Bollywood Pitaraa

With the motto to get rid of plastic use and a bid to save our environment, social activist Smita Thackeray of Mukkti Foundation inaugurated Rebot, an automated plastic recycling machine at Mukkti Foundation in Andheri West. Corporator Devendra Bala Amberkar also attended the inaugural event. With the tagline, ‘Paryavaran Bachao – Plastic Se Mukkti Pao’, Smita Thackeray averred, “the safety of the environment is the need of the hour and this is just a small step towards it. There are many more to come!” In today’s date, approximately 72 million tonnes of hazardous waste is generated annually, requiring, at the current rate, one square kilometer additional landfill space each year to accommodate this waste. Thirty million tonnes of this waste takes hundreds of years to breakdown. Not being able to contain the said waste, we can already see that the plastics have started to enter our food chain. To curb this damage, “an automated PET bottle recycling machine, Rebot, allows

यह एक ज्ञात तथ्य है कि सुमधुर मंगेशकर फॅमिली रेस्ट्रोरेंट उद्योग जगत मैं कोई अजनबी नहीं है। १९९६ में पुणे के औंध में सर्जा के लॉन्च और भव्य सफलता के बाद, पंडित हृदयनाथ मंगेशकर और मंगेशकर परिवार ने हाल ही में पुणे के वाकाड, सर्जा - रेस्तरां एंड बार नामक शाखा खोली। जबकि कैबिनेट मंत्री आदित्य ठाकरे ने इस रेस्तरां की नयी शाखा का उद्घाटन किया । समारोह में भव्यता के साथ मराठी सांस्कृतिक विश्व के अनेक नामचीन लोग उपस्थित थे। मंगेशकर परिवार में हृदयनाथ मंगेशकर, भारती मंगेशकर, उषा मंगेशकर, आदिनाथ मंगेशकर, कृष्णा मंगेशकर, रूपकुमार राठौड़, सुनाली राठौड़, रीवा राठौड़ और सलिल कुलकर्णी सहित अन्य हस्तियों और गणमान्य लोग उपस्थित थे। इस मौके पर उत्साहित पंडित हृदयनाथ मंगेशकर ने गर्व के साथ कहा, "गव्वये खव्वये भी होते है ।।।", संगीतकारों के लिए शब्दशः या तो पेटू रसोइये हैं या वे आम तौर पर खाना पसंद करते हैं !" इस नए रेस्त्रो की ख़ुशी व्यक्त करते हुए, मंगेशकर परिवार के एक रिश्तेदार ने कहा, "बाबा स्वयं एक नियंत्रित खानेवाले हैं, लेकिन वे लोगों के हर रंग स्वाद को समझते हैं।"  ह

Known for critically acclaimed hits like ‘Maula’ (One Above), featuring Gulzar in 2018 and ‘Saanwal’ with music produced by Ustad Zakir Hussain and Michael Mennart in 2019, musician-singer-pianist Reewa Rathod is back with her debut solo album titled ‘Saaya Tere Ishq Ka’. The icing on the cake is that the lyrics of the same album are written by Gulzar himself! Speaking about the same Reewa said, "Gulzar Sahab has taught me to follow my heart, to believe in myself, and with 'Saaya Tere Ishq Ka', I have learnt to overcome all my fears". With Dhrupad exponent Late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod as her grandfather, Roopkumar Rathod - Sunali Rathod as parents, and music director Shravan Rathod (of Nadeem-Shravan) as uncle, music flows through the Rathod family veins. Reewa Rathod started training under Miss Shanti Seldon for western classical piano at the tender age of 6 followed by training for Carnatic classical musical under the acclaimed guru TS Balamani. She has trained

Bollywood’s oldest association for dancers the Cine Dancers Association (CDA) and the newly formed All India Film Television Events Dancers Association (AIFTEDA) have been at the loggerheads for few months now. Since senior choreographer Ganesh Acharya formed AIFTEDA in spite of CDA’s existence, both the associations have been criticising each other. Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador of CDA whereas Ganesh Acharya serves as the general secretary of IFTCA (indian film and television choreographer association)and acharya is taking advantage of his post and instigating other choreographers to use AIFTEDA members not CDA.According to the senior members of CDA, Ganesh Acharya who once said that he would support CDA all his life, suddenly opened AIFTEDA. Some dancers from CDA have also alleged that there is pressure from the rival association, and whoever are joining AIFTEDA have been asked to sign an affidavit agreeing to whatever payment g

मशहूर इंडिया आर्ट फेस्टिवल  के १०वें संस्करण का आयोजन  मुंबई में नेहरू सेंटर, वर्ली मे आयोजित किया गया। इस प्रदर्शनी में ४५ से अधिक आर्ट गॅलरी का समावेश था और देशभर से ५०० से अधिक कलाकारों ने इस प्रदर्शनी में अपनी कला का प्रदर्शन किया।  इस वर्ष इंडिया आर्ट फेस्टिवल में चित्रकला, मूर्तिकला, फोटोग्राफी, चीनी मिट्टी की चीज़ें, वस्त्र सहित अन्य सभी प्रकार की कलाकृतियों का  समावेश था।  इस समारोह के उद्घाटन के अवसर पर अभिनेता रवि दुबे, नंदिश सिंह संधू, प्रीति झंगियानी, दिलीप जोशी, ललित पंडित, सोनालिका प्रधान, ईवांका दास, अभिनव गौतम और हर्ष गोयनका जैसी प्रमुख हस्तियों ने अपनी उपस्थिति दर्ज कराई। इंडिया आर्ट फेस्टिवल के संस्थापक और एमडी राजेंद्र ने सभी उपस्थित हस्तियों का मेजबान के रूप में स्वागत किया। अन्य कला प्रेमियों के लिए  इंडिया आर्ट फेस्टिवल यह प्रतिष्ठित कला प्रदर्शनी ९ जनवरी से १२ जनवरी तक रोज सुबह ११ बजे से शाम ७:३० बजे तक खुली रहेगी।

Veteran writer Rakesh Bharti has approached the Bombay High Court against Deepika Padukone-starrer "Chhapaak", claiming he originally penned an acid attack survivor's story on which the film is based.   The petitioner, Rakesh Bharti, has sought that he should be given credit as one of the writers of the film.   The suit filed by Bharti claimed that he had conceived an idea/script for a movie, tentatively titled 'Black Day', and got it registered with the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) in February 2015.   Bharti said since then he has been working on the script and approaching several artists and producers, including Fox Star Studio, for narration.   "However, the project could not commence due to unavoidable circumstances. The plaintiff had narrated the idea to Fox Star Studio, which is the production house for 'Chhapaak'," the plea said. Bharti's advocate Ashok Saraogi said the plaintiff later came to

Veteran playback singer and acclaimed voice actor Sudesh Bhosale’s contribution to the world of music is not unknown. However, few know that his mastery in voice acting has earned him accolades and appreciation from the industry. Recently, Sudesh Bhosale was felicitated by the India Voice Fest for his exemplary contribution to the craft of voice acting. Held at Rangsharda auditorium in Bandra in its second edition, India Voice Fest  is backed by an association of all-India voice artists, dubbing artists in radio, films or TV who help those ‘behind the curtain’ per se. “Often, some actors do not do their own dubbings. We voice the actors,” says Sudesh Bhosale, adding that “Amol Sen, Harish Bhimani were part of the jury that chose me this year for my contribution to the world of dubbing and voice artistry.” On receiving this honour, Sudesh Bhosale shared, “It felt really good. I met senior artists as well as artists from the young generation.” With the youth present at the

Anusha Srinivasan Iyer, a Writer-Director-Media Strategist, TEDx Speaker, Life Coach, Social Entrepreneur, Gender-Animal and Environment Activist won big at the Perfect Achievers Award of 2019, a one of a kind award function recognizing and empowering women. Held at Country Club, Andheri, the pageant where 15 finalists from all over India, was organized by Gurubhai Thakkar, Dr. Khooshi Gurubhai and Dr. Geet S Thakkar. The other winners included Aalisha Panwar, Angela Krislinzki, Aasiya Kazi, Chahatt Khanna, Mohit Malhotra, Karan Sharma, Dilip Sen, Vaishnavi Macdonald, Sonalika Pradhan, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Shrusti Maheshwari, Sonali Gupta, Sangeeta Kapur, Feroz Khan, Paras Madan, Himanshu Shukla, Jhyothi Tommaar, Bhakti Rathod, Jeet Soni, Amita Choksi, Golden Guyys Sunny Waghchoure-Sanjay Gujar, Preeti Soni, Kiran Golani of the Super Women Group and MLA Dr Bharati Lavekar.