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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. 

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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. 

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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

Iha Sharma, 11 years old girl of Mumbai. She studies in 6th Standard in Janki Devi Public School. A girl with great thought and she at such a small age proved how Action speaks louder than words.

Iha used to watch TV and every time in news seeing the miserable and woeful condition of people and children in Bihar. Everyday watching children in such execrable and hard condition really filled her heart. She could feel the pain of those kids. And was thinking what she can do to help them. In the meanwhile, her father Mr. Sharma asked her to make the fixed deposit of the amount she is collecting in her piggy bank. Iha from 5 years was collecting money in her piggy bank. She thought, there must be 5-6thousand.

At that moment it strikes her that she can donate the amount present in piggy bank. With courage she went to her parent and asked that can she donate the amount which will be there in the piggy bank.

Her parents asked her to think again before the final decision because after a step is taken, you cant move back and don’t say I want my money back. And finally when she broke the piggy bank, to her surprise it had 21 thousand. Yet she was determined to donate the entire amount to News 24.

We are proud to have our new generation who knows the true meaning of humanity.

King of Bhangra, Shankar Sahney for the first time is playing a cameo in Rajan Shahi’s Sapna Babul Ka….Bidaai! Talking about his entry in Bidaai, Shankar says, “I play myself here and am entering as Shanker Sahney, the singer. I see the couple Alekh-Sadhana in the dhaba and on special request from everyone gathered there, I sing a song for them. The lyrics of the song I sing is apt for the situation as it means, ‘One does not come to know when he/she falls in love’”. When asked how he got an offer for this role, he replies, “I personally like this show a lot, and when the situation was explained to me that I will have to sing in the cameo, I readily accepted the offer. Well to be frank, I am quite comfortable doing this role as I can be myself”.He Has Sung, Written and Composed the song. It’s a love song with Sufi Overtones. The lyric of the song is PATA VI NAHI LAGTA KADON PYAAR HO JAANDA…The most talented and versatile producer of the serial SH. RAJAN SHAHI, says…”He is a very talented singer. We had a unique sequence in the story where, we had an ideal opportunity to include him as a singer. I am very touched by his gesture to consent to be part of my serial”. 

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Laughing is a boon to mankind; any other creature can not laugh in the universe apart from Human beings. There are certain people who born to make people laugh. Raju Srivastav is one among them. He was recently arrived in the capital at Pragati Maidan, where audiences giggled a lot. The programme was organised by Hindustan Builders to celebrate the launch of Mumbai -

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plots. His gags spare no one – from MPs to union Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and film folk to precocious kids, ha – ha! Man Raju Srivastav takes on everyone in his stand – up acts. He created a riot on this live show and has audiences aching with laughter. 

Raju is against the loud and vulgar comedy. His ideals in the comedy are Kishore Kumar in films and Jhony Lever on stage and his favourite actor is Amitabh Bachchan, The uniqueness of his jokes left the audiences speechless, the audiences were very much into listening him, that they even stopped laughing and ensured that they get each and every word of Raju Srivastav.  A comedy of manners typically takes as its subject a particular part of society (usually upper class society) and uses humor to parody or satirize the behaviour and mannerisms of its members. This can be seen in Raju Srivastav’s all most all live performances. Being a comedian is not an easy task because, the comedian has to scrutinize the society very closely in order to use each and every element, character, incident society in his comedy. Mr. Ajay Chawda, Managing Director of
Hindustan said “I am very much happy to have Raju Srivastav on this auspicious occasion, where we launched our prestigious project at

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Recently Sky fusion group presented a unique Jugalbandi of SUFI GAYAN by THE LEGENDARY Sufi & Punjabi Pop singer HANS RAJ HANS (Padmashree Awardee) along with fusion music by “SKY” of SOVON HAZRA at Kamani auditorium in
Delhi. The programme was supported by Lokayata, a centre for art & culture, founded by the celebrity author, Dr. Mulk Raj Anand. HANS RAJ HANS, of course, needs no introduction. SKY is a group of musicians experimenting in South Asian Fusion Music.  

Renowned Sitar Maestro, Padmabhushan Awardee Pandit Debu Chaudhuri invited as Chief Guest on this occasion, who started the programme by lightening the ‘Jyoti’. Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra also made her presence to grace the event. Musical journey of this evening started with the Sovon Hazra’s composition ‘Dignity of Life’, where his entire crew Neel Ranjan Mukherjee on Hawaiian Guitar, Rajesh Prasanna on Flute, Manish Babu on Key Board, Vishal Mehra on Acoustic Drums and Saurabh Suman on Bass Guitar complemented his Tabla and Cajon to create a sweet symphony. Cajon is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood) with the hands. ‘Illusion’ was the most electrifying and applauded composition at this evening with lots of variations.

Later Legend Hans Raj Hans took charge and presented a Sufiana Kalam ‘Rakho Mori Laaj Gharib Nawaz’ in Raag Megh. He was born into a peasant family. He sings Punjabi Folk and Sufi music but has also sung in movies and released his own Indipop albums. He has worked alongside other renowned artists such as the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as seen in the movie ‘Kachhe Dhaage’.  

He continued his performance by presenting couple of Poetries of famous of Poets followed by ‘Mere Sheba
Main To Hu’, ‘Haq Bahu Dam Dam Bahu’.  He then rendered a beautiful Qawali ‘Nit Khainr Manga Soniya Main Teri’ as a tribute to legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He accompanied by  Jaswant Roy on Dholak, Mary Butty on Harmonium and Chorus Jaspal, Lal chand and Amrit Singh. His performance was so energetic that not even a single audience was able to move from seat. Listeners were going on asking for their favorite numbers and it was like an unending flow of melody. No one was in a mood to go back to home though the time was fleeting.  

After the concert, speaking to media, Hans Raj Hans said that “I am very much greatful to Sovan, who invited me and gave an opportunity to perform for such a sweet audience”. Sovon said that “music is not just a part of my life, music itself is my life, it is my fortune that he accepted to join us for this Rare Jugalbadi. It’s been thirty eight years while practicing music and there is still so much to learn”.  

A part from musical fraternity, Amit Sharma- CEO Amrapali Group, Mukesh Gupta- Managing Director Graphisads, Prabhat Jha- Oriental Insurance, Arif- ACME and Naresh Goel- CMD Coco Foum were among the guests. Pt. Debu Chaudhuri said, “Sovan is striving since many years, God may gift him all the desired and deserved things in his life”.   

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India is becoming ‘second home’ for most of the Pakistani artists and because of the modern day blend of Hindi and Urdu spoken in both countries, songs sung by Pakistani artists and listened to by millions of Indians an Pakistanis have connected the two countries in a way they have never been able to before. The younger Indian generation’s love of Pakistani bands has done what politicians find difficult –reduce tension between the two countries.  

In this series another Pakistan artist Najam Sheraz visited
India to promote his new album “Najam”. Apart from media interaction, he also performed live at Crowne Plaza Delhi. He presented some of original tracks of popular Bollywood numbers. Never scared of trying new experiments in music, Najam Sheraz is now entering into another dimension with a brand new album “Najam”.

Najam Sheraz is one of the most prolific musicians of
Pakistan. He is an extremely versatile singer who enraptures his audience with this melodious and alluring voice. Music has always been Najam Sheraz’s true passion. His fascinating career in music includes a wide range of albums and singles that are considered to be anthems worldwide. Who can forget the heartrending melody of “Menu Tere Naal” which was re-written as “Bheegay Hont Tere” for the movie Murder and went on to become a massive hit. 

Being a true artist, Najam Sheraz believes in the philosophy that spreading peace and harmony through music is a greater cause than simply composing music for entertainment. He believes that this mentality generates music that is truly long-lasting. This is the reason why he is still around and growing as a musician ever since he began his musical journey in 1994 and is the only Pakistani artiste other than the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to feature in the original soundtrack of a major
Hollywood production. He has featured on the original soundtrack of Twentieth Century Fox movie “Split Wide Open”.”It gives immense pleasure when our gives awareness apart from entertainment, recently a school from
Raipur wanted to show our video to girl students and I feel its an honor to my work” said Najam. 

The powerful compositions on the album depict an amalgamation of various genres. Be it Eastern classical or folk, rock or funk, and even blues, Najam Sheraz excels in all genres of music. This unique talent has promoted Najam as a musical icon and has distinctly placed him in the spotlight, apart from other artists.  

The new album is an extension of artist’s personality. It is an assortment of thought provoking numbers, ballads and all other genres that Najam Sheraz is a master at. The title track “Khwabon Ke Rishtey” talks about incomplete relationships and set backs in love and life. The same has been beautifully depicted in a music video that captures the pain and agony of such broken relationships through stories of three teenage girls. The video is in certain ways a landmark music video as it also brings to light certain issues that are prevalent in our society but are often swept under the carpet as people find it uncomfortable to talk about them. The track “Dil Tumhara Bhi Hai” is a Hindi/English love ballad with Natalie Williams, A famous Jazz Singer and the star performer of Ronnie Scotts (World’s most famous Jazz Club) 
London. Track such as ‘Mahiya’ deals with universal women empowerment with the everlasting story of Heer-Ranjha as the backdrop.  Other tracks like Chedey Man Ke Taar, Jaa Re Jaa, Love You More Than Anything, Mera Yaar Bina Dil Lagda Nahin capture various moods of Romance – from the  Fun n Frolic to the Pain and Agony. 

Najam Sheraz’s latest album features some renowned musicians like – Chris Eaton co-producer, Pianist (who has done many no1s of Cliff Richards, Amy Grant, Jessica Simpson, Janet Jackson). Miles Bould a legendary percussionist (who has done many tours and recording sessions with Sting, Michael Jackson, Cher, Tina Turner, The Sugababes, Beyonce) Dan Wheeler, a phenomenal sound creator with Guitars Mark Edwards, a Jazz musician and a trippy programmer Paul Evans on Drums, Matt Weeks and Collin on Bass and  Colin Walker who engineered and recorded all live instruments Paul Burton (Paulie Poppadom) The Mixer. 

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The Bollywood’s singing sensation Zubin Garg was in capital recently to perform at Samaj Sadan Open Air Theater as a part of Assam Association Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The cultural evening was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi, in the gracious presence of Hon’ble Chief Justice of Supreme Court & Subhash Chandra Sehgal-Chairman, Ozone Group.

 “Assam Association Delhi is bringing all the essence of
Assam to Capital by organizing cultural events time and again.
Assam is like a fully grown flower only one root and one stem, and many petals woven together to dazzle the eye” said Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on this occasion.When Zubin entered the premises, he was flocked by his fans and could not move further. He might be known for nation after the massive hit ‘Ya Ali’ but, he has an immense popularity among Assamese.  He presented various Assamee songs to make the audiences swing on his tunes.   Before his performance, a comic presentation of ‘I Love You Montono’ left audiences giggling. The evening also seen the traditional dance ‘Bihu’ form
Assam. H.S. Communication.