JOHN ABRAHAM GRACED THE 11TH ANNUAL ALUMNI MEET OF ‘JAI HIND COLLEGE’
Actor and producer John Abraham was delighted to be a part of Jai Hind College’s 11th alumni reunion as Chief Guest at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Worli in Mumbai on February 1, 2014. Present on this occasion were Prof N.W. Shivdasani, Mr. Ramesh Taurani (Tips Industries), Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani (Chairman – Hiranandani Construction), Mr. Nikhil Chaturvedi (Provogue), Mr. Kailash Agarwal (Founder of Varun Industries), Mr. Warij Kasliwal (S. Kumar), Mr. Sandeep Raheja (K. Raheja Group), Dr. Rupa Shah (Former Vice Chancellor), Dr. Hemant Thacker (Dynamic Cardiologist), Mr. Ashwin Dani (Asian Paints), Mr. Nanik Rupani ( Priyadarshini Academy, Indo American Society), Harinder Singh (Percept Ltd) and many other dignitaries.
John himself is an alumnus of the college which has other big names like Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Isha Kopikar, Kajal Aggarwal, Malaika Arora Khan, Ramesh Sippy, Sunil Dutt, Neeta Lulla, Atul Kasbekar, Hiten Tejwani, Natasha Suri and Ajay Piramal to name a few.
Like every year, Jai Hind Alumni Association organized this get- together where the illustrious ex – students were acknowledged for their outstanding performances and for being torch – bearers of Jai Hind College. Prof. N.W. Shivdasani welcomed the Alumni members later was followed by musical jugalbandi by talented classical singer Kaajal Chandiramani and versatile Toshi Sabri drowning the audience in melodious evening.
Prof N.W. Shivdasani, Secretary, Jai Hind College Alumni Association said, “We have begun this alumni association in 2002 with a handful of students and the main purpose was to collect database of students. Today we have reached to the 11th alumni reunion and with each passing year we are developing this”. Being the backbone of Jai Hind Alumni Association Prof Shivdasani also announced his retirement in June 2014 after being associated with the college for last five decades promising everyone that his soul belongs to college and will always be.
John Abraham said “I am one of the blessed proud jaihindites who not only did his major in economics from Jai Hind but like any other student roamed around roads A and B… Today being called here as a Chief guest makes me really feel embarrassed. I would love to be associated with Jai Hind Alumni Association and my professor who still scold me as an ex student only.”
Jai Hind Alumni Association represents the alumni of Mumbai’s reputed Jai Hind College. The primary objective of the Association is to promote and maintain contact among all Jai Hind-ites, by creating opportunities which would enable alumni to strengthen their bonds with their alma mater. Moreover, this association works to help the college with matters concerning its promotion, development and welfare.
Jai Hind is one of the premier educational institutions of Mumbai. However, the managing board and the faculty do not believe in being complacent with the place they have carved in the field of education. Their endeavor is to move beyond the conventional academic programmes so as to keep pace with the changing academic scenario.
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New Upcoming Music Brand RAVE MUSIC launches PALKI CHALI SAI JI KI.
A SAI JI devotional AUDIO CD has been launch in B-TOWN last week with the hand of MUSIC MASTEREO SHREE RAVINDRA JAIN and chief guest BHAJAN SAMRAT SHREE ANOOP JALOTA.DIRECTOR RAVI BHATIA, TV ACTRESS DEEPALI SAINI, TV STAR PREEYA SUBBA and VINEET SINGH was also present at the event.
Title: PALKI CHALI SAI JI KI
LABEL: RAVE MUSIC
PRSENTER: NITIN MISHRA
ANCHOR: YOGESH TRIPATHI
SINGERS: SHREYA MISHRA AND VINEET SING
MUSIC DIRECTOR: RAVI JAIN
Thanks & Regards
Monica Narayan
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After morphed Sunny Leone images, actress Arshi Khan haunted by fake profiles on Facebook
This time over Mumbai-based, Bhopal-born 25-year-old Sunny Leone-look-alike Arshi Khan is not taking things lying down. After Arshi complained to the Mumbai police Cyber Crime cell, about fake, morphed images bearing her face and Sunny Leone’s nude images, now fake profiles on Facebook have started making an appearance. The actress has been running from pillar to post for the last one month to get the fake morphed nude images removed from some pages on Facebook and the web. But every time she manages to convince Facebook to delete the images, they appear elsewhere on some different page. Now she is plagued by fake profiles as well.
Says Arshi Khan speaking to content agency Newz66.com, “About one month ago, a friend informed me of some images on a couple of Facebook pages that bore my face with the body of some porn star. First I did not believe him, but then he downloaded the images and mailed them to me. After that I began to scout for the images on Facebok and located them on three semi porn pages. I reported those images to Facebook and requested all my friends to do so. And surely enough after about a week the entire page disappeared, only to appear again after ten days in a different avatar. There are about 100 images of Indian women in different states of undress, some of them almost nude and 2-3 photographs amongst those bear my facial image. Every time I report the page or my morphed images, the get pulled down by Facebook only to appear again on a different page. The pages bear names like Indian bhabi or something like that. A social media expert I spoke to opined that these morphed images have got circulated to a gang of delinquent or rogue social media people who earn money by creating fake pages with semi nude images on them and generating “likes” on them. The likes generated are transferred to clients pages using scripts and other programming. They then charge unsuspecting clients huge sums for such fraudulently generated ‘Facebook Likes’.”
The actress is busy mentally tuning up for India’s first commercial bollywood 4D historical film, which goes on floors in March 2014. “It is a Rs 120-crore project featuring big names and I want to make sure I am in the best frame of mind. Right now I do not want to be disturbed as I have to psyche myself for the project.”
A flustered Arshi Khan finally approached the Mumbai police Cyber Crime cell for help. “ Earlier, I did not want to go to the police as it involves a lot of paper work and several trips to the police station to record statements, hand over printouts, etc. I am busy with my shoots, two Tamil films and the two beauty pageants I am participating in this year. However, enough is enough. I have decided to bring the police into this matter. I want to send out a stern message through the media to the scoundrels behind the prank – cease and desist or else you will be behind bars very soon,” a visibly angry Arshi Khan told Newz66.com.
Arshi Khan was born in Afghanistan but came in India when she was just 4years old as her parents migrated back in India to Bhopal, she finished her school and college in Bhopal itself, and was attracted towards theater since her early childhood. Acting brought her to Mumbai where she bagged many assignments in a short span of six months. She was introduced to the famous stage personality Janab Ehsaan Chishti, a famous director in theater in Bhopal. Says Arshi, “Ehsaan ji thought that I have a attractive face and figure and if I try I can possibly make it as an actor.” He used to instigate me, and it was at Ehsaan ji’s provocation that I started acting in various dramas in Bhopal city. I started get offers for modeling, and that’s how got assignments for modeling for “Madame”, “Diesel Genes”, “Pepe Jeans”, “Agarwal Jewelers” and many more.” She simultaneously got a break in a Tamil Film “Malli Mishtu” where she played the lead role opposite Tamil Star Naresh.
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Navi Mumbai International Film Festival Day 2 closes on a high note
Master class by Oscar winning producer, Marc Baschet
Mumbai, February 1, 2014: After the magnificent Day 1, Day 2 of Navi Mumbai International Film Festival witnessed the harmony of passion and cinema. Exciting films from across the world were screened at DY Patil Auditorium in Nerul, one of the largest auditoriums in the city.
Beginning at 9am , the impressive lineup of films included “[tha-ki-ta-tha] – Talking Drums” a documentary film directed by Philipp Holl, “Prism” by an Indian director Sandip Pandurang Mane, the movie is about a child who enjoys and learns things in nature rather than school which is an obstruction for him. The festival also showcased few short films and feature films like “Maliwood Talks” by Sudhir Kasabe, “Tara” a feature film directed by Kumar Raj amongst others.
Day 2 of NMIFF also saw a master-class by Oscar award winning producer, Mr. Marc Baschet, on “How to market and distribute independent films globally.” He spoke about the importance of a good script, the right way to pitch, different ways of promoting the film, importance of showcasing films at film festivals and shared other key insights on distributing independent films on the global market. This master class was presented by Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai by ITC Hotels which is also hosting Marc’s stay in Navi Mumbai.
Tomorrow promises to be particularly engaging with more movie screening followed by the award ceremony.
Warm Regards,
Prajakta Chavarkar
Crisscross Communication
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Sidharth Malhotra’s Hasee Toh Phasee performance impresses Anurag Kashyap
Sidharth Malhotra who had his female fan base swooning over his looks in Student of the Year as he made his big Bollywood debut with the film, is cutting out the frill,this time around, with all focus on his performance in Dharma Productions & Phantom Films’ Hasee Toh Phasee.
If sources are to be believed, Anurag Kashyap, one of the Directors at Phantom Films, who are producing the film along with Dharma head honcho Karan Johar, is so impressed with the young lad that he is planning to write a film keeping him in mind!
The few who have seen the film have been all praise for Sidharth in the cuckingfrazy entertainer especially Anurag Kashyap who is a tough taskmaster to please – Says a source, “While SOTY established Sidharth’s fan base,Hasee Toh Phasee is here to introduce Sidharth Malhotra-the actor. Just 2 films old,the actor has managed to impress some of the biggest names in the industry ,the latest being Anurag Kashyap who is very impressed with Sidharth and is keen on writing a film keeping him in mind”.
Anurag said, “Sidharth is fabulous in the film and the kind of restraint and focus he has shown in Hasee Toh Phasee is impressive. He is so real and believable to the extent that I did not expect it from him.”
Directed by Vinil Mathew and produced by Dharma Productions and Phantom Films, ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ is slated to release on February 7.
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Tusshar Kapoor Plays the perfect Host To his US University Legal Guardian.
Actor Tusshar Kapoor, who studied in Michigan before making his foray into acting, has a visitor from United States-his legal guardian and the actor is going out of his way to play the perfect host.
The actor is busy taking her out to different eateries in Mumbai, to give her a taste of Indian cuisine. “Tusshar is keen to treat Pramila to different Indian delicacies. He is taking out time to show her some of the unconventional restaurants in Mumbai, which normally don’t get listed in city guides,” says a source close to the actor.
It seems that Pramila was the 37-year-old actor’s legal guardian when he was studying for his MBA programme in Michigan. Over time, Tusshar became very close to her and considers her a close friend. “Pramila visits India every three to five years and ensures that she meets Tusshar,” says the source.
Not only this, the actor also made sure that she was put up at his place so that she has a comfortable stay in Mumbai. When asked about this, Tusshar says, “She is a lovely lady and I had a very nice time having her as my legal guardian in the US. She used to stay half-an-hour’s drive away and I used to visit her quite regularly. She loves India so I am showing her around now.”
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Priyanka Chopra wows all with her Moulin Rouge act in Gunday’s Asalaam e Ishqum.
While Priyanka Chopra set temperatures soaring in Ram Chahe Leela that went on to receive an unprecedented reception,the actress and international artist now turns on the heat in Gunday’s Asalaam e Ishqum,where the headturner sports several outfits ala Moulin Rouge.
Inspired by the chic burlesque acts of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret of Paris ,Priyanka Chopra styled by Shubarna , looks smoking hot as she sets the dance floor ablaze sporting everything from a bikini crop,risqué corsets,fishnet stockings to Chicago-inspired outfits .If that wasn’t all,the actress trained and rehearsed with French cabaret dancers,who were especially flown down to be part of the song.
And while Priyanka makes it look easy, the actress in fact had a tough time shooting for the song as her father passed away 10 days before the shoot,leaving Priyanka no choice but to work around the clock and rehearse for the song during the night.The costumes too had to be created overnight .
All praise for the actress says director Ali Abbas Zafar, ““ I really admire Priyanka for the courage and determination that she displayed during the shooting of the song. She put in all her pain and converted it into an intense energy, which has reflected in Asalaam e Ishqum”.
Says Priyanka, “It was a really tough song for me to do and I’m glad its being appreciated”.
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While Shraddha Kapoor has been getting a lot of positive feedback for her secret temptation deo advertisement from friends and family, there is a special person who loves the advertisement the most.
Yes, it is the pretty, young actor’s mother, who loves the advertisement the most. Shraddha’s mother personally loves the song that has been used in the background of the advertisement.
The song has always been Shraddha’s mom’s favourite and now that her daughter features in the advertisement makes her like it even more.
Mommy Kapoor gets a smile on her face each time she watches the advertisement on television.
Also Shraddha Kapoor was the perfect choice for the advertisement as it required someone young, likeable and relatable. The actress looks absolutely stunning in the advertisement.
Her simple, girl next door image has worked very well for her. Be it the massive success of Aashiqui 2 or her recent advertisements. She has managed to bring a lot of energy and freshness to the projects she has taken up.
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We all know how Arjun Kapoor lost oodles of weight before he entered the show business some years back. However, when the actor heard the script of Gunday he was thinking how he would do so much running that was required in the film.
In the beginning days of the shoot, when Ranveer and Arjun used to run together, Arjun realized how running was his shortcoming vis-à-vis Ranveer Singh who has always been an athlete.
Arjun Kapoor would start panting in the first minute of running itself. He surely did lose a lot of weight but physical fitness was something he worked on after taking up Gunday.
So, Arjun started training extensively to first start running for longer duration and once he achieved that, he started working on his performance while running as an actor.
On the last day of shoot, when they were doing a running sequence, Arjun overtook Ranveer Singh and felt very proud about it.
Running in films is an art that needs to be learnt and mastered. On the last day of the shoot when I was able to run neck to neck with Ranveer Singh, I was happy that I had finally achieved something.
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Friday, 31 January 2014: Yash Raj Films has added one more channel to its vast YRF YouTube regional channels repertoire – YRF Bengali!
Fans of YRF’s GUNDAY can now enjoy listening to the movie’s hit music including the special Bangla version of the chart topper ‘Tune Maari Entriyaan’ sung by the one and only Bappi Lahiri and watching the film’s popular songs on YRF Bengali.
GUNDAY is set during Calcutta’s most turbulent times of the 1970′s and this is at the soul of the film with the characters seeped in the culture of that time.
The film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala, two happy-go-lucky renegades, who became Calcutta’s most loved, most celebrated, most reckless, most fearless and most powerful!
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The GUNDAY JukeBox is playing out all the Bengali tracks. Click below to hear the songs which are already a rage:
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Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and Produced by Aditya Chopra, GUNDAY stars Ranveer Singh & Arjun Kapoor, as Bikram and Bala, along with Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan, in lead roles and will release simultaneously in Bengali as well on 14th February 2014.
Celebrate this Valentine’s Day – GUNDAY style!
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IN CINEMAS WORLDWIDE 14th Feb 2014
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Marc Basket, producer of the movie “No Man’s Land”, which won the Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, celebrated his 65th birthday at the Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai by ITC Hotels. He is also the head of jury at the first edition of Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF).
Marc was delighted to celebrate his birthday in India with the people of Navi Mumbai and enjoyed himself thoroughly at the party hosted by Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai by ITC Hotels
Present at the birthday party were, Mr Sachin Khanna, Festival Founder and Chairman, NMIFF, Mr Ashok Purang, Festival Director, NMIFF, Mr Salim Arif, Director of Cultural Affairs, NMIFF, Captain Samir Walavalkar, Director- Business and Finance, NMIFF, Actress and jury member of NMIFF, Rohini Hattangadi,Writer, director, and jury member of NMIFF, Imtiaz Hussain.
The Navi Mumbai International Film Festival’s has an impressive line up of about 40 movies divided across 3 sections ie student shorts, professional shorts and Feature films which will be screened throughout the 3 days of the festival. These movies will be judged by our esteemed jury members, Marc Baschet, Rohini Hattangadi and Imtiaz Hussain.
Please see enclosed the images of the party held at Fortune Select Exotica Navi Mumbai by ITC Hotels for your reference.
Thank you.
Regards,
Anshu Ahuja
Crisscross Communication
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STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd. appoints Mumbai based start-up as their Digital marketing agency
Mumbai, February 1, 2014: STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd. (”STAR CJ”) appoints Digital Strings, a Mumbai based start-up, to manage their online marketing activities. The account will be handled by a team of young and aspiring digital professionals. All online marketing activities of STAR CJ across various social media platforms will be handled by the start-up agency.
Digital Strings will be responsible for managing the online reputation of STAR CJ. The mandate will also include managing STAR CJ’s social media presence, driving online visitors through search engine marketing and managing online advertising for creating a strong presence of the brand digitally.
Confirming the appointment, Mr. Kenny Shin, Chief Executive Officer of STAR CJ, said, “After a rigorous evaluation of various agencies, our team at STAR CJ made a decision of appointing these young bunch of professionals to manage our online marketing activities.”
Adding to this, Mr. Shin said, “We have been quite successful in the business of home-shopping on our channel STAR CJ alive. But looking at the change in the consumer behavior in India due to the penetration of online shopping, we intend to strengthen our presence online and reach out to a wider consumer base. We believe that Digital Strings would stand up to our expectations and help us create a niche in the online shopping business.”
The estimated online media spend for STAR CJ is 5.5 Crore for the year 2014. STAR CJ intends to expand its online business drastically by the end of this year and take a strong position in the e-commerce space through the online sale of premium category products such as mobile phones, kitchen appliances, electronics, household goods, etc.
Mr. Rohit Kerkar, Managing Director, Digital Strings, added, “It is a big win for us as a start up. I am grateful to the team of STAR CJ for seeing us capable enough to manage their online reputation as against various well established agencies currently present in the country. We are privileged to be associated with STAR CJ. Our team at Digital Strings will strive hard to manage and build STAR CJ’s online image.”
About STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd.:
STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd. is one of India’s largest home shopping company, selling premium yet affordable products via television and the internet.
STAR CJ is a joint venture between STAR Group and the South Korean home shopping major, CJ O Shopping Co. Ltd. This venture was started in the year 2009, with the launch of STAR CJ program slots on STAR Utsav. In 2010, STAR CJ alive was introduced as a 24X7 home shopping TV. The channel at present reaches out to 25 million households across 3200 cities in India. After the success of the television arm of the company, STARCJ.com was launched in the year 2011 to reach out to more consumers.
About Digital Strings:
Digital Strings is an emerging digital marketing agency located in Mumbai. The agency aims at providing affordable yet thorough digital marketing solutions to entrepreneurs and SMEs. Their expertise spans a wide range of services like social media marketing, online PR, search engine optimization (SEO), online reputation management, pay per click (PPC), online advertising, web design & development.
Media Contact:
Shital Pawar
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Actress Deepika Padukone sizzles on red carpet. The actress who has been gathering awards at each and every award function is also being noticed for her appearance at these award ceremonies.
Each time around, the actress walks the red carpet, she ups the glamour quotient. Deepika’s style factor is creating waves wherever she makes an appearance. Moreover, the actress is garnering praises for her refreshing style. Deepika makes it a point that her outfits and attire are unique in their own way. The actress surprised media with an abstract blue print outfit which she carried off perfectly. Her black gown and golden
Dress even went on creating immense buzz amongst the fashion lovers.
The actress is not just garnering appreciation for the performance in her previous films but also her sense of style.
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Veena on a Religious trip to Mecca
In the most honest discussion in modern times, visiting Mecca/Makkah for any islam follower is a moment of happiness. Every muslim dreams of visiting it once in their life times. Veena Malik along with her husband were lucky enough to live the dream.
After the whole experience, they felt pure, from the inside.
It was a life time opportunity for her. At least this will refrain her from doing a cheap publicity stunt.
She says “Every Muslim is obliged to travel to Mecca, and perform the Islamic ritual of the hajj at least once in their lifetime, because it is the fifth pillar of Islam. I consider myself and Asad lucky and the experience had the purest impact on me.”
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The only Indian Playboy Girl “Shanti Dynamite” and not Sherlyn Chopra as Claimed
Playboy is one of the world’s best known brands his iconic and enduring mascot, a stylized profile of a rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie has made everyone crazy about it. Many jaw-dropping beauties of Hollywood were become the part of hottest industry “Playboy” and broke number of records. Playboy girl Shanti Dynamite (Sofia) becomes the first Indian to work with playboy. British adult star Shanti Dynamite of Indian and Greek descendant does adult chat shows for UK Playboy TV. She is in UK right now hosting the show where she has got lots of fans from UK, Pakistani, India, Sri Lanka, Australia and U.S. She has also been adjudged as one of the 50 Sexiest Woman of Asia by British Newspaper Eastern Eye. She was also selected as the hottest Santa of the year in top 20 by BCC UK. Many Indian’s have dreamed to be associated with playboy but the only one who could manage is Shanti Dynamite who is now officially working with UK playboy TV chat show.
Previously there were news of Sherlyn Chopra as the first Indian on the cover of racy magazine Playboy but till now no one has seen the magazine and it is unavailable. The hot actress and newly married Veena Malik posted on her micro blogging page, “Where did the apparent playboy cover of Sherlyn Chopra go…!!!” she said.
“Sherlyn Chopra alleged that she was going to be the next Playboy Indian model. She even posted pictures telling about her meeting with Hugh Hefner and told everyone that a sexy Playboy cover featuring her would be out but till now it hasn’t happen”, Veena Malik added.
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92.7 BIG FM RECEIVES EIGHT HONORS AT GOLDEN MIKES 2014
WINS EIGHT PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES FOR CREATIVITY, CONTENT, INNOVATION AND PROMOTION
Mumbai, 1st February, 2014: 92.7 BIG FM, the nation’s leading radio network won admiration at the Annual Golden Mikes Awards 2014, with Eight fantastic Golden Mikes honors that prove just why 92.7 BIG FM is regarded as the most respected and widely followed radio network in the country! The prestigious awards from the Exchange4media group conferred on 92.7 BIG FM the honors for ‘Best First Time Creative’- Saras Doodh jingle, ‘Best on-ground promotion by a single station for a client’ – Beam speed, ‘Best Radio Media Innovation’ – Saridon Film review, ‘Best on-air Promotion by a single station for self’ – Rongali Bihu, ‘Best Public Service Initiative by a Radio Station’ – Kudiyan Di Lohri, ‘Best Use of Branded content or sponsorship on Radio’ – Max IGenius Chhote geniuses ki kahaniyan with Neelesh Misra, ‘Best first time effective use of Radio’ – Max IGenius Chhote Geniuses ki Kahaniyan with Neelesh Misra and ‘Best Single Commercial Public Service Initiative’. This was conferred on 31st January, 2014 at an event held in ITC Grand Maratha, Mumbai.
Owing to its groundbreaking campaigns that created new benchmarks in the Indian radio industry, 92.7 BIG FM’s share of listenership has grown consistently across all markets in the past one year firmly establishing it as the most preferred station across the nation. Initiatives such as Kudiyan di Lohri, Max IGenius Chhote Geniuses ki Kahaniyan with Neelesh Misra and Rongali Bihu are examples to illustrate the award winning work done during the year that has gone by. With the introduction of innovative shows such as ‘Suhaana Safar with Annu Kapoor’, ‘Chote Geniuses Ki Kahaniyan with Neelesh Misra’ etc. the network has witnessed an extraordinary rise in its market share and industry rating. 92.7 BIG FM has also achieved admiration for its consistent efforts to promote retro music at stations like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.
The network had won the honors for being Best Radio Broadcaster of the Year at the Golden Mikes Awards two years in a row in 2011 and 2012, winning 5 and 9 awards respectively. Also, 92.7 BIG FM was the Most Awarded Indian radio station at the New York Radio Festival 2011 winning 5 awards and making it to 3 finalists, amongst over 30 participating countries. Recently 92.7 BIG FM was awarded as the ‘Best Radio Station’ in Mumbai at the 20th Lions Club Gold Awards as well.
Commenting on the awards, Mr. Ashwin Padmanabhan, Business Head – 92.7 BIG FM said, “It is our endeavor to provide a truly outstanding experience to our listeners with some of the most interesting and path breaking concepts to suit varied interests across age groups. We feel extremely proud to be acknowledged for our various campaigns and shows across criteria of creativity, innovation, content, and promotion at the 64th Golden Mike Awards. We will continue to strive to present our listeners with outstanding entertainment and advertisers with exciting engagements.”
Continuing its four-year tradition, the Annual Golden Mike Awards 2014 celebrated the very best in radio advertising and acknowledged the contribution of the highly competitive radio ecosystem, including advertising agencies, media agencies, clients, radio stations and production houses. This year, at the Golden Mike Awards 2014, the jury had to sift through almost 537 entries across 41 categories. Among the radio stations, it was surprising and also encouraging to see the number of regional players making it to the final selection. Some eminent members from the jury include Mr. Bharat Patel – Former Chairman P&G Hygeine and health, Mr. Amit Ghatak – GM Cavincare, Mr. Amit Tiwari – Country Head, Media and Digital, Philips India, Ms. Monica Tata, MD, HBO India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Rameet Arora, Senior Director, Marketing, McDonalds India and many more.
About Reliance Broadcast Network
Reliance Broadcast Network Limited is a media entertainment conglomerate with play across radio, television and television production. The company houses the following verticals: 92.7BIG FM – India’s largest FM Network with 45 stations, reaching over 4 crore Indians each week; BIG RTL THRILL – a dual feed channel from the Company’s joint venture with Europe’s RTL Group, targeted at male audiences and positioned as the ultimate action destination; BIGMAGIC – a General Entertainment Channel featuring family dramas, crime shows, sitcoms, reality shows and weekend blockbuster movies. BIG MAGIC has also expanded into the United States, Canada and Australia under the brand name BIG MAGIC International; The Company has further launched a channel called BIG MAGIC Bihar and Jharkhand, with specifically created programming for the market. BIG PRODUCTIONS – the television content production division caters to the creative needs of the diverse Indian television landscape. Reliance Broadcast Network also distributes BloombergTV India, the country’s premier business news channel as part of its television bouquet. For more information log on to www.reliancebroadcast.com
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