MUMBAI: This weekend on Star Plus will be one of Reality Television?s biggest surprises ever, as the Bollywood belle Rani Mukherji will make her first appearance on Amul STAR Voice of India. This is her first appearance on a reality show, and she leaves everyone awestruck with her charismatic presence. Her presence was like a dream come true for the budding contestants /finalists as they set the stage ablaze with their Soul - rendering performances to win over the heart of / impress their ?Queen of Bollywood?.

The episode being a duet special will kick start with all the finalists of Amul Star Voice of India performing to a medley of Rani Mukherji?s remarkable super hit numbers like ?Aati Kya Khandala?, ?Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?, ?Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai?, ?Suno Na? & ?Laaga Chunnari Mein Daag?.

Beginning with the romantic title track of ?Saathiyan?, Irfan & Toshi will cast their musical spell on Rani as one sees their vocal chords at its peak. The scintillating performance by Harshit & Priyani, on the peppy number ?Koi Mil Gaya? from Rani?s first super hit ?Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? leaves the actress speechless. The talented duo of Abhaas & Ishmeet who perform on the foot-tapping number of ?Nach Baliye? from the movie ?Bunty Aur Babli? leaves Rani swaying in her seat. Enthralled by the mind-blowing performance, Abhaas receives accolades from Rani as she tells him that no matter what, he is the Voice of India for her, and she leaves Abhaas overwhelmed as she declares that he should be her playback singer if she ever plays a male character.

Truly mesmerized and awestruck by the talent on the show, she requests the two beautiful female singers Priyani & Abhilasha to sing ?Hum To Aise Hai Bhaiya? from her latest movie and gets grooving on the stage with the contestants. The judges who also join in the dancing learn a few ?jhatkas? and ?matkas? from Rani herself and have a ball of a time. As a token of their love and appreciation, all the contestants got together and surprised Rani by presenting her with a huge teddy bear which completely swept her off her feet.

Rani, who truly seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed herself to the musical saga, gifted all the seven contestants with a silver idol of Goddess Saraswati leaving them touched & motivated! She boosted their morale and confidence and told them that the blessings of the goddess will always be with them.

Catch all the action packed performances of the seven contestants of Amul Star Voice of India along with the charming ?Queen of Bollywood?- Rani Mukherji.

Stay tuned & watch Amul Star Voice of India, Fri, October 12th, 10 p.m. only on Star Plus!

MUMBAI: How much do you love me? Have you ever been at a loss to answer this simple question from your loved one? Now get a chance to prove it with popular VJ Yudi on ‘The Great Indian Love Challenge‘ only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: There was tension in the air. But the mood changed to euphoria when two special guests made their surprise entry.Indian Idol winner Prashant Tamang along with Amit Paul as special guests on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars. They brought back memories of Indian Idol once again when the two took the stage and regaled the audience with songs they sang to live music from the band The Inner Voice.

Aadesh Shrivastav is a man who has hit tunes to his credit. But when it came to shaking a leg he was caught on the wrong foot and has now been declared the first celebrity contestant to be voted out of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars. It was the first elimination round and Aadesh may be the first to go, but it his to his credit that a man who has never ever danced in his life took up the challenge from his son to take part in the show. Despite his hectic work schedule where he is recording songs till unearthly hours of the night, being a celebrity judge on a musical show and with high temperature it is to his credit that he still made time for back breaking rehearsals. It came as no surprise to him that he was eliminated. "I am happy that I took part on the show and was able to shed my inhibitions and picked up a few dancing steps. I now intend to dance whenever I can!" he says with a smile. His only regret is that his choreographer Tina had to pay the price for his two left feet.

Tina, though reduced to tears at the elimination, had no regrets. She was happy to have found a brother in Aadesh. Tina, a self-taught dancer who has picked up the Latin American dance forms with watching CDs is a professional now and intends to go abroad to do a course in Therapy through Dance. "I am Psychology student. I truly believe that dance can heal body, mind and soul. After completing the course I want to come back to India and practice here."

Although Aadesh‘s departure brought a somber note to the show for the first time, the mood was lightened by some funny quips from the funny man. "I have applied for the post next!" he said. It sure helps to have Cyrus around.

But who goes out next remains to be seen, until then keep watching and voting for your favourite contestants.

Stay tuned to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars every Friday and Saturday at 9 p m only on Sony Entertainment Television.

MUMBAI: Star Gold, will celebrate the ‘Jabardast Janamdin‘ of India‘s favourite superstar, Amitabh Bachchan. Star Gold brings in the birthday of the superstar of the millennium from Oct 10 beginning the bonanza of blockbuster movies.

Oct 10 2007

Hera Pheri - 12:30 pm

Namak Halal - 16:30 pm

Major Saab - 20:30 pm

Oct 11 2007

Family - 12: 55 am

Kaante - 03:30 am

Black - 06:35 am

Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan - 09:00 am

Viruddh - 01:00 pm

Khakee- 16:30 pm

Kaalia- 08:30 pm

So don‘t forget to catch the marathon of movies of superstar of millennium Amitabh Bachchan on 10 and 11 October only on Star Gold!

MUMBAI: CNBC-TV 18, India‘s leading business news channel brings you 10 global investors from the New York, the heart of the global financial landscape.The New Yorkers on CNBC TV 18, a special 10 part series will provide a global perspective featuring the top investors from New York. It showcases a glittering array of professional investors and equity strategists from the best global institutions.

This special series shot entirely in New York features some of the most powerful and tactical minds from the global markets as they share their views on global equities, the credit squeeze and liquidity flows, the interest of pension funds in India and their outlook of the Indian market. The series features:

- Ruchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley

- Francois Trahan, ISI Inc

- George Iwanicki, MD & Macro Strategist, JP Morgan Asset Mgmt Inc

- Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner, Geosphere

- Arshad Zakaria, President and Ceo, New Vernon Capital

- Joyce Chang, MD & Global Head - Forex, EM & Commodities JPMorgan Chase.

- Michael Metz, Investment Strategist, Oppenheimer & Co Inc

- Punita Kumar Sinha, Sr MD, Blackstone Group

- Michael Hartnett, Chief GEM Equity Strategist, Merrill Lynch

- Robert Doll, Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Equities, BlackRock

Udayan Mukherjee, Executive Editor, CNBC TV 18 will anchor this special series and will track, analyze and help interpret the views of these investors for the Indian investor.

Speaking on this he commented "It‘s only when you meet such people do you get a first hand sense of the seminal shift that‘s happening in the world of money, away from the US to emerging economies like India and China."

MUMBAI: Crossword -India‘s leading lifestyle bookstore chain today provided the booklovers, a colourful collection of eclectic poems with the launch and reading of the book ‘Close Every Door‘ by poet Shomsuklla Das at Crossword (Kemps Corner).

On the occasion Award winning lyricist and ad man Prasoon Joshi released the book while noted poets Menka Shivdasani, Arundhati Subramanium & Anju Makhija read excerpts from the book and discussed on the same along with the author.