Carvaan Go: Retro Songs now on the Go

           

                           ~3000 retro songs in 88gm ~

After breaking various industry norms with Carvaan, Saregama has yet again redesigned modern technology in the most simplistic way for the ease of access and portability with the launch of Carvaan Go.

Just how Carvaan reinstalled lean back listening experience for its users with pre-loaded songs and other features, Carvaan Go is aimed to rejoice the active and on-the-go life of music lovers who want to carry their evergreen classics with them but somewhere struggle find simpler ways to do it.

Carvaan Go with earphone as a primary use case is meant for more personal listening experience. Keeping this in mind, the product consciously has been designed to be very light weight, as low as 88 grams. Music on the go is often associated with mobile phone, Carvaan Go pushes this barrier and introduces an uninterrupted listening experience where there are no phone calls, or messages or a poor network to intrude your music experience.

This works as a great in-car music companion too where you can listen to your favorite retro songs curated by artistes and moods without any ad breaks. This device also lends itself as a wonderful travel partner for long flight or train journeys as there is absolutely no internet required to listen to the preloaded content. Whether you’re on your refreshing morning or evening walks, driving or flying, Carvaan Go will be your perfect partner simply offering you uninterrupted listening experience.

Carvaan Go comes preloaded with 3000 evergreen songs categorized into Artistes, Specials and pre curated Playlists, FM/AM and a micro SD card slot for your personal music. You can listen to the music through earphones, Aux out cable and Bluetooth. It is also compatible with the Carvaan App which allows one to simply select the songs or playlists from the library of 3000 songs and play through Carvaan Go. It also supports a small in-built speaker for your night time bed side listening.  It has a rechargeable battery with 7 hours playtime.

Vikram Mehra, Managing Director, Saregama says, “Carvaan’s unprecedented success proves that listening to customers pays rich dividends. Carvaan Go is our response to customer want for listening to their favorite music outside home in a lean-back, uninterrupted fashion. Its light (88gm), fits into palm / pocket easily and has longer playback time (7hrs). And just like Carvaan, this product has also been fully designed internally by our employees"

Carvaan Go will be available on www.saregama.com and all key stores

Aanand L Rai’s Zero to close the Beijing International Film Festival

Aanand L Rai’s Zero starring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif & Anushka Sharma was praised unanimously for its ground breaking visual effects. The movie has now been selected as the closing film at the Beijing International Film Festival.

With this Zero joins legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s classic Pather Panchali as one of the five Indian films that have been listed to be screened at China's premier international film festival. Other films expected to be screened include the Mad Max series, Jason Bourne, Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity and Children of Men and Casey Affleck's Light of My Life among others.

Representing Zero at the prestigious film festival, Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan will also participate in a dialogue segment as an effort to forge ways for the development of Chinese and Indian films as well as creation of opportunities to strengthen film cooperation between the two countries.

While Shah Rukh Khan continues to remain one of the most loved names in China, audiences will also be treated to a fine performance by Katrina Kaif, who walked away with rave reviews and awards for the film

Says director & producer Aanand L Rai, “ I’m so happy that Zero has been selected as the closing film at the Beijing International Film Festival. The film is very special to me and this news is very encouraging. I hope the audience there enjoys the film”.

Country Club organizes the largest Baisakhi Festival of Asia

The fascinating attraction of Shefali Zariwala in the Baisakhi Festival organised by Country Club

Kanta Laga Fame Shefali Zariwala blows up at Country Club Baisakhi Festival 2019

The festival of Baisakhi is always celebrated with great joy  in Bollywood. Baisakhi Fair 2019 was organised by Country Club Hospitality and Holidays Ltd, a popular company of India's leading in leisure and entertainment .Kanta laga fame Shefali Zariwala and Y Rajiv Reddy, MD of Country Club Hospitality and Holidays Limited were present at the Baisakhi Fair. Baisakhi, as is known, is celebrated as a harvest festival and also marks the start of the Punjabi New Year.

On this occasion, CCHHL Chairman Mr. Y Rajeev Reddy said “We leave no stone unturned when it comes to celebrating our festivals with full vigour. We are excited to bring biggest Baisakhi fair 2019 with great zeal and enthusiasm. It is our aim and honour to provide unforgettable experiences to our members. Country Club is a multicultural organization and prides itself in celebrating Baisakhi in a grand way. The idea is to make sure that members have a good time with their families and friends and make memories for a lifetime.”

This year CCHHL is integrating social media in all its promotional activities. To make this a huge success, the company has entered into a partnership with actress Ms Shefali Zariwala to promote the brand Country Club through social media channels. An online Facebook campaign- “Meet & Dine with Shefali Zariwala”- was held and few lucky winners have won the chance to dine with her on this special occasion.

On this occasion, actress Ms. Shefali Zariwala said that "Country Club is like a family for me, I am part of all the festivals organized here. It feels always good to celebrate the festival of Baisakhi with Country Club member and meeting with media fans is a good experience.

CCHHL is India’s largest leisure and entertainment conglomerate. It has 53 clubs across India and abroad with over 4 lakh members. The company is recognized by Limca Book of World Records as “India’s Biggest Chain of Family Clubs”. Country Clubs are known for the fitness and clubbing facilities they offer, as also for star-studded high profile entertainment events they organize all throughout the year for its members.

‘Censor board removed my close up calling it sensuous’, shares Waheeda Rehman on Super Dancer Chapter 3

Sony Entertainment Television’s kids dance reality show Super Dancer Chapter 3 has been highly popular amongst its audience since inception due to its unique concept and the immense dance talent that the kids possess. Full of energy and style, they never fail to surprise the audiences with their groves and moves which makes watching them every weekend even more interesting. An added element on the show are various well-known celebrities from the Bollywood industry who blend in and are marvelled with the talent every contestant possesses. This weekend, viewers will see veteran actresses Waheeda Rehman and Asha Parekh motivating the kids and dance their way through memory lane.

Talking about, ‘nostalgia’, during the show, Waheeda Rehman revealed some very interesting stories and events from her time keeping the excitement levels of her fans high. She went on to say that the song, ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho’ was shot twice, first in monochrome and then in colour. When the shoot was completed in colour, there was a particular close up shot of hers which was removed by the censor board on the reasoning that it looked extremely sensuous. It was a very big deal around that time.

A source from the show reveals, “It was interesting to hear from Waheeda ji on how the censor board functioned in those times. Had they come across scenes from this era, they would have zonked out. The scenes in today’s movies are highly sensuous but are accepted by the audiences considering the viewers are more progressive in nature. The upcoming episode is really going to be an interesting watch”

Why is,’Asha’ the common factor in Rithvik’s life?

Popular kids dance reality show Super Dancer Chapter 3 on Sony Entertainment Television is a highly entertaining dance show which has found a place in the hearts of the viewers. Every weekend, the contestants on the show are no less than professional dancers who bring out their best with double the energy, style and motivation. This weekend, the fans of this show are in for a real treat as they get to see veteran actresses Waheeda Rehman and Asha Parekh grace the show. 

Amongst all the fun and excitement, host of the show Rithvik Dhanjani made a very unique revelation about his personal life. He shared that his mother’s real name is Yashoda but she is being recognized as Asha due to his father’s huge fondness for the veteran actress Asha Parekh. Another interesting coincidence turned out to be that his girlfriend’s name is also Asha Negi. Asha ji was very overwhelmed to know how big a fan his father was and thanked him for all the love and appreciation.

A source from the sets revealed, “It was a cute coincidence when Rithvik revealed the main reason behind his mother’s name after marriage and then went on to say that his girlfriend had the same name. Post the revelation, the host of the show was teased to an extent that he started blushing. It was really funny.”

Tune in to Super Dancer Chapter 3 every Saturday & Sunday, 8:00pm only on Sony Entertainment Television!