Nasheman News : Every bottle of alcohol has a tale to tell and to celebrate this, over 20 international masters, distillers, mixologists and story tellers will gather in Mumbai over the weekend on a platform that celebrates the craft of distillers and distilleries. It will also be a rite of passage for the new consumer who is open to experiencing luxury beverages that are a product of passion and commitment and are produced in small batches, without any compromise on quality.
“Every bottle has a tale, waiting to be shared – of its founder, of the distiller, of the wood in which it lay, of the people who built the spirit, of the mixologist who decided to `play’ with it and more. Listen, learn and celebrate the people behind the spirits,” Keshav Prakash, who began his career as an advertising filmmaker and then travelled the world to discover the world of fine spirts, told IANS of The Vault Biennale at the Mahalakshmi Race Course.
“The craft of distilling is very ancient and recipes have been handed down generations. To me, food and spirits are very culture-centric and each dish or drink is an experience of this culture and have a lot of story to it.
“For example, making whiskey is a tradition native to Scotland, much like rum to the Caribbean, Mezcal to the Mexico and so on. These are parts of their values and teachings handed over from generation to generation, with much love and celebration, making it an intrinsic part of a living culture,” Prakash explained.
The event is open to only 400 aficionados each day.
“We envision two kinds of visitors at the Biennale – one who are newly immersing themselves in fine spirits and others who know their single malt, gin, whiskey etc. The aim is for the curated audience to meet curated brands and learn about their stories. We consciously wanted to create a small, well-curated festival that encourages such conversations amongst the visitors,” Prakash elaborated.
What will be on offer?
Over 50 handpicked fine beverage brands like Kilchoman Machir Bay, Rémy Martin, Cotswolds Gin, and Amrut Peated Port Pipe. Leading the audience will be mixologists from World’s 50 Best Bars, among them Hiroyasu Kayama of Tokyo, Alex Simonidis & Georgia Georgakopoulou of Athens and Jose Luis Leon of Mexico City.
Bollywood Buzz
A Glittering Ceremony For “Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards 2019!” Held
The 2019 Power Brands-Bollywood Film Journalist’s Awards was organized recently by Planman Motion Pictures at Hotel Novotel Mumbai. Padmavat took home 16 roaring lions. Badhai Ho took away 7 roaring lions including “Best Film”. Andhadhun & Tummbad bagged 6 roaring lions each & Sriram Raghavan bagged “Best Director” award for Andhadhun.
The glittering event also saw 2 mega book launches!! The big one was the launch of a young 18 year old author Che Kabir Chaudhuri’s book “Discover The Superhero In You” published by Times Group Books. The book which is about life’s lessons from superhero films & comics, was launched by Miss universe Sushmita Sen who also got the special Power Brand Superhero Award. Launching the book Ms. Sen was in full praise of the book saying such insight & depth is absolutely amazing!! Mr . Chaudhry said that he believed that there was a lot to learn in life from comics & Superhero films & he wanted to prove that.
The other book was launched by Rock Star who has taken YouTube by storm namely Guru Randhawa. This coffee table book, “Bollywood Power Brands” also published by Times Group Books is authored by Rajita Chaudhuri & Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri & is on the most powerful people in Bollywood. They called it their tribute to the movers & shakers of Bollywood.
Sanjay Khan was also there in full force with his family namely Zarine, Suzanne, Farah, Zayed & Simone. So was the lifetime award winner, Manoj Kumar, who spoke with full gusto & said that being in a wheel chair he is hardly a power brand anymore.
Sanjay Khan emphasized on the need for national integration & Malaika Arora also got a special Power Brand Fashion Icon award. From Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Shriram Raghavan, Gajaraj Rao, Ronit Roy to Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kavi, Nushrat Bharucha, Farah Khan, Ali Fazal, Amit Trivedi & Amit Sharma all the winners praised the fairness of the awards & thanked the journalists who voted for them. Sushmita Sen, Malaika Arora, Nushrat Bharucha & Manjari Fadnis dazzled the red carpet.
The Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists Awards are the only awards in the country where more than 20 of the leading film journalists of this country do an open ballot voting for all categories & disclose who they voted for online 2 weeks before the award ceremony.
Where awards are given irrespective of the winners presence as they are declared a fortnight in advance at least. Where the runners up are also awarded with the title of associate winners. There are no nominations & journalists are free to give anyone their vote amongst the films released last year.
Basically it’s the only credible awards in the country and for the same it has garnered huge appreciation, though still only in its 3rd year.
The list of key winners this year are:
Best Feature Film Winner – Badhaai Ho – Junglee Pictures/ Vineet JainAssociate Winner – Andhadhun – Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
Best Director Winner – Andhadhun – Sriram Raghavan Associate Winner – Raazi – Meghna Gulzar
Best Actor Male Winner – Sanju – Ranbir Kapoor Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Ranveer Singh
Best Actor Female Winner – Raazi – Alia Bhatt Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Deepika Padukone Associate Winner – Hichki – Rani Mukerji
Best Supporting Actor Male Winner – Sanju – Vicky Kaushal Associate Winner – Badhaai Ho – Gajraj Rao Associate Winner – Stree – Pankaj Tripathi
Best Supporting Actor Female Winner – Badhaai Ho – Neena Gupta Associate Winner – Badhaai Ho – Surekha Sikri
Best Music Director Winner – Andhadhun – Amit Trivedi Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Background Score Winner – Tumbbad – Ajay-Atul / Jesper Kyd Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Ankit Balhara – Sanchit Balhara & Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Cinematography Winner – Padmaavat – Sudeep Chatterjee Associate Winner – Tumbbad – Pankaj Kumar
Best Story Adapted Winner – Raazi – Bhavani Iyer & Meghna Gulzar Associate Winner – Simmba – Yunus Sajawal, Sajid Samji & Vakkantham Vamsi
Associate Winner – Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran – Saiwyn Quadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh & Abhishek Sharma
Best Story Original Winner – Badhaai Ho – Shanatanu Srivastava, Akshat Ghildial & Jyoti Kapoor
Associate Winner – Andhadhun – Sriram Raghavan, ArijitBiswas, Pooja LadhaSurti, Yogesh Chandekar & Hemanth Rao
Child marriages still prevalent in Bihar, Bengal, Rajasthan: Unicef
Nasheman News : Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said.
A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019’ released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) late on Monday stated that while in Tamil Nadu and Kerala child marriage prevalence was below 20 per cent, they were pockets of disparity concentrated in tribal communities and amongst particular castes, including the Scheduled Castes.
Child marriage threatens girls’ lives, well-being and futures and if efforts were not accelerated, more than 150 million girls would be married off before their 18th birthday by 2030.
Improving rates of girl education, proactive government investments in adolescent girls, and strong public messages around the illegality of child marriage and the harm it causes were among the reasons for the shift, it pointed.
It also showed that the prevalence of girls getting married before 18 years of age in India has declined from 47 per cent in 2005-2006 to 27 per cent in 2015-2016.
“While the change is similar with all states showing a declining trend, the prevalence of child marriage continues to be high in some districts. The focus is on geographies that have high (50 per cent) and medium (between 20 per cent to 50 per cent) prevalence of child marriage,” it said in a statement.
The report revealed that worldwide, an estimated 650 million girls and women alive were married before their 18th birthday and globally, the total number of girls married in childhood is estimated at 12 million per year.
“South Asia is home to the largest number of child brides with more than 40 per cent of the global burden (285 million or 44 per cent of the global total), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (115 million or 18 per cent globaly),” it noted.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, there was no evidence of progress at all, with levels of child marriage as high as they were 25 years ago.
However, there is a silver lining as well, the report stated that the practice of child marriage has declined around the world.
In the past decade, the proportion of women who were married as children decreased by 15 per cent, from 1 in 4 (25 per cent) to approximately 1 in 5 (21 per cent), that’s around 25 million child marriages that have been prevented.
In South Asia, a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has declined by more than a third, from nearly 50 per cent a decade ago to 30 per cent at present, largely driven by great strides in reducing the prevalence of child marriage in India.
The report mentioned that the global burden of child marriage is shifting from South Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa, due to both slower progress and a growing population. Of the most recently married child brides, close to 1 in 3 are now in sub-Saharan Africa, compared to 1 in 7, 25 years ago.
Cine Buzz : TV Actor Krushna Abhishek’s ‘Sharmaji Ki Lag Gai’- Trailer & Poster Launched
TV Actor Krushna Abhishek’s new movie Sharmaji Ki Lag Gai’s trailer & poster was launched recently. Nilkanth Regmi, Vanshmani Sharma of Rock Mountain Productions in association with Tweet Entertainment recently organized the trailer & the poster launch of their new Comedy film titled Sharmaji Ki Lag Gayi at The View Preview. Well-known directors like Anil Sharma & Mehul Kumar came specially to launch the poster of the film. Krushna Abhishek, Mugdha Godse, Brijendra Kala, Hemant Pandey, Himani Shivpuri, Sunil Pal, choreographer Lollypop, Vinay Anand, Kashmeera Shah, Aarti Singh also came to attend the event. The credits of the film are songs written & composed by Praveen Bhardwaj, directed by Manoj Sharma, asspsiat producers are A K Arora & Vatsal Baxi & c0-producer is Kamal Kishore Mishra. The film will be released on 15th Mar, 2019 all over. Zee Music Company is releasing the music.
Bollywood Buzz : Alia Bhatt Decides The Name Of Her Yet To Be Born Daughter
It won’t be wrong to say that Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is presently living the best time of her life. The diva, who made her Hindi film debut with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year (2012) has been giving back to back hits & also has a lot of projects lined up in her kitty.
Alia Bhatt is also at a happy place personally & has been hogging the limelight due to her relationship with actor Ranbir Kapoor. While a wedding might not be on cards for Alia Bhatt any time soon, she already knows what she would like to name her daughter.
During a recent appearance on a dance reality show Super Dancer when a participant misspelled Alia ‘s name as Almaa, Alia Bhatt said, “Almaa bhut hi sunder naam hai, main apni beti ka naam Almaa rakhugi (Almaa is a very beautiful name, I will name my daughter as Almaa). Earlier, talking about sealing the deal with her beau Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt had said, “I think people should now take a break. We have had 2 beautiful weddings last year namely that of Anushka Sharma with Viraat Kohli & Deepika Padukone with Ranveer Singh. I think we can chill now, watch movies, work in movies & rest can be seen later.”
Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt had made an appearance on Super Dancer to promote her soon to be released movie Gully Boy. The diva was also accompanied by her co-star Ranveer Singh on the show. Gully Boy marks Alia Bhatt & Ranveer Singh’s 1st ever collaboration. The musical drama which will hit the theaters on 14th Feb, 2019 has been directed by Zoya Akhtar & Ranveer Singh is seen playing a rapper in it.
Gully Boy marks Alia Bhatt & Ranveer Singh’s 1st ever collaboration. The musical drama which will hit the theatres on 14th Feb, 2019 has been directed by Zoya Akhtar & Ranveer Singh will be seen playing a rapper in it.
Apart from this, Alia Bhatt has 2 more releases lined up for the current year of 2019. Her movie Kalank which has been directed by Abhishek Verman & stars Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt & Madhuri Dixit in the lead roles is slated to release on 19thApr, 2019. Her 1st ever collaboration with Ranbir Kapoor will also hit the theaters in Dec, 2019. The duo has teamed up for Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra which also features megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a vital role. Alia Bhatt will also be seen in Karan Johar’s next directorial Takht.
Boney Kapoor to produce remake of Egyptian film
Nasheman News : Producer Boney Kapoor has taken the rights of Egyptian drama “Hepta: The Last Lecture” to remake the film in Hindi and other languages in India.
The film will be produced by Kapoor’s Bayview Projects and co-produced by Fresh Lime Films, read a statement issued on the former’s behalf.
Based on Mohamed Sadek’s best-selling book, “Hepta…”, directed by Hadi El Bagoury, revolves around the seven stages of love.
Kapoor said: “India and Egypt have been strongly influencing each other’s culture, arts and architecture since ancient times.
“It is a pleasure to cooperate with Egyptian cinema. I strongly believe that this is only the beginning and we shall soon be seeing films from Egypt and India being remade in their respective languages.”
Kapoor is also remaking Hindi film “Pink” in Tamil. Titled “AK 59”, it features superstar Ajith, and is currently being shot.
Falguni Shah, Prashant Mistry lose at Grammys 2019
Nasheman News : Falguni Shah and Prashant Mistry of Indian origin have lost at the ongoing Grammys, which is also being attended by Grammy and Oscar-winning Indian musician A.R. Rahman.
London-based Indian music producer, mix and mastering engineer Prashant Mistry’s album “Symbol” was nominated for the Best Immersive Audio Album at the 61st Grammy Awards. The honour went to “Eye In The Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition”.
Falguni, on the other hand, was nominated for her album “Falu’s Bazaar” in the Best Children’s Music. The award was given to Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats for “All The Sounds”.
Meanwhile, Rahman tweeted a photograph that featured him, his daughter Raheema and others, ahead of the ceremony on Sunday night. He captioned it: “All set to go for Grammy Awards night.”
He has been updating about the ceremony to his millions of fans on Instagram by posting photographs from there. It includes a photograph featuring the legendary singer Dolly Parton on stage.
Workshop by Legendary Singer Suresh Wadkar in Bangalore
Saturday Press conference was held at INOX on 9th Feb 2018 for the singing Workshop of legendary singer Shree Suresh wadkar and it was held on today successfully.
It was held at Shikshakara saran, KG Road, Bangalore. It was done in presence of Shree.Suresh wadkar, Mrs. Padma Wadkar Nithin (CEO of Ajivasan), Dharmil Shah and miss Archana Shah (Jai Inc)
Workshop of two hour in collaboration with Masters of music academy, is open for beginners as well as learned students. They say, Secret to learning is intention.
Beginners can expect to take back their cup full of practice material which can enhance their capabilities to be able to perform without loosing notes and stability in voice.Not empty cups usually get nothing, but this workshop has lots of secret tips for voice enhancement, approach toward industry and management as a singer.
Congress backs triple talaq, says will scrap law after winning Lok Sabha polls
The triple talaq bill continues to face resistance in Rajya Sabha.
The Congress will scrap the triple talaq law if it forms the government in 2019, the party’s women’s wing chief Sushmita Dev said on Thursday.
Addressing the Congress’ Minority Department convention here, Dev alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created an atmosphere pitting Muslim women against Muslim men through the triple talaq law.
“A lot of people told us that women will be empowered if the triple talaq bill is passed. But we opposed that law because it is a weapon that Narendra Modi ji has prepared to put Muslim men in jail and make them stand in police stations,” the All India Mahila Congress chief said.
She hailed Muslim women from all parts of the country for writing “crores of letters, carrying out signature campaigns and rebelling against” the law.
“The Congress party stood up and opposed it in Parliament. I promise you people that the Congress government will come in 2019 and we will scrap this law. But it is also certain that whatever law is brought for women’s empowerment, by whichever government, the Congress will support it,” Dev said.
In December last year, a fresh bill to make the practice of triple talaq among Muslims a penal offence was introduced in Lok Sabha to replace an ordinance issued in September.
Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 superseded an earlier bill passed in the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha.
The earlier bill was approved by the Lower House. Amid opposition by some parties in the Upper House, the government cleared some amendments, including introduction of a provision of bail, to make it more palatable.
As the bill continued to face resistance in Rajya Sabha, the government issued an ordinance in September, incorporating amendments.
The ordinance was re-promulgated recently as the first one was about to expire.
The government has maintained that despite the Supreme Court striking down the practice of talaq-e-biddat (instant triple talaq) as unconstitutional, men were divorcing their wives on flimsy grounds and even via WhatsApp.
The opposition has said divorce cannot be made a penal offence and the provisions of the bill are against basic principles of the Constitution.
Agencies
Bangalore Buzz
Khurshed Batliwala & Dinesh Ghodke Presents ‘Happiness Express’
Khurshed Batliwala, Author-Faculty, The Art Of Living & Dinesh Ghodke, Author-Faculty – The Art of Living present to the readers Happiness Express, a book that offers the authors’ recipe for happiness. The book was released in Bengaluru recently & involves 5 major ingredients. The overall content is arranged in such a way, where all chapters are quite independent of each other & you could read them in any order.
Everyone wants to be happy, but the time most people spend being truly happy is fleeting, gone like dew drops in the morning sun. Khurshed Batliwala & Dinesh Ghodke have spent greater part of their lives being happy & coaching others to be happy. In Happiness Express, they share secrets behind their smiles.
This warm & funny book which abounds in personal anecdotes & practical tips for everyday well-being will make Happiness a more integral part of your life than ever before.
Expressing delight on book launch, Dinesh Ghodke, Author-Faculty, The Art Of Living said Everybody loves to sleep & eat food. But most don’t know much about process. By the time a person retires, he has slept for a total of 22 years, but they don’t know what happened in those 22 years. So, we wanted to show how you can make this a restful time“.
People often ask us how we manage to stay so happy & what our secret is. This book is the answer.
“The recipe for happiness involves 5 major ingredients & that’s how this book is organized. All chapters are quite independent of each other & you could read them in any order. Do you have trouble resting? Do you feel tired & worn out a lot? The chapters on Sleep & Meditation are for you. One of the best things you can do to get that elusive smile could well be simply closing your eyes. We can almost guarantee that following steps in these chapters will dramatically improve quality of your sleep, as well as your life.”
“Feeling unfit & unwell? Read chapters on Food & Exercise. Being physically active & eating healthy, tasty meals, can make a huge difference to your wellbeing.”
“Feeling stagnated? Head to chapters on Brain! Learning & Focused Mind Mapping! There’s an incomparable joy in understanding & learning something new. Quite a few adults deny themselves this pleasure because they think they cannot learn new things or are afraid of making mistakes. That’s where these chapters can come to your rescue.”
“Do you tend to forget things? Do you wish your memory could function better? The chapter on Memory unravels mystery of how our memories work & explores 2 memory enhancement protocols, The Memory Palace & The Spaced Repetition System (SRS).”
“Keep getting into trouble because of habitually postponing stuff you must do? The chapter on Procrastination provides insights into working of your mind & includes an approach we call S.T.A.R. technique to help you get over this & other infuriating habits.”
“Want some quickie tips on becoming happier? Read Happiness Sutras. This is your go-to chapter whenever you feel down. If you are doing everything right, yet somehow feeling wrong, perusing this chapter should help you out & restore your smile in a jiffy.”
“We were recently asked about what our dream was. We replied – we are living our dream!”
“Life is a dream. This book ensures it doesn’t turn into a nightmare. Welcome aboard Happiness Express!”
Highlights of the Book: Sleep – The right amount & type of sleep will make you younger, healthier & smarter.
Meditate – The fastest way to happiness could be simply closing your eyes?
Food – A healthy gut results in a happier you. Exercise – We were meant to move. Sitting is the new smoking!
Learning Techniques – Give the innate curiosity you had as a child a 2nd chance. Rediscover thrill of learning something new.
Improving Memory – How do we remember stuff? Revealing ways to strengthen memory!
The book has been published by Westland
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