Amitabh Bachchan & Aamir Khan to launch Dilip Kumar's biography on 9th June
Mumbai: Come June 9th and the long wait for the biography of Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar will be over! The biography 'Substance and Shadow', which was earlier scheduled to be released on his 91st birthday, is all set to be revealed now in Mumbai, India.
The biography is written by author Uday Tara Nayar, who is also a close family friend of the Bollywood thespian.
The book will be launched by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and perfectionist Aamir Khan in the presence of Mr. Dilip Kumar, Mrs. Saira Banu Khan, Ms. Lata Mangeshkar and Ms. Uday Tara Nayar.
The launch event is arranged, managed and executed by Samara Productions, Astrus Talent and Event Management and MOH Entertainment. News portal Glamsham is the Exclusive Digital Partner, Oye 104.8 FM is the Radio Partner while Zoom is the Channel Partner for Red Carpet coverage.
Honey Singh to bring boxing league to India in October
Mumbai, May 31: Super rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh is on to another league, literally. After starting his Global Fighting Championship (GFC), a boxing league in Dubai, the singer has plans to bring the "mother of all boxing events" to India.
Talking about the event which started at the Dubai World Trade Centre Thursday, Honey Singh said: "Film actors, sportspersons, musicians, socialites, royalty and just personal friends...they were all here. I want this to be one of the biggest sporting events from India." Speaking for the first time about his interest in boxing, he said: "My friends Shafiq, A Zak D and Prince Aamir, we are all into boxing. We practice mixed martial arts regularly. There are many wrestlers in my mother's family. So I guess I've inherited my love for wrestling from my mother's side of the family." The "High heels" singer now wants to make boxing an organized sport in India.
"Just as I have broken the monopoly of film music as being synonymous with popular music in our country, I want to prove that cricket is not the only glamorous sport." The singer, who says he has a bank of 200 songs ready, has big boxing plans for India. "In October I'll be bringing the GFC to India. We want to take boxing to the level of cricket. But for that, I need to give serious time to this endeavour. Luckily, I have a bank of 200 songs ready.
"So I don't have to worry about where my next song is coming from," he said. To make boxing a financially viable sport in India, he needs the participation of rich and influential friends. "For the Dubai event, I invited 80 of my personal friends from all over the world. I just had to tell them about the event, and they were there. It's very important to get friends on board, friends who make a difference,"
Mumbai theatre group 'Bread & Butter' wins chance to perform in Manchester festival 'Contacting the World'
Theatre production company Bread & Butter Ent. started by Mumbai resident Medha, began as an expression of her shared love for art and innovation. What started out small became a platform on which she could produce content that was not only unique in the broader sense but also absolutely special to her.
Today, the group has grown and consists of people ranging from Berkley School of Music graduates to those who have picked up their skills just by watching online videos. They have a diverse talent pool, comprising musicians, performers, actors, and even a magician. "Most members are artists and desperately strive to pursue their careers being musicians, actors, painters, singers and dancers. The only member of our company with a job is Nikhil Alves, but he too pursues writing. 'The Untitled', the play we're going to perform at the 'Contacting the World, 2014' festival in Manchester also makes a statement about artists pursuing their art as careers than doing a regular non-creative job. It is a stifling thought for most artists if you ask me," says Medha, who has written and is directing the play.
'Contacting the World' is one of the world's biggest youth theatre festivals. Medha gave us some more insights into the play that won her and her troop the chance to perform in Manchester. 'The Untitled' is a play that was created in collaboration with another theater company from Corby, UK. For over six months, both companies discussed ideas as well as a variety of methods in order to sync their styles and create something that would combine their personal stories and ambitions. "We had tonnes of discussions among ourselves and came up with the concept for this piece. It's a devised piece and most scenes have been written after rehearsals, discussions or brainstorming on ideas. I personally wanted to try new methods of expression as a writer, I have, for the first time, explored spoken word poetry in this play. It is a whole new different style of writing and performance, and I have tried my best to get it right. Let's hope I did," Medha explains.
The team that will be going for the festival consists solely of young artists, all 25 years of age or under. Bread & Butter Ent. will represent India at this global youth theatre festival. The company was chosen after a long and grueling process of auditions and paperwork. Medha spoke about the festival and her reaction to getting selected. "We found out about the festival because, a while ago, I travelled to perform in the UK. As soon as they put up their call for entries, we started the tedious task of form filling, and we got through to the first round. Post that, we had to send audition tapes to the UK, which included videos of company members performing, interacting and ideating together. After a series of such rounds, we finally got selected along with five other companies, including those from Jamaica, Iran and Scotland. We were thrilled to be one of the only six companies chosen from over 36 entries worldwide. Our effort is to create awareness about our project and bring back the tradition of patrons promoting and encouraging art and contributing to it's sustenance as well."
The company produced their first show ‘Papier Mache Petals’, 3 years ago, and it was entered in one of the biggest youth theatre festivals of India - Thespo. The play explored the issues of love, life, existentialism, rhythms, dances and passions. It received a positive reaction from the Thespo team as well as the audiences, and went on to get selected as one of the four plays of Thespo for the year 2010 (from over 100 entries from across the nation). "I started my company in 2010, with a play called Papier-Mache Petals that got great reviews post it's premier show."
Medha also gave us a little bit about why she got into theatre, and why it's so important to her: "For me, theatre is the most real form of expression for an actor. The truth in your work is evident right then and there, with cuts, retakes, close-ups, chroma etc. Theatre is extremely challenging and that's the biggest high it gives me as an actor. Having started writing and directing plays, the challenge has only upped its difficulty quotient. I love being on stage, observing things off stage, imagining and writing more and more experimental theatrical concepts. It is all addictive!"
She adds, "I have been doing theater almost all my life. From a very young age I got involved in plays in school and college. I started doing professional theater when I just passed my 12th grade and did my first professional play at Prithvi when I was 17. I worked with names like Ramu Ramanathan, Jaimini Pathak etc and soon got noticed and was picked up for TV commercials."
The main hurdle these youngsters face is funding. Although the festival covers their stay and their internal travel when in Manchester, the group has to take care of its flights from Mumbai to the UK, a huge expense. But determined to make it to the competition that they've given tireless hours, sleepless nights and all their heart and soul to, Medha and Bread & Butter Ent. have started a crowd funding website to help raise the funds. They've also approached certain companies and organisations that might help them with the funding.
HRD minister intervenes, DU VC denies suspending officials (Second Lead)
New Delhi, May 31 Following HRD Minister Smriti Irani's intervention, Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh Saturday said no suspension order was issued to five officials for leaking documents related to her educational qualifications. Friday, DU joint dean of students's welfare and media coordinator Malay Neerav confirmed the report that five non-teaching staff below section officer level of the School of Open Learning (SOL) were suspended for leaking documents pertaining to the minister.
Saturday after Irani said in a tweet that she has personally asked the VC to reinstate the officials, the latter issued a statement denying they were suspended. "The university has learnt that no suspension order has been issued to the employees of SOL," DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said in a statement.
Irani is at the centre of a controversy over her educational qualifications that has led to a full-blown war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Congress had alleged Irani misrepresented her educational qualifications in her election affidavits.
The Congress said Irani when she was contesting the 2004 Lok Sabha election mentioned her qualification in her affidavit as Bachelor of Arts which she passed from Delhi University's school of correspondence in 1996.
But in her affidavit for this year's general polls, the actor-turned-politician mentioned her educational qualification as Bachelor of Commerce Part I, School of Open Learning (Correspondence), University of Delhi in 1994.
The Congress has protested against an "undergraduate" being appointed the HRD minister.
The BJP countered it with questions about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's academic background.
Saturday after Irani said in a tweet that she has personally asked the VC to reinstate the officials, the latter issued a statement denying they were suspended. "The university has learnt that no suspension order has been issued to the employees of SOL," DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said in a statement.
Irani is at the centre of a controversy over her educational qualifications that has led to a full-blown war of words between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Congress had alleged Irani misrepresented her educational qualifications in her election affidavits.
The Congress said Irani when she was contesting the 2004 Lok Sabha election mentioned her qualification in her affidavit as Bachelor of Arts which she passed from Delhi University's school of correspondence in 1996.
But in her affidavit for this year's general polls, the actor-turned-politician mentioned her educational qualification as Bachelor of Commerce Part I, School of Open Learning (Correspondence), University of Delhi in 1994.
The Congress has protested against an "undergraduate" being appointed the HRD minister.
The BJP countered it with questions about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's academic background.
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