FIRST LOOK - SRK & KATRINA ON YASH CHOPRA’S SETS INLONDON

Yash Chopra’s next directorial venturestarring the king of romance, Shahrukh Khan, along with Katrina Kaif andAnushka Sharma, started shooting in Londonon the 22nd of Feb 2012. Attached are the first look pictures of Shahrukh& Katrina on location. 
This untitled movie will mark the coming together yet again of the award winning duo of the music maestro A. R. Rahman and the poet & lyricist, Gulzar. 
The film is scheduled for a Diwali 2012 release,the festive time when Yash Chopra movies over the years have lit up homes worldwide.

"MelodyQueen Vijayaa Shankar Releases Maiden Pop Album ‘Teri Meri Raah’ In Mumbaiafter Rave Reviews And Fans Galore"

Her first namemeans victory and the second one is similar to some of the most globallyrenowned Indian personalities from the world of music and singing. Meet theversatile Melody Queen Vijayaa Shankar, whose maiden pop album ‘Teri Meri Raah’has won her critical acclaim as well as popular mass appeal.In 'Teri MeriRaah', vivacious Vijayaa Shankar has sung nine memorable songs while theinimitable Lesle Lewis of ‘Colonial Cousins’ fame has composed music andproduced the album, Lyrics are written by Rajesh Johri of ‘Sa Ni Dha Pa’ &‘Pari Hu Main’ fame. And Promising Lyricist Ravi Basnet. The uniqueness of thealbum is its sound completely acoustic giving importance to the vocalists’voice texture and melody. ‘Teri Meri Raah’ is a classical rock fusion thatappeals to high-energy youngsters dancing with abandon. ‘Do Anjane’ is aromantic melody that will have young couples going all mushy-mushy. ‘Tu najaane’ is sung in a unique Bosanova style. ‘Tere Bina’ is a soothing balladthat will remain etched in memory for a long long time. ‘Tu hi Tu hi’ based onEgyptian rhythm n style has a strange mystical influence that usually pervadestrance music in the discs. ‘Aona Aona’ is a peppy dance track getting you allgroovy. ‘Dekho main chal padi’ is all funk that is yuppie and peppy. ‘JahanMain’ is another peppy no. The ‘Teri Meri’ unplugged version is also quiteinteresting and will have you humming away to glory. 
In the video'Teri Meri Raah' is about a girl's journey in love and how two strangers getattracted to each other, but both take a while to express. It deals with theirmeeting and separation. Finally, the girl going ahead and expresses her lovefor the boy. 
The album isalready creating a rage in Bangalore.  The Title Track is fast catching up on the YouTube and Facebook andreceiving rave reviews as of now available in Reliance time out in SpecificCities soon to be available in all leading Music Stores. Also it is availablein I Tunes in Amazon and other Sites 
Several filmpersonalities and music directors including stars such Tharun Chandra anddirector Prashanth Raj, Indrajit Lankesh and Gurukiran have appreciated thealbum. Shankar Mahadevan had personally appreciated the Album.  The title track and 'Tu Na Jaane...' ismesmerising and is adored by the classes and masses. Vijayaa has sung severalpopular Kannada movie songs from Love Guru, Double Decker, Aaadu Aata Aadu andso on.
VijayaaShankar has sung over 500 jingles and songs in over 14 languages. She has sungfor leading composers such as Leslie Lewis, Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan,Iliyarajaa and Vidya Sagar amongst others. She has also sung jingles composedby Salim Suleiman, Vishal Shekhar, Sameeruddin, Vipin Mishra and Ram Sampat.She has also sung compositions of Pritam in various regional languages. She hassung the theme track of the recently staged Broadway musical by Shruti Merchantby the name Taj Express, which had music by Monty Sharma of Saawariya fame. Shehas done playback for over 10 to 12 movies of which 2 Hindi under production; 4Tamil songs under production. The film names include ‘Mazhai Vara PoguduSattensru Marudu Vanilai n Koppu'. She has also sung in Bangla with Shaan inmovies such as ‘Prothom Bhalobasha n IPS Choudhury. The Kannada film songsinclude ‘Love Guru’ - a duet with Benny Dayal of Pappu Can’t Dance Saala’ andGajini’ fame. She has sung a duet with Karthik of ‘Behka main behka’ of Gajinifame for ‘Double Decker’; a duet with Udit Narayan for the movie ‘Aadu AataAadu’; another duet with Kailash Kher for the movie ‘Dev’ under production. Thefilm ‘Love Guru’ got her the ‘Akka’ awards held in New Jersey for the bestpromising new artiste of the year 2009-2010. She had also been a part of ‘NaadaVaibhavam’ a mega event held by the Art of living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar inFebruary 2010. This presented her with an opportunity to sing songs with otherprominent vocalists. She has sung in the new version of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’,which features Sonu Nigam, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka amongst others. She alsoshared vocal space with Hariharan for the Nirma jingle. She has done duets withJaved Ali. She has also sung along with Kunal Ganjawala. She was a part of theclassical symphony orchestra held by Padmasri Sri Lalgudi Jayraman trust forthe music academy in Chennai. She has penned and composed corporate themes forBajaj and Amway; and songs for children’s animation series. She speaks over 8languages and even had also sunged songs in various languages like Sinhalese,Nepalese, etc...

India’s first all vocal ensemble - Voctronica performs @ LiveFrom The Console

10th Edition brings gigs by Mandeep Sethi (DJ/emcee),Microphon3 (Hip Hop/Rap)and DJ Uri (MultiGenre)
Get ready for another exciting line up, as Live Fromthe Console, in its 10th Edition, promises to showcase a unique urban/hiphop evening for music enthusiasts. With rhythm and tempo being at the crux ofthis time's Console, one can surely hope for a beat thumping evening. 
The evening promises performances by anavalanche of extremely talented artists like Voctronica (Beat Boxing), MandeepSethi (DJ/emcee), Microphon3 (HipHop/Rap) and DJ Uri (Multi Genre). So, don’t miss the fun filled musical extravaganza at Live from the Console, Saturday 10th March2012 at 6.30PM, Recording Theatre, Mehboob Studio (Bandra West).
 Ticket Price:  Rs.150/- 
About Live from the Console:
Live from the Console is acollaborative effort between Day 1 - a Sony MusicIndependent and Oranjuice Entertainment. It aims to givesnew bands and fresh music talent an alternative platform that puts music firstwhile bringing together like-minded people. One Saturday every month isdedicated to showcasing different genres of performances and performers, in astrictly no frills, no VIP sections/ back to basics environment. 
About Sony Music:
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, headquartered in New York, is a leading  global music company and home tolegendary artists like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Santana,  Beyonceand International Superstars including Britney Spears, Ke$ha, AvrilLavigne,Shakira, Kings of Leon, Hurts, Foo Fighters, Pink and The Script.  Awholly owned subsidiary of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTINDIA, has a wide presence in genres ranging from Indi-Pop, Indian Classical,to Bollywood & Tamil Film Soundtracks.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ranked 2nd in the top 20 most popular brand ambassador​s worldwide

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has ranked second in the top 20 most popular brand ambassadors worldwide, according to a recent survey. The study was conducted by WorldWatchReport, a leading international marketing research company in the luxury watch industry.
Ace golf player Tiger Woods, brand ambassador of Tag Heuer watches, tops the list with 16.2 per cent, while Aishwarya bagged 9.00 per cent votes for being the brand ambassador of Longines watches. The other Indians on the list are cricketer Sachin Tendulkar(3.3%) and actor Preity Zinta(1.7%( in ninth and fifteenth place respectively).

Rajesh Mapuskar and Vidya Balan insist on having the first screening with authentic dancers to see their reaction of the Song

We all are very much aware of the fact that Vidya would be performingher first item number in the movie Farrari Ki Sawari directed by RajeshMapuskar. The song “mala jao dya na ghari” has already managed to make theaudience go crazy and fanatical. It is a proper authentic lavani song. And ifsources are to be believed vidya herself is taking a keen interest for anaccurate execution of this song. The result however is fantastic. 
Besides Vidya is taking personal interest and workingtowards perfection. From the sari to the accessories to the dance steps, sherefuses to compromise on anything. Also vidya spent over three weeks rehearsingthe dance step with the troupe from Kolhapur.With such hard work put up from vidya, Rajesh Mapuskar is extremely satisfiedwith the outcome.  
Even though the result is equal to perfection Rajesh Mapuskarand Vidya Balan insist on having the first screening with authentic dancers tosee their reaction. It was hence a co-operative decision taken by the team toshow it to a group of lavani dancers.
Rajesh and Vidya both are looking into the minutest of thedetails and are refuting to negotiate on authenticity. 
However it’s for the first time where the screening will beshown to a group of dancers. Also they are sure that they would receive honestfeedback. Rajesh Mapuskar confirms, "We want the song to look purely authentic, although we are in talks with a bunch of Lavani dancers from Kolhapur for the first test screening".