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  • Romedy NOW launches ‘Women’s Day’ property

    Romedy NOW launches ‘Women’s Day’ property

    MUMBAI: This International Women’s Day, Romedy NOW gives you the ultimate movie marathon experience with its exclusive property, ‘Women’s Day’. Showcasing myriad facets that characterizes phenomenal persona of a woman, Romedy NOW brings to its viewers, handpickedrom-comson March 08, 2019 8 am onwards.

    With ‘Women’s Day’ property, Romedy NOW offers its viewer a day long special treat commencing with the musical tale of ‘Hannah Montana – The Movie’, starring Miley Cyrus and rejoice the sequel of the most favorite princess story with ‘The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement’starring Anne Hathway, Julie Andrew and Chris Pine in leading roles. Witnesskind-hearted fairy, who is deceived by the love of her life in ‘Maleficent’, starringAngelina Jolie. Step through the looking glass and join Alice on an adventurous wild-ride to the whimsical wonderland with her friends in‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’. All is well that ends well with ‘Everything, Everything’, an alluring chronicle of a teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.

  • Epic Channel celebrates india’s female heroes on international women’s day

    Epic Channel celebrates india’s female heroes on international women’s day

    MUMBAI: Celebrating International Women’s Day, India Ka Apna Infotainment- EPIC has created a riveting programming line-up from its rich content library. Airing on 8th March from 12.30pm onwards, the exciting line-up will include episodes from some of EPIC’s flagship shows- ‘UMEED INDIA’, ‘EPIC KE DUS’ and ‘PEHLI’.

    Inspiring tales of courage and determination of iconic Indian women who played extraordinary roles across politics, sports, armed forces, science among other fields populate the day’s line-up that features famous personalities along with long forgotten heroes.

    The most acclaimed in the line-up is a series on the trail blazers and pioneers that points the spotlight on the first women to break various glass ceilings and make their mark in domains that were once exclusively male dominated. The episodes from this show will have personalities like Kiran Bedi – the first woman IPS officer, Sarojini Naidu – the first Indian woman governor, Indira Gandhi – India’s first woman prime minister, PT Usha – first Indian woman to reach Olympic final, Bachendri Pal – first Indian woman to reach Mount Everest to name a few amongst other achievers.

    Tastefully shot, with intimate conversations, supplemented with rare archival footage; Pehli is an overdue tribute to the exceptional women it features.

    The line-up shifts from the shining stars to the torch bearers of glorious stories in the making, with episodes from the very popular sports show – Umeed India; hosted by India’s swashbuckling former opening batsman, Virender Sehwag; who introduces some of India’s brightest sportspersons who are vying for Olympic glory in 2020. Featuring in this series are the stories of India’s first female bronze medal wrestler – Sakshi Malik, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, javelin throw player Annu Rani, sprinter and national champion Dutee Chand.

    The curated line-up wraps up with an episode from EPIC Ke Dus that features 10 extraordinary women who played a significant part in shaping the fabric of the country.

    EPIC with its impressive volume of quality and path-breaking programming based on India, has earned a loyal viewer base since its inception. Their shows are acquired by powerhouses of content like Netflix which airs shows like Stories by Rabindranath Tagore; Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan to name a few.

  • Gits Food says #EverydayIsWomensDay

    Gits Food says #EverydayIsWomensDay

    MUMBAI: Gits Food Products Ltd has launched a brand new campaign highlighting the concept of women empowerment ahead of Women’s Day. The campaign has been conceptualised by Lowe Lintas and is live across social media platforms – YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and OTT.

    The digital film highlights the journey of a woman and the challenges faced by her in society. It illustrates how repeatedly women are told ‘jaga rasoi me hain’ (their place is in the kitchen) irrespective of her relationship. The film shows how she successfully balances her way through the home and finds happiness, pride, and self-worth at work at the Gits Food factory. The factory’s current workforce consists of 98 per cent women and has successfully enabled real change in their lives.

    Commenting on the video, Gits Food director – sales and marketing Sahil Gilani said, “Gits has always promoted women empowerment by employing nearly an all women factory workforce, 98 per cent to be precise. This practice has been around for over six decades and has women whose three generations have worked at Gits. It gives us immense pride to showcase a story unique to the hundreds of women who are part of the Gits family workforce."

  • Sirona’s new campaign encourages women to ‘rise up with menstrual cups’

    Sirona’s new campaign encourages women to ‘rise up with menstrual cups’

    MUMBAI: In a bid to encourage women to move past pads and switch to comfortable, convenient, and environment-friendly menstrual cups, menstrual and intimate hygiene products brand Sirona has launched a new video campaign. The bold and hard-hitting campaign has been created to promote the product on the occasion of Women’s Day.

    Featuring popular social media influencer and theatre actor Shibani Bedi, the video aims to uncover the harsh realities of using menstrual pads. Highlighting the numerous benefits of using menstrual cups, the video encourages women to go from ‘Down with Pads’ to ‘Done with Pads’. Through a bold narrative laced with sarcasm, the video campaign sheds light on how menstrual pads prevent women from embracing life during their periods. 

    The goal of this campaign is to encourage women to break out of their ‘inherited habit’ of using menstrual pads and switching to menstrual cups. Sirona Cups made by using FDA approved cushiony medical grade silicone and are reusable, last for a decade, and extremely comfortable to use. Women who embrace Sirona’s breakthrough offering can swim, jog, travel, wear white, and forget worrying about their periods for life.

  • Big Stars of small screen celebrated Women’s Day with News18 India

    Big Stars of small screen celebrated Women’s Day with News18 India

    MUMBAI: In a bid to salute the incredible spirit of womanhood, News18 India commemorated this International Women’s Day with many popular television stars on its popular show – Saas, Bahu aur Devrani – that updates viewers on the latest happenings related to the entertainment shows in the television world. 

    In this special episode of the show, many well-known television celebrities talked about most important women in their lives. The show featured popular female actors like Shubhangi Atre, Saumya Tondon, Suhasi Dhami, Rubina Dilaik, Hina Khan and Avika Gor who have played powerful protagonists in TV shows and leading men of Indian television such as Karan Patel, Rishi Dev, Vivek Dahiya, Akshay Mhatre and Vivian Dsena.

    Laado 2 actor Shaleen Malhotra gave valuable self-defense tips to fellow actress Avika Gor. The actor demonstrated the move one should make if somebody tries to forcefully hold their hands – how to loosen attacker’s grip and where to hit. He also demonstrated how to counter if someone tries to hold your neck. He also advised to run and look for safer options if the assailant is more powerful.

    Acknowledging the role of women in his life, actor Karan Patel said, “Three women hold a lot of importance in my life. First is my mother, second is Ekta Kapoor who is giving tough competition to all the men and third my wife. I salute all of them for their unending strength.”

    In a special message to all the women, actor Vivek Dahiya said, “If we want our nation to progress, we will have to support women in their endeavors. That is the real meaning of women empowerment.”

    Known for his role in Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, actor Vivian Dsena said, “I salute all the women in this world. I honor and respect them. We exist because of them.”

    Tune into News18 India to watch ‘Saas, Bahu aur Devrani’ daily at 1.30 PM.

  • Women who have shaped India’s TV landscape

    Women who have shaped India’s TV landscape

    MUMBAI: Diversity. That has been the buzz globally as the entertainment industry seeks to right the female-to-male ratio in the power structure of corporations that define it. In India’s large organised entertainment sector, most companies have had men in senior executive positions for  a while. But with the entrepreneurial fever running high and funding available, an increasing number of women have been setting up ventures operating in this space.

    Entrepreneurship aside, women have, over the past few decades, played a critical role in the evolution of the television industry. Right from the black and white television days, they have been involved in programming as well as content production. The credit to set the ball rolling for the TV revolution goes to late prime minister Indira Gandhi, who steam-rolled her way into launching colour television in 1982 around the time of the Asian games.

    But before that, in the era of  black and white TV, DD Mumbai Kendra’s Shukla Das was behind such iconic shows as Young World, Rich Heritage, Spotlight and Magic Lamp—shows that were way ahead of their time. There were other iconic figures like Luku Sanyal, Jane Swamy, Rini Simon and Usha Alburqueque who became the face of news in India when the only channel around was Doordarshan.

    public://karuna samtani_0.jpg Karuna Samtani

    Then came the satellite TV revolution and in came Zee TV in 1992, created by a rice and toothpaste tube manufacturer Subhash Chandra. And he hired an army of women to help him churn out TV shows that shook the nation. Among the first of them was Karuna Samtani, an ad-film maker, who was hired as the head of content at Zee TV.’She roped in unknown creators who produced content at Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 an episode that went on to redefine the viewing habits of Indian TV audiences, sparking off the satellite TV revolution-which had been initiated by Star—in India.

    public://meenakshi-madhvani_0.jpgMeenakshi Madhvani

    Chandra had the uncanny ability to pick the right women: his hiring of the then media whizkid Meenakshi Madhvani, now Menon, helped give the fledgling broadcaster a solid foundation to generate ad revenue from by creating an advertising rate card.

    Urmila Gupta

    Even as this was going on, at public broadcaster Doordarshan, a programming explosion was being set off by the team of DD director general R Basu and deputy generals RK Singh and Urmila Gupta in 1994. Reeling from declining viewership following the onslaught of Zee TV and a few other private TV channels, the government-owned TV network also got into entertainment and openness hyperdrive by launching a separate channel called DD Metro and revamping DD National. In charge of the news and current affairs division, Gupta brought in private producers like Prannoy and Radhika Roy, Raghav Behl, Nalini Singh, Madhu Tehan to churn out news programmes that, at times, were critical of the government at that time. DD Metro became a success and helped spawn a clutch of producers.

    public://tata_0.jpgMegha Tata 

    Around the same time, Star was going local and Monica (now Megha) Tata joined the sales team of Star India as vice president advertising sales in 1992. At Star, she was responsible for advertising revenue for Star Movies, Star World, Channel V, National Geographic Channel and History Channel. Tata subsequently joined Turner International in 2004 where she served as general manager, entertainment networks South Asia. She was responsible for steering and overseeing all network initiatives across Turner’s brand portfolio in South Asia and was overseeing the advertising sales, research and marketing communication functions. In 2016, Anil Ambani Reliance group-owned business broadcast network appointed Tata as chief operating officer to manage the relaunch of its 24-hour business news channel following the exit of Bloomberg News from the venture. Bloomberg TV India was rechristened BTVI, which is helmed by her.

    public://manisha-sharma-colors_0.jpgManisha Sharma

    When Manisha Sharma joined the team in 2012 as head of the non-fiction category, Hindi GEC Colors was in its initial years. At Colors, Sharma brought out some distinctive, out-of-the-box reality programming and contemporary dramas, exposing the Indian television audience to a whole new world of entertainment. She created some of the most critically acclaimed properties that Indian television ever witnessed including shows such as 24, Comedy Nights With Kapil, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Bigg Boss and Khatron Ke Khiladi.

    Prior to joining Colors, she was the non-fiction head at Sony Entertainment Television and was responsible for shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati, Dus Ka Dum, Comedy Circus, Crime Patrol and fiction properties including Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi and Kkusum.

    public://supriya sahu_0.jpgSupriya Sahu

    Supriya Sahu has been credited for giving a shape and direction to India’s community radio movement. It was under her leadership that community radio was included in the 12th Five-Year Plan of India and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) opened its doors and increased engagement with the community radio sector. Having worked as a joint secretary at the MIB, Sahu has extensive experience in the ministry; she had earlier served as the director at the ministry. In February this year, she was selected by Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster, to be the director general of state broadcaster Doordarshan after which the broadcaster had recommended her name to MIB for approval.

    public://Smriti Irani 3x2.jpgSmriti Irani

    For many years, Smriti Irani along with Ekta Kapoor and Star India contributed to the rise of Indian television thanks to the hugely popular Kyuunki Saas Ki Kabhi Bahu Thi–a series in which Irani played the role of a dutiful Indian daughter-in-law, who had sanskaars yet was willing to stand up for herself when she was wronged. 

    Now, 17 years later, Smriti sits over the entire broadcast sector as India’s TV content regulator as Minister of Information and Broadcasting, a position none of the executives or professionals in Indian television even envisaged she would one day hold.

    Irani acted quickly following her appointment: she put a halt to the process of e-auctions of DD’s free-to-air direct-to-home platform DD FreeDish.  She even stopped the privatisation of time slots on national broadcaster DD National and even said no to two productions (one by Gajendra Singh and the other by Balaji Telefilms) that had got the go ahead. That did not augur well for at least Singh as it allegedly caused him grievous losses.

    Then, under her watch, the ministry has been demanding that the world’s most valued cricket league, the IPL, is of national importance and that Star India needs to share its feed with DD, something which the Fox group company sees as not being fair. Additionally, the ministry has also raised the fees for live uplinking–a move that many see as targeted at making things dearer for Star India as it is going to have a summer packed with several days of IPL cricket matches in six languages.

    Irani also left her stamp on this year’s IFFI, which was probably the most glamorous in its history with A-list Bollywood stars winging it to Goa. Her ministry lifted the bar for the festival in terms of scale and quality. She also clamped down on steamy condom commercials that were flooding TV channels during the day. They were ordered to telecast them only between 10pm and 6am.

    public://swati mohan_0.jpgSwati Mohan

    Swati Mohan, business head – India, for FOX Networks Group (FNG) is one of the youngest faces in the industry to head such a large and profitable broadcast network. She is a seasoned professional with over 16 years of experience across a wide spectrum ranging from television content and Programming, to film and TV production, content marketing and advertising. A literature graduate from Lady Sri Ram College, Mohan has a master’s degree in Film and Television from Goldsmiths College, London and a diploma in film making from the New York Film Academy.

    Prior to taking on the role of business head for India, Swati led the programming and content portfolio for the National Geographic and Fox Networks Group.

     

    Before her time at FNG, Swati spent five years at Group M leading the brand content and  partnerships piece at Mindshare Fulcrum, post which she set up the division in Maxus. During her time at Fulcrum (2007 – 2010), at a time where branded content was still fairly nascent, she led the wave of strategic brand building through content and was responsible for award winning work both in India and the region for brands like Wheel, Sunsilk, Ponds etc. She was then elevated to a national director ESP at Maxus where she was tasked with setting up a division from scratch and also ensure a healthy revenue stream. Within 12 months of setting up this division, she not only managed to grow advertiser demand in the area, she managed to make it one of the most profitable non-core revenue stream for the agency.

    Prior to Group M, she had had successful stints at Endemol and FBC Media as executive producer, and started her career in advertising and worked in Ogilvy and Red Ice Films.

    public://Anurradha prasad_0.jpgAnurradha Prasad

    Anurradha Prasad is the owner of BAG Films and Media Ltd that owns news channel News 24 and music entertainment channel E24. Prasad launched the news channel in 2007 and recently repackaged and revamped the channel in February. Although she does not have any formal education in journalism, she began her anchoring career as early as 1990. Her company BAG Films and Media has been credited with pulling off shows like Poll Khol, Red Alert, Kumkum, Khullja Sim-Sim and Khabrein Bollywood Ki on Doordarshan.

    Ritu Dhawan

    India’s veteran anchor Rajat Sharma of Aap Ki Adalat fame is the public face of India TV. But the backbone of the channel is his wife Ritu Dhawan as she runs the business with Sharma helming the editorial. The duo launched the channel in 2004 just as the BJP’s tenure at the Centre was ending.As managing director of the Independent News Service, Ritu has played a key role in taking the company’s valuation to an impressive Rs 1,000 crore.

    Fazilla Allana and Kamna Nirula Menezes

    This one  is a great example of how business partners can also be good friends! Fazila Allana and Kamna Nirula Menezes – the duo who founded and run Sol Production From boss and subordinate, to business partners and now family, their relationship has moulded into many shapes over the years. However, none of it has affected their friendship.

    Kamna and Fazila met over fifteen years ago, when Kamna was working in UTV and Fazila was her boss at the time. The duo then decided to launch their production company Sol in January 2003. In a short time, Sol was recognised as a producer of high quality non-fiction programming as well as live and televised events.

    Sol has been one of the pioneers for non scripted shows in the country, very often starting trends and blazing trails for people to follow and winning many awards in the process. In 2007, Sol became part of the Zodiak group. Today, Sol is a well established and respected producer of high quality shows, producing in multiple genres, including, reality shows, talent shows, talkshows, kids programming as well as drama and daily soap.

    Ravina Raj Kohli

    Ravina Raj Kohli started her career  from an advertising firm called HTA (now known as JWT) in Singapore. At that time, advertising was a field not very conducive to women. But Ravina took up the challenge bravely and excelled. She worked in advertising, radio and television all over Asia Pacific region during her stay in Singapore from 1990 – 1996. She went on to join Sony Entertainment Television as Programming Head – God seemed to have crafted her destiny. She was holidaying in Lakshwadeep Islands with her friends, Mitali and Prahlad Kakkar where she was introduced to one of the directors of the channel just as a matter of chance. The rest is history and soon, Ravina was offered the position of programming head with Sony. She had limited idea about the needs of the Indian television viewers, but she took up the challenge. She was given single handed responsibility of the programming department with the authority to take decisions. Sony was ranked 56 in the charts at that time, and under her able leadership, the channel shot to the top slots.

    She decided to launch her own production house cum multimedia company by the name of Sundial. Hardly had she got things going, her paths crossed with Rupert Murdoch, who placed the daunting task of converting an English news channel, Star News into a Hindi one, and that too, in just 11 months. At that time, the channel had absolutely nothing, not even a screw. So it was literally like launching a new channel for Ravina. She hired the team, trained and oriented them towards the goal and embarked on taking up the challenge thrown at her. And she did complete her task within the stipulated and the channel was aired on the penultimate day of the deadline. She worked with Star News for about another year till 2004, hand holding the channel to become one of the most successful news mediums in the terrestrial space.

    She is motivated to contribute her bit to the benefit of society at large, having founded Jobcorp Company., a company dedicated for empowerment of women. She has also been actively involved in th education space  by setting up chools and educational institutions.

    Sneha Rajani

    A Sony Pictures Television Networks India veteran Sneha Rajani has been working with the firm since 1999, probably the longest tenure for a woman television professional at a single company. Sneha has  previously been business head, MAX, which she launched and led for 10 years, before assuming responsibility of the flagship GEC, SET. She has played a key role in MSM’s movie buying strategy and was also instrumental in leading its cricket properties, such as, the ICC World Cup and IPL.

    Following that she was appointed deputy president & head, MSM Motion Pictures.  She made her debut as a producer with the film Piku  that got audience an critical acclaim.

    Early on in her career, Sneha worked with the Star India DTH venture iSkyB and for the Asia Television Network.

    Ekta Kapoor

    The Czarina of TV – Ekta Kapoor – has played a key role in the evolution of content on TV, film and OTT. Her shows have contributed tens of thousands of crore to the top line of TV channels such as Star India, ZeeTV, Sony Entertainment Television, DD Metro, and Colors. The  Mithibai College alumni has reshaped the Indian television industry with shows like Kyunkii, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kasuati Zindagi Kay, Naagin, Jodhaa Akbar, etc.  She also has a few box-office hit films like Shootout at Wadala, Half Girlfriend are from under the Balaji banner. Her latest initiative OTT platform AltBalaji is what is keeping her preoccupied these days having got in Reliance as a strategic equity partner, her group can only head further north.

    Ashvini Yardi

    Ashvini Yardi is a producer of Bollywood movies. After having a 20-year-long career in television, she formed Grazing Goat Pictures with actor Akshay Kumar in December 2011.

    She produced the films like OMG – Oh My God!, 72 Miles, Bhaji in Problem, Fugly and Singh Is Bliing. At Zee TV she conceptualized the cult singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge and Lil’ Champs before leaving to join Colors. At Colors, she brought in path-breaking shows such as Uttaran, Balika Vadhu, Bigg Boss, Khatron Ke Khiladi, Veer Shivaji, Laado and took the new channel zooming to the No 1 spot.

    Sapangeet Rajwant

    Sapangeet Rajwant, senior vice president of Viacom18,  joined as head of marketing in Viacom18 media after quitting ng as a marketing head of Zee TV. She replaced Rajesh Iyer who quit to join ZEEL as business head, new initiatives, Hindi broadcast in March 2014. She has around 17 years of work experience. She had joined ZEEL in 2004 and worked with various brands of the company since then. She has also worked as the brand head of the Hindi movie channels of the network – Zee Cinema, Zee PAC.

    Rashmi Sharma

    Writer and creative director Rashmi Sharma, launched her production company that bears her name, around a decade ago and has not looked back since. A darling of most channels, Sharma has been known to consistently deliver block busters on TV.   Among them: Saath Nibhana Sathiya, Sasural Simar Ka. This apart, she has been a producer of films like Pink and Days of Tafree..

    Shashi Mittal

    Born and brought up in Gujarat, Mittal has completed her bachelors from Ahmedabad. Mittal is an Indian TV and film producer and founded her own production house with husband Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal. At Shahsi Sumeet Productions, she is pivotal for the creative of the various fictional content shows that the production house delivers. She started her career in TV production in  2009 and produced numerous soap operas including Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai, Haar Jeet, Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki, Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat, Kairi, Punar Vivah and Punar Vivah – Ek Nayi Umeed, Tu Mera Hero, Muh Boli Shaadi, Dream Girl — Ek Ladki Deewani Si, Tum Hi Ho Bandhu Sakha Tumhi and Diya Aur Baati Hum.

    There has been a galaxy of women in the television business that has helped set up the platform for rising stars. With the stage set, radical strides by a bigger number of passionate men and women are on the horizon.

  • This March Gal Gadot comes to your television screen as wonder woman exclusively on HBO & HBO HD on 25th march

    This March Gal Gadot comes to your television screen as wonder woman exclusively on HBO & HBO HD on 25th march

    MUMBAI: This March, fix your date with Gal Gadot – who plays DC Comics character Wonder Woman – an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny. HBO and HBO HD, home to the biggest Hollywood blockbusters, is excited to Premiere Wonder Woman in the month where the entire World celebrates International Women’s Day. Bringing the first ever Woman superhero story from DC Comics’ expanded universe, ‘Wonder Woman’ is our way to celebrate this month.

    The epic action adventure premier, co-powered by Levis & Kellogg Muesli, is a treat for fans as director Patty Jenkins takes the audience through Wonder Woman’s origin, told in a flashback that traces the demi-goddess’s evolution from an idealistic, innocent girl to a powerful vigilante saving mortals. Talented Israeli actor Gal Gadot steals millions of hearts, as she effortlessly portrays her transformation from an Amazonian Warrior Princess to Wonder Woman. The female actor-director duo has dished out the 3rd most successful movie of 2017 at the box-office.

    And that’s not all. HBO and HBO HD are geared up to take the excitement up a notch. In the lead up to the film premier, from 9th to 13th March, fans and viewers can participate in a fantastic #SheIsWonderWoman contest on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! All fans need to do, is ‘Upload a picture with the person who is Wonder Woman to them, and explaining why’ in less than 250 words. There resides a strong sense of power, courage, grace and Wonder in every woman – and the contest celebrates exactly that! Being a contest, which touches the emotional chord of the viewers, the gratification is a money can’t buy experience. Three lucky winners would get a golden chance to be featured on HBO & HBO HD during the Television premiere of the movie along with a staycation with their Wonder Woman. During the contest period we would have 5 lucky winners daily, who will get gift vouchers from HBO! The shortlisted entries will be a part of the music video which will be aired at the end of the movie.

    Experience the journey of the lasso-wielding superhero, Wonder Woman, as she traverses from the familiar cocoon of The Paradise Islands to the uncharted territory of human battleground. Tune in to HBO and HBO HD, and experience the magic of Wonder Woman only on Sunday, 25th March, 1pm and 9pm.

  • B4U wishes all the beautiful women a very happy women’s day

    B4U wishes all the beautiful women a very happy women’s day

    MUMBAI: International women’s day is celebrated on 8th march every year.   the day connotes and salutes the spirit of being a woman. 
    b4u wishes all the beautiful women a very happy women’s day 

    bollywood stories are incomplete without the quint essential heroine or divas who bring that spark to the silver screen

    these women are fashion icons trendsetters who along with looking glamourous, also essay powerful yet sensitive roles bringing about new thought processes and social change.

    b4u music promises to make this women’s day memorable by airing some splendid songs of all bollywood divas across decades. watch out for these special programs: 

    HASEENO KA MELA 08.05am to 10.35am

    A 2-Hour Breakfree program where we play the songs of the best of the actresses from 90s till now. From Sridevi, Kajol & Rani Mukerjee to Kareena Kapoor & Shraddha Kapoor, the show presents a bouquet of songs of these actresses, truly making it a “Haseeno ka Mela”.  

    90’S SCREEN QUEENS 11am to 05pm  

    This is a two-hour special show dedicated to the top divas of 90s, whose songs continue to entertain us even today. From the ravishing Raveena Tandon and sizzling Urmila Matondkar to the beautiful Manisha Koirala and gorgeous Karishma Kapoor.

    SHOW STOPPERS  05pm to 06pm

    There’s stardom and then there’s superstardom – the zenith of an actress’s popularity which truly makes her a “Showstopper” featuring stars like Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, “Show Stoppers” is all about the ultimate divas of Bollywood in the last three decades. 

    DIVAS first song of every hour B4U celebrates Women’s Day with a special musical packaging, “Divas”, where we will play songs of the most iconic actresses from the retro-classic era. The musical vignette is a fitting tribute to legendary Bollywood queens like Rekha, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman and Helen, whose songs continue to be timeless gems of Bollywood’s repertoire. 

    PATAKAS 06pm to 07pm   “Pataka Girls”, as the show  name suggests will play songs of the top actresses of the contemporary times. Enjoy the very best tracks of today’s sizzling sensations like Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma and Kangana Ranaut. 

  • EPIC celebrates iconic indian women this women’s day

    EPIC celebrates iconic indian women this women’s day

    MUMBAI: This Women’s Day, EPIC, India’s leading Indian infotainment channel has announced a day-long programming line-up that is a treasure trove of compelling and informative series about India’s most iconic women, who have been integral in shaping the destiny of the country. This tribute of special programming will air on 8th March from 11am to 7pm.

    The three flagship series of the day are – the informative EPIC Ke Dus (Women), documentary Pehli, and spy thriller Adrishya.

    EPIC Ke Dus (Women) which will air from 11am – 12pm, showcases 10 most powerful women in Indian history and how their legacies have shaped the fabric of the country.

    Pehli showcases the life and achievements of 26 Indian women who have been pioneers in areas which were traditionally dominated by men. The series will showcase biographies of Kiran Bedi, India’s first female IPS officer; Indira Gandhi, India’s first female PM; and Mother Teresa, a Noble Prize laureate and canonised Saint, to name a few amongst other achievers who broke through the glass ceiling of what they believed only women could do and whose journey continues to inspire.

    Adrishya, a series which delves deep into the world of espionage, will showcase special episodes on gutsy women – Saraswathi Rajamani, a veteran of the Indian National Army and Noor Inayat Khan a spy for the British Empire in Paris during World War 2 among many others.

    “When people speak of women empowerment they often associate it with a very modern context” said Akul Tripathi, Content & Programming Head, EPIC TV. He further added “Indian women for centuries have shown passion and exceled at whatever they’ve set their minds to, regardless of the forces that held them back. This Women’s Day, we saw an opportunity to showcase the best of our programming which resonates with the un-daunting spirit of womanhood.”

  • This Women’s Day, MTV urges you to treat women with equality and not cupcakes

    This Women’s Day, MTV urges you to treat women with equality and not cupcakes

    MUMBAI: Women’s Day is right around the corner and soon we’ll see social media and various other platforms flooded with messages that appreciate womanhood. Brands will go out of their way to entice women with gifts and letters to make them feel important. But, is that what they ask for? Has anyone ever asked what they really want? Women don’t need this facade to tell them what they already know. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee! This Women’s Day, MTV presents a video not for women but for all the superficial men who think they can woo a woman by showering her with their pseudo charming tactics. A Women doesn’t need to be reminded that she is special, she’s already aware that she’s worth a million bucks. She is not your next door docile girl who cuddles with soft toys. She is a feisty lady and she loves it like that.

    If you really want to gift her something, gift her with a sense of equality and respect. Let her know she has an equal standing as the men in the society, that she is no less, be it at home or outside. Take a vow that she will not be frowned upon when she makes her own choices. Come, join MTV in this endeavor because the channel believes in making women feel special, not because it’s Women’s Day but because they deserve it.

    Link – https://www.facebook.com/mtvindia/videos/10156041093165102/