MUMBAI: UTV Movies proudly presents the world TV premiere of ?Dil Dosti Etc? on Friday, 9th October, 2009 at 8 P.M and ?13B? on Sunday, 11th October, 2009 at 8 P.M.

Dil Dosti Etc is a fresh, unabashed, no holds barred look at how young men of today think and choose to live their lives. Dil Dosti Etc is set around students in Delhi University. The movie stars Shreyas Talpade, Nazrudeen Shah?s son, Immaduddin Shah and former Miss India, Nikita Anand.

Manohar (R. Madhavan) was enjoying his life after moving into his new apartment. But little did he know that the apartment 13B has most frightening secrets to share..., and they unfold in the strangest way, a new television soap serial. Will he be too late to save his family from what the television is foretelling?

Sameer Ganapathy, Business Head UTV Movies says ?It has been our endeavor to bring our viewers the latest of Hindi Blockbusters and shall continue the same which has been a differentiating factor for UTV Movies. This month we are premiering 3 movies and Dil Dosti Etc and 13B are going to be premiered this weekend.?

MUMBAI: Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the 4th largest spirits company in the world, today announced the much awaited nominations for the 9th edition of the Teacher?s Achievement Awards. The Teacher?s Achievement Awards bestows honour and recognition to individuals renowned for their achievements in fields of Business, Communication, Entertainment and Sports. Saluting & Celebrating Achievement at the highest level is a platform owned and invested by Teacher?s for many years and the Teacher?s Achievement Awards have awarded and applauded distinguished achievers in various categories and for lifetime accomplishment for the past 8 years.

Announcing the nominees for the 9th Annual Teacher?s Achievement Awards 2009, Mr. Harish Moolchandani, CEO & Managing Director, India and Indian Sub Continent, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, India said, ?We are delighted to reveal the nominees for the 9th edition of the Teacher?s Achievement Awards. This exclusive list, shortlisted by an eminent Advisory board comprises of some of the most successful achievers of the year from various walks of life. We salute their exemplary achievement. He added, ?In this edition, the Awards Jury shall scout for a winner whose achievement makes a lasting impact befits recognition. We are hopeful that this edition of the TAA too shall raise the bar as we herald a decade of the Awards next year and push many more to aspire and achieve.?

Eminent personalities have been nominated in each category of the Teacher?s Achievement Awards. An illustrious Advisory Board has been instrumental in guiding and shortlisting the nominations this year and a distinguished panel of jury members, who are achievers in their respective fields, have been appointed to identify a winner in each of the four categories.

The nominees in Business category include distinguished personalities Meera Sanyal, Corporate Executive Vice President & Country Executive, ABN AMRO Bank India; Pooja Jain, Executive Director, Luxor Writing Instruments Priya Paul, Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd; ,Schauna Chauhan Saluja, CEO, Parle Agro and Vinita Bali, MD, Britannia Industries Limited; The panel of judges includes stalwarts like Kashi Memani, Chairman, KNM Advisory Pvt. Ltd; Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Wartsila India Ltd. and Anu Aga, Chairperson, Thermax Ltd. The Advisory Board for the Business category includes SM Datta, Chairman, Peerless General Finance & Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd. /EID Parry India Ltd; Subir Raha, Chairman, Team Raha Ideation Ltd and Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman & MD, Apollo Tyres Ltd.

The Entertainment category boasts of talented actors like Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and musicians like awarding winning Sitar player Niladari, renowned sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar and talented Sarod players Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan as nominees. The panel of judges for the entertainment category includes Ramesh Sippy, Director, Ramesh Sippy Entertainment; Shyam Benegal, Screenplay writer & Film Director and Prasoon Joshi Executive Chairman and Regional Executive Creative Director ? Asia Pacific, McCann-Erickson. The Advisory Board for this category consists of Indian classical Sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan; Jazz exponent Louis Banks and Pritish Nandy, Chairman, Pritish Nandy Communications.

The nominees in the Communication category ? this year focused on photographers from fashion to wildlife to advertising to journalism. The nominees include leading advertising photographer Iqbal Mohamed; award winning fashion and portrait photographer Tarun Khiwal; three time APA award winning photographer Sameer Parekh; Wildlife photographer Clement Francis, celebrated advertising photographer Atul Kasbekar and distinguished photojournalist Arko Datta. The eminent jury members for this category are Syeda Imam, Executive Creative Director, Contract Advertising and Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Fashion Photographer. The Advisory Board for this category includes Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, O & M India; Prahlad Kakar, Director, Genesis Films and ace photographer and photo- journalist Pablo Bartholomew

The nominees for Sports category consists of world class right hand batsman Virender Sehwag; national and international award winning boxer Akhil Kumar; highly acclaimed Indian hockey player Dilip Terki; top ranked Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal and table tennis champion Achanta Sharath Kamal, who have achieved laurels for India at various levels in the global sports arena. The respected panel of judges includes well-known Indian cricket commentator and journalist Harsha Bhogle; former billiards player Michael Ferreira and Ayaz Memon, Associate Editor, DNA. The Advisory Board for the Sports category includes Kris Srikkanth, Cricket commentator & Chairman of the Selection committee of the BCCI, Former Captain of the Indian Cricket Team; former Indian Hockey team captain and Coach Zafar Iqbal and FIFA?s Indian footballer of the 20th century PK Banerjee

The entire process of nomination for the four categories of Business, Sports, Entertainment & Communication and selection of the winners is validated by the leading global audit firm - KPMG. The eligibility criteria for Teacher‘s Achievement Award nominee are stringent, adhering to those outlined by KPMG. Some of the critical deciding factors include a proven track record, originality and innovation, peer recognition and significant milestones achieved in the chosen area of expertise, among others. The event partner is Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

The winners of the 9th Annual Teacher?s Achievement Awards 2009 will be announced & honoured on November 7, 2009 at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

MUMBAI: At a glittering function at UB City in Bengaluru, the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tonight honoured the outstanding performances by cricketers in domestic Twenty20 competitions from across the world over the past year.

Significantly, just one of the award winners is not participating in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20.

That award Highest Individual Score went to Hampshire?s Michael Lumb for his electrifying 124 runs against Essex, an innings which took just 69 balls.
Also receiving awards tonight were Brad Hodge (most runs - cumulative), Anil Kumble (best bowling figures - match), Manish Pandey (best batting average ? season), Hamish Rutherford (best batting strike rate ? season), Samuel Badree (best bowling economy - season), Dirk Nannes (most wickets - cumulative) and Isura Udana (best bowling strike rate - season)

Lalit Modi, Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Chairman, commenting on the new awards specific to Twenty20 cricket said: ?The performances by these cricketers have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide and added to the popularity of the game and a phenomenal increase in the fans following globally. The fact that seven out of the eight awardees will be playing in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is testament to the quality of players who will contest the inaugural edition of the tournament starting tomorrow. I congratulate all the winners and hope that these awards will inspire domestic cricketers worldwide to perform even better and help take Twenty20 cricket to the next level.?

Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, the Global Commercial Rights Partner to the Airtel Champions League Twenty20, further added, ?The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is a marquee global tournament where only the best-of-the-best are set to compete for the ultimate honour. These awards recognise the stellar performances of cricketers in domestic competitions from all over the world. They represent the lifeline of this game that we all love. I am certain that the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 will provide immense support for the pipeline of cricket development, and that the global broadcast of this event will further the passion for cricket the world over.?
Diminutive Manish Pandey, of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, took the honours for the Best Batting Average with a tally of 168 runs at an average of 84. It was the 19-year-old Pandey?s heroics with Rahul Dravid in the IPL Semi Final that propelled the Royal Challengers Bangalore over the M.S. Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings.

Hamish Rutherford of the Otago Volts won the award for the Best Batting Strike Rate (167.94 with an aggregate of 220 runs). Victorian Bushrangers and Kolkata Knight Riders right-handed batsmen Brad Hodge earned the distinction of bagging the Most Runs (cumulative) for the two teams with a total of 627 runs in the season.

The Best Bowling Figures in a Match award was won by Indian spin legend and captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Anil Kumble, for his effort against the Rajasthan Royals during Season 2009 of the Indian Premier League in South Africa. Kumble led from the front with a fantastic spell of 5-5 that scuttled the Royals.

The Best Bowling Strike Rate award went to Isura Udana of the Wayamba Elevens with a high strike rate of eight and a tally of 16 wickets, while the Best Bowling Economy in a Season was captured by Samuel Badree of Trinidad & Tobago with 4.33 runs. Victorian Bushranger and Delhi Daredevil Dirk Nannes won the Most Wickets Award for his 27 scalps in the IPL and Twenty20 Big Bash.

Mumbai, October 07:The ATP Tour is in the Land of the Rising Sun ? Japan, and it?s the start of the Asian Swing in the ATP Tennis world. This is the longest-running ATP World Tour tennis tournament in Asia, first held in 1973. The venue is the Ariake Tennis Forest Park with it?s centre court is the Ariake Colosseum.This is an enormous tennis centre consisting of 48 tennis courts and a stadium with one of the first retractable roofs in tennis. You can watch the matches live from Tokyo on Ten Sports

This year tennis fans will be able to see some of the most exciting names in World tennis today, with the likes of Juan Martin Del Potro (ranked 5th in the world) Jo Wilfried Tsonga (ranked 7th ) and Giles Simon leading the field. The French flavour at this ATP 500 tournament is strong with Monfils joining Tsonga and Simon for the challenge. For Tsonga this will be his second visit, but for the other two, playing in this event would be a first.

Defending champion Tomas Berdych, will look to claim the title in this edition. The 2008 win was the Czech?s first ATP title on Asian soil. Ranked 16th in the world, he will face a tough challenge from the other world class players in the field.

This event marks the return of US Open champion Del Potro, to the ATP tour after winning the US Open. In 2008, Del Potro was the losing finalist, when Berdych took the title with a 6-1, 6-4 win.

World No.1 Roger Federer will sadly miss the Asian Swing, as the doctors have recommended that he take a break from what has been a hectic history-making run, this season.

MUMBAI: Aapka Vote, Aapki Taaqat ? Nation?s biggest and most widespread voter awareness campaign in India to motivate the Indian citizens to vote!

Zee News, nation?s most trusted news channel has announced the return of its voter?s awareness campaign initiative ?Aapka Vote Aapki Taaqat?. Moving ahead in its mission of encouraging the viewers to cast their valuable vote intelligently, the channel launched the second phase of the campaign for the forthcoming Assembly elections for Maharashtra, Haryana & Arunachal Pradesh.

Conceptualized with an objective to encourage people to be responsible and cast vote for the right candidate for the good governance, AVAT will be the Nation?s biggest educative drive for voters. In an effort to spread maximum awareness among voters through the AVAT platform, Zee News has lined up various interactive and engaging activities.

Zee News marketing initiative, ranges from information about the current candidates to the previous assembly?s contenders, political manifestos, rallies and discussion sessions. The campaign will also spread valuable poll related knowledge amongst viewers through print, radio and the web platform to maximize its effectiveness.

So keep watching Zee News and participate in its signature campaign for a better tomorrow. Think; listen before you vote?.Suno, Chuno, Vote Karo!!

MUMBAI: Following a tough year for the world‘s markets and industries have we finally reached a turning point? What are going to be the key driving points for economic growth and stability? Are India‘s industries in the right place and being driven by the right people to make the most of future opportunities? These are just some of the many questions that Bloomberg UTV‘s new programmes address in assessing what the future holds for India in what has the potential to become a very dynamic 12 months.

From the biggest events in Bollywood to the hottest trends? From interviews with stars to those bubbling under? tracking the business of entertainment and adding a dash of nostalgia? the biggest live gigs? the best DVD picks and the shows to watch out for on TV, E-Turn captures it all in a breezy weekly show that promises to inform and entertain! This week we ask ‘What‘s Your Rashee?‘ Short interviews with the film‘s director and leading pair will give behind the scenes secrets on the making of the film. The show will also be asking ‘Has reality TV become a platform for past stars to reach back into the spotlight?‘ The show has done well from the time of its launch. In fact in the opening week, it has garnered a channel share of 0.06 which was highest in the genre at the time of telecast.

2nd WAVE Saturday 1.30 pm, Sunday 8.00 pm

THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD Saturday 10.30 pm, Sunday 9.30 am

Through a series of one-on-one interviews Gurcharan Das explores how day to day issues of corruption and inefficiency is holding India back. At every step, he traces India‘s journey from the Mahabharat and looks at how one of the greatest challenges of India is the daily difficulty of being good. In the show, with some of the most erudite men in the country, Gurcharan Das, business guru and one of India‘s finest economic thinkers, will explore the ideas that make India great and indeed if we cannot surmount the difficulty of being good, India cannot become great. The show has featured some of India‘s most prolific speakers. From Infosys‘ Nandan Nilekani, Senior advisor of the Boston Consulting Group, Arun Maira, leading social, cultural and political critic Ashis Nandi, former Citi India head and chairman, NASSCOM Jerry Rao and former president of NASSCOM, Kiran Karnik. The upcoming episode will feature prominent Indian politician Salman Khursheed.
Tune in for all the excitement during the weekend on Bloomberg UTV.