Tag: Gul Panag

  • Doordarshan to re-telecast ‘Ehsaas-e-Kashmir’

    Doordarshan to re-telecast ‘Ehsaas-e-Kashmir’

    NEW DELHI: Re-visit the experience of Ehsaas-e-Kashmir with Doordarshan set to re-telecast the show that featured eminent violinist Zubin Mehta and was held in Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar last month.The telecast will be at 9.30 pm on DD National on 20 October.

    The concert also featured India’s Abhay Rustom Sopori, son of santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori who blended with the Bavarian State Orchestra in a mesmerising performance.

    The 90-minute concert hosted by actor Gul Panag was held on 7 September, a day after Mehta received the Tagore Cultural Harmony Award in New Delhi.

    Mehta had said that the aim was to spread the message of peace. “I didn’t choose Kashmir, it chose me,” Mehta said.

  • Excel launches Kukunoor’s film DOR on DVD

    Excel launches Kukunoor’s film DOR on DVD

    MUMBAI: DOR, the critically acclaimed movie by Nagesh Kukunoor was launched on DVD.

    The DVD was launched by Shreyas Talpade and Nagesh Kukunoor at Movies and More, Mumbai.

    The movie has been winning awards at many of the award functions.

    At the launch of the DOR DVD Shreyas Talpade said, “Iqbal got me a foothold into the industry, but all the offers that came in later were that of handicapped characters. DOR was a fresh breathe of life”.

    The DVD has been loaded with extra features and is released by Excel Home Videos. Says Excel Home Videos managing director M.N. Kapasi, “The DVD has features like deleted scenes, audio commentary by the director and ‘Location Hunt’ to supplement the movie experience” Dor tells the story of Zeenat(Gul Panag) and Mira(Ayesha Takia), women from two different worlds.

    The story revolves around two women Zeenat and Mira.Their husbands go out to work in the Gulf to make things better at their respective places. The story takes a turn when Mira’s husband gets killed and Zeenat’s husband is held responsible for it. Zeenat needs Mira’s letter stating forgiveness for her husband and she sets out in search for Mira.On the way she meets up with a “Behrupiya”, played by Shreyas Talpade.The revelation and the final confrontation form the climax.