You are cordially invited to a mouth-watering love story “Daawat-e-Ishq” …on 5th September 2014

FIRST LOOK OUT!

 A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq “Taru” Haidar (Aditya Roy Kapoor) a Lucknawi cook who can charm anybody with the aroma and flavours of his biryani and kebabs.

In the clash of diametrically opposite but equally spicy cultures of Hyderabad and Lucknow, Gullu and Taru arrive at a “tuning-setting”, rewrite traditional recipes of love, crush old-fashioned world-view and make their own masaledaar albeli rangreli pichchar... Daawat-e-Ishq!

Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film is written and directed by Habib Faisal, music is by Sajid-Wajid and lyrics by Kausar Munir.

Daawat-e-Ishq celebrates its worldwide release on

5^th September 2014

IIFA toasts the best of Indian music and fashion at Myntra.com presents IIFA Rocks! Day two continues to bring the Bollywood glitz and glam to Tampa Bay!

 The much awaited 15^th IIFA Celebrations have kick started in Tampa Bay, Florida and day 2 of the Videocon DDB IIFA Weekend saw Myntra.com presents IIFA Rocks. Dedicated to the best of fashion and music, the event was held at the Tampa Convention Centre. The evening witnessed leading avant garde fashion extravaganza by leading designers as some of Bollywood’s beauties walked the ramp for them. A host of musicians came together to be part of the gala event. 

Packed to capacity, the stunning Tampa Convention Centre provided an elaborate setting for the evening. Hosted by Gauhar Khan and Vivek Oberoi, the fashion segment opened with a show by Manish Malhotra in association with Mijwan Welfare Trust. Sonakshi Sinha and Anil Kapoor walked the ramp as showstoppers. American Indian designer Amita Bal followed with Miss America 2014 Nina Dalvur as the showstopper. The segment closed with a special IIFA Collection by Vikram Phadnis for Vishal Fashions. Called ‘Nazakat’, the collection was inspired by femininity with Malaika Arora Khan and Yami Gautam as showstoppers. 

Special personalities from Tampa Bay also strut the ramp in gorgeous Indian attire. They included Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel; Mr. Santiago Corrada, CEO & President, Visit Tampa Bay;  Donna Lancaster, an advocate for victims of human trafficking; Manish Khardo, a volunteer tutor for junior and high school students; Antonio DeSousa, a hospitality employee at the downtown Hilton; Linda Hess, a community advocate; Jim Morgan, who works with non-profits; Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy - Steve Donaldson, creator of Officers for the Homeless; Mary Myles, a mental health care advocate; and Naren Rama Krishna, who started a program in India to help girls with their education.

IIFA Rocks also witnessed performances by Monali Thakur, Bhoomi Trivedi & Ankit Tiwari and Ravi Drums. The evening concluded with a soulful performance by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.  

Bollywood stars pulled out all the stops on the carpet, where they were greeted by frenzied fans. The ‘Green Carpet’ at IIFA Rocks! saw stunning beauties – Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Sonakshi Sinha, Gauhar Khan, Nirmit Kaur, Aditi Rao Hydari, Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Tushar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani and Vivek Oberoi among many others.

Some of the key partners of the IIFA US celebrations are: Videocon d2h, Tata Motors, Freedom Health Insurance, Lava Mobile, Visit Tampa Bay Visitors and Convention Bureau, Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida, Hillsborough County Florida, Tampa Bay Trade and Protocol Council, Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Commission, Jammu & Kashmir Tourism, Arise, Vishal Fashions, UST Global, Myntra.com, FedEx, LT Foods – Daawat and Royal, Bishwa Bandhan for Cerebral Palsy, Ambuja Neotia Group. Other support partners include Mosaic, Patina Solutions and Tampa Steel Erecting Company, Tampa International Airport, Port Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Business Journal and Tampa Bay Times.

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South Film Personalities All Praises For ‘Kochadaiiyaan’

The cream of the Hyderabad film fraternity recently attended the showcase of the Telugu version of  Eros International & MediaOne’s Kochadaiiyaan in Hyderabad, in support of Rajinikanth and director Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin as she pioneers photo-realistic motion capture technology in the country with the magnum opus.  
The event attended by Telugu film fraternity and stalwarts like Rajamouli, Mohan Babu, T. Subbiramy Reddy etc. saw the unveiling of the 3D trailer of the film along with a 10 minute video offering insights into the making of the film.

On the occasion Rajinikanth, who was greeted with joyous cheers and whistles, said, “Though I do not understand much about technology, I am very happy that Kochadaiiyaan has been completed in two years and my daughter is introducing a new technology to our industry.” 

Hit director S.S. Rajamouli with a series of blockbuster behind him like Magadheera, Eega etc lavished praises on Soundarya saying, “Taking up this project is a big challenge in itself, and completing it is the next. Performance capture is very difficult… right from the start through to the end product, every step has its own difficulties.” Rajamouli further added, “What I had done for Eega is hardly two percent of what she has done for Kochadaiiyaan. The world has never seen a movie based on photorealistic motion capture finish in two years. She had to keep in mind every little detail. We should feel proud of Soundarya who has got this technology to Hyderabad.”

 Talking about the ‘Thalaiva’, veteran actor Mohan Babu said, “What can I say about my friend? I can write a book on him. We have been friends for 40 years. One of his daughters should have been my daughter-in-law, but that could never happen.”

Rajeev Khandelwal promoted his upcoming film “Samrat& co.” in Delhi

In the career of ten years, Rajeev Khandelwal has done some of the much appreciated work on television and in films, He left critics & audience spellbound with his spectacular performance in his debut film “Aamir”. The actor is known for his own genre and different film, this time he chosen to work with Rajshri Productions on their detective thriller film “Samrat &co.” and to promote the film, the actor with his beautiful co actoress Madalsa Sharma, who is debuting with this film, visited Restaurant Pangaea, Hotel Ashok and attended a Press meet.

 Known for experimenting with different kind of script, Rajeev said, “Yes! I take a lot of time to choose a script and I always believed that a good script can make a good film”. He also added, “Samrat & Co. is detective thriller film, where I have played the role of a detective and I know audience will like it”.

Samrat & Co. is a upcoming 2014 Hindi detective thriller film directed by Kaushik Ghatak and produced by Kavita k Barjatya  under the Rajshri Productions banner. It features Rajeev Khandelwal in the title role of Samrat and is set to release on 25^th April, 2014

Universal Music associates with Gionee for "I'm a Gionee Freak Contest"

~ Universal Music and Gionee announce the “I’m Gionee Freak Contest” for fans of Enrique Iglesias~

~Fans get a lifetime opportunity to feature in video with the Heartthrob~                                                 

Universal Music and Gionee Smartphones announce the “Í’m a Freak” contest for the legion of Indian fans of the pop superstar and Latino heartthrob Enrique Iglesias! The contest rolls out on the back of the successful launch of Enrique Iglesias’ 10^th studio album Sex And Love that peaked at #1 on the iTunes India store, the Nokia Music store as well as music retail stores across the country.

The contest revolves around Enrique’s global smash hit “I’m a Freak”ft. Pitbull – the lead single off his new album Sex And Love. The single shimmies from a slippery beat into one of Enrique’s wildest refrain ever and immediately seduces before Pitbull enters with a rapid, raw, and raucous verse. The song’s video has already surpassed 22 million views on YouTube till date!

Gionee Smartphones has associated with Universal Music and announced an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fans of Enrique Iglesias across the country. Gionee invites consumers and fans to share their “I’m a Gionee Freak” moment through videos, pictures etc. and the best entries will be picked to feature in the Indian `fan’ version of the ‘I’m a Freak’ Video with Enrique Iglesias. 

Gionee smartphones will amplify the contest and consumer experience across malls, pubs, dance schools, colleges, youth hangouts and Gionee retail outlets. Gionee will create Freak Out booths across these venues where consumers and fans can share their freak moments captured through pictures and videos. 

Commenting on the association, Sunil D’Sa, Vice President, Marketing, Universal Music, said, “Enrique Iglesias is India’s most popular International artiste with a phenomenally large fan base out here and the response to his latest album `Sex And Love’ has been beyond expectations!  Thus, it’s only apt that we give his loyal fans an opportunity to feature in his video to “I’m A Freak”. And we could not have partnered with anyone else but an exciting global brand like Gionee Smartphones whose target audience is spot on with Enrique’s fan base. We are confident that Gionee will do full justice in amplifying this campaign, thus reaching out to every Enrique fan in the country! We look forward to some cool, whacky and creative entries coming in which will make for a brilliant Indian `fan’ video of “I’m A Freak”.  

Excited about the association with Universal Music and Enrique Iglesias, GioneeSmartphones India Head-Mr. Arvind. R. Vohra said,"Gionee being a Global brand, we see this association as a great opportunity to connect with our younger target audience. This genre is a perfect way to reach out and establish connect with the young and talented new generation. Gionee believes in creating a benchmark in innovation with every new offering and Enrique creates new benchmark in music giving enthralling experience to his fans in India and worldwide. We have created some very exciting interactive opportunities for the fans to get a chance to make their Freak Video with Enrique. We hope they will participate in huge numbers.”  

Consumers and fans across India are invited to showcase their Freak Side, just follow this link and participate to win an opportunity of a lifestime.

http://gionee.co.in/enrique/

About Gionee:

Established in 2002, Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd is a hi-tech company engaging in mobile device designing, R&D, manufacturing, sales in international markets, and mobile internet application services. Today, Gionee sells over 23 million handsets per year worldwide and ranks No.10 in the world by smartphone market share.Gionee India operations is managed by Syntech Technologies Pvt. Ltd, headquartered in New Delhi. Syntech Technologies Pvt. Ltd manages Marketing, Sales Support, Service Support to its Indian Partners & Consumers. The office will be playing a key role in product testing / validation and customization for the India Market.

About Enrique Iglesias:

The Grammy Award-winning international icon’s overall sales surpass 100 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Spanish artists ever. His legacy includes five Top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with two landing at #1. He also boasts 13 number ones on the Billboard Dance Chart, which is the most for any male performer in the chart's history. In total, he's enjoyed seventy number ones across all Billboard charts. Plus, he holds the record for "Most #1 Spanish Language Singles" on the Hot Latin Tracks Chart with 23.

About Universal Music India:

Universal Music India Pvt. Ltd. (UMIPL) is a 100% subsidiary of the Universal Music Group.

UMIPL has an extremely rich Indian catalogue comprising songs from Classic Hindi and Regional Films, IndiPop, Bhangra, Ghazals and Devotional. It’s enviable catalogue includes artistes such as AshaBhosle, AnupJalota, Bombay Vikings, Jagjit Singh, JoSh, Malkit Singh, PankajUdhas, Panjabi MC, Raghav, Bohemia, MohitChouhan to name a few. UMIPL ‘film’ catalogue (the 2nd largest in India) spans music from blockbusters such as Sholay, Qurbani, Amar Akbar Anthony, ChoriChoriChupkeChupke, Devdas and Munnabhai MBBS amongst the numerous jewels which symbolize the musical journey from the 70’s to date. On the International music front, UMIPL are the clear market leaders with artistes such as Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, ABBA, Akon, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, The Black Eyed Peas, Enrique Iglesias, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, JustinBieber amongst host of other popular music icons and household names in India.