• Doordarshan to air Apna Sapna Money Money and Vaada this weekend

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 28, 2008

    MUMBAI: Doordarshan will telecast the feature film in Hindi titled Vaada and Apna Sapna Money Money on Friday, 29 February and Saturday, 1 March at 9.30 pm on DD National.

    Vaada has been directed by Satish Kaushik and music is by Himesh Reshammiya. Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel and Zayed Khan are in the main cast.

    Apna Sapna Money Money has been directed by Sangeeth Sivan and music is by Vishal Dadlani. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Celina Jaitley, Koena Mitra and Chunky Pandey are in the main cast.

    Vaada is the story of Rahul and Puja who are married and totally devoted to each other. One day they meet with a terrible accident and Rahul loses his eyesight. On a business trip abroad Rahul meets a friend Karan. Impressed by his dynamism and business acumen, Rahul asks him to join his business. They return to India and Puja is stunned to see her husband with her friend Karan. Rahul‘s love for Puja is blind and unquestioning. Karan‘s love for Puja is obsessive and uncontrollable. Puja is trapped between a blind husband and a sighted lover.

    While Apna Sapna Money Money revolves around a bunch of madcap characters that eat, drink, sleep and worship money. A fast-paced situational comedy, is glorified by an ensemble of assorted and interesting characters. The story revolves around a mechanic, a conman, a club dancer, an upright cop, an obsessed father and his homely daughter, a tabela owner, a ruthless gangster, a deadly don and his moll and an unpredictable dog. A journey filled with rib-tickling moments throughout. If one runs after money, the other runs after love and the one who runs after love eventually runs after money. A hilarious journey of 11, a limitless quest for money, and a twisting and turning tale of love; the money swings around them and creates amusing and maddening circumstances. A dramatic turn evolves when all the characters starts looking for the hidden diamonds that are worth a lump-sum! Greed. Craze. Obsession. Fun. Takes over. And a madcap comedy of crime, love and complete zaniness continues... don?t be too surprised if by the end it turns into your own SAPNA! Money Money!

  • NDTV Channels gear up for the Budget Day with a host of special shows

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 28, 2008

    MUMBAI: NDTV, India‘s largest news and infotainment network, will offer a host of special shows on its three leading news channels NDTV 24x7, NDTV India and NDTV Profit on February 29, the big day of the Union Budget. The shows will provide a lucid analysis of the budget that will help viewers understand the impact on the economy and their personal finances.

    Immediately after the Finance Minister presents the Union Budget, Dr. Prannoy Roy will bring the Budget Special of the interactive show, ‘Good, Bad & Ugly‘ on NDTV 24x7. The show will have eminent guests like Ruchir Sharma, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, T N Ninan, Editor and Publisher, Business Standard and prominent industry leaders interact with students from different colleges on the Union Budget. Other than this, Budget-related shows will be hosted by discerning NDTV journalists like Shivnath Thukral, Abheek Barman, Pankaj Pachauri, Vinod Dua, and Dibang.

    The budget programmes on NDTV Profit will continue to cover the Union Budget extensively with industry experts giving inputs on its impact on corporate India with discussion based and interactive programmes. Apart from the live coverage on the budget from BSE and CII, Delhi, the shows lineup will include ‘The Lobby‘ and ‘INDIA‘S BUDGET‘.

    NDTV 24x7‘s budget specials shows like ‘Good, Bad & Ugly ? Budget Special‘ and ‘Simplify The Budget‘ will scrutinize the budget with experts to make it simple and understandable.

    The line-up of shows on NDTV India will focus on making the budget analysis relevant to the public across generations and their needs, while taking their ideas and views into account. The lineup of shows will include ‘Budget India Ka‘ and ‘Janta Ka Budget‘.

  • Radio ONE wins Amity award

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 27, 2008

    MUMBAI: Radio ONE was unanimously chosen for the ‘media excellence award‘ for ‘most youth oriented channel‘ at Amity International Business School‘s recently held 10th International Business Summit and Research conference INBUSH that had the who‘s who of the corporate, media and educational world attending in big numbers. Radio One was the only radio station to win this prestigious award.

    In a written communiqu? to Radio One Prof (Dr) Gurinder Singh Pro Vice Chancellor said, ‘As part of the summit, over the last two months, our teams of vibrant students and senior faculty members have conducted student polls in various campuses of the leading post graduate institutes to get their preference for their role models in over 30 major sectors on the industry including media. The award (to Radio One) was based on the results of this extensive poll‘

    Vineet Singh Hukmani, CEO Radio One said ‘ It feels great to be awarded in an arena that one is trying to continuously excel in and we are very grateful to AMITY International Business School for having put in so much effort and for the precision with which this exercise was conducted."

    "Radio ONE had conducted the very successful Radio One College Championships last year and office champs this year to get the young and spirited fully involved with the concept of Radio and RJing. Many other exciting activities are being planned for this year as well," he added.

    Radio ONE‘s positioning ‘The Station for the Fataafat Generation‘ is rooted in its focus on the key need of its young, urban and cool audience, of desiring immediate solutions to everything. RADIO ONE has locked its brand proposition on this insight, understanding that the urban youth consciously breeze through everything in life, be it love, money, careers or entertainment, and that radio as a medium offers an immediate or ‘fataafat connect‘.

    Radio ONE has 5 stations operating in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad and will soon launch in Pune and Calcutta. Radio ONE is a joint venture between Midday Multimedia and BBC worldwide.

  • Budget Day Special, good bad and the ugly by Dr Prannoy Roy

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 27, 2008

    MUMBAI: NDTV 24x7 will broadcast a special interactive show to discuss the Union Budget, called ‘ Good Bad and Ugly‘. Hosted by none other than Prannoy Roy, the show will have on board eminent guests like Ruchir Sharma, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, T N Ninan, Publisher and Editor, Business Standard and other prominent industry leaders discussing the Budget with students from different colleges.

    Watch the dialogue between business bigwigs and college students on the Union Budget on ‘Good, Bad & Ugly‘ at 1 pm on Friday, February 29, 2008, only on NDTV 24x7.

     
  • Disco king Bappi Lahiri ushers in BIG 92.7 FM's new property 'Hasna aur sona subah shaam'

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 27, 2008

    MUMBAI: With the entire nation gearing up for the BUDGET, BIG 92.7 FM, India?s No.1 FM Station reflecting the true ?Vibe of the City? is offering listeners a chance to win gold coins every-hour on the breakfast show BIG Chai and the evening drive time show Mumbai Much Much ? beginning March 4, 2008. Given that humor is an important peg the same has been woven into the opportunity to win gold? this christening the property - ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam?!

    As a prelude to the on air offerings and to give Mumbaikars an opportunity to get a first hand feel of the property, the Station hosted an evening with none other than gold lover Bappi Lahiri AKA Bappi Da along with popular Saregamapa contestant Mauli Dave at Infiniti Mall, Mumbai. People flocked to the venue in herds to witness the Hasna & Sona with breakfast jock Aapki Jaani Archana Jani.

    The highlight of the evening though, was when there was a shower of gold coins on Bappi Da, who showed great enthusiasm throughout the evening and even expressed his interest in participating in the contest. He was also pleasantly surprised when Saregamapa contestant Mauli Dave walked in and gave away all her jewellery to him. The action-packed evening came full circle when Bappi Da composed an original tune on ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? for BIG 92.7 FM livening up the already energetic crowd and leaving them asking for more! This high-energy event saw crowds gathering & queuing up to participate in the contest and a whole lot of fun and games where participants stood to win BIG!

    Listeners? can tune into ?BIG Chai? between 7 am ? 11 am and ?Mumbai Much Much? between 5 pm -9 pm to participate in the ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? contest for an opportunity to realize their dream of winning BIG in life?and with gold coins every hour!

    Speaking on the Station?s latest innovation, Mr. Arjun Singgh Baran, Station Director ? Mumbai, BIG 92.7 FM says, ?We are excited with our latest offering - ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? which is a true reflection of the vibe of the city, the budget being the current vibe. We are glad to be providing listeners? an opportunity to win gold coins every hour and win BIG and who better to kick-start the property than Bappi Lahiri.

    Our contest format will ensure that maximum number of listeners? benefit from it and enjoy our wholesome programming mix ? around the pegs of laughter and gold.?

    So come, prepare yourself to win BIG only in BIG 92.7 FM!

  • BenQ unveils the ultra compact portable CP220C DLP projector

    Submitted by ITV Production on Feb 27, 2008

    BANGALORE: BenQ, a leading player in digital network devices and World‘s No.1 DLP projector brand, today announced launch of its new DLP Projector model ? the BenQ CP220C.

    Designed for portability, the new projector easily fits into a briefcase, making it a handy and suitable presentation tool for professionals on the move. Further, its off-and-go function enables the projector to cool off quickly, thus, saving precious time while carrying it from one place to another.

    The BenQ CP220C projects at native XGA (1024 X 768) resolution and features a high brightness of 2000 ANSI lumens with a high contrast ratio of 700:1. BenQ‘s unique colour matching technology ensures that the colour quality of the projected image matches with the colour quality displayed on the notebook‘s screen. Further, the world-class Carl Zeiss lens revamps the image for superior projection, delivering the best possible output. And the real time Auto-Keystone technology automatically checks projector‘s tilting angle and corrects the projected image without any need for user intervention.

    Further, the incredibly compact projector of the size of a B5 paper comes equipped with a variety of benefits including the quick-cool off & go function, HDTV compatibility, nine application modes, sliding lens cover, spring adjustable foot, password protection and auto source detection.

    Says Ish Bawa, Marcom Head, and BenQ India, "There is a growing trend of "mobile" office in industries such as media, HR and finance, which involves senior level executives to travel and make presentations to the audiences out of their offices. Hence, there has been an emerging demand for products that are portable and easy-to-carry. BenQ‘s CP220C series of portable projectors is an ideal solution to cater to the needs of such professionals."

    The new projector will be available at BenQ IT zones and through BenQ dealers at Rs. 58,990/-.

     
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