Actor & Fitness Icon Sahil Khan, Sam Khan & Fitness Director Nick Orton‘s Glamorous fitness event “BODY POWER BEACH BODY” rocks in Goa

The most glamorous fitness event Body Power beach body was held on 16-17th March, 2019 at the synonym for vacation and holiday, Goa. India’s fitness icon Sahil Khan had conducted the event. The event proved to be glamorous and successful.

Sahil Khan and Sam Khan have collaborated with an UK based fitness business, Body Power run by Nick Orton. Sahil is undoubtedly the biggest inspiration globally for young fitness enthusiast. Nick Orton has announced a major new partnership in their Indian event business with superstar fitness icon Sahil Khan and his highly successful Movie producer business partner, Sam Khan. The duo together runs a variety of wellness brands, including the trendy mineral water business, Hunk Water.

Body power beach body is a fitness glam sport where thousands of athletes got a platform to showcase what they have worked on so hard. More than 1500 athletes took part and world aesthetic king Jeff Seid, Said Sergeyevich and UK's muscle and fitness magazine editor Denni Levy were present to attend the event.

It was an event hosted by the best in fitness and modeling combined and was accompanied by top notch judges, attractive prizes, fascinating location, glamorous parties, and lots of learning.

The event got concluded by the winners. Ayan Roy Chowdhury raised the trophy of Muscle Beach, Vikas Usham and Marita Roy as Beach Body in male and female category respectively.

Sahil commented “I’ve been attending Body Power events for years and I always wanted to be a part of it. I am really into Nick’s vision of inspiring a generation by offering amazing experiences. Body power beach body carnival is not only the event but the love for the health and fitness fraternity. Its a pay back to them. I am into the fitness world for about 30years and I have seen the struggles of the people. There is a lot of politics in fitness industry. This is the first time ever we have not taken the money from the athletes, giving them respect  and love  so that they got motivated and hoping to have a bigger show in future. On being asked about the participants he said, we had expected around 200 participants but we got more than 2000 participants, it was huge. It was a great event and the participants had also shown their zeal. I am looking forward for its next season. On being asked why Goa, he said India’s first beach gym is in Goa and I had always thought of something related to fitness at beach. And no other place is better than Goa for such carnival”

After the event Jeff Seid quoted India has emerged as a huge fitness hub and the people are really enthusiast to be fit and fine. It was beyond my expectation. On being asked about his visit he said it was obligation to come to India for his fans. India’s youth is very excited for the fitness and it’s a great collaboration of Sahil Khan, Sam Khan and Nick Orton. Sahil Khan is my close friend and I want to wish all the success to Sahil and Sam.

Said Sergeyevich quoted after the event that it was his second visit to India and he is blown with the hospitality, people and the culture of the country. The event and Goa was absolutely perfect. Body Power beach body carnival proved to be a successful and glamorous event and the participants were also very passionate.

Vidya Balan, Rani Mukherji, Priyanka Chopra. ..who will be Teejan bai?

At a tender age of 20, he used to stand on the chair to get a good view of her performance. That was a scoop on how Nawazuddin Siddiqui was in his youth. Today, he is very excited when his wife Aaliya Siddiqui along with Manju Garhwal, under the banner of YS Entertainment, came up with the idea to make a film on the life of the veteran folk exponent Teejan Bai, that too at a time when she has bagged a plethora of international awards, including The Fukuoka Prize in 2018 and the most coveted Padma Vibhushan, this year.

Hailing from Ganiyari village in Chhattisgarh, Teejan Bai was born to Chunuk Lal Pardhi and his wife Sukhwati in the year 1956. Belonging to the Pardhi Scheduled Tribe of Chhattisgarh, she has also been awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995, an Honorary doctorate in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2003, M S Subbalaxmi Centenary Award in 2016, among the ones mentioned earlier.

Teejan Bai, married off early as a 12 year old child, was expelled by the community, the Pardhi Tribe. The sole reason was found to be her singing Pandavani, being a woman. Her struggles started then as she built herself a small hut and started living on her own. “She never left her singing, which eventually paid off for her. There are many facets in Teejan Bai’s life that can be written about. I felt that a film based on her life should definitely be made,” says Aaliya Siddiqui.

Being a renowned exponent of Pandavani, a folk art from Chhattisgarh which involves narrations and performances from the Indian epic Mahabharata, Teejan Bai’s persona charmed Aaliya Siddiqui. She felt that the writing should do justice to her biopic. Except for writing the script herself, she wishes someone apt and most-sought after for the celebrated performer. “I would like Teejan Bai’s life to be immortalized lyrically by Gulzar Sahab,” adds Aaliya Siddiqui.

When Alia Siddiqui was asked who will play the character of Teesan Bai?

Aliya Siddiqui says, "We want either Rani Mukherjee or Vidya Balan or Priyanka Chopra to be the one. 

“Teejan Bai is legendary. I have faith in Aaliya that she can make this film relevant to the general audience, and not just film festivals,” avers Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is backing his wife Aaliya Siddiqui and Manju Garhwal.

“Today she continues to enthrall audiences, the world over, with her unique folk singing and her powerful voice. She is passing on her singing to the younger generation,” adds Manju Garhwal.

The film based on the life of the Folk exponent, Teejan Bai will be produced by YS Entertainment, spearheaded by Producers Aaliya Siddiqui and Manju Garhwal.

Director Raj Kumar Gupta to bring the untold story of Ravinder Kaushik, aka The BLACK TIGER, India’s greatest spy on the big screen

Raj Kumar Gupta who is known for his gritty and compelling portrayal of some of the most inspiring real life stories in Hindi cinema like No One Killed Jessica and Raid on the big screen, will now bring the extraordinary story of the greatest Indian spy in the history to the silver screen. 

The ace director is working on a film based on Ravinder Kaushik’s life,who was an actor turned RAW agent also known as The Black Tiger.

The rights to unfold his amazing story on the silver screen for the first time ever has been given by Ravinder Kaushik’s family to Raj Kumar Gupta.

Talking about Kaushik, Raj who is busy with post production of his upcoming film India’s Most Wanted says,  “Shri Ravinder Kaushik was India’s greatest spy. Interestingly, he was an actor before becoming a spy. It’s an emotional and remarkable story. We are at the scripting stage for the film. I am humbled and thankful to his family, who trusted me and gave me the rights to turn this unbelievable story into a film.”

On behalf of his family - Ravinder Kaushik’s sister, Mrs. Shashi Vashisth, who has given the rights to Raj Kumar Gupta says,“ Bachpan se hi Desh bhakti ka Jazba uske dil mei tha. Desh bhakti par hi play likhta aur karta tha , bahut sunder bhi tha aur sab Vinod Khanna bulatey thaiy.  I know my brother’s story is very unique and many people have approached us to make a film on him but it never felt right kyon ki humarey liye yeh Bahut personal hai. When Raj Kumar Gupta approached us, since we knew of his films like No One Killed Jessica we felt confident .He is a sensible film maker and he is the right person to tell my brothers story for the first time.”

‘The Black Tiger’ was the name given to Ravinder Kaushik by the former PM Indira Gandhi for his bravery and valuable contribution towards the country.

DUBAI BASED INDIAN BUSINESSMAN TAKING BOLLYWOOD BEYOND BORDERS

~FILMFARE Middle East, re-launched by Danube Group in 2018, celebrates its first successful year with a Star-Studded Anniversary Celebration in Muscat~

~The only Bollywood magazine in Arabic language to target the Arab World~

Muscat, 28th March, 2019 –Bollywood has become a melting pot of bringing together different ethnicities, cultures, traditions and fans from all over the world. Addressing the rage among audience across borders, world renowned Danube Group re-launched FILMFARE Middle East Magazinewith celebrated actress DeepikaPadukona along with director and Producer Karan Johar and many others in 2018, with the aim to reignite the magic of silver screen and bring the best of B-town to the Arab world. Celebrating a successful first year, the glittering event will have an air of class, luxury, panache and some truly spectacular moments commemorated by the reigning super stars from Indian cinema ranging fromSonamKapoorAhuja, SwaraBhaskar, Tabu to Rajkumar Rao, Jim Sarbh, Ali QuliMirza, IshaanKhatterand Jhanvikapoor at Shangri la barr al jissah on 29^th March 2019.Omani singer Haitham Mohammed Rafi will be opening the evening.

The anticipation around the event is gaining momentum as not only the reigning but the actors like ShatrughnaSinha, Madhu Bhandarkar, Jackie Shroff, Asha Parekh, RazaMurad, Shan, PadminiKolKolhapure, from yesteryears will gather on the festive evening and the past will walk alongside the present at the Red Carpet to cheer the lauding fans. If this was not all, the audience are in for a treat with a curated list of power packedperformances by Nora Fatehi, twin singer SukritiKakkar and PrakratiKakkar and evergreen BappiLahiri, Kubra Sait, AmanVerma and DJ Scorpio.The event will witness an amalgamation of golden years with the talent of millennials as legendary singer BappiLahiri who is celebrating 50 golden years of music in cinema will set the mood for the evening with some melodious medleys.

Rizwan Sajan, Founder and the Chairman of Danube Group shared, “After breaking the record of 1.3 billion dollars’ turnover in 2018, we have been growing ever since and we credit this success to our fans and fraternity across the world. Our only strategy is reaching to the right people and keeping our engagement simple. We are thrilled to be associated with one of the biggest industries in the world which reaches out to audience across borders and ethnicity.”

FILMFARE Middle East unveiled at Bollywood Parks Dubai at Raj Mahal Theatre on 30th March, 2018 in its brand new avatar caters predominantly to the large Asian expatriate population in the UAE and the GCC, as well as a significant Arab population who love their Bollywood cinema and celebrities. The brand brings India’s biggest Bollywood film and celebrity content to the audience month on month; and with it, the rich legacy of Indian cinema to the Arab world.

Sharing about the vision to re-launch the magazine to the Asian audience, Mr. Rizwan shared, “Filmfare Middle East is a cult brand and it was my dream to revive this brand. We started this venture because we believed that this magazine holds an essence for the cinema and a huge readership among its target audience. We’re grateful to our readers and advertisers for their loyal support as this one year marks the success of our vision to create one-stop content provider for Bollywood cinema.”

About FILMFARE Middle East:

Filmfare ME sets the benchmark for content in the Middle East. It has been launched by a group that is visionary and foresighted about its business. Under Starz Media Incorporation supported by the Danube Group, the magazine has made a mark in Middle East. Also, it’s the only Bollywood magazine in Arabic language.

About Danube Group

Danube Group traces its origin through Danube Building Materials. Established in 1993, the company provides more than 50,000 products in stock and in-house value added services in all of its multiple set of showrooms across the Middle East region and India. The company operates from its head offices and occupies more than 5.5 million square feet of land in Jabel Ali Freezone Authority (JAFZA) making it one of the biggest land bank occupiers in JAFZA. The warehouses across the UAE stock more than 50,000 products.

From a small trading firm, Danube has grown into one of the largest building materials company in the region, with its diversified branches worldwide including UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and India, in addition to procurement offices in China. Danube has a team of 3,600 plus people working across strategic locations across the GCC and India. 

Soni Razdan's No Fathers in Kashmir finally set to release on 5th April!

Presenting the first poster of the film by Oscar® nominated and two time national award winning director Ashvin Kumar

After being banned for 8 long months by the censor board, audiences pan India will get to see one of the most awaited films of 2019. The film made headlines earlier this week when it finally got justice and the UA certificate that it had been fighting for all these months.

Ashvin Kumar the director who has helmed the project has previously been nominated for an Oscar® for his short film, Little Terrorist and has won two National Awards for his eye opening films on Kashmir — Inshallah Football and Inshallah Kashmir. No Fathers in Kashmir is the 3rd in his 'Kashmir trilogy’. Themes of hope, peace and humanity runs through all his films so far with No Fathers being within the same emotions.

Besides being its writer & director, Ashvin also stars as one of lead characters of the film and is joined by stars Soni Razdan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anshuman Jha and Maya Sarao and it is all set to release on the 05th of April 2019 across cinemas in India.

The makers now released the first look poster of the film which features the shattered screen of a phone behind which two charismatic blue-eyed, grinning 16 year olds peer out. The story traces a teenage British Kashmiri, Noor, who re-traces her roots in search of her father. There she meets Majid, a local boy smitten by her, takes her to a forbidden area near the Indo-Pak border fraught with danger. They stumble upon a dark secret and things going awry when they’re arrested. Noor is soon released with Majid still captive. Having put him into peril how far will Noor go to have Majid released. And can love ever be the same again for these two?

With a bold tagline “Everybody thinks they know Kashmir”  the makers are clearly hinting at what is expected from the film and its storyline.

 Speaking about the release and poster launch, director Ashvin Kumar said, “It is a film made for young people all over India to connect with young people all over Kashmir, about the euphoria and hopefulness of being young - an A certificate would keep both these audiences away from each other. Now I am confident kids will come out with their hearts beating for Kashmir”