MUMBAI: STAR Movies is bringing you the Oscars this year like NEVER before! This month, the leading English Movie channel will be the one stop destination for fans to get all the information on the 82nd Academy Awards to be held next month. Counting down to the grand event in March, STAR Movies will update viewers with the latest news on Oscars through special programming modules and Oscar Fever this month!

For the first time, Star Movies brings you more than just an event. It?s a season filled with some of the most exciting and interesting updates on the 82nd Academy Awards. Paying tribute to some of the greatest titles that have won the Oscars in the past few years, STAR Movies presents a special movie festival titled ?Oscar Fever?. Every Monday and Tuesday, fans can catch an Oscar winning masterpiece after the 9pm movie. Various Oscar winning movies like Braveheart, Michael Clayton etc. will adorn the 11pm slot every Monday and Tuesday this month till the Grand Finale Event on 8th March..

In addition to a movie festival and the Main Event, STAR Movies will showcase a series of 2 minute fillers from the end of January right up to the main event and beyond!

The channel will also have special segments with interviews of Indians who have previously attended the Oscars as also comments / views of film critics on who has a good chance to win this year.

A week before the main event STAR Movies will have an anchored compilation of the major contenders, which will include a film critic giving his/her predictions on the winners. This special show titled ?And the Oscar Goes to?? will air on 28th February at 8.30pm.

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will air LIVE from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on 8th March at 6.30am on STAR Movies. The awards show will have a prime time repeat (8.30pm) on the same day. Following the Oscars, STAR Movies will also present fillers about the Oscar winners this year.

Stay tuned to STAR Movies for all the dope on the Oscars this season!

MUMBAI: Fox Star Studios and Dharma Productions have appointed KyaZoonga.com, India?s first and largest entertainment and sports ticketing company as the Official Ticketing Partner for their upcoming Bollywood blockbuster, My Name is Khan, starring one of the most celebrated Bollywood on-screen duos ? Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

Several innovations have been planned as part of this association:

Users will be able to get instant alerts about booking My Name is Khan tickets on KyaZoonga.com for My Name is Khan before the advance booking window opens up
Several exciting prizes from unique consumer engagement activities have also been launched such as: Journey of Love, ?Khan? Dive and ?Khan? Sail - complete with a trip to the World Premiere, fantastic holidays, scuba dive lessons, navigating the high seas of Mumbai with personal sailing lessons and many more.
Offers and vouchers for frequent ticket buyers redeemable for My Name is Khan on KyaZoonga

In addition to this, the association has also launched a KyaZoonga - My Name is Khan co-branded ad-campaign across television, radio, outdoor, print, online and mobile, in order to reach out to a large audience. A unique feature of this campaign is that for the first time, a Bollywood superstar is personally reaching out to his fans to buy tickets via television.

Neetu Bhatia, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, KyaZoonga.com, said, ?We are extremely proud of our association with Shah Rukh, Karan and our continued relationship with Fox Star Studios. We are very excited that for the first time ever, Shah Rukh is personally reaching out to all his fans to buy their tickets on KyaZoonga.com. Another unique concept that we have introduced for this blockbuster is the KyaZoonga TicketAlert system where fans can sign up to receive updates on ticket sales start dates and other important updates related to the film. We have always strived to bring more than just tickets to our customers and our association with My Name is Khan is one more step in that direction.?

?Overcoming obstacles to reach the goal, positive morals such as honesty, if you do good deeds good things will happen , we are stronger than our fears and greater than our limits, are the key takeaways from My Name is Khan. The association with Kyazoonga will allow us to reach out to a large audience and make it easy and convenient for them to be a part of this extraordinary journey?, added Apoorva Mehta, CEO, Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Commenting on the association, Vivek Krishnani, Head of Distribution, Marketing and Syndication, Fox Star Studios India, said, ?My Name is Khan is a film that will appeal to people of all age groups. Our continued partnership with KyaZoonga.com allows us to reach out to all those who prefer to book tickets from the convenience of their homes instead of standing in queues. We believe Kyazoonga will play an important role in bringing significant traffic to theatres and help us engage the users through the various interactive initiatives executed by Kyazoonga.com
 

MUMBAI: Awaaz de kahaan hai the unique prime time show on B4U Music reigns supreme amongst all other music channels reaffirming the love for pure music. It has radically changed the viewer ship pattern and brought alive the true composition of a music channel

Indian cinema is incomplete without music; the essence and soul of every film rests in its music. Stalwarts like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsale, Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, and Hemant Kumar form the pillars of Indian Music Industry.

Awaaz de kahaan hai showcases collection of songs ranging from the 40‘s to 80‘s with all these legends lending their voices to the evergreen melodies.

In its endeavor to enhance this show and take it to greater heights B4U music has unleashed a special on Lata Mangeshkar on 7th February Sunday.

The queen of Indian melodies is the recipient of prestigious Bharat Ratna, India‘s highest civilian honor. She has sung songs in 20 regional languages.

The show encompasses her talent as a tremendously versatile artist lending her voice to actresses‘ like Madhubala in 1940s to Waheeda Rehmaan, Sadhna,in the 50‘s &60‘s to current Bollywood Beauties like Madhuri Dixit in Dil To Paagal hai ,Preity Zinta ,in Veer Zaara.

A treasure of classics, loves duets, and contemporary songs; it is a complete treat for all generations.

Tune in on Sunday 7th February on b4u Music
7.20 am to 9am
12.30pm to 1.30pm
9.20pm to 11.30pm
 

MUMBAI: This week documentary film maker, Adela Peeva brings to you ?Whose is this Song? an amazing documentary that traces the origin of a haunting melody.

The filmmaker, in her search for the true origins of a song, travels to Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The trip is filled with humour, suspense, tragedy and surprise as each country‘s citizens passionately claim the song to be their own and can even furnish elaborate histories for its origins.

The tune emerges again and again in different forms: as a love song, a religious hymn, a revolutionary anthem, and even a military march. In a region besieged by ethnic hatred and war, what begins as a light-hearted investigation ends as a sociological and historical exploration of the deep misunderstandings between the people of the Balkans.

Catch ?Whose is this Song? this Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:00 pm with a repeat telecast on the following Sunday at 5:00 pm only on NDTV Profit.
 

MUMBAI: www.bookmyshow.com, India‘s largest e ticketing website, today announced that "Avatar" and "3 idiots", the two blockbusters released in December 2009, have crossed sales amounting to Rs. 6.21 Crores and Rs. 9 Crores, respectively, via its website.

The success of 3-Idiots, a film which has extremely talented actors and was superbly marketed, came as no surprise. However, the transaction worth over Rs. 9 Crores on www.bookmyshow.com, was a staggering one. Avatar, by the ace director James Cameron, has been going strong at the Box Office for over a month now, so much that the e-ticket sales of the film on www.bookmyshow.comhas crossed over Rs. 6.21 crores. These films not only proved that perseverance and perfection pays, but also created landmarks in the history of film making.

MUMBAI: Join anchors Rocky and Mayur this week as they spend a day with the Indian paratroopers and in the bargain lose sleep and some weight. Catch them as they scramble over a climbing wall, crawl through a live fire and slither down a tower? 

Will they gain what they have lost at the langar meant for the Jawans? From running the obstacle course to fine dining, watch Rocky and Mayur as they stride alongside the bravest & the finest men of our country.

Don?t miss this exciting episode of ?Jai Hind with Rocky and Mayur? airing this Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8.00 pm with a repeat telecast on the following Tuesday at 4.30 pm only on NDTV Good Times.