MUMBAI: ETC Channel Punjabi, Zee Punjabi and Zee Gujrati have lined up a musical extravaganza Dhoom, featuring popular Bollywood playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan. The event will be held at YMCA Grounds, Ahmedabad on 18 January.
Revealing more about the show, ETC Channel Punjabi and Zee Punjabi president Rabindra Narayan says, “This is for the first time that an event is being telecast live on three channels simultaneously. We are endeavouring to provide and deliver high quality entertainment with highest standard of professionalism and creativity while keeping the likings of viewers also in mind. Our channels provide the biggest platform to the fans of Punjabi music and we would keep scaling new heights as we grow.”
Adds ETC Channel Punjabi and Zee Punjabi VP programming Rajiee M. Shinde, “We have always maintained to be different from what the rest of the channels have to offer. Our Punjabi channels have a long and glorious past in holding successful music based shows and our deliveries will be improved with every coming month in 2006. Our musical shows are not only the biggest in terms of attendance but also the most watched not just in India but all over the world. The show will be beamed live across 112 other countries apart from India.”
Preceding Dhoom on the event front will be another musical event Nachde Punjabi. The event, to be held on 15 January at Leisure Valley, will be telecast live on ETC Channel Punjabi and Zee Punjabi from 7 pm onwards.
According to an official release, the event is being held on the occasion of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2006. for viewers all over India. The evening will feature top and renowned Punjabi artists like Sukhshinder Shinda, Jassi Sidhu, Pammi Bai and Deepak Dhillon along with the hot and sensational Deepal Shaw of the famous remix number, Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar fame. Nachde Punjabi will be anchored by Satinder Satti.
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ETC Punjabi, Zee hit the event zone with ‘Dhoom’, ‘Nachde Punjabi’
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Etc claims win over Filmfare with Punjabi awards
MUMBAI: Music channel Etc claims to have stolen a march over the Filmfare Awards. The broadcaster issued a release stating that when telecast at the same time its music awards has got a 40 per cent share while the Filmfare Awards got a mere six per cent share in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh..
The Tam data is for 15+; Sec: ABC; C&S Homes 15min+; Time Band: 20.59 TO 01.30 on 21 February. ETC CEO Jagjit Singh Kohli added, “Its extremely heartening to know that in our markets the first Punjabi Music Awards has been liked by the viewers with an overwhelming majority as compared to the Filmfare Awards, which is a very old institution and extremely popular too. This has encouraged us to do even better in the years to come.The ratings have ratified the faith put by our sponsors and viewers in the power of Punjabi Music.”
The ETC Punjabi music awards took place for the first time. The release adds that the high point of the seven hour long ceremony was the rousing ovation given by the whos who of Punjabi Music to the three legends of Punjabi Music – Kuldeep Manak, Gurmeet Bawa and Surinder Kaur. They were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Awards along with a farewell to Surjit Bindrakhia who was given a special Jury award for his contribution to Punjabi music
The night saw live performances from the likes of Jazzy B, Kamaljit Neeru, Sukhshinder Shinda, Gursewak Mann, Harbhajan Mann, Pammi Bai, Shin and Jassi Sidhu. Cricket commentator, Navjot Singh Sidhu gave the crowd more Sidhuisms.
Gurdas Mann bagged the award for Best Lyrics and Best male Vocalist ( Pop) for his album Punjeeri which also went on to bag the awards for Best Music Director and Best Video. Barkat Sidhu was declared the Best Sufi singer (Male) while Pakistani singer Abida Parveen bagged the award for best female Sufi singer. Lakhwinder Lucky got the best male debut award while Rani Randeep got the best female debut as well as the best female Pop vocalist award. The best comedian award went to Bhagwant Mann. Overall there were 25 categories.
The jury for the awards included Bollywood music director Uttam Singh, Priti Sapru, Ghazal Maestro Bhupinder and playback singer Mahender Kapoor. The awards was sponsored by Close Up, Airtel, General Motors (Optra), Cavin Care (Nyle), Western Union, LML Freedom, Play Win, Coca Cola, Kissan Annapurna, Hindustan Times, Ajit, The Maya (Jalandhar). The event was managed by Showcraft and was televised live on both ETC Punjabi and Alpha Punjabi.