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  • Multi-day, multi-city, multi-genre comedy festival – The Circuit – launched by OML Entertainment

    Multi-day, multi-city, multi-genre comedy festival – The Circuit – launched by OML Entertainment

    MUMBAI – Comedy’s never been taken this seriously before. OML Entertainment Pvt Ltd, the creators of India’s decade-old and much-loved Happiest Music Festival- Bacardi NH7 Weekender, have announced the first edition of a massive comedy festival called The Circuit. From March 7-15, the festival will travel to Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.  

    The lineup for all three cities is out, with all shows for Delhi and Bangalore being live, and part of the Mumbai calendar of shows being out. With a mixture of smaller club shows and auditorium shows,  the festival is designed to offer innovative and unique experiences to audiences who enjoy comedy with stand-up comedy in various forms – specially curated lineups, women’s showcases, LGBTQ shows, regional comedy with shows being released for Marathi and Malayalam shows as well as formats such as debates, quizzing, various comedy games and much more. The lineup features over 100 comedians from across the country – for a variety of shows both big and small, with interesting lineups sure to appeal to a wide range of people, including comedians like Aakash Gupta, Rohan Joshi, Radhika Vaz, Tanmay Bhat, Anu Menon, Saikiran, Urjita Wani, Zakir Khan and more.

    After kicking off in Delhi and Bangalore on March 7-8, the festival will run in Mumbai from March 11-15. After a packed calendar of shows from March 11-14, the festival will conclude with a grand finale – The Festival Circuit – in Jio Garden on March 15. This event will see a series of different performances by a strong lineup of over 20 comedians, and will be an all day outdoor event with comedy fans getting a taste of various types and formats of comedy. With just one ticket, the audience can see 5 different shows at the grand finale of the festival.

    “As OML, we've had the opportunity to work with some of the most talented comedians from around the country and abroad. The Circuit is our celebration of the versatility of the genre and the messages it can hold. It will not only bring together a diverse range of shows from comics to sketch troupes, debates and game formats – but also venues, partners and artists that make the landscape as vibrant as it is. We're proud to be working with curators who have pulled together a great lineup ranging from regional comedy to unique ideas such as roast battles and comedy tag team, making sure there's something for every comedy fan” said Gunjan Arya, CEO, OML Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

    OML worked with specific comedy curators to program the festival who brought together new formats of comedy to give a varied experience across venues, comedian styles and cities to put together a festival that distinguishes The Circuit from other comedy events in the country. Rohan Desai said, “We are very excited to be curating this festival that will feature a wide variety of concept shows which will be a unique one-time experience. The jokes and performances you see in these shows will never be repeated again.” Shreemayee Das added, “A few of the concept shows will actually be happening in tournament style – like a cricket world cup. So it will be very interesting to follow the progress of different teams and see which comedians will win the finals.” Reuben Kaduskar said, “This was a very exciting opportunity, because I got the chance to collaborate with artists from all over the country, and from an audience perspective, it's perfect because they get to see some of the best talent all at one place. Other than the game shows, what's unique about this festival is that a lot of the comedians are doing their brand new one hour solo shows for the first time ever.”

    Four different show types are on the cards to give different sorts of comedy experience to the . The Club Circuit will have intimate venues with curated programming. The Theatre Circuit will have bigger showcases with a diverse lineup of different comedians performing to bigger audiences. Circuit X shows will have exclusive showcases. The Festival Circuit will see an all day outdoor event at Jio Garden on March 15.

    There’s more to be announced with more shows coming soon in Mumbai.

    Get ready to do The Circuit of comedy in your city.

    Details for shows in all cities can be seen at www.thecircuit.in.

    City Specific Pages

    Mumbai – https://insider.in/the-circuit-comedy-festival-mumbai/article

    Delhi – https://insider.in/the-circuit-comedy-festival-delhi/article

    Bangalore – https://insider.in/the-circuit-comedy-festival-bangalore/article

  • Black Dog Sparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad

    Black Dog Sparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad

    MUMBAI: Black DogSparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with world famous laughter riot duo and comedy mavericks – Brad Sherwood & Colin Mochrie from ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ to India in March.                                                                     

    Here is a rare chance to unwind, relax and witness the performance of the greatest Improv artists of all time who will make you laugh to your heart’s content. Armed with an arsenal 0f sharp wit and inimitable style, comic legends Brad & Colin take on the live stage across Hyderabad, Mumbai, Gurgaon& Bengaluru to create original scenes and deliver hilarious one liners through their Interactive Comedy show. The events will be hosted by India’s funniest lady Anu Menon and she will also take centre stage with an opening act in each city.
    Schedule:

    City wise venues
    Hyderabad: 22nd March 2016 – ShiplakalaVedika, Hitech City, Madhapura
    Mumbai: 25th March 2016 – JamshedBhabha Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point
    Gurgaon: 27th March 2016 – Club Patio, South City – 1
    Bangalore: 29th March 2016 – The Lalit Ashok, Kumara Krupa High Grounds

    Tickets for the Black DogSparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad can be bought from bookmyshow.com –https://in.bookmyshow.com/mumbai/events/black-dog-easy-evenings/ET00039173

  • Black Dog Sparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad

    Black Dog Sparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad

    MUMBAI: Black DogSparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with world famous laughter riot duo and comedy mavericks – Brad Sherwood & Colin Mochrie from ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ to India in March.                                                                     

    Here is a rare chance to unwind, relax and witness the performance of the greatest Improv artists of all time who will make you laugh to your heart’s content. Armed with an arsenal 0f sharp wit and inimitable style, comic legends Brad & Colin take on the live stage across Hyderabad, Mumbai, Gurgaon& Bengaluru to create original scenes and deliver hilarious one liners through their Interactive Comedy show. The events will be hosted by India’s funniest lady Anu Menon and she will also take centre stage with an opening act in each city.
    Schedule:

    City wise venues
    Hyderabad: 22nd March 2016 – ShiplakalaVedika, Hitech City, Madhapura
    Mumbai: 25th March 2016 – JamshedBhabha Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point
    Gurgaon: 27th March 2016 – Club Patio, South City – 1
    Bangalore: 29th March 2016 – The Lalit Ashok, Kumara Krupa High Grounds

    Tickets for the Black DogSparkling Water presents Easy Evenings with Colin and Brad can be bought from bookmyshow.com –https://in.bookmyshow.com/mumbai/events/black-dog-easy-evenings/ET00039173

  • Spuul to premier Rajat Kapoor’s ‘X:Past is Present’

    Spuul to premier Rajat Kapoor’s ‘X:Past is Present’

    MUMBAI: Online streaming service for Indian cinema content Spuul is premiering Drishyam Films’ X:Past is Present digitally. 

     

    This will be Rajat Kapoor’s second film to debut on Spuul after Ankhon Dekhi in 2014. The movie will be available across devices like eeb, mobile (iOS, Android), Smart TVs (Samsung, Panasonic, LG), Airplay on iOS, and Chromecast on Android.

     

    X:Past is Present is a 2015 Indian collaborative feature film directed by a team of 11 filmmakers including Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Nalan Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma. It features actor-director Rajat Kapoor and Anshuman Jha in the lead.

     

    The movie also stars Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte and Swara Bhaskar. It revolves around a filmmaker battling mid life crisis who meets a girl half his age. This girl brings back memories of all the women in his life including his lovers, wives and actresses.

     

    Spuul Global CEO Subin Subaiah said, “As one of the leading providers of Bollywood content to viewers across India,Pakistan, UK, US and Middle East, we are constantly investing in growing our library by adding new, popular and in many cases, offbeat, new age titles to our list. In 2016, we will continue to add more diverse cinema to our library thus providing our viewers with fresh content.”

     

    Kapoor added, “With more viewers logging online to consume content, digital platforms like Spuul play a vital role in the ecosystem of cinema. After a successful digital premiere of Ankhon Dekhi on Spuul, we are back with X:Past is Present for the Indian Diaspora.”

     

    Some of the latest additions to Spuul’s catalogue over the past months are movies like Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Jal, Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Hunterrr.

  • ‘X’, a film by eleven directors is opening film at South Asian filmfest

    ‘X’, a film by eleven directors is opening film at South Asian filmfest

    NEW DELHI: A film directed by eleven Indian directors, X will be the opening film of the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF).

    The festival is to be held from 18 to 23 November in New York.

    The film is a novel experiment since eleven filmmakers with varied styles have made different parts of the same film.

    The story revolves around K, a filmmaker with a mid-life crisis, who meets a mysterious young girl who reminds him of his first girlfriend at first, and subsequently, of every woman in his life.

    Produced by Manish Mundra, the film is jointly directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma.

    Shiladitya Bora and Sudhish Kamath are executive producers of the film.

    The movie features Aditi Chengappa, Bidita Bag, Gabriella Schmidt, Huma Qureshi, Neha Mahajan, Parno Mitra, Pia Bajpai, Pooja Ruparel, Radhika Apte, Richa Shukla, Rii Sen and SwaraBhaskar with Anshuman Jha and Rajat Kapoor

     

  • India gets its own ‘Saturday Night Live’, but on Sundays

    India gets its own ‘Saturday Night Live’, but on Sundays

    MUMBAI: Riding on the success of last year’s April Fool’s spoof-show, Comedy Central has decided to bring back the three popular stand-up comedians, Suresh Menon, Anu Menon and Jose Covaco, who have teamed up to make Fools Month. Produced entirely in English, Fool’s Month is topical and looks at the current social-political situation in a lighter vein.

     

    “This is just one initiative of the many we will be undertaking this year to strengthen our local content offering, bringing to viewers not only the best of international but also local comedy,” reveals Viacom18 Media, senior VP & GM – English entertainment, Ferzad Palia.

     

    This four-part television event series will be airing on Sunday nights at 9:00 pm and first aired on 6 April.

     

    All four episodes have been canned, with special vignettes like Joke Pal Bill Me, The Weather Report, TechNo and The RRS that the viewers can look forward to, have also been shot.

     

    According to Palia, these vignettes will be aired on Comedy Central across the week on the channel throughout the following week. “The show can be enjoyed by all age groups interested in looking at the lighter side of political affairs. I am confident that both fresh and loyal viewers will tune in and enjoy a healthy laugh!” says Palia about the TG for the show.

     

    Rather reminiscent of the long-running American late-night live television sketch comedy, Saturday Night Live (also airs on Comedy Central); Fool’s Month is spearheaded by three of India’s popular comedians, Jose Covaco, Suresh Menon and Anu Menon.

  • Fox Star Studios releases London Paris New York on 2 March

    Fox Star Studios releases London Paris New York on 2 March

    MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios and Rose Movies will release their coming-of-age romantic comedy London Paris New York on 2 March.

    The film is the story of Nikhil and Lalitha, two completely different individuals, drawn to each other in spite of their differences or perhaps because of it. The film follows their journey of love as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night in each city.

    Said Fox Star Studios India CEO Vijay Singh, “We are happy to announce that London Paris New York is set to release on 2 March 2012. This coming-of-age comedy is a project that we are very excited about. It’s a step towards bringing something different to the romantic-comedy palette that will appeal to the youth. It speaks their language, reflects their aspirations and the angst and joys of falling in love. The music of the film is very special and will appeal to the heartbeat of the youth.”

    London Paris New York, starring Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari, mirrors the three stages of love set in an international scenario.

    The film marks the directorial debut of Anu Menon.