Bollywood Glitterati

To mark the 122nd birth anniversary of Bhavgandharva Pt Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a song VishwaSwaraMauli on Swarkokila Lata Mangeshkar, composed with the blessings and guidance of Hridaynath Mangeshkar, penned by poet Dr Deepak Vaze,   will be released at the hands of Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia and Usha Mangeshkar at Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium in Vile Parle on Thursday 29th December 8pm onwards.  cinematography is by Tushar Panke and the label is Times Music. The programme will be compered by Smita Gavankar. Apart from the above, the programme brings to you a unique musical extravaganza of Lata didi's popular songs rendered by Ketki Mategaonkar, Savani Ravindra, Priyanka Barve and Vibhavari Apte Joshi with composition by Ajay Madan.  The event is presented by Aryan Institute of Chess and Art Excellence, with special support from MIT-ADT University and is coordinated by Avinash Prabhavalkar of Hridayesh Arts.

“A film festival needs to be ethical and impartial, and that is exactly what Bollywood International Film Festival strives to be,” said Bollywood International Film Festival founder-chairperson Pratibha Sharma and actor-director Yashpal Sharma at the media meet of the film festival. Of the 200 plus entries received by the Bollywood international film festival (BIFF), the best were chosen by an eminent team of international filmmakers. The select films from the chosen ones will be on view for audiences at Carnival Cinemas Mumbai from December 17-18. The festival also will showcase a special screening of Yashpal Sharma’s Dada Lakhmi, the Haryanvi film that has won more than 68 awards globally. While the eminent jury comprises of Ashok Rane, Amit Rai, Sandeep Sharma, French actress Marine Borbo and Tauqeer Ahmed from Bangladesh, the BIFF members Monika Davar, Minaxi Singh, Dalbir Singh, Sameer Chowdhary, Tabassum Jahan, Alpana Suhasini, Sunil Bainiwal, Vishal Sharma and Tapan Patani were

Suresh Wadkar’s Ajivasan Music Academy has taken a new initiative to spread awareness and knowledge around Music. The idea is to get music lovers to hear from various music professionals about their journey, challenges, career options and exciting nuances. Ajivasan ACT is an initiative that aims at highlighting the Art, Commerce and Technology (ACT) of Music. This event has multiple panel discussions with celebrities and professionals, along with master classes with experts and a thrilling music concert. Besides Suresh Wadkar and moderator Padma Wadkar, The panelists include Padmashri Sonu Nigam, Vijay Prakash, Shreyas Puranik, Yashraj Mukhate, Mohini Dey, Nirmika Singh, Gauri Yadwadkar, Saaveri Verma, Aditya Dev, Vinayak Netke, Nikita Bharani, Avanti Nagral among others. The titles, All About Music, Women In Music and Journey Of A Song give a new perspective to music, through the eyes of industry veterans. Siddarth Kannan is the Master of Ceremonies.