MUMBAI: King Khan, Bollwood Badshah, are just a couple of names attached to this enigmatic, livewire actor by the Bollywood fraternity and fans alike. Romantic with a dimpled smile which can sway a million hearts ShahRukh Khan is the God of Indian film Industry.
A man who makes a thousand hearts flutter, sets the box office registers ringing with his super hit films, in essence is a very down to earth, real human being who has kept success tamed and not let it rule his head.

B4U VJ Salil speaks to this Bollywood sensation in B4U Starstop, a programme on B4u Music on all topics ranging from his health, to his family and about his forthcoming film Billu.

B4U STAR STOP is a programme with Film related interviews. Actors/directors talk about their forthcoming movie, their likes, dislikes and other things and chat with B4U VJS. Stars talk about their personal review of the film and share their anecdotes of their experiences during the making of the film.

Shahrukh Khan prefers creativity, to all other financial aspects of a film although he is an astute and sharp businessman.

His reaction to pot-shots toward him is very unique; he says he prefers the pot-shots rather than not being recognized at all, and also says it was the life he chose so he takes that in his stride although it does get irksome at times, indeed a very mild reaction for a man of his stature!

A keen eye for creativity and courage to do starkly different roles makes him a very versatile actor and he has done full justice to each role with panache and ?lan.

His forthcoming film Billu is yet another attempt at trying a film where two different worlds are brought on celluloid and merged in such an articulate fashion that it brings a new dimension to cinema.
Billu according to him represents a film about simple people and their relationships and happiness they derive from their lives

Despite representing the affluent class, he is blatantly truthful about the higher class of people and their perpetual dissatisfaction with life, a very rare trait seen in an artist of his calibre.

To watch this and more tune into B4U Starstop on B4U Music at 19.10 hrs on 12th & 13th February.

MUMBAI: A lot more to listen and tune in to, from Chandigarh?s BIG 92.7 FM. In an effort to give its listeners a lot more than entertainment BIG 92.7 FM has introduced variations in its on-air show packages. This includes on-air shows such as kitty party, Chak de Chandigarh with three new bands added to it Kaun banega haturvedi, lagaam ko jubaan do, Bally Ball, Big Geri, Seetee Bajaa Ke and 9 bajeki setting.

The FM station has put an effort to cover people?s favorite songs creating high aspirations and good entertainment for the listeners. The show will also cater the daily needs of the locals giving information about weather reports, latest happenings, events and relevant information?s to the listeners. It promises not only to entertain but to inform and empower the listener. The weekends also promise to entertain listeners with great on-air shows.

The show will go on-air from 5 am in morning with RJ Seema till 12 in the midnight. The list of shows includes Chak De Chandigarh from 7:00 am to 11:00 am. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm will be BIG Kitty Party. From 2:00pm ? 5:00pm will be the BIG Geri. This will be followed by brand new show Seetee Baja Ke from 5:00 pm to 8:00pm. The last show of the day will be 9 Baje ki setting from 9:00pm to 12:00 midnight.

?Our content is focused on providing variation in on air shows as well as the on ground events. Along with playing games our morning show talks about the local concerns whereas the noon show Big Kitty is focused on the women of the city. Afternoon show Big Geri is focused on the youth. ?Seete Baja Ke? caters to all the sections and night show ?9 Baje ki setting? again caters to the youth. Our listeners will have a complete treat when tuned in,? says BIG 92.7 FM?North?I Regional Director Mr. Siddharth Bhardwaj.

RJ?s from BIG 92.7 FM Anubhav, Pankaj, Satya, Anshu & Sheveta will cheer and entertain the audience, the city and the adjoining areas.

MUMBAI: A plethora of brilliant cinema will be served on the platter for cinema buffs at the Kala Ghoda Fest this year. The line up includes Amu and NDTV Lumiere World cinema titles like Mind The Gap, Shiver and That Day.

The movies to be screened at the festival are:-
Amu (2005):- Writer-Director Shonali Bose?s sensational National Award Winning debut venture, ?Amu?- a controversial film based on the 1984 Sikh Riots was the official selection at the Toronto Film Festival 2005 and Berlin Film Festival and has won numerous awards and accolades including two National Film Awards - Best Feature Film, Best Director (English language), FIPRESCI Critics Award, Gollapudi Srinivasa Award ? Best Debut Director (India), Star Screen Award ? Best English Film (India), Teenage Choice Award, Jury Award, Italy (Cine Donne Film Festival) and Audience Choice Award (Indian Film Festival, Washington DC).

Amu is the story of Kaju (Konkana Sensharma), a 21 year old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family. In wandering around Delhi she is overcome by d?j? vu and stumbles upon secrets and lies from her past. Aided by Kabir, a young man who is deeply attracted to her and her quest, she embarks on an unstoppable journey to seek the truth. She soon starts discovering that the genocide against the Sikhs in Delhi 1984 might hold the key to her mysterious origins.

Mind The Gap! (2007):- Mind The Gap, which screened at the 2007 G?teborg International Film Festival is a charming romantic-comedy set against the backdrop of racial tension in modern day Sweden. Mind the Gap concerns two young women (from different backgrounds) Turkish-born Yasmin and Swedish Elin who become friends while training at the Swedish Police Academy .Together, they learn to mind the gaps along the path toward independence and self-discovery.

Shiver (2008):- Directed by multiple-award winner Isidro Ortiz, Shiver screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. Shiver revolves around Santi (Junio Valverde), a 16-year-old suffering from XP, a disease that makes him acutely sensitive to sunlight. Life in Barcelona becomes difficult for him and he longs to leave. Best of all would be to move to Laponia, because the sun seldom shines on this northern Swedish town, and so life there, he is convinced, would be more bearable. His mother Julia (Mar Sodupe) has different plans as she can?t afford moving to another country. She decides to move to Arrozas de Valdeon, a remote village in northern Spain, rarely penetrated by the sun?s rays on account of the high mountains that surround it. Instead of the mountain idyll they so longed for, the two soon encounter an odd series of events. At first, animals begin to disappear ? apparently by the influence of something unknown lurking in the nearby woods. And then one day a young boy is killed. Santi, who witnesses the boy?s death, soon becomes the prime suspect in the eyes of the villagers. Antonio, the local policeman, asks Julia to keep an eye on her son in order to avoid any more trouble. In the meantime, Santi begins to make friends. In order to prove his innocence, he and Angela (Blanca Su?rez) decide to get to the bottom of the mystery that lies buried in the woods. They discover a wild girl whose parents died long before in tragic circumstances. And it turns out that some of the inhabitants of Arrozas de Valdeon are not as blameless as they would like to believe.

That Day (2007):- Swiss helmer Jacob Berger?s intense, insular (French) drama which won the Best Director Award at the 2007 Montr?al World Film Festival unfolds over a single eventful day and is told from three different perspectives - a cheating husband, a betrayed wife and their baffled son.

MUMBAI: The regional body of the national frequency spectrum regulators in the Asia-Pacific, the Asia Pacific Telecomunity (APT) and the professional association of free-to-air broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), have agreed to cooperate with each other on frequency spectrum issues that affect users of the radio frequency spectrum for broadcasting services in the Asia-Pacific region.

To this effect an MOU was signed on 22 January 2009 by the respective Secretaries-General of the two organisations.

Both these industry bodies have been working together on broadcasting spectrum issues since 1995. The ABU has been contributing to the work of the APT on these issues. This cooperation has already been productive in relation to the studies that are carried out in preparation for the International Telecommunication Union?s World Radiocommunication Conferences.

The decisions taken at these conferences play an important role in ongoing radio communication operations as well as their future development. The cooperation between the APT and the ABU on broadcasting spectrum issues has provided several dividends, including the planning procedure for shortwave radiofrequency spectrum (in 1997), replanning of broadcasting satellite services (2000), protection of terrestrial TV broadcasting (2007) and inclusion of two important broadcasting related agenda items for the next conference in [year].

The MOU will help to put the relationship between the two organisations on a firm footing. The MOU will facilitate participation in meetings and exchange of information and documents between two organisations. It also provides for an exchange of memberships between the two organisations wherein the APT will be admitted to the ABU as an Institutional Member and the ABU will be admitted to the APT as an international organisation.

Referring to the MOU, the ABU Secretary-General, David Astley said, ?The MOU builds upon the ongoing relationship that the ABU has with the APT on matters of mutual interest. Both organisations will now be able to work more productively to address spectrum issues that relate to the broadcasting industry in this region. This will benefit the broadcasters and help their efforts at the ITU. We are happy to have the APT as an Institutional Member of the ABU.

MUMBAI: NDS Group Limited ("NDS"), News Corporation and Permira Advisers LLP ("Permira") are pleased to announce that the scheme of arrangement to effect the going private transaction of NDS has now become fully effective. The effectiveness of the scheme results in two subsidiaries of funds advised by Permira (the "Permira Newcos") and News Corporation owning approximately 51% and 49% of NDS, respectively, in each case subject to dilution by shares to be subscribed for by members of management and shares to be issued as part of the option scheme to be established by NDS.

The last day for trading in ADSs was February 4, 2009. The per share consideration of $63.00 in cash is scheduled to be sent to NDS shareholders and holders of ADSs shortly.

The independent committee of the board of directors of NDS was advised by Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. NDS was advised by Morgan Stanley & Co. Limited and Allen & Overy LLP. News Corporation was advised by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Hogan & Hartson LLP. The Permira Newcos and Permira were advised by Goldman Sachs International, Clifford Chance LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.