City Lights Star-cast seen in Sony TV’s Ekk Nayi Pehchaan

Movie Promotions are incomplete without integration with a daily soap and joining in this clan is the star-cast of the upcoming movie City Lights.  A little birdie from the sets of Ekk Nayi Pehchaan has informed us that the talented actor Rajkummar Rao and his beautiful co-star Patraleka would be seen in one of the special episode in the show. Accompanying them would be the new love birds Sakshi and Karan who would be seen meeting them at a special event. It is known that this special episode is being shoot today and would be aired in the coming week.

To catch the special integration episode tune into Ekk Nayi Pehchaan from Monday to Thursday at 8:30 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television

Alia Bhatt gets emotional and bursts into tears after watching City Lights!

 Mahesh Bhatt youngest daughter Alia Bhatt hosted a special screening of Hansal Mehta's Citylights recently, for her family and friends along with Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha , director Hansal Mehta and Producer Mahesh Bhatt.

 The actress was in for a complete surprise and was awestruck by Rajkummar Rao and Patralekha's performance in the film and couldn't stop praising the duo. The experience was overwhelming for Alia and the movie left her speechless!

 “The trailer of the movie was very good and interesting. After watching the film, I am speechless. It was outstanding. We already have a national award winner, Rajkummar Rao in the film. But Patralekha, this is her debut film and she has acted so well which I don’t think I can ever touch upon!” says Alia Bhatt

“After Highway, I always used to see if people have tears in their eyes. Then I think that the movie is a hit! And I came out crying of the theatre, so the director was very happy!” said an emotional Alia Bhatt.

Well, with the movie connecting to the youth so well, we are sure that Citylights is going to win a billion hearts!

CITYLIGHTS is based on the life of a trader in Rajasthan who comes to the City of Mumbai with his wife and daughter in hope of a better life. The challenges they face, their encounter with a big city and how they rise to meet those challenges nurtured by the power of their love is what Citylights is all about.

 Releasing on 30^th May, 2014, CITYLIGHTS will give the audiences an altogether new cinematic experience

Kochadaiiyaan breaking all records

Smash hit! Kochadaiiyaan breaking all records in Tamil Nadu. Biggest Rajinikanth opener. Trade pundits are predicting 100 crore share just in Tamil Nadu. Rajinikanth returning to Chennai today to celebrate. Overseas too the film creating waves , huge hit in UAE, all records broken.  Very good response in USA, Malaysia and Singapore as well.

Saif Ali Khan and Esha Gupta – The new sizzling pair in B-town!!

All set to turn the heat on in ‘Look Into My Eyes’ from Humshakals!!

After Callertune and Piya Ke Bazaar, Humshakals team has launched their 3^rd song ‘Look Into My Eyes’ which is a party number featuring Saif Ali Khan and Esha Gupta

The dashing Saif and the ever so sexy Esha Gupta’s chemistry is something to look out for in the song and the music of the song will definitely make you groove to the beats.

Look Into My Eyes is sung by Ash King and Neeti Mohan.

So get set to dance to the tunes of 'Look Into My Eyes' as Saif and Esha turn the heat on.

Catch the glimpse of the song: 

 Youtube Link : http://youtu.be/rnSdTRDMJZ0

Global designer Salim Asgarally brings fashion education to underprivileged

Supports Smile Foundation youth with scholarships to enter fashion industry

A name synonymous with high craftsmanship & articulation in his creations, with embellishments made from highly creative blend of east and the west, his world famous collections gracefully adorn the homes of Hollywood celebs like Brad Pitt & Madonna. Top models like Bipasha Basu & Aishwarya Rai have flaunted his creations in fashion shows.

Designer Salim Asgarally now makes fashion become a platform for change when he had top women directors walk the ramp for Smile Foundation's charity fashion show to signify their solidarity towards the girl child cause.Asgarally held  a Fashion Workshop forOHOWMANunderprivileged youngsters in association with the Smile Foundation. The youth are in the age group of 18 to 25 who are part of Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) conducted by Smile Foundation across its centres in Mumbai. 

STeP is the livelihood programme for the underprivileged youth, wherein the youth are given training on key employability skills like English proficiency, computer operations, personality development, etc. with the objective of helping them get a job in the growing retail and service sector. Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) is a national level livelihood programme of Smile Foundation that trains urban underprivileged youth with market-oriented job skills such as English, basic computer, personality development, retail management, relevant soft skills etc and makes them employed in retail and service sectors across India. More than 13,750 youth have been trained and 9850 have been placed in over 140 brands through 35 operational projects across India.

Through this Fashion Workshop, the first of its kind held by a fashion designer, Asgarally seeks to inspire these young minds towards a career in fashion as designers, costume designers, stylists, merchandisers, pattern makers, retail professionals, fashion buyers or other myriad options available in the trade at both a creative or management level.

The children inspired and wishing to be a part of the fashion business will then through the able offices of Asgarally be given scholarships for a year to study fashion at an institute of repute and will be assisted in making a career in the industry.

Asgarally was accompanied by the celebrated and award-winning filmmaker and director Kalpana Lajmi, who will give a talk on the importance, potential and need of qualified and trained Costume Designers in the film industry.Kalpana Lajmi to her credit has made several socially relevant films such as Rudaali, Darmiyaan, Daman and Chingaari. ”A beautiful endeavour by Smile Foundation and Salim Asgarally to introduce and absorb underprivileged children to the world of fashion. I am very glad I was a part of it,” said Kalpana Lajmi.

This endeavour succeeds a successful showing of Asgarally's collection titled RED for the Smile Foundation at a star studded fashion show in Mumbai last month in aid of providing education to a 1000 underprivileged children. This effort is now part of a continuing exercise with the Smile Foundation and Asgarally towards positive social change in the area of education for underprivileged children.

The current workshop will outline the role and function of the fashion business and explain the opportunities available for gainful employment and career growth in the world of fashion and costume.  Asgarally has managed to get scholarships for fashion design diploma for deserving students based on merit to cover their tuition and hostel facilities from Anupam Goyal, CEO of the Institute of Design Technology, Surat, and hopes to get more such organised in the near future with other schools of fashion in India and abroad to be able to facilitate the funding of education for these youth.  Says he, “it gives me great pleasure and a deep satisfaction to make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate children and their families through my talent, skills and work experience as a fashion designer.”

Asgarally believes that if every business dedicates a small percentage of its profits or resources towards upliftment and education of underprivileged children, this world will be devoid of stress, strife and poverty. And this move is merely one step in the right direction.