MUMBAI: Surf Excel, a leading detergent brand from Hindustan Unilever Limited, has come together with India?s leading Radio Network, Radio City 91.1 Fm to celebrate International Peace in Mumbai, where Children across the city got dirty for a noble cause and spread the message of peace in a unique & colorful way.

Children across Mumbai are invited to participate in this activity through an on air campaign on Radio City. Across schools, kids will leave colorful hand impressions on multiple canvases. Surf Excel will then showcase these canvasses on hoardings and in malls across the City, in a bold statement for World Peace as defined through a Child?s eyes.

Commenting on this initiative, Ashit Kukian - President - Sales, Radio City 91.1FM says, ? World is in need of peace and who else will be better messengers than little children carrying the flag of peace with them. Radio City is happy to join hands with Surf Excel to get this concept of ?Daag acche hain? across to people with the message of peace through this initiative. Colours make everything pleasant and beautiful and what better way to connect with children through exciting colours.?

Commenting on the campaign, Tanveer Khan- Senior Brand Manager, Surf Excel said, ?Dirt is Good? or ?Daag Achhe hain? brand idea has delivered iconic advertising and is well loved by the consumers. This initiative helps us further embed the ?Dirt is Good? philosophy. We believe that kids should have the freedom to experience and then only will we be able to unlock their true potential. The essence of DIG lies in unleashing human potential and inculcating good values in children. Get dirty for peace!?

Taking radio beyond the airwaves, ?Radio City Connect? is Radio City?s full spectrum activations cell providing end-to-end 360 degree brand marketing solutions. Adding to Radio City?s existing services in an extremely competitive marketplace, Radio City Connect taps the inherent power of radio to add value to brands through an array of customized, experiential solutions ensuring optimal audience engagement. Leveraging the strengths of radio along with ground outreach solutions through activation and digital media, Radio City Connect ensures unmatched advertiser delight by delivering pioneering; brand innovations both for national and regional advertisers nationwide.

Some of the brands to have experienced the Radio City Connect advantage include Nokia, Britannia, Business Standard, Hindustan Unilever Limited (Knorr and Domex), Philips Water Purifier, GSK, Vodafone, Marico, Ford India, Kotak Mahindra, Durex, Bharti AXA, P&G ? Pantene, Cadbury India Ltd, Idea Cellular and DuPont Teflon among several others.

A sustained focus on understanding listeners and leveraging the synergies of music expertise and innovative programming, allows Radio City to deliver a unique listening experience and be an integral part of the lives of listeners. Aggressively looking at spreading the Radio City experience to new markets across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for discerning audiences.

MUMBAI: The Progeny of talented actors Rishi and Neetu Kapoor and the grandson of the legendary Raj kapoor ; the lineage is now heralded by Ranbir Kapoor.
B4U VJ Salil chats with this young actor about life, passion, and his forthcoming films.

B4U Star Stop is a programme on B4U Music; Actors /Directors talk about their forthcoming films, their likes dislikes views about life and chat with B4U VJs They share their anecdotes of the experiences they had during the making of the film.

A quieter person like his mother Ranbir still displays a natural vivacity and effervescence and enjoys laziness which is completely in tandem with his age.
His first stint with cinema was as an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the film Black.

Completely grounded and upfront he endorses commercial cinema and admits to enjoy shooting in foreign locales with beautiful women!
His assessment of ‘Wake up Sid‘ his forthcoming film and his bonding with Director Ayan Mukherjee and costar Konkona Sen make for some interesting viewing.

To watch Ranbir Kapoor at his best tune in to Star Stop at 19.10 hrs on B4U Music on 4th Oct 2009.

MUMBAI: The iconic politician and the founder president of Nationalist congress party Shri. Sharad Pawar, will speak exclusively with IBN-Lokmat on Saturday, 3rd Oct, 2009.

In this election special Great-Bhet exclusive interview with Nikhil Wagle, Editor, IBN-Lokmat, people will be able to can watch him discussing his strategies and ideologies in politics, his controversial friendship with Balasaheb Thackeray and the need to handover the country in the hands of generation next who are the real future to tomorrows bright India.

Viewers will also get to see Sharad Pawar unfold his political journey, address accusations held against him about ENRON failure and certain allegations of being a criminal-politician nexus.

Sharad Pawar, the union agriculture minister and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution-Government of India, will talk about his tenure as the Chief Minister of Maharastra and the crisis management strategy he planned out during the Mumbai bomb blasts in 1993.

You will also get to hear him talk about his concerns regarding the issues surrounding farmer suicides and the need of addressing the same by educating the future generations and allocating the right land for SEZ?s. To witness this hard talk, tune in to IBN Lokmat‘s GREAT-BHET for more on 3rd October 2009 @ 10pm.

You can also watch this interview in ?Great Bhet? on Sunday @ 12:00 pm & 5:30 pm and hear the leader speak his mind.

MUMBAI: It took two incredible men, their pet dogs and Donald Duck to create the very loved and iconic Professor Indiana Jones in the early 1980s!

Unbelievable? Well, even more unbelievable was the way they managed to shoot action scenes in those years of practically no animation / technology in movies.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Take 1: ?Well of Souls?.

A pit, full of live, slithering, venom spitting snakes had to be created. The producers scoured every pet shop in London and the South of England for every snake they could lay their hands on. Hence there were snakes that were identifiable from many different geographical areas.

However, once all the snakes were on the set, it became clear that there were not nearly enough of them, so Steven Spielberg had several hoses cut into lengths, and these were used as well. Looking closely at the movie even today, you can tell which are the real snakes and which are not!

Lights! Camera! Action! A pit full of venomous slithering creatures? hissing and spitting menacingly... To achieve the sound of thousands of snakes slithering, sound designer Ben Burtt stuck his fingers into a cheese casserole! This was augmented by applying wet sponges to the rubber on a skateboard!!

Thud! Indy is thrown into the ?Well of Souls?? He lands amongst hundreds of snakes - his worst fear realized! As he lies on the ground, he lifts his head to come face to face with an angry, displaying cobra. But wait a minute?.if you look closely, you can see the reflection of the snake in the pane of glass used to separate actor Harrison Ford from the ready-to-strike creature! The snake actually did spray venom onto the glass!

Although the revealing "glass screen" mistake was removed from the final movie, the mistake was not corrected when Marion later faces the cobra. After she falls in, you can still see the cobra‘s reflection on the glass that separates it from her!

We bet you?ll be sure to watch the movie closely the next time! Watch Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 3rd October, 9pm only on STAR Movies!

MUMBAI: Prepare to party and move to the groove like never before as Seagram?s Fuel & Vh1, India?s premier international entertainment channel brings you Hed Kandi ? the biggest brand in the international dance music space. Initiated as a part of ?Dance 101?, Seagram?s Fuel and Vh1 gives an opportunity to all music lovers to get together and celebrate dance music to its fullest. So don?t miss this chance to be a part of what is possibly one of the biggest labels in the history of house music coming to Mumbai, Hyderabad & Delhi on the 7th, 9th and 10th October respectively.

Get ready for a night to remember with Hed Kandi taking music to a whole new level. 2 Hed Kandi DJ?s will spin the turntables to take you on a journey that will blow your mind! Don?t miss an out-of-the-world international experience like in Ibiza or Mykonos with a saxophone player performing live to complete the set. Plus, with Hed Kandi?s electrifying visual effects, you?re sure to be in for the ride of your life!

A part of UK?s legendary record label, Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi specializes in commercial house music and even surpasses Ministry Of Sound, Gatecrasher or anything alike. Established in 1991 by Mark Doyl in the UK, Hed Kandi has since dedicated itself to the love of music and the urge to take that music to a wider audience, thus becoming a global phenomenon. With a catalogue spanning over 90 albums, a number of successful artist projects who‘ve racked up three UK Top Ten singles and a host of Top 40 hits to date, Hed Kandi is now a globally respected brand and continues to woo audiences with its funky tunes, breath-taking visual effects and sexy style.

On this initiative, Ferzad Palia, Associate General Manager, Vh1 India says ?The genre of house music has become extremely popular in India in recent years and we have no doubt that this is going to be a one-of-a-kind event. Hed Kandi?s music is celebrated world over; and rightly so. Also we couldn?t be more pleased that Vh1 is giving its viewers this incredible chance to party with this phenomenon, Hed Kandi.?

Bikram Basu, Vice President- Marketing Pernod Ricard India, says ?Hed Kandi is right out there with the best in commercial house and dance music and fit Seagram?s Fuel consumers perfectly. Partnering VH1 on this initiative will deepen Fuel?s association with music and entertainment?

Hed Kandi comes down to India as a part of Seagram?s Fuel presents Vh1 Dance 101, an initiative which gives viewers a treat to watch never seen before rare and exclusive videos and remixes from the best DJ?s in the world. Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Moby, Bob Sinclair are some among the wide gamut of skilled DJs whose work is showcased under this category.

So prepare to be hypnotized and gear up for a night like never before coz the party is definitely on!

Don?t miss Hed Kandi coming to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi on 7th, 9th and 10th October 2009!

MUMBAI: Puja Films and Big Pictures, co-producers of Do Knot Disturb, have partnered with Zapak.com to promote the film the viral way.

As part of the tie-up, Zapak.com has created the viral "Khalbali - Heart Breaking news" wherein people can log on to the Zapak website and upload their friend‘s photographs and save content.

Once the content is saved, one can get the link from the application and directly mail it to his friend who will be "shocked" to see himself/herself in the crime show, Khalbali.

Do Knot Disturb directed by David Dhavan stars Govinda, Lara Dutta and Ritesh Deshmukh.