MUMBAI: UTV Action the number one action packed channel in India has left no stone unturned when it comes engaging their patrons and trade partners with some REAL action! From exposing its trade partners to sky diving in South Africa to Panja Challenge to showcasing the recent biggest Hollywood action films, the channel has always believed in building up innovative activities to keep its patrons and trade partners glued on to us. Keeping up with the promise and moving ahead for some more action, the channel has recently organized a high voltage, adrenaline oriented action for its trade at Della adventures, India?s Largest Adventure Park, Lonavala on 5th February, 2011.

Della Adventure is a place that gives a new meaning to passion, family entertainment and good wholesome recreation. Della Adventure in its true form fills in the vacuum for clean, good recreation in our lives, with over 86 Activities which include 83 adventure activities, 29 hobby activities, 2 specialty restaurants, music lounge and a coffee shop, a 1500 seat amphitheatre, fully equipped concert stage, banquet hall, boardroom, training rooms, business centre, spa, gym, salon and much more. In short, UTV Action is all set to expose its trade partners to the most perfect, enthralling and a thrilling experience this weekend. There will around 7-8 agencies who would be participating and to add some fun element to this adventurous trip the channel will be throwing challenges to the agencies and at the end of the trip one person will be crowned as the ?Action Weekends Winner?. Group M, Madison, Lodstar are few to name.

MUMBAI: Adding yet another blockbuster to World Television Premiere?s kitty, STAR Pravah presents one of the most popular and nationally acclaimed film ? Jogwa on February 6 at 7pm. A winner of five national awards, Jogwa is a heart wrenching tale that exposes the hypocrisies and exploitations of an oppressed society harrowed by archaic traditions and plagued by superstitions in the heart of rural India.

Jogwa has strong romantic elements, that explores the life of a rural people from Karnataka who are the devotees of Goddess Yellamma, known as "Jogtin" (female) and "Jogta" (male); are treated as sex slaves and viewed with a mixture of semi-respect and disdain. It?s a poignant tale of a woman?s inspiring journey to break free from the shackles of discrimination, sexual oppression and servitude and find true happiness.

Produced by IDream Productions, Jogwa is considerately written by Sanjay Patil and is a brilliant piece of direction by Rajeev Patil. Starring renowned and talented Marathi actors like Uupendra Limaye, Mukta Barve, Kishore Kadam, Vinay Apte and Sharvari Pillai, Jogwa has enjoyed mass appeal to be a favorite amongst the viewers.

Tune into STAR Pravah on 6th February @ 7pm & catch the internationally acclaimed film ?Jogwa?

MUMBAI: Imagine a Bugatti Atalante Type 57 standing in a garage for 50 years before being found and put up for auction at US$ 5 million. A Maserati commissioned by the Shah of Iran and a 1918 Bugatti made for the French national hero and aviator Roland Garros breaks through pre-sales estimate by a seven figure sum.

Automobile enthusiasts can feast their eyes as Discovery Turbo brings a bevy of metallic splendours in an astonishing series of Retromobile Car show, CLASSIC AUTOS: THE PARIS AUCTION. Discovery Turbo presents the classic beauties, ranging from 1937 Bugatti T57 Atlante Coupe, 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia, Alfa Romeos to many other prized collectibles. Viewers can watch 120,000 visitors from across the world re-living their automobile fantasies along with the formidable and entertaining duo Alain de Cadenet and Doug Nye.

Classic Autos: The Paris Auction, will air on Discovery Turbo, every Monday at 10 pm, beginning 24th January, 2011.

The series brings the best of what is there, in the thriving world of automobiles; ranging from dream vintage vehicles to the behind the scenes action and drama that goes behind each series. With this series, Discovery Turbo joins one of the world‘s most prestigious international auction houses, Bonhams, for their first auction of 2009, which takes place at the Retromobile classic car show in Paris. Retromobile is Europe‘s most important classic car show, attracting 120,000 visitors every year and provides a magnificent backdrop for a classic car auction.

The show proudly boasts of the most prodigious, marvelous and highly collectible classics designed to captivate & mesmerize your senses.

Highlights of the series:

Viewers can see some classic Lotus racers, a Maserati commissioned by the Shah of Iran and a 1918 Bugatti made for French national hero and aviator Roland Garros that breaks through it‘s pre-sale estimate by a seven figure sum!

Viewers can see a classic Mercedes roadster and an immaculately restored Jaguar SS100, the first car to bear the legendary Jaguar name as well as a Sebring winning Maserati brothers built OSCA.

Viewers can watch Doug and Alain savour the Bugatti Atalante Type 57 that laid undiscovered in a garage for 50 years before being found and put up for auction with estimates ranging up to a $5M price tag!

MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Media Foundation of India today announced the MFI National Press Photo Contest 2011 for professional photojournalists to showcase contemporary photo-journalism.

MFI has invited entries from staff and freelance photojournalists working with print and new media entities in six categories. The categories include General News, Spot News, Daily Life, Sports, Arts and Culture. Photo stories which narrate a story pictorially through a sequence of 12 pictures would be showcased in a separate category for Best Photo Stories. Photographs shot between the 2010 calendar year from Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010 would be eligible for participation. The contest is not open to amateur photographers and is primarily meant for photojournalists working in the media industry.

The jury consists of award-winning photojournalists Pablo Bartholomew, and Arko Datta, both of whom have been decorated with the World Press Photo of the Year awards by the Amsterdam-based World Press Photo, arguably the world?s largest and prestigious photo contest.

Bartholomew won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year for an image of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, while Datta, who now runs the Udaan School of Photography in Mumbai, won the prize for an image of the Indonesian Tsunami that hit the southern coast of India.

Kevin Frayer, who works with Associated Press, is the third member of the jury. He covered the Israel-Palestine conflict extensively and won a World Press Photo prize for his conflict pictures in 2009 before moving to New Delhi as the Chief Photographer for South Asia. Along with colleagues, Frayer was also a finalist for Pulitzer Prize for news photography.

The Picture of the Year prize at the MFI National Press Photo Contest would include a cheque of Rs 75,000 and a trophy. The three prizes in each of the six categories would be worth Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000, and Rs 20,000 and a trophy each. A glittering award ceremony would be held towards March end at a prominent Mumbai landmark. A photo book containing the winning images would be published at the ceremony. A photo-exhibition of the winning pictures would also be on display at the awards ceremony.

?The idea is to evaluate, showcase and celebrate contemporary photojournalism and provide a platform for photojournalists to participate and interact. Since, the deadline for the contest is very short,we urge photo-journalists to fill up the entry forms on MFI?s website, and select their entries immediately,? said Secretary, Media Foundation of India, a non-profit trust founded by four media professionals as a new platform for media-related and cultural activities.

The contest does not have any entry fee. The entries for the contest could be either sent by email according to given specifications or couriered in a CD to our office. The deadline for the MFI National Press Photo Contest is February 10, 2010. An online entry and registration form of the contest is available on the MFI website: http://mfi.org.in.

MUMBAI: TIMES NOW, India‘s most watched English News channel completes 5 years today. Launched on this day in 2006, TIMES NOW in its 5 years of News Leadership has changed India‘s expectation from news.

The last 5 years have seen a paradigm shift in News preferences of Indian audiences. In a short span of 5 years TIMES NOW has slowly but surely won over viewers with its news-centric strategy combined with its focus on the Big Stories and Big Newsmakers. While every news channel sought to bring the "news", TIMES NOW went one step further to get to the bottom of the story and uncover the truth behind each story; to find the real story behind every news story. By taking a stance between right and wrong, the channel has always espoused to give a perspective that viewers were seeking, thereby eliminating the noise from the "news".

The strong belief that, that not taking a stance is not a virtue has emboldened the channel to gain higher ground with each and every news story coverage. TIMES NOW through its thorough investigations has always raised the moot question on issues affecting the people and relentlessly questioning those in power, ensuring that every time viewers tune in to TIMES NOW they ‘feel the change‘ happening around them.

TIMES NOW has scripted a growth story in TV news unparalleled in terms of traction in viewership, leading over competition and becoming the most watched and preferred English news channel. The focus on news, responsible and unbiased reporting and passion for news journalism gives TIMES NOW the clear edge over competition to emerge as the undisputed leader in English news space.

Truly a moment of pride for all at TIMES NOW as the 5th anniversary celebrations gets underway.

MUMBAI: For over a year now, Zee TV?s historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani has been immensely successful in bringing millions of viewers across the country the inspiring story of Rani Laxmibai, one of the most formidable freedom fighters India has seen. Having ruled the TRP roost consistently in its time band, the show has reached the most critical juncture where the Rani puts her foot down against British dominion and wages what went on to become the first war of Indian Independence. With the show entering its most exciting war phase with spectacular battle sequences coming up, the channel is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that the show is widely watched and discussed.

Creating a notable buzz around the highpoint in the show, Zee TV has embarked on a unique marketing campaign bound to put a smile on women?s faces! As a celebration of the spirit of womanhood, the channel is offering women across Mumbai a slew of discounts, concessions and freebies as they go through the rigors of life each day of this week.

On Monday, January 24, women across Mumbai commuted within the city free of cost as Zee TV?s volunteers paid their ticket fare on all prominent bus and rail routes. Today, i.e. Tuesday, January 25, women can avail substantial discounts on treatments at prominent salons including The Enrich Salon outlets across the city. On January 26, women will enjoy free movies at a host of multiplexes such as PVR, Fame Adlabs, Fun Cinemas, Cinemax and BIG Cinemas. On Thursday, January 27, it?s time for women to shop as they get discounts on grocery purchases at Apna Bazaar and Sahakari Bhandar outlets. On Friday, January 28, women visiting Uncle?s Kitchen (Malad), Hotel Radha Krishna (Andheri & Ghatkopar), Maharaja Kamat (Chembur), Gopala?s (Kanjurmarg), Aditya (Bhandup), Hotel Navratna (Vashi) amongst other restaurants will be able to avail of a Rs. 250/- discount.

With Zee TV?s latest campaign for Jhansi Ki Rani going the extra mile to delight women, being a woman never felt so good!