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BEYHADH

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BEYHADH Beyhadh is an upcoming Indian Hindi thriller television series, which will premiere on 11 October 2016 on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Entertainment Television Asia.   First episode date: October 11, 2016 Number of seasons: 1 Network: Sony Entertainment Television Created by: Prem Krishen Genre: Thriller Language: Hindi Do watch!! 

Vishwa Sahni’s Digits in the Digital Era art show inauguration at Artist Centre, Kala Ghoda

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Lesle Lewis, Vishwa Sahni and Soma Ghosh at Vishwa Sahni's exhibition showcasing hands at Artists' Centre Gallery, Kala Ghoda Madhusudan Kumar, Sonalli Iynegar, Gautam Mukherjee, Vishnu Sonawane, Mudasir Ali, Vishwa Sahni, Sirf Sona, Sirf Kash, Lesle Lewis, Soma Ghosh & Kiran Chopra at Vishwa Sahni's art show at Artists' Centre Gallery, Kala Ghoda Veteran artist Vishwa Sahni used the humble ballpoint pen as his instrument, artist Vishwa Sahni brings to the world a story that unfolds through hands and digits… love, faith, trust, compassion, togetherness and above it all, humanity… Musical genius Lesle Lewis inaugurated veteran artist Vishwa Sahni’s Digits in the Digital Era art show at Artist Centre, Kala Ghoda. Classical singer Soma Ghosh, singer Mudasir Ali, Sirf Kash, Sirf Sona, writer-director Anusha Srinivasan Iyer and artists like Prithvi Soni, Madhusudan Kumar, Kiran Chopra, Sonalli Iyengar, Vishnu Sonaw...

Weight and watch this Vidhi Kasliwal film!

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Vidhi Kasliwal, Sachin Kundalkar, Sai Tamhankar  and Priya Bapat When Sachin Kundalkar came to producer Vidhi Kasliwal with a  Vazandaar concept, she was game. Only thing is she wanted the story to be set in a younger age bracket. The director agreed, and seeds of Vazandaar, the Marathi film were sown. Today, as Vazandaar is set for a  Nov 11  release, producer Vidhi Kasliwal is elated. “The idea was to keep the film as real as possible, with the actresses putting on and losing weight in real as well as reel life. I was worried that no top actresses would agree to it.  But Sachin was sure and rightly so!”  Both Sai Tamhankar  and Priya Bapat agreed instantly. “The only thing was that both the actresses loved the opposite roles. The actresses liked the other characters, and got cast in the role of their choice.” Vazandaar is a simple story on how we should love ourselves and look beyond our body image because self image is bigger ...

NEZ Global Icon Award for Bappi Lahiri

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Actress Rokeya Prachy, Bappi Lahiri, Director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar & Producer Rita Jhawar at the opening ceremony of NEZ International Film Fest where Bappi da received the Global Icon Award at iLead Campus  Bappi Lahiri and Director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar share a moment at the opening ceremony of NEZ International Film Fest where Bappi da received the Global Icon Award at iLead Campus Four and half decades in the industry and yet rediscovering himself… fresh with every attempt... From Zeenat Aman to Parveen Babi to Vidya Balan… they all go Ooh la la over  Bappi Lahiri ... And now, Kolkata once again lauded its musical genius son Bappi Lahiri by bestowing on the prestigious NEZ Global Icon Award at the NEZ International Film Festival. Bappi da received the award in the hands of  award-winning filmmaker Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar, Producer Rita Jhawar and actress Rokeya Prachy from Bangladesh.  Enthused Bappi Lahiri, "I have won accolades from around the globe b...

JAS Motion Pictures’ auspicious launch on Ganesh Chaturthi

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Jeetu Shankar, Somji R Shastri, Punit Chopra, Arvind Agarwal, Manish Begrajka and Bhadra Kanaiya at the launch of JAS Motion Pictures on Ganesh Chaturthi  Sanjay Vidyarthi and Jeetu Shankar Ganesh Chaturthi marked the logo launch of JAS Motion Pictures, an interesting venture to promote new talent alongside veterans. The brainchild of famous Tabla exponent Jeetu Shankar, Arvind Agarwal, Somji R Shastri, Marques Xavier, Manish Begrajka, Bhadra Kanaiya & Puneet Chopra, JAS Motion Pictures aims to promote new talent in music, acting and all creative aspects and also JAS Motion Pictures will be venturing into TV serials. The logo launch was attended by veteran music-makers of the likes of Virendra Shankar Raju Shankar, Deepak Pandit, Ram Shankar, Pradeep Pandit, Sarangi Nawaz Sabir Khan, Sanjay Vidyarthi, Surinder Khan, Kertikeya Tiwari, singers Sujata Trivedi, Aishwarya Majmudar, Sukriti Kakkar and Prakriti Kakkar, actor Nasirr Khan, comedian Shakeel Siddiqui among oth...

OZVAGANZA MELBOURNE OFF TO A GREAT START

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Eshwar Lakhawat, Vinod Kambli, Smita Thackeray, Sonalika Pradhan, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Raj Chopra at Ozvaganza Melbourne party at Magazine, Bandra Vishwajeet Pradhan, Sohail Khan and Sonalika Pradhan Chinagate Group's Magazine was abuzz with masti, music, mazaa and  Ozvaganza Melbourne, a  Meilleur Events presentation. The hoi polloi of Mumbai was naturally there with actor Vishwajeet and wife Sonalika Pradhan, their Australian associates Eshwar Lakhawat and Raj Chopra, Smita Thackeray, Sohail Khan, Rajpal Yadav, Ruhan Mahendra Kapoor, Krishna Tamang, Vinod Kambli, Rohit Verma, Asif Bhamla, Ram Kadam, Archana Kochhar, Alexx O’Nell, Lesle Lewis, Madhushree, Mudasir Ali, Kavitta Verma, Eijaz Khan, Brinda Parekh, DJ Beyond 120, Allwyn Rodrigues, Purva Rana, Rehan Shah, Priyanka Shah among others. Ozvaganza Melbourne, the brainchild of Sonalika and Vishwajeet Pradhan, will see Preity Zinta, Abhay Deol, world-famous DJs , Brazilian dance troupe, singers and perf...

Umformung – The Transformation, a journey to enlightenment

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K K Goswami, Bappi Lahiri,Mudasir Ali,Dillzan Wadia, producers Saharsh Khaitan & Rita Jhawar, Aamir Dalvi, director Sudeep Rajan Sarkar and Sushil Bhosale at the Umformung poster and book launch event Not long ago,   criminal psychologist-filmmaker Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar’s Hindi feature film  Umformung  – The Transformation  made news when monks and sex workers came together under one roof at Kolkata to watch the film. Now, Mumbai witnessed a celeb-studded Poster Launch of the film that speaks of equality among all of God’s creations.  Besides Director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar and Producers Rita Jhawar and Saharsh Khaitan, music director Sanjib Sarkar, actors Sushil Bhosale, Neha Kapoor, Parijat Chakraborty, Yogesh Anand of Reincarnation India, present at the do at Bora Bora Club in Andheri West were chief guest Bappi Lahiri, and celebs Shaleen Bhanot, Mudasir Ali, Gaurav Chopra, Aamir Dalvi, K K Goswami, among others . The story of i...

Mumbai’ madness makes waves at NY Shorts Fest!

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Varadraj Swami, director, Akhbar Ka Ek Panna Varadraj Swami and Shahzad Ahmad, the writers of Manjhi The Mountain Man   recently tasted sweet success again when their short film   Akhbar  Ka Ek Panna   won at the New York short Film Festival and Rasika Agashe won the Best Actor Award. The shorts is written by Shahzad Ahmad and Varadraj Swami and directed by Varadraj Swami as well. A Still from Akhbar Ka Ek Panna Interestingly, the film seems to be straight out of the life of the writers, who even after   Manjhi   await the world to know that they have been responsible for the research and dialogues of the acclaimed film.  Says the duo, “Metropolitan life brings with it urban chaos.  The stress and the need to prove oneself at every step is not just painful but at times suicidal. Success in a metro spells the beginning of a stressful journey, not the end. Here, at every step one needs to go through so many complications that it is not ea...

TAP Sakinaka opened its doors to one and all with the prestigious Karaoke World Championships

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Savio D'sa, Gaurav S Bajaj, Dillzan Wadia, Sandip Soparrkar, Lesle Lewis, Kavitta Verma, Jeetendra Varma and Vikas Bhalla Shriya Tamang Satyajeet Dubey It was time to grab the Mic… And take home the spotlight at Tap Restobar, Saki Naka as the amazing 14000 sq ft gigantic watering hole opened its doors to one and all with the prestigious Karaoke World Championships. Mumbai’s party animals made a beeline for the place and how! Pretty and enterprising Shriya Tamang and Savio D’Sa played the perfect hosts to a fullhouse, as Lesle Lewis, Vikas Bhalla, Jimmy Felix, Sumeet Sachdeva took over the music for the evening with the karaoke champs. Choreographer  Sandip Soparrkar set the dance floor afire with lyricist Manoj Muntashir, actors Alecia Raut, Dalip Tahil, Satyajeet Dubey, Gaurav Bajaj, Dilzan Wadia, Kavitta Verma, Pradeep Rawat, Jeetu Verma, Yogesh Lakhani, Dj Shameless Mani, Bharat and Doris Godambe, Pratap Sarnaik and many others joining the celebrations with th...

Global Wellness is the need of the hour: Rekha Chaudhari

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Smita Thackeray, Maharashtra Tourism Minister Ram Shinde and Global Wellness Ambassador for India Rekha Chaudhari Global Wellness Day is a first officially branded Wellness Day in all the countries of the world dedicated to wellness and healthy living.  It is an international movement which is celebrated with the support of Global Wellness Ambassadors, who are entrepreneurs and wellness professionals as well. This year, Rekha Chaudhari, the Global Wellness Ambassador for India, brought together personalities from the field of women and social welfare, holistic healing, beauty, sports, fitness and entertainment and music to convey the message of Wellness to Indians. The event was graced by Smita Thackeray, well-known social activist and producer; Ram Shinde - Minister of Tourism, Maharashtra; eminent cricketer Vinod Kambli; versatile singer Shibani Kashyap; Dr Meghna Shah – Dean, The Other Song; Maya Paranjape; wellness entrepreneurs JC Kapur an...

Kavitta Verma pits wits with Vivan-Akshara-Gurmeet in TP Aggarwal’s Lali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana

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Kavitta Verma She is pretty, she is vivacious, she is an actress who has proved her mettle matching steps and wits with Sanjay Dutt in Policegiri. Now, actress Kavitta Verma looks forward to her film Laali Ki Shadi Mein Laddoo Deewana, where she shares screen space as the parallel lead in the film with Akshara Haasan, Vivaan Shah and Gurmeet Choudhary.  Produced under the banner of Star Entertainment Worldwide Pvt. Ltd  by TP Aggarwal and Rahul Aggarwal, and written and directed by Manish Harishankar, the film  is an entertainer revolving around a royal marriage. “Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana is a very beautiful love story, replete with Indian values,” says Kavitta Verma. “In Policegiri, my dancing skills came to the fore. Here, you will see the actor in me. It is a tailormade role,” adds Kavitta Verma who is currently dubbing for the film.  “Shot at the picturesque locations of Vadodara palace and in and around the city of Vadodara and Mumbai,...