Donal’s first ever dance performance

Love is in the air with Valentine’s day around the corner. Television audiences are on cloud nine after witnessing one of their favourite on-screen couples Namik Paul (Shiv) and Donal Bisht (Sharanya Bisht) rekindle their romance from their college memories. As per the earlier track, Sharanya has regained her memory and remembers the special moments she had spent with Shiv. While going through her old possessions, she stumbles upon a memento which takes her back to the glorious college days of fun and frolic with Shiv. 

With people all over celebrating the week of love along with their partners, Shiv and Sharanya will also be seen partying and grooving as they recreate the melodious romantic number ‘Uff Mere Dil Mein’ from the hit romantic action flick – ‘Bang Bang’. The team shot the sequence in a record time of 4 hours even though Donal has never performed a dance number before! 

When contacted Donal said, “It’s been a fantastic time on the sets when we shot the dance sequence. I have never danced for any  television show before! Our fans had been requesting a lot for the makers to include a romantic dance on the show and with Valentine’s Day around the corner, the creative team planned for it on an urgent basis. It was amazing to dance with Namik on one of my favorite songs. Initially I was apprehensive that I would take time to learn the dance moves, but surprisingly I danced to the rhythm in tandem along with others and we wrapped the shoot in a matter of hours! I can’t wait to dance again and I have a feeling that we shall shoot for another dance sequence soon. Let’s wait and watch!”

Salman and Sonakshi recreate the magic for 'Welcome To New York'

'Welcome To New York' is hitting the right notes. And now the biggest news. Superstar Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha have recreated their magic in the film's song 'Nain Phisal Gaye'. With music by Sajid Wajid and lyrics by Kaunsar Munir, 'Nain Phisal Gaye' is a beautiful number that sets the tone for Valentine's Day. The song was shot entirely in New York. When the producers went to Salman, the magnanimous star that he is, he agreed to do the song. 

Sonakshi Sinha says, “It was really exciting to be re-uniting with Salman for our third film together after 'Dabangg' and 'Dabangg 2'. We shot the song entirely in New York. It was nostalgic in many ways, the romantic, melodious song has been filmed beautifully.”  

Director Chakri Toleti says, "It was an absolute delight to shoot this song. The two of them have such great on screen chemistry and it was a matter of hours and the song was recorded. The two together set the screen on fire." 

Directed by Chakri Toleti, Produced by Pooja Films and Wiz Films with Music by Pooja Music,  'Welcome To New York' is a hilarious comedy of two youngsters who land in New York and go through a series of hilarious episodes. Boasting of a massive ensemble cast with the likes of Karan Johar in a never seen before double role, Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh, Boman Irani and Lara Dutta, the film releases worldwide on February 23rd, 2018.

Pooja Chopra becomes mentor for the East Zone for Femina Miss India 2018

Crowned as the Femina Miss India in 2009, Pooja Chopra has been associated with Miss India since then and considers it to be a life changing pageant. She was also a semi-finalist at Miss World 2009 and she won the first ever Beauty with a Purpose title for India at Miss World 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Pooja Chopra created a record when she won eight National as well as International titles in a single year in the pageant world. 

Pooja is now all set to mentor the girls from the East Zone at the fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2018 pageant. This will be the first time that she will be mentoring girls and is very excited to bring what the amazing and different East Zone talent offers to the table. 

When asked about how she feels to be a part of Miss India again, not as a participant but now as a mentor she says, “Miss India has always been a dream that I have harnessed for far too long as a kid and I know how hard I have worked to have this dream come true. And now to help girls who have harnessed exactly the same dream as you, it’s going to be me reliving all my moments.” 

During her journey as a mentor, she will be looking for girls who have the same kind of drive, motivation and passion that she had when she competed to become Miss India. She advises the girls to have a dream and have a conviction to consistently work towards achieving your dream.

‘Palang Todd’ Moment on Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya

Sony Entertainment Television’s Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya is giving its audience a dose of non-stop drama and twists with every episode. The ongoing wedding rituals are a treat to watch as will go through a lot of ups and downs. How Diya aka Tejasswi Prakash and Ratan aka Rohit Suchanti tackle the situations will be something that the audiences will be excited to see unfold. 

In the ongoing track, we will witness a lot of drama in picturesque settings. The awkward moments between Diya and Ratan while they stay in one room and adjusting with each other will be something to watch out for. Also, the weird adjustments doesn’t end there. The viewers will get to see a ‘Palang Todd’ act where both of them meet with an accident and the bed is broken. 

One of the sources close to the sets informs, “The scene was a difficult one to shoot as the actors were already on a bed which was a little unstable and we had to take a lot of precautions. The team is very cooperative but ‘honi ko kaun taal sakta hai’? Before the que the bed went down but the scene turned out to be perfect without Diya and Ratan being hurt.”

WITH A VISION TO FUEL INDIA’S HUNGER FOR SPORTING EXCELLENCE, YOUTH ICON, AKSHAY KUMAR SUPPORTS THE KHELO INDIA MOVEMENT

Khelo India, a landmark initiative to foster holistic sports development in India received a massive boost as youth icon, Akshay Kumar supported Khelo India by taking the pledge and urging everyone to come forward and play. The appeal to India’s youngsters to come forth and be a part of the modern sporting revolution is made even more remarkable with Akshay’s association with the initiative. A sports fanatic and fitness guru himself, Akshay Kumar has always been a vehement advocate of sports being an important discipline which contributes shaping the future of the youth of our country. 

Akshay Kumar, while commenting on his association with the pioneering initiative, said, “I am delighted to see that for the first time ever, through the Khelo India School Games & the broadcast of it on the Star Sports network, young sporting talent is being recognized and rewarded instantly. But this is only the beginning and I hope that the Khelo India movement gets the right momentum through your support. So, come forward and support the Khelo India movement. Saath mein hai Hum, Khelo India!” 

Akshay, a sports enthusiast himself, was present at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi yesterday to support the young talent thronging the capital from across the country to be a part of the inaugural Khelo India School Games. He interacted with the young sports stars and even tried his hand at Badminton with one of the participants, Maisam Meiraba Luwang, a 16-year-old youngster from Manipur. 

While interacting with Star Sports, the official broadcasters of Khelo India, he emphasised on the need of quality broadcast to reverberate the unifying message of Khelo India across the country. Underlining the need of inspiring youngsters in India to go out and play, he stressed on the importance of Khelo India reaching far and wide via Star Sports and how it is a key catalyst towards driving young India to playfields and shaping us a formidable sporting nation in the near future. 

Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director, Star India said, “We are delighted to partner with Khelo India, an initiative by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to enable the development of sporting culture amongst youth in India. It is the youth of India that will take sports to greater heights. We are certain that with a youth icon like Akshay lending his voice to the Khelo India pledge will inspire millions of youngsters to come forward to adopt sports in a way like never before, further contributing to help India realize its dream of becoming a global sporting powerhouse in the near future.”

Star Sports, with their vision of fostering a comprehensive, multi- sports ecosystem in India has come together with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to simultaneously produce and broadcast Khelo India School Games. India’s leading sports broadcaster is using its state-of-the-art broadcasting capabilities to produce quality coverage for the multi-sport event with a vision to inspire young viewers to come forth and adopt sports from their very formative years. The Khelo India School Games are being broadcasted across the Star Sports network, on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1HD, Star Sports First and Hotstar.

With over 3500 athletes, 1250 officials and over 800 volunteers coming together over the course of 9 days, the magnitude of Khelo India School Games is unprecedented. There are 199 gold medals, 199 silver medals, 275 bronze medals up for grabs across 16 disciplines under which. The opening ceremony of the programme was held in New Delhi on January 31, 2018 in the presence of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The program is slated conclude on February 8, 2018.

About Star Sports: 

Home to a number of leading domestic and International sports, the Star Sports network with twelve channels broadcasts premier sporting events which include cricket coverage under the purview of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),  and Asian Cricket Council (ACC); VIVO Pro Kabaddi; Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL); Karnataka Premier League (KPL); Football under Hero Indian Super League (ISL), Premier League, Bundesliga; Badminton under Badminton World Federation (BWF) events, Premier Badminton League (PBL); including the recently launched Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT); and other premium sports such as Formula 1; Wimbledon, The French Open and US Open.