself that is the only satisfaction that stays with me." 

Aamir Khan had to be on medication to keep nausea down for days when the actor was shooting for Dhoom 3’s song, Malang.

Aamir Khan had to be on medication to keep nausea down for days when the actor was shooting for Dhoom 3’s song, Malang.

The song has been shot at a huge height of about 80 feet and Aamir was to rotate 60 times in a minute for the same.

Aamir plays the role of a gymnast in Dhoom 3 and this was required. It is the first time the actor will be doing a thing like that. However, the perfectionist that he is, the actor willingly took it up without complaints and wanted to do it just the right way.

It took the team about 15 days to complete the shoot of the song and Aamir Khan was on medication for those many days. The medication was to help him keep nausea down. As he was at a huge height, taking turns, it is human to feel nauseated.

Also to make sure all is well, the makers of the movie specially called a doctor, who works with gymnasts, to be on the sets to help Aamir.

Dhoom 3 is a high on energy song. In terms of scale or budgets it is going to be massive. The song is around the central theme of gymnastic and will have 200 dancers in the frame.

Spokesperson of Aamir Khan says, "The song was being shot at about 80 feet from the ground. To do this, Aamir was on special medication to be able to perform at ease without major effects on his health"

POONAM JHAWER TURNS NUDE

The versatile, hot and sizzling ac tress, singer and producer Poonam Jhawer who was last seen in an avatar of a sexy sadhvi in Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal’s block buster hit OMG “Oh My God” turns nude.

In her entire carrier Poonam has been an hot and sizzling actress and model and her sensational photo shoots have been admired world over, but Poonam has never gone to the extent of getting nude and has not done any nude scenes or songs, but her fans will surely get a shocking surprise to see her shred all her cloths and pose nude for them.

Poonam’s greatest admirer and a hardcore fan Raghu Vyas, a visualize and a great painter from Delhi saw Poonam’s pictures on the internet on her website and was spellbound by seeing her photogenic beauty and was thrilled and excited to paint her on his canvas, He contacted Poonam and convinced her that he would combine art with her beauty to make her look exceptionally hot in his paintings for which she does not even have to pose for which Poonam had no objection, he has also made paintings of Shushmita Sen which was inaugurated in the capital by Poonam herself along with Huma Qureshi.

So all the fans of Poonam Jhawer who have not seen her in a nude avatar can see her in these paintings, but, paintings are paintings and getting to see her real nude pictures will always be a Dream.

The actor who made his big debut on the silver screen with Student of the year, Sidharth Malhotra is very glad to have worked with co-stars like Alia, Parineeti and Shraddha in his films.

Among the gen next boys of B-town he is the only one to have worked with the top league gen next actresses of the industry.

In his first film, Sidharth was paired with Alia Bhatt. Post that, the actor shot his next film and will be seen romancing Parineeti Chopra in Hasee Toh Phasee.

And lastly, the actor will now be seen opposite the young actress, Shraddha Kapoor in Mohit Suri's The Villain.

There is a fresh pairing each time and the young actor, Sidharth feels happy to have worked with all of them.

Deepika Padukone gets the tag of Entertainer of the year

Deepika Padukone has been making a lot of news this year. The beautiful actress has given 4 back to back successes this year and has been awarded right at the Hello Awards.

She has received the award for the entertainer of the year.

Her year started off with Race 2 which had an impressive run at the box offfice. She later was seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Yeh Jaawani Hai Deewani which again got dynamic response from the audience.

The actress has been stepping from success of one movie to another. Soon after reeling in the appreciation she got playing Naina, Chennai Express came as a surprise and had a record box office.

With the roaring success of Ram-Leela, Deepika Padukone has been the take away from the movie. Deepika has done a phenomenal act portraying her character in the film.

Deepika Padukone has looked breathtaking and brings a lot of energy to the screen. From bespectacled Naina to south Indian flavour to theeki Mirchi in Ram Leela she has done it all this year.

The pretty actress of Aashiqui 2 fame, Shraddha Kapoor is blessed with naturally beautiful skin. The young actress has been receiving compliments on how healthy and glowing her skin is.

The pretty actress of Aashiqui 2 fame, Shraddha Kapoor is blessed with naturally beautiful skin. The young actress has been receiving compliments on how healthy and glowing her skin is.

The actress, however makes sure that she gives special attention to her skin on a daily basis.

No doubt, she has been gifted with good skin, but the actress feels it is equally important to maintain it and take good care of it.

The actress tries to wear makeup only when required for film shoots and photo shoots. When it can be ignored, she prefers to.

However, her secret to good skin is very simple; a good face wash, moisturizer and drinking plenty of water.

Also eating right is one of the key factors which help the young actress maintain her fresh look.

Shraddha’s makeup artist, who is with her from the start of her career, Shraddha Naik also feels that the actress has a natural glow on her face and she has a very fresh face.

Shraddha Kapoor recently returned from Kashmir after completing a schedule for Haider and is currently kick starting shoot for Mohit Suri’s The Villain opposite Sidharth Malhotra.

A spectacular evening hosted by The Right Honourable, Mr Artur Mas, President of Catalonia & his wife at The ITC Grand Central on 27th November

A spectacular evening hosted by The Right Honourable, Mr Artur Mas, President of Catalonia & his wife at The ITC Grand Central on 27th November

The event was produced and orchestrated by Aarti Surendranath and drew a high profile mix of celebrities & business people Felip Puig, minister of enterprise and law, Pere Torres, Secretary ofor Business and Competitiveness Catalonia, Kailash Surendranath, Rashmi Uday Singh, Arzan Khambatta and Khushnuma, Zeba Kohli, Malti Jain, Deepti Bhatnagar, Chhaya Momaya, Bikram Saluja and Schauna, Surendra Hiranandani, Divya and Aditi Palat, Sangeeta Singh, Anirudh Dhoot, Anandita De among others graced the occassion with their presence. 

 The hi-light of the evening was a fashion show with top Spanish designers & Spain’s top model Rachel Byros opened the show while Indian supermodels Tamara Moss, Kanishtha Dandekar, Erika Pakard & Iris Maity The showstopper was the gorgeous Aditi Rao Hydari. The décor, food & cocktails all represented the beautiful country of Spain, especially the Catalonian region.  The President addressed the audience sharing insights about the country which is one of the oldest democracies in Europe. Despite being located bet France and Spain it has succeeded in keeping its identity culture and language. The Country that has a deep sense of talent and creativity. It may be small according to its size and population but a big country according to its capacity of ppl to work hard and in unity.  

Ariadna Cabrol, famous for her role in Zindagi Na Milege Dobara and Gerard Estadella, internationally acclaimed DJ, flew down especially to make the evening spectacular. 

ABSOLUT T&T event held in Mumbai on the 27th Nov 2013 at Famous Studio.