etc

Home Theatre

A brand new musical with fresh Veejays on ETC

Beginning telecast from Thursday March 11, 2004, ‘Home Theatre’ is the latest show on etc which targets the youth and the young at heart. It is the show which talks about information, gossips, previews and reviews of latest Hindi films.

For the first time ever etc is also introducing young Veejays on the channel to add their youthful charm and fun to the show with their incessant repartee and banter. Commenting on this trend Mr. Jagjit Singh Kohli, C.E.O. ETC Networks says, “This is another step towards youth centric programmes. We will be catering further to the requirements of teenagers and youngsters.”

While Amit Khanna is the source of unbound energy and pep, Pracchi Mehta reins the show in with her quite charm and wit. They compliment each other with their different personalities and hand out trivia about the film or the artiste very casually before playing the latest songs.

Home Theatre is complimenting the fact that these days when people go and watch films they do so only after seeing promos and listening to previews and reviews. So this show will bring the viewers closer to what’s hot and what’s not in a unique style.

While Amit is the guy who watches the show without getting into the technicalities, Pracchi on the other hand knows more about films and loves to talk about it as they watch these new songs on their home theatre. They compliment one’s idea of ‘family viewing day’. The set resembles a living room / TV viewing room of an urban couple. The screen will appear like Home Theatre only.

Produced by Fusion MEDIA production house ‘Home Theater’ is a bi-weekly fun show which highlights the life style of couch potatoes. ‘Home Theater’ is an hour long musical extravaganza and it will start telecasting every Thursday and Fridays at 7.30 pm from March 11, 2004.

etc is a music based entertainment channel with music dominating more than 95 % of the programming content. etc is beamed from Thaicom –3 and is a free to air digital channel. etc is watched by more then 30 million households.

Catch the stars of ŒLakeer‚

share their romantic moments on

MTV ŒValentine‚s Day‚ Special

Envelope yourselves in the spirit of true love on Valentine‚s Day as MTV VJ‚s Shenaz Treasurywalla and Nikhil Chinappa transcend you to a fun-cum romantic level with the MTV Valentine‚s Day Special featuring the cast of the forthcoming movie ŒLakeer‚. This star-studded programme will have the cast - Sunil Shetty, John Abraham, Sunny Deol, Sohail Khan and Nauheed Cyrusi discussing interesting anecdotes on love, films and life and will be telecast on MTV on February 14, 2004 at 1100 hrs and 2000 hrs.

The show will revolve around real life Œfirst‚ love, crushes, heartbreaks, triumphs and rejection and the most romantic or most silly things that the ŒLakeer‚ cast did on their first dates and whether they are still in touch with their first love. MTV VJ‚s Shenaz and Nikhil will question them on their most romantic moments, their viewpoint on falling in love while shooting romantic films or songs and other interesting and funny romantic instances in their lives.

The quintessential question of what women want and what men want will definitely find its way through this episode of the MTV Valentine‚s Day Special. Not to be missed is the interesting tit-bits that would be revealed through the thrilling rapid-fire round, which will have tons of romantic questions thrown at the cast and will include some Bollywood trivia as well.

ŒLakeer‚ has loads of shades of love - love for your brother, love for relationships, love for love and the love for sacrifice and ethics.

The repeat telecast of the MTV Valentine‚s Day Special on ŒLakeer‚ is scheduled on February 18, 2003 at 1330 hrs and March 05, 2004 at 1700 hrs

MTV Networks India is a 24 - hour music channel that caters to young Indians between the ages of 15 - 34. MTV India has over 35 sponsors, more than 270 brands and India specific shows hosted by Indian VJ‚s. MTV India‚s playlist consists of 70% Indian music (film & pop) and 30% international music. MTV India is one of MTV Networks‚ 31 international music channels, transmitted via PanAmSat 10, created exclusively for India. MTV India is received in over 23.5 million homes in India via cable.

MTV is Asia's Most Wanted Music Channel, viewed by more young adults than any other music channel. MTV is the number one music channel, according to AMI-PAX 2000. MTV Networks Asia owns and operates four 24-hour programming services - MTV Southeast Asia, MTV Philippines, MTV Mandarin and MTV India - which have a combined distribution of more than 120 million homes. MTV has programming blocks in China and Korea on local cable stations. MTV Networks Asia is a joint venture of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, Inc., and Universal Music. MTV Networks International reaches more than one quarter of the world's television households.

IMI & MTV JOIN FORCES TO ANNOUNCE THE BIGGEST INDIAN MUSIC AWARDS EVER

THE MTV IMMIES!!!

AirTel to present the first ever Indian Music Excellence Awards which will be simulcast on MTV & Sony Entertainment Television

The Indian Music Industry (IMI) and MTV Networks India Today(20.9.03) informed TVDAILYONLINE on a partnership to host India‚s biggest and most credible music awards show. The Indian Music Excellence Awards (MTV IMMIES), a spectacular production, will be held in Mumbai on December 12, 2003 at the Goregaon Sports Club. Presented by AirTel, the MTV IMMIES is brought in association with LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd and Maruti - for the brand Alto.

MTV IMMIES, which is being held in the 100th year of the Indian recording industry, will be India‚s first truly world-class music awards event that will bring together a galaxy of local and International stars (to be announced later). The event will be executed by MTV India with the help of an international MTV Œexperts‚ team that has produced some of the biggest shows on the planet including the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards and MTV Asia Awards.

The MTV IMMIES will be filmed before a live audience and broadcast to over 23.5 million homes on MTV and 32 million homes on Sony Entertainment Television on December 14, 2003. The event will have a repeat telecast on MTV, Sony Entertainment Television and MAX.

MTV IMMIES has been institutionalized to acknowledge the immense contribution made by the music artistes and to celebrate their individual achievements in this arena.

Said Alex Kuruvilla, Managing Director, MTV Networks India: "This is the announcement that team MTV has been waiting with bated breath to makethe Œbaap‚ of all award shows in India is now here. Ladies & gentlemen, the MTV IMMIES. With the backing of the entire music industry, the IMI and our partners, this one‚s going to be the biggest, glitziest and most credible awards show. So, Enjoy!"

Added Mr. V.J. Lazarus, President, IMI: "It has been our desire to honour excellence in the field of music. This long felt need stands fulfilled, today, with the institution of 'IMMIES' - India's official Indian Music Excellence Awards. We have blended the experience, technical and creative expertise of MTV International, who host and execute many Award functions in different nations of the world, with the maturity, wisdom and domain strength of the Indian Music Industry to establish IMMIES as the foremost Award for Excellence in Music. IMI and MTV promise you an event extraordinaire."

"Coming together of MTV IMMIES, A. R Rahman & AirTel is indeed a historic moment for us today. We are taking our partnership a step forward after having launched the MTV youth mobile card recently," said Mr. Atul Jhambh, Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Cellular Limited, Mumbai Circle.

Mr. Kunal Dasgupta, Chief Executive Officer, Sony Entertainment Television, commented: "Sony Entertainment Television has built a leadership position in the weekends, by consistently showcasing the finest of live performances and the most prestigious Award shows. As a broadcast partner for the MTV IMMIES, Sony Entertainment Television extends its support to the music industry by bringing to Indian viewers some of the hottest performances of the year."

MTV IMMIES will honor artistes in 23 categories (list attached) across all genres of music ˆ from film to spiritual music; indipop to devotional; ghazal to international. In addition, there will be an Inspiration/Special Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to music over the years.

Any artiste performing in India is eligible for nomination to the awards. Nominations are invited for any song in Hindi or Hindi/Punjabi released in the Indian market between September 15, 2002 and September 14, 2003. Artistes from music labels that are not members of IMI are also eligible to be nominated.

An independent third party -- Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) International -- a leading research agency, along with IMI & MTV, will manage the entire nomination and voting process.

IMRB will conduct a quantitative study of the nominations received in the popular categories across seven cities (Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Indore and Hyderabad). The final nominations of the popular categories will then be put up for a ŒViewers Choice Vote‚ on MTV. Viewers can vote for their favourite nominees via mtvindia.com, SMS or through on-ground polling booths at MTV hangouts.

In the ghazal, devotional/spiritual and classical /fusion categories, the winners will be decided by a jury consisting of IMI & MTV members, while an IMI & MTV International Label Committee will decide the International winners. A separate Executive Nomination Committee nominated by IMI & MTV will decide the recipient of the Inspiration/Special Recognition Award.

The MTV IMMIES will be promoted via a big bang multimedia marketing campaign. MTV India will turn into ŒAwards TV‚ for four months this year. This will include over 80 hours of dedicated programming on the channel and over 1700 promos. This will be supported by print advertising in national dailies and magazines, outdoor billboards across 4 cities, a 10-city ground contact program, online promotions on www.mtvindia.com and much more.

The Indian Music Industry (IMI) is a consortium of over 50 music companies including several prominent regional and national labels acting such as SAREGAMA, Universal Music, Tips, Venus, Magnasound, BMG Crescendo, Sangeetha, Sony Music, Virgin, Milestone through their principal officers and representing over 75% of the output in legitimate recordings and a wide range of musical repertoire. IMI strives to protect the rights of phonogram producers and in the process promote the development of musical culture.

The MTV IMMIES will get to Indian audiences the same caliber of world-class music awards that MTV produces worldwide which include the Video Music Awards (in its 20th year), the MTV Europe Music Awards (in its 10th year) and closer home the MTV Asia Awards (since 2001).

Cinevistaas' launches music of its debut film

`Sssshhh...'

Cinevistaas Limited released the Audio cassettes and Compact Discs of its debut film Sssshhh... at the J.W Marriot, Mumbai. Actor Ajay Devgan and his wife Kajol were assigned the honors of releasing the first CD and Audio cassette to the public. The music of the film has been released through T-Series.

Besides the two luminary from the Indian film industry, veteran actress Tanuja, newly appointed Rajya Sabha MP Dara Singh, Singer Talat Aziz, Alka Yagnik, Sanjay Gupta, Ken Ghosh, Cleo Isaac, Designer Ashley Rebello, Sohail Khan, the viva girls, Sameera Reddy were present amongst other. Television magnates Kunal Dasgupta, and Tarun Katial were also present.

Making a debut in the film is Tanisha, Kajol's younger sister and daughter of veteran actress Tanuja, who is all set to take her first bow as an actress. Convent educated, she always wanted to be a nun but fate proved otherwise and she ended up with a B.A. in Media & Communication from the University of New South Wales in Australia and then came back home to enter Bollywood.

Says Tanisha on her debut film, “Sssshhh... is an out and out bang-boom-thriller, Yes, I was bit nervous initially. There were some difficult scenes too. But I give credit to Pawanji who made things easy for me. I have to be very physical in this film, besides all the screaming, I also do interesting, different and difficult characterization. It has given me immense satisfaction and I'm sure the audience will love me in it”.

Sssshhh... is an edge-of-the-seat thriller and music is a major highlight of this spine-chilling murder mystery. The songs soulfully penned by Dev Kohli, Yogesh, Raahat Indori and Praveen Bhardhwaj and set to life by renowned names from the music industry including Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh, Shaan, and Sonu Nigam. Engineered by Ace Composer Anu Malik who believes that this album is amongst one of his best works.

Speaking at the launch Sunil Mehta, Managing Director of Cinevistaas Ltd, “The romantic and passionate melodies created by ace composer Anu Malik will warm the hearts of music lovers everywhere.”

Directed by Pavan S. Kaul and Cinematography by Hiroo Keswani, the film has been shot extensively at exquisite locations in Shimla, Kulu Manali, Goa, Khandala, Bangkok and the Poda Island in Thailand. Along with Tanisha, the film also stars Dino Morea and Karan Nath in the leads with Simone Singh, Gaurav Kapur, Suvarna Jha, Kushal Punjabi, Teena Choudhry, Shivaji Satam, Arvin Tucker, Maya Alagh, and Aly Khan.

With Sssshhh.... Cinevistaas makes its foray into filmmaking after a long and successful stint in television software programming. It has achieved many landmarks and firsts in the TV industry having produced highly acclaimed serials like Gul Gulshan Gulfam, Junoon, Noor Jahan and Jai Mata Ki. Currently it is producing top rated shows like Sanjivani – A Medical Boon for Star Plus and Crime Patrol for Sony Entertainment Television.

HOLLYWOOD'S DANCE GURU TO JENNIFER LOPEZ, NSYNC, BRITNEY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA AT BOLLYWOOD MUSIC AWARDS.

Ever wonder what it takes to transform a good-looking artist into a musical pop icon? Its one thing to sound good in the studio, but looking good onstage just may be the real key to building a superstar. Ushering a fresh-sounding artist from the studio to the stage requires a special set of skills unto itself. So when it's time for the music label executives to introduce their new chart-toppers to the world stage, the only choice for creative guidance is Darrin Henson.

Infusing musical talent with a sense of credibility and authenticity onstage is the speciality of Darrin, a Bronx native who has emerged as the hottest, most sought after choreographer in the popular music industry today. Darrin's objective is always to help the artist capture and express, physically, the mood and feel of each song. His ability to realize and focus on the strengths of each artist he works with has put him at the forefront of his field. Earlier this year, Darrin took on the creative process of directing and choreographing Jennifer Lopez's opening number to the American Music Awards “Love Don't Cost A Thing” as well as the choreography for this video which hit number one on MTV's Total Request Live. He has added the Spice girls to his extensive list of talent choreographing their video “Holla.” Today, Henson is a three-time nominee on the MTV Video Music Awards. Winning choreographer of the year in 2000 for “Bye, Bye, Bye” by *NSYNC. In addition, his choreography include working with Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Jordon Knight, Vanessa Williams, Christina Aguilera, the Artist formerly known as Prince, Enrique Iglesias, Deborah Cox, Marky Mark, C&C Music Factory, and Salt n Pepa. He is also starring in Showtime drama, “Soul Food” playing lead character Lem, which is in its second season.

On more than one occasion, his expertise has landed him on the choreographic stage of the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Soul Train Awards and MTV Video Music Awards.

Over the years, millions of South Asians have made their homes outside of India, yet each of them retains a warm and vibrant link with their motherland through the medium of music. The Bollywood Music Awards will be a celebration of this link and of music!

The Bollywood Music Awards will be a gala event of international stature honoring the outstanding achievement of Indian singers and music-makers.

The Bollywood Music Awards are the largest South Asian event in the WORLD with the largest gathering of South Asian musicians and artists ever along with celebrities, singers, musicians, mimics, comedians, world-class dancers and more will take place on Saturday, Nov 1^st 2003 at the Mark G Etess Arena in the Trump Taj Mahal Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Most extensive and elaborate preparations are underway to make the Bollywood Music Awards a spectacular, dazzling, and historic event.

Celebrities from the Indian and American music industries will attend the event!

Darrin Henson will be awarded the “International Choreography Award” at the prestigious Bollywood Awards on November 1^st, 2003 at the Trump Taj Mahal. Darrin is honored and feels proud that the Bollywood Industry has recognized his work, “I love the Indian culture and am so happy to there and I wish to congratulate Kamal Dandona and his team, the Bollywood Group for globalizing Bollywood and recognizing American talent.” Darrin also has the very successful DVD “Darrin's Dance Grooves” which has sold millions of copies and is currently performing workshops in the USA and globally. Darrin has also partnered up with Neil Prashad, a senior executive committee member of the Bollywood Music Awards with in a venture called “Sacred Dance,” a workshop tour that will highlight Neil's motivational talks on Dance as a “sacred exercise and not only a physical retreat.”