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Chaurya To Release In Aug 2016

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Chaurya, a film based on Shani Shingnapur is now all set to be released in Aug, 2016. An upcoming film called Chaurya is about this faith of villagers in their God to protect their village from robbery of any kind. In the film, despite the villagers strong faith a robbery takes place and that too in the temple itself! We then see an investigation into the strange matter. This suspense thriller has been directed by debutant Samir Asha Patil and stars Kishor Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Milind Shinde, Pradeep Velankar, Digvijay Rohidas, Dinesh Lata Shetty, Teertha Murbadkar & Shruti Kulkarni in pivotal roles.

Barad Special Screening Held

A special screening of Barad was held recently for distinguished guests. Writer & producer Devendra Kapadnis, actors Bharat Ganeshpure & Suhas Palshikar, Director Tanaji Ghadge, Sanjay Kulkarni attended at special screening of Barad. Producer Devendra Kapadnis & Pramod Gore of Atharva Movies kept a special screening of their film Barad at Sangli & Akluj where actors Bharat Ganeshpure, Suhas Palshikar, Sanjay Kulkarni went specially to see the film & promote it. Director Tanaji Ghadge received all the guest & cast for the screening. Sunil Phadtare who had earlier produced Katyar Kaljat Ghusali organised the show at Sangli. The show was organised in presence of the Honourable Prakash Bapu Patil & Shreelekha Patil at Akluj. The film has got good opening in all the centres.

Smita Thackeray Praises Her Son Rahul For Fulfulling Her Dream

Smita Thackeray recently stated that she is proud of her son Rahul Thackeray for fulfilling her dream of launching the film Saheb. Recently the powerful political party, Shiv Sena, celebrated its golden jubilee of completing 50 glorious years of reigning the territory of the Marathas on 19th Jun, 2016. On this occasion, the eminent Thackeray Bahu, Smita Thackeray and her son Rahul Thackeray shared some fond memories of their beloved Balasaheb Thackeray, who was lovingly addressed as “Saheb”, and confirmed the news of making a biopic on the latter’s life. The strong social activist & producer Smita Thackeray will be producing the biopic and will be directed by her elder son Rahul Thackeray. The doting bahu had a dream to write a biography on “Saheb” which unfortunately didn’t materialise but she feels blessed to have a son like Rahul Thackeray who willingly took forward her dream of bringing forth the interesting journey of the charismatic man – Balasaheb Thackeray. The film Saheb will be going on the floor this year in Oct, and will depict the life of the “Roaring Tiger” Balasaheb Thackeray with the vision of his grandson Rahul Thackeray. The cast of the film is yet to be been finalised but we wait to learn who will be the one to portray the character of the powerful man. Saheb will be releasing mid – year of 2017.

To Aani Me Ready For Release

To Aani Me is now ready for release. To Aani Mee, a love story directed by Mukesh Malik has completed its post production work and gearing up for its release. The film stars Subodh Bhave & Girija Joshi in lead roles. The credits of the film are produced by Ankush Sutar under the banner of Yash Creations, written by Sunil Harishchandra, editing by Chhatrapal Ninave, music by Aslam Keyi, choreography by Rajesh Gamre & cinematography by Anil Chandel. The film also stars Shweta Shinde, Prasad Oak, Prasad Pandit, Jyoti Mhalse, Madhav Vaze, Deep Sutar et al.

Chhand Priticha Shooting complete

The entire shooting of Chhand Priticha has been completed recently Chhand Priticha, a film based on Tamasha (Marathi folk theatre) has completed its shooting schedule and is ready for the post production work. The credits of the film are banner is Premala Productions from Kolhapur, written & directed by N Relekar, music by Pravin Kunwar & cinematography by Jitendra Acharekar. As the film is dance based, the songs have been choreographed by Sujith kumar & Dipali Vichare. The film stars Harsh Kulkarni, Subodh Bhave, Suvarna Kale, Sharad Ponkshe, Vikas Samudre, Suhasini Deshpande, Ganesh Yadav et al.

Hindutva extremists force Muslim youths to eat cow dung, chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’; cops arrest victims

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New Delhi: A video has emerged showing a group of Hindutva extremists forcing two Muslims youths to eat cow dung and drink cow urine for allegedly transporting beef over a fortnight ago.

Gurgaon Gau Rakshak Dal, an extremist group, infamous for spreading communal hatred in BJP-ruled Haryana and neighbouring states, has openly claimed responsibility for this heinous act. However, the police have arrested the victims instead of the members of the extremist group.

Admitting that they had forced the two men — Rizwan and Mukhtiar — to eat “panchgavya” (concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd and ghee), Dharmendra Yadav, president of the Dal, said: “We taught them a lesson and purified them too.”

Yadav claimed that on June 10 activists of his group, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a vehicle transporting “700 kg of beef from Mewat to Delhi” on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. He said that his group chased the car for 7 kilometres before stopping it near the Badarpur border.

In the video, the two men can be seen sitting on the road, with the ‘panchgavya’ before them, attempting to wash it down their throats with water. Meanwhile, the miscreants are seen threatening and forcing the duo to consume the concoction. They are also forced to chant ‘Gau Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as they swallow the mixture.

Towards the end of the 57-second video, the men begin to throw up on the roadside. The video comes to an abrupt end when a man is heard saying “turn off the video”.

However, Yadav claimed that he did not know who had shot the video. The Gau Raksha Dal reportedly handed over the two men to the police following the incident.

Anil Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sarai Khwaja police station, said that the two men (the victims) had been arrested on June 10. He said the meat in the car was confirmed to be beef.

Faridabad police PRO Sube Singh said that the Gau Raksha Dal had caught two men transporting 300 kg beef in an Accent car bearing a Delhi registration number. He said the case had been handed over to the Faridabad police because of the jurisdiction of crime. The duo have been booked under the Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act. Later, they were sent to judicial custody.

The beef has been destroyed, said the PRO. However, he claimed the police had no knowledge of any video that had been shot forcing the duo to eat cow dung.

The Gau Raksha Dal is infamous for its attacks on trucks and other vehicles in Haryana and Punjab allegedly carrying or transporting beef. The Dal has posted videos online proudly showing off its attacks. In a typical video, those driving the trucks are dragged out and brutally beaten even as the police watch helplessly.

(Agencies)

Turkey: Dozens killed in explosions at Ataturk Airport

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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says ISIL believed to be behind suicide attacks at Ataturk Airport.

Ambulances rushed to the airport after the attack [Osman Orsal/Reuters]

Ambulances rushed to the airport after the attack [Osman Orsal/Reuters]



by Al Jazeera

At least 36 people have been killed and nearly 150 others wounded following explosions at Istanbul’s main international airport, Turkish officials say.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said three suicide bombers were involved in the attack at Ataturk Airport late on Tuesday evening.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Yildirim said there was indication that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group carried out the bombings.

He said efforts to identify the attackers, who arrived at the airport in taxis, were continuing.

The attackers opened fire at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a shootout erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10pm, authorities said.

Security camera footage circulated on social media appeared to capture two of the blasts. In one clip a huge ball of flame erupts at an entrance to the terminal building, scattering terrified passengers.

Another video shows a black-clad attacker running inside the building before collapsing to the ground – apparently felled by a police bullet – and blowing himself up.

Most of the casualties were Turkish citizens, a senior government official said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a “joint fight” against terror after the attack.

“If states, as all humanity, fail to join forces and wage a joint fight against terrorist organisations, all the possibilities that we dread in our minds will come true one by one,” he said in a statement.

“It is clear that this attack is not aimed at achieving any result but only to create propaganda material against our country using simply the blood and pain of innocent people.”

One of the attackers “randomly opened fire” as he walked through the terminal building, shortly before three explosions, a witness told Reuters.

“We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him,” said Paul Roos, 77, a South African tourist on his way back to Cape Town with his wife.

“We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting,” Roos said.

“He turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator … We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.”

Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest ports in the world, serving more than 60 million passengers in 2015.

There has been a string of bombings around Turkey over the past year, some of them blamed on ISIL, others claimed by Kurdish groups.

Earlier in June, at least 11 people were killed in central Istanbul following a bombing attack targeting a police vehicle. The armed group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, also known by its Kurdish-language acronym TAK, claimed responsibility for that attack.

Movie Review: ‘Udta Punjab’ Is A Dark & Serious Cinema Which Will Make Its Presence Felt In The Global Film Festival Circuit

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Producer: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Aman Gill, Vikas Bahl & Sameer Nair
Director: Abhishek Chaubey
Star Cast: Shahid Kapur, Karina Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh, Satish Kaushik et al
Music: Amit Trivedi, Benedict Taylor & Naren Chandavarkar

Director Abhishek Chaubey in his hat trick offering Udta Punjab has dealt with , a film belonging to the intensely dark & extremely serious genre, almost or more or less like his 1st outing (Ishqiya) & his 2nd outing (Dedh Ishqiya). Nevertheless the film Udta Punjab is mainly about the drugs abuse menace which is still existing in Punjab. But it looses its focus with varied sub – plots running parallel with the main plot. Besides the entire film sounds like a pure Punjabi film, because of the extensive use of the Punjabi lingo throughout the duration of the film.

The scripted scenario of Udta Punjab starts off with a scene at the India -Pakistan border wherein a Pakistani man throws a mysterious drug packet onto the Indian side. This is followed by a rocking introduction of rockstar Tommy “Gabru” Singh (Shahid Kapoor) and a glimpse into his addictive lifestyle. One day, Tommy Singh gets fired by his producers for delaying their recordings. If that wasn’t enough, Tommy Singh also gets arrested by the Punjab police amidst his birthday party, on grounds of drug abuse. When he gets released from jail, despite the jitters, he somehow manages to gear up to perform before an eagerly awaiting audience. Just before the performance, he does something extremely awkward that irks a handful of audience, who, then, run after him baying for his blood. On the other hand, Pinky Kumari aka Mary Jane (Alia Bhatt) migrates from Uttar Pradesh to Punjab. Her background reveals that, she was an exceptional hockey player, who, because of lack of financial support, landed up becoming a labourer. And since then, she is trying to find her place under the sun in Punjab. One day, when she finds a 3 kg drug packet, she tries to sell it off to make a fast buck. While doing so, for reasons best known to her, she dumps the whole 3 kg of drugs into a well, thus invoking the wrath of the drug peddlers, for whom, the entire packet meant heavy profits. Angered by her action, the peddlers not just end land up raping the helpless Pinky Kumari, but also keep her as captive with them. Repeated attempts to run away from their clutches, yields no results for Pinky. The 3rd angle to the story is that of Dr. Preet Sahani (Kareena Kapoor – Khan), under whom Balli Singh, the younger brother of Inspector Sartaj Singh (Diljit Dosanjh) is getting treated for being a victim of drug overdose. Amidst the course of Balli’s treatment, Sartaj Singh analyses & realises the harm that these banned substances cause to thevpeople. He, then, joins Preet Sahani in her crusade against drugs and exposing the drug mafias.

Director Abhishek Chaubey has picked up a very topical subject in Udta Punjab but mid – way he seems to have got totally confused by attempting to make amends with varied sub – plots thereby completely loosing his grip on the main plot of the substance abuse and in the process the film becomes too sluggish and just about moving with a snail’s pace. That apart his directorial skills are seriously let down by his entire technical team barring all the actors who have delivered a mind blowing performances.

Performance wise Shahid Kapoor leads the brigade with his brilliant act to say the least. And he is simply outstansding in his newest avatar of a rockstar. In fact Shahid Kapur & Satish Kaushik bring in a little bit of comic relief with their humorous banter in the film at regular intervals. Alia Bhatt is just superb in her de-glam avatar of a Bihari girl, she has surpassed her own role of Highway. The next in line restrained performance comes from Kareena Kapoor – Khan. That apart debutant Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh steals the cine goers heart by delivering a very heart warming performance. Just watch out for his comfortably sterling act in his future Bollywood movies.

Tail Piece: Lack of entertainment value is the biggest drawback of Udta Punjab thereby stamping the film totally as an art house cinema which will indeed garner a lot of critical acclaim as well as rave reviews in the global film festival circuit.

Movie Review: ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ hardly lives up to its much hyped expectation

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Producer: Anuraag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane & Madhu Mantena
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Star Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal et al
Music: Ram Sampath

Director Anurag Kashyap has always been more popularly known for the dark genre of films that he has been often making and his latest offering Raman Raghav 2.0 is no exception to the rule. Not only this Raman Raghav 2.0 is full of gory, gruesome & mindless murder mayhem.

The scripted scenario of Raman Raghav 2.0 starts off with the introduction of a young IPS officer Raghav (Vicky Kaushal of Masaan fame) and a deadly introduction of Ramanna aka Sindhi Dalwaai aka Raman (Nawazuddin Siddiqui who needs no special introduction). Raghav who, despite being an IPS officer, is almost always high on drugs; in fact Raghav does not leave a single chance to indulge in substance abuse, even when he is on duty. The film, then, traces its roots with a series of flashback events that establish Raman’s character as a serial killer with a history of random & meaningless killings. As the film comes back to the present, Raman gets into a confessional mode and says that he kills people because he likes to kill them for no reason. He also goes onto proclaim that he is a “Godsent gift to mankind”, who has been sent by God to kill people after their job is done on earth. What follows from hereon are a series of merciless & inhuman murders. After a gap of 7 years, Raghav visits his sister’s place and ends up killing her as well as her innocent husband and her child too. Simultaneously, Raghav also kills his girlfriend. Amidst all this, Raman confesses to Raghav about his hidden connection with him, that really stuns the latter.

Director Anurag Kashyap clarifies right in the opening frame of the film that Raman Raghav 2.0 is not at all based on the serial killer Raman Raghav who used to mindlessly & senselessly kill people sleeping on the pavements by crushing their head with a stone. These real killings had taken place in the 60’s time frame. But all said & done Mr. Kashyap definately seems to be inspired by the same real tragic events of the 60’s period. The only saving grace of the film is the sinisterly chilling & haunting background score by Ram Sampath, the apt cinematography by Jay Oza & above all the outstanding performance by its 2 lead actors namely Nawazuddin Siddiqui (excellently enacted extraordinaire act) & Vicky Kaushal (perfect act).

Tail Piece: If you are an ardent fan of Nawazuddin Siddiqui then Raman Raghav 2.0 is meant for you. But this film is strictly not recommended for weak hearted persons.

The 7th Jagran Film Festival Recently Announced Its International Selection In Feature Film Category

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The 7th Jagran Film Festival recently announced its international selection in the feature film category. In fact the Best of International Films are all set to compete with the Indian National & Regionals.

So the 7th Jagran Film Festival announced its international selection in the feature film category. The Festival is set to begin from 1st July in New Delhi and travel to 15 other cities thereafter.

To be screened under the section World Panorama, the Festival line up has Sievanevada (Romania) directed by Criti Puiu, Road To Istanbul (Algeria) directed by Rachid Bouchareb, The Patriarch ( New Zealand) by Lee Tamahori, The First, The Last (France – Belgium) by Bouli Lanners, The Plants (Chile) by Roberto Doveris, Discordia (Romania) by Ion Indolean, The Market ( Canada) by Bobby Del Rio, The Oedipus King (Argentina) by Javier Molo, Two Nights Till Morning (Finland) by Mikko Kuparinen, Yellow Flowers On Green Grass (Vietnam) by Victor Vu, Chatô – The King Of Brazil ( Brazil) by Guilherme Fontes, Thank You For Bombing (Austria) by Barbara Eder, The Surprise (Italy) by Ivan Polidoro, Wonderland (Switzerland), directed by 10 directors, The Sum Of Histories (Belgium) by Lukas Bossuyt, Pop Up (Australia) by Stuart McBratney, Hear The Silence (Germany) by Ed Ehrenberg, Farewell Analog (Iran) by Hiwa Aminejad, Eddie Reynolds And The Iron Angels (Mexico) by Gustavo Moheno, Zoe (Spain) by Ander Duque, Utopia, An Adult’s Fairytale ( Greece) by Nikos Kourou.

That apart Indian cinemas like Talvar, Sarbjit, Airlift, Nil Battey Sannata, Neerja and above all Maharashtra’s highest grocer Sairat too will be showcased. The best of old times movies will also be showed, to name a few, Do Ankhen Barah Haath, Geet Gaya Patharone, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Shakuntala and many, many more. The selection includes films that has been screened in major film festivals like Cannes 2016, Berlinale 2016 and many, many others but this year onwards the Jagran Festival has begun to pick up films that have not participated in any film festival. These films would be screened across sections Indian & International under the banner, “Jagran Discovery”.

Karnataka Police records statement of nursing student

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Kozhikode: A police team from Karnataka has recorded the statement of the Dalit nursing student, a victim of ragging now undergoing treatment at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital here, police said today.

Nineteen-year-old Aswathi was allegedly force-fed toilet cleaner by her seniors at the hostel of Al Qamal College of Nursing in Kalaburgi in Karnataka on May 9, seriously damaging her internal organs.

She was admitted to a private college in Kalaburgi after the incident, but as her condition worsened after five days, she was sent back home with another Keralite student.
She was then admitted to Thrissur Medical College Hospital in Kerala, after which she was referred to KMCH on June 2.

It took several hours for the team, led by Kalaburgi DSP Jhanvi to record her statement yesterday as she experienced breathing problems and vomiting, Sub Inspector of Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) police station, Habib said.

Doctors at KMCH had suggested a major surgery as the chemicals of the toilet cleaner severely damaged her food pipe following which she had been admitted to the ICU.
Quoting hospital sources, Habib said it would take at least six months for the girl to recover.

Based on her statement, the city police had on June 22 registered an FIR against five of her seniors and a copy it was sent to Kalaburgi Police Commissioner for further investigation.

Cases under various sections of IPC, including 307 (attempt to murder), 36 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 346 (wrongful confinement in secret) and various sections of SC, ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act were registered against the senior students. The case has been transfered to Gulbarga University police station for investigation.

The Karnataka Police had on June 24 arrested three senior students of the nursing college in connection with the incident.

The Kerala Women’s Commission had earlier sent a letter to the Karnataka Women’s Commission, urging it to intervene in the matter and “take right action on the incident in which the girl was brutally harassed in the name of ragging”.

KWC Chairperson Rosa Kutty had also spoke to her Karnataka counterpart.

(Agencies)

NIA court rejects Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya’s bail plea

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Mumbai: A special NIA court today rejected the bail application of 2008 Malegoan blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur who had been given a clean chit by the probe agency last month.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had also not opposed her bail application. Special Judge S D Tekale rejected the bail plea in an in-camera hearing.

In her application, Pragya had contended that there was no evidence against her. Though the motorcycle used in the blast was owned by her, according to one of the witnesses, it was in the possession of Ramchandra Kalsangra, an absconding accused, she had said.

Some of the witnesses, whose statements were used to implicate her, later retracted and filed complaints of torture by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), her plea said.

Earlier, the central agency, in its charge sheet filed on May 13, had dropped all the charges against Pragya and five others, citing lack of evidence.

Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, who was among those injured in the blast, had filed an intervention application and opposed her plea.

Seven people were killed in the blast at Malegaon, a predominantly Muslim town in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008. Pragya was charged by the Maharashtra ATS in 2009 saying it was her motorcycle that was used to plant the bomb.

(Agencies)

Curtain Rises On Saarthak Chitram’s Saabji On 17th June 2016 On DD1 In 7 pm Slot

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The curtain rises on Saarthak Chitram’s newest small screen serial named SAABJI written – produced – directed by Siddharth Nagar, whose one more serial Shiksha – Ek Majboot Aadharshila is already on air on Doordarshan Kisan Channel in the 9.30 pm slot, on 17th Jun, 2016. SAABJI is an entertaining story on love & revenge. SAABJI will be aired on every Friday – Saturday – Sunday in the 7 pm slot. SAABJI’s crew comprises of co – producer: Harender Singh Verma & Jaya Bhattacharya, creative head: Archana Saikia, production head: Pravin Sorte, cinematographer: Mukesh Sharma, lyrics: Abhilash, music: Vivek Bakshi, singer: Pratiksha Vashishth, editor: Arun Pakal & Satish Sharma, art: Mahendra Raut, background score: Bhupesh Sharma. SAABJI stars Ayub Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Suhasini Mulay, Shruti Ulfat, Anupam Bhattacharya, Dinesh Kaushik, Pallavi, Raju Shreshtha, Farida Dadi, Varsha Manik, Amita Nangia, Jugnu, Mithlesh Chaturvedi & Shresth Kumar.

Life OK Channel’s Serial Savdhaan India Completes 4 Years Of Its Existence In The Satellite Arena

Life OK Channel’s, most watched, talked about & extremely likeable serial Savdhaan India has recently completed 4 years of its existence in the Satellite arena. Life OK’s one of the most popular show, Saavdhan India has indeed recently completed 4 years of being on air. In these 4 years it has not only become the most watched show on Indian TV but has also made a fundamental shift in creating awareness against Crime. To commemorate 4 years of fighting crime, Life OK Channel recently unveiled a Saavdhan India anthem urging people to be vigilant and take precautions to prevent crime in their life. The 2 minute anthem instantly created a sensation with over 2 million views within just 3 days. The anthem also set the twitter world ablaze trending both nationally & worldwide. The initiative struck a chord with celebrities who tweeted with their support.

Sony Pictures Recently Re-aligned Its Key Portfolios

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) of late has re-aligned its key portfolios. Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) recently announced a re-alignment of its key management portfolios. SPN’s International business gets consolidated within the networks’ sales & syndication business whereas SPN’s Sports business gets more closely aligned to the distribution business. Consequently, Rohit Gupta’s role gets expanded from SPN, network sales president to SPN’s network sales & International business president.
SPN’s International business head Neeraj Arora will now report to Rohit Gupta.
Rajesh Kaul’s role gets expanded to SPN Distribution & Sports president and SPN sports business head Prasana Krishnan will now report into Rajesh Kaul. Rohit Gupta & Rajesh Kaul have been with SPN since 14 years & 8 years respectively.

Curtain Rises On Saarthak Chitram’s Saabji On 17th June 2016 On DD1 In 7 pm Slot

The curtain rises on Saarthak Chitram’s newest small screen serial named SAABJI written – produced – directed by Siddharth Nagar, whose one more serial Shiksha – Ek Majboot Aadharshila is already on air on Doordarshan Kisan Channel in the 9.30 pm slot, on 17th Jun, 2016. SAABJI is an entertaining story on love & revenge. SAABJI will be aired on every Friday – Saturday – Sunday in the 7 pm slot. SAABJI’s crew comprises of co – producer: Harender Singh Verma & Jaya Bhattacharya, creative head: Archana Saikia, production head: Pravin Sorte, cinematographer: Mukesh Sharma, lyrics: Abhilash, music: Vivek Bakshi, singer: Pratiksha Vashishth, editor: Arun Pakal & Satish Sharma, art: Mahendra Raut, background score: Bhupesh Sharma. SAABJI stars Ayub Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Suhasini Mulay, Shruti Ulfat, Anupam Bhattacharya, Dinesh Kaushik, Pallavi, Raju Shreshtha, Farida Dadi, Varsha Manik, Amita Nangia, Jugnu, Mithlesh Chaturvedi & Shresth Kumar.

Curtain Rises On Sab TV Channel’s Khidki From 28th Jun 2016

Curtain has risen on Sab TV Channel’s Khidki from 28th Jun, 2016. So start telling your funny story and relive it along with the world all over again on the small screen. Sony SAB will now give a sneak peek into the funny incidences of the lives of their viewers with its new show, Khidki. The show’s concept revolves around stories that have been sent in by viewers all over India. Some of these select stories are being adapted into mini – series of episodes for the small screen. Khidki is already on air from Tues, 28th Jun, 2016 every Mon to Fri @ 21:30 hours only on Sony SAB. The channel in partnership with producer J D Majethia & director Umesh Shukla of Oh! My God fame had called in for entries for the show in the month of Mar, 2016. Over 8000 entries have been received by the channel, of which, some of the shortlisted stories are now ready to be presented to the world. The show will have a set of recurring actors like Sarita Joshi, Rajeev Mehta, Lubna Salim, Aishwarya Sakhuja to name a few who will portray different characters in different stories, along with narration by JD Majethia, who is also the host of the show. Each story will be weaved into episodes designed to last for minimum of 3 to 8 episodes, depending on the length of each story.

Zoya Recently Signed As A Community Ambassador

Sony Le PLEX HD has recently signed Zoya Akhtar as its community ambassador. Sony Le PLEX HD has brought on board the very talented and acclaimed writer & director, Zoya Akhtar as it’s Community Ambassador. This will be the 1st time ever for Zoya Akhtar to be associated with a brand. Her cinema artistry and love for great movies make Zoya the right fit as the community ambassador. She will be seen as a representative of the community that appreciates quality cinema. The common passion for great cinema and storytelling brings Sony Le PLEX HD & Zoya Akhtar together in creating this premium hangout place for movie lovers to hangout, unwind & converse.

Sridhar Balakrishnan Signed By Star India
Star India has recently appointed Sridhar Balakrishnan as its head of distribution.
Star India has recently appointed former Marico chief operating officer for rest of South Asia, Middle East & Africa Sridhar Balakrishnan as its head of distribution.
Incidentally speaking Sridhar Balakrishnan replaces Krishnan Kutty, who has been made EVP & business head of the English cluster a few months back. In fact distribution has been a key priority for Star India organisation, and it has leveraged the growing penetration of TV to drive the reach of their channels across the width & the breadth of this country. As cable in India gets fully digitalised and consumers get access to an array of differentiated channels & services, the opportunity to unlock value in the distribution business is huge.

Zee Cafe’s Next Season Of Gotham Starts From 23rd Jun 2016

Zee Cafe’s next season of Gotham starts from 23rd Jun, 2016. Zee Café brings for its viewers the Best of DC comics’ universe this year. After a remarkable Season 1, Zee Café is back with a more intriguing season of Gotham. So get ready to kick your mundane weekdays in to high gear – with the 2nd instalment of Gotham which has started airing from 23rd Jun, 2016 onwards on every Mon – Fri at 10 pm followed by a brand new show Supergirl the following month. The
winner of the most exciting new series category at the Critics’ Choice Television awards, Gotham 2 brings back the era of villains. Heading into Season 2, catch the rise of the biggest Super villains – The Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, MR Freeze which eventually leads to the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time – Batman. So this time, it’s darker, scarier and all about the rise of evil in Gotham.

Zeel Recently Tied Up With Dish & Sling TV

Zeel has recently tied up with Dish & Sling TV to expand its reach in US. Zeel has recently tied up with Dish & Sling TV to expand its reach in US. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) announced a landmark agreement with Dish & Sling TV to further strengthen its presence in the US Territory. As a part of the agreement, Dish & Sling TV will carry 27 new channels in addition to the existing 10 Zee channels, which will be available in varied languages like Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Rajasthani & Urdu. Post this alliance, the total number of Zee channels available in the US market will be 37 with a combined reach of 52 million or 5.2 crore homes (that includes English & Spanish HHs).

Prasar Bharati Is Not Opposed To Private Players’ Entry In DTT

Of late Prasar Bharati has issued a statement that it is not at all opposed to Private Players’ Entry In DTT. In fact
Prasar Bharati has always been in favour of opening up of the Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) to private players, but of course it could not formalise the proposal owing to some internal pressure.
All said & done Prasar Bharti’s Chief Executive Officer Jawahar Sircar averred, “We had approved of DTT and allowing private players also to participate over a year back, but had faced resistance internally from certain quarters.” Besides the pubcaster was asked, by the Government, to prepare a base paper in this regard and draw up a business plan too. But this too, could not be done because of the unfamiliarity with market conditions.”

Star India Has Recently Dedicated 8 Channels

Star India has recently dedicated its 8 channels for a 24×7 coverage of Rio 2016. Living to its campaign tag line #issebadakuchnai, Star India will be pulling out non – stop coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics games by dedicating 8 channels for the blockbuster event on a 24×7 basis. Beginning 5 Aug, 2016, the Brazil Olympics games will be broadcast in 2 languages namely English & Hindi.
Apart from the 8 channels, Star India will extensively cover the global multisport event on its OTT platform Hotstar. Together Star Sports & Hotstar will broadcast 3000 plus hours of the live content from the Olympics offering Indian sports fans every opportunity to catch every medal live. Star Sports HD channel cluster (Star Sports HD1, HD2, HD3, HD4) will mirror the SD one (Star Sports 1, 2,3, 4). Star Sports 1 & 4 and its corresponding HD feed will have the English language telecast & Star Sports 2 & 3 with the corresponding HD feed will telecast the Hindi coverage.

Zee TV Channel Recently Joined Weekend Ratings Battle with ‘Amma’ at 10.30pm time slot

Zee TV Channel has recently joined the Weekend ratings Battle with Amma in the 10.30pm time slot. Zee has joined the bandwagon in the race for the ratings amongst shows & slots. The Subhash Chandra led Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited premier Hindi GEC has pulled out its 1st 10.30 pm slot for an original fiction show. Zee has already airing its new finite series Amma in that slot from 25th Jun, 2016 every Sat & Sun. With this, Zee has joined Star Plus & Colors in the weekend ratings chase. Star Plus initiated the trend of airing fiction on weekends that was later followed by Colors which aired super hit shows such as 24 Season 1 in 2015 in the 10 pm slot on Fri & Sat. Colors added the just concluded Naagin in the 8 pm slot which has now been replaced by Kawach. The entrance of Zee in the 10.30 pm time slot will surely heat up the competition. There are other GEC’s too which are exploring weekend opportunities according to sources. Produced by Farhan P. Zamma, Amma is based on life of Jenabai Daaruwala, who is a well – known name in the Mumbai underworld mafia. The finite series will explore the journey of the rise of this female Don. The per episode production cost is approximately estimated from Rs 8 to Rs10 lakhs.

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