Mindshare won top honours both at Big Bang Awards & MMA Smarties 2018

Mindshare, a part of GroupM, was awarded the ‘Agency of the year’ at 2 prestigious events on the evening of September 28,2018 - The MMA Smarties Awards 2018 and The Big Bang Awards. The agency has yet again proved its dominance by bagging a total of 46 awards including the coveted Agency of the Year at The MMA Smarties 2018, Media Agency of the Year & Digital Agency of the Year at The Big Bang Awards.

Comprised of over 800 member companies globally and 14 regional offices, the MMA Smarties Awards is the only mobile trade association that brings together the full ecosystem of marketers, tech providers and sellers working collaboratively to shape the future. The MMA Smarties Awards is the world’s only global mobile marketing awards program honouring innovation, creativity, and success.

The Big Bang Awards is the biggest event of Ad Club Bangalore, honouring excellence in Media and Communications. This was the 23rd edition of Big Bang Awards.

Commenting on the glory, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia, MENA & Africa said, “These awards mean immense motivation for us and we see them as an appreciation for the efforts we put in driving excellence for our clients. We thank the Jury for putting loads of time to evaluate and recognize the work we are doing across our clients.”

Preetisheel Singh looks forward to AndhaDhun, RAW and Thackeray

This year has been a great one for National Award-winning make-up, hair and prosthetic designer Preetisheel Singh. Starting out with the blockbuster success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat, where she created the looks for Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh as the wicked Alauddin Khilji, she also designed the endearing looks of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor for Umesh Shukla's runaway hit 102 Not Out.

Last month, the makeover wiz had her hattrick clincher with Anubhav Sinha's Mulk; a gripping take on Muslim patriotism in a Hindu-majority India. The film not only made an indelible mark at the box-office, but managed to effectively send out a fabulous message of equality and brotherhood. 

The lady is excited about the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer AndhaDhun next. "I've got a chance to work with Sriram Raghavan for the first time. It's a cool flick and I'm proud to be the makeup designer for it," says Preetisheel, who has also just finished her work for Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) with John Abraham donning multiple looks. But she quips that RAW is gonna be a "surprise package" so she can't reveal about the looks as of now. 

And finally there is Thackeray, where Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the role of Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray. "The praise received by Thackeray's teaser was humongous. I'm grateful to the makers who have entrusted me with this responsibility. Am a bit anxious too and have my fingers crossed," she adds. 

At the pace Preetisheel delivers one memorable character look after another, it's obvious there's no looking back for her.

First Look from Nora Fatehi's upcoming song as a pop star and producer

Nora Fatehi has currently been busy gearing up for the next huge step her career is taking. The actress who has given the world viral hits like Kamariya and Dilbar will be surprising fans again with a few more feathers added to her cap.

The Bharat actress who just returned from Malta after shooting for the first schedule has been busy editing the song that will soon be released for the world to see. The song is a collaboration with extremely popular Middle Eastern and African band, Fnaire, and is the Arabic rendition of Satyameva Jayate's Dilbar.

Nora whose hard work, blood and sweat has gone into creating this track will also be launched as a pop star with it. The actress will now also be seen showing off her singing abilities, song writing skills and talents as a producer. Audiences will see Nora take on all three roles in this new music video that will soon be launched by T series!

When asked about all the hats she's wearing for the same, Nora said "Its a huge accomplishment becoming a producer and singer and taking calls creatively on this project. I had a vision of bringing two cultures together and Ive said this in the past my goal is to bring morocco and India together through music and art. seeing the vision come to life is remarkable and i feel blessed. Working with the talented band Fnaire has been a life changing experience they gave a very ethnic moroccan and middle eastern touch to the compilation of the song which I guarantee will have everyone dancing away! Bhushan kumar sir, the entire tseries team and Bling have been extremely helpful and im grateful for that. This marks my debut as a singer and producer which i must admit was scary at first but im very happy i can create a platform internationally were i can maintain indian elements and moroccan elements together through my talent. Music and dance is universal and i want to break boarders and represent. I hope people will enjoy the visuals and the sound of the music. Ive learnt so much as a producer and an artist on this project. We have along way to go this is just the beginning “

In less than a month fans will get to be floored again by this beauty and this time enjoy new aspects of her talent that she will surprise fans with!!

Siddharth gets Sourabh Raaj jain as the sutradhar for Radha Krishn

Its D-Day as Siddharth Kumar Tewary's magnum opus RadhaKrishn is all set to launch tonite. Being called a visual painting, audiences worldwide are looking forward to this first ever mythological love story coming to Indian Television.  And now the latest buzz is that Sourabh Raaj Jain who was last seen in Mahakali - Anth Hi Aarambh Hai is said to be sutradahar for epic romance of  RadhaKrishn.  Our source tells us, "Sourabh has already been part of the Swastik family as he's done two shows back to back with Siddharth.  Sourabh had also given the voiceover for the first few episodes in Shaani and hence history repeats itself as he continues his association with Siddharth and will be sutradhar who takes the viewers thru the story of RadhaKrishn."

"Saurabh as we all know is a splendid actor,  I always wish to work with him in every series someway or the other, so when the need for the sutradhar for the series came up, we couldn't think of anyone else. He is our lucky charm !!! I thank him for always being there " said Siddharth about the association with Sourabh. 

When we reached out to Sourabh he said, "I feel honored to be part of Siddharth Sir's shows in some way or the other. I had been part of Shani and now once again I will also be a part of RadhaKrishn.  Siddharth Sir is leaving a legacy behind with the kind of content he makes and I feel extremely lucky to be a part of his shows in any form that I can be."

Siddharth Roy Kapur unanimously re-elected as the President of the Producers Guild of India, at its 64th Annual General Meeting held on 28th September in Mumbai.

Siddharth Roy Kapur has been re-elected as the President of the Producers Guild of India. He has previously served as the President since January 2017. It was a unanimous decision taken at the first meeting of newly appointed Guild Council on 28th September 2018.

In addition, Sunjoy Waddhwa the eminent television producer has also been elected as the Vice President of the Producers Guild of India. At the same time Priti Shahani and Fazila Allana have been nominated to the Guild Council of Management along with Milan Luthria and Akshaye Widhani who have been included in the Guild Council as Special Invitees.

Vijay Singh, Manish Goswami and Apoorva Mehta continues to be part of the Guild Management team as Vice Presidents in addition to Ashim Samanta who will also continue as the Treasurer.

As the President, Siddharth Roy Kapur has been the leading voice of the industry over the past two years. The Guild has recently signed key strategic alliances such as the one with United Kingdom’s Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television and has engaged with key industry and Government stakeholders successfully. 

Kulmeet Makkar, the Chief Executive Officer of the Producers Guild of India stated that “Guild has emerged as the most recognised and respected forum for industry progress under the leadership of Siddharth Roy Kapur and we are moving towards becoming an all-encompassing producers’ body considering the growing importance of television and strong emergence of new media such as Netflix India who have recently joined Guild as its member”. 

Siddharth Roy Kapur is an eminent Producer of several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. He founded his own film and digital media production house Roy Kapur Films after a long and successful stint at Disney and UTV.  He was recently named as one of Variety Magazine’s Top 500 influential people in entertainment globally, amongst only 12 Indians to feature on this list.