Monthly Archives: November 2018
R D Tailang Writer Of Kaun Banega Crorepati Pens Down A Compelling Documentary Vidyoday Based On Acharya Vidyasagar
R D Tailang writer of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ pens down a compelling documentary ‘Vidyoday’ based on Acharya Vidyasagar, one of the most exalted Digambara Jain Munis (philosopher monks).
Vidhi Kasliwal of Landmarc Films has directed the documentary for which Tailang has written the voice over. The documentary chronicles the journey of Vidyasagar ji, his teachings and his contribution to the Jain community and society as a whole.
In order to capture the very essence of Acharya Vidyasagar’s divine life, ‘Vidyoday’ has been skilfully documented with such great technique and precision, that most of the footage of his day to day activities and journey from one place to another, was shot without Vidyasagar Ji knowing that he is being filmed for a documentary. Hence preserving the solemnity and authenticity of a monk and his conduct.
The film also throws light upon the various facets of Jainism as a philosophy, the frugal yet fulfilling lives of Digambara Jain Monks, their main teachings and principles such as respecting the life of all species and ‘ahimsa’ (non-violence).
The documentary was completed over a span of 1000 days with a team that grew to over 80 people, by the post-production and completion stage.
On making a documentary on Acharya Vidyasagar’s life that no one until now has achieved, Vidhi Kasliwal says “When we started out we didn’t realise what kind of impact this film could and would have, but as we went along, I realised that this is an audio-visual equivalent of a book which for posterity records the life and journey of Acharya Shri for all future generations to watch. So the responsibility doubled, tripled. We had to ensure that we were documenting everything accurately. For this, we referred to many monks and scholars and went through several cuts at several stages. Hats off to our editor Puloma Pal to have patiently worked on the various edit versions for over a year.”
On collaborating with writer R D Talang, Vidhi says, “We spent months searching for the perfect writer and we were lucky to have been referred to Mr. Tailang. On watching the rough cut, he instantly connected with the film and I can never forget our first discussion post his viewing. He said to me that the film has reformed him and made him more mindful towards non-violence, so much so that he’d think twice before using mosquito-killing devices! There was no way we were going to find someone more suited to write Vidyoday. Thus began our collaboration. A quick one, but a meaningful one. We finished writing in a record 3 weeks and I’m very pleased to say that Mr. Tailang has beautifully captured the essence of Acharya Shri”.
Tailang adds “It is easy to change the perception and views of people through your writing but rarely does it happen that the writer changes in the process. Well, writing Vidyoday, that is Vidyasagar ji’s life journey has been one such experience for me. It has touched and changed my views and beliefs for the better. I am fortunate and glad that when Vidhi Kasliwal, the director and producer of this striking film asked me to script the voice over, despite being committed to several other assignments, I took it up as I was genuinely impressed by the great saint and his love for Hindi. I hope I have done justice to his journey extraordinaire and his followers find it easy to understand and imbibe the teachings of this most exalted monk through this documentary for generations to come.”
Vidyoday will be screened in selected theatres across India from 23rd November onwards.
2nd Hindi Cinema Samman Samaroh at Vigyan Bhawan
New Delhi: The most prestigious and historical hall of Vigyan Bhawan saw the 2nd Edition of Hindi Cinema Samman Samaroh where the big wigs of Hindi Film Industry were honored for their untiring contribution to Hindi Cinema.
Almost 110 years of Hindi Cinema we somehow forgot to honor and highlight the contribution of this most popular cinema of the World at the cental level with National awards exclusively. We at ICMEI-International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry could feel the pain of this need last year,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of ICMEI and Marwah Studios at the second edition of Hindi Cinema Samman Samaroh at Vigyan Bhawan.
This year an award committee was constituted at ICMEI in association with AAFT- Asian Academy of Film And Television and announced National Awards in the first go for Film producers Boney Kapoor, Mehul Kumar, Actor- Director Nandita Das, Actor Sanjay Kapoor and Zareen Khan and Film Educator Deepak Marwah who were sharing the prestigious dais of Vigyan Bhawan with Ministers of Government of India.
Hon. Satya Pal Singh Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development responsible for Higher Education and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India and Vijay Sampla Union Minister of State Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment, Government of India, presented the awards. The Ministers were also felicitated for their contribution to Hindi Cinema.
The awards were presented for contribution in various fields of Hindi Cinema to Kirit Somaiya Member of Parliament Tigmanshu Dhulia Rahul Rawail Pankaj Parashar Abhishek Sharma – Director, Saurabh Shukla Manish Pandey Yashpal Sharma Aryaman Ramsay Vivaan Parashar-Actors, Dilip Sen Sameer Sen- Music Directors, Robin Bhatt President SWA & writer Kamlesh Pandey Script writer Kumar Mohan Editor Bollywood & TV Reporter Vivek Paul Producer; B N Tiwari President Ashok Dubey Gen Sec and Gangeshwar Lal Shrivastav Treasurer of FWICE; Rajendra Singh Gen Sec WICA, Sudhanshu Srivastav Senior Vice President WIMPSTEA Sharad Shelar President CCMAHD Amar Haldipur President CMA Taran Bajaj Casting Actor & Director and Rhythm Datta, Joint Secretary, Dada
Saheb Phalke Film Foundation Award.
H E Dr. Ashraf Shikhaliyev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan was awarded the Hindi Cinema Samarthak Award.
“Appreciation is the key to enthusiasm. Our film industry is known to the World. The best film makers of the World watch Hindi Cinema as it is a total entertainment,” said Boney Kapoor Chairman of the award Committee this time.
“Hindi Films have contributed to Hindi learning not only in India but all over the World. Not only entertainment, Hindi films are the best ambassador of our culture too. People all over the World like and love hindi cinema. I congratulate each and every awardee and especially Sandeep Marwah for taking initiative to start an award like this,” said Satya Pal Singh Union Minister, Government of India.
“Hindi Cinema is the biggest in the country number wise, quality wise and popularity wise. It needs to be honored and highlighted. I am lucky to be associated with now the most prestigious National Award for Hindi Cinema. My best wishes to each and every one present here and to the whole Hindi film industry for marvelous contribution towards entertainment,” added Vijay Sampla Union Minister, Government of India.
“Hindi Cinema is a complete package of Entertainment, Education and Information. It is the best way to learn Hindi, know the World through pictures and has enhanced tourism to a great extent,” added Marwah the promoter of awards. The award function was the third day event of 11th Global Film Festival Noida 2018.
KAW Questioning the Identity
Kolkata, November 2018: Our practice as artists are not far away from the lives we lead and the art we admire. Swarup started his questioning early. As a student of fashion, passionate about photography, experiments in imagery came early to him. As a photographer-scenographer-artist-designer, his practice everyday engulfs visual imagery of forms, lines, shapes, and silhouettes on one hand and pursuing their meaning on the other. The body is a reservoir of memories. It is subjected to gaze, to presumption, to judgment, to biases becoming a bed of politics and layers of subtexts. Swarup’s practice as an artist who visualises and actualises images to question the why and wherewithal of this process of subjection that the body undergoes and explore if in some realm of artistic suspension of disbelief the body can be free; free off every trope of identity construction that traditionally dictates what it should be and what it cannot or should not.
Swarup finds it more than a curious and amusing coincidence that all the interrogative questioning words in Bengali start with the letter ‘Kaw’? the first Bengali consonant?
Ki? (What), Key? (Who?), Keno? (Why), Kokhon? (When?), Kothay? (Where?) and Ki bhabey?(How?).
Swarup weaves in this labyrinth of interrogations about our identities and how we manifest them in our displayed and secret lives; how our identities are constructed and how they gradually dismantle. Swarup Dutta’s solo show KAW is an inquiry into these myths about our identity, who we are and how we become.
Kaw is a series of three bodies of work if viewed in the order in which they have evolved – Khelna-bati, Armour of Weaknesses, and Otherworldly progressing thematically from a space of androgyny to the periphery of struggle, to the eventual evolution of the mutant, ambiguous in both gender and identity. The three bodies of work raise questions about a few dominant ideas. First being ‘play’. This theme becomes a juxtaposition of child-like indulgence, unfettered dalliance to play-acting in a performative sense. His bodies play. With each other, with themselves, with an odd collection of kitchen props which placed out of the usual kitchen context become weapons, sex organs, costumes, and many more things. There is the play of power and there is the play of light. Androgyny is another theme that runs through all the three series. Swarup comments “It would be great if everyone is both male and female”. Swarup’s bodies are androgynous and never sexually obvious, they are various and non-conformist to type, shape, and size. Issues of identity plague us, everyone seems to be trying to save theirs. Which is leading to conflicts worldwide. The artist wants to address these questions of identity and the problems surrounding it, be it sexual, social, political or religious to name a few.
Armor of Weaknesses shows the struggle that the bodies undergo to assume other identities, to become other than what they are. The slipping in and out of painfully and expertly crafted bamboo structures almost like slipping in and out of real and assumed realities and identities.
Otherworldlytakes it to the other end of the spectrum where all lines blur and become hazy. What is may not be? It might as well be something else or something in between. The social construct of identities is kept behind to step into a world of phantasmagoria. In discussing fashion’s association with the otherworldly, he further says, “The individual, the outsider, the pioneer, and the mutant: these are the characters who so frequently lead that mutiny.”
KAW also explores the topic of our encounter with nudity in India. We usually stumble before we engage with this volatile pretension. What does nudity mean within the Indian context? Is it always in the context of erotica that nudity may be discussed? What other ways are there? Playfully nude? Seriously nude? Impoverished nude? Can anything be innocently nude? Are we ready to embrace it? When a Jain monk take his clothes off or a sadhu does the same, why are they any different? Or is it that in all this a subtext of sexual gaze is omnipresent?
KAW is a personal journey questioning who we are. The formats we follow without questioning. And the mythologies we live in. and the mythologies we invent every day. To Survive!!!
KAW: A solo exhibition by Swarup Dutta, Curated by Dr. Paula Sengupta will be hosted at Akar Prakar, Kolkata on 16th Nvember at 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Exhibition Dates: From16th November till 14th December, from 11 am to 7 pm, (Sunday Closed).
Venue: Akar Prakar, Kolkata
Fauzia Arshi’s Bhaiaji Superhitt set to hit theatres on 23rd November 2018
Highly anticipated Bollywood film ‘Bhaiaji Superhitt’ is going to release on 23rd November 2018. The film features stars like Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, and Ameesha Patel in the lead roles.
Producer of the film, Fauzia Arshi on this occasion said, “I am thankful to all the people who have contributed in making the film despite too many issues and disputes in the past years”.
She added further that nobody looks back at under which circumstances the film was made for the world only watches the film and the audiences only appreciate the story and performances in the movie.
Film’s other producer Chirag Dhariwal is set to mark his presence in the industry, and said, “The film is a superhit and our association with Fauzia Arshi has been great. There is no dispute between us as everything is sorted. In her own way Preity Zinta is putting in all her efforts to promote the film and draw the audiences to the cinema halls. Her superb performance and promotion on television shows such as BigBoss, Comedy Circus, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa etc. were fantabulous. She is very exicited about her new avatar in the film.”
Arshad Warsi, Sheyas Talpade and Ameesha Patel have also promoted Bhaiaji Superhitt on various channels and other media platforms.
The film seems to be actually Superhitt by looking at the trailer and the buzz in the market. Producers Fauzia Arshi and Santosh Bhartiya about the film said, “The role of Sunny Deol as Bhaiaji in the film is one of the best roles that he has ever done, he looks stunning”
The producers also appriciated S. Vijiyan the action director from South for choreographing stunning action sequences in the film.
Though its a joint production of Metro Movies and Daily Multimedia Limited, the latter is holding the title of presenters in the film.
फौजिया अर्शी की फिल्म “भैयाजी सुपरहिट” कल रिलीज होगी
# “फिल्म में “भैया जी” के किरदार में सनी देओल का रोल वाकई लोगों को दांतों तले अंगुली दबाने को मजबूर कर देगा
फिल्म के निर्माण में काफी परेशानी आने के बावजूद आखिरकार सनी देओल स्टारर “भैयाजी सुपरहिट” 23 नवंबर को सिल्वर स्क्रीन पर रिलीज होगी।
फिल्म की निर्माता फौजिया अर्शी ने कहा, “मैं उन सभी लोगों का शुक्रगुजार हूं, जिन्होंने फिल्म के निर्माण में बहुत सारी परेशानियों और समस्याओं के होते हुए फिल्म बनाने में अपना अमूल्य योगदान दिया।“ फौजिया ने कहा, “कोई यह नहीं देखेगा कि किन हालातों में यह फिल्म बनी। लोग सिर्फ यह फिल्म और इसमें कलाकारों की परफॉर्मेंस देखेंगे। फिल्म के अन्य निर्माता चिराग धालीवाल इस फिल्म के साथ इंडस्ट्री में अपनी मौजूदगी दर्ज कराने जा रहे हैं। उन्होंने कहा, “जैसा कि फिल्म अपने नाम से ही खुद को सुपरहिट बताती है, हमें यह पूरा विश्वास है कि फिल्म सुपरहिट होगी। इस फिल्म के निर्माण के साथ फौजिया अर्शी से जुड़ना काफी अच्छा रहा। अब हमारे बीच कोई विवाद नहीं है। हरेक विवाद को सुलझा लिया गया है।
प्रीति जिंटा ने इस फिल्म में जबर्दस्त परफॉर्मेंस दी है, जो दर्शकों को सिनेमाघरों तक लाने में कामयाब होगी। प्रीति जिंटा ने जिस तरह से “बिग बॉस”, “कॉमेडी सर्कस” और “सा रे गा मा” जैसे शोज में फिल्म का प्रमोशन किया, वह वाकई काफी शानदार और बेहतरीन है। प्रीति जिंटा फिल्म में अपने नए अवतार को लेकर काफी उत्साहित हैं। अरशद वारसी, श्रेयस तलपड़े और अमीषा पटेल ने कई चैनलों और न्यूज मीडिया पर फिल्म का प्रमोशन किया।
फिल्म के ट्रेलर और मार्केट में फिल्म के उत्साह को देखते हुए कहा जा सकता है कि यह फिल्म सुपरहिट होगी। फिल्म के निर्माताओं फौजिया अर्शी और संतोष भरतीया ने कहा, “फिल्म में “भैया जी” के किरदार में सनी देओल का रोल वाकई लोगों को दांतों तले अंगुली दबाने को मजबूर कर देगा। उन्होंने कहा कि फिल्म में दक्षिण भारतीय फिल्मों के एक्शन डारेक्टर एस. विजयन की ओर से खूबसूरती से पिरोए गए एक्शन सीन होंगे, जो वाकई काबिल-ए-तारीफ कहे जा सकते हैं। फिल्म का संयुक्त रूप से निर्माण मेट्रो मूवीज और डेली मल्टीमीडिया लिमिटेड ने किया है। डेली मल्टी मीडिया लिमिटेड फिल्म के प्रस्तुतकर्ता भी हैं।
GLIMPSES OF AWARDEES FOR ACHIEVERS AWARDS OF MR. SHA KRISH’S LAVISH EVENT OF FASHION EDGE
Chhal Hindi Films First Look Released
सस्पेंस से भरपूर है छल छल का फर्स्ट लुक लांच
ईवाना प्रोडक्शन के बैनर तले हिंदी फीचर फिल्म ‘छल-किया किसने’ का निर्माण किया जा रहा है। इस फ़िल्म का हाल ही में फर्स्ट लुक लांच किया गया है। फर्स्ट लुक में साफ देख जा सकता है कि पोस्टर खुद ही फ़िल्म की कहानी को बयां कर रहा है। फ़िल्म की टेग लाइन भी बहुत कुछ बता रही है कि छल किया किसने… ये एक अलग और अनोखा टाइटल है जैसे कि फ़िल्म के टाइटल से पता चल ही रहा है कि फ़िल्म पूरी तरह से सस्पेंस पर आधारित है। फिल्म के फर्स्ट लुक के लांच के अवसर पर निर्माता ए. अमन ने कहा कि फ़िल्म का फर्स्ट लुक बहुत ही शानदार है।
]इस फ़िल्म की कहानी सस्पेंस, थ्रिलर और रोमांस का तड़का है। फ़िल्म में अभिनेता प्रिंस सिद्दीकी और तमन्ना चौहान के बीच की कशमकश देखने लायक है। इस फ़िल्म के निर्माता ए.अमन हैं, जबकि फ़िल्म के लेखक-निर्देशक राजू श्रेष्ठा हैं। फ़िल्म में प्रिंस सिद्दीकी, तमन्ना चौहान, राजू श्रेष्ठा, अर्जुन दवे, करीमा, मुश्ताक खान, हैरी जोश, राजू खेर, अरुण बक्शी, फरीदा सिद्दीकी, आकांक्षा सहित कई कलाकार हैं। फ़िल्म का स्क्रीनप्ले और डायलॉग सन्नी कपूर का है, लिरिक्स की जिम्मेदारी कृष्णा तिवारी, मो.शहाबुद्दीन, राजेश निशाद जबकि फ़िल्म को संगीत से सजाया है संगीतकार राजेश दुबे। फ़िल्म के डीओपी रोबी सागर, एडिटर मो.अख्तर, नृत्य निर्देशक फिरोज और चेतना है। फिल्म के गानों को अपनी आवाज से सजाया है गायक करीमा और फरहान शाबरी ने ।
——Sanjay Bhushan Patiayala
Sanyukt Vikas Party’s Anthem Song Record At Lata Mangeshkar Studios
लता मंगेशकर स्टूडियो में संयुक्त विकास पार्टी का एंथम सॉन्ग रेकॉर्ड।
मुम्बई में स्थित लता मंगेशकर स्टूडियो में पिछले दिनों संयुक्त विकास पार्टी का टाइटल गानाअरविंदर सिंह,अक्षय उपाध्याय, अमन सिंह राजपूत,सना खान,अनुराग मौर्या, प्रीति दुबे के आवाज़ में रिकॉर्ड किया गया। ‘आएगी आएगी संयुक्त विकास पार्टी’ नामक इस एल्बम को कौशल फिल्म्स प्रोडक्शन हॉउस के बैनर तले बनाया गया है।
जिसके संगीतकार अफ़रोज़ खान है जबकि इसके निर्माता कैलाश कौशल कुमार है। इसके निर्देशक प्रकाश श्रीवास्तव हैं। कौशल फ़िल्म प्रोडक्शन हाउस के बैनर तले बने इस एल्बम में ये आर्टिस्ट दिखाई देंगे। कल्पना शाह, परी सिंघानिया, अविनाश शाही, अरविंदर सिंह, धनन्जय सिंह, अक्षय उपाध्याय, सनम प्रीत कौर और जसलीन कौर। इस अल्बम की विशेषता ये होगी कि इसके वीडियो को फिल्मो के गीतों की तरह शूट किया जाएगा। संगीतकार अफ़रोज़ खान अपने इस प्रोजेक्ट को लेकर बेहद उत्साहित है। निर्माता कैलाश कौशल कुमार का कहना है कि इस म्यूजिक एलबम में जिन शब्दों का इस्तेमाल किया गया है वे बेहद खूबसूरत है, जिन्हें अफ़रोज़ खान ने बड़ी मधुरता से कम्पोज़ किया है। इसके गीत यूथ श्रोताओं और दर्शको के दिलो को छू जाएंगे।
यह गीत संयुक्त विकास पार्टी का एंथम सांग है जिसे बड़ी शिद्दत से कम्पोज़ किया है अफ़रोज़ खान ने। इस गीत में उत्साह और विकास की बात की गई है साथ ही जैसा कि पार्टी का नाम हैं संयुक्त विकास पार्टी। इसमे इस बात का ज़िक्र भी है कि संयुक्त रहने से किस तरह विकास संभव है।
—–Akhlesh Singh (PRO)
The Dark Side of Life – Brings Mumbai City At Halt
Exclusive News By Nagama Khan
For the first time in the history of Bollywood, a production house Lakhshya Production held its road show for its upcoming movie ‘The Dark Side Of Life: Mumbai City’. An innovative Promotional exercise, the event was attended by its start cast at Adarsh Nagar Signal, near Oshiwara police station on link road in Andheri West.
“It is an eye opener for Mumbaikars who are so involved with the daily hustle bustle of a metro life that they are unaware of the impending unfortunate events which could occur in our city lives,” said producer Rajesh Pardasani while reminding us of the tragic events surrounding Jia Khan and Pratushya Bannerji.
Director Tariq Khan puts it plainly, “Hopelessness and despair is one such state of mind which creeps deeper into our minds without us realising about such a parasite growing within us which all of a sudden brings one into a situation of being cornered in life which brings rise to suicidal tendencies in a human being. Our film delves into the subject and even if it succeeds in bringing a single soul to normalcy, would be a winning moment for us.” This is relevant in present times even with the recent example of a senior law enforcement officer committing suicide.
The soul-touching songs are rendered by Jubin Nautiyal, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Irfan, Altamash Faridi and Aftab Hashim Sabri. Principal cast of the film includes Mahesh Bhat, K.K Menon and Nikhil Ratnaparkhi who are supported by Avi, Gul Sayed, Deep Raj Rana, Neha Khan and Alisha Seema Khan among others.
“The film deals with such tragic consequences those which could have been avoided with a balanced mind of an individual which is most lacking in our city lifestyle,” mentioned Naghma Khan of Shaaz Media Entertainment and the project designer of this film.
‘The Dark Side Of Life: Mumbai City’ is releasing on 23 November across cinema halls nationwide.
पोस्टर में लटकी लाश देखकर लोग तो क्या पुलिस भी रह गई हैरान!
सोमवार सुबह मुंबई के ओशिवारा पुलिस को एक कॉल ने हिला कर रख दिया। सुबह 7 बजे के आसपास अँधेरी के ओशिवारा स्थित आदर्श नगर सिग्नल पर एक फिल्मी पोस्टर पर एक आदमी का लाश देखकर पूरे इलाके में सनसनी फैल गई। कुछ लोगों ने इसकी जानकारी पुलिस को दिया। जब घटना स्थल पर पुलिस पहुंची तो पता चला कि पोस्टर पर जो आत्म्यहत्या करते दिखा व्यक्ति कोई और नही बल्कि एक पुतला था। पुलिस के जांच में पता चला कि ये एक फ़िल्म का पब्लिसिटी स्टंट था। जिसके चलते स्थानीय लोगों के साथ साथ आने जाने वाले राहगीरों के मन में डर का माहौल बन गया था। पुलिस ने करवाई करते हुए फ़िल्म के पीआरओ नगमा खान को हिरासत में लेकर पूछताछ कर रही हैं। बताया जाता हैं कि लक्ष्य प्रोडक्शन ने अपनी आनेवाली फिल्म द डार्क साइड ऑफ लाइफ _ मुंबई सिटी के लिए अपना रोड शो आयोजित किया। इस कार्यक्रम में आदर्श नगर सिग्नल, अंधेरी, मुंबई में फ़िल्म केे कलाकारों ने भाग लिया।
फ़िल्म के निर्देशक तारिक खान ने सुसाइड घटनाओं की याद दिलाते हुए कहा, “यह मुंबई के लोगों के लिए एक आंख खोलने वाला है स्टोरी हैं, जो मेट्रो जीवन के दैनिक हलचल और व्यस्त लाइफ में सुसाइड घटनाओं से अनजान रहते हैं। जो किसी की भी जीवन में हो सकते हैं।” जैसे जिया खान और प्रतुषा बैनरजी के जीवन में घटी है। “फिल्म की कहानी आत्म्यहत्या से संबंधित है, जो एक संतुलित दिमाग के किरदार पर आधारित हैं और उसे आत्म्यहत्या से बचाते है। फिल्म 23 नवंबर को देश भर के सिनेमाघरों में रिलीज हो रही है।
Miss Asia 2018 – The Finest Beauty Pageant From The House Of Pegasus
This prestigious event is organized by the Pegasus Chairman Dr. Ajit Ravi.
The aim of this pageant is to acknowledge the beauty of women inside out and to assess the amazing skills they individually bring to the table. It is one of the only beauty pageants in the country where women are not judged on the basis of how you wear a bikini. Dr. Ajit Ravi said that Miss Asia is a platform for women all around the world to express their talents and it is an honor to felicitate them.
The event was held at held at Gokulam Convention Centre, Kaloor, Kochi and 25 beautiful women from Asian and Eurasian countries participated. The contest has a total of three rounds and the winners and sub-title winners are selected by a highly respected panel of judges – Christina Huvang – Global Charity Queen, Anjali Raut – renowned model, Yulia Dadova – Miss Eurasia 2014 top 10, Thoshma Biju – Managing Editor, Kanyaka and Honey Tian Miss Asia 2017. The winners are presented with golden crowns designed by Parakkat Jewellers and the monetary prize is sponsored by Dr. Elizabeth Chaco of Kalpana International. All the grooming sessions are overlooked by a very capable panel of experts. Aleena Catharine Amone is Miss Glam World Runner-up, Sameer Khar – fashion choreographer, Reji Bhasker – photographer, Sudhekshina Thampi – yoga trainer, Dr. Thomas Nechipadam – denitist, and Vipin Xavier – fitness trainer. The music for the event was specially made by the renowned D J Harvey Steve.The prime partners for the event was Manappuram Finance Limited and D Q Watches. Along with brands like Joy Alukkas, Medimix and T Shine.
Azzaya Tsugt-Ochir of Mongolia rightly won the title of Miss Asia 2018 and was crowned by Honey Tian. Assem Yessengeldiyeva of Kazakhstan won the title of Miss Asia Global. Apple Joy De Guzman Bacay from Philippines and S D Chalani Rathinayaka from Sri Lankawas the first runner-up, both were crowned by Manappuram Finance Limited MD and CEO Dr. V P Nandakumar.
Powered By Partners – Joy Alukkas, Medimix and T Shine.
Event Partners – UT TV, Kalpana International, UT World, Unique Times, Kanyaka, Sanjeevanam, Parakkat Resorts, Gokulam Park, SAJ Earth Resorts, Aiswarya Advertising and Vee Kay Vee Caterers.
Azzaya Tsugt-Ochir of Mongolia rightly won the title of Miss Asia 2018 and was crowned by Honey Tian. Assem Yessengeldiyeva of Kazakhstan won the title of Miss Asia Global. Apple Joy De Guzman Bacay from Philippines and S D Chalani Rathinayaka from Sri Lankawas the first runner-up, both were crowned by Manappuram Finance Limited MD and CEO Dr. V P Nandakumar.
Sub-Title Winners
Miss Beautiful Hair – Kazakhstan
Miss Beautiful Smile – South Korea
Miss Beautiful Skin – Vietnam
Miss Beautiful Face – Myanmar
Miss Beautiful Eyes – Iran
Miss Congeniality – Bhutan
Miss Personality – Mongolia
Miss Catwalk – Romania
Miss Perfect Ten – India
Miss Talent – Indonesia
Miss Photogenic – Rusia
Miss Viewer’s Choice – Tibet
Miss Social Media – Vietnam
Miss Fitness – Mongolia
Miss Humanness – Thailand
Gourmet Queen – Philippines
The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City – Brings Mumbai City At Halt
For the first time in the history of Bollywood, a production house Lakhshya Production held its road show for its upcoming movie ‘The Dark Side Of Life: Mumbai City’. An innovative Promotional exercise, the event was attended by its start cast at Adarsh Nagar Signal, near Oshiwara police station on link road in Andheri West.
“It is an eye opener for Mumbaikars who are so involved with the daily hustle bustle of a metro life that they are unaware of the impending unfortunate events which could occur in our city lives,” said producer Rajesh Pardasani while reminding us of the tragic events surrounding Jia Khan and Pratushya Bannerji.
Director Tariq Khan puts it plainly, “Hopelessness and despair is one such state of mind which creeps deeper into our minds without us realising about such a parasite growing within us which all of a sudden brings one into a situation of being cornered in life which brings rise to suicidal tendencies in a human being. Our film delves into the subject and even if it succeeds in bringing a single soul to normalcy, would be a winning moment for us.” This is relevant in present times even with the recent example of a senior law enforcement officer committing suicide.
The soul-touching songs are rendered by Jubin Nautiyal, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Irfan, Altamash Faridi and Aftab Hashim Sabri. Principal cast of the film includes Mahesh Bhat, K.K Menon and Nikhil Ratnaparkhi who are supported by Avi, Gul Sayed, Deep Raj Rana, Neha Khan and Alisha Seema Khan among others.
“The film deals with such tragic consequences those which could have been avoided with a balanced mind of an individual which is most lacking in our city lifestyle,” mentioned Naghma Khan of Shaaz Media Entertainment and the project designer of this film.
‘The Dark Side Of Life: Mumbai City’ is releasing on 23 November across cinema halls nationwide.