गुरुवार, 9 अगस्त 2012

Mahakumbh at Nathdwara



Nathdwara, the small town near Udaipur  will see a Maha Kumbh of sorts from Aug 18– 26, with Murari Bapu coming to Nathdwara and gracing the city with hispresence and wisdom.
Each moment and activity in Nathdwara seems to be auspicious and the coming nine days starting from August 18 will be unique by all means. The holy combination of art and spirituality will make Nathdwara a place second to none. The program will be attended by over one lakh devotees every day and prasad in the form of lunch will be served free to people of all faithes who congregate there.
Preparations are also in full swing. A sprawling area of three lakh square feet is being covered with water proof tent that could easily be a hangar housing three aircrafts, with wooden flooring keeping off the rain from the feet of the devotees, while two lakh square feet of area will be used to prepare delicacies to be served. More than 50 to 60 thousand people will gather to hear Murari Bapu and more than one lakh devotees will be served the Prasad.
In this entire endeavor to bring spirituality to common people, technology will play an important role as well. Overhead conveyor technology will be deployed to transport the eateries to the counters. A scintillating galaxy effect behind the Bapu’ dais will also be a point of attraction for audience. Not just city dwellers, but devotees from all across the country and even across the borders are booking their accommodation here.
Hygiene and health are of prime importance and the hygiene of the cooking area, the vessels and water sanitization are a major priority. Care is taken to isolate the food area from the main programme area as well.
Parking facilities are provided for all the cars with different exits to ensure smooth traffic flow and the convenience of those residing the near the venue.
Dotted withentertainment from the musical geniuses of Bollywood, the event sees KavitaSeth, Sunidhi Chauhan, Roop Kumar and Sunali Rathod, KK, and Kailash Kher willmesmerize the audience besides the holy discourse by Sri Murari Bapu.
It is not justthat. The event will also include programs from the Neelesh Bharti andBaljinder with Prince Group. Poet, Writer, Various poets of India and Pakistanin a Mushaira will grace the occasion. In all, the event will see stars on theland of Shrinath ji.
Says MadanPaliwal, the man behind the Murari Bapu in Nathdwara festival, “Nathdwaradons a festive look as the city of lights with Janmashtami, the citysimultaneously gears up for Murari Bapu in Nathdwara Festival from Aug 18-26. Iwish every person tastes the nectar of spirituality and is blessed by thenine-day experience.”

VivekAgnihotri turns producer with ‘Freedom’!


After the commercial success of the erotic thriller‘Hate Story’, Vivek Agnihotri is back in action and this time exploring a newgenre of Political & Historic Thriller.
His next film titled ‘Freedom’ hasan ensemble star cast unfolding the events in India spanning from 1970’s-2000.The film will have a realistic & rustic take along with various dramaticelements unlike the usual commercial cinema and will be produced by Vivek’s flagshipbanner ‘Durgamaaya Productions’ with this film. Buzzis that cast of the movie will undergo rigorous training for a month before theshoot begins.  “Vivek isplanning to conduct workshops in Delhi where the actors (which are yet to berevealed) will be confined to a room so that they can get into the skin of thecharacter. The political thriller promises to give a blow by blow accountof modern day India during the last three decades, beginning from the timeof emergency declared in 1975 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi tilldate” quipped a source from the movie.The gripping story of ‘Freedom’ which will go on floors in October2012, has been penned by Agnihotri himself while the screenplay has beenwritten by Vivek and Rohan Malhotra together.

Prachee Shah Paandya performs for the opening of Lord krishna festival at Isckon


Prachee Shah Paandya opened the festival with her outstanding performance and she had her husband vishwaas paandya and her daughter who witmessed her first ever performance ,Kavita seth ,anoop jalota ,yukta mookhey,penaaz mesani ,chitra jagjit singh etc were present to watch prachee perform
Prachee shah Paandya says What greater high that on one side I was paying a tribute to a legend like jagjit singhji and on the other side I was opening a week long festival to celebrate the birth of lord krishna .It brought back my childhood memories of performing on the same stage when I was just a few years older than my daughter khiana !  As a mother it was a great feeling to have my 3and a half year old daughter sitting and clapping for me !
Great honour to be sharing the same platform with legends like pt jasraj , hariprasad chaurasia , shivkumar sharma and anup jalotaji !
Felt divine performing radha krishna thumris on the eve of janamashtami ! Hare krishna ! !

ज्योति कान्त डिज़ाईनर के लिए जेकी श्रोफ लैक्मे फ़ैशन वीक में आये



Dahi handi Sur-prize has ‘croresdiamond’ in Gokuldham Society


दिस year Dahi handi prize in Mumbai is very high. At some places it is inlakhs but more than a Crore Diamond in the handi is something that iscompletely unheard of. But then members of Gokuldham Society in taarakMehta ka ooltah chashmah has never done anything usual. Thecelebration of Gokulastmi in TMKOC has very interesting track i.e. there wouldbe a precious diamond in the handi which is priced in crores. “Howeverthe twist in the story would be that nobody in the society would be aware ofthis expensive diamond in the handi. Real drama comes in when wediscover its presence.”
“Thisyear our Gokuldham Societies Dahi Handi would be most expensive ever heard ofafter all its valuable too much of fun one must surely see what happensnext” says Dilip Joshi.

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