Dipika Padukone at Siddhivina​yak temple

 

STANDING OVATION TO 'BOMBAY TALKIES' : CLOSING NIGHT FILM OF THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MELBOURNE

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne came to a spectacular close with a primarily 600 strong audience giving a standing ovation to the closing night film - Bombay Talkies ! "We could not have wished for a better closing night movie than Bombay Talkies, making its Australian debut only three days after receiving a gala screening in Cannes.The response to the screening has been beyond expectation" said IFFM festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange.
An anthology of four short films by four of India's most exciting directors - Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar - Bombay Talkies was the icing on the cake for the festival's own celebrations of 100 years of Indian cinema, and the packed audience ate it up. "That was incredible. We saw aspects of India we rarely see, and could identify with every story," said one fan. "It was a real eye-opener about India, and Indian cinema. The gay kiss was refreshing to see too!And the film extremely confronting, esp coming from a mainstream film maker like Karan Johar" , said Leima Popal a avid Bollywood fan. Following a long standing ovation, Aussies could be heard singing the Bombay Talkies song on their way out.

DAFT PUNK'S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES DEBUTS AT #1 ON ALBUM CHARTS ACROSS THE WORLD

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES SELLS AN IMPRESSIVE 339,000 COPIES IN THE US 

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES SELLS OVER A MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE IN DEBUT WEEK 

Internationally, the album hit the #1 spot on digital charts in 97 countries, dominated UK charts to become the fastest selling album of 2013 and had the biggest first week album sales in France since 2007, where the album is already triple platinum. Daft Punk also earned their first official #1 album in multiple countries, including the US, Germany, Australia & Japan. The album is also officially #1 in France, Canada, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, Spain and others.  In the US, Random Access Memories sold 339,000 copies, with the vinyl version becoming the biggest selling vinyl album in SoundScan's LP Vinyl chart history.  Random Access Memories is the first album in Billboard's Electronic/Dance Song chart history to have every song debut simultaneously. 
Incredible public demand for the album not only led to unprecedented album sales and radio charting, but also to a steady stream of critical acclaim from media worldwide including features in  The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, The New York Times, NME, Rolling Stone, Time, The New Yorker and many more. 
"Get Lucky," the first single from Random Access Memories immediately shot to the top of charts all over the world- selling 2.5 million digital tracks worldwide to date.  It is the biggest selling single of 2013 in the UK, and the song is # 1 on national airplay charts across the globe.  In the US, "Get Lucky" has garnered airplay across 7 different formats of radio. 
The new 13 track album from the French duo, their first since 2005's Human After All, features collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Williams, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, and DJ Falcon, amongst others. 
SELECT PRESS QUOTES:
"EDM is MIA as dance gods turn back the clock with a spacy, star-packed blow out... Random Access Memories is full of WTF moments... orbiting somewhere between Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' and Earth, Wind and Fire's 'That's The Way Of The World'... Its brilliance is often irrefutable"  - ROLLING STONE 
"A headphones album in an age of radio singles; a bravura live performance that stands out against pro forma knob-twiddling ... It's also quite moving; melancholy runs through every song." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 
"By the time you make it to the album's astonishing final stretch, it's hard not to think that Daft Punk have succeeded at what they set out to do."  - PITCHFORK 
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Launching soon “BETIYAAN”, a song campaign to “Save the Girl Child”

Kapil Sibal, Ajay Devgan, John Abraham, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Hema Malini, Shilpa Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Raveena Tandon, Sushmita Sen, Shamita Shetty, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Sonu Nigam, Shankar Ehshaan Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bandana Sharma & Alisha Budhrani in Rajeev Walia's Betiyaan, music by Nikhil Kamath and release by Ratnakar Kumar of Worldwide Records

Worldwide Records presents BETIYAAN – Save the Girl Child. Betiyaan is a song campaign to spread awareness to Save The Girl Child. Much required need of the hour, BETIYAAN is Conceived & Directed by RAAJEEV WALIA, and the Music is by NIKHIL KAMATH, Produced by Ratnakar Kumar, MD- Worldwide Records & Suraj Kumar of Johnsons-Suraj Films International.

Betiyaan starts with an introductory poem by Shri Kapil Sibal followed by the song in an emotional rendition by Singers Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan and Bandana Sharma. Lyrics by Manish Kumar Pran and Additional Line Betiyaan is by - Vimal Kashyap.

The Betiyaan team is grateful to Shri Kapil Sibal, Ajay Devgan, John Abraham, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Hema Malini, Shilpa Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Raveena Tandon, Sushmita Sen, Shamita Shetty, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Sonu Nigam, Shankar Ehshaan Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bandana Sharma & Alisha Budhrani for featuring in the video and coming forward to be a part of the campaign to help spread the awareness and support the cause. Also a Special Thanks To Mrs Sunanda Shetty and the National Rural Health Mission.

Listening to the song and watching the video touches a chord with the viewer, and it is hoped that through this effort, the outlook towards the girl child will start changing.

Sudha Chandran’s come back with "Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai"

Sudha Chandran popular as Nache Mayuri comes back in Bollywood after 7 years in Hari Kripa Films “Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai”, her last film was ‘Malaamal Weekly’ with Rajpal Yadav, coincidently she shares her screen space again with Rajpal Yadav in this film. 

Major chunk of this film is being shot at Almeda Bunglow, Yari Road, Andheri (west), on a lavish set of Brothel where Rajpal Yadav, Bharti Sharma, Sudha Chandran and Rakesh Bedi along with many junior artist are participating. Rajpal Yadav is playing role of a unemployed youth, Sudha Chandran is in role of Madame of brothel, Bharti Sharma is playing central character of a girl from Bedni community of Bundelkhand, Yashpal Sharma is in character of minister, Mushtaq Khan as PA of minister, Sandeep Bose in role of chief Eunuch and Milind Gunaji is in role of zamindar.  According to director Arvind Tripathi story of this film narrates the painful situation of women’s of Bedni community, how they are being exploited by powerful politician and businessman of society. 

Being Produced by K.K.Mundhada from Bhopal (yesteryear's film distributors of film 'Phool Aur Kaanta', 'Parinda' and many more for C.P.C.I territory) with Piyush Mundhada as co-producer, Piyush who is a electronic engineer wanted to make a film on hard hitting subject. Film is being directed by Arvind Tripathi, story by Nazir Qureshi with screenplay & dialogues by Masood Mirza, music by Nikhil, Umesh & Parveen, lyrics by Kumar & Haidar Nazmi, cinematography by Surya Mishra, choreography by Pappu Khanna, Saroj Khan and Sailesh Kohli, action by Laddan Quereshi, costume by Manohar Teli, art director is Nazeer Sheikh and Dhansukh Jain is production controller. Songs have been rendered by Shaan, Mamta Sharma, Jaspinder Narula and Raghuveer Yadav. 

Film Stars Rajpal Yadav & Bharti Sharma in lead role with Yashpal Sharma, Milind Gunanji, Sudha Chandran, Rakesh Bedi, Ehsaan Khan, Mushtaq Khan, Sandeep Bose, Irshaad Ahmed & Kiran Sharad.