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In continuation of the previous post of Chotte Ustad
There is no second judgment that Anwesha is the unsurpassed candidate for the Chotte Ustad title. Howsoever, even Star Plus is bountiful by giving more exposure for Aishwariya, the end result has to be that Anwesha of Kolkatta will bag the crown. Her code number is 9 for the voting lines, which itself is a unambiguous clue that she is the obvious winner, as numerologically 9 is a very powerful number compared to 11 of Aishwsariya. The precise talent, correct aptitude, flair, endowment and above all, the right contestant has to win ,and that is Anwesha.
The pre-eminent and the most greatest part I like about Anwesha is that all along with persuasive and credible singing, she possess down to earth intrinsic worth, a quality which is personified in her body language, perhaps she got it genetically from her mother who always keeps a optimistic, buoyant and positive smiling face even when Aishwariya is being praised ;dissimilar to Aishwairya’s mother who makes unconcerned and undaunted facial expressions when Anwesha is praised. What I mean to communicate is that Anwesha’s naive and raw qualities are too personified in her singing capabilities. I am stressing the point again that Anwesha is the best gifted sweet melodious singer and so please help her win the title.
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Star Plus has premeditated another reality show. This show will be replacing Chhote Ustaad on the same time slot.
It’s once again going to be a singing reality show where we can see the winners and runners- up of Indian Idol, Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma and Star’s Voice of India.
The show will be judged by the famous music director duo Vishal and Shekhar and director Farah Khan. The participants include Ishmit, Himani and Vineet from Zee, Rahul Vaidya from Indian Idol.
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He won gallantry award from Pandit Jawarhal Lal Nehru at the age of 14, but now at the age of 64, he lives the life of an unsung hero in the by-lanes of Chandi Chowk, Old Delhi, India
- An icon at the age of 14 and an insignificant person at 64. This is Harish Chander Mehra, the first gallantry award winner who now lives unsung in the bylanes of Katra Neel in Chandni Chowk.
- The honour was bestowed on him in 1958 by then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, whose life he had saved. Still then, the awards are now given to children annually on Indian Republic Day and they pass through Rajpath, near India Gate, sitting on an elephant.
- The reminiscences are stamped in Mehra’s heart and the pain of having been elapsed once the short dalliance with famous person’s status died.
- Recollecting the incident Mehra quoted “On October 2, 1957 evening, during the Ram Lila celebrations in Old Delhi’s Ramlila Ground, Nehru along with his daughter, Indira Gandhi and some foreign delegates was watching the fireworks that preceded the function. Suddenly, some sparks fell on the tent in which they were sitting and it caught fire.”
- The congested place had people running haphazardly to accumulate their lives. Mehra, then a boy scout, was standing at the entrance hall of the pergola. He entered the flaming tent and ran near Nehru and instantaneously pulled him in the direction of the dais. In a fraction of seconds, he climbed on to one of the poles, pulled out the scouts’ knife and cut off the burning tent. In the scuffle, Mehra’s hands got rigorously blistered and he gone unconscious.
- Mehra was presented with a certificate on the nexdt morning by Minister Jagjivanram. After three months, while studying in Class 8, his Principal, Tej Bhan Sethi entered the classroom and took the dazed child to the string of media persons and photographers waiting for him on the school grounds.
- In the same year,The following year, a special programme was organised to honour Mehra and he was presented the Gallantry Award by Nehru at Teen Murti Bhawan.
“Nehru had said that I needed no introduction, as he was himself an eyewitness to the whole account. He said it would be better if we could have more children of undoubted courage,” says the shuddering Mehra.
- Newspapers published Mehra’s profiles and interviews. A documentary film was made followed by an invitation to participate in the Republic Day parade held on January 26, 1959. A civilian boy was made to lead the parade for the first time. Five years later, due to economic crisis, Mehra had to quit studies. He took up a job as Lower Divisions Clerk in Union Public Service Commission.
- After few years he was transferred to the Controller of Publications with no incentive and promotion. He retired from there on February 27, 2004.Apart from the populace in close proximity to him, no one ever since remembered Mehra. Every year, Mehra sits with his three sons and four grandchildren to gaze at the Republic Day parade on TV. The award winning children surpass all the way through Rajpath, memoirs draw closer once again for Mr Mehra.
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Only three contestants were left for the final up till yesterday for the Amul Star Voice of India, Chotte Ustad.
But during the latest non-telecast shoot, Prakriti Giri has been eliminated from Amul Star Voice of India-Chhote Ustaad. Everyone first deliberated that this 12-year-old girl from Darjeeling would tag along the route of Indian Idol 3 winner Prashant Tamang as she continued her balanced scramble in the show, making it to the top five. But dissimilar to Prashant, Prakriti failed to grasp enough votes from the audience which would have saved her from the elimination round. The elimination episode is yet to be telecast and will be aired this Friday.
While liked by the judges, Prakriti faced callous opponents in the form of Aishwarya from Ahmedabad and Anvesha Dutta from Kolkata. In all the voting episodes, Prakriti managed to confine sufficient amount of votes to stay in the battle. She also made a record of sorts by securing the highest number of votes in all the episodes.
Nevertheless, last week, Aishwarya beat her to the top smudge with the uppermost number of votes. I see Aishwarya as queen of the show. She knows how to catch the fancy of the crowd as she is a unadorned superb singer in accurate sagacity and consider it is all about promotion. If one is not marketing the capacity then I am afraid one might gap at the rear. Full marks to the Hon’ble judges, as they have made their target clear to all of us. Now Anwesha have to substantiate herself to choose the popular song. But in spite of all the dramas and political views, it is better if she ponder on her singing only. Adesh precisely said; mike & camera don’t lie & of course when Pritam said, Anwesha is Anwesha. I think it means Anwesha is a brand and a class apart.
Not only India but the total world is behind you to witness the historic moment when history will be created on the Small screen as our Anwesha will be crowned Chhote Ustaad on 5th April ’08.
I am sorry, Aishwariya, I don’t see you in the crowning glory. You lack behind something, which is beyond me and my Team to articulate. Actually we see Anwesha as a full package. She has unfussiness, beauty, exquisiteness, traits, endowment, down to earth outlook, tremendous throw of voice, appropriateness of her voice to many heroines and above all stupendous singing capabilities.
May I take this opportunity to request you all to kindly support Anwesha whole heartedly by sending maximum number of votes to her so as to enabling her winning this competition.
It becomes incumbent upon us to back and support right talent and that is only ANWESHA.
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- Anamika Choudhury has been aanounced as the winner of SRGMP little Champ and walked away with the winners’ title and Trophy.
- Anamika Chaudhury, is contestant from Mariani Assam. Rohanpreet is the first runner-up, while Tanmay came third.
- Ajay Devgan and Kajol were the special celebrity guests. The couple also confirmed the International votes where it was Rohanpreet who got the highest. India votes showed Anamika to be leading in almost all the zones
- The Grand Finale was made excessive remarkable with lot of extravaganza and great performances.. Both the Judges Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadekar gave luminous performances.
- Tele stars Smriti Irani, Rajshree Thakur and Divyanka Tripathy,gave positive performance.
- Aditya Narayan too gave away breathtaking performance. The three finalists of L’il Champ 2006 welcomed the new L’il Champs of SaReGaMaPa by giving wonderful performances.
- Anamika walks home with a huge amount of Rs. 20 lakhs in cash prize and a Hyundai car.
- Well done Anamika (my favourite always right from the beginning of the show) and both the runners-up, Rohanpreet and Tanmay Chaturvedi!!
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The ‘Filmfare Movie Awards’ is a prominent annually organized function at Mumbai for acknowledging and celebrating the best new and old talents in the Indian film industry. Nominees for this award is decided jointly by an expert panel and public voting.
The award when initiated in 1953, there used to be just five award categories in the Filmfare Movie Awards Ceremony ,for the best film, the best director, the best actor, the best actress and the best music director. Presently, Filmfare Award category has risen to as high as 31 to give identifying others contributed in film-making. It also comprises two Lifetime Achievement Awards. A separate category for film-critics awards resolute by famous film-critics moderately than votes of the general public is also included.
This year the Filmfare Awards 2008 were given to the following:
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Best Film (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)
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Best Director (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)
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Best Actor (Winner: Shah Rukh Khan for Chak De India)
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Best Actress(Winner: Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met)
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Best Choreography (Winner: Saroj Khan for Barso Re (Guru))
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Best Actor Critics Award (Winner: Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par)
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Best Debuting (Male) (Winner: Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya)
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Best Debuting (Female) (Winner: Deepika for Om Shanti Om)
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Best Supporting Male (Winner: Irrfan Khan for Life in a Metro)
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Best Supporting Female (Winner: Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro)
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Best Music Direction (Winner: A. R. Rehman for Guru)
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Best Dialogue (Winner: Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met)
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Best Screenplay (Winner: Anurag Basu for Life in A Metro)
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Best Lyricist (Winner: Prasoon Joshi for ‘Maa’ from Taare Zameen Par )
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Best Playback Singer (Male) (Winner: Shaan for ‘Jabse Tere Naina’ from Saawariya)
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Best Playback Singer (Female) (Winner: Shreya Ghoshal for ‘ Barso Re ‘ from Guru.)
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Best Cinematography (Winner: Sudip Chatterjee Chak De India)
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Life Time Achievement Award (Winner: Rishi Kapoor)
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Best Costume Design ( Winner: Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.)
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It’s ‘Like a Prayer’ come true for many; 49-year-old multiple Grammy and Golden Globe award winner, international pop sensation Madonna, will be here, in aamchi Mumbai this week.
In India on a private visit with husband Guy Ritchie, her son and a couple of friends, the singing ‘Evita’ is currently touring Rajasthan, where she brought in the new year in a village near Jodhpur. “She is here on a holiday, it is a personal visit to India and is not work-related at all. She does not want people to know about her visit here,” revealed a source.
Madonna seems to be making full paisa vasool of her Rajasthan sojourn — she celebrated New Year’s eve at Wilderness Camp, 55 km from Jodhpur, listening to folk songs and watching traditional dancers perform.
A village safari the next day, where Madonna rode horseback and interacted with villagers, a traditional Rajasthani meal and a night’s stay at Jodhpur’s famous Umaid Bhawan Palace was also part of her itinerary.
She was also scheduled to have lunch with the former ruler of Jodhpur, Maharaja Gaj Singhji II.
Moreso, the ‘La Isla Bonita’ singer is believed to be making a quick stopover in Mumbai too, apart from her sight-seeing visit to Jaisalmer and Udaipur, during her week-long trip to India. According to sources, the singer has booked an entire floor of a South Mumbai five-star and has arranged for special security from Israel. And even though she doesn’t want Papa — or anyone else for that matter — to preach about her whereabouts, Mumbai sure is looking forward to this ‘Beautiful Stranger’
Source: Times of India
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Rakhi alleges she was cheated in reality show.
Crime Branch Deptt. Of the Mumbai Police will enquire into Rakhi Sawant’s and Abhishek’s complaint against Star Plus, the reality show owner of Nach Baliye-3.
- On 15th December, 2007, TV stars Sanjeeda and her Baliye Amir were declared winners of the third Nach Baliye reality dance show, Rakhi-Abhishek were declared the runners up (read related article on this in Bestdesi.com)
- Rakhi alleges that voting was tampered and SMSs in her support were blocked, thus indulging in software manipulation. She further alleges that even before the results were out, they had known that they were lost in the run. She adds that the channel was trying to promote its own shows by ensuring victory for those who act in them, she added. Both Sanjida and Amir act in different serials aired on Star Plus.
- The duo alleges that if the police do not enquire into the matter under “cyber crime�, such frauds will never stop and Rakhi has pleaded the Mumbai Police to act as “Santa� and initiate action against the channel and the show organizers.
- Incidentally, Mumbai Police has made it clear that was a “non priority� matter and would be probed in a routine manner only as according to the Police there are far bigger issues of importance than this, so they will deploy their men as per the merits of the case.
- Rakhi also challenged other contestants saying, “I and Abhishek will be performing on 31st night, which will be a challenge for us and everybody else. People will come to know the real abilities of Rakhi and Abhishek.”
- We at BestDesi.com feels that all over again this is a media hype feat of Rakhi, she is not even an established actress and as us usual Rakhi is very superlative undertaking these form of gimmicks and it is absolute squander of time on her part to do these type of campaigns thus wasting the time and energy of Mumbai Police who have lots of other significant everyday jobs on their shoulders than intriguing care of melodramatic queen Rakhi’s tantrums. She just wants to create a controversy for the sake of it, she lost because of her DIRTY image rather than vote rigging.
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So after subsequent weeks of solid exertion, worn out ligaments andof course lots of prayers, TV actors Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh have been declared as the winners of Nach Baliye 3. In a snugly fought encounter the two admired TV stars took home the title at the end of a unbreakable encounter.
Speaking after their victory, Aamir Ali said he was delighted and thankful at the same time. “What can we say but thank you! We have worked very hard… all four of us and it feels great to be at the winning end. It has been a great experience for both of us!�
Aamir and Sanjeeda have been tremendously well-liked amid their fans and it was their fans’ votes that helped the couple secure the title at the end. “The love that they have shown us is very touching. We just want to tell everyone who voted for us a big thank you. It means a lot to both of us,� said the thrilled Ali.
As winners of Nach Baliye 3 Aamir and Sanjeeda walked away with the grand prize of 20 lakh rupees and a car that has been autographed by all the jodis and special celebrity guests on the show. The choreographer of the winning jodi received an amount of Rs. 10 lakhs as prize money.
Rakhi as usual was upset with the results and she walked away with Abhishek. She incidentally grumbled and fumbled before the media with her crocodile tears and was swindling that the bahu has won, so thanks a lot, pointing to Sanjeeda. She apparently called for a press conference in the middle of the night and demonstrated her complaints against the show , for which nobody has paid any attention.
It is indeed a big accomplishment for Ekta Kapoor, her two bahus got the dance title, the other bahu being Prachi Desai, who won the trophy in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa(read related article).
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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 Seâ€? 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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