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An award winning short film The endless written by from the writer of Manjhi The Mountain Man,Varadraj Swami,Shahzad Ahmad,directed by Varadraj Swami....

Babu Bandhu Films presenting an award winning short film The endless written by from the writer of Manjhi The Mountain Man, Varadraj Swami and Shahzad Ahmad, directed by Varadraj Swami.

Malva Rang Manch Samiti(Ujjain) Honours Usha Khanna...

Malva Rang Manch Samiti (Ujjain) Honours Usha Khanna on Completing more than 250 films in her carreer as Music Director. She will be honoured in 31st Honour Celebration to be held on 30th January 2016 at Ujjain and 31st January At Indore.

Event is managed by Keshav Rao

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STAR STUDDED EVENING! 22nd SOL Lions Gold Awards spearheaded by Lion Raju V Manwani & Lion Aneel Murarka...

STAR STUDDED EVENING! 22nd SOL Lions Gold Awards spearheaded by Lion Raju V Manwani & Lion Aneel Murarka with a view to support and encourage “Swachh Bharat – Clean India , A glamour affair‏

STAR STUDDED EVENING!
22nd SOL Lions Gold Awards spearheaded by Lion Raju V Manwani & Lion Aneel Murarkawith a view to support and encourage “Swachh Bharat – Clean India”
FILMS: Ranveer Singh, Shilpa Shetty, Subhash Ghai, Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty , Nawazuddin Siddiqui,Huma Qureshi, Bhumi Pednekar, Anand L. Rai, Anushka Ranjan, , Omkar Kapoor, Nushrat Bharucha, Mohit Madan, Swati Sharma, Palak Muchhal, Armaan Malik, and many more
TELEVISION: Ritvik Dhanjani, Asha Negi,  Faisal Khan , Gautam Rode, Shilpa Shinde, Adaa Khan,Siddharth Nigam,  Mona Singh, Sharad Malhotra, Rachana Parulkar,  Ajay Jayaram,Spandan Chaturvedi, Mohammed Iqbal Khan,  Satish Kaushik, Nisha Rawal, Akshat Sinh and many more.

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SPECIAL CATEGORY: Sahiba Sawhney,  Sushila Bohra, Tejpal Singh Khillan, Vasu Shroff, Manoj Shah, Suresh Vazirani, Commander Rishabh Kapur, Narendra “Guru” Raval, Lion Dr. Ashok Mehta, Charu Rajeev Anand, Sanjay Chhabria, Manjit Singh Abrol, Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj, Aneel Murarka, Pranav Dhanawade, Yogesh Lakhani, Vilas Nayak, Bivash Chowdhury, Rohit Verma, Jagdish Chandra Walked the red carpet in style at the 22nd Sol Lions Gold Awards To receive  awards .

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Lion Raju V Manwani (Chief Promoter: 22nd. SOL Lions Gold Awards) and Lion Aneel Murarka (22nd. SOL Lions Gold Awards Chairman) in support of “Swachh Bharat – Clean India” the brain child of Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi organized “22nd SOL Lions Gold Awards” which recognized and felicitated outstanding contributions from various walks of life (Films, TV, Sports, Business, Medicine, NGO etc.)

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A bold initiative by Lion Raju V Manwani & Ably supported by Lion Aneel Murarka is back again with equal enthusiasm and gesture to honor the winners’ contribution in their respective fields, this time with a view to support and encourage “Swachh Bharat – Clean India”
Lion Raju V Manwani (The Pan India Swachh Bharat Co coordinator: 2015 – 18: for L C C I), exclaims “We are thankful to our Second International Vice President Lion Naresh Aggarwal for having taken on the gauntlet of “Swachh Bharat” on behalf of the L C C I, and giving us a chance to do our bit for the same, wherein we will spare no efforts whatsoever to ensure fructification of this noble dream”.
Chairman of 22nd.SOL Lions Gold Awards, Lion Aneel Murarka elaborates about the theme “Swachh Bharat – Clean India” saying “This year 22nd.SOL Lions Gold Awards is supporting the theme “Swachh Bharat – Clean India” which is absolutely close to my heart. By inviting people to participate in the drive, the Swachhta Abhiyan has turned into a National Movement. A sense of responsibility has been evoked among the people through the Clean India Movement. Hence, 22nd.SOL Lions Gold Awards is the perfect platform to throw light and pose as a revolution and change the mindsets”
The extravaganza took place at one the plush auditoriums of suburbs suitable for the gala. The award ceremony commenced by capturing the essence of the Indian Rituals by lighting the auspicious lamp as a favorable start and sign of future success for the evening.
The “22nd Lions Gold Awards” was anchored by the very charismatic Siddharth Kannan & Aafreen Vaz who spinned his magic and kept the audience engaged with his wit, energy & charm. Apart from Siddharth’s anchoring the extravaganza also witnessed captivating performance of effervescent & charming troupe performing on Ganesh Vandana seeking blessings and dancing away.
Adding to the merriment the evening witnessed engaging performances which included Akshat Singh who caught the attention of the audience with his electrifying dance moves. Setting the tone for the evening one of the most loved dancing duo Sonali & Sumanth performed and flaunted their moves keeping the crowd entertained.
Holding a penchant for fashion, designer Rohit Verma spinned his magic setting the color wheels in motion in Royal shades. The attendees were left wowed by the models walking the catwalk with inspiring creative colors and stunning styles at the much awaited “22nd Lions Gold Awards”.   Rohit Verma’s collection offered a slew of sartorial designs glorifying the theme tulsi in his designs. A true Indian at heart designer, Rohit Verma incorporated luxurious Indian fabrics, color, and texture in his designs with Nisha Rawal and karan as show stoppers
In the arena of professional dancers, we had our very own “Super Star”- Sandip Soparrkar who grooved the tunes of salsa.
The award show paid a tribute to the legendary directorMr.Subhash Ghai fondly known as “The Showman”. The performance made the audience walk down the memory lane by highlighting the essence of his filmography.
Vilas Nayak, who has triumph upon the hearts of the nation with his speed painting, exhibited his talent spreading the message about clean India. And surprised Ranveer Singh by making his portrait in two mins The stage seemed to be the hub of talents with a brave display of martial arts. In keeping with the theme of the evening “Swachh Bharat- Clean India” the event ended with Savy dance group’s performance.
Few awarders were Karanvir sharma , Shilpi Sharma , Sejal Mandavia etc
“22nd SOL Lions Gold Awards” is a musical extravaganza recognizing and honouring exceptional contributions in fields as diverse as films and television, sports, medicine, entertainment, construction etc.
With the awards being broadly classified in three categories: Films, Television and Special, the gala didn’t  leave any stone unturned in order to insure to honor and felicitate pioneers from different fields. The Film Category recognized the path breaking performances in respective films and felicitates them. The TV Category comprised stellar portrayal of various stars on the small screen. The Special category encompassing fields as diverse as Sports, Bravery, Business, Medicine, IAS/ IPS etc.
Over the years, the SOL Lions Gold Awards have been accorded sheen and class thanks to the presence of Top – Of – The line celebrities from the worlds of film and television and renowned personalities from different fields.

Visit the 2016 NAB Show to experience dynamic innovation and cutting-edge technologies to entertain and engage audiences. 16-21 April, Las Vegas, US.‏...

Visit the 2016 NAB Show to experience dynamic innovation and cutting-edge technologies to entertain and engage audiences. 16-21 April, Las Vegas, US.‏

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Jagjit Singh Music Festival…‏

Jagjit Singh Foundation in association with Perfect Harmony Productions Pvt. Ltd. announces “Jagjit Singh Music Festival”. A never before, two day music festival to celebrate the 75th Birth Anniversary of“The King Of Ghazal” Jagjit Singh.

“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe”

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Padma Bhushan Jagjit Singh had it not just in his voice, but in his soul. That’s why his music touched the whole universe. Although he is physically not present among us today, but his mesmerizing voice still lingers in our hearts and minds with the same charisma.

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Year 2016 happens to be the 75th Birthday of the maestro Jagjit Singh. To make the celebrations grand for this Platinum Jubilee, a two day music festival has been announced.

DAY 1 – 7th Feb. 2016

Young ghazal singers will be invited from all over India by virtue of their recordings. The registrations have started. To be a part of the celebration – sing a ghazal with only Tanpura and POST your video on www.facebook.com/JagjitSinghMF – (Jagjit Singh Music Festival’s Page) with hashtag – ‪#‎JSMF75

Top 25 singers will be shortlisted by our esteemed panel of jury including  JANAB NIDA FAZLI, Smt. CHITRA SINGH, Chairperson, Jagjit Singh Foundation, Shri. SURESH WADKAR and Shri ROOP KUMAR RATHOD.

These chosen aspiring singers will perform in Mumbai on 7th Feb. 2016 at Ajivasan. The day will feature 3 ghazals sung by each singer from 11am till evening. A total of 75 ghazals of Jagjit Singh will be sung. At the end of the day session all the participants will be honoured by the Smt. Chitra Singh and they will be given certificates from Jagjit Singh foundation.

This will lead to enormous enthusiasm among young Ghazal singers to take up ghazal as art form and spread it around the world.

DAY 2 – 8th Feb. 2016

Day 2 will be the Grand Celebration in the form of ‘Jagjit Singh Musical Festival’ attended by who’s who of the music fraternity. This will be a public event featuring performances by legends. The line up includesDeepak Pandit and Ranjit Barot giving a musical invocation of 10 minutes to the commencement of the festival, followed by Ghazal Maestro Shri Hari Haran regaining the audience for 45 minutes with his own unique ghazals and then Shri Suresh Wadkar and Shri Sonu Nigam would give unique rendition of Jagjit ji’s compositions in their own imitable style to relive the memories of maestro’s real music.

The second half will showcase a unique combination titled “Tridhara” which will premier on the occasion.  This will feature three streams of art namely Taal Sur & Nritya together  featuring Padma Bhusan Ustad Zakir Hussain, Padma Vibhusan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Padma Vibhusan Pandit Birju Maharaj.

Bollywood Celebs Attend Vikram Phadnis completes 25 years in the fashion industry‏...

Vikram Phadnis completes 25 years in the industry this year and to mark this he has added another feather to his cap by collaborating wit NATIONAL decorators a top wedding organising company of India currently spearheaded by Sagar and Vishal Morjaria.

As fashion designer Vikram Phadnis completes 25 years in the industry, he opens up about his survival fundas, celebrities who are a dream to work with and lessons learnt.

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Congratulations on completing 25 years in the industry! What would you rate as your high and low points in your career during this journey?

If I had to turn back the clock and think about moments that have been very memorable for me or the high points in my career, I would not be able to poi .. Photos By Kabir Ali .

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