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 15:00 minut short film Aakhiri Munadi from India selected in River to River Italy Film Festival, River to River Italy film festival is the only festival where Indian movies are selected for festival. 

         Last announcement-Aakhiri Munadi is written and directed by  National School of Drama  (.N.S.D) student Ahsan Bakhsh. Who himself is also an actor. The Sony TV fame TV serial Amber Dhara was also written by him. Amber Dhara was the story of two sisters, who were born joined. 

          The film is produced by well Known Ad Company Graphisads and known film PR company H.S.Communication. 

           Harish Sharma, H.S. Communication said, “As a producer this is my first film and it is selected in Italy film Festival.This has given me motivation to produce film related to our culture , society and rich heritage.” 

           Aakhiri Munadi is shoot in Cities of Uttranchal like Almora & Haldwani. Film predicts the story of a messenger Puran Singh who has pride on his voice and his Drum (Nagara). People of the town had faith in the announcement made by Puran Singh and believe that whatever he says is true. 

             One day he came to know that Chairman of municipal, misused him and his voice. At the end of his last announcement he revealed the reality of the chairman to the people of the town and after his announcement the chairman was not seen anywhere in town. 

            Mukesh Gupta , Graphisads said, “I am very close to my culture and traditions, when I heard the story I immediately agreed to produce it and I am happy for the decision I had taken. And in Future will jointly make such films.” 

            The character of Puran Singh is played by Alok Kumar. Some other characters are played by Suresh sharma, Reeta Devi, D.N.Bhatt, Anil Ghindiyal etc.with camera man Narendra Ghindyal and music by Aslam Kaily. 

              River to River Italy film festival will be held from 5^th to 11^th December 2008. It will take place in Florence. 8^th River to River, Italy film festival is a tribute to Raj Kappor. The people of Italy and Europe believes that Raj Kapoor is the Charlie Chaplin of 1950s decade. 

            The Jury of the festival is also from Bollywood feternity, like director Kunal kohili, Indra Kumar, R.Balki & director of recently hit film Golmaal Returns Rohit Shetty and director of festival Silvazia will be there too. 

           The USP of film is that it presents the culture and tradition of Himalayas which really hypnotizes the audience.  H.S.COMMUNICATION

Recently, Press conference of Tishika’s Debut Album ‘Ocean Of Love’ was held in Hotel Palace Heights in Capital.We found she is a Good Singer, a nightingale.  Meet Brothers Music Co is releasing the album has leading music directors Sajid-Wajid’s compositions and featuring some of the best instrumental musical talent in the country, is without doubt one of the most lavishly produced launch albums in India in recent memory. Harmeet Singh of Meet Bros. Music Co. was also there.

Harmeet  said, “We are confident that Ocean of Love will prove to be extremely popular. We have been producing albums and special tracks for a long time now, and I am delighted to say that each and every composition of Tishika’s album  is extremely catchy and memorable. Sajid Wajid have done a brilliant job on this album, and it is without any doubt the best launch vehicle that a talented singer like Tishika could have got.”  

             Ocean of Love, have the voice of the beautiful, highly talented singer Tishika, gifted singer, but also an extraordinary live performer on stage. She is a brilliant dancer too, and really interacts with the audience and gets them grooving. “Tishika is fire on stage!” 

             All the songs on Ocean of Love have been sung by the gifted and beautiful singer Tishika, who Every one of the nine tracks on Ocean of Love has been composed by Sajid-Wajid. 

Speaking about the album and its title, Tishika said, “This album describes the various moods and feelings of a young girl in love, that’s why I decided to name it Ocean of Love. It looks at the various facets of love and the kinds of situations that a young girl, who has fallen in love for the first time, would find herself in. I am grateful to Meet Brothers, Virgin Music, and Sajid Wajid for making this album possible.” 

                When we asked her the budget of making the album , Tishika said, we have spent lavishly.We decided to use only the best and top grade professional musicians, so you will find that this album has flute by Rakesh Chaurasia and Ashwin, Rhythm by Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan, Keyboard programming by Kalyan Baruah, Violin Music conducted by Shyam Rajpoot. The video has been done by Bosco Scissor (Ceaser). We mastered the album in London’s Revolutionary Digital Studio, and last but not the least, in fact, very important is the fact that Meet Brothers are releasing it, and it is being distributed by Virgin Records. So we have not compromised anywhere. As my Business Manager Rahul said, in both, content and marketing, we have only worked with the best.  

She said,  “I wanted to make sure that we give music lovers full value for their time and money,  and for their love for music. So I decided to go with 9 songs, which are very different from one another – there are dance songs based on disco and house, world music and rock-n-roll feel, and there are love ballads and some Bollywood-type of love songs and even a song with a folk feel to it”. Sajid Wajid are very good and gifted composers and have done a brilliant job of creating the tunes. Sajid bhai and Wajid bhai have done a brilliant job on this album, and I am grateful to them for everything. Her  inspiration is her mother, who is a natural born singer and for her music is her life and the same is for Tishika who have a  god gifted voice.Hre favouriate female singer in bollywood is  Lata Mangeshkar and  Favourite Music Directors  were R D Burman, S D Burman. She had  done five years’ classical training from Aacharya Shri Vishvanath Ringey in Indore since I was 14. From there I started my journey in the music line. And recently taking classical training from Shri Sarfaraz Ahmad Khan in Mumbai.  

Tishika is surely doing to set floor on fire and will reach top of the charts. 

H.S.COMMUNICATION

Pehli Mulaqat is Saregama India Ltd.’s one of the most ambitious project ever, launching Esbee as the Real Mr.’Rock On’ Star!!Sital Banerjee aka Esbee is today one of those few fortunate artist who actually see their passion taking shape and their dreams coming true…. Eventually similar to the character of Farhan Akhtar in Rock On.Currently, a global media director working with Phillips, in recent years felt the constant urage from within to return to his first love, his passion…..Music. because true passion never dies.

Pehli Mulaqat , his debut albumis a compilation of his ‘guru’ the legendary singer Kishor Kumar’s song presented with a completely modern arrangement and style while keeping the soul of the songs,intact. This music has been recreated by Dhiren Raichura.A ‘must Listen’ compilation for lover of music across all ages, which  is a conscious effort.The global-trotter that he is ,esbee has picked up musical up musical influences from worldover and woven them together in this album.So if the classic EK Ladki Bheegi si has been redone in contemporary rock style,, the romantic Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai has blissfully lazy Cuban/Bossanova music influences while thetitle song Aaj unse Pehli Mulaqat Hogi has been dressed in truly Arabic music with the use of use of live Arabic instrument and Arabic musician.The album is great and will really be liked by the listerner. 

H.S.COMMUNICATION

Whilst there have been a plethora of singers who release their solo albums, here is one who is refreshingly and daringly different. All of 24, Shrradha Pandit, a hugely talented singer, has now released her debut album Teri Heer – for which she has not just sung but also written the lyrics and composed each song! This is quite a rarity. Teri Heer is a brilliant and interesting album that combines Sufi and Indian Fusion genres. The album has been released on SONY BMG.

Teri Heer is a blend of Indian melody and contemporary orchestration with all the eight tracks enhanced by the emotions of a young heart. It showcases a young woman’s feelings towards love, which she is eager to express without any hesitation – akin to the epic love story of Heer and Ranjha.Shrradha tries her hand for the first time at composing for this album and comes away with stupendous results. She has attempted to cover all styles such as folk, classical, Bollywood with a tinge of western music. This sound is uniquely her own – rich and soulful with a variety of textures.The album is supported by a great music video for the lead track Teri Heer. It has been directed by Samir Hafiz and features Shrradha in the video. Shrradha Pandit hails from a prestigious household of classical music powerhouses, also known as India’s Mewati Gharana of music. She’s learnt Hindustani Classical Music from her late grandfather and guru, the renowned Sangeet Acharya Pandit Pratap Narayanji. She now trains under the guidance of her father Shri Vishwaraj Pandit who is a renowned tabla player himself.This talented singer is a professional playback singer and live performer who has also been singing in films, and featuring in private pop albums, devotional albums, concerts and shows. Her film playback experience spans such hits as Khamoshi-The Musical, Sangharsh, Khoobsurat, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, Soch and Raju Chacha, among many others. She has had the privilege of working with such commercially successful and talented greats like A.R. Rehman, Sonu Nigam, Shaan and Sukhwinder across the globe.Now on the brink of launching her debut album called Teri Heer from SONY BMG, this dynamite package of brains, talent and looks is posed on the verge of super stardom.  H.S.COMMUNICATION