MUMBAI: CNBC AWAAZ, India‘s No. 1 Business channel presents ?The Big M Show?. This first of its kind show will feature Tax Guru and Financial Expert - Subhash Lakhotia, who will get candid with the evictees of the popular show Big Boss Season 3 on Colors. ?The Big M Show? advocates financial literacy and accurate personal finance decision making in a fast-paced, exciting new format, while capturing the flavour of the season.

Last night, Sherlyn Chopra, a singer, model and actress was evicted from the Big Boss house after being nominated against Vindu Dara Singh. Her early career was mainly in the B-grade films but lately she was seen in the prestigious Yash Raj Films ?Dil Bole Hadippa‘. She had been nominated four weeks in a row for being unable to interact with the other house-mates. After the announcement of her eviction, Sherlyn Chopra was given the opportunity to ask the other housemates why they nominated her, to which they unanimously said ?She had improved considerably and there was nothing wrong with her attitude but she was an easy target after her series of nominations?.

Subhash Lakotia invited Sherlyn Chopra for a one-on-one interaction to discuss her experience of being on the popular show. He shared with her an analysis of her prominent characteristics and traits like being emotional and staying aloof at most occasions that she displayed while in the Big Boss house. Looking at her successful career and money inflow, Subhash Lakotia will chart out her spending pattern and explain the probable effects of her personality traits on her investment and savings decision. 

How does Sherlyn make and manage her money? Modelling, Music videos, item numbers bring in the bucks, but then how does she save or spend? Find out all this and more on the Big M Show.

Each Big Boss Season 3 evictee coming on ?The Big M Show?, gets a chance to learn effective money management and financial planning based on his income, saving and investment patterns.

Speaking about the new show Mr. Sanjay Pugalia, Editor-in-Chief, CNBC AWAAZ said, ?CNBC AWAAZ has always been a pioneer in providing the most innovative programme formats to boost financial literacy. With ?The Big M Show?, we aim at synchronising the elements of a popular genre with sound financial advice to help our viewers make the most of their investments. ?

Mr. Neel Chowdhury, VP, Marketing, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC AWAAZ said, ?The Big M Show? is another groundbreaking format from CNBC AWAAZ. Viewers will identify with the traits of the guests featured, traits that indisputably affect their investment decision. The show will help them analyse these traits to put them to the best use to take accurate financial decisions and maximise their return on investment. ?

Watch Sherlyn Chopra on CNBC AWAAZ ?The Big M Show? this Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 4 pm and 10 pm.

Repeat Telecast on Monday, November 02, 2009 at 7.30 am and Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 5.30 pm.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) brings the 11th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) scheduled to take place from October 29th to November 5th, 2009 in Mumbai, the film capital of India. This year MFF is introducing the Film Business Centre with an aim to provide a networking platform for the Indian distributors, producers, television channels and the foreign sales agents, festival directors and producers to enhance the international sales of Indian films.

In order to celebrate the choice of the viewers, the instituted has introduced Audience Choice Award (ACA) from this year. The audience alone is the real judge of a film. The award will be called as P7 News Audience Choice Award. This year it?s a new introduction of a USD $20,000 (about Rs. 10, 00,000). Films from all sections except retrospective and tributes will compete for this award.

Speaking about this award section Mr Jyoti Narain, Director, P 7 News Channel, said, ?We are always keen to provide what exactly our viewers want and by Audience Choice Awards we want audience to decide whom they feel eligible for the best award. Come October Mumbai city will be a kaleidoscope of world cinema at Mumbai Film Festival?.

More than one lakh voting cards is available across three Festival Venues: Fun Cinema, Andheri, Metro Big Cinema, Church Gate and Big Cinema, Ghatkopar. Around 25 short films will be selected from all over the world and audience can vote online also on the website http://www.mumbaifilmfest.com/index.php. Winner will get this Audience Choice Award.

The Mumbai Film Festival is offering something to every film buff, the Festival is divided into five sections viz. International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors, World Cinema, Indian Showcase, Dimensions Mumbai and Retrospectives. Film Business Centre of the Mumbai Film Festival is a beginning to provide networking facilities for the Indian buyers, distributors, producers, television channels and the foreign sales agents, directors and producers.

MUMBAI: MY FM would be hosting renowned and famed numerologist of India Mr. Sanjay B. Jumaani on a show ?Numerology by Sanjay Jumaani? starting from this Sunday i.e., November 1, 2009 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. In the first show which would be aired on November 1, 2009, Sanjay Jumaani would predict the numerology of Aishwarya Rai Bachachan?s on the occasion of her birthday.

Sanjay B. Jumaani has done numerology for many celebs from every walks of industry like entertainment, political, sports etc. Some of the names include Balaji Telefilms, Sony Entertainment, Colors, Salman Khan, Emraan Hashmi, Anil Kapoor, Waqt, Race against time , Namastey London , Singh Is Kinng , Virendra Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, D‘damas, Provogue, Asian Paints. Sanjay B. Now days, people are very interested in numerology and everyone wants good vibrations in their lives. 

Commenting on this Special show, 94.3 MY FM?s Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Harrish M Bhatia said, ?It gives us immense pleasure in launching a special show based on numerology. We are delighted that Mr. Sanjay B. Jumaani has agreed to do a show every Sunday for our listeners. I am convinced that our listeners would look forward to our new show and his predictions.?

MUMBAI: Continuing its efforts on spreading awareness on Autism in India, Zee TV?s ?Aap Ki Antara? has partnered with Forum For Autism, an NGO that works with autistic kids. The two organisations came together to conduct workshop for the parents of the autistic kids in order to help them cope up with their kids? behaviour and thereby help them lead a normal life.

The workshop on Friday, October 30th, at Dadar had an encouraging repsonse with over 350 parents attending the same. Merry Barua from ?Action For Autism? addressed the workshop while the 6years old Antara (Zynah Vastani) and her on-screen Dad, Darshan Pandya interacted with the parents at the workshop.

?Aap Ki Anatra? is a survival story of an autistic girl Antara. As a part of the show?s telecast the channel has launched a helpline for Autism queries from its viewers. Special videos of real-life parents of autistic kids have been telecast at the end of every episode to make the viewers aware of the symptoms and corrective measures on Autism. These noble initiatives by the channel have garnered a lot of queries and feedback on the show from across the country and abroad. A lot of couples have posted their heart-wrenching stories to the channel. The show had been bestowed an honour of being the Best Serial of the Year 2009 by the Varisht Nagrik Kesari Club, a social wing of leading Hindi newspaper, ?Punjab Kesari?.

MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ have geared up to bring in the second edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, 2009 live to millions of Indians on November 1, 2009, 7:00 am onwards.

CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ will ensure a truly informative, power packed and entertaining viewing experience to the audience.

CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ will showcase a 360degree view of the Marathon where people from various strata of the society would come together and participate to extend their support for a cause they believe in. 

From individual recreation to community building, the channels will cover the remarkable diversity of the marathon experience, from professional participation to marathon trivia, support to charity causes to corporate social responsibility initiatives. CNBC-TV18 & CNBC AWAAZ correspondents will participate in the marathon to ensure a detailed and precise viewing experience to the audience.
 

MUMBAI: On Your Call this week, come face-to-face with Katrina Kaif, the sensuous and glamorous beauty of Bollywood. This 25 year old actress graciously answers questions from Anchor Sonia Singh and the viewers on everything from her struggle days in Bollywood to her relation with Salman; her chemistry with Akshay Kumar to the recent controversy about her family and her not being an Indian.

On whether casting couch is a reality or a myth, she says she has never herself faced anything like that in life and is really rumoured by those who couldn?t achieve what they aspire for.

Candidly replying on her pairing with Salman Khan, she says that after Yuvraj which bombed at the box office she is afraid of the fact that audience don?t want to see them together.

Replying to a question from director Subhash Ghai on how she feels working with two heroes -Salman and Ranbir of two different ages, she tactfully replies ?that age doesn?t matter but the interest and passion in work matters?.

On fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani?s query, who knew her since her modelling days on what she aspires to do next, Katrina responds that ?she wants to do one of those films which would go down in the people‘s libraries?.

On the show, Katrina also she talks about her modelling days, how she joined Bollywood; the struggle she survived despite her first movie Boom that was a disaster; about her difficulty with Hindi and how she mastered speaking in the language in just a couple of years; and her marriage plans.

Catch this and much more on Katrina Kaif on Your Call at 9.30 pm this Sunday, 1stth November only on NDTV 24x7.