INDIA'S LARGEST CAMPING & MULTI GENRE FESTIVAL ENCHANTED VALLEY CARNIVAL ANNOUNCES DATES

This December get ready to experience a fest, larger than life, bigger than before and greater than ever at the most desirable destination, in the midst of hills and Valleys, Enchanted Valley Carnival. A gateway to all the excitement as a horde of musical acts arrive to the famous Aamby Valley Airstrip on 17th and 18th December 2016.Post Universal Music Group’s alliance with Twisted Entertainment, EVC has evolved itself to be the only Multi-Genre festival creating a global benchmark.  The fourth edition of the festival is a treat for music fanatics of all ages. The festival is open to all without any age barriers, making it one of the promising holiday getaways this December. The festival will not only feature EDM, Techno and Indie but also two new additions of Bollywood and International Pop, making it a perfect mix of international and homegrown talent.EVC releases early bird festival tickets for the 2016 edition of the festival on 9th September along with camping packages for luxury & regular tents at incredible prices. Join the tribe and experience the next chapter of this journey.While most international fests offer a particular genre of music, this year EVC claims to cover every spectrum of music making it first of its kind multi-genre event. Spanning 2 days, attendees join the EVC ‘tribe’ for a unique camping experience at the Enchanted Village. These life sized tents with amenities and facilities make it the most experiential camping site in India. Hailed as India’s largest campsite, the Enchanted Village strives to create a ‘tribe’ of fans that get a hands on experience to delve into Indian culture through Bon Fires, Painting and Art workshops, Drum Circles and even Silent Parties!Alongside music the festival offers world cuisine through the Culinarium, a round the clock (24hours) food fiesta to suit every mood and palette. The pop ups shall offer unique lip smacking and mouth-watering recipes from some of the best restaurants. Besides the Bar offers various cocktails and mocktails specially curated.

The Adventure sports is another exciting aspect of the event to look forward to, fun activities packed within two days, making it a one stop destination for all the excitement.  With Professional adventure sports like Quad Biking, Bungee Jumping and even romantic Hot Air Balloon rides, it has loads more in store. 

Devraj Sanyal, MD & CEO, Universal Music Group South Asia quoted-  “At EVC, we started the journey of being a differentiated festival last year by positioning ourselves as a true blue blooded Multi Genre Music festival, apart from already being the largest camping and adventure festival in the region. Being a "Made in India" festival and only having international English or EDM music didn't make sense to us from the long term. We were clear from the start that we wanted to be the Indian Glastonbury where anyone who listens to any form of music must find something in EVC for themselves.”

It is undeniable that Bollywood and International Pop form a huge part of the staple diet of music listeners here in India and EVC is going to provide just that with the best of all worlds...Bollywood, Pop, Electronica and Indie music with some of the biggest names in the world and from here. We intend to be a glocal product and not a global product.

Over the next few years we intend to establish ourselves as the premier festival in the region that allows for the entire demographic and psychographic of the Indian Youth to engage with us at a level that India has not seen before."

Shoven Shah- Founder, EVC & Director, Twisted Entertainment (M) stated- “My vision for EVC has always been about giving the complete experience & making it a diverse festival for a consumer - whether it’s the music, camping & even the location we host our festival at. We started seeding it as a multi genre festival in the first year & today EVC is the largest Multi genre camping festival hosted at a premium destination that enhances the overall vibe of the festival. We have a power packed line up of International & Indian artists for every major genre this year which we can’t wait to unveil.”

As the next chapter of EVC is well underway, come sit back and sleep under the stars and let loose at the world’s most electrifying musical bandwagon at EVC. So save the dates and get ready to join an exuberant ride at EVC!

For Further details visit:

www.evc.co.in | www.facebook.com/enchantedvalleycarnival | http://www.twitter.com/EVC India

About Enchanted Valley Carnival:

Enchanted Valley Carnival (EVC) is a unique festival property which was introduced to the Indian audiences in 2013. Enchanted Valley Carnival is the first-ever music festival in Asia to have a fully-fledged campsite, famously known as Enchanted Village, alongside professional adventure sport and other distinctive experiences. Enchanted Valley Carnival is hosted amongst the serenity of nature in one of the most exclusive cities in Asia at Aamby Valley City, being the first festival in Asia to be held on an airstrip.

Enchanted Village shall be poised to endorse and facilitate this community through its extravagant camping experience, with the objective of being the most sought after camping brand in the country. Enchanted Village aims to extend its ritualistic nature amongst the fans, rendering an experience across the length & breadth of India’s diverse environmental settings.

In 2015, EVC introduced it’s sub property ‘Culinarium’ at the festival, which is a curated gastronomical experience. Gourmet as well as street food experiences are handpicked specially for the festival with pop up restaurants created to devour various cuisines under one roof.

EVC 2016 establishes itself as the only multi genre electronic music festival in India offering varied genres from electronic music to live genres across trance, house, techno, fusion and Indie along with other experimental music. Bringing together some of the most electrifying international performers that remain sacrosanct, EVC covers a vast spectrum of music with the presence of our Indian talent in the line-up.

About Saavn:

Saavn is India's leading digital music service, transforming how people around the world access and experience music on a daily basis. Saavn’s unique combination of Internet radio and on-demand music capabilities, coupled with proprietary social features like music tagging and music chat, deliver one of the richest media experiences available on mobile and Web today. Saavn is currently accessed in more than 150 countries and offers 10 million+ tracks in 11 languages: Hindi, English (India only), Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri. The company has 900+ label partnerships and growing, including Universal Music India, T-Series, Tips, YRF, Saregama, Eros, Sony, and Warner Music. Saavn’s institutional investors include Tiger Global Management, Bertelsmann India Investments, Liberty Media, Steadview Capital, Mousse Partners, Quilvest, and others.

The company's award-winning iOS and Android mobile products include phonetic search, dynamic bit-rate streaming, global native ad-serving, and industry-leading design. With Saavn Pro, users can listen to music ad-free and offline. And through partnerships with Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Shazam, Saavn reaches more music fans than any other South Asian music service. In early 2015, Saavn partnered with the global non-profit Akshaya Patra to launch #MusicForMeals, a streaming-powered initiative to provide midday meals for school-going children in India.

Saavn was founded in 2007, and has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, New York, and California. For more information, visit www.saavn.com or corporate.saavn.com.

About Aamby Valley City:

Aamby Valley city, life’s finest abode is Independent India’s first planned hill city, a creative expression of our Chief Guardian, Honourable Managing Worker and Chairman, Shri Subrata Roy (Saharasri ji). Spread over ten thousand acres, the luxurious Aamby Valley City is being developed as an integrated Hill City by Sahara India Pariwar. This unique and self-contained City is surrounded by the picturesque Sahayadri range and offers spectacular views of vast environs and breath-taking landscape. The City successfully blends a superior lifestyle along with essential infrastructures such as a hospital, school, airport and shopping facilities. The City comprises of high-end villas, condominiums, a 18 hole championship golf course which was recently awarded ‘Best International Golf Course’ at the International Property Awards in London, a town plaza, a community centre and the world’s tallest multimedia fountain show.

Apart from being a destination for unsurpassed grandeur and luxurious lifestyle, Aamby Valley City also has an equally impressive business district with an infrastructure that allows businesses to land their private airplanes into the City’s dedicated Airport and head straight to the conference rooms. The business infrastructure and facilities have been designed in accordance to the international standards. Moreover, Aamby Valley City is also home to India’s largest auditorium.

Under the hood, Aamby Valley City is powered by a dedicated power plant that guarantees 24hrs of power supply, a well planned professional security systems, IT & Communication network, a well-designed and modern Water treatment and Solid Waste & Sewerage Treatment Systems & Networks and a state of the art Water treatment plant. These utilities combined ensure a smooth and uninterrupted 24/7 operation. 

The city is located at a distance of 120 km from Mumbai, 90 km from Pune and lies 25 km off the town of Lonavala on the Mumbai Pune Expressway. The luxurious quality and style of Aamby Valley life have redefined City living. This paradigm shift in lifestyle has been very well accepted and has also become the new benchmark in luxurious living.

ANT MAN- THE BOLLYWOOD WAY

           

         ~Who do you think could play the best Scott Lang?                     Arjun Rampal, Milind Soman or Akshay Kumar~

Bollywood nowadays have showcased a number of unique crime fighting superheroes on the big screen. With their suave gadgets to cars to even updated special effects, Indian audiences can’t seem to get enough of the superhero genre.

In Hollywood, comic book based heroes have been one of most awaited aspects of every summer with even Star Movies featuring the premiere of Ant-Man on Sunday,11^th September at 1pm and 9pm. The film starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas amassed more than 500 million dollars at the box office and the anticipated films will premiere on Indian television for the first time thanks to Star Movies.

As speculations continue if whether an Indian version of Antman could occur, here are a few options of who could play Paul Rudd’s character Scott Lang in Antman

ARJUN RAMPAL:

Arjun Rampal is one of Bollywood’s most talented names who will certainly look great as a superhero. The actor has already played roles as a villain in Indian superhero films and its time that he plays the lead protagonist in an Indian remake will suit him perfectly!

AKSHAY KUMAR: 

Akshay Kumar has played a spectrum of roles throughout his career and hopefully the next step will be to play the ant-sized superhero. The actor’s acting talent and looks make him an obvious choice for the role of Scott Lang.

MILIND SOMAN

The model and actor who became an audience favorite as a nineties live action superhero. Years later, the star has continued to be remembered for his roles and can now join in the comic book squad by playing the witty character of Ant-man.

With the three picks of who can play the Indian remake of Ant-man, get a chance to see the Hollywood flick first as it premiers on Star Movies on 11^th September at 1pm and 9pm.

MNS President Raj Thackeray slams Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani

Upcoming Hindi film Chapekar Brothers has been in the news for the diktat from the Censor Board over a film scene. Post that incident, MNS President Raj Thackeray has pledged his full support to the movie by felicitating the family members belonging to the martyr Chapekar Brothers. The MNS Chief paid his tributes to the immortal freedom fighters by presenting a memento to today’s generation of Chapekar family.Shrimati Pratibha Prafulla Chapekar , Prashant Prafulla Chapekar,  Avinash Nilkanth Chapekar and Shashank Nilkanth Chapekar were present at the felicitation ceremony.Producer Ghanshyam Patel who has produced the forth-coming Hindi film Chapekar Brothers offered a sword to Raj saheb as mark of respect.This felicitation comes at an appropriate time when filmmakers have captured the glorious lives of Chapekar Brothers on the silver in the upcoming Hindi film 'Chapekar Brothers'.On this occasion, Raj Thackeray said, “Pahlaj Nihalani should be ashamed of the kind of films that he’s made in the past. He should be reminded of ‘Sarkai Lo Khatiya’.”

Producer Ghanshyam Patel said, “Chapekar Brothers is not a big 

movie and we have faced our own challenges to produce it. We are sincerely thankful to Mr. Raj Thackeray who’s come out to support the film. We request the Censor Board to give us a clean certificate and stop pressurizing us to re-edit the film.”

The Censor Board had raised issues during the screening of the film over a scene in which one of the Chapekar Brothers had killed a Christian Missionary forcing Hindus to convert into Christianity during the British Raj.At the same event, MNS Chief Raj Thackeray unveiled the latest poster of the film which received a lot of appreciation.Actors Abhijit Bhagat, Sanjeet Dhuri, and  Manoj Bhatt who play the three legendary brothers on the big screen were present along with actresses Megha Joshi, Kanchan Awasthi and Kumkum Das. Writer Dhiraj Mishra & producer Ghanshyam Patel were also present. Vageesh Saraswat, National Spokesperson, MNS was present at the event too.

About Chapekar Brothers:

Giriva Productions' Hindi movie Chapekar Brothers is scheduled to release on 16th September 2016. The film features Abhijit Bhagat, Sanjeet Dhuri and Manoj Bhatt as the Chapekar brothers, Indian revolutionaries involved in the 1896 assassination of the British Plague Commissioner of Pune, W C Rand. Veteran actor Govind Namdev is playing freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the film. The film is directed by Devendar Kumar Pandey and produced by Ghanshyam Patel. The screenplay and dialogue is written by Dhiraj Mishra. This movie will bring alive the life and times of the revolutionaries and also their contribution to the great freedom struggle. Chapekar Brothers is all set to release on 2nd September 2016. 

WHAT'S COOKING BETWEEN THE VAMPS AND SHIVAAY?

Shivaay which is Ajay Devgn's most ambitious project is leaving no stone unturned to make it the biggest blockbuster of the year! Ajay Devgn has a new Ace Up his Sleeve! The collaboration has been facilitated by Virgin EMI UK and Bottomline Media Pvt Ltd and is their first partnership with Bollywood.The British pop-rock boy band, The Vamps, recently visited India and made a big splash. The Vamps are collaborating with one of most anticipated films of 2016, Ajay Devgn's directorial, Shivaay.Talking about the collaboration, Ajay Devgn says, "This is my first international collaboration on a musical front. Bradley Simpson, James McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans, The Vamps, are immensely talented young boys.  My Daughter Nysa introduced me to the band as I didn't know how big they were for the tweens..."
Tanaaz Bhatia, CEO Bottomline Media Pvt Ltd adds, “It’s our first Bollywood collaboration .The Vamps who are thrilled and energized to be associated with their first Bollywood project, Shivaay. It's been a great association with Ajay Devgn Ffilms and vamps are very excited to collaborate with the Indian Mega Star, Ajay Devgn.” This autumn Bollywood and UK pop royalty will explosively collide when Ajay Devgn and The Vamps combine to soundtrack the forthcoming Shivaay blockbuster.  The UK boy band phenomenon are beyond honored to have this opportunity and can't wait to deliver their finest music for this very special collaboration with Bollywood mega star Ajay , Ted Cockle, President Virgin EMI UK.Represented by Bottomline Media and Virgin EMI UK, The Vamps are jamming in Mumbai with Shivaay's music director Mithoon.

Yash Raj Films Brings Together Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan For the First Time Ever in “THUGS OF HINDOSTAN”

Vijay Krishna Acharya (Victor), the writer-director of the all-time YRF blockbuster Dhoom 3, teams up once again with Aamir Khan in Thugs of Hindostan along with Amitabh Bachchan to give the audience a never seen before experience of larger than life filmmaking!This YRF film holds a double bonanza by bringing together Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan together for the first time ever. That in itself, is film lore in making!

The leading lady of the film will be announced soon. Thugs of Hindostan holds more surprises in its kitty! So watch out for more details in this space and keep counting the time till its release date of Diwali 2018.