Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar join the Global Citizen India movement

Global Citizen India announced that Coldplay, JAY Z, Aamir Khan, Arjun Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, Arijit Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif, Monali Thakur, Ranveer Singh, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Shraddha Kapoor will now be joined on November 19 by Ayushmann Khurrana, Malaika Arora Khan, Parineeti Chopra, Sachin Tendulkar, Sakshi Malik, Sonakshi Sinha, Shah Rukh Khan and Vijender Singh.

In its first year, the Global Citizen India movement is focusing on three major issues integral to eradicating extreme poverty: Quality Education, Gender Equality and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. The current Action Journey focuses on Gender Equality issues in India, setting out to redress the balance and ensure that women and men have equal opportunities.

Over 900,000 actions taken to create meaningful impact in three key areas: Quality Education, Gender Equality and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. 

Sachin Tendulkar, Global Citizen India ambassador said, “As a country India is united with the world in fighting open defecation and improper sanitation. Our efforts in sanitation play an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and also ensuring basic human dignity. I am pleased to lend my support to Global Citizen India in their efforts towards the sustainable development goals of water, sanitation and hygiene.” 

Parineeti Chopra, one of the new artists to have joined the movement continued, “In today’s day and age, it is extremely necessary for every individual to work towards the sustainable development goals. I’m thrilled to be a part of the Global Citizen India initiative as it educates people about crucial global issues – gender equality, water, sanitation and hygiene, quality education being just a  few of them. Through the Global Citizen platform, each one of us can play a part in this journey by doing our bit, by taking actions for a positive change; to make this world an even better place to live.”

Global Citizen Festival India is being presented by Colors Viacom18 and powered by UPL. It is being hosted in Mumbai in association with the government of Maharashtra and United Nations and the event is produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment. The inaugural Global Citizen Festival India, to be held at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai, will be Global Citizen India’s first initiative. Now with over 18,000 FREE tickets already given away for Global Citizen Festival, the excitement is building.

Vijender Singh, one of India’s finest sportsmen said, “In a world full of competition, we as sports people need to constantly focus primarily on our training. But I believe it is also necessary for us to make time for the greater good of the world. Global Citizen India is such a huge platform through which I along with so many dignitaries can play an integral part in taking a step towards positive social change. It is important to take this step together for all of us in India and the world to work towards the Sustainable Development Goals and transform our world by 2030 – it is of utmost priority for every individual to be living in a safe and clean environment, have quality education and all genders need to be rising equally.”

Bhavya Bishnoi, Global Citizen India spokesperson mentioned, “As Indians, we face several challenges that branch from cultural, religious and social stereotypes, thereby presenting a hurdle to our nation’s development and hindering the eradication of extreme poverty. With the Global Citizen India movement, we seek to take collective action toward addressing these challenges and improving the state of the world. We believe that the aim of poverty alleviation by 2030 is within reach provided every individual across the globe takes responsibility and steps up to the plate."

Eighty percent of the tickets to the November 19th festival will be given out to Global Citizens who earn them by taking action. For more information about the artists, schedules, and event, please visit www.globalcitizen.in and follow @glblctznIN on Twitter and Facebook, and on Instagram using #GlobalCitizenIndia.

Gurmeet Choudhary takes up a challenging body transformation

After Khamoshiyan (2015) and Hate Story 3 (2015), Gurmeet Choudhary is set to act in yet another thriller.This time around however, it was a major challenge for the actor, who had to muscle up for a song in the film and later lose weight for another film he had to shoot soon after. What made this process even more complicated, was that while the actor had to shoot the song in Georgia , the rains made it impossible for the crew to shoot and the schedule had to be delayed to the next month.In between this, Gurmeet had to drop the pounds to sport a lean look for another film he has been shooting and again bulk up to continue shooting the song .Says a source, " Gurmeet had to beef up for a song in the film, but had to later lose weight for another movie he had to shoot for soon after. Since Gurmeet will be seen shirtless in the song, he had to be in good physical form.He followed a strict diet and weight training regime..Later since there was a delay, the song could not be shot and Gurmeet had to shred all the muscle and get lean ,only to bulk up again the next month".Says Gurmeet Choudhary, "As an actor physical transformation is one of the most difficult tasks.  I try my best to look different with each of my characters.Each character has to be treated differently .And when you shoot two movies at the same time and you have 2 different looks,  your job becomes  tougher .This time  one movie had me in a muscular beefed up look and for the other I had to shred all my muscle and look like a normal working class guy".

Raveena Tandon Saves Life of a Girl from Accident

Bollywood star Raveena showed her helpful nature and social responsibility side yet again. She rescue of an injured girl in Juhu (Mumbai) on Friday. Raveena is popularly known as Mast Mast girl in Bollywood. She dons various hats on her head perfectly. The ‘Daman’ star has seen her shares of ups and downs but has emerged as a winner always.

Since 2009, she has also been associated with UNICEF on the issue of maternal and neonatal healthcare and wellbeing. The actress joined the organisation to raise awareness about the silent tragedy which unfolds across India every year, with the deaths of 78,000 women from problems arising due to childbirth and pregnancy. Also she inaugurated the ‘Tobacco-free Mumbai Police’ campaign, the campaign and drive will inspire and motivate policemen to let go of the habit by ranking police stations as ‘Tobacco-free police stations’! And supported Street Smart, Street Safe, an awareness campaign for using helmet in Mumbai. Her love for animals is well known and some bit of it seems to have rubbed off on her children, Rasha, 11, and Ranbirvardhan, 8. For, the two kids have now turned brand ambassadors for an animal welfare organisation run by Boman Irani. She was earlier the face of the voluntary organsation that carries out rescue and rehabilitation work. 

As per latest news Raveena Tandon  was travelling to an event, where she was the chief guest. While the actor was on her way back, she spotted a seven-year-old girl, who was bruised and crying profusely by the road. Several other kids were surrounding the girl. The actor decided to help the child get back home safely.

“Raveena saw a few kids in a troubled situation. She was in Juhu when she saw the injured girl. She got hurt while she was playing with the other kids,” says a source, adding, “When Raveena learnt that the autorickshaws were refusing to drop the girl to her house, the actor decided to take the girl and her friends to the former’s house. The girl’s parents thanked Raveena for her kind gesture.

Raveena confirmed the news, saying, “At the time, I thought that I needed to tend to the girl’s needs. Safety is of the utmost importance, especially in a dire situation like this. I thought the only solution was to drop the child back to her parents.”

Hats off to our Actress have done everything for saving the life of girl. This incident is one more testimony to the hero’s kind-heartedness.

Ranbir Kapoor on the set of Super Dance (photos)

Manoj Bajpayee: My character in ‘Love Sonia’ is one the deadliest character I have played so far

The fine actor Manoj Bajpayee is one of the most talented actors in Bollywood who can rightly be called 'the master of impeccable performances'.  In his phenomenal cinematic journey, the actor has always taken up challenging roles and delivered with great ease. We have always seen him  portraying many negative roles be it gangster in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ series, a psycho in ‘Road’ a dangerous faction leader in ‘Tevar’, the actor has always made character’s alive with his performance.  But the two time national award winner is all set to be seen one of his deadliest avatar in his upcoming film ‘Love Sonia’, thereby raising his own bar.

Love Sonia is an Indo-American film, which is directed by Tabrez Noorani and produced by David Womark who had produced the magnificent film ‘Life of Pi’. According to an insider, the makers have shot the film in many locations like Rajasthan, Mumbai, Hong Kong and USA. The actor has already finished shooting of ‘Love Sonia’ and the film has a mix of talented actors from Bollywood & Hollywood like Anupam Kher, Freida Pinto, Richa Chaddha, Rajkumar Rao, Demi Moore, Mark Duplass and many more.

Spilling more details, Manoj Bajapayee says, “I have done many negative roles in the past but I feel my character in ‘Love Sonia’ is one the deadliest character I have played so far. Love Sonia is made with some of the most talented bunch of actors and it was amazing experience to work with the entire team. The makers are looking to release the film in 2017.

Just recently, Manoj Bajpayee had received the ‘Best Actor’ award for ‘Aligarh’ in the 7th Jagran Film Festival where he won the hearts of many with his outstanding performance.  Looking at his bold choices for his future projects we are sure the actor has many more awards coming in his way!