HERE’S HOW KARTIK AARYAN’S FANS SURPRISED HIM ON THE SETS OF ‘ATITHII IN LONDON’!
Kartik Aaryan, who is currently stationed in London for the shooting of his next, ATITHII IIN LONDON!, was pleasantly surprised by his fans sweet gesture. While shooting for the family entertainer, the handsome & talented actor received a special gift from his NRI fans, much to his surprise. The PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA star got a special cake on the sets of ATITHII IIN LONDON!. Kartik was happy to receive a special customised cake of ATITHII IIN LONDON! featuring his co – star Paresh Rawal and his pictures printed on it. When Kartik’s fans (based in London) got to know about him shooting at a particular locale, they decided to pay him a surprise visit with a customized cake. They also spoke to him at length and told him how excited they are to see him share the screen space with his co -star Paresh Rawal, who was appreciated for his performance in the 1st part, ATITHII TUM KAB JAOGE, Kartik averred, “Sometimes, it’s just the way someone meets you that does the trick. I was surprised that so many people dropped in on the sets in London to meet & interact with me. It felt nice to connect with them.”
SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA SPECIAL GUEST AT THE SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR!
Actress turned businesswoman Shilpa Shetty Kundra, turned author with her bestseller book, “The Great Indian Diet”. Shilpa’s health & fitness book topped Amazon’s Bestseller list and continues to remain one of the highest selling books. She also became the 1st Indian celebrity to release her book in UAE as his excellency Sheikh Nahyan, launched her book in Dubai. Shilpa Shetty Kundra has now been invited as special guest at the Sharjah International Book Fair alongside other eminent names in the literature space. Back for its 35th edition held at the Expo Centre Sharjah, Shilpa had a book reading session at the fair and a candid interaction with the audience. The organizers had been very keen to have her as their celebrity guest as she made the ideal space to represent the health & fitness literature segment. Says Shilpa, “UAE is a growing market and it was an honor to take my book there. Advocating a healthy & fit lifestyle has always been something I have felt strongly about and this takes me one step closer to my goal. I read out a few key segments and answered questions the audience had”.
ANANYA BIRLA LAUNCHES HER DEBUT INTERNATIONAL SINGLE “LIVIN’ THE LIFE”
Ananya Birla, well – known in India as a leading innovator enters a new phase of her life as she launches her debut International single “Livin’ the life”. The 22 – year old has been exclusively signed by leading record label, Universal Music Group. The major has launched Ananya’s musical career with the release of the single “Livin’ the life” now available globally through its network. Ananya Birla’s single was launched amidst a host of celebrities and some exciting entertainment! Featuring Illusionists, street dancers and even a sand artist, Ananya Birla made her sensational debut performance on stage, belting out her single “Livin’ the Life”. The highly infectious & up – tempo pop / dance single is produced & co – written by Internationally acclaimed music producer Jim Beanz who has previously worked with global superstars Nelly Furtado Cheryl Cole, Demi Lovato et al. Says Ananya, “I’ve always loved music, and making music. I discovered I needed to try to spread love to others. I believe that if you discover who you are really are, you can overcome any challenge.” The music video of the song, shot on the beautiful Santa Catalina Island in California showcases a visual representation of the song’s impactful theme. The video is directed by international director Rock Jacobs.
MACAO HOSTS IT 1ST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & AWARDS
The 1st International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) would entail the 12 Asian genre film directors & their chosen genre favorites for the Crossfire section of the official programme. Crossfire is a non -competitive section introducing the festival audience to influential genre titles from Europe & South Asia. The 1st International Film Festival & Awards would be held in Macao from Thurs 8th Dec, 2016 to Tues 13th Dec, 2016. Shekhar Kapur will serve as Jury President at the inaugural festival. He adds IFFAM Jury President to a list of jury positions at prestigious festivals including the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, the London Film Festival & the Tokyo International Film Festival, as well as a sponsor role with the International Indian Film Festival in Goa. Kapur comments, “This is Asia’s time. Over the past few years, consumerism has catapulted the Asian market into international renown, but what we are now experiencing is the renaissance of culture as inspired by the Asian communities. As an Indian director, I’m excited to be chairing the Macau Film Festival as Indian storytelling has so much in common with Chinese forms of storytelling.” Hosting an international film festival, Macao hopes that the event gathers film works across the globe as well as prominent actors & film stars from around the world, thus bringing in world – class exchange opportunities & unleashing a synergistic effect through advancing local cultural & creative industry development and Macao’s destination glamour.
CHITRANGADA SINGH INTRODUCES INDIA TO PREMIUM LACE APPAREL DESIGNED IN EUROPE
Intrika, an online lace designer wear brand launched their debut collection at their global launch in Mumbai. The fashion show where Chitrangada Singh was the showstopper was attended by the glitterati of Mumbai. A label dedicated to induce Indian wear with a perfect mélange of contemporary European lace & avant – garde silhouettes. After decades of conceptualization & complex designing, European lace exudes elegance that accentuates the glamour quotient in traditional Indian wear. Rachna Narang, Executive Director, Intrika avered, “The delicate balance between beauty & a stylish wardrobe is being constantly reinvented. But some things remain a classic. They become timeless and last outlive seasonal trends & fads. Intrika’s range is one of sophisticated ease & affordable luxury. Our clothes are extensions of legacy & heritage, but at the same time belong to the present – creating an endless circle of timeless style for everyone. We hope that every little bit of Intrika that Indian women bring into their life adds color & joy, accompanying them through their own memories & experiences.
RAVEENA TANDON TO TURN BOOK – AUTHOR!
Raveena Tandon, otherwise an altruistic social – worker, whose passion is child -welfare will add yet another feather to her career crown, that of a “Book Author”. The star – actress in a cryptic mode, said “My book which I will soon be focusing on, is neither a biography nor is it a fiction. We would be more excited because we would have a holiday dedicated to us little kids, on Chacha Nehru’s birth anniversary,” Today’s super – confident kids are fortunate that they are tech – savvy right from a very tender age, she feels. Tandon has been judging an educational initiative, by the Seven Seas Academy. “A nationwide contest hunt for India’s young masterminds, to promote the prime importance of health supplements for vital brain development among children. It’s so heartening that 2 winners are being sponsored for an educational trip to “NASA”!” says Raveena. “Even when I was going thru a major personal crisis, decades ago, I used to often spend quality time with kids at an orphanage home. It was unconditional love that they would always give me in return,” insists Raveena who had adopted 2 young girls (actually nieces) whose parents had passed away, when they were young. Currently, the evergreen actress is “waiting for the release of the hard -hitting, bold movie THE MOTHER directed by Ashtar Sayyed, which has violence against women as its theme”.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA REVEALS ‘SARVANN’ POSTER ON GURU NANAK JAYANTI
Choosing the auspicious day of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Priyanka Chopra revealed the poster of her upcoming Punjabi film SARVANN which she is co – producing with producer Vashu Bhagnani. Announcing the look of the film, Priyanka Chopra averred, “Guru Nanak Jayanti is a great day for us to start a new journey in Punjabi cinema with our debut film production, SARVANN. We’re very proud to work with such an amazing team to present this wonderful story. After the success of our Marathi venture, VENTILATOR, Purple Pebble Pictures is also very pleased to extend our collaboration with Pooja Films for SARVANN.” Breaking language barriers and backing good stories is not new for either Priyanka Chopra or Vashu Bhagnani. After the Marathi hit VENTILATOR, SARVANN Sarvann is the 2nd project that the 2 production houses are collaborating on. Adds director Karaan Guliani, “Produced by an all – women team of Priyanka Chopra, Dr. Madhu Chopra & Deepshika Deshmukh, SARVANN is a coming – of – age story of a young man who discovers his true identity. The movie stars Punjabi film & music superstar Amrinder Gill, the rising Punjabi hit singer Ranjit Bawa, who is making his acting debut with SARVANN & Simi Chahal of BAMBOOKAT fame. The film is written by the popular & successful writer Amberdeep Singh with music composed by Jatinder Shah. SARVANN releases worldwide on 9th December, 2016.
HOW ‘SAANSEIN’ TRIUMPHED OVER ‘ROCK ON 2’?
PM Narendra Modi’s demonetization decision has certainly impacted the entire country; especially cinema business has gone for a toss. ROCK ON 2, which was touted to “rock” at the BO considering its 1st part ROCK ON was super successful, didn’t open on a great note. However, those who took a timely action are now heaving a sigh of relief. SAANSEIN producer Goutam Jain took a bold step and decided to push the release of his debut film at the 11th hour. While many speculated that SAANSEIN was being postponed as the makers didn’t want to clash with ROCK ON that comes from a big banner and trade is also quite upbeat about this Farhan Akhtar starrer. But if that would have been the case then SAANSEIN, which is now scheduled to hit the screens alongside Shah Rukh Khan & Alia Bhatt’s DEAR ZINDAGI on 25th Nov, 2016, wouldn’t have opted to arrive along with yet another biggie. It would have rather gone solo to arrive in theatres. Some others even wondered if the makers of SAANSEIN are taking an appropriate decision to shift the release, but looking at the current scenario and the way demonetization has affected the new releases, it seems SAANSEIN team was provident and took a calculated smart move. Though the film will face competition from SRK’s DEAR ZINDAGI, but that will perhaps not deter the film from doing the required business, because by that time, things may settle for better. Goutam Kumar Jain says, “It’s a calculative move. Since we had to take a call fast, we decided to postpone the film. We aren’t scared of the competition and we are quite confident of our product. We understand it will be difficult for people to prioritize a film over other basic necessities.”
KAREENA REVEALS WHAT COULD BE HER CHILD’S NAME ON #NOFILTERNEHA!
Kareena Kapoor Khan & Saif Ali Khan are awaiting this Dec eagerly for their little bundle of joy to arrive. On #NoFilterNeha’s latest episode on Saavn, Bebo got into an interesting conversation on what could be the name of the saifeena baby! When Neha Dhupia joked about how the name of the baby will be affected by the polar opposite choices Saif & Kareena have, Kareena admitted saying – “Right now, obviously we haven’t even locked a thought of anything. But yeah, Saif is more of a historian because he reads so much.” And we all know that Kareena is a fashionista! Marrying both their passions, Neha came up with a rather unique name for the baby “Zeus Chanel Kapoor Khan”! A sporting Bebo laughed it off saying “Never know”. We love the sound of Zeus Chanel Kapoor Khan! Do you?
JEETENDRA RECEIVES MUMBAI GLOBAL ACHIEVER’S AWARD
Different achievers from the fields of sports, journalism, politics, fashion, business, media & social service were awarded for their contribution in their respective industries. Anup Jalota, Gufi Paintal & Arun Bakshi were seen at the awards night. Jeetendra received Mumbai Global Achiever’s Award. Dr. Ajay Sahai, actor Nandkishore Agarwal, producer Abhishek Soni were also awarded. Rakhi Sawant received the award for her recent social initiatives. Kanchan Avasthi who’s seen as Sarla in the hugely popular Serial AMMA received the award for her performance. Hina Khan of YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI & Himani Shivpuri too won the awards. Writer Dhiraj Mishra who’s known for his recent patriotic movies like JAI JAWAAN JAI KISAAN & Chapekar also won the award. Others who received the award are Ravi Buley from AMAR UJALA, Iqbal Parvez from NDTV, Sonal Singh from Zee TV & RJ Alok from Dainik Bhaskar Digital for their contribution in the field of journalism.
Rajkumar Tiwari, founder & editor of Mumbai Global Achiever’s Award said he started this initiative to recognizes the hard work put in by varied personalities.” The 2nd edition of Mumbai Global Achiever’s Award was held in Mumbai at Bhaidas Hall, Vile Parle.
TRAILER OF FILM AASRA RELEASED
Trailer & poster of the reality based film AASRA was unveiled in Mumbai, where producer Sadanand Krishna Shetty, director Raj Sagar, actors Raghuveer Yadav & Sunil Pal were present with entire technical team. Atul Kulkarni, Omkar Das Manikpuri & Ashok Samarth were conspicuous by their absence at the event. The film is based on the producer’s real life struggle for 21 years in a slum area in Poona. He said that after going through lots of hard work, he decided to show the problems faced by slum dwellers to every citizens of India. Raj Sagar added that he was lucky that actors like Atul Kulkarni, Raghuveer Yadav, Omkar Das Manekpuri, Ashok Samarth & Sunil Pal were playing the real characters in this film, besides Sadanand who has essayed the role of main protagonist in film, which was shot in real locations. AASRA is based on SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority), how a person Sadanand Shetty comes to help the poor people.
GOVINDA GIVES AWAY MEDALS TO WINNERS OF LOKHANDWALA HALF MARATHON / 10KM
One more feather added to the Celebration Club’s cap. A Half Marathon / 10K was organized on 6th Nov, 2016 for a very noble cause – Promoting & Encouraging Girl Child Education. The Marathon was flagged off sharp at 6 am – 21K & 6:15 am – 10K, as planned, from Celebration Club by actors Dino Morea, Mukesh Rishi, Corporator Jyotsna Dighe & Sub Inspector Subhash Khanvilkar from Oshiwara Police Station. There were a total number of 674 participants, from all age groups – young boys, girls, men, women & senior citizens who participated joyfully & enthusiastically. Some of them came from as far as Thane, Pune & Kolhapur. Prize distribution at the end of the marathon, in cash & medals was handed out by Govinda.
