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A talent contest Mr. and Ms Television specially designed for Indian television’s small screen attraction contingent has been launched by Sony TV. The show is the vital hunt for India’s most brilliant and versatile TV personality.
The contest will have 6 female and 6 male celebrities challenging athwart assorted categories viz singing, dancing, acting etc. to win the title of Mr. and Ms. Television. The show opens with 12 well known celebrities (6 female and 6 male) whom we see almost everyday on the TV screens. In fact most of them have become a part of our families too. They are:
Aashka Goradia (Naina of Virrudh)
Jasveer Kaur ( Kajri of Ghar Ki Laxshmi Betiyaan)
Nausheen Ali Sardar (Kkusum)
Purbi Joshi (Great Indian Laughter Challenge)
Priyanka Bassi (Naina of Left Right Left)
Shilpa Sakhlani (Ganga of Kyuniki…)
Chetan Hansraj (Sasha of Kahani Ghar…)
Kushal Punjabi (Aditya Jaiswal of Santaan)
Karan Wahi (Ranveer of Remix)
Karnvir Bohra (Prem of Kasautii Zindagi Ki)
Swapnil Joshi (Comedy Circus)
Sanjit Bedi(Siddharth of Virrudh)
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Happy Lohri, Happy Pongal and Happy Makara Sankranti to all readers. Wish you good harvest and lots of happiness around!
Rejoice festival season to fullest and enjoy shopping, shopping on and near after Makra Sankranti is promising!!
Significance of Lohri and Pongal
Lohri is a festival connected with the solar year In the night, winter savouries are served around a bonfire. Celebrated devotedly in Haryana, Punjab and parts of Himachal Pradesh, it also signifies the beginning of the end of winter.
Children visit homes in the neighbourhood and sing songs. One of the famous ones is :
Sunder mundriya..ho, Tera kaun vichara..ho
Dulla Bhatti walla..ho, Dulle ne ti viahiyi..ho
Saer Shakar payi..ho, Kudi de boje payee..ho
Shallu kaun samete..ho, Chacha galee dese..ho
Chache choori kutee..ho, Zamindaran lutee..ho
Zamindara sidaye..ho, Gin-gin pole layee..ho
Ik pola reh gaya..ho, Sipahi farh ke lei gaya..ho
Aakho mundao taana.., Mukai da dana..
Aana lei ke jana..
A bonfire is lit and everyone gathers around it. Snacks, collected from each house, go around the party and are also thrown into the fire.
A trendy belief in this region is that if someone seeks a radish roasted in the bonfire lit by a family that has reason to make merry, then blessings are bestowed on the family of the seeker as well.
Geographically speaking, the earth leans towards the sun along the Tropic of Capricorn (Makara rekha) from the day following Lohri, also known as Winter Solstice. The earth, farthest from the sun at this point of time, starts its journey towards the sun along its elliptical orbit, thus heralding in the onset of spring. It is this transition which is celebrated as Lohri in northern India, Makara sankranti in the central part of the country and as Pongal-Sankranti in South India.
The festival is extended over three days in South India and also signifies the commencement of harvesting. A rath yatra is taken out from the Kandaswamy temple in Chennai on Pongal.
The day is celebrated as Ganga-Sagara in West Bengal and according a belief, Hindus purify their sins by taking bath in the Ganges. A big fair is also held on the Sagara Island, 64 km from the Diamond harbour where the Ganga meets the Bay of Bengal.
Call it Lohri, Pongal or Sankranti, the festival conveys the same message — the bond of brotherhood and the strength of oneness should triumph in spite of all probability.
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The long journey of Saif Ali Khan- from the soiled bud of a nawab family to one of Bollywood’s largely multitalented actors and a serious challenger for the No.1 dot, he has truly emerged successful at the turnstiles.
After Saif’s debut in Umesh Mehra’s “Aashiq Awara” a well-known columnist wrote, “Put a dupatta on Saif’s head and he looks like Sharmila Tagore.”
But reacting to comments of that sort Saif said recently, “My detractors and their harsh comments have been my greatest incentive to prove myself.”
Saif almost always ends every scrutiny cautiously. No wonder it took him so long to appreciate his importance. “But do I really know my worth today?”
Yes, Saif has his mother Sharmila Tagore. But moms, as experience tells us, don’t count in Bollywood. If they did, Nutan’s son Mohnish Behl would’ve been the hugest superstar on the block.
There’re stories about how insecure he would get on the sets of Karan Johar’s “Kal Ho Naa Ho”. But Saif denies them.
saif says, “You know I get paranoid about every movie. I knew from the start that Shah Rukh would be the pivot of the film. But I knew I had great lines and a great role. I was never made to feel Shah Rukh was more important to the project. I went with very clear expectations. It was a civilised unit. Everyone was young and fun. I didn’t feel like an outsider at all. I never did, though I was from outside Mumbai.”
Now, the actor seems to be enjoying his newfound status as a leading man to the hilt.
“Omkara” was definitely a new beginning. When Vishal Bahradwaj zeroed in on him to play the Indian Iago, Saif was, as usual, unsure. He never says an outright yes to any role, not even when it comes to a film like Farhan Akhtar’s “Dil Chahta Hai”. That film clearly was the turning point in his career.
Siddharth Anand, Saif’s good friend, gave Saif’s career as a leading man a extra enhance with “Salaam Namaste”. Siddharth thinks Saif is continuously doing roles that confront him to make his existence felt.
Living in the moment he is more peaceful than ever before and hogging the public interest for his suspected issue with Kareena Kapoor.
“On the sets of ‘Omkara’ people would say there were four National Award winners. My first impulse would be to wonder who was the fourth after Vishal, Ajay Devgan and Konkona Sen. Then I’d realise, ‘Oh shit, the fourth National Award winner is actually me!’”
Saif has the final word. “I may seem like a bundle of contradictions most of the time. But there’s a method to my madness which is apparent only to me a lot of times.”
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Kareena thrilled about jump from gloomy to smirk
Critics are rampant about her new film “Jab We Met”, a full-on comedy, but Kareena Kapoor is looking self-assured to another laughton “Phir Golmaal”.
“I guess I didn’t have the chance to have fun with my roles before ‘Jab We Met’. That’s why I’m looking forward to ‘Phir Golmaal’. It’s my chance to pull out all stops.”
After playing the free-spirited sardarni (Sikh woman) from Bathinda, Punjab, in “Jab We Met”, she’s all set to do a comedy in the “Golmaal - Fun Unlimited” sequel entitled “Phir Golmaal” where she teams up with Ajay Devgan after the very serious Shakespearean tragedy “Omkara”
The reaction to her performance in comedy film “Jab We Met” has been unique.
“The only other film I’ve felt so good about in recent times is ‘Omkara’. The director Imtiaz Ali has brought out the playful, extroverted side of me. While I was quiet, subdued and withdrawn in ‘Omkara’, in ‘Jab We Met’ I’m in my full elements. This character is really close to my heart. I think from my heart and like to speak my mind openly. And what I liked about this role was the amount of fun we had while travelling and shooting.”
“I think that enjoyment during shooting has shown up on screen. Everyone who has seen ‘Jab We Met’ has been appreciative,” says Kareena.
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Preity Zinta: gritty by all means
Preity Zinta is one of the heroine in the Bollywood who has played the unwed mom twice, once at the beginning of her career in “Kya Kehna” and then again in the middle of her career.cheeky “Salaam Namaste” and “Jhoom Barabaar Jhoom” are the midriff of her body of work.
Is Preity seeing Ness Wadia? Of course she is! And she’s certainly not hiding her love under demure pretences. She loves to be in love. And she doesn’t need to hide it. But there’s just that diminutive bit of aloofness and moderation about her personal life.
“It isn’t right for me to let the world know what I’m doing every minute ofthe day. Every human being is entitled to a space where no one comes between me and myself, not even a spouse,” says Preity.
Preity impulsively makes all the right choices in life without compromising with her ideology.
For five years after Mani Ratnam’s “Dil Se†Preity and Shah Rukh didn’t star together because of a difference of opinion.
“My first release ‘Dil Se’ was with him. We didn’t work together thereafter. There was a bit of misapprehension. We weren’t aggressive or anything. We both stood our ground. I think we just let each other be,” Preity told me after she signed “Kal Ho Naa Ho” with Shah Rukh.
Actor, campaigner and newspaper columnist (she was writing a column on the film industry for BBC.com), Preity waltzes through all her roles in life artlessly. Whether playing the martyr in “The Hero” or the vamp in “Armaan”, she seems to enjoy every minute of her character’s survival.
Repressed (”Kal Ho Naa Ho”) or boisterous (”Salaam Namaste”), here’s an actress who knows her mind and workout it constantly to improve herself.
“I love to live for the moment. But I don’t let the moment take over my life. I love a clean city, home and heart, not automatically in that order,” says the bubbly Preity.
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On Thursday, 5th December,2007, Micca Singh , the Punjabji hip-hop singer was live on Radio FM 101.6, Dubai. The FM phone line was full with callers to chat with him and to listen to songs live from him. He was in the company of spin Dr. Abhijeet , RJ of 101.6.
Khoya Khoya Chand heroine Soha Ali Khan will be seen with her actress mother Sharmila Tagore(Chairperson- Film Division of India) in the coming episode of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, in Sony TV. The theme of the episode will be 1950-60 style, hence the dance, style, fashion and romance of that era will be displayed by the contestants. By next week the 2 eligible jodis to the final round will be announced.
Prachi Desai will be performing a sensuous performance of cabaret in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa . She is in cloud nine these days as she got the ticket to Bollywood. She will be acting opposite Farhan Akthar, Javed Akthar’s son in film, the shooting of which is commencing very soon.
On Friday 7th December,2007, in Nach Baliye-3 Star Plus, we can see all the contestants in kids theme. They will dance like kids and hence they can be seen in baba dress. Even the host and the hostess will be seen in school uniforms. The final battle for the crown and car will be held on 22nd December,2007.
Ever imagined, who will be the host for the Amul Star Voice of India, Chotte Ustad, it is none other than Abhaas who was the third finalist for the Amul SVOI. Abhas does not possess the right spirit for anchoring the show, he will look like a comic strip on stage, he does not have the body language , nor powerful screen presence. It is wondered as to why he was offered the post when there were so many other able and eligible contestants in the earlier show, or was Gajendra Singh, the maker of the show Amul Star Voice of India, was under pressure to retain Abhaas!
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Within hours of its release on 30th Nov, 2007, Actor Madhuri Dixit’s comeback movie Aaja Nachle had hit a erroneous note.
- · Producers of Madhuri Dixit ’s comeback film Aaja Nachle , ran into a hullabaloo over its title song, later apologised for the lyrics and said that immediate action has been taken to remove the objectionable words.
- · The instructions to remove the offending lyrics in the title song of the film had been sent to all distributors and exhibitors on Friday night and will not be heard in theatres from Saturday, a release from film’s producer Yashraj Films stated in Mumbai.
The prohibited lines are:
“Bazar me machi he maramar; bole mochi bhi khud ko sunharâ€
(There is so much chaos in the market that even a cobbler is calling himself a jeweller)…
- · In New Delhi, activists of a Dalit outfit Indian Justice Party on Friday staged a demonstration against the movie alleging that the lyrics of a song hurt the Dalits. They found a line from the title track offensive and besieged movie halls showing the film and publicity material.
- · That was good enough for UP Chief Minister Mayawati to revoke the ban, although Haryana and Punjab still haven’t allowed it to be screened. The team behind the film also apologised at a press conference in Mumbai.
- “Nobody had any intentions of hurting or ridiculing anyone and nobody on the Censor Board saw it that way,” said script writer
- Jaideep Sahni.
- · But that didn’t gratify everyone. In Mumbai, Shiv Sena protested at a theatre while RPI leader Ramdas Athawale asked for the producer, director, writer and lyricist of the film to be charged under the Atrocity Act.
- · The Minorities Commission also jumped in, saying the words used are unconstitutional. The film however, received support from directors and viewers alike.
- “I saw the film and absolutely loved it. I think there is a cultural message,” said filmmaker Karan Johar.
- · While controversy is not new to Bollywood films, this is something that even the makers of the movie may not have bargained for.
- · The controversial lyrics has since been removed.
- · And Madhuri Dixit has packed her luggage and proceeded to US in a distress state.
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Amul Star Voice of India
And the winner is……
· On 24th November, 2007, in a jam packed auditorium named, Andheri Sports complex, Mumbai a spectacular event was held to choose the First Amul Star Voice Of India (ASVOI) and the coveted trophy was won none other than the shy, Punjab da putar Ishmeet Singh Sodhi along with 3 yrs contract with Big music and a Chevorlet car.
· Throughout the show, the non-bias host of the show, Shan kept the spectators under invariable ambiguity as he was announcing the statistics in regard to both of the contestants from south, east and west zone and all Harshits’ fans were apparently rejoicing as they visualised Harshit as the apparent frontrunner. But Shan had indicated that the votes form Northern Zone would undeniably make the discrepancy.
· All the 10 besmisals gave a dazzling performance .Among the Bemisaal Baraah, Toshi has already sung for Salman Khan in an untitled film, Irfan has got chance in Mukesh Bhat’s film, Abhaas has worked with Aadesh Srivastav and has also sang a jingle and Sumitra Iyer has sung for Rima Sen in the film Mere Khwabo Mein Jo Aaye.
· The Jury award went to Abhaas . Abhilasha (Alka’s pet) won a special prize of a car given by some trust.
· The dazzling Madhuri Dixit, togged up in a peach shiffon sari with golden work walked up to the show to enhance the spirits of the two finalists. She later seated herself with her husband in the audience. Later Lata Mangeshkar graced the occasion to proclaim the conqueror of the show.
· Lataji rewarded diamond studded ‘swaralaya’ watches to both the contestants which is her brand label. She informed that the watches have been personally designed by her and her sister Usha with the melodious needles.
· Many starlets from the serials of Star Plus were present in the event to witness the show.
· Both Harshit and Ishmeet gave away performance solo and duet and also with Shan. The number given by Shan on the well-popular number Suhanalla from Fanna was indeed a amazing song as usual.
· Throughout the show, everybody kept guessing that Harshit will go away with the trophy, but in the conclusion, it was Lataji who broke the trepidation and announced the name of Ishmeet as the winner, that unquestionably was an immense disbelief to the fans of Harshit.
· Ishmeet is as worthy as anybody else. He has a very matchless voice perfect for passionate songs. He still stayed on the stage, in spite of a lot of pitiful mockery from some of the mentors.
· Ishmeet has been honoured with the title of Young Sikh Star of Punjab by a NGO Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle. He will receive this honour at the Golden temple from the SDP President. He has already signed for Punjab’s youth icon for Sonata watches Yuva range.
Congratulations to Ishmeet for his novel accomplishment!
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Who will go away with the title? Amul Star Voice of India….
Ishmeet or Harshit on 24th November, 2007.
   
With lessening number of days & increasing anxiety level, Amul STAR Voice of India is reaching the zenith where anxiety & ecstasy will successfully intermingle with enchantment & excitement. The final 2 contestants of the season’s biggest singing talent hunt show are now counting days for the finale – ‘the day’ when the entire nation will rock on their seats with their first ‘STAR Voice of India’.
VOI has reached its final stage and only two participants, Harshit and Ishmeet are left eminence among thousands of hopefuls and months of arduous auditions and eliminations.
Some viewers might not be satisfied with the finalists, but at the end of the day its the majority vote that counts. And if the masses think Harshit and Ishmeet are justifiable then it doesn’t really matter what the classes say. Now the fascinating curl would be to see who will the Abhaas loyalists vote for - Harshit of Ishmeet?
- Ishmeet, the shy sardar from Punjab:
Ishmeet is not a bad singer, he is simple, nice, responsive boy who felt very hurt by the nasty, racist comments. Ishmeet has the potential, with training and practice, to make a great singer. I think that if somebody does not have a sweet voice, he can practice and practice and become a great singer… from a technical point of view(which is what the judges are looking at mostly).Well That will never win people’s hearts. He was in the Chakravat only once (programming glitch!), never got the lowest votes, never got the highest votes either.
- Harshit, simple boy from UP
Harshit Saxena is a inhibited and undemanding boy from Lucknow . There is nothing tremendous forte about his voice. He took his blind grand mother’s support in getting votes. Since there are not much choices, may be, he may win.   Once or twice he forgot his lines during the performance {eh..amnesia!} [guys. this never happened with Ishmeet, that can be classified as a plus point for Ishmeet].
Left to a middle-of-the-road person like me, I am not in favour nor against these contenders. My all time favourite singer was Sumitra Iyer who has been voted out (courtesy: Alka). Sumitra was a full package, she had voice, poise, personality, composure ,confidence and captivating voice. Alka was never in that girls’ favour. Anyhow past is history and tomorrow is mystery.
It is after all a fame contest too - the ultimate winner of SVOI will have to do playback singing and sell albums. So it doesn’t matter where the votes come from - Punjab, UP, MP or UK or US…..
- Lata Mankeshwar to grace the occasion:
To gear up the excitement Lata Mankeshwar, the singing kokila of India will mark her presence  on 24th November 2007 to give the final verdict on the only Amul STAR Voice of India. It is understood that Lataji herself will have the discretion of selecting the Amul VOI as she will be the Chief Guest and Super Judge.
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