10 Things you didn’t know about ‘THE STARBOY’- The Weeknd

With its new release Star boy, The Weeknd has broken all records enthralling us with his music. The Spotify Hitmaker has always been known for carrying a mysterious aura around him, With the latest release this year, the pop singer shared a few interesting things about his life and the making of – The Weeknd.His new album- Starboy has already been : #1 Album on iTunes in 80 Countries Including INDIA!, #1 Album & Starboy reaching #1 Song on Apple Music in INDIA! The artist gained Spotify’s Global Chart take over with 18 tracks in the Top 50 with even Breaking the record on Spotify for most streamed artist in 1 day! Featuring Collaborations by Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey, Future and Kendrick Lamar, Starboy is certainly continuing to break records. 

Here are 10 facts about The Weeknd that we didn’t know about.

1.     The Weeknd is a staged named. The Pop Singer’s real name is “Abel Makonnen Tesfaye” since he wasn’t too fond of his real name while growing up.

2.     He chose a stage name, slicing an “e” out of “the Weekend” to avoid a clash with an established Canadian band. While his Record Label is named  XO.

3.     The Weeknd spend his childhood growing up in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto, to a family of Ethiopian immigrants of the 1990.

4.     After his parent’s separation, Abel was taken care of by his maternal grandmother thereby becoming fluent in Amharic and Ethiopian Music.

5.     Although Abel dropped out of school at the age of 17 fleeing with his friends in a Van, he did not leave Canada until he was 21.

6.     The Weeknd has a bodyguard from ‘Big Rob’ which he inherited from Britney Spears nicknamed Feggans.

7.     Following the success of  ‘Starboy’ , the musician is already set with his next album to be releasing soon.

8.     He often says it was Jackson’s music that made him want to be a singer, and the lyrics to “Dirty Diana” which he eventually gave tribute to in one of his performance.

9.     The Musician follows a before concerts rituals where he gets his energy right by blasting Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall”.

10.  His previous obscure hairstyle is inspired from artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

EVC Quiz Alert- WHICH KIND OF TRIBESMAN ARE YOU?

                                    

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Join the ‘Contemporary Tribe’ at EVC this year again with the new Absolut. Enchanted Valley Carnival quiz merging the ancient world of mysterious folklore, tribal culture with new media glitch art derived from digital/ electronic visual & soundscapes. Determine your tribal identity at EVC by taking the quiz to know which one of the tribe kind are you- The Artist, the Spaceman, the Shaman or the Warrior.Take this super cool quiz to find out! http://bit.ly/EVCQuiz

Put on that EVC Anthem! Tie down your Aztec Bandana! And take that EVC Quiz and tell your friends about your identity this year at Absolut. Enchanted Valley Carnival.

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Shilpa Shetty Kundra inaugurates “VARTI JEWELS”

Anchor retail store of exquisite costume jewelry, “VARTI JEWELS” was inaugurated by gorgeous bollywood diva and business personality Shilpa Shetty Kundra, on 9th December 2016, Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai. Varti Jewels is a collection of COSTUME JEWELLERY, specially designed to suit all occasions attire. Shilpi Nahata, the  owner said, ‘Women spend good amount of time in designing the costumes and always look for a complimenting jewellery, hereby we bring a heartiest collection for same’. This was cheered by brand owner Narendra Jain with his brothers. Shilpa Shetty admired the jewellery closely and posed with few beautiful collections, stating ‘This is an all occasion jewellery, any one will fall for these designs and I’m loving it’. .    

Varti Jewels is a new brand retail shop,  joint venture of ‘Art India’ & ‘S B N Jewels’ launched by famous ‘Art India’ the manufacturer and wholesaler since last two decades in Mumbai. This is the first of their chain of retail shops, next one will be soon open in Chennai followed by its international shop in Dubai. Specialized in Costume/Fashion Jewelleries, ‘Art India’ is owned by 3 brothers Narendra Jain, Vinod Jain and Jeetu Jain under the expert guidance of Prakash Ji Mutha, this franchise is managed by Shilpi Nahata. Jain brothers are organizing various exhibitions of jewelleries since last 10 years, and this new brand “Varti Jewels” will have fashion jewellery ranging from One thousand up to a Lac and so on.  

Grand Premier of Film “30 MINUTES” held in PVR

A grand special Premier of film "30 MINUTES" was held on 8th December 2016, at PVR, Citimall, Link Rd, Andheri West Mumbai. Honourable guests beside entire star cast present were veteran playback singer Dilraj Kaur, lyricist Sudhakar Sharma, film critic Nalin Shah, Riku Rakesh Nath, Rajesh Puri, Manmeet, Harmeet of Meet Brothers fame, Karan Bawa, Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Advertisers& many more. Everyone praised the subject and aim of film. Director Yesudas BC was overwhelmed with the response. Veteran actor Paintal who plays the role of father, of lead actor Hiten Paintal, said " I believe my son will also get a very big break this film.

Film 30 Minutes is going to cast permanent impression on the viewers on two important aspects which are punctuality and child mistreatment by parents. The songs of film provide a variegated bouquet of melody, ghazels, and light dance numbers. With the release of this movie 83 years old ASha Bhosle can claim a Guinness World Record for singing continuously for the last 73 years as she had sung her first song in a marathi film in 1943 which is more than anybody else in the world including Lata Mangeshkar.

“30 MINUTES” is a Film by Yesudas BC (Producer & Director), Associate producer Braj Sharwani, Exec Producer Amarjeet Singh Kohli, Story Vivek Mishra, Screenplay, dialogue Rajan Agarwal, Music directors Jaspal Moni, Naresh Vikal, Ashok Sharma & Haroon, Lyrics Haroon, Babbi Khakh, Santosh Kumar, Parwinder Pal Singh, Sanjay Dhupa Mishra & Zaheen Shah Taji.

Singers Asha Bhosle, Shaan, Kunal Ganjawala, Anuja Sinha, Javed Ali & Jaswinder Bunty. Film Stars, Hiten Paintal, Hrishita Bhatt, Paintal, Hemant Pandey, Rana Jung Bahadur, Mukesh Bhatt, Shiva and an item song by Riya Sen.

Eros International & Soham Rockstar’s Sanam Teri Kasam screened at the Bollywood Film Festival in Russia

Eros International’s 2016 musical love story, Sanam Teri Kasam was one of the 8 chosen films that was screened across 21 cities at the Bollywood Film Festival in Russia. The week-long Film Festival flagged off on November 30th.

The romantic film starring debutantes, Harshvardhan Rane and Mawra Hocane, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru was released earlier this year. Harshvardhan Rane who was also invited for the film’s screening was overwhelmed with the love and appreciation the movie received.