बुधवार, 11 जनवरी 2017

New single 'No Lie' featuring Dua Lipa, by Grammy Award winner Sean Paul

Dancehall legend, Grammy Award winner and much loved hit maker extraordinaire Sean Paul who has spent the last 8 weeks at no. 1 (including the Christmas no.1) on Clean Bandit’s “Rockabye” drops the video for his new brand new single ‘No Lie’. The video, directed by Tim Nackashi (Maroon 5, One Republic)  features fast rising chart-topper Dua Lipa who duets with Sean on the track with creative direction from long-time collaborator Tanisha Scott who has worked with Beyonce, Rihanna and memorably with Drake on the Hotline Bling video. ”No Lie” comes hot on the heels of Sean’s standout collaboration with Clean Bandit and his global smash with Sia on ‘Cheap Thrills’ which hit number 1 on the Billboard, no. 2 on the UK charts and has just been nominated for a Grammy. 
Sean Paul is without doubt one of the most instantly recognisable voices in music and he   has continued his remarkable strike rate over the last year with a string of hits including Cheap Thrills: 159 Million Streams On Spotify + over 1.4m Sales on iTunes, Cheap Thrills – No. 1 on the US Chart | No. 2 on the UK Chart (In chart for 55 weeks), Jay Sean (feat. Sean Paul) – Make My Love Go: 60 Million Streams On Spotify, Little Mix (feat. Sean Paul) – Hair: 48 Million Streams On Spotify, Matoma & Sean Paul – Paradise: 14 Million Streams on Spotify (inc. various appearances on major Dance Playlists e.g. “Massive Dance Hits” & “UK House Music”, Sak Noel & Sean Paul – Trumpets: 35 Million Streams on Spotify, Strong Social Presence with 13m YouTube Views, 361K Instagram Followers & 11m Facebook Likes.
In 2002 “Dutty Rock” (fuelled by the massive hit singles “Gimme The Light “ and “Get Busy”) went double Platinum in US & UK with worldwide sales of 3,400,000+ while 2006’s “Temperature” reached x4 Platinum in US with sales of over 4m. Over the span of his career, Sean Paul has worked with some of the world’s biggest artists including Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Sia, Kelly Rowland, Enrique Iglesias and 2Chainz, and has also partnered with reggae and dancehall acts such as Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley, Chi Chi Ching, Mr. Vegas, Beenie Man, Ding Dong, Future Fambo, and Tami Chynn. Aside from being a top-notch performer, Sean Paul is a much sought after music producer and has created music with a number of top Jamaican artistes. 
‘No Lie’ ft. Dua Lipa is available across all digital partners Exclusively on Universal Music Group. Listen here: https://universalmusicindia.lnk.to/NoLie
About Universal Music India:
Universal Music India Pvt. Ltd. (UMIPL) is a 100% subsidiary of the Universal Music Group (UMG) and is home to record labels such as A&M Records, Blue Note Records, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophone, Emarcy, Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Music Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records.
UMIPL has an extremely rich Indian catalogue comprising songs from classic Hindi and Regional Films, IndiPop, Bhangra, Ghazals and Devotional. It’s enviable catalogue includes artistes such as Asha Bhosle, Anup Jalota, Bombay Vikings, Jagjit Singh, JoSh, Malkit Singh, Pankaj Udhas, Panjabi MC, Raghav, Mohit Chouhan, Euphoria, Adnan Sami, Rabbi Shergill, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to name a few. UMIPL’s `film’ catalogue (the 2nd largest in India) spans music from blockbusters such as Sholay, Qurbani, Amar Akbar Anthony, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Devdas and Munnabhai MBBS amongst the numerous jewels which symbolize the musical journey from the 70’s to date. On the International music front, UMIPL are the clear market leaders with artistes such as Sean Paul, ABBA, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Enrique Iglesias, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, The Beatles, UB40, Deep Purple, Enigma, Norah Jones, Deadmau5, The Chemical Brothers, amongst host of others, popular music icons and household names in India.

Manjhi dialogue writers hit the globe with Recession!

At a time when demonetisation has its side-effects, here is a short film on recession made by the researchers-dialogue writers of Manjhi The Mountain Man that is making waves globally. Director Varadraj Swami’s Recession, penned by Shahzad Ahmad and Varadraj Swami was lauded at the Festival Du Cinema De Paris, San Francisco Short Film Festival,Chicago Short Film Festival, and won the Special Mention in the Short Film Festival of Los Angeles.Starring Arvind Swami, Priya Jaiswal,  Dev Khubnani, Ravikant, Manoj Singh, Touras Iqbal and Yash Bharat Jain, Recession follows the recent success of their earlier film Akhbar Ka Ek Panna that won at the New York Short Film Festival and Rasika Agashe won the Best Actor Award.Set against the backdrop of an economic slowdown, Recession revolves around three different
sets of victims of this crisis living in the same city. One is a conscientious executive who goes to work even on a Sunday. The second is the auto-rickshaw driver who plies his trade all day long despite suffering from peptic ulcers. The third is an unemployed youngster determined looking at all avenues to find a job that touches the lives of others in a unique way. Says the duo, “This is our third film on the cause-effect relationship between metropolitan life and urban chaos and how we are nothing but those caught in the ever-spiralling tornado of modern day living.  This metro madness seems to find takers in Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and Los Angeles, this time. And we are glad.”

‘OK JAANU’ STARCAST SPREADS LOVE AND ROMANCE IN THE CAPITAL CITY

The 2013 hit Jodi Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor promoted their upcoming film ‘Ok Jaanu’ in Delhi. Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor who started their filmy career as the main lead in Ashiqui 2 are coming back with another romantic film of the year ‘Ok Jaanu’. Directed by Shaad Ali, Ok Jaanu is an official remake of the Tamil film ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’. The film also stars Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson in supporting roles. The duo expressed their excitement and love for Delhi winters and said that finally their winter clothes are being used. When asked about the change they noticed in each other after Ashiqui 2, Aditya said "Shraddha has become very busy. She has done more films than me. So, that's the only change in time that I noticed" On the other hand, Shraddha said "What I like about Aditya is his preparation of the role and the dialogues. There's not much change in him, except his hair" (Laughs) Aditya Roy Kapoor who began his acting career with side roles in ‘London Dreams’, ‘Action Replay’ and ‘Guzaarish’ considers himself to be lucky to share screen space with big Bollywood stars. An actor, singer and an amazing dancer, Shraddha Kapoor has proved her mettle in every film. When asked about her idea of live-in-relationship, she answered “I am  living with my family and I enjoy spending time with them but if I get someone in my life with whom I could think of spending my life with, then I might go for the live-in- relationship“. She will also be seen in Half Girlfriend and ‘Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai’ The music of the film is already hitting up the audiences and the chartbusters. With a new age version of the iconic song 'Humma', Shraddha said "I was very small when the original song came and at that time I used to dance on the number in front of the mirror. We cannot recreate the magic which the original song did but we tried our best to at least match with it  abit. I am really glad that people are liking the song"
The film is releasing on 13th January 2017

Karan Johar has got a special invite

Of late, he has had a packed schedule owing to film direction, multiple production ventures, TV shows (judging as well as hosting) and an upcoming biography among other things.
Amidst all of it, film-maker Karan Johar has got a special invite - to attend the prestigious World Economic Forum annual meeting this year.
"The global event will take place in Davos Klosters, Switzerland, from January 17 to 20. At the same event, Karan has been invited as a 'cultural leader', an honour which is a first for a Bollywood personality.This year, the theme of the event is 'Responsive and Responsible Leadership', and Karan has been sent an invitation for the same. Karan is likely to leave for Switzerland early next week," says an insider.
Till date, Indian personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, AR Rahman and Mallika Sarabhai have been invited to Davos and all of them, co-incidentally, were bestowed with the Crystal Award.

Karan says, "I am honoured to be invited as one of the cultural leaders on this prolific platform. Representing my country and reflecting my ethos and the sentiments of my land on a global level is always exhilarating and empowering. Also, it's a solid meeting ground of minds and personalities, which I am looking forward to engulf and experience fully."

बुधवार, 4 जनवरी 2017

इस हफ्ते हॉलीवुड से अ मॉन्स्टर कॉल्स

द ऑर्फनेज फिल्म से मशहूर डायरेक्टर जुआन अंटोनिओ बायोन की अ मॉन्स्टर कॉल्स ६ जनवरी को भारत में रिलीज़ हो रही है।  यह फिल्म १२ साल के कोनोर (लेविस मैकडॉगल) की है, जो अपनी माँ (फ़ेलिसिटी जोंस) की बीमारी से जूझ रहा है।  वह अपने सहपाठियों को भयभीत करने के लिए राक्षसों के विलक्षण संसार में चला जाता है।  पैट्रिक नेस के इसी नाम के उपन्यास पर आधारित इस फंतासी ड्रामा फिल्म में लिएम नीसॉन ने राक्षस का किरदार किया है।  यह फिल्म लिमिटेड रिलीज़ में अमेरिका और यूनाइटेड किंगडम में रिलीज़ हो चुकी है।  इस फिल्म में टॉबी केब्बेल और सिगौरनी वीवर जैसे माहिर कलाकार भी हैं।  अ मॉन्स्टर कॉल्स के निर्माण में ४३ मिलियन डॉलर खर्च हुए थे।  यह फिल्म अब तक ३० मिलियन डॉलर का कलेक्शन कर चुकी है।
हॉलीवुड में अंडरवर्ल्ड


जहाँ हिंदुस्तान में मॉन्स्टर कॉल्स आयेगी, वहीँ हॉलीवुड बॉक्स ऑफिस पर अंडरवर्ल्ड का आतंक फैला होगा। हॉलीवुड में इस साल की पहली रिलीज़ फिल्म अंडरवर्ल्ड: ब्लड वार्स होगी। यह फिल्म भारत में दिसम्बर में रिलीज़ हो चुकी है। केट बेकिंसले की अंडरवर्ल्ड सीरीज की इस पांचवी फिल्म में केट वैम्पायर सेलेन के किरदार में ज़बरदस्त एक्शन अवतार में नज़र आयेंगी। इस साइंस एक्शन फिल्म की निर्देशक एना जे फोरेस्टर्स हैं। यह उनकी डेब्यू फिल्म है। पहली अंडरवर्ल्ड सीरीज की फिल्म २००३ में रिलीज़ हुई थी। पहली चार फिल्मों के निर्माण में १७७ मिलियन डॉलर खर्च हुए थे। इन फिल्मों ने ४५८ मिलियन डॉलर का बिज़नस किया है। इस फिल्म के अलावा दो ड्रामा फ़िल्में बेल्जियम की फिल्म द अर्डेंस और ब्रिटिश फ्रेंच फिल्म आई, डेनियल ब्लेक तथा एक्शन कॉमेडी रेलरोड टाइगर्स भी रिलीज़ होंगी। यह दोनों फ़िल्में फिल्म फेस्टिवल में सराही गई हैं तथा ऑस्कर की दावेदार मानी जा रही थी।  रेलरोड टाइगर्स चीन की ठेठ मसाला एक्शन फिल्म है।  जैकी चैन की मुख्य भूमिका वाली इस फिल्म में रेलरोड वर्कर जैकी चैन गरीबों के लिए खाना लेने के लिए जापानियों का विरोध करने के लिए स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों का नेतृत्व करता है।
 

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