Over 101 million views for Indian National Anthem, Piano rendition by Shayan Italia

Music aficionado and acclaimed pianist Shayan Italia's rendition of the Indian National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’, shot in 8K resolution video, has surpassed the French National Anthem record of 36 million views on YouTube and it has been received well on YouTube crossing 101 Million views and counting, thanks to young Shayan Italia’s #IWouldStandForThis initiative, in memory of his mother who passed away from cancer when Shayan was 10.

The National Anthem video has been directed by Dr. Farhad Vijay Arora, and features Shayan Italia. The ambitious video has broken numerous records world over. It is also the first 8K Resolution Ultra HD visual to be ever produced in India. It also boasts to be the most-watched National Anthem in the world and has also broken the record of being the most- viewed Indian National Anthem video within a short span of just 2 days. It is said to have been shot with the Red Weapon Helium Camera and has been recorded in 9.1.2 Digital Audio.

Shayan and his team’s ambitious venture has been made into reality with an alliance of studios from India, Russia and the United Kingdom. The piano used for the recording was made available just for the day as it is the limited edition and it took 24 hours to complete the shoot schedule. The treasured percussion instrument is given only to the most celebrated pianists to perform on it.

If this is not all, the entire post-production process for a 3 minute music video took more than 9 months. The team managed to complete their ambitious project locally, without a fully functioning production setup facility, catering to 8K UHD video content.

Being offered record deals from the biggest players in the music business wasn’t enough for Shayan. Having rejected them for personal reasons, he is keen on his first mainstream Hindi music project to be released in 2019. He has an untapped archive of music numbering over a hundred tracks.

“Lucky are those who get a character name like Shampoo” – Deepak Kalra

Known for his antics and exemplary acting skills, the talented actor Deepak Kalra is all set to tickle your funny bones with his character Shampoo, in Viu’s upcoming web series Banned. Based on comedy musical drama, the series revolves around four Punjabi jatts who form a musical band but eventually get caged for their anti social act in their songs.

Deepak plays one of the four boys, named Pulkit aka Shampoo. I am sure just like me, you too must be wondering on his character name, well we have an answer for you from the man himself, “Usually shampoo is known to add a shine. Similarly my character is the shining star among the four boys (laughs).”

“Well the true reasoning for the name is - there is this phrase ‘shampoo phail jaata hai’, hence my character name - since I am the most notorious among the cast and I am the one who gets along with anybody and everybody. I connect instantly with people and become friends” exclaims Deepak.

To catch the phenomenal performance of Deepak Kalra as Pulkit in Banned, stay tuned to Viu.com

Starcast of Mitron in ‘Dil Hi Toh Hai’

Sony Entertainment Television’s show ‘Dil Hi Toh Hai’ is all set to wow its viewers with an interesting turn! The stellar star-cast of Bollywood movie Mitron will be seen helping the newly-wed couple Palak and Rithwik!

Jackky Bhagnani, Prateek Gandhi and Shivam Parekh came on the sets to be a part of the popular show.

After multiple dramatic sequences, Palak and Rithwik finally got married and Palak’s mother filed a police complaint against Rithwik. The cops swing into action and arrest the love-birds along with few of their friends and are put behind bars.

Rithwik and Palak’s friends Setu, Rohit, Aman, Ananya with Daadi and Taari are arrested as they create chaos at the station to get both of them released.

Jackky Bhagnani walks in at the right moment with his friends as a savior and plays an interesting prank to get Palak and Rithwik together in one cell as its their first night after the wedding. What happens next? Do the love-birds get freed from their cage or will they get booked under an offence? 

To find out more, watch Dil Hi Toh Hai every Monday-Thursday at 10:30pm only on Sony Entertainment Television!

The common man of Stand-Up Comedy – Gupta Ji

Appurv Gupta popularly known as ‘Guptaji’ in the stand-up comedy circuit was in Mumbai to perform at the Canvas Laugh Club where he had the audience in splits.

Coming from a middle-class family background, Appurv knows exactly what an average Indian's daily life looks like. He observes different people and their traits from daily life and then uses these human reactions to different situations with a touch of his wicked humor in his performance. His jokes are more of a personal experience than a made up story, which makes it so real that every single person in the audience can relate to it.   Also ‘GuptaJi’ is such a common surname in the country that it could be your neighbor, your dad’s friend, etc. Hence people also refer him as the ‘Common Man’.

Guptaji's keeps his content clean so you and your family can enjoy his shows together. He has got something for everyone, from a kid who is 16 to your grandpa who is 65, they all will take something from his show. His content is mostly Hinglish, as he thinks in Hindi and then converts the jokes into English. His unique delivery style and presentation of jokes will get you rolling with laughter. 

About : Appurv Gupta: CNN-IBN has listed Appurv Gupta in the Top 20 Stand-Up Comedians to watch out for. Comedy Central India says that he is India's leading Hinglish Stand-Up Comic. NDTV Prime shows him regularly with his exclusive show ''The Rising Stars of Comedy with Appurv Gupta." Recently, Forbes India had listed Appurv in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 Nominees list. Beyond all these recognitions, Appurv believes that he is the quintessential guy next door..

Vidyut Jammwal Welcomes Director Aditya Datt To ‘Commando 3’ Team With A Unique Gift

Aditya Datt, known for helming ‘Table No. 21’ and ‘Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story Of Sunny Leone’, will also helm Vidyut Jammwal’s upcoming film ‘Commando 3’ and the latter welcomed the former to the film team with a gift.

Datt revealed that Vidyut gifted him Army-style dog tags as a gesture of welcome to the ‘Commando 3’ team. An elated Aditya shared the pic of the dog tags on Instagram and said, “Sometimes a small gesture makes things big for life… a souvenir at the start of a new journey from the man himself, appreciate it.” Aditya is currently prepping for ‘Commando 3’, which also stars Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar and Gulshan Devaiah, in London.

The second season of Datt’s ‘Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story Of Sunny Leone’, is slated to premiere on September 18.