गुरुवार, 9 मई 2013

Ganesh Jain! A new Chairman for IMI & PPL !


Ganesh Jain’s plea against Piracy!  A new campaign to curb online piracy into being! 
Hearty congratulations to our very own Mr. Ganesh Jain, the eldest Jain among the six siblings to get elected for a high and respected post as a Chairman in IMI & PPL for the year 2013-2015. It’s his continuous dedication and passion towards Indian sound of music. He is always one step ahead in his work. 
“It’s an honor to get nominated and elected for such position and I am humbled and deeply touch by this decision. I have a great passion for Hindi music and cinema. I always have believed in standout performance and I did it hopefully”, says Ganesh Jain. 
He is elected as a chairman for PPL (phonographic performance ltd.) and IMI (Indian music industry). The Indian Phonographic Industry(IPI), the Association of Phonogram Producers, was established in 1936, and it was Instrumental in finalizing the Broadcasting License arrangement in India. Subsequently, IPI members decided to form a specialized body to administer their Public Performance and Broadcasting Rights, and so PPL came into being in 1941. 
As the registered copyright society in respect of Sound Recordings PPL has the authority to administer the Broadcasting / Telecasting and Public Performance Rights on behalf of a large number of important music companies in India who are its members. PPL administered repertoire encompasses all major Indian languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, etc. (both film and non-film music like devotional/spiritual, Ghazals, Classical, folk, Indi-pop, etc) and English/International songs. 
Indian Music Industry was established on 28th Feb 1936 as the Indian Phonographic Industry (IPI), and is Second oldest music companies' associations in the world engaged in defending, preserving and developing the rights of phonogram producers, and actively promoting and encouraging advancement of creativity and culture through sound recordings  IMI members includes major record companies like Saregama India Ltd. (HMV), Aditya Music Co., Universal Music (India), Tips, Venus, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (India), Magnasound, Times Music and several other prominent national and Regional labels that represent over 75 % of the output in legitimate recordings and a wide range of musical repertoire. 
The Jains started the business of manufacturing Audio Cassettes/CDs during the early 80's under the banner of Venus Records & Tapes Mfg Co with the sole aim of providing good quality of music products. 
“I did what I had to do and I will continue to push myself. I think God had sent me to do this job. Music is what I live for. I am nothing without music”, says Ganesh Jain. 
He signs off with an important message, “Internet Piracy is rampant & our team is on it. We have stopped more than 220 internet platform owners/service providers. Our motto is not to harm the internet platform owners/service providers but to lure legitimate Business on it.  

Paparatzy Productions' ENEMMY to release on June 21

 
ENEMMY, Paparatzy Productions’ mega-entertainer is all set for a June 21 release. The film revolves around Eklavya Karmarkar aka Bhau (Suniel Shetty), Naeem Shaikh (Kay Kay Menon), Eric Collaco (Johnny Lever) and Madhav Sinha  aka Maddy (Mahaakshay), four daredevil CID officers and a CBI officer Yugandhar Bishnoi (Mithun Chakraborty) who can be relied upon whenever the city faces problems from the underworld and a don responsible for mayhem -- Mukhtar Memon (Zakir Hussain). 
While Mithun da, Suniel Shetty, Kay Kay Menon and Zakir Hussain are past masters at such roles and Mahaakshay, is expected to perform some great action scenes, what is interesting is the choice of Johnny Lever as one of the officers. “Johnny Lever can be quite intense when he has to. It this is aspect of his that I’ve tried to explore,” Ashuu Trikha says. So one can expect more than one revelation from ENEMMY! 
Produced by Yogeeta Bali Chakraborty, directed by Ashuu Trikha, this Paparatzy Productions’ venture stars Mithun Chakraborty, Suniel Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Johnny Lever, Zakir Husain, Mahaakshay and Uvika Chuadhary among others. The music is by Bappa Lahiri and Gourav Dasgupta, the choreography by Saroj Khan and Mudassar Aziz. Executive Producer: Vijay Upadhyay. 
The synopsis goes thus… 
"Waise to aam aadmi ki zindagi to bahut aam hoti hai,
Par jab isme rajneeti ka dakhal hota hai,
Tab aam aadmi aam nahin rehtaa, Mango Man ban jaata hai!!" 
Eklavya Karmarkar (Bhau) {SunielShetty}, Naeem Shaikh {Kay Kay Menon}, Eric Collaco {Johnny Lever} and Madhav Sinha  aka Maddy {Mahaakshay} were four daredevil CBI officers who could be relied upon whenever the city was facing critical problems from the underworld.  The society at large in Mumbai were breathing heavy under the influence of the Underworld. This was one such time. There was a gang war that had broken in and the streets of the city were being washed in blood. The common man was caught in the crossfire. This, at a time when there were elections to be held at most part of the country, besides some key states like Maharashtra amongst some other states that had steady power reign of, a party that ruled in the centre as well!!! 
A young dynamic leader, Ram Govardhan (RG) had taken the nation by storm. His debonair personality, youthful zest, dynamic approach and of course great looks had washed the eyes of the common man with love. The citizens of the country knew no better. He could do no wrong and his innocent face and eyes only helped this cause. He was leading his party’s campaign in Jharkhand too, where the elections were in full swing. He had known of the gang war in Mumbai, Maharashtra and was concerned. The whispers in Jharkhand had started gaining momentum saying that if the Party can’t handle their own home state, Maharashtra, then how the hell can they handle this one? This was bound to help the opposition more than anything. It had started casting aspersions over the election campaign and RG could not afford something like this. He needed the state.  He had called the Maharashtra Chief Minister and told him in no uncertain words to get his house in order. The gang war had to stop. The common man had to feel safe!! 
The case was passed on to the four officers of UNIT IX of the Crime Branch!!! 
Preliminary investigations by Bhau and his team revealed that the war was waged by Mukhtar Memon {Zakir Hussain}, a dreaded gangster who in time had always managed to stay out of the hands of the law. But action needed to be taken and the Commissioner had ordered the arrest of Mukhtar Memon. Bhau did try to argue in vain that a simple arrest like this would make him walk in two hours, but the commissioner would hear nothing. He needed to show that the force was              pro-active.
Bhau built a brilliant case against Mukhtar Memon based on extensive investigations that he had managed for the past four years. This ensured that Mukhtar Memon was not getting out soon or easy. He had managed to extract a lot of intimidating information about Mukhtar Memon. He made sure that the charges would stick.
Mukhtar Memon on the other hand was no ordinary criminal. He had contacts, money power, wherewithal and the blessings of some top politicians. This ensured his reign and control over the city. So, arresting him was no mean feat. But Bhau and his officers were no ordinary individuals. They went ahead with the arrest and managed to make the case stick. Unit IX had arrested Mukhtar Memon and put him behind bars!!!! 
But putting a kingpin behind bars doesn’t necessarily mean that you have managed to garner control over him. As in this case it was bound to happen. There was a lull, but the storm soon gathered momentum and the gang war erupted again. This prompted RG to send a CBI officer from Delhi to get to the bottom of this and put a stop to this.
Prompt, honest, diligent, gutsy, intelligent and a firebrand, Yugandhar Bishnoi, the CBI officer moved swiftly on his new case to get to the bottom of the issue and sort this problem out for the benefit of the common man. In no time that he reached the city of Mumbai, he realized that the gang war was actually a façade. Mukhtar Memon was really annoyed on the fact that two truckloads of hard cash were stolen from him, right under his nose and he wanted it back. He needed to restore his reputation at the same time and he would stop at nothing till he achieved this. 
Further investigations shocked the daylights out of him!! 
This was no ordinary heist!!!!! The question was who had the guts to steal from Mukhtar Memon. Who was willing to put their life on the line to get hold of the entire cash!
Yugandhar Bishnoi was taken aback with what he had uncovered!!! This information was not one that had escaped the UNIT IX force too. They too had caught on!!!
ENEMMY is a whodunit caper! A film that gets into a break neck pace with each character breathing down the neck of the others to achieve their motives in the film with intelligent plot points that keep the audiences guessing and interested. 
ENEMMY is an identifiable, pulsating, fast paced commercial action thriller wherein the constant cat and mouse game between the characters of the film keep the storyline interesting right to the logical end of the film. An edge of the seat thriller, it is a roller-coaster ride for the audiences taking them through a series of witty, funny, nail biting thrilling sequences that is aimed at guaranteeing complete entertainment to the audiences assuring them of their money’s worth!!!

अर्जुन कपूर लव मेकिंग में हैं माहिर


अर्जुन कपूर जल्द ही यशराज की फिल्म औरंगजेब में नज़र आयेंगे। दिलचस्प बात ये है कि अपनी फिल्म इशकजादे की तरह अर्जुन औरंगजेब में भी बोल्ड सीन देते हुए नज़र आयेंगे। फिल्म में उन्होंने साशेह आगा के साथ लव मेकिंग सीन फिल्माए हैं। अर्जुन शुरू से ही बिंदास रहे हैं। उनके हिसाब से अगर ऐसे दृश्य फिल्म की मांग हैं तो वे उन्हें ज़रूर पूरा करेंगे बिना किसी झिझक के।
देखा जाए तो इमरान हाशमी के बाद इतने बिंदास तरीके से अगर कोई बोल्ड सीन दे सकता है और वो भी सभ्य तरीके से तो वो अर्जुन हैं। इशकजादे में जहाँ उन्होंने परिणीती चोपड़ा के साथ कुछ बोल्ड दृश्य फिल्माए थे वहीँ औरंगजेब में वे साशेह आगा के साथ दिखेंगे। साशेह आगा - सलमा आगा की बेटी हैं और औरंगजेब उनकी बॉलीवुड में पहली फिल्म है।
यशराज की फिल्मों में ज़्यादातर बोल्ड सीन देखने नहीं मिलता है। अर्जुन बहरहाल यशराज के वो पहले अभिनेता हैं जिन्होंने इतने बहतरीन बोल्ड सीन दिए हैं फिल्मों में। इशकजादे भी यशराज की फिल्म थी जिसमें उन्होंने अच्छे खासे बोल्ड सीन किये थे और अब औरंगजेब में। अर्जुन लव मेकिंग में एकदम बिंदास हो गए हैं। हालाकि देखा जाये तो वे यशराज के लिए कुछ हद तक इमरान हाश्मी के रास्ते पर चल पड़े हैं।
बोल्ड दृश्य पर अर्जुन ने कहा "It's the most natural thing to do. When a man falls in love, the first thing he will do is to kiss the girl. I think Emraan has broken the myth. Also, the audience today is sensible and understands the context of a scene. The lovemaking scene was an integral to Ishaqzaade and Aurangzeb and was done aesthetically. We did not do it to add sleaze.''
औरंगजेब में अर्जुन डबल रोल निभाने वाले हैं। ये उनकी दूसरी फिल्म है और अपनी दूसरी फिल्म में ही उन्हें अपने अभिनय की योग्यता दिखाने का अच्छा मौका मिला है। फिल्म 17 मई को रिलीज़ होने वाली है।  

Golden girl - Aiysha Saagar

 
The Australian Pop star has done a few forms of body-art. Painting of the Australian flag on her upper body made headlines in a few countries. The gold paint has been the most revealing as in most of the pictures, she is not wearing anything but "paint". These pictures were uploaded on her facebook this week and has attracted  quite a few comments. Well Aiysha, you do have a great body so as the saying goes "If you have it - flaunt it" 

Sony Music leverages iTunes in a unique way

Sony Music leverages iTunes in a unique way, for the first time in India releases a Tamil and Hindi sound track in the Made For iTunes version - the highest standards for music available on iTunes Store! 
After a really long wait, Indian users can now buy music, movies and books from the iTunes stores in local currency and at friendly prices since its launch in December 2012. Global music giant, Sony Music, made available half a million songs, including Bollywood, International and Tamil Soundtracks to the iTunes store. Today, to enhance the musical experience, Sony Music for the first time in India will be releasing the MFIT (mastered for iTunes) versions, specially mastered for higher fidelity sound, for two big albums in Tamil and Hindi. Maryan Directed by ace director Bharat Bala starring the multi-talented Dhanush and the ravishing Parvathi Menon with music by multiple Grammy Award winner A R Rahman & the much awaited film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, with music composed by the musical trio Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy with Prasoon Joshi’s lyrics. The sound of these two album on iTunes will be of the highest quality and has been specially mastered and engineered at iTunes certified studios.  
Mastered for iTunes is an aid to mixing and mastering engineers in creating the best-sounding tracks possible when converted to the lossy 256Kbps audio format commonly used. 
Currently, this section contains roughly 100 albums, spanning classics and masterpieces  like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On, numerous classical albums, U2's Achtung Baby to name a few. 
The music you listen to, no matter what the format, sounds worse than it does in the studio where it was recorded. That's not just because musicians and recording engineers have better equipment than you do, but because the recordings themselves contain more information. Today, most studio tracks are recorded at 24 bits. The process of mastering a recording is taking the raw, mixed song and copying it to another format, with adjustments in the amount of information that can be transferred to the new medium and attendant tweaks to ensure it sounds as good as possible given the new format's limitations. The music on standard commercial CDs is encoded at 16 bits. 
Mastering a song or album "for iTunes" means that it'll sound better, while remaining just as portable. For Bob Ludwig, a mastering engineer who remastered Coldplay's latest album, Mylo Xyloto, for the new "Mastered for iTunes" store, says, “ From a technical viewpoint, there are cases where the 24-bit AAC file would be superior to the lossless CD. I did an early demonstration for some engineer friends of mine and the difference between the 'Mastered for iTunes' file I created and the one that was ripped from a 16-bit CD was easily heard on the little speakers on my MacBook Pro." 
For the first time the finer detailed and lavish productions for both these albums can be enjoyed through little earphones and speakers.

KableOne & Saga Studios Present Lakadbaggey

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