Tag: Third edition

  • BollywoodLife.com to host its third edition of digital awards on 25 March

    BollywoodLife.com to host its third edition of digital awards on 25 March

    Mumbai: Entertainment news portal BollywoodLife.com has announced the third season of ‘BollywoodLife Awards 2022.’ The two-hour virtual gala session will have a live telecast on 25 March on BollywoodLife.com’s website and social media platforms.

    The digital-only awards will recognise, celebrate and felicitate actors, filmmakers, content creators, and properties in digital space which includes social media and OTT platforms in an unconventional manner. Some of the nomination categories for the awards are Most Popular Comedian, Best Musician on Youtube, Best Beauty Blogger for actors, celebrities, and influencers from the digital world. BollywoodLife.com Awards 2022 will use online voting by the audience and are adding a few more unique aspects to the ceremony this year. 

    Apart from online voting the awards night will also host celebrities such as “Gangubai Kathiawadi” actor Shantanu Maheshwari, actor and casting director Abhishek Banerjee, celebrated actor Dibyendu Bhattacharya, “Naagin 6” actress Urvashi Dholakia, TV actor Aashiesh Sharma and more as jury members. As a prelude to the award ceremony, the platform has organised multiple masterclasses from popular celebrities like “83” actor Tahir Raj Bhasin, “Aashram” star Bobby Deol, “Love Hostel” actress Sanya Malhotra, “Badhaai Do” actor Rajkummar Rao and more. With an aim to discuss the current scenario in entertainment and trends 2022, there are power-packed panel discussions with various creators, actors, esteemed members of the film, OTT, and television fraternity.

    “We are excited to make this digital-only awards a great success and look forward to hosting multiple stalwarts to share their views about the current scenario in the entertainment industry,” said Zee Digital head – digital sales  Shridhar Mishra. “We are grateful for the constant support from our audience, speakers, and the eminent jury to help make this event successful.”

    As part of the marketing initiative, the first phase of BollywoodLife Awards 2022 will be promoted on the brand’s social media handles and microsites such as BGR, Wion, India.com, etc. 

  • Third edition of Times Literary Carnival is back

    Third edition of Times Literary Carnival is back

    MUMBAI:The third edition of Times Literary Carnival will be held at historic Mehboob Studios in Bandra from 6th to 8th December 2013. The magical indoor and outdoor spaces of this enchanting venue will is expected to have an estimated footfalls of 15,000 literati queuing up to catch a glimpse of their favourite authors and also hear them participate in an engaging debate, discussion and candid chat on diverse subjects.

    The line-up of international and Indian panelists is even more stellar than last year’s. Once again, this unique festival has been designed to bring literature out of the remote ivory tower and make it dovetail into the eclectic passions of Mumbai. This is what makes this event a one-of-a-kind city literary festival. Love, romance and violence is the core theme of the 2013 literary carnival. The theme attempts to understand through literature, film, food, even nature, how love and violence-in their most subtle, intangible forms-sometimes go together.

    Several panels will be structured around this propulsion, featuring writers of the stature of Ruskin Bond, Eve Ensler, Arun Shourie, Chetan Bhagat, Hanif Kureishi, Mohammed Hanif, Nadeem Aslam, Declan Walsh, William Dalrymple, Nick Drake, Adrian Levy, Cathy Scott-Clark, Aranyani, Pradipta Sarkar, Makarand Paranjape, Urvashi Butalia, Shereen el-Feki, Ramachandra Guha, Anita Raghavan, CS Lakshmi, Navtej Sarna, Vikas Swarup, Shovon Chowdhury, Akhil Sharma, Bapsi Sidhwa, Nadeem Aslam and many more.

    Karan Johar will talk about this seductress called romance. Panel discussions will range from whether ‘marriage’ is a word or a sentence to whether romance is past its sell-by date debated by best-selling novelists Anuja Chauhan and Ravinder Singh. Writer Mohammed Hanif and film-maker Anurag Kashyap will share why love and violence cohabit in their different genres.

    Our eclectic exploration includes the violence we inflict on nature, represented by Valmik Thapar’s chilling talk on his new tiger book. Food, music on litfest menu Erotic fiction is there of course, but also a taste of why food is the ultimate aphrodisiac. In a grand curtain-raiser, Hanif Kureishi will give the keynote address. Closing our litfest, the endearingly obnoxious Suhel Seth will speak on being single. 

    Every evening, love poetry will be read out under the fairy-lit trees. There will be music by Coke Studio The remarkable Eve Ensler will launch her latest play ‘Emotional Creature’.
    Among the book launches are the controversial account of the Mumbai terror attacks ‘The Siege’, Mary Kom’s biography, Gulzar’s ‘Hindi For Heart’, and Bachi Karkaria’s book on Bombay, as part of The Times of India’s 175-year celebrations.

    The abidingly charming Ruskin Bond will receive the Times of India Literary Award in a special ceremony. The annual Crossword Book Awards will take place at the festival.

    Romance, Love, Violence. You may never see them the same way again, individually or in dangerous liaison. There will be numerous book launches, workshops, hang-out zones and other activities highlighted by the magic of Mehboob’s outdoor spaces and a whole segment for children and young adults. This is just for starters. Much more will make its way to this stimulating marquee. Come, share in the bigger, better, sharper third edition of the Times of India Literary Carnival, 2013.