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  • Zapak.com ropes in Bipasha Basu; launches Zapak.tv

    Zapak.com ropes in Bipasha Basu; launches Zapak.tv

    MUMBAI: Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd., a Reliance ADAG venture company, has roped in Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, such that the gaming website Zapak.com would feature a ‘Bipasha Basu zone’ with games based on the actress.

    The portal has also unveiled a new feature called Zapak.tv, which claims to be the first of its kind audio-visual content on the gaming Industry. From trends, to game reviews, to special previews, cheat codes, behind the scenes in the making of games, gaming events, celeb chats, gaming countdowns to even gaming jockeys. Zapak.tv would also enable customers to share their thoughts and opinions on games.

    Players will be able to host gaming related video content on Zapak.tv by writing to it and sending across their videos, informs an official release.

    For the association, Bipasha would work closely with the Zapak Team to conceptualize some of the games. The site claims to explore the adventurous gamer personality of Bipasha and the first in the line of several games is an action game titled ‘Beach Blaze’. The player will have to pose as Bipasha Basu at a beachside skating challenge, while the actress has to defend herself from the bad guys in the game using equipment that she comes across while skating. Bipasha also faces hurdles and uses features to upgrade the actions. The company also adds that other games featuring Bipasha are in the pipeline.

    Announcing the association, Reliance Entertainment Ltd. president Rajesh Sawhney said, “Bollywood is probably the biggest craze in India. Every Indian wishes he or she was an actor. We at Zapak.com are helping the visitors on our website play out their fantasy, by letting them be or play with their favorite star. First, it was Salman Khan for Zapak.com. We already have a game on him online, ‘Puppy Razi’. Now, it is Bipasha Basu in a game called ‘Beach Blaze’ where Bipasha will be seen in her action avatar.”

    Speaking about this association, Bipasha Basu said, “I am excited about my association with Zapak. I love action and adventure, an element of my personality which was always hidden; with this association I can interpret those elements. I’m represented in an action form in ‘Beach Blaze’, the first game in which I get to participate in a skating challenge. This game has further strengthened my belief in how exciting action can be; therefore I will work closely with the team at Zapak to conceptualize some more games and will don the ‘action / adventure girl’ hat for them.”

  • Shah Rukh, Rani triumph at Savlon Sabsey Favourite Kaun International 2006

    Shah Rukh, Rani triumph at Savlon Sabsey Favourite Kaun International 2006

    MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan’s brand equity in Bollywood just gets bigger! The star was voted as the favourite hero by fans at the Savlon Sabsey Favourite Kaun 2006 awards.

    Rani Mukherji picked up the award in the heroine category. Lage Raho Munnabhai was voted as the favourite film.

    At the event Akshay Kumar performed a parody based on his forthcoming movie Bhaagam Bhaag and a spoof on his director Priyadarshan. Bipasha Basu performed on the chartbusters Bidi and Namak from her movie Omkara. Koena Mitra and Shreyas Talpade entertained the audience with the latest songs from their movie Apna Sapna Money Money. Shiney Ahuja performed on a medley of songs from his movies.

    Speaking at the awards ceremony Star Entertainment India CEO Sameer Nair said, “Savlon Sabsey Favorite Kaun International 2006 – the only opinion poll for the fans of Bollywood, is a true reflection of a star’s popularity as the winners are chosen by the fans themselves. The impact of Indian Cinema on the audiences is evident by the overwhelming response that we have received year after year. This year we were not only able to capture the frenzy and fervor that our Bollywood actors command on a national level but also on an international scale.”

    The Savlon Sabsey Favorite Kaun International 2006 Grand Finale was hosted by Ayesha Takia along with comic trio of Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak and Suresh Menon.

    Viewers can watch the telecast of Savlon Sabsey Favorite Kaun International 2006 Grand Finale on 30 December at 8 pm on Star Gold.

    Fans voted for their stars across seven categories. The winners are as follows:

    – Sabsey Favorite Hero – Shah Rukh Khan

    – Sabsey Favourite Heroine – Rani Mukherji

    – Sabsey Favourite Comic Hero – Paresh Rawal

    – Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine – Soha Ali Khan

    – Sabsey Favourite Naya Hero – Kunal Khemu

    – Sabsey Tez Sitara – Priyanka Chopra

    – Sabsey Favourite Film – Lage Raho Munnabhai

  • Big 92.7 FM unveils big diwali patakha contest

    Big 92.7 FM unveils big diwali patakha contest

    MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM has geared up to celebrate the festival of lights – Diwali on an exciting note and sizzling note with Big Diwali Patakha Contest. This four-day campaign will witness a flurry of fantastic activity based on various innovative themes.

    The activity commences on 18 October, wherein the best comic artists in town will get together to give you a never-before-heard laughter experience all day long, according to an official statement. 

    Listeners can participate and win exciting gifts on the show by sending in their funniest Diwali stories and Diwali. The renowned comedians joining us on the airwaves would be Nazhar Khan,Ashish Roy Basu , Sunil Grover along with our own celebrity RJ Sunil Pal .

    19 October would be a day of predictions and prophecies with All Day Luck astrologers and tarot readers talking about various zodiac signs, birthday dates, and tips on numerology. The prominent astrologers making predictions on Big would be Suniel Naik, Atal Bhambhi and Sunita Menon.

    The third day brings in the nine hour All Day Loot contest, based on the theme of Filmy Patakhas like Neha Dhupia, Koena Mitra, Diya Mirza, Sameera Reddy and Bipasha Basu, wherein listerners will get to hear patakha Songs, patakha celeb bytes and patakha trivia. Nine lucky winners from the contest will be taken to a mall to grab whatever they can in 92.7 seconds. And if this is not enough, some of the winners can also bag a voucher worth Rs 9270 to shop. There will also be hourly winners of gold coins and silver coins from 7 am till 11 PM

    On the eve of Deepawali, Big 92.7 FM celebrates with All Day Tradition a show dedicated to the traditions, customs and rituals of Diwali followed in your city, full of trivia on spirituality and traditions woven around the pious occasion of Diwali. On the auspicious timing of Puja, Big 92.7 FM will air live aartis sung by celebrity singers.

    A day long contest will also be on, wherein the listeners cajole our Celeb RJs to visit their home and join them for the Diwali Aarti in the evening, and lucky winners will see Celeb RJ’s visiting their homes, performing evening Pooja and burst crackers with the lucky Big Family.

  • Endemol India to produce Star One show TGILC Dwitiya

    Endemol India to produce Star One show TGILC Dwitiya

    MUMBAI: Endemol India will produce the upcoming Star One show The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya. Launching on 14 July, the show will attempt to showcase the best talents from both Season one and two of Laughter Challenge.

    In it’s second avtaar, The Great Indian Laughter Champions has become snazzier and is spruced up with unimaginable comical histrionics and a host of film stars, claims an official release. If Hritik Roshan, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Soha Ali Khan, Dia Mirza and Suniel Shetty enthralled the viewers on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya, celebrities like Riya Sen, Isha Koppikar, Mahesh Manjrekar and Udita Goswami amongst others, will team-up with Shekhar and Sidhu on The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya. The show has also been revamped as Shekhar and Sidhu judge the contest separately, adds the release.

    Announcing the launch, Endemol India MD Rajesh Kamat said, “We are glad to team-up with Star One and present The Great Indian Laughter Champions Dwitiya to the viewers in India. As a production house we have tried our best to present a dose of whacked-out humour with panache and flamboyance to cure Friday night blues with experimental laughter therapy! We intend to successfully develop some more path-breaking shows and be an integral part of this sunrise industry in the country.”

    Endemol has already delivered formats like Fear Factor India, Deal Ya No Deal and Heart Beat, besides producing shows like The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya.

  • ‘Maine Pyar Kyon Kya’ producer to raise Rs 500-550 million via IPO

    ‘Maine Pyar Kyon Kya’ producer to raise Rs 500-550 million via IPO

    MUMBAI: Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd (SACVL), a film production and distribution house, is tapping the capital market. The company plans to raise Rs 500-550 million through an initial public offering (IPO) to ramp up its film production business. 

    SACVL, which produced Maine Pyar Kyon Kya along with Sohail Khan productions, has appointed Allianz Securities to lead manage the issue.

    “We have a business plan to increase our production pipeline from three to five films a year. The size of the IPO should be in the range between Rs 500-550 million. We are awaiting the regulatory approvals,” says Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision chief financial officer Shyam Sunder.

    The company will offer a public issue of 37,28,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium to be decided through the book building process. The price band will be fixed later.

    The IPO proceeds will be used towards film production and purchase of equipment. SACVL has earmarked Rs 459 million for production of three films while Rs 141 million will be for equipment buying. “We have a movie by Abbas Mastan on the floor with Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt and Bipasha Basu as the lead cast. The other two movies are at the pre-production stage,” says Sunder.

    The company distributes 10-12 movies a year. SACVL will be distributing Golmaal which is slated for release on 14 July. Main Hoon Na, Garv, Mujse Shaadi Karogi and Aitraaz are among the movies distributed by the company.

    The promoters’ holding will come down from 74.14 per cent to 50.85 per cent. The company’s turnover for the nine months ended 31 December 2005 stood at Rs 469 million with Maine Pyar Kyon Kya accounting for Rs 320 million while income from distribution stood at Rs 140 million.