MUMBAI: Newspaper classified advertisements can now be booked instantly through releaseMyAd.com at NO additional charges. Users can now book matrimonial, property, recruitment, and all other classified ads for all leading newspapers in India, straight from the Internet in just three simple steps.

This is a first of its kind website, where releaseMyAd brings to you India‘s simplest newspaper classified booking service. Simply by logging on to www.releasemyad.com an advertiser can compose and design their ad, select release dates, make payments and get instant confirmation.

Newspaper classified ads in India offer a strong way to generate relevant responses for advertisers because of their vast outreach. However, the process of booking a classified ad in a newspaper has always had its limitation; be it in finding a booking centre, transparency in rates and packages or booking for outstation locations. releaseMyAd.com offers the solution to all these limitations by using the power of print with the convenience of the Internet.

With releaseMyAd, we can do away with traditional and cumbersome methods of booking classified Ads through kirana stores or xerox/pco centres. Moreover, there is also greater transparency of the newspaper‘s rates and packages to enable an informed decision. releaseMyAd provides an entire selection of newspapers, transparent rates and even email and sms updates to customers about their ad release, thereby creating the much needed efficiency.

Further, the service allows customers to design their classified display ads with logos, images and custom fonts all by themselves - something which was previously designed by professionals can now be done directly by the advertisers!

The service has been operational in beta over the last few months and has already successfully generated thousands of advertisement bookings in all newspapers across the nation.

MUMBAI: Want to be the first one to review a movie, rant about the latest pothole on Eastern Express Highway or simply say ?goood morning? to Malishka on Morning No.1 and hate having to wait till 6 am to do so? Well, now you can get in touch with Malishka at any time of the day. Read on to find out how!

Mumbai loves waking up to the sound of Malishka?s voice. Listeners have shared their stories with her, waited patiently by the phone for their turn to speak to her. Some have even called in on the wrong shows to talk to her, to the amusement of other RJs!! As a part of Morning No.1?s fourth anniversary celebration Red FM gives Mumbaikers the chance to connect with RJ Malishka directly, any time-any place. Listeners can contact her by calling her on her IDEA number 9702000935 to leave a message. Alternatively, they can follow her day to day by logging onto www.twitter.com/mymalishka. Fans can also find her on Facebook (search for mymalishka) and share their stories, opinions and grievances.

Anuj Singh, National Marketing Head and Station Head (Mumbai) remarks, ?Red FM is the ?station for expression? that has always addressed matters of public interest. Morning No.1?s success is mainly due to the incredible, intuitive connection Malishka has with her listeners. This initiative not only serves to strengthen that connection but also gives us new ways of engaging and touching our audiences. Listeners will now have more platforms on which to express themselves to Malishka and through her have their opinions heard by a wider audience?

Malishka is understandably quite excited about it. ?I love the fact that my listeners can now reach me at any time of the day. It not only gives me an access into their lives but allows them to gain a sneak peek into mine. Listeners can follow me on Twitter, interact with me on my Facebook page or simply pick up the phone to talk to me. Now I get to bajaao on air and off air too? she says half jokingly.

MUMBAI: Be it playing melodious music which Mumbaikars prefer, to entertaining listeners, or being there for the cityzens in times of need, Radio City 91.1FM, India‘ first and leading FM brand has been a proven friend to Mumbai for the last 8 years. And it has always been through a series of initiatives on and beyond air waves, reaching out connecting and touching the lives of Mumbaikars.

Starting Aug 3, 2009 RJs Salil & Archanaa, popular RJs of the Radio City‘s all new breakfast show Kasa Kai Mumbai will further reach out to Mumbaikars demonstrating their friendship towards the city and its citizens.

The initiatives like City Taxi which offers free pick & drop service during the rains, the pioneering initiative Chai Garam where both the jocks step out to thank the Mumbai police at traffic signals with a steaming cup of tea have evoked an overwhelming response from listeners. These activities will get further amplified this month with a lot more listeners joining in. To add to this Radio City has launched Chhatri on Demand where the RJs distribute umbrellas to the callers who are stuck during the rains as well as City ka Ganpati where Radio City will give 108 lucky listeners an opportunity to get eco friendly Ganesh idols home. The listeners have to just book the Ganesh idols by sending SMS to 57007. This unique initiative encourages the cityzens to maintain the healthy environment.

In addition Mumbai ke dost RJs Archanaa & Salil will step out each day to personally meet various groups of Mumbaikars, interact with them and showcase their experiences.

The energetic and bubbly RJ Archana will travel in a local train, play Antakshri with her fellow travelers and highlight their experiences. RJ Salil will spend a day with Dabbawallas and explore the precision with which they work and try his hand at delivering the right dabba at the right place. Archana will spend a morning with the vibrant Koli women at the wharf to understand the stories behind their smiles. RJs would be joining the famous laughter club in Priyadarshini Park and sharing his/her experience with the listeners on air.

So, for more and more City Connect tune into Radio City 91.1FM!!!

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 across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for premium audiences.

MUMBAI: To the sheer delight - and utter disbelief of music buffs in Kerala, the melodious Sadhana Sargam came down to Trivandrum to take part in Amrita TV‘s rocking reality show,‘Super Star-2‘.

Having heard of the experiences of musician, Hariharan, who was at the inaugural session of ‘Super Star‘, she flew in from Mumbai for an exclusive jamboree at the ‘Super Star‘ sets to convey her best wishes to the contestants before they embarked on the second round of Super Star-2.

Said Sadhana, ‘Amrita TV has blazed a unique trail in talent hunt shows, and have started a musical revolution of sorts?After interacting with the enormously gifted contestants of ‘Super Star-2‘, when they touched my feet for blessings, I felt that they touched my hearts with their conviction for music‘

Later she had the entire set swaying to the dulcet rhythms of ‘Snehithane‘ which made her an established star, ‘Mukundha Mukundha‘ a recent hit and ‘Pehla Nasha‘ an all time Hindi favourite, winding up a musical evening filled with the strains of perfect melody. Sadhana‘s performances will be on air on ‘Super Star-2‘ from August 3,Mon-Fri 7.30 pm

This is the first time she has consented to participate in a reality show in Kerala. While addressing the participants of ‘Super Star‘, Sadhana gave them glimpses of her rigorous daily training schedules that moulded her to become one of the best singers in the Indian Film Industry, offered tips on improving their performances and shared her rich musical experiences, having worked with almost all the top Music composers of Bollywood as well as the South.

Sadhana shot into the limelight of the Southern film music stage with AR Rehman‘s ‘Vennilave, vennilave‘(Minsara Kanavu) and became a household name with another AR masterpiece ‘Snehethane, Snehethane‘ (Alay Pauthe) .

She now rules the playback singing roost in Tamil, Kannada & Telugu films, being the first choice of not just front running music directors such as Deva, S. A. Raj Kumar, Bharadwaj, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shanker Raja etc but also of stalwarts like A.R.Rehman & Ilayaraja.

MUMBAI: Ram Gopal Varma next movie called ‘Agyaat‘ is thriller adventure. RGV reveals the theme of the movie ‘Agyaat‘, the unknown element which kills the crew members who go to the forest for a shoot and get caught there. He has tried to create horror and mystery by not showing the killer and hence named the film Agyaat. He has also made use of innovative camera techniques to bring out the element of unknown, which is integral to the film. He further shares how Special Effects in terms of Visual & Background Score play a vital role in an attempt to thrill the audience.

The initial idea of the Agyaat & how did it generate, RGV revealed that he got the idea to make the film when he was shooting for ‘Jungle‘ on similar forest like locations. He also speaks about debutant Nitin Reddy on his role in the film; he is already an established actor in the Telgu film industry. When questioned about how he managed to get the Music & Songs with the genre of the film, RGV revealed that as it is a story about a film unit shooting on location i.e. forests stereotypical Bollywood dance numbers could be incorporated well as it goes hand in hand with the storyline of the film. RGV concludes by giving a message to the audience, that they better be ready to get thrilled.

Priyanka Kothari the lead in the movie shares her experience with Music India. She plays the character named Aasha who is the leading lady of the film, of which the unit is shooting in the dense forests. She reveals about her reaction when she first heard the script & about her role as the character she plays on screen is very much different than her in real life. She further reveals how she is very scared in reality from even small insects & how it was a challenge to look in the camera & give scary expressions when there was no such scary atmosphere created on set.

Watch Ram Gopal Varma and Priyanka Kothari shares their experience about their upcoming movie on Music India.

MUMBAI: Are reality shows for real or they are just a battle for viewer ships? Do these shows promote voyeurism or are merely a shortcut to fame? CNN-IBN, India‘s No.1 English News Channel finds the reality of reality television on ‘LETS Get REAL‘- a one hour special show that will debate the key issues surrounding the world of reality shows on television today and their climbing popularity. The show goes on air on Saturday 8:00 pm and repeat telecast Sunday 12:00 noon only on CNN-IBN.

Issues and protests over the business and broadcasting of the reality shows have brought them to parliament for discussion making this a topic of national importance. These issues have left the public opinion split on whether facing this kind of truth qualifies as entertainment. Though reality television continues to climb popularity despite protests, judge on morality and a need to regulate entertainment has become a topic of debate. The show ‘Lets Get Real‘ will have celebrities and participants from popular reality shows venting out their opinion on the rising popularity of these shows.

Some of the popular faces like Urvashi Dholakia, Nikhil Chinappa, Rahul Mahajan, B P Singhal, Kironn Kher and famous psychologist Sonia Khanna will share their views on issues such as reality shows promoting voyeurism, need of regulating TV content, reality TV - a race for TRP‘s among other key issues like climbing popularity of reality shows, judge on morality, quick road to fame to mention a few. The show will analyze the impact of these reality shows on viewers psyche, whether good or bad?

Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN18 Network said "Fiery discussions and protests over the reality television in Parliament have made this a topic of national interest. People are divided in their opinions pertaining to issues related to the Reality TV. Lets Get Real is a structured debate to help the viewers in finding out the true picture of the reality TV".