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  • Siti Cable designs Siti Mahotsav, social & cultural festival fair

    Siti Cable designs Siti Mahotsav, social & cultural festival fair

    NEW DELHI: In a bid to further extend its brand equity, multi-system operator Siti Cable has decided to hold city specific social and cultural festival fair at Delhi called Siti Mahotsav.

    The week-long Delhi edition, starting 5 April, is third edition for such city-specific events organised by Siti and would be telecast on the cable channel run by the MSO on its network.
     
    According to Siti Cable head Jawahar Goel, the company has had success with such events in Varanasi and Kanpur, which has prompted them to involve the citizens of Delhi too in such an endeavour.

    We believe that the event will mirror the capitals rich cultural heritage, provide a platform to the local talents, give wholesome entertainment to the people ,Goel said.

    According to Siti Cable head Jawahar Goel, the company has had success with such events in Varanasi and Kanpur, which has prompted them to involve the citizens of Delhi too in such an endeavour.

    We believe that the event will mirror the capitals rich cultural heritage, provide a platform to the local talents, give wholesome entertainment to the people ,Goel said.

    The event would select local participants also to be projected and auditions would be held 29 and 30 January at Essel House here. People can also demand through SMS the artistes that they would like to see perform. In the past some top performers have interacted with people in other Mahotsavs and they included people like Ustad Bismillah Khan, Ghulam Ali, Hema Sardesai, Babul Supriyo, Vinod Rathod, Manhar Udhas, Sonu Nigam, Sanjeevani, Sukhwinder, Abhijeet, Neena & Rajendra Mehta, Pinaz Massani, Anupama Deshpande, Ustad Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain, Sukhdev, Harry Anand, Richa Sharma, Jagjit Singh, Anuradha Paudwal, Shivamani, Shaan, Neeladri Kumar, Gufie Pental, Anup Jalota, Bhupi, Roop Kumar & Sonali Rathod, Kalpana Parvez and Shanker Mahadevan.

    The city fair will also honour maestros who have contributed towards the image building/upliftment of the citys cultural heritage in different spheres.

  • DD, MTV to premiere MTV Music Summit on 30 Nov

    DD, MTV to premiere MTV Music Summit on 30 Nov

     

    MUMBAI: It was a fun evening alright, but it was with a good cause.

    Around 35 thousand screaming youngsters joined in to watch MTV VJs, Bollywood actors and Indian music artistes to rock at the third MTV Music Summit for AIDS held on 15 November at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai, to support life and stop the discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. The music summit will premiere into 80 million Indian homes at 9:30 pm on Doordarshan and 5:00 pm on MTV India on 30 November 2003.

    The event boasted of attendance including likes of Dino Morea, Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Gulshan Grover, Hrishita Bhatt, Isha Koppikar, Mandira Bedi, Meghna Naidu, Riya Sen, Ruby Bhatia, Zayed Khan, Abhijeet, Babul Supriyo, Baba Sehgal, DJ Aqeel, Hema Sardesai, Mika, Raghav, Suchitra K, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhbir, Shaswati, Shreya Ghosal, Shreekant, Vaishali Samant and Vedic Chant.

    Brought in partnership with UNDP and was presented by Sony Hi-Fi, the communication partner for the music summit was TATA Indicom.

    The summit was kicked off by Sahara, a group of 15-24 year olds living with HIV/AIDS, who performed their brand of music. The event was sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Next was performance by ‘Dancing Feat’, a Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT) project for children at risk to HIV/AIDS. The event was funded by Family Health International (FHI) and the kids performed on a special dance sequence choreographed by Shiamak Davar.

    Besides Haath Se Haath Milaa, produced by BBC India, shot a behind-the-scene episode of the MTV Music Summit for AIDS with humsafars (a groups of teens at risk of HIV/AIDS).

    Said Alex Kuruvilla, Managing Director, MTV Networks India: “At MTV, we believe awareness and education are the most effective ‘vaccines’ for AIDS. With the third MTV Music Summit for AIDS, we continue to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, promote prevention and fight stigma. Providing a massive trust to this initiative, for the second year in a row, is the country’s terrestrial channel – Doordarshan, who will air the MTV Music Summit for AIDS into 80 million Indian homes. “

    GO 92.5 FM, the radio partner, broadcast the summit live while Doordarshan is the television partner. The ground partners were Coca-Cola, Barista, Shoppers Stop and Rotaract Club, Bombay Hills South. Intercontinental The Grand, Mumbai was the hospitality partner.

  • DD to usher in 2003 with music

    DD to usher in 2003 with music

    MUMBAI : Doordarshan this year has special musical fanfare arranged for the new year.

    The National pubcaster DD will bring in the new year with Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi, a special programme produced by DD Mumbai.

    Shaan, KK, Hema Sardesai, Bombay Viking and Devdas fame Shreya Ghosal will perform in the musical programme anchored by Sudesh Bhosle. The show, put together by in-house talent, has been shot exclusively on the terraces of the DD Mumbai building and on sets designed by Bijon Dasgupta. The Rs 60,00,000 production is supported by Dabur and Hero Honda. It will be telecast on DD National between 10 pm to 12.30 am.

    As for regional channel DD Sahyadri, a special programme called Suswagatam 2003 will be telecast. Prashant Damle will anchor the programme that showcase various folk items, an exclusive theatre production, lavni performance by Medha Gawankar and a show by Vaishali Samant. The programme will be aired on DD Sahyadri at 10.00 pm.