MUMBAI: The weekend just got better with the country‘s most watched news channel Times Now broadcasting an array of special weekend programs.

Frankly Speaking with Arnab: This weekend catch Arnab Goswami get up close with Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar. The actor discusses reality T.V, family, his upcoming movies and off course his penchant for dare devil stunts.
Saturday - 03.30 pm & 10.30 pm
Sunday - 02.30 pm

Making of ‘Wanted‘: Salman Khans latest action flick to hit screens and therefore a must watch show for all his fans. Also, catch director Prabhu Deva leave the dance floor and hop into the directors chair. Get a sneak-peek into the sets of this movie and watch Salman create magic on screen.
Saturday - 02.30 pm
Sunday - 06.30 pm

Total Recall: Following-up on last weeks edition with Asha Bhosle catch the final episode on the woman who made people sing to her melodies.
Saturday - 12.30 & 9.30 pm
Sunday - 01.30, 05.30 & 08.30

The Foodie: The Foodie this week is in the Land of Nizams-Hyderabad! Join Kunal Vijayakar as he breaks fast with the devout in the holy month of Ramzan!
Saturday - 01.30 and 05.30 pm
Sunday - 11.30 am, 03.30 & 07.30 pm, 12.30 am

MUMBAI: The voice of BJP and the spearhead of the party in Maharashtra, Shri. Gopinath Munde, now elected from Beed for the Loksabha Elections, will speak exclusively with IBN-Lokmat on Saturday, September 19, 2009.

This exclusive interview with Nikhil Wagle, Editor, IBN-Lokmat is the first one preceding assembly elections and one can watch him discussing his strategies and ideologies in politics, associaiton and working experience with Late Shri.Pramod Mahajan and his love for BJP. Shri Munde will also talk about his childhood and foray into politics, his work at grassroot level politics whch helped the BJP changed its status from a cadre based party to a mass movement? To witness tune in to IBN Lokmat‘s GREAT-BHET for more on 19th September 2009 @ 9:30 pm.

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Gopinath Munde will reveal his take on the forthcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra and his desire to play a role in the State politics.

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: Gautam Gambhir edged out his India and Delhi opening partner Virender Sehwag in a close tussle for the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year Award for 2008. The southpaw, who scored over 1,000 runs in Tests and ODIs in the calendar year of 2008, received a trophy and a cheque for Rupees Five Lakhs from Ravi Kirpalani ? Automotive Director and COO ? Castrol India Limited, at a glittering Award ceremony held in Mumbai today.

The Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year Award is decided by a two stage process. In the first stage, a performance based points system decides the top five contenders for the title. In the second stage, all Indian cricketers who have played atleast one Test match or five ODIs votes for their choice of the Castrol Indian Cricketer based on qualitative judgement, considering various facets of their performance. This year 113 cricketers sent in their votes, endorsing Gautam Gambhir as their choice for the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year 2008. The other nominees included Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma.

The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence recognise and honour the past, present and future of Indian cricket and are the only awards for Indian cricketers for performances in international cricket.

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath, the former India captain, was the recipient of the Castrol Lifetime Achievement in Cricket Award. He received a trophy and cheque for Rupees Five lakhs from his team mate and brother in law ? another cricketing legend and a Castrol Lifetime Achievement winner himself - Sunil Gavaskar.

Youngster Ravindra Jadeja, who was the highest wicket taker in the Ranji Trophy competition in 2008 and made a breakthrough to the Indian team, won the Castrol Indian Junior Cricketer of the Year 2008.

In addition to these awards, Castrol has also instituted four new awards from 2008 :

CASTROL INDIAN TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR ? Virender Sehwag

CASTROL INDIAN ODI PLAYER OF THE YEAR ?Mahendra Singh Dhoni

CASTROL INDIAN BOWLER OF THE YEAR ? Harbhajan Singh

CASTROL INDIAN BATSMAN OF THE YEAR ? Gautam Gambhir

The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence also recognise Special / Outstanding performances and this year, there were two awards in this category for 2008: Sachin Tendulkar, received the Castrol Special Award for becoming the first batsman in Test history to score 12,000 runs. Rahul Dravid also received a Castrol Special Award for becoming the world record holder for the highest number of catches in test matches, surpassing Mark Waugh?s world record tally of 181 Test catches.

Ravi Kirpalani, Automotive Director and COO, Castrol India Limited, echoed the sentiments of all present at the Awards ceremony when he congratulated the Indian team for their winning performance in Sri Lanka and wished them all the best for the ICC Champion?s trophy for which the team leaves tomorrow.

MUMBAI: Media Plus who owns www.myband.co.in <http://www.myband.co.in/> & BIG Live, the multi-brand event organizing arm of BIG 92.7 FM, is all set to give the people of Hyderabad a rocking evening with 8 happening rock bands performing live on 26 September at ?Rock Heights? Madhapur. The concert ? ?My Band-My Music? is providing a platform to India?s top rock bands to entertain the city with their magical performance. The concert promises to leave the city?s youth with an unforgettable musical experience. The bands featured in this musical extravaganza are: Almost September, Ek, Prosody, Ankur Tewari & the Ghalat Family, Rudrapassion, Shor Bazar, Evergreen and Todays Special.

Targeted towards the youth of the city, the music show will have bands of various genres coming together and creating magical moments with their unmatched performance. The campaign will also have mammoth pre and post promotions across colleges, youth hangouts, pubs, corporates, Caf? Coffe Day Outlets. Awareness is driven using various Multi-media promotions ? Outdoors, TV, Print and Radio. Taking the social media route, the campaign will also have a microsite along with upates on various networking sites and youth-based webzines.

?www.myband.co.in is India?s only destination to Music Bands that focuses on artists, fans & Music lovers. After creating waves on the online platform, My band is now extending its magic onground by organizing a series of mega concerts featuring the best of talent & giving them their most deserved audience. We are very excited to launch the concert in Hyderabad as the city?s youth has truly transformed over the past few years and has passionate followers of rock music & bands. With BIG LIVE handling the event & the promotions, we promise a rocking concert to Hyderabadi?s? Says Debashish, Co-founder of Mediaplus

All the performing bands are from an eclectic mix of genres that makes this concert unique from any other

* Hindi Fusion Rock ? Ek The Band

* Blues ? Prosody

* Alternative ? Ankur Tewari & the Ghalat Family , Rudrapassion

* Progressive Rock ? Todays Special

* Metal ? Evergreen

* Hip Hop ? Shor Bazar

* Rock ? Almost September

The show will be telecasted LIVE on Hi Music, the No.1 Music channel in AP and tickets will be made available at select Caf? Coffee Day Outlets in the city. The rock bands will also be featured on BIG 92.7 FM?s Bollywood Band ?KIRKIRI? hosted by RJ Chetan.

MUMBAI: Continuing with bringing exclusive news to the viewers, NewsX tonight will telecast an interview with Mr Somnath Chatterjee, former Lok Sabha Speaker. Catch the show as the former Lok Sabha Speaker shares his insights on how formation of the Third Front for the Lok Sabha polls costs the CPI (M) dearly. In an exclusive interview, the veteran also speaks about Mamata Banerjee?s possibility on becoming the next Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Somnath Chatterjee, who joined the Communist party of India (Marxist) in 1968 and was a Member of Parliament from 1971 till 2009, fell out with the CPM leadership last year over the withdrawal of support from the UPA government.

Some excerpts from the interview:

On his take on Mamta Banerjee, says the former Lok Sabha speaker: "You can‘t build up anything on desert, suppose West Bengal industry is going away from West Bengal, who will you rule. Supposing she comes to power, I take it she will come to power, then she doesn‘t want a desert I am sure. She can come to power because the people will support her."

Chatterjee, who was expelled from the party, holds the present leadership responsible for the party‘s poor showing in the polls, ?Somebody has to explain why the erosion of support has taken place. I feel the present leadership has lost mass contact."

To know more, catch the full interview tonight at 8.30 pm exclusively on NewsX.

MUMBAI: UTV Movies proudly presents the world TV premiere of the blockbuster and critically acclaimed movie ?Black Friday? on Sunday, 20th September, 2009 at 12 P.M.

Black Friday is based on the events leading up to and the investigation thereafter of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The 1993 Mumbai blasts left more than 300 people dead and over 1,000 injured. The movie is directed by the renowned director Anurag Kashyap.

Based on a book by S. Hussain Zaidi, this docu-drama tries to recreate those events and the intense feelings that followed them. The film has Kay Kay Menon (as the Commissioner of Police), Aditya Shrivastava as Badshah Khan, and Pawan Malhotra (as Tiger Memon), among the star cast.

Sameer Ganapathy, Business Head, UTV Movies, says ?In our constant effort to bring best of hindi cinema to the viewers, we are proud to present the world TV premiere of ?Black Friday?. UTV Movies brings the movie to your television sets with its ongoing line-up of premieres.?

The movie is presented by Sunsilk.