BELVEDERE CELEBRATES LITTLESHILPA’S NEW COLLECTION – VESPER BLOOM

BELVEDERE CELEBRATES LITTLESHILPA’S NEW COLLECTION – VESPER BLOOM

An evening where fashion and music were stirred to perfection

Mumbai, March 16, 2014

Belvedere Vodka celebrated the launch of creative genius Shilpa Chavan’s new collection ‘Vesper Bloom’ on the sidelines of the  Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort’14. The post-show party was hosted at Bandra hot-spot Pali Bhavan and saw a crowd of hip and trendy fashion folk attend. The highlights of the evening were the bespoke Belvedere cocktails that were inspired by Shilpa Chavan’s collection.

Speaking about the occasion, Gaurav Bhatia- Marketing Director for Belvedere Vodka in India said, “Belvedere’s association with Little Shilpa goes back a long time. Not unlike Belvedere, Little Shilpa is synonymous with all things avant-garde and über. True luxe is a mélange of creative expression and attitude with impeccable quality. And Little Shilpa represents this spirit in the edgiest manner.”

The evening saw a convergence of interesting people and conversations; of music and design. Guests including, A D Singh, Nikhil Thampi, Nimish Shift, Gautam Kalra, Mathew Lugumus, Vikram Raizada, Parmesh Shahani, Shahid Datawala, Acquin Pais and many more moved beyond the ‘shaken-and-stirred’ and were seen enjoying the sensual Belvedere cocktails.

About Belvedere Vodka:

The first luxury vodka, Belvedere is distilled four times - the optimum number for enhancing its subtle sweetness and smooth, clean finish. Made from Dańkowskie Gold Rye, as well as from water solely from its own pristine source, Belvedere acquires its distinctive taste. Steeped in history, Belvedere is made in Poland following traditions dating back 600 years ago, and is handcrafted in small batches to ensure superior quality that meet only the highest of standards. Today, Belvedere's high character and uncompromising integrity are recognized internationally by discriminating vodka enthusiasts. Belvedere achieves the perfect balance between purity and character that distinguishes each unique martini. No synthetic juices. Only the purest nectars and true luxury vodka. That is the essence of the new age über luxury Belvedere cocktail.

NDTV launches India’s first 2-IN-1 channel - NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime.

NDTV launches India’s first 2-IN-1 channel - NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime.  

Shah Rukh Khan : Face of the 2-in-1 Channel Campaign

Priyanka Chopra unveils NDTV Prime - an infotainment & entertainment channel

An exciting all new Prime Time unfolds with the debut of NDTV Prime.

Mumbai, March 16, 2014

NDTV today introduced India’s first 2-IN-1  channel - ‘NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime’ at a press conference held at the Trident Bandra Kurla in Mumbai.

On the 2-IN-1 channel, NDTV Profit, in a fresh association with The National Stock Exchange of India will operate from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on weekdays AND will offer viewers in-depth and credible business news and analysis during market hours.

Speaking on NSE’s partnership with NDTV, Ms Chitra Ramakrishna, MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) said, “I think this is a very good initiative and comes together with what NSE has been trying to do over the last few years in terms of investors outreach. NSE always reaches out to various segments of audiences starting from school children at one end to senior citizens. Some of you may be financially savvy, some of you may not be. But we believe that it is really our accomplished sort of objective to reach out to everyone to spread financial literacy at one end, and better investor awareness. So the best way to do this is to have knowledge outreach programmes and the more creative and varied the channels are, we are able to reach out to impart that kind of education.”

From 5 pm and on week-ends, the channel will sport a brand new avatar – NDTV PRIME , which is in Association with MICROMAX. Priyanka Chopra was present on the occasion to unveil the new logo of NDTV Prime which reflects the partnership between NDTV Prime and MICROMAX and new programming. The channel is targeted at the 25+ urban male and will offer an interesting blend of ‘specialty bands’, which will showcase through the week across genres such as Technology, Auto, Property, Education & Careers,  Entertainment and Comedy. Among the Big Ticket shows on Prime is – ‘Videocon d2h Ticket To Bollywood’, a reality show which will give the two lucky winners an opportunity to star in a Bollywood movie.

Rahul Sharma, Co-founder, Micromax said, “Micromax has always looked at unique partnerships that bring alive newer experiences for Indian audiences through our brand associations and product offerings. We are very happy to partner with NDTV for their new and exciting venture NDTV Prime - India's first dual channel, a new infotainment channel that will reach out to newer audiences through great content across different genres. With digitization and advancement of technology, we are seeing a trend for greater consumption of high quality content among the viewers. NDTV Prime provides an ideal opportunity for Micromax to reach out to evolved viewers through new programming on lifestyle, reality, automobiles, sports, music, property, gadgets & gizmos and comedy, all of which are showing increasing acceptance among Indian viewers. Our best wishes are with NDTV, and look forward to a long term association.”

Announcing the launch of NDTV Prime, Dr. Prannoy Roy, Co-Chairperson, NDTV said, “This is perhaps one of the most creatively exciting new ventures NDTV has launched, with so many 'firsts' for television in India. The reactions so far, from advertisers and sponsors have been very, very positive. This new concept, with two prime times, changes many of the traditional views on what Prime time viewership is all about!"

In a first, sponsors are already on board partnering with the genres that fit in with their brands. Videocon d2h has come on board for ‘Ticket to Bollywood’ while Croma is the overall Technology Band sponsor. MRF is on board for the Auto Band and Supertech continues its association with the Property Band.

The promotional campaign for NDTV Profit & NDTV Prime features Shah Rukh Khan in a double avatar reflecting this duality based on the concept of ‘Work Hard Play Hard’

Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV said, "In the digitized word, where viewers surf channels using EPGs, appointment viewing has become very important. NDTV Prime gives everyone full clarity on when they can see their preferred genre of programming. So property comes on at 7 pm.  If you are a gadget enthusiast, you can see that programming every night at 8 pm, auto programming is on at 8:30 pm, and then there is entertainment at 9 pm. Of course, many viewers may choose to simply switch on the channel and leave it on!"

About NDTV

NDTV Ltd, founded in 1988, is India's largest news and infotainment network. It is home to the country's best and brightest reporters, anchors, camerapersons and producers. Offices and studios across the country host India's most modern and sophisticated production, newsgathering and archiving facilities. NDTV has an unmatched track record of successfully launching both news and lifestyle channels; NDTV 24x7 is a clear leader in the English news segment; NDTV Profit, a business plus channel, is India's number one markets’ news channel; NDTV India is amongst the country's leading Hindi news channels; while NDTV Good Time straddles issues from health and holistic healing to fashion and food. NDTV is credited with pioneering several broadcasting and programming initiatives in Indian television and has expanded into one of the nation's biggest broadcasting houses by growing beyond news broadcasting and venturing into non news verticals with NDTV Worldwide and NDTV Convergence. NDTV has received many accolades for pioneering causes and for taking a leading role in Corporate Social Responsibility. For more information visit www.ndtv.com

गैंग ऑफ़ घोस्ट्स कि हॅपी होली।

गैंग ऑफ़ घोस्ट्स कि हॅपी होली।

महेबुब स्टूडियो में फ़िल्म गैंग ऑफ़ घोस्ट्स कि गैंग जब इकठ्ठा हुई तो होली का एक ही जश्न हुआ। होली के रंगो में सराबोर यह सभी कलाकार अपने बचपन के दिनों में जैसे चले गए हो सभी ने खुले मन से होली का आनंद लेते हुए एक दूजे को होली के अलग अलग रंगोंसे होली एक ही रंग में रंग डाला। इस अवसर पर गैंग ऑफ़ घोस्ट्स के निर्माता रतन जैन तथा निर्देशक सतीश कौशिक समेत फ़िल्म कि कास्ट शरमन जोशी,माही गिल, चंकी पांडे,सौरभ शुक्ला, राजपाल यादव विजय वर्मा यह सभी लोग मौजूद थे। गैंग ऑफ़ घोस्ट्स यह फ़िल्म २१ मार्च २०१४ को सभी सिनेमाघरो में प्रदर्शित होगी।

Experts throw light on IPR and copyright issues

Experts throw light on IPR and copyright issues

Mumbai, 14 March 2014: Should the intellectual property or creative content be barred from widespread dissemination to protect the hard work of producers, or should it be freely spread around the world in a global economic era that often doesn’t have boundaries? These and similar questions were discussed at a panel discussion on “Intellectual Property, Piracy and the Creative Industries” on the third and final day of the FICCI FRAMES convention being held here.

The session, anchored by Mr Vishnu Som, Editor and Senior Anchor, NDTV, highlighted issues around intellectual property and the dynamics of its ownership in an industry that is rapidly becoming characterised by multiple content distributors over multiple delivery platforms.

Present on the panel was Dr G Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights, Government of India. He spoke about the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012. The amendments were designed to extend copyright protection to the digital environment in harmony with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Phonograms Treaty, 1996. The bill introduced exclusive economic rights for performance, and, for the first time, moral rights for performers.

But Mr Deepak Jacob, President and General Counsel, Star India, differed in his view about the bill. He said that it had a fundamental problem: Of the five key stakeholders that come under copyright, viz. the print , film, television, radio and animation and gaming sectors, not a single one was consulted when these amendments were proposed. They were proposed at the behest of certain vested interests, primarily authors of literary and musical works, and certain performers. The amendments have actually created an impasse in the film and television industry, where authors have become trade unions holding film and television producers and content creators to ransom by demanding exorbitant royalties.

Mr Ameet Datta, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates, felt that the statutory requirement that when government evolves policy, it will focus on multiple stakeholders, is a positive development. Yet, there was bound to be friction between the expanding numbers of stakeholders and levels of dissemination; he suggested that involuntary licensing could provide industry with seamless access to works.  He also flagged up the issue about the biggest brands being advertised on pirate websites. 

“The dumber you act, the less responsibility you will have,” is what the law is suggesting, said Mr Nandan Kamath of Copyright Integrity International. The laws need to take responsibility for content on networks. He felt that the issue of digital piracy is not just legal but has ripple effects into the monetisation of content. Piracy itself is not well defined, and has lots of grey areas.

Ms Annie Luo, Director, Media, Entertainment and Information Industries, World Economic Forum, discussed about her work on intellectual property in the digital context, that identified cultural differences as an element affecting how people related to the digital media.

Mr Benoit Ginisty, Director General, FIAPF, felt that it was important for producers to enjoy full contractual freedom to produce films and robust operate in a high risk financial environment.

Questions from the audience revolved around who in a team would be the “owner” of a script, how young people could be educated about piracy, and when permissions were needed to use content.  

गैंगस्टर लुक पाने के लिए हरमन ने कि जीतोड़ मेहनत।

गैंगस्टर लुक पाने के लिए हरमन ने कि जीतोड़ मेहनत।

 

हरमन बावेजा कि आगामी फ़िल्म ढिश्कियाऊं में वे एक गैंगस्टर का किरदार निभा रहे है,लेकिन यह किरदार में जान डालने के लिए उन्होंने काफी मेहनत भी कि है। हरमन ने विनोद छन्ना के साथ ट्रैनिंग कि है इस लिए उन्होंने ज्यादा उन्नत तरीके का इस्तेमाल किया है। हरमन केवल ७ हफ्तों में गैंगस्टर जैसा लुक बनाया जिसमे उनकी बॉडी और किरदार असरदार दिखे।वे सुबह ६:३० से वर्क आउट करते थे तथा शूटिंग के दौरान भी यह चलता ही रहता था वे अपना रात में खाना ९:३० बजे ही करते और फिर से रात १२ बजे तक वर्क आउट करते थे। यह बॉडी पाने के लिए उन्हें सिर्फ अंडो का ही सेवन करना था और वह भी अंडो का बाहरी सफ़ेद हिस्सा ही और इसी कारण हरमन के दोस्त भी उन्हें चिड़ाया करते थे। हरमन ने कभी भी सप्लीमेंट्स का सहारा नहीं लिया क्यूंकि उन्हें सूट नहीं होती और आर्टिफ़िशल तत्वो से वे बीमार पड़ जाते है।

Karishma makes a friendly appearance on Jeannie Aur Juju

Karishma makes a friendly appearance on Jeannie Aur Juju

Its Holi time in Jeannie Aur Juju & they are having a special guest on the show, Karishma Tanna. Karishma was very excited to be a part of Jeannie Aur Juju as this is one of her favourite TV series. She was glad to do a friendly appearance in the show as this was a welcome change from her film shooting schedules & she was able to meet her friends Ali & Rubina and spend some happy moments with them. Holi is one of Karishma’s favourite festivals and becoming a part of the Holi festivities on the show was an added incentive for her.

During the Holi party, Karishma will also dance on a Gujarati song. Ali & Karishma have been friends for a long time and they chatted as they remembered the times when they acted together in TV serials. Ali arranged for special Motichur laddoos to be brought for Karishma on the sets as he remembered how much she liked them. Karishma said, “It was wonderful to be a part of Jeannie Aur Juju and to celebrate the festival of colors with my friends Ali & Rubina. Ali even got Motichur laddoos for me. It was a sweet gesture as he still remembered that I have a sweet tooth for laddoos. I am happy that I could make it, though for a short time.”

Watch Jeannie Aur Juju celebrate Holi with their friends amongst colours of laughter & happiness

To catch all the fun and excitement, tune into SAB TV’s Jeannie aur Juju, Monday – Friday at 9:30 pm only on SAB TV!

Mika Singh rocks it with the Purani Jeans team

Mika Singh rocks it with the Purani Jeans team

The popular Bollywood singer Mika Singh was recently spotted having a great time on the sets of Eros International's next, 'Purani Jeans'. The shoot was for a Punjabi rock song composed by Ram Sampath, called ‘Out of Control Munde’.
 The much talked about first look of 'Purani Jeans' was released last week and its fresh vibe is being well received. Produced by Manju Lulla and directed by Tanushri Chattrji Bassu, the movie stars Tanuj Virwani, Aditya Seal and Isabelle Liete.
 Purani Jeans’ revolves around the rekindling of old bonds between a young boy and his hometown folks. It is slated to release on 1^st May.

Sanna Vanita Suri hot bollywood actress

 Sanna Vanita Suri

TOP ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF "3 Days to Kill"

Mumbai, Maharashtra. Top Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is proud to announce the
release of the heart pounding action-thriller‚ "3 Days to Kill". It will be
released through PVR Pictures in India on 14th March, 2014.



Ethan Renner, the CIA operative at the center of McG‟s new action-thriller 3
Days to Kill, finds himself trying to save the world from Europe‟s most
dangerous terrorists while trying to reconnect with his wife and daughter in
Paris.



Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner plays Ethan, the cunning, dangerous, and
semi-retired spy who has always been more successful taking care of bad guys
than taking care of his daughter. When a beautiful yet mysterious woman
named Vivi, played by Amber Heard (The Rum Diary, Paranoia), presents him
with an offer he can‟t refuse, he is forced to balance his job and his
family for the first time ever with the highest stakes yet.



As with his previous films, Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full
Throttle, and This Means War, McG explores the personal side of
international espionage, though this time it‟s through the eyes of a veteran
secret agent returning to family life in Paris.



The film has been brought to India by Tanweer Group & distributed by Top
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd

About TOP Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

TOP Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is a leading company in the provision of
theatrical and television content, studio and production services. We
specialize in content distribution, dubbing and subtitling, production‚ and
post-production. Most recently in India, TOP Entertainment has‚ released
critically acclaimed and highly successful Hollywood films  MANDELA: LONG
WALK TO FREEDOM, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE,
ENDER'S GAME, SILVER  LININGS PLAYBOOK, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, THE
HUNGER GAMES, THE  ARTIST,THE IDES OF MARCH, etc.

About Tanweer Films

Tanweer Group, founded in 1985 by Joseph Samaan, is a leading distributor
and aggregator of entertainment content from major‚ International companies
and Hollywood studios on all platforms including theatrical, video, TV,
digital etc. in India-SAARC, Middle East & Northern Africa (MENA region),
Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Eastern Europe, for more than 25 years.

For more information please visit  <http://www.tanweer.com/> www.tanweer.com

Lack of privacy literacy high among digital natives, say experts

Lack of privacy literacy high among digital natives, say experts

Mumbai, 13 March 2014: Experts at a panel discussion on “Internet and Democracy: Interloper or Catalyst?” at the FICCI FRAMES 2014 convention here today cautioned that internet privacy was misunderstood.  While businesses in general were not interested in mining data that was not relevant to their sales, customers were reluctant to share their details largely so that they would not be spammed. It was important for website developers to showcase their privacy policy properly. This has implications for youngsters’ relationship with Facebook and Twitter after they realise that potential employers have access to their posts. In this regard, the panel felt that there is a lack of privacy literacy especially among young people. They seem unable to interpret the privacy policies of the various platforms. Even if they can interpret the policy, they are cognitively not yet adept at understanding its implications. Hence it is important to develop privacy literacy in the social media age.

The panellists included Roger Fisk, PR Expert , President Obama’s Campaign; Chetan Krishnaswamy, Head, Public Policy and Govt Relations, Google India; Suparna Singh, Director of Strategy, NDTV, and Managing Editor, NDTV.com;  Ronak Samantray, Founder, NowFloats.com; and Mike Best, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University. The session was anchored by Jon Sopel, Senior Anchor person, BBC Global News.

Mr Fisk described the internet as something that amplifies human nature. As a tool, it allows organisations to have a dialogue with people and be transparent. In their first election campaign, they gave people the tools to self organise and personalise their involvement in the campaign. It was the first time that an American campaign had opened up its web page and allowed people to come online and personalise their involvement in the campaign. The second campaign saw a shift from the desktop online existence to a mobile online existence. The campaign managers had to create the tools to adapt to that transition.

Mr Krishnaswamy  described the story of the growth of the Internet in India. This growth led to a lot of opportunity. With four million users coming online every month, almost all of them on mobiles, the mobile is now the real tool of empowerment. Future users would largely be from the non English speaking populace. Already, language websites are growing faster than English websites. As far as the government is concerned, there is an increasing belief in connecting with the average citizen through the Internet. “Poverty is linked to information poverty,” he said, “and this is believed by the government too.” The Internet has great power and it can only make democracy a better social catalyst, he felt.

But the Internet still has very limited exchange of actual opinion or dialogue, in the view of Ms Suparna Singh. She felt that India is one election away from the social media becoming an apparatus of change. Presently it is mainly a platform for crowd based anger and there is a marked reluctance of prime ministerial candidates to appear on a ‘town hall’ and take questions. Politicians still talk ‘at’ people, not ‘to’ them. The Internet would have more relevance during the next election, she predicted.

Mr Samantray discussed how his company had helped businesses tap into the power of the Internet through simple sms. While regular businesses update their sites once or twice a year, sms messages are updated about four times a month because they are simple.

“We have been focusing on elections and election monitoring,” said Mr Mike Best. Describing how they began in 2011 with the Nigerian election that was a ‘make or break’ election much like the present Indian election, he discussed how they analysed, flagged and tagged reports for electoral irregularity using Internet tools. They are now keen to explore ways to ensure free and fair elections in India.

There was time given to the audience to interact with the panellists, and questions revolved around harmonisation of Internet laws globally  to verification of data.

Need for entrepreneurship and innovative ventures to fuel growth of media & entertainment sector; Finding investors for distribution easier than for content, say experts

Need for entrepreneurship and innovative ventures to fuel growth of media & entertainment sector; Finding investors for distribution easier than for content, say experts

MUMBAI, March 13, 2014. The media and entertainment professionals feel that there is both the need and scope for entrepreneurial leaps and innovative ventures for the sector to grow exponentially. Whether it is the building of a business destination, private equity, angel investing, crowd sourced funds or reaching out to and engaging with audiences in new ways, there are plenty of avenues to be explored.

These views emanated from the session on 'Kickstarting Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Media and Entertainment Industry' on Day 2 of FICCI FRAMES.

Mr. Arun Rangachari, Chairman, DAR Capital Group, pointed out that finding investors for distribution was much easier than for content. With innovative content model comes the risk of failure. He added that the investors who financed content invariably interfered with its creativity and this had emerged as one of the biggest challenges for the sector. Also, there is a need for institutional money to find its way into content generation.

Mr. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder, GSF Accelerator, emphasized that innovative content in new formats must be developed. He urged the corporate sector to support start-ups and entrepreneurs at their initial stage like his organization helps the start-ups by providing seed and acceleration funding.

Speaking on the distribution aspect, Mr. Naresh Patwari, Principal, Private Equity, ICICI Venture, said that a distributor must know how to reach out and deliver the content to his consumers. Innovation is not just about creating content but it also needs to look at how that content will reach the ultimate consumers.

Mr. Nicholas Watson, MD, Naseba, said that there is a need to invest in creative and seeding ideas, besides creating an infrastructure to support entrepreneurs. He recommended that entrepreneurs must expand their professional network and forge alliances across the border. Reaching out to experienced professionals, communicating and building relationship with them was the key to expand one's prospects.

Mr. Matei Paquin, Head – Project Development, Moment Factory, said that the challenge ahead for his organization was to be able to adapt to the rapidly changing sector and cater to the needs of the entrepreneurs.

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Awards for best animated films announced

Awards for best animated films announced

Mumbai, 12 March 2014: The FICCI BAF (Best Animated Film) awards were announced here at a glittering function at the end of day 1 of the FICCI FRAMES 2014 conference. FRAMES is a three day global convention organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). It covers the entire gamut of media and entertainment like films, broadcast, digital entertainment, animation, gaming, and visual effects. This is the 15^th year of FICCI FRAMES.

Since 2004, FICCI has been recognising outstanding students and professionals in the animation field. Over the years, the awards grew to include the VFX and gaming fields. Applications come in from all over the world, and the standard gets better each year.

This year, the categories included animation, visual effects and gaming. Out of hundreds of entries, 27 were finally selected. Participants were given the choice of entering in the Indian category, international category or both. The latter option was open to Indian candidates.

As the awardees came up to receive their prizes, they spoke a few words about the effort and passion that they had put into their work. The recognition of their merit came as a well-deserved culmination to months of frustration and inspiration alike. Included among the winners were seven international entries from China, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ukraine.

The awards function was followed by a grand reception where the conference delegates interacted informally with the awardees. A list of the award winners is attached. 

CATEGORY  ENTRANT ENTRY TITLE  COUNTRY
Animated Short Film - Student
[International]
Communication University of China Train of thought China
Animated Short Film - Student
[Indian]
DSK Supinfocom International Campus Masque India
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
[Animated Short Film - Student]
Ecole Modiale World School; Toon Club For The Love Of A Cat India
Animated Promos
[International]
Animagic Special Effects Pvt. Ltd & Toonz
Animation India Pvt. Ltd
Swami Ayyappan India
Animated Promos
[Indian]
Spellbound Productions pvt Ltd Signature Tune India
Animated Ad Film
[International]
Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd. Rasna India
Animated Ad Film
[Indian]
Pratima Pal, Digitalclay Studios
Things your child can learn from the
godfather
India
Animated Short Film - Professional
[International]
Climb Media KOMAL India
Animated Short Film - Professional
[Indian]
Charuvi Design Labs Pvt. Ltd Shri Hanuman Chalisa India
Animated TV Episode [International] M2 Films, Prime Focus Legends of Chima Denmark
Animated TV Episode
[Indian]
Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd. Pakdam Pakdai - Safari Don India
Animated Film [Direct-to-DVD (Home
Video)] [International]
Framestore Tooned 50 United Kingdom
Animated Film [Direct-to-DVD (Home
Video)] [Indian]
Agaram Infotech Private Limited The Turboosters India
Animated Feature Film [Theatrical
Release] [Indian]
Childrens Film Society,India, Paperboat
Animation Studios
Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya India
FICCI BAF AWARDS 2014 -  WINNERS LIST 
Mobile and Tablet Game [Touch
Screen] [International]
Ubisoft Entertainment Pune
PRINCE OF PERSIA - The SHADOW The
FLAME
India
Mobile and Tablet Game [Touch
Screen] [Indian]
Janmajaya Mohanty BalleBalle Ride India
Cross Platform Game [Indian] 99 Games Online Private Limited Dhoom 3: The Game India
Social Game-Online/Mobile
[International]
7Seas Entertainment Limited BLOB BROTHERS India
VFX in a Commercial [International] Framestore Galaxy 'Chauffeur' United Kingdom
VFX in a Commercial [Indian] FutureWorks Media ltd Royale Touche  India
VFX in a Motion Picture
[International]
Framestore Gravity United Kingdom
VFX in a Motion Picture [Indian] Redchillies.vfx Krrish 3 India
VFX Shot of the Year [International] Framestore Gravity United Kingdom
VFX Shot of the Year [Indian] Redchillies.vfx Krrish 3 - Building Destruction India
VFX in a TV Episode [International] Film.UA Production, Postmodern Inseparable Ukraine
VFX in a TV Episode [India] RDP Television, Prime Focus 24 Series India India
Open Category
ITG- MORPH (India Today Group - MORPH
Information Technologies )
So Sorry India

Farhan Akhtar had made a mark with his band Farhan Live.

Farhan Akhtar had made a mark with his band Farhan Live. The actor has made his passion a bigger property now.

Farhan has been working on his band from the past 2.5 yrs.

The first performance in Goa set a benchmark for the band. The band has been performing in a lot of places.

The actor has been getting invited from across the country for him to come and perform. From colleges to rims to events, everyone has been sending requests for a visit by the actor.

Farhan Live has become a big property in itself.

The actor has covered most big and small cities in the country. He has covered everywhere. He has performed in places like Goa, Ranchi, Belgum, Mumbai, Calcutta, etc.

This time around the actor is getting offers from international mediums too to perform in their country. The actor who had recently performed in Dubai will soon be seen carrying his guitar to Singapore and Hongkong.

When contacted, Farhan’s spokesperson confirmed the news and says, “It’s a great opportunity for the band to perform at an international level. They now only plan to make this bigger."

FICCI FRAMES Day 2

Creating and developing characters critical aspect of film franchise: Abhishek Bachchan

'Make a franchise to tell a story, not to cash in on the success of a brand'

MUMBAI, March 13, 2014. Mr. Abhishek Bachchan, renowned Film Actor, associated with the 'Dhoom' Franchise for the past 10 years and Mr. Vijay Krishna Acharya, Director of the third the most successful film franchise 'Dhoom' in India, which broke the box office records of many films, deliberated on 'Making of a Successful Film Franchise', on Day 2 of FICCI FRAMES here today.

Mr. Bachchan said that characterization was one of the most critical aspects of a franchise as the characters needed to evolve with time and must take a natural course while doing so. He admitted that a lot of deliberations take place to develop the growth of characters.

For him, he said, every project was an independent piece of work. Hence, working in a franchise such as 'Dhoom' and 'Sarkar' is no different from working in any other project. Mr. Bachchan added that 'Dhoom' franchise owed its existence to the success it garnered, the film almost doubled its collections with every franchise.

Speaking on performing the stunts, Mr. Bachchan said that he usually preferred to perform his stunts himself. However, he added, that there were some stunts that he had performed in Doom himself 10 years ago but with the mandatory insurance of a film and actors, he was not allowed to perform those stunts in his latest 'Dhoom' franchise.

Mr. Acharya who directed the third installment of the 'Dhoom' series and was actively involved in the making of the earlier 'Dhoom' versions, said that  a franchise should be made only if there is a story to tell and not just to cash in on the success of the brand.

He said that for creating a successful franchise, innovation and creative content was a necessity. The viewers must be told a story that is new and carries a fresh approach.

The session was anchored by Ms. Bhawana Somaaya, Journalist, Author and Critic.

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Traffic constable thanks Aamir Khan

The second season of Aamir Khan’s TV show, which brings lesser-discussed social issues to the audience’s drawing rooms, has got a favorable response from the viewers.

The second season has bought out even bigger response that too by the police officials.

The second episode Aamir did dealt with the problems faced by the Police system in our country. He went through every nuances of the problem of day to day life of a police officer. 

After the episode went on air Aamir got a lot of congratulatory messages from police force.

Right from the constables to high ranking officers every one had a thanking message for Aamir Khan.

Recently, when Aamir was driving through the city,  one of the traffic constables came to him at the signal and spoke to him about the great gesture the actor made for them.  He even said to the actor that it is perhaps the first time someone has understood them and their working conditions.

When we all blame the police system to be bad and laid back the actor made it a point to bring out the problem they face.

Spokesperson of the actor confirms the news and adds, "Aamir is humbled by the messages he has been getting from the police official. He was very pleased by the encounter he had with the traffic police official too."

Sooraj Barjatya's next film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo with Salman Khan

Sooraj Barjatya’s next film with Salman Khan has been in the news for quite some time now. The director Sooraj Barjatya has finally confirmed that the title of his upcoming release is going to be “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”.

Opposite the Khan will be Sonam Kapoor who has shared screen space with him in her debut film.

The film will be a starry affair with a star cast that includes Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepak Debroyal, Swara Bhaskar and Samaira Rao. This is the cast which has been finalized till date.

The music of the film will be given by Himesh  Reshamiya, lyricist being Irshad  Kamil, director Photography Harish Joshi, Production Design Nitin Desai, Sound Design Jitendra Choudhry, Editor - Sanjay Sankla ,Action by Kaushal Moses and Greg Powell.

The film will go on floors in June this year. It is set to release on Diwali in 2015.

Spokesperson confirms the news and adds, "We have locked the title to be Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. We have largely finalized the other cast and crew too, Salman and Sona being the lead pair. The film will go on floor this June for a 2015 Diwali release. "