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  • Amrita TV had an eventful May 2006

    Amrita TV had an eventful May 2006

    The second issue of Amrita TV’s monthly e-bulletin, Amrita TV Glimpses, May ’06, encapsules a snapshot of major happenings at the channel:

    1. Amrita TV on Dish TV Platform: To cater to the growing demands of viewers nationwide, Amrita TV has partnered with Dish TV, India’s first Direct to Home entertainment service, to make Amrita TV’s programmes available more widely across the country. Amrita TV is available on Dish TV Channel number 933.

    2. Super Star Screen Test : Amrita TV is launching “Super Star”, a mega talent hunt to showcase the best Malayalam music performer in the 15-28 age group. Nearly 3500 participants from Kerala and outside the State registered for the screen tests conducted by renowned music celebrities at Hotel Taj, Kochi/Kozhikode and Hotel Mascot. Branded the Brooke Bond Super Star, this 90-episode reality show which has been shot in specially erected sets and in locales like The Leela Kempinski Kovalam Beach will be telecast from June 12 (8.30 pm).

    3. Amrita TV Wins 15 Kerala State TV Awards: Amrita TV bagged 15 of the 29 Kerala State Awards for excellence in television–perhaps the highest number by a one-year old channel.Some of the Awards are –Best Telefilm, 2nd Best Telefilm, Best Script, Best Story, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Photography, Best Editing, Best Music Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Compere, Best Commentator.

    4. Live Election Coverage in 140 Constituencies: Amrita TV’s multi-location live coverage, reporting and analysis of Kerala elections, especially on the day of the results, won accolades for its professionalism and finesse, and was rated at par with the best news channels in the country. From April’06, Amrita TV has been on the election trail covering the Kerala elections in 140 constituencies with OB van/ news team traversing all the districts of Kerala, to capture the voice of the people — alongwith hard-hitting exclusive features with political leaders, analysts and experts.

    5. World Cup Coverage : On the eve of the World Cup, Amrita TV is running a Fifa segment in its News bulletins highlighting various perspectives of the World Cup with profile of teams, star players, goal of the day, predictions, snippets, sidelights, et al. A ready reckoner leaflet indicating the complete World Cup Matches Schedule was printed and distributed across the country by Amrita TV.

    6. National Brands on Amrita TV : Besides Kerala companies and government institutions who patronise Amrita TV, leading national and global brands are advertising on Amrita TV, e.g. IOC, BSNL, Bru, Brookebond, Annapurna, Parachute, Kissan, Rexona, Hamam, Lux, Sunlight, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Pepsodent, Hewlett-Packard, Smyle, Moods, Charagh Din etc.

  • Tune in to the exclusive premiere of ‘Dungeons and Dragons – 2’ this Friday night at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    Tune in to the exclusive premiere of ‘Dungeons and Dragons – 2’ this Friday night at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    MUMBAI: Viewers are invited to return to Izmer once again in this sequel to the popular Dungeons & Dragons film. Fantastical adventures unravel, as five intrepid Izmer residents have to prove their worth, while constantly facing deadly threats such as giant dragons and other gruesome creatures.

     

    The five characters at the center of the film must prove both their mental and physical agility to defeat the encroaching foes as the movie progresses. Starring Mark Dymond, Clemency Burton-Hill and Bruce Payne make sure you tune-in to the exclusive premiere of Dungeons and Dragons – 2 this Friday, December 15th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

     

    Based on the phenomenally successful role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons 2 takes you deeper into the dark and fantastical world of this epic. When the evil sorcerer Damodar braves a perilous whirlwind vortex to steal the elemental black orb he declares a sinister plan of vengeance against the kingdom of Ismir.

     

    Berek, a decorated warrior, and Melora, an amateur sorceress join four heroes representing Intelligence, Wisdom, Honor and Strength to battle against Damodar’s growing army of gruesome creatures, flying harpies and an ice dragon to reach a vault room holding the orb. Together, they build their own army to retrieve the orb using elemental forces to defeat Damodar before he summons the sleeping black dragon whose omnipotent evil powers could lay waste to the entire kingdom.

     

    Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a straight-to-TV sequel to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons, which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his role as the evil Damodar.

    So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of Dungeons and Dragons – 2, this Friday, December 15th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

  • Mothers Special on Boogie Woogie

    MUMBAI: Exchanging aprons for dancing shoes these mothers have done women proud. Stepping out of the comfort zone of their homes these mothers joined the Boogie Woogie All India Mother’s Dance Championship a month back.

     

    And what a journey it has been for these mothers and the viewers too. Heart-breaking eliminations over, these brave hearts have now reached the final round and all set to put their best foot forward to win the coveted title of “All India Boogie Woogie Mother’s Dance Champion”.

    The countdown has begun. The pressure is mounting. The winner of the title will walk away with the prize money of Rs. Four lakh in her kitty while the runner up bags a cool one lakh! The other two contestants don’t go empty handed — they go home with Rs. 25000 too!

    The last four super moms will set the stage on fire with their electrifying numbers. Don’t miss the finals of this very special episode of Boogie Woogie these moms teach you how to have your cake and eat it too!

    Stay tuned to Boogie Woogie on Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 8 p.m only on Sony Entertainment Television.

  • HBO new year eve special on 31 December

    HBO new year eve special on 31 December

    MUMBAI: Max (Jamie Foxx, Ray) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he’s long since forgotten…until tonight. Vincent (Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible III) is a contract killer. Tonight, Vincent arrives in L.A. and five bodies are supposed to fall, including District Attorney Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith, The Matrix Revolutions). Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max’s taxicab, and Max becomes collateral – an expendable person in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    Through the night, Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the authorities race to intercept them, Max and Vincent’s survival becomes dependent on each other in ways neither would have imagined.

    Watch Collateral starring Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith on Sunday, December 31, 2006 8.00 pm onwards.

     

    Our friendly neighborhood Spider-man is back in this sequel to the 2002 action blockbuster. It’s been 2 years since Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire, Seabiscuit) was bitten by a radioactive spider and he’s having a rough time. His public life as the superhero Spiderman is having a devastating impact on his private life.

     

    And just when things couldn’t get any worse, the love of his life Mary-Jane (Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown, Wimbeldon) gets engaged to somebody else. Things are so bad he declares that he’s quitting, and never putting on the suit again. However, his sense of duty forces him to resume his heroics when the brilliant scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is deformed in an accident and becomes Dr. Octopus. With four metal tentacles sticking out of his back, he’ll be more than a handful for everyone’s favourite webslinger.

     

    Watch Spiderman 2 starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina on Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:45 pm onwards.

  • Bruce Willis starrer ‘Hostage’ this Friday at 9 pm only on Star Movies

    Bruce Willis starrer ‘Hostage’ this Friday at 9 pm only on Star Movies

    Mumbai, June 28, 2006: Have you ever been faced with a situation when you had to make a tough decision? Well, it doesn’t get tougher than this! Imagine being given a choice between saving a family you don’t even know and saving your own family! Watch what Bruce Willis does, when given such a choice, in the exclusive premiere of Hostage, this Friday, June 30th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    In this well-made thriller, Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a hostage negotiator who leaves Los Angeles to become police chief of upscale suburb Bristo Camino. He is haunted by his failure to save a child from a suicidal madman, but the ghosts of Tally’s previous field come back to haunt him when two brothers and their mysterious traveling companion Mars Krupchek take a suburbanite family hostage after a failed robbery. Unbeknownst to the gunmen, their hostage is actually a numbers runner for West Coast kingpin Sonny Benza, and the house contains evidence that put him away. Facing heat from associates in New York, Benza kidnaps Tally’s wife and daughter and blackmails him into procuring the incriminating evidence. But the situation escalates even further when Tally discovers that Mars is a serial killer who is eyeing the hostages, and possibly his accomplices, to be his next victims.

     

    Florent Siri’s efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions while allowing for plenty of interesting procedural details and sly bits of humor. The score is ominous and the performances are strong, with Ben Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero. This well-made thriller grossed US$ 34,617,915 at the worldwide box office.

    So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of the adrenaline-packed action movie, Hostage, on Friday, June 30th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

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  • Mirchi Sunnewale…. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

    Mirchi Sunnewale…. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna

    The countdown begins for all our Mirchi listeners! Radio Mirchi, the exclusive radio partner to Karan Johar’s Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is here with lots of music, masti and magical moments from June to August.

     

    Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is a Dharma Production film starring Amitabh Bacchhan, Abhishek Bacchhan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta. The music is composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Javed Akhtar is the lyricist.

     

    To begin with, Mirchi will be celebrating Karan Johar Festival for a period of 2 weeks starting June 5, 2006. During the first week, Mirchi will talk about all the blockbuster movies Karan Johar has given in the past, anecdotes, various incidents in the making of these movies and their songs.

     

    And for those who are eagerly waiting for the music of the film, the Mirchi Music Premiere of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is slated for June 19,2006. Karan Johar, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy will go on air especially to launch the music for their listeners and interact with them.

     

    Hey party animals, Radio Mirchi will be organising a party for their listeners. All one has to do is pick up your phone, call up Mirchi on 40983983 and guess “Where is the Party going on?” Listeners who guess the right venue get a chance to party with Karan Johar. Hurray!!

     

    Come August, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is due to release and is Mirchi Movie of the Month. Radio Mirchi will shower its listeners with star interviews in connection with the movie, great songs, lots of prizes on the daily contests… making it a win-win situation for all!

     

    So, Tune in to Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM from June to August and catch the Karan Johar Festival, Mirchi Music Premiere, ‘Where is the party’ contest, Mirchi Blockbuster Budhwar and win lots of prizes. Isiliye….Mirchi Sunnewale…Always Khush!!!

    About Radio Mirchi:
    Radio Mirchi is India’s largest private radio network and is owned by Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL), India’s first pure play radio broadcasting company to be listed. ENIL launched its first radio station in the city of Indore in October 2001. At present Radio Mirchi is operational in 10 cities i.e. Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Indore, Ahmedabad and Pune. Radio Mirchi is considered to be the leader in the private FM radio industry and will shortly be operational in twenty two additional cities.

     

    For Further Information Please Contact:

    Radha Vishwanath / Pooja Notiyal
    PR Pundit
    Mob: 9819327782 / 9892155249

  • ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ starts 17 Dec on Star Movies

    ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ starts 17 Dec on Star Movies

    MUMBAI: Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Star Wars franchise (1977-2007) with STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA this December.

    Starting 17 December, witness saber action for six spectacular weeks with all the six titles in the US$ 3.5 billion franchise, including the premiere of Star Wars Episode III- Revenge of the Sith, airing in sequence for the first time on Indian television. So fasten your seat belts and get set for an adventure as Star Movies takes you on a journey to a far away galaxy, every Sunday night at 9 pm.

     

     

     

     

    Star Wars is a science fantasy saga and fictional galaxy created by writer / producer / director George Lucas during the 1970’s.

     

    The saga began with the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was released on May 25 1977, by 20th Century Fox.

     

    The film became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon – spawning five more feature films, three spin-off films, five television series and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, action figures, trading cards, card games, and other products – all of which are set within a fictional galaxy far, far away.

     

    The all time US box office has all the six Star Wars blockbusters in its top 25, with each film earning over US$ 500 million worldwide. George Lucas’ franchise has also been a mainstay at the Academy Awards, honored with three special achievement awards and winning seven Oscars.

     

    The Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern global pop culture. Science fiction since Star Wars, particularly in film, has often been influenced by and compared to Star Wars. References to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in Western society with the well-qualified assumption that others will understand the reference.

    George Lucas is also famous for using the best possible cameras and technology in his movies. Many say that the visual and virtual effects that take over today’s movies would have never been created if not for Lucas’ revolutionising of the movie industry with Star Wars.

  • Star Movies ends the year with a bang!!!

    Star Movies ends the year with a bang!!!

    MUMBAI: Having showcased the biggest and the best of blockbusters and capturing the fancy of the audiences with the premiere’s of the biggest hits and showcasing the entire Bond collection Star Movies is now all set to end the year with a big bang!!! This December, Star Movies celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars franchise by showcasing all six titles in sequence for the first time on Indian television.

    And now, on New Year’s it brings to you the premiere of one of the biggest movies ever! Tune in to the exclusive back-to-back premiere of Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith on Sunday, December 31st, 9 p.m. onwards only on Star Movies!!!

     

    Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith is the final chapter of the six-part Star Wars series, which began a long time ago (1977) in a galaxy far, far away… Anakin Skywalker (Christensen) remains the Jedi apprentice of master Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor).

     

    After battling dark forces that threaten the Republic, Anakin has become an intimidating warrior with superior knowledge of the Force, a pawn that Chancellor Palpatine finds… intriguing. Meanwhile, Padme (Portman), the senator and former queen who is secretly married to Anakin, is pregnant, and Anakin is tortured by dreams of her dying in childbirth.

     

    Anakin’s moodiness and glowering are a clear precursor to his inevitable, terrifying metamorphosis into Darth Vader, the dark leader of the evil Empire who haunts the remainder of the series. No one, not his mentor Obi-Wan, not Yoda or Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson), can stop his terrifying descent into the Dark Side.

     

    Nominated at the Academy Awards® in 2006 for Best Achievement in Makeup, Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith features the unmatched digital animation and special effects of George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. The highly anticipated finale to the series has a domestic box office gross of US$380 million, a worldwide box office of US$850 million, and set records for top 4 and 5 day grosses, bringing the lifetime gross total for the STAR WARS film franchise to US$2.1 billion.

     

    This New Years’ Eve, grab your space on the couch, get your popcorn ready and tune-in, as Star Movies brings to you the exclusive back-to-back premiere of the Star Wars Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith, 9:00 p.m. onwards!!!

  • Rendezvous with Simi Garewal ‘Season Finale’

    MUMBAI: As another season of Rendezvous with Simi Garewal draws to a close, in an exclusive Rendezvous tradition, its time for a celebrity-packed season finale.

    Featuring all the icons that appeared this season, the finale is a fun-filled madcap laugh riot. Meet Bollywood’s hottest hunk John… talented singer Priyanka and many more.

     

    The first episode of this hysterical three part finale show kicks off this Sunday 17 December with those candid moments, which capture the stars in their unguarded elements.

     

    In the finale, you can catch exclusive glimpses of the hidden – and hilarious – sides of not just Simi herself, but all your favorite celebrities. So sit back, relax and get ready to laugh till your jaws hurt as Star World brings you the first episode of a special three-part season Finale of Rendezvous with Simi Garewal. You’ll never see anything like this Finale – so don’t miss a single episode.

  • Zee TV presents Ram Kapoor in Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai on December 30, Saturday at 8 p.m.

    Zee TV presents Ram Kapoor in Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai on December 30, Saturday at 8 p.m.

    MUMBAI: What do Ram Kapoor and Amitabh Bachan have in common? They are from same school Sherwood.

    Ram & Cyrus Bahrucha are childhood friends and they were big pranksters during that time. Once while playing Ram jumped from the first floor into the pool and the pool was empty. Ram started bleeding on his forehead and seeing this Cyrus ran away from there.

     

    Once Ram’s sister Aruna called Ram at 1:30 in the night to say that she has met with an accident and was calling from Colaba police station. Ram like a wise bade bhaiya sneaked from the house and rescued his sister. Not only that but he also ensured that she continued with her plan to go Goa next day morning.

     

    Ram feels daughter Sia is very lucky for him. He bagged the much popular role of Jai Walia only after Sia was born.

    Ram and Ashwini share brother & sister relationship in real life.

     

    On Rakshbandhan day Ashwini kept waiting on the highway for Ram to avoid showoff on the sets. Ram apparently forgot to fetch Ashwini and instead went home directly. As compensation, Ram bought 2 necklaces for Ashwini one as a penalty and second as Rakhi gift.

    Ram loves playing cards. In one of such card parties organized by Ektaa , Ram offered money to everyone on the table, but ensured that they win.