Sushil Kumar Appoints Neeraj Gupta as Business Manager

Sushil Kumar, an Indian freestyle wrestler and the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals, has appointed Neeraj Guptaas Business Manager to handle all brand endorsement activities for him. Neeraj Gupta is a renowned name in the field of media and entertainment and is well recognized for his strategic communication expertise in the industry. 

Founder of NG Group, Mr. Gupta has extensive experience in handling communication requirements for Celebrities and Corporates and has been extremely successful in establishing them as exemplary brands. On this association, Mr. Gupta said, “it is extremely an honor for us to be associated with the country’s wrestling superstar who has outshined everyone with his astounding performance on the International platform and won gold for the nation and gave impetus to the game of wrestling.” 

Coming from a modest background, Sushil Kumarhas come a long way started off his career as a promising wrestler in the junior levels to become World Champion.After winning a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, Sushil got due attention and acknowledged as one of India’s best wrestler.His dedication and rigorous hard work bestowed him numerous medals and he has been honored with the Arjuna Award in 2005, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2008 and in 2011 with Padma Shri—the fourth highest civilian award in India. 

Sushil Kumar is also being preferred for endorsing plenty of brands. He is undoubtedly a great role model in the field of freestyle wrestling and a major source of inspiration for many wrestling young aspirants. 

About NG Group:

NG Group is a 15 years old diversified communication group, with six specialized functions of Film Production, Talent Management, Media, Digital, Events and NGO. After working for 15 Years as Rahi Communications, we have changed our name and made a group of companies as NG Group.

NG Group, a fully formed Production & Media agency, has been amidst the action of empowering and facilitating businesses with top of the line services for more than a decade.

Star Wars Actor Mark Hamill compares death of co-star Carrie Fisher to losing John Lennon!

Known for essaying the iconic Princess Leia, late actress Carrie Fisher who passed away on December 27, 2016 after suffering a severe cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles, will be seen in her last Star Wars portrayal in Star Wars: The Last Jedi releasing on 15th December

Speaking while promoting, Luke Skywalker aka Mark Hamill said: “She’s irreplaceable. It’s like every fan was dreaming of the day The Beatles would reunite, and then we lost John [Lennon]. It’s just unbearably sad. Star Wars is about great triumph and great tragedy, and I can’t think of a greater tragedy than missing our Leia.”

Director Rian Johnson added that with digital recreation fans can see a lot more of the beloved actress –  “You are going to see some stuff with Leia that you haven’t seen before.”

Well we are sure fans cannot wait!

In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

The film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro.  

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is written and directed by Rian Johnson, releasing on 15th December 2017

Bollywood gives thumbs up to Haasil

The television series ‘Haasil’ has been a talk of the tinsel town and receiving rave reviews not only for its pacey storyline but also for its handsome and stylish, Zayed Khan who debuted on Indian television with this show. In fact, several Bollywood friends of Zayed have become a huge fan of the show and have been appreciating his work, both online and offline. 

Says Zayed Khan aka Ranvir Raichand, “Haasil is my debut show on television and I am really glad that the show has become quite a rage. A lot of my friends like Hrithik Roshan, Jacky Bhagnani, Gautam Gupta, Satya and much more have been appreciating the pacey storyline and my work. I have been receiving a lot of messages and tweets from other friends in the industry as well talking highly about the show. I feel quite lucky and blessed to have not just good friends but genuine well-wishers in the industry. They may not too large in numbers and I can count them on my fingers, and that says a lot about who they are and who I am. While I do not get time to meet them but whenever I do meet them, we catch from where we left effortlessly. We have always been there for each other in both our victories and defeats and I am grateful to have such beautiful people in my life.” 

In the forthcoming episode of Haasil, another major twist will loom the Raichands with Saarika (Sheeba Akashdeep) rejecting Aanchal (Nikita Dutta) as Kabir’s (Vatsal Sheth) wife and Ranvir (Zayed Khan) convincing her to do otherwise. A flaw in Aanchal’s horoscope will unrest Kabir who will try to manipulate the situation and find a solution.

Is Bollywood fuelling piracy?

The film industry is one such area which faces tremendous effects of the piracy/leak. In fact, the fear of movie leaks among the filmmakers has overpowered the threat concerning the film’s failure. 

From the highly awaited Hollywood’s Quantico 3, starring Priyanka Chopra to the controversial flick Udta Punjab and Parched, innumerable high budget movies had to go through the most turbulent quotient of pre-release piracy. But what’s the truth behind these leaks? 

Speaking of the same social media expert Raju Singh Rathore says, “It’s really unfortunate as a single movie is the result of efforts of hundreds of people. But at the same time, in the light of the prevailing scenarios and the desperate need of marketing a film better than anybody else, we cannot deny that PR agencies often take to deliberate leakage of few scenes of the movie. Owing to certain factors, these tactics fail to work properly thereby turning everything upside down. An effort which was made to garner publicity, end up with negative criticism and poor box office collection.” 

Bollywood’s latest release Julie 2, an adult-drama, got trapped in a similar situation when few intimate scenes from the movie were leaked on social media. Despite the buzz created around the country, the movie failed to attract the audience towards the theater. Well, we cannot directly comment if it was a deliberate leak or not, but obviously, the mishap didn’t really go in the favour of the filmmakers. 

But how to sense what’s real? Adding to his comment, Singh said, “Today’s audience is smart enough to sense what’s intentional/deliberate and what’s not.” 

“Moreover, the laws against film leaks are strong enough. So, in case it’s an accidental leak or a hack, the concerned authority reacts immediately to get hold of the culprit so as to punish him under the law. A great example of it is the movie Kabaali, which was leaked on Torrent before its official release but was immediately taken down within few hours. The man behind the leak was also arrested in no time.” 

At the end, such things are unavoidable. All that can be done is to stay cautious. It’s high time that filmmakers take a step ahead to create better and stronger firewalls for themselves.

Ali Fazal’s next inspired by Narcos and The Godfather

Actor Ali Fazal is now soon to be a part of a video on demand series, Mirzapur which is an Amazon Prime show and is being produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment. In this series for the very first time, he will be playing a grey shaded character on screen for which he started prepping well in advance. He has been working a lot on his dialect and physique for this series, to get the character more relatable. The show which is a fictional 10 episodic series is being directed by Karan Anshuman and is a gangster drama set in hinterland India in an imaginary land called Mirzapur. Now making it further interesting, we hear that series has a lot of references drawn from the international epic digital series Narcos and one of the best gangster films from the west Marlon Brando’s The Godfather series. The show's treatment has drawn inspiration from these and will be the first of its kind content to be having been produced in India. The series also stars Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Rasika Dugal. Talking about the same Ali said, “I am a big fan of Marlon Brando's work and The Godfather series and when I read the script it instantly clicked to me since somewhere I draw the similarity of Mirzapur between The Godfather and the Narcos which is a popular digital series worldwide. It’s an Indian version which is a great blend of both the epic series from the west. It has a lot of striking similarity between the two".