MUMBAI: With the year 2009 coming to an end, NDTV India has lined up a range of exciting shows to welcome the New Year for its viewers. Enjoy the year-end with special shows on your favorite songs, remarkable happenings in the year gone by and the changes that Mumbai city has witnessed.
"Gaana Number 1"

December 29th and 30th, Tuesday & Wednesday at 9:30pm & the Finals on December 31st, Thursday at 11:00 pm

NDTV travels to cities across India and interacts with people to identify the best Bollywood song of the year. The song of the year will be selected from six nominations shortlisted through market research and surveys of top of the chart songs on various radio stations and other chartbuster shows. The final decision will be through peoples? vote. Also find out how these songs were made from the music maestros themselves.

The list of songs nominated for year 2008-2009:

1. Emotional Atyachar: Dev D

2. Jai Ho: Slumdog Millionaire

3. Dhan Te Nan: Kaminey

4. Masakali: Delhi -6

5. Mann ka Radio: Radio

6. Chor Bazaari: Love Aaj Kal

Which song will win the title of NDTV Gaana No. 1? Catch all the action and excitement this year end only on NDTV India.

?Padmini Bolegi: Mumbai Badal Gayi?

December 31st, Thursday at 9:30pm
 

Our anchor-narrator is not a human. Watch Padmini, Taxi No- MH-01-X-5998, one of the ubiquitous taxis which has seen Mumbai through her thick and thin. She narrates to Mumbaikars and Non-Mumbaikars, a perception on how Mumbai has changed over the years in major attributes like infrastructure, politics and security. While she revisits the angst of the year-long Kasab trial, she also makes a departure to a few heartening developments like the Bandra Worli Sea-link, and the much awaited 15-coach local trains. Padmini pulls a fast one on the recent politics in the city, and also voices her own worries on her ebbing life, awaiting a phase-out. Be a part of Padmini?s journey of Aamchi Mumbai.

?9 Ki Nautankiyaan?

December 31st, Thursday at 10:00 pm

As 2009 counts its last few breaths, NDTV India stages the archives of year gone by highlighting the worldwide ?happenings? of the year. This year, the season was chunavi with smell of votes going high in the air, which amounted to a good number of nautankis. Enjoy the mastiyan of last year on 9 Ki Nautankiyaan.

MUMBAI: Aryan wants to take chandramukhi out for new year party but she informs him that they are planning to hold a party in imaan chauki itself.meanwhile everyone is all geared for party mood in chauki and dancing and practicing for same when an electrician walks in with the last years pending bill for decoration.

Aryan finds a perfect excuse and asks gul to settle the bill first or there will be no party . Chandramukhi and gul finally conspires to make aryan pay for the bill.

She starts talking to gul making sure that aryan can overhear her that how she had wished that there was a party in chauki tonight and how she planned to kiss her man right at 12.0 clock.

But now she is disappointed that party isnt happening. Gul then convinces a very curious aryan that Chandramukhi was talking about him and that he was her man that she had planned to hug and kiss in new year. hearing this aryan is excited to hold a party and settles all the bill but when party happens and the light goes off. Aryan hugs someone and later on when the lights come we realise its Commissioner who had come for the party . Aryan then somehow cooks a story to save himself and finally everyone is happy as the party rocks.

Don?t forget to catch FIR this Tuesday 10:30 pm only on SAB!!

MUMBAI: An endless horizon...miles and miles of ices...huge icebergs?that?s Antarctica for you, a continent of remote natural wonder! Antarctica: The White Desert a film by Damon Foster takes you through a vast white wilderness that stretches across the south of our planet; a giant natural laboratory that has long occupied the human psyche, Antarctica.

The film takes us on a mesmerizing visual adventure into this mysterious continent, introducing us to a team of scientists, researchers and explorers who have braved the inhospitable continent in the quest to learn its secrets.

Follow Damon Foster in his journey to the captivating continent and explore its flora & fauna Antarctica: The White Desert this Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 10:00pm with a repeat telecast on the following Sunday at 5:00pm only on NDTV Profit.

MUMBAI: Investment manager, Ajay Bagga, one of the most influential personalities of the category in India takes viewers through options that will attract the highest returns in 2010 while India‘s most revered Mutual Fund expert Dhirendra Kumar, shares his pick for the year.

Gold - the hedge against economic, political or social crisis is the Investor‘s Guide pick as the investment option for 2010. How much to buy, how long to hold and in which form to invest are some of the aspects, this episode guides on.

The real estate bubble might have burst in other countries. But Ajay Bagga remains bullish on the sector in India. Analyzing the huge investment opportunity in the sector, Ajay recommends buying real estate in India‘s tier-II towns. And Dhirendra extends his commentary, identifying the best infrastructure funds.

There‘s all this and a whole lot more happening on ET Now through the festive season. So stay tuned and get guided towards a wealthy and prosperous new year ahead.

Watch Investors Guide on ET NOW at the following times:
Saturday, 26h December: 04.30 pm & 08.30 pm
Sunday, 27th December: 10.30 am, 07.00 pm & 10.30 pm
 

MUMBAI: Omar Qureshi ace movie critic on The ZoOm Review Show gives his take on the latest film releases ? 3 Idiots, Stepfather and Trump Card.

Starting with the highly publicized 3 Idiots by Rajkumar Hirani, starring Aamir Khan along side the beautiful Kareena Kapoor, in their first ever movie. Accompanying them in the movie are gag-bags Sharman Joshi, R Mahadevan and Boman Irani. The film is based on Chetan Bhagat?s bestselling novel ?Five Point Someone? on three friends who struggle to enjoy their friendship and youth while trying to ward off the burden of grueling studies in an engineering college. Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi play the three friends. Boman Irani plays a college professor while Kareena Kapoor plays Aamir?s romantic interest. 3 Idiots is a comedy of ideas that is as provocative as it is funny, as wildly entertaining as it is insightful. A laugh-riot that talks about the most important of human pursuits: self-actualization.

Trump Card revolves around a huge transaction of property which leads to murders, sting operations and spy work. The film is a suspense action thriller in which people are murdered for a specific cause. Everyone is disillusioned and clueless trying to find who is the killer?Is the motive money? Directed by Arshad Khan, the movie stars Vikram Kumar, Urvashi Chaudhary, Manasi Dohlav.

Stepfather is directed by Nelson McCormick and stars Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley and Amber Heard. Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward), happily in love with a man known as David Harris (Dylan Walsh). He seems like the perfect father and husband to everyone except Michael, who suspects that he is not quite the man he seems to be.

Tune in to ?The ZoOm Review Show?, find out which movie is worth a watch for the weekend Friday, December 25, 2009, 7:30pm only on ZoOm .
 

MUMBAI: SAB, India?s only family comedy entertainment channel has managed to achieve a whopping record high of 83 GRPs in the current week as per the latest TAM report.

Commenting on their Achievement, SAB?s Business Head, Mr. Anooj Kapoor expressed, ?I am glad that our efforts in providing our viewers with light hearted comedy are being noticed and appreciated. We promise to deliver different flavors of comedies to keep our audiences entertained.?

SAB in the last week launched its new show Sajan Re Jhoot Mat bolo which opened at a healthy 1.7 TVR whereas all time favorite Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chasmah got 3.1 TRP in week 51 TAM report.