From a waiter, to a bus conductor, a tuition teacher to an actor -Krip Suri and his hardships

Joseph Campbell once said, “Passion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures”. Krip Suri, the lead actor of Life OK’s Kalash.. Ek Vishwaas has seen his own hardship days like very few actors in the industry. The actor had to support his family at a tender age of 15, which made him take tuitions in class 10 for the lower grades. After he completed his schooling, he worked in the most popular QSR chain Mc. Donald’s for more than a year to pay for his college in Delhi. He also danced at weddings for Rs. 500 per show to support his family.The sad part is that even after his college, his hardships didn’t end. He was a bus conductor for some time. It won’t be inappropriate to say that Krip has been unknowingly following the footsteps of superstar Rajnikant and captain cool M S Dhoni who have been bus conductors before stardom struck them. While remembering this phase, Krip said, “I wanted to be an actor since childhood. I would have loved to go to acting classes. But my financial condition was unfavourable. But I was not capable of affording the same. Hence, whatever acting I have learnt is through movies. I was able to fight all the odds because I was passionate about acting. If we are positive and strong enough to fight for what we truly want, we can achieve anything in life”

Chandni Sharma to walk the ramp for fashion designer Archana Kochhar at the upcoming FTL New York Fashion Week SS17

It’s the favourite season for all fashion lovers and fashion shows are being held around the world. Fashion Designer Archana Kochhar is gearing up for a big one! FTL New York Fashion Week SS17 is going to be her next destination along with her muse Indian Princess 2014 Chandni Sharma.  The FTL New York Fashion Week will be held on 8^th September at Manhattan, New York.

The former winner had arrived at Kochhar’s store in Juhu, Mumbai for a trial session and said, “I would like to thank Ms. Archana Kochhar for giving me this opportunity to walk for her at New York Fashion Week. It is always a proud moment for me to represent India at an International platform.”

Archana Kochhar would be presenting her latest collection “A tale of two travels” which is a mélange of two capsule collections inspired from her two travels in India. One of the inspiration is derived from her travel to the villages of the colorful nomadic tribe Banjara and the other to the breathtaking Taj Mahal. Blending these two varied inspirations for two capsule collections was an interesting challenge.

“A tale of Two Travels” is a thoughtful creation that imparts royal individuality of the surreal Taj and gleams in the colourful essence of Banjara. The first inspiration of the collection is by the nomadic tribe of India called Banjara, known for the craft of the vibrant mesmerizing colours and rustic mirror work in India. The colour palette of this collection is ivory offset with colourful digitally printed motifs which is further highlighted with multi-color thread work and mirror work 

The collection inspired by Banjara is a part of the “Make in India” Campaign, initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The designer has worked with different sets of artisans from across India trying to revive and re-energize different art forms of India, some of which are dying. The translation of the collection is modern, keeping the essence of Banjara intact.

The second inspiration of the collection is by the magnificent TajMahal, this palatial structure is known as the epitome of Love with its exquisiteness and elegance earned it the title of one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Depicting a dreamy vision, the collection is an exclusive range of colourful intricate digital prints depicting the vibrant symbolic motifs of the amazing Taj Mahal, the beautiful lotus flower, the mighty royal elephants balanced with geometric motifs.

The new line is a foci of contemporary silhouettes fused with a glimpse of Indian conventional cuts to bring forward the concept of the east meets the west. The silhouettes comprises of cold shoulder crop tops, caplets, flared bell bottoms, flared skirts, pencil skirts, high waist shorts, paper bag skirts, dhoti pants, structured gowns, key hole gowns, flowery drapes and jumpsuits.

Designer Archana Kochhar added, “I am very excited to be a part of the New York Fashion Week this season as well. I am very happy that Chandni is walking for me as one of the models. I saw Chandni grow from a model to the Indian Princess Winner 2014. I think she will go a long way in her career. I wish her and Brand Indian Princess, the pageant that discovered her all the best.”

JAS Motion Pictures’ logo launch on Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi marked the logo launch of JAS Motion Pictures, an interesting venture to promote new talent alongside veterans. The brainchild of famous Tabla exponent Jeetu Shankar, Arvind Agarwal, Somji R Shastri, Marques Xavier, Manish Begrajka, Bhadra Kanaiya & Puneet Chopra, JAS Motion Pictures aims to promote new talent in music, acting and all creative aspects and also JAS Motion Pictures will be venturing into TV serials.

The logo launch was attended by veteran music-makers of the likes of Virendra Shankar Raju Shankar, Deepak Pandit, Ram Shankar, Pradeep Pandit, Sarangi Nawaz Sabir Khan, Sanjay Vidyarthi, Surinder Khan, Kertikeya Tiwari, singers Sujata Trivedi, Aishwarya Majmudar, Sukriti Kakkar and Prakriti Kakkar, actor Nasirr Khan, comedian Shakeel Siddiqui among others. Performances began to herald Lord Ganesha post the launch and went on till wee hours of the morning. 

The first offering from JAS Motion Pictures will be with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan on the vocals, set to tune by Piyush Shankar and Rishabh Shankar both of whom are young talented artists.
Post this, five films will be announced by Ravi Rai, Nasirr Khan, Shivam Nair and Marques Xavier. Albums by new singers will follow. Carnival Cinemas will also be a part of the venture.

Days of Tafree’s first song - Jeeley Yeh Lamhe’ is on the way to becoming the next youth anthem

Anand Pandit and Rashmi Sharma’s upcoming film Days of Tafree is receiving great accolades from the audiences, industry and media ever since its trailer was released. The fun light hearted film is directed by Krishnadev Yagnik and stars a bunch of fresh cast who are adding an essence of youthfulness to the film.  Recently the makers launched their first official song ‘Jeeley Yeh Lamhe’ on the digital platform and in just a span of 2 days it has struck the chords of millions fans.

Keeping the theme of the film in mind, ‘Jeeley Yeh Lamhe’ song is a peppy track which is sung by singers Anupam Amod & Amit Mishra, written by Kunwar Juneja and is composed by young composers Bobby & Imran. The song conveys a beautiful message of living your college life to the fullest and making it the most memorable one. The lyrics and tune add the zing to the song making its way to become the next youth anthem!

Talking about it Music Director of Days of Tafree Bobby & Imran said, "We had made a couple of tracks before Jeeley Yeh Lamhe was made. We wanted to strike the best for director Krishnadevji so the day we got the idea of this song it was as if it was destined to fall into place. Composing the song was fun as well as challenging at the same time. We wanted that energy, fun, drama and lyrics to sink well rightly and at the same time make it a catchy track. We are overwhelmed with the response we have been getting and glad to know that the youth are instantly connecting to it." 
Interestingly, on the day of their first song release, the makers of Days of Tafree had given a double treat to the fans by launching its second official poster which was also highly spoken and shared on the social media platforms.
The film stars fresh cast Yash Soni, Ansh Bagri, Sanchay Goswami, Sarabjit Bindra, Nimisha Mehta, Kinjal Rajpriya and Anuradha Mukherjee. It is slated to release on the 23rd of September 2016.

THE GREAT KHALI ANNOUNCED THE PRO-WRESTLING FIGHT ON THE GROUNDS OF GURGAON AND PANIPAT

After the first wrestling match in Uttrakhand under Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE), Gurgaon and Panipat will witness the international level fights on its ground.Titled as the ‘Continental Wrestling Entertainment’ (CWE), the initiative that is focused on aggressively promoting the sport in India as well as scouting and developing talent from across the country in association with Integrated Brand Solutions (IBS), supported by Amardeep Singh the CEO of IBS and The Great Khali will witness its second leg of match in October.Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) run by ‘The Great Khali’ will be conducting two international level fights on 8th October in Tau Devi Lal stadium, Gurgaon and 12th October at Huda Grounds, Panipat where 15 International fighters and 35 Indian fighters both Male and Female will fight for the battle.Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Anil Vij, said “For the first time ever, a sport like WWE will happen on the grounds of Haryana on such a big level. I am really impressed with the initiative that Khali is taking forward the traditional sport, ‘Wrestling’ and is awakening the youth to take part in this sport”The Great Khali too added "I am thankful to the Haryana Government for supporting this initiative. Haryana today is competing in every sport. CWE gives the platform to many ordinary people who aim big in wrestling. I don't want to die. With CWE, I wish to make thousands of Khali's" He further said “I myself have come a long way from an ordinary stone cutter in the hills. A Punjab Police inspector changed my life forever and similarly I want to bring change in the lives of ordinary people who don’t have access to this sport. I want the youth to take part in ‘Wrestling’ and that is the main motive of opening this academy (CWE). There is so much of talent in our country but they don’t have the motivation and resources to make their dreams their passion. I want to teach people so that they would make our country proud”

Haryana Government has made the fights entertainment tax free for the public.