RAID's new love song of ‘Sanu Ek Pal' recreates Nusrat Fateh Ali khan's timeless Melody

This Valentine's fall in love again with the latest romantic number 'Sanu Ek Pal' from 'RAID’. Originally sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the song is recreated by composer Tanishk Bagchi, penned by Manoj Muntashir and sung by none other than Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.Interestingly, the song was earlier selected for Tseries’ other home production, however, when Ajay Devgn heard the recreated song, he insisted that it should be a part of Raid. Bhushan Kumar, hence decided to include this timeless melody in 'Raid'.The song beautifully captures the emotions of Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'cruz's characters. Their chemistry is remarkable throughout the song. The song will be out today. The golden trio of Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'cruz which gave us the hit song 'Mere Rashke Qamar' last year is yet again here to make the audiences swoon over their music.

Gulshan Kumar & Tseries present, A Panorama Studios Production, Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak, Raid is directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. The film releases on 16th March 2018.

Indian TV thrives on love and romance: Meri Durga producer Ravindra Gautam

Producer Ravindra Gautam is not really a fan of Valentine’s Day, however, he understands the power the festival holds over his audience. The Meri Durga producer says that he will be using the festival to spike the viewers interest on his show. “I don't celebrate it personally but yes, I will surely celebrate it in 'Meri Durga'. I believe it's a marketing gimmick so will use to market my show,” he says. 

He adds that he has never really believed in celebrating Valentine’s Day. “I feel it's too hyped and overrated. As I said it a marketing gimmick by international business giants which the youth has fallen into, especially metro teens. Small town youth are still not that crazy about the festival. Back in 80's and 90's I never saw such hype in my hometown Lucknow. It was only when I came to Mumbai that I saw such extravagance on Valentine's Day. And over the years, it has increased leaps and bounds,” he says. 

The producer adds that the way love and romance are portrayed on screen needs to change. “Indian TV thrives on love and romance, but we need to explore more ways of portraying it, rather than the traditional romance of boy meets girl. Love and romance is a very vast arena to play in, with so many pockets and we need to explore that. We need to get into the more realistic images of romance, married romance, romance in old age, like that beautiful film The Notebook,” he says. 

However, Ravindra says that we must refrain from making the content very bold. “Sometimes we go a little bold and TRP's have always dipped whenever such scenes are depicted. TV in India is still watched by families, so they switch channels during such scenes. I think we should shy away from going bold, especially on GECs,” he says. 

Ask him which has been his best on-screen Jodi, and he says, “The best romantic jodis, I feel, was Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Vivian Dsena and Drashti Dhami in Madhubala and Ankita Lokhande and Sushant Singh Rajput in Pavitra Rishta. Somehow all these actors portrayed the characters so brilliantly and their chemistry sizzled on screen.”

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.