Isha’s Martial Act!

Isha Koppikar is a woman to watch out for, while everyone knows that the sassy actress holds a black belt in karate, and knows some lethal moves to go with the tag. However for her upcoming South Indian movie, the actress has gone on ahead and learnt even Hapkido.
Trained with specialized trainers and utmost diligence, Isha has almost mastered all the tricks in the fast action wrestle, for a certain action sequence the filmmakers had in mind. The girl has mastered the moves so well, that when it actually came to doing the action sequence Isha performed it perfectly. Seeing the precision with which Isha moved and maneuvered herself, the director of the film was so impressed that what was to be a small portion, turned out to be a full length sequence simply cause of her accuracy.
All we got to say is, watch out for this lady, she sure won’t suffer fools given her knowledge of teakwando!

SAM SMITH- ONLY ARTIST IN THE WORLD TO SELL 1 MILLION ALBUMS IN BOTH THE UK & US IN 2014

THE NEW VIDEO ‘LAY ME DOWN’ TO PREMIERE ON VEVO ON 5^th FEB’15  

5 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWIDE

LEADS BRIT NOMINATIONS IN FIVE CATEGORIES

SIX GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

In the midst of his sell out North American tour, which has seen him perform at Madison Square Garden and two nights at The Forum in LA, Sam Smith announces his new single “Lay Me Down” released through Capitol Records. 

Just over two years ago, Sam Smith captured hearts throughout the world when he released a stripped-back, acoustic video of “Lay Me Down”.  The video of Sam and his pianist in a studio was raw and emotive, leading to it being shared at an exponential rate the world-over.  Now in 2015, Sam has been back into the studio with producers Jimmy Napes and Steve Fitzmaurice to re-record a brand new version for single release - the result is a heartfelt and poignant track that underlines Sam’s completely unique and powerful vocals. 

Two years later and Sam Smith is still the name on everyone’s lips as last year saw Sam sell over five million copies worldwide of his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’ making him one of the fastest-selling British debut artists of all time.  2014 saw Sam go from newcomer to international superstar having now collected an impressive array of prestigious music awards and nominations including six Grammy Nominations and leading the charge with five BRIT nominations.  It was also recently announced he was the only artist in the world last year to reach over 1 million album sales in both the UK and the US.

Sam’s Grammy nominations make him the first male artist in 34 years – and the first U.K. male artist ever – to receive nominations in the “big four” GRAMMY Awards® categories following the release of a debut album.  In The Lonely Hour was nominated for Album Of The Year while his 4x multi-Platinum single “Stay With Me” was nominated for Record and Song Of The Year as well as receiving a nod for Best New Artist. These four categories constitute the General Field of the GRAMMY nominations. In addition, he was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album (In The Lonely Hour) and Best Pop Solo Performance (“Stay With Me”), bringing his total nominations to six. 

In just a year from being awarded the BRITs Critics Choice in 2014 he leads the pack as we move into this year’s BRIT Awards with five nominations under his belt for Best Male, Best Album, Best Song, Best Newcomer and Best Video.   

Sam’s live shows move from strength to strength, after a string of incredible sold out shows across North America, Sam will return to the UK in March to embark on another sold out UK tour, culminating in three back to back shows at London’s O2 Brixton Academy.  2015 is shaping up to be bigger than the last year with Sam’s escalating success and multi-national sales making him one of the UK’s most exciting home-grown talents.

 

ACM Awards 2015

Universal Music Artists Receive Multiple Nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards 2015

The nominations for the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards have been announced, with many Universal Music artists being recognized more than once.

Dierks Bentley received the most from UMG, with six nominations in total. Next, Florida Georgia Line racked up five nominations, while Luke Bryan and Eric Church each received four nominations.

The show, which will be hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, will air on Sunday, April 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

See all the Universal Music artist nominations below:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEARLuke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEARDierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEARKacey Musgraves

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEARBrothers Osborne
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEARLady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

ALBUM OF THE YEARPain Killer – Little Big Town
Riser – Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders – Eric Church

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEARDirt – Florida Georgia Line
Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley

SONG OF THE YEARDrink A Beer – Luke Bryan
Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church
I Hold On – Dierks Bentley

VIDEO OF THE YEARCop Car – Keith Urban
Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEARMeanwhile Back At Mama's – Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
The South – The Cadillac Three Featuring Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley & Mike Eli
This Is How We Roll – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Luke Bryan

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR (currently open for fan voting)
Sam Hunt
Kip Moore

Sonam Kapoor a popular choice for female-lead driven films!

As another year at the movies recently commenced, 2015 arguably looks to be another year of the ladies and when it comes to female-lead driven entertainers, filmmakers look no further than Sonam Kapoor !

Having walked away with rave reviews as India's first official Disney-Girl ,Sonam Kapoor impresses yet again in Dolly Ki Doli which hit theatre screens recently!

Sonam is fast emerging a popular choice for light-hearted, female-lead driven entertainers in the country - With Aisha ,the actress sparked off the trend , which was then cemented with Khoobsurat , the country's first official Disney romance and with Dolly Ki Doli, Sonam Kapoor wowed everyone yet again as the Ultimate Runaway Bride !

While Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Reese Whiterspoon and Anne Hathway have ruled the rom-com genre on the international front, on home turf Sonam Kapoor has mastered the art of carrying off chick-flicks with aplomb, having a huge female fan following in the country who enjoy her escapist, fantasy entertainers.

Says Sonam Kapoor, " It is one of the toughest genres to do, but it is fun. I used to get immediate response for scenes on the sets while shooting DKD, which usually doesn’t happen with other genres. I had fun doing the film and the responses are quite rewarding. I am open to doing more comedy films. I find it most satisfying.”

Pogo is launching Mighty Raju series from this Sunday onward, February 8, 2015 only on Pogo for the first time!

The much loved Chhota Bheem’s friend and accomplice, Mighty Raju now has his own series. Below is a brief description on launch of Mighty Raju series.

Chhota Bheem’s friend Mighty Raju has gained popularity amongst kids. Looking at the eyeballs, Mighty Raju is attracting, Pogo is launching Mighty Raju series from this Sunday onward, February 8, 2015 only on Pogo.  Mighty Raju is an Indian animated series aimed at young children that focuses on the adventures of Raju, a 4-year-old boy in the city of Aryamangar. Raju is a highly intelligent and has super-human strength. He has a strong moral code, including a willingness to risk his own safety in the service of good without any expectation of reward. He uses a distinctive costume to conceal his secret identity. Psst - even his parents are unaware about his abilities

Pogo wants to make Mighty Raju a big hit as Chhota Bheem. We are looking at exclusive stories in CAT A newspapers. Kindly suggest how many exposures can we get from Pune? We will send you the release soon.