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  • Percept Art presents Joy of Giving

    Percept Art presents Joy of Giving

    ‘If the free society cannot help the many that are poor, it can never save the few who are rich.’ In a way Toybank attempts to prove this belief of John.F.Kennedy.

     

    Percept ART enforces this vision by bringing together a unique art show that voices this belief of Toybank. The exhibition comprises of various art works that reflect this ‘balanced and ideal world’. The art works may not be a literal narration but have been supported by significant art works like The Mother Teresa by MF Husain and also art works by artists Gopal Sharma, Devaki Singh, Avantika Mathur, Heeral Trivedi and many more artists that complement this belief in various ways. All these artwork are subtle narrations of joy.

     

    The exhibition opens on 27th September, 2013 at 7pm at the Percept Art Gallery and will continue for two weeks.

     

    Music completes the world of joy and we have specially designed musical evenings by Kenny Media. Ravi Iyer and Vasudha Sharma playing on 4th October, 7pm onwards and Luke Kenny and Suchitra Pillai playing on 11th October, 7pm onwards at the Percept Art Gallery. Toybank has organized a photography contest, results of which will be announced on 11th October. The top 3 winners will get an opportunity to meet Atul Kasbekar on the same day.

     

     Also is a fun filled art workshop for children on 2nd October, 4pm to 6pm.

     

    As said by Jesal Thacker, Curator of Percept Art, “Art in some ways is synonymous to joy. Charity shows are often just a mix of artists but we would like to make that different for TOYBANK, with a curatorial synchronization. Artists usually depict their reality of the world and amongst many such depictions the artist is reflecting a different reality – surreal, visionary, idealistic. The subject, the forms, the entire narrative transports the viewer into another world. It is these artworks/artists that we have invited, thus enforcing on the vision of Toybank. Percept art aims to raise a minimum of Rs. 10 Lakhs for Toybank. “

     

    Elaborated Harindra Singh, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Percept Limited,“We are proud to have been associated with an organization like Toybank and glad that such an initiative was taken by Percept Art for the future of the future of the nation”.

  • Mila Kunis to play Jacqueline Kennedy

    Mila Kunis to play Jacqueline Kennedy

    MUMBAI: Most likely Mila Kunis will essay the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in a new film. She is in talks to feature as the wife of former US president John F Kennedy in the film to be directed by Lee Daniels. If Kunis signs on, she will become the latest actress to portray Jackie Kennedy.

    Daniels has written a new screenplay called The Butler, about a staffer Eugene Allen, who served in the White House for 34 years serving eight different presidents from 1952, it is understood.
     
    Also linked to the project are Hugh Jackman, John Cusack and Oprah Winfrey.

    Earlier, Katie Holmes played US’s first lady in The Kennedys, the History Channel mini-series.

  • The History Channel looks to strengthen weekdays primetime with dramas, factual shows

    The History Channel looks to strengthen weekdays primetime with dramas, factual shows

    MUMBAI: It has been six months since The History Channel (THC) went a repositioning from an infotainment channel to an entertainment one. After having consolidated its position on weekends with blocks like Jumbo Movies the channel is now looking to focus on its weekday slots.

    To this end it will launch drama shows and factual shows. Speaking to indiantelevision.com this evening, THC India MD Nikhil Mirchandani says, “Our revamp, which marked a shift through the introduction of fresh content like films, mini series has worked for us. We target males 25+. There we have seen a 150 per cent growth in the weekly time viewers have spent on us each week since the revamp. Our reach has grown by 72 per cent and our share in primetime has more than doubled.

    “We are now focussing on our weekdays primetime starting at 9 pm. Our aim is to create recognisable franchises here to grow viewer loyalty. So at 9 pm we will have dramas. New shows that we will launch are Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett playing the legendary detective. Then we have Sharpe with British actor Sean Bean. We will also air the mini series Kane And Abel which is based on Jeffrey Archer’s bestseller.”

    There is also Reilly – a spy story set in the 20th century – as well as Kennedy, about the late John F Kennedy. Mirchandani says that amny of these characters are already familiar with viewers to a certain extent.

    Sherlock Holmes launches next week, with other shows to follow soon after. THC is reserving the 10 pm slot for factual shows. One show that will at 10 pm is Shootout, which looks at heroic acts and deeds done after the Second World War.

    Other shows on the new, improved programming menu include Dogfight – a dramatic recreation of what might happen if say two airplanes fought each other – and Egypt: Engineering An Empire, which follows on the success that THC had earlier with Rome: Engineering An Empire.

    Mirchandani says that the aim is to see stability in the weekday slot.

    On the advertising front Mirchandani expects a 200 per cent growth in ad revenues for this fiscal ending 30 June 2007. That is because 60 new clients have come on board as Charter Partners. Earlier, when the repositioning took place, Samsung and Microsoft had come on board. A Charter Partner gets visibility across the prime properties. The clients he says come from different categories like finance, IT, automobiles, consumer durables.

    The rate increase he says have been substantial given that THC spent a million dollars acquiring content with the repositioning. In terms of below the line marketing activities one innovation that THC has come up with is a Sherlock Holmes game which can be played online by visiting the channel’s site. Here the participant gets to play detective and clues are laid out. If you solve the puzzle you win.