MUMBAI: Police officer Waghmare?. Does that ring the bell??? Is that a reference to Shreays Talpade!!!

The direction sense of Delhiites went crazy when none other than the Bollywood heartthrob ?Shreyas Talpade? went live on air on Radio Mirchi
98.3 FM, India?s Hottest Radio station. The station provided its listeners an opportunity to know more about the latest updates and insights from Bollywood; as Shreyas was heard talking about his upcoming movie ?Aage Se
Right? with RJ Naved on Delhi?s favourite show ?Sunset Samosa?.

Shreyas Talpade mesmerized Delhiites with his sizzling on air presence and shared anecdotes about the making of his latest movie,?Aage Se Right?.
Additionally, one of the lucky listeners selected on the basis of an interactive on-air contest got a chance to invite Shreyas to his house.

What?s more? While Shreyas Talapade interacted with the winner and his family the other participants won lot of exciting prizes by answering a movie based question on-air.

?We at Radio Mirchi have always made an effort to entertain our listeners with our innovative offerings. This time we ensured that besides providing information about the latest film directly from the star, we give our listeners a chance to meet them in person. We thank our listeners for such an overwhelming response to the contest. We will continue to provide such opportunities to live up to our promise of Mirchi Sunne Wale Always Khush? said Yatish Mehrishi, Cluster Head, Radio Mirchi, Delhi.

Enthused about his presence at Radio Mirchi, Shreyas Talpade further added, ?It was truly a great experience to interact with Delhiites and meet the Radio Mirchi contest winner and his family members. I would like to thank all the Mirchi listeners for their love and affection and request them to watch Aage se Right."

MUMBAI: This week on Men Can‘t Dance? and other myths!, actor and underwater photographer, Parvin Dabas joins Rajiv Makhni to break the myth that men can‘t handle their woman‘s past relationship.

Also, watch the two men battle it out on the fencing ground.

Tune in to ‘Men Can‘t Dance? and other myths!‘ on September 3, 2009, Thursday at 10.00 pm with a repeat on following Saturday at 10:30pm only on NDTV Good Times.

MUMBAI: It has been two years since former British Prime Minister Tony Blair left office. This week?s TALK ASIA follows him to China as he speaks to CNN?s John Vause on issues including tackling climate change, resolving the conflict in the Middle East, and on whether his legacy has been overshadowed by the war in Iraq.

Blair is in China to launch a project to bring affordable solar lighting to villages across the country. Working alongside Chinese movie star Jet Li through a partnership of their respective foundations, the aim is to have solar panels installed to promote clean energy use in Guiyang?s rural villages. He tells Vause how he has noticed a change in the Chinese government in tackling climate change. ?I think what brought change in policy in relation to China, is that they suddenly understood that economic progress and economic development, unless it put sustainability and appreciation of the environment at the heart of it, was never going to work.? He adds: ?The thing about the Chinese is when they do it, they?re going to do it.?

Appointed a Middle East peace envoy the day after leaving office, Blair also talks optimistically about a possible resolution to the conflict under the current Israeli government. ?Sometimes the person who, if you like, is supposedly more hard-line is the person that can deliver.? He says, ?So I think provided Prime Minister Netanyahu is genuinely prepared, in circumstances where the Palestinian state is going to be securely run, properly governed, if he?s prepared to commit to a Palestinian state then we can make peace. This is not an issue where it?s impossible to see a solution.?

He also refutes comments that he took the envoy role as atonement for the war in Iraq: ?I believe it?s important. I believe the Middle East is better off without a dictator like Saddam Hussein there, but I also believe in Middle East peace, and I always have done.? He adds: ?And the truth is, whether we like it or not in the West, and sometimes we don?t, the existence of this Israel-Palestine conflict is a major source of friction between the West and the Muslim world, between the West and the Arab world.?

Blair further reveals how his work in the Holy Land takes on extra significance for him as a Roman Catholic: ?If you?re someone from the Abraham faiths, then to be in the Holy Land, to be in and around the places that you read about and grew up with in the Bible is very inspiring.?

Some critics linked his personal faith with the decision to go to war in Iraq, but he tells Vause the two were unrelated: ?Are my politics and my values linked? Yes, of course they are. But I took those decisions for reasons that were not to do with religion, but to do with the belief that in each case it was right to protect people against the prospect or actuality of dictatorship.?

Blair also reveals on TALK ASIA whether he worries his legacy has been overshadowed by the decision to go to war with Iraq: ?It would worry me more, if I thought that I had flinched from taking a difficult decision on the basis that it was a difficult decision.? He adds: ?I tried to take the decisions for my country on the basis of what I thought was right. In the end, people can disagree and that?s life.?

Airtimes: Indian Standard Time
Wednesday, September 2 at 1800
Thursday, September 3 at 0830
Saturday, September 5 at 1000 and 2000
Monday, September 7 at 0730
Tuesday, September 8 at 2300

MUMBAI: Mumbai, August 28, 2009: The season?s final slam event, the US Open, begins with Roger Federer the overwhelming favourite to win yet again at Flushing Meadows. The Swiss has a formidable record at the event having won it 5 times in a row. The defending champion has been in brilliant touch this season winning the Wimbledon and the French Open. Back from a break after the birth of twin daughters, the Swiss showed he well prepared for another assault with an impressive win in the Cincinnati Masters in Ohio.

Federer?s bid for his 16th Grand Slam title will be live on Ten Sport from 31 August 2009.

Despite Federer?s dominance, the men?s contest is expected to be keenly fought with top players peaking at just the right moment. In the Rogers Cup in Toronto, the top 8 seeds reached the quarterfinals. In the Cincinnati Masters the top four seeds were contesting in the last four stage.

Federer?s biggest challenge is likely to come from Andy Murray with most expecting the two to clash in the final yet again this year. Murray lost the final in 2008 in straight sets but is a much improved player since and his performance this year has seen him move up to number two in the ATP rankings. The Scot has won 5 tournaments this year, earning over $3 million dollars in prize money. Despite all his success Murray is yet to win a major and will go all out to make amends in the season?s last grand slam.

Third seed Raphael Nadal has won 6 majors in his career but the Spaniard is still working hard to regain the form that saw him dominating last season. Nadal?s season began well this season as he beat Federer at the Australian Open to win his first grand slam on hard-court but tendonitis in his knee has since hampered his progress. A semi-final appearance in Cincinnati has given indications that the Mallorcan may again be a big threat for Federer. Another player looking to end the year on a high is Croatian Novak Djokovic. The world number three has won two tournaments this year but he may well have reserved his best for the last.

In the women?s draw, Dinara Safina is seeded number one but not many will rate her as the favourite. The Russian is yet to win a grand slam event. The punters? favourite will be American Serena Williams who is looking for her fourth US Open title. Williams is known to lift her game in the grand slam events and is looking for her third major this year having already won the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

The return of Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova will also be keenly watched. Sharapova suffered from a shoulder injury which threatened to end her career prematurely. The Russian returned to action in May and is looking good after an appearance in the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Clijsters had retired due to injury and impending marriage. The 2005 champion believes she has the ability to compete with the best.

Indian fans will be keenly watching the progress of Sania Mirza in the singles. There are more chances for success in the doubles with both Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi being serious contenders.

MUMBAI: Onam opens on an auspicious note on Uthradom, with a special episode of Udayamritham, Uthrada Polima at 6.30 am; Thumba Poove Poothirule at 7.30 am shows a glimpse of the multitude of elaborate Ona Kalikal that Kerala boasted of once- upon-a-time, but which are now slipping into oblivion & recreates a handful of them - for old time‘s sake; Uthradavattom at 8.30 am in which 4 doyens from the socio-cultural field Kaithapram, Mathusudhanan Nair, Janardhan Puthusseri and C.J. Kuttappan re-visit the rich traditional folk culture of Kerala that is but memory now; in Ona Sadya at 1.30pm , in order to do full justice to the most delicious part of Onam, the Onam lunch once relished never forgotten; Taste of Kerala approaches veteran traditional cooks from all over Kerala and persuades them to part with their practice- perfected secret recipes that cover the entire menu of the Onam sadya & teaches the ‘art of serving‘ the repast that follows a strict sequence, where each dish has a pre- ordered place ; Interview with Sadhana Sargam at 2.30 pm in which the South Indian Melody Queen discloses what brought her into the playback scene& her indebtedness to A.R.Rehman ; in Harimuraleeravam at 7.00 pm, Hariharan the Trivandrumite who strides the international music scene talks about his childhood Onams spent in Kerala; Movies for Television will bring the day‘s programme to a close.

Amrita TV greets the most important of all Onam days with Thiruvona Thirumathuram at 6.30 followed by Thumba Poove Poothirule at 7.30 am ; in Priyamulla Kazhchakal an interview with Priyadarshan at 9.30 am, the Malayalam film director who conquered Bollywood, holds forth on his directorial achievements and the special relationship he shares with Mohanlal his childhood buddy; in Ona Sadya at 1.30 am, as the whole of Kerala gets ready to tuck into a sumptuous banquet, Ona Sadya too joins in the feasting in the Ezhumatoor palace where Kalesh demonstrates the ‘knack‘ of eating from the plantain leaf; in Virunnu at 2.00pm, Suresh Gopi & family call at the Kavadiyar Palace, where His Royal Highness Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma & Aswathy Thirunal Thampuratti recollect the glorious days when Travancore was still under royal reign and share anecdotes of the Onam of their youth ; followed by Malayalathinte Mahanithi in which one can listen to the reminiscences of megastar Mohanlal at 7.00pm.

Avittom dawns at 6.30 am with Avittaperuma , another Udayamritham Special ;at 9.00 am Onam at Paleri Manikyam. Location, on the location of Renjith‘s latest directorial venture ,this special programme traces the genesis of the movie - from an oral history of the incident that triggered off the novel to its translation into the visual medium; in Interview with Usha Uthup at 9.30am, she opens up on her initiation into the world of music, her early struggle as a singer and establishment as the Queen of Pop; after the strenuous exertions of the 1st and 2nd Onam, to prepare the most elaborate meal for any festival in any country, the women of the house take a break and serve avittakatta -an amalgam formed of mixing some dishes of the sadhya. Ona Sadhya at 1.30pm takes a look at making of the dish; Virunnu at 2.00pm , featuring M. Jayachandran, Priyanka, Manjeri, Sayanora etc is a music packed show, full of traditional melodies Vanchipattu, Onapattu, Kummattipattu, Nadanpattu ; Shobhanayodoppam at 8.00pm, in which the 3 judges of Vanita Ratnam-3 Shobhana, Kalpana & Murali chat informally with the contestants of Vanita Ratnam-3 in an impromptu t?te-?-t?te . They swap tongue twisters that finally leave have them in stitches, chip in to decorate a pookkalam, play referee as the competitors sway for supremacy in a tug-of-war and in the end instead of dishing out marks, serve them with a delectable sadhya.

Chatayam commences with Chataya Charutha at 6.30am; ‘Ullasayatra at 9.30 am in which some of the eliminated contestants of Super Star-1 and Super Star Junior-2, go on a pleasure trip on board a luxury house boat with Soumya Balan, who anchors the show. As they cruise over the placid waters of the Punnamada Kayal , they share their reality show experiences with each other and sing a few of their favourite songs rounding off the outing with a grand Onam feast; in Ona Sadhya at 1.30 pm, ending the 2 week long special series on a sweet note, the show moves to the Sree Krishna College in Guruvayoor, where the students conduct an unique ‘Payasam Mela‘ and gets a taste of the culinary skills of the competitors; Ona Thilakkom at 2.00pm in which t he winners of Amrita Tv‘s 4 musical reality shows , Super Star-1, Super Star Global , Super Star Junior-1 & Super Star Junior-2, share this Onam with young starlet Meera Nandan. They chat breezily about their Onam experiences, sing songs dear to their heart, pool their ideas to make a pookalam, take turns at the swing and end with the traditional banquet ; Ente Ormayile Balyam at 7.30 pm is a programme that travels back in time to the land of Nostalgia, full of pleasant remembrances, fond memories and the recollections from the past of Shasi Tharoor; Shobhanoyodoppam at 8.00pm is the second part of the programme featuring the judges & contestants of Vanita Ratnam-3.