MUMBAI: Flagging off their training as the future Army Commandos with the entry into a make-shift enemy territory, Capt. Albert Louis subjects? cadets through the blast furnace, on Survival Trek, a gruesome activity on D3 Commando Force! Watch cadets navigate a 10 km stretch surrounded by booby traps, with the aid of armory and a map. Unaware of what lies ahead, the cadets would be subjected to a bomb explosion!

Will these aspiring army commandos escape out alive after this blast planted by the terrorists?

Tune-in as the cadets face their first dismissal on the D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri against Terrorism this

Saturday, May 29th at 7 p.m. only on UTV Bindass!

MUMBAI: After the announcement of its new Brand name IMN News, English news channel NewsX, has signed up with the prestigious CEO Clubs of India. The association will put together a series of intellectually stimulating events, beginning with a panel discussion titled Brand India: Determining the Future, which would be held on the 4th of June in New Delhi with eminent panelists and an all CXO audience.

With a forward looking theme, Brand India: Determining the Future is a platform where an impressive mix of seasoned & young politicians, sports personalities and business leaders will come together to share their knowledge and skills creating an opportunity for growth. The forum will throw light on subjects like government policies, corporate excellence and plans to make India the venue for Olympics 2020, amongst a high profile audience.

Speaking on the association, Mr Jehangir Pocha, Co-Promoter, IMN News said: "Together with the CEO Clubs of India, IMN News would create platforms for business leaders in India to share their knowledge, experiences and skills which would help create the blueprint for India‘s future. Brand India is one such platform and it represents our ideology of catering to modern India‘s sense of personal, economic and intellectual freedom. Brand India will not only bring together people from different walks of life but will also offer a wide canvas for discussion on the vision we all have for India."

Dr. Rashmi Tiwari, Executive Director, CEO Clubs of India adds "The objective of the CEO Clubs is to create fostering and cultivating environment enabling members to expand and bring value to their businesses around the world through very effective networking and business development forums. Together with IMN News we would hold many such path breaking events in our various chapters situated in different cities, so that all our members get the opportunity to participate in interactive events with a new approach. As a media partner IMN News is the ideal choice, IMN News targets the top of the pyramid; people who appreciate and demand well - researched, thought-provoking news; global Indians with the same aspirations as their peers in New York and London."

The CEO Clubs of India is the Indian chapter of the prestigious New York based CEO Club. With members such as Ted Turner, Steve Forbes, Michael Bloomberg, and Donald Trump it is one of the most prestigious networking bodies of the CEOs in the world. In India, CEO Clubs was launched in March 2008 in Hyderabad and is running successfully in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi.

MUMBAI: Fusion Events, the event management company, has won the mandate to hold auditions for Zee TV?s oldest singing reality show Saregamapa.

Fusion Events will be conducting auditions in Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Nagpur, Jalandhar, Jaipur for levels I and II and in the metros for level III.

Fusion Events CEO Alok Tilwankar said, ?It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with a channel that has redefined entertainment and given an opportunity to the common Indian to dream big and realise dreams with shows like Saregamapa and Dance India Dance. Our strength lies in mapping the Indian sensitivities and devising events like auditions with the viewers? and participants? requirements in mind. The response so far for the auditions has been overwhelming.?

Fusion?s mandate will also include providing the right ambience for the show, apart from scouting for the right talent.

The auditions have been devised to screen talent from various cities in India and to groom and mentor them for the show on the channel. Participants will pass through three levels before entering the show.

The participants will be screened by winners of previous seasons of Saregamapa at Level I. Level II will have classical music exponent, Sanjay Vidyarthi and Zee TV creative head non-fiction Ashish Golwalkar mentoring and judging the performance of selected participants.

For Level III, participants will be called to Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. Final auditions will be judged by music director duos Vishal-Shekhar and Sajid-Wajid.

Golwalkar said, ?We have been working with Fusion for a long time now. They have an excellent execution system and have managed our shows like DID and DID Li?l Masters very well. The team is very hard working. We have benefitted from Fusion?s longstanding experience in organising events and hope to continue the working together.?

Adding more about the process of the auditions, Tilwankar said, ?Such popular shows have huge footfall and managing the crowd and maintaining the grandeur and reputation of the show is equally important. People can go to any extent to get selected in the show. In fact many a times that obsession creates a lot of nuisance for which we have to be prepared in advance. Mishaps and unpredictability are a part of these events. Security arrangements for the judges is also a big task, in fact sometimes we ourselves have to be on the grounds to see the management.?

The auditions will wind up by 8 June and the show will hit the air in July.
 

MUMBAI: The season of humour, fun and rib tickling comedy is back on STAR Gold! The channel brings you the much awaited ?Comedy Honors? with the best of comedy films and unlimited laughter that will keep you hooked to your television screens. Starting 23rd May, STAR Gold will showcase the ?Salaam-E-Comedy? film festival airing comedy entertainers every Sunday to Thursday at 8 pm till 24th June. Promising a non-stop dose of laughter is ?Hasi Ka Hafta? presenting back to back comedy movies all day at all time bands from 21st to 24th June.

STAR Gold has been the pioneer in honoring Indian Cinema?s comic talent with Comedy Honors over the years. This year the channel presents ?Salaam-E-Comedy? and ?Hasi ka Hafta? as a tribute to the comic talent in Bollywood by showcasing the best of comedy movies from its distinguished film library.

?Salaam e Comedy? promises non stop laughter with films like C Kkompany, Welcome, Chandni Chowk to China, Bhagam Bhaag and a host of other comedy flicks. ?Hasi Ka Hafta? will showcase back to back entertainers including Chal Chala Chal, Raja Babu, Hero No 1, Masti and many more that are sure to have you reeling with laughter.

Your wait for the ultimate season of comedy ends here!

Get ready for laughtertainment at its best as ?Comedy Honors? makes way to your homes with STAR Gold!
 

MUMBAI: It?s a matter of great pride that the broadcasting arm of UTV network has won a whopping 5 Golds & 6 silvers at the Prestigious PROMAX/BDA India awards 2010 held on 20th May, 2010. To add feather to it?s already well decorated cap there are clean sweeps in three categories namely Best Movie promo, Best Editing promo & Best Script promo.

UTV Bindass has bagged 2 Gold Awards for Best Script and Best Original Music category, 4 Silvers for Best In-house station image, Best Script, Best Reality Promo & Best Editing category.

UTV World Movies has bagged 2 Gold Awards Best Movie promo & Best Editing categories, 1 Silver for Best Movie Promo category.

Bloomberg UTV & UTV Action bags 1 gold and 1 silver for Best Animation & Best Logo category respectively.

?We are all extremely happy and proud of our creative team that has won 11 awards for UTV at the prestigious Promax/BDA India awards. This is the highest ever for the network and we are elated that we have managed to make such an impact and gain such recognition & appreciation. It is truly gratifying to see that our efforts are being recognized at such esteemed platforms.? ? MK Anand, CEO, UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd

?SIMPLY FANTASTIC, that the network won so many awards. We promised to be trendsetters and it feels great when esteemed industry forums like PROMAX & BDA acknowledge that we are indeed setting benchmarks in Design & Promotion. With an extremely talented in-house team-one of the finest in the country today, these awards are a reflection of their collective efforts.? - Prashanto Das, Network Head-Creative Services.
 

MUMBAI: Zee Cinema has partnered with International Cultural Exchange (ICE), to present the 5th chapter of its Digital short film festival at Pune from 20 May.

The festival has been designed to help some of the finest short films made by talented, budding filmmakers in India find an audience.

Zee Cinema will select three outstanding films from amongst the thirty short films screened at the festival and showcase them on the channel in a special, dedicated slot in the coming months. Additionally, the films will also be played on Zee Premier.

The short films screened at the festival will touch upon a wide array of subjects ranging from table manners to Mumbai locals to abortion to the insecurities faced by the father of a beautiful 16-year old to the current craze of the Farmville application on Facebook.

Says Zee Cinema Business Head Mohan Gopinath, "Zee has always been actively involved with scouting the best of talent from across the country, grooming and nurturing the talent and presenting them with a nationwide audience as a celebration of their excellence. Be it Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Dance India Dance on Zee TV or any of our talent hunt shows on the regional channels, we have constantly contributed to India‘s rich pool of talent.

"Zee Cinema is now keen to present talented filmmakers from across the country with a chance to showcase their finest work on national television. In our endeavour to give the most deserving filmmakers a chance, we have partnered with ICE as we have great regard for the sheer quality of cinema their festivals have thrown up over the last four years."

The screenings will span over three days from 20 May at S. M. Joshi Foundation between 6 to 9 pm everyday and will not have any entry fee.

Avers ICE Festival Director Samar Nakhate, "We‘re extremely fortunate to have have the support of Zee Cinema in presenting some of the best short films made in India to the audience in Pune at ICE.

"It‘s a great privilege for three of our filmmakers whose short films will be selected for telecast on Zee Cinema in the near future. We couldn‘t have asked for a platform with a wider reach and connect for our short films."