Full moon, amazing artists and a stunning setting… a musical Sharad Poornima with Jodhpur RIFF

Experience the potpourri of music at the Jodhpur RIFF from Oct 17-21, 2013

Jodhpur RIFF, included amongst the leading international music festivals in the world, is back again this year from 17-21^st October at the majestic Mehrangarh Fort and in the ‘blue city’ - Jodhpur, much to the delight of music lovers. This 5-day festival, now in its 7th year, continues to bring together interlinked and distinct musical strands to create a full programme around the exceptional variety of Rajasthani traditional and global roots music.

This genre-independent festival includes unique events from dawn to dusk, from devotional concerts to hip club nights and exciting collaborations between Rajasthani and Nordic, British, West Asian and Australian artists… serene folk and classical mornings, interactive daytime immersive sessions, unusual dances and beautiful evenings in the famous ‘Desert Lounge’… all under the full moon sky.

Announcing the 2013 edition of the Jodhpur RIFF, HH Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur-Marwar and Patron of the Festival said, “Jodhpur RIFF is emerging as a fine example of an excellent confluence of music, cultures and heritage. This amalgamation reveals the richness of our musical traditions on a global platform. The beauty of Jodhpur RIFF lies in the fact that while it is musically extravagant, it maintains its rustic simplicity and commitment to its vision and ethos.”

Reflecting on the festival’s growth, Festival Director Mr. Divya Bhatia adds, “We’ve built confidence in Jodhpur RIFF amongst artists and audiences alike – here and abroad. And we aim to continue to be relevant to both. As we evolve, we will see more styles of traditional and modern performances at the festival… those that are inextricably intertwined with music.”   

Jodhpur RIFF is a partnership project involving two of India’s leading heritage trusts Mehrangarh Museum Trust (MMT) and Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF).

Some of the highlights for this year are –

ñ  Daud Khan Sadozai, master and living legend of the Robab, an Afghani lute-like instrument, gives a virtuoso performance. Daud Khan then collaborates with the young classical Sarangi maestro Dilshad Khan and oud master Joseph Tawadros.

ñ  Gypsy Allstars: The ‘Gypsy Allstars” lead by Cedric Leonardi, Mario Reyes and Antonio Carmona presenting a special performance at RIFF this year – come to India for the first time on a project called “Return to Rajasthan”. Their repertoire will include collaborations with Rajasthani artists on new pieces, as well as new arrangements of some iconic and joyful familiar songs - Volare, Bomboleo, Un Amour and so many more..

ñ  The Manganiyar of Marwar: Jodhpur RIFF presents glimpses of the immense repertoire and varied skills of this prolific musician community throughout the festival... including a dawn concert featuring the vocal beauty of the brothers Barkat and Jalal khan Manganiyar singing bhajans to the folk deity Bananath; an interactive session with stalwarts of the community; Manganiyar musicians at the Desert Lounge; and the premiere of a new performance created by them.

ñ  Desert Lounge: What started as an experiment has become something quite special at Mehrangarh Fort. Jodhpur RIFF presented a Sharad Poornima, all-acoustic Rajasthani folk concert in the Rao Jodha Desert and Rock Park. Pradeep Krishen (filmmaker, environmentalist and the curator/ designer of the park) was inspired by the event and since then, has arranged all-acoustic Manganiyar artists’ concerts on every full moon night between March-September this year. Jodhpur RIFF 2013 will some of these and many more artists at its second Sharad Poornima midnight concert on the 18th of October this year.

ñ  Introducing the folk accordion - with Linda Gytri (Norway) and SPIRO (England): Jodhpur RIFF presents two groups from Europe, both featuring the accordion, the hallmark of much of the folk music of that continent, but set to very different music. One, lilting and melodic and the other, mesmeric and impassioned.

ñ  Jodhpur RIFF embarks on a new exploration of our relationships to traditional music by looking at “Jahaji Music” and “Bidesia in Bambai” - two documentary films by Surabhi Sharma exploring the movement of Bhojpuri music and a special performance on the Legacy of Bhikari Thakur by Kalpana Patowary.

ñ  Maru Tarang – collaboration between Jeff Lang, folk/jazz singer, guitarist and songwriter and Asin Langa on Sindhi Sarangi, accompanied by Bobby Singh on tabla and Bhungar Manganiyar on khartal. 

The festival is open to the public; donor passes will be available online from August 26, 2013 at www.jodhpurriff.org

The BOSS is back with a Big Bang Boom

 

Akshay Kumar all set to entertain his fans with his upcoming film ‘BOSS’, this festive season.

Cinegoers get all set for a jet pack joyride this festive season , as Akshay Kumar is all set to entertain you in his all new ‘BOSS’ avatar. 

This season get fit as ‘BOSS’ bashes up the bad boys in town. Experience a combination of action and comedy, as the ‘BOSS’ Akshay Kumar makes you jump out of your seats . BOSS is back dropped in the city of power ‘Delhi’, with injustice and rising fist power in the city

Directed by Anthony D’souza,the film stars Akshay Kumar ,Mithun Chakraborty , Shiv Pandit, Aditi Rao Hydari along with Danny Denzongpa, Ronit Roy, Johny Lever. They haven’t left any stone unturned to entertain you.

 Presented by Viacom 18,Cape Of Good Films And Ashwin Varde Productions, & Directed by  Anthony D’souza 'BOSS' is all set for 16th October release!!

Akshay Kumar's Lucky Number 9 for BOSS!!

 It is not new to hear about celebrities getting obsessed with numerology or adding a letter or two to their name. One of such celeb is Akshay Kumar who just cannot get enough of number 9!

Akshay Kumar’s most awaited film for 2013 BOSS, is an action comedy, which is one of its kind. The megastar Akshay is in no mood to go wrong with this film in any way. The trailer of Boss is all set to release on the 27 August , which adds upto Akki's lucky no. !!!
A source says,” The promos are scheduled to launch on 27^th as 2+7 is 9, which is Akshay’s lucky number.  The movie has been shot in old Delhi and Thailand both places being closely associated to Akshay and hence he wanted to make the most of it. So the promo dates were finalized for 27^th August and we are all very excited as we are sure the audiences are going to love it."
With this movie, being one of the most awaited movie of the year by the aud where they are going to see him in a new avatar, we hope that the number 9 would bring good fortune to the movie  as well!
BOSS has been directed by Anthony Dsouza and produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Cape of Good Films and Ashwin Varde productions. Other than the Bollywood megastar, it also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Shiv Pandit and Mithun Chakrobarty in lead roles
Now we know what makes the BOSS feel lucky !!

Cheerleaders to Cheer Akshay Kumar while fighting in Boss!!

Cricket & Bollywood go hand in hand. On one side where Cricket is almost like a religion in India, Bollywood is not far behind as actors have huge fan following amongst masses to such an extent that. there are even temples built in their name!
Superstar Akshay Kumar who will next be seen in an upcoming action comedy flick ‘Boss’ will be seen in a new avatar he is all set to explore the fun side of cricket in his film!
The cheer leaders who were the glamour quotient in the past few seasons of IPL’s will now be seen in Akshay Kumar starrer BOSS!
This Action fiesta will see Akshay  in the titular role, beating up the goons and further giving his role the heroic feature.
Well, what is interesting about the fight sequences, is the Cheer leaders around ‘BOSS’ (Akshay Kumar)  The sequences will see 3 Desi Cheerleaders hooting for Akshay Kumar, as he fights the goons.
A source close to the production team said “The entry of cheer leaders while Akshay is seen fighting the goons is quite funny. Normally when we see films action scenes, they are pure with no fun element, here the audiences will get to see Akshay Kumar fighting the hell out of the goons while cheer leaders are hooting for him, it s surely going to make the audiences laugh out crazily ”
Well, as they say ‘Boss knows it all’.
'Boss' is produced by Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd , Cape Of Good Films and Ashwin Varde Productions and is directed by Anthony D'souza is all set to release this October!!

Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara

In tonight’s episode, Pradeep threatens Saanchi with the contract they had signed. Just then, DV comes there & asks for the contract. When asked who he is, DV says that he is Saanchi’s lawyer & that there are still 3 years left for the contract to expire. This infuriates Pradeep all the more & he decides to take the matter to court now. While the family congratulates DV, Saanchi is very upset with him as he has escalated a family matter by taking it to the courts. DV is shocked. Saanchi asks Mugdha to line up lawyers. While having a conversation with Dilshad, DV gets an idea & he decides to help Saanchi with the case. He talks to aaji & nani about it who also support him & they decide to talk to Saanchi about it. DV asks Adu to be supportive to Saanchi in this moment of crisis. Saanchi meets a lawyer, Mr Pandey but is very disappointed with him as he is not qualified enough to fight her case.