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  • BVG Films to release 2 films this year

    BVG Films to release 2 films this year

    MUMBAI: BVG Films, a division of ASA Productions & Entertainment, will be releasing its upcoming films Hate Story and 1920 –Evil Returns this year.

    Hate Story, directed by Vivek Agnihotri and starring Nikhi Dwivedi, Paoli Dam and Gulshan Deviah, will release on 12 April while 1920 –Evil Returns, a sequel to the 2008 film, will release on 22 June.

    Starring Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai and Vidya Malwade, the film is directed by Bhushan Patel.

    Vikram Bhatt has written the script for both the films.

  • Hungama TV announces the winning pair of ‘OralB John Aur Kaun’

    Hungama TV announces the winning pair of ‘OralB John Aur Kaun’

    MUMBAI: Hungama TV has announced the boy-girl pair to win the talent hunt show Oral B John Aur Kaun. Aashan Virmani from Delhi and Rishi Dalmia from Hyderabad will get to star alongside John Abraham in the upcoming UTV produced feature film Goal.

    In addition to being featured in the Vivek Agnihotri directed film, the winners have also won a scholarship of Rs 5,00,000 and a three year contract with UTV to manage their film career. The lucky duo will soon fly to London for their shoot, states an official release.

    The kids were judged on their acting and dancing skills over three rounds by television stars Poonam Goel and Shraddha Nigam. In the quarter finals 40 kids (eight from each city) were reduced to 20 with an equal number of boys and girls. The final eight kids were selected in the semi finals that competed in the finals. The semi finals and the finals were judged by film director Vivek Agnihotri apart from the two judges, while John Abraham motivated the kids at the finals. In a multi-city audition, the show evaluated 5,000 kids across Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.

    The show auditioning Hungama TV vice president programming Aparna Bhosle said, “Through John Aur Kaun, children from all over the country got an opportunity to display their talent; 40 short listed children from the thousands that applied came to Mumbai for the competition, they made new friends and more importantly had a lot of fun through the entire process.

    John Abraham says, “It feels great to be associated with Hungama TV, India’s first homegrown kids channel! The brand values of Hungama – mad fun and continuous innovation, appeal to me tremendously and I am looking forward to spending time interacting with kids. ‘John Aur Kaun?’ has given talented kids across the country an opportunity to shine and I am very glad to be involved in this effort. “

    On the occasion Aashana Virmani said, “I am very happy, I love John. He told me I look very beautiful and if I was 16 years older I could overtake the actress today”

    While Rishi Dalmia said, “I feel on the top of the world for winning this competition amongst thousands of kids. But at the same time I have to shoulder the responsibility of acting with some of the greatest stars like John and Bipasha, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. I am excited to start shooting for the film as the movie is on football and that’s my favorite sport too.”

     

  • Hungama TV to announce winning pair for ‘Oral-B John Aur Kaun’ on 13 January

    Hungama TV to announce winning pair for ‘Oral-B John Aur Kaun’ on 13 January

    MUMBAI: Hungama TV is all set to announce the two lucky kids selected from the talent hunt-cum-reality show Oral-B John Aur Kaun, who will star alongside their hero John Abraham in a UTV produced film titled Goal, on 13 January at 1.30 pm.

    Along with this, the kids will also win a one year modeling contract from Oral B, Rs. 5,00,000 and a three year contract with UTV to manage their film career, informs an official release.

    The grand finale of Oral-B John Aur Kaun will see Bollywood hunk John Abraham and director of the movie Goal Vivek Agnihotri sweat it out in selecting the boy-girl pair of rising stars for the film.

     

  • Hungama TV’s ‘Oral-B John aur Kaun’ to hit television on 2 December

    Hungama TV’s ‘Oral-B John aur Kaun’ to hit television on 2 December

    MUMBAI : Kid’s talent hunt Oral-B John aur Kaun, is set to premiere on Hungama TV on 2 December. The 13 episode reality show will culminate in the selection of a winning pair of a girl and boy to star alongside John Abraham in UTV’s film Goal. The grand finale of the show will be telecast on 13 January 2007.

    40 kids from across five-cities were evaluated on their acting and dancing skills in three rounds judged by television stars Poonam Goel and Shraddha Nigam. The quarter final round reduced the number of kids to 20, with an equal number of boys and girls. The final eight were selected in the semi-final round to compete in the finale that would be judged by film director Vivek Agnihotri in addition to the other two judges.

    In the Finale, the eight contestants would be evaluated on their acting skills and two winners will get an opportunity to star along with superstar John Abraham in Vivek Agnihotri directed movie Goal.

    The show will be hosted by Roshan Abbas and Karishma Randeva and promises not only to entertain but also hopes to provide an interesting peek into the grooming and training of the youngest talent pool of India.