MUMBAI: Famous pop artist Mika recently made an exclusive appearance at Fever 104 FM, Mumbai to co-host the famous ‘Fever Hot 20‘ show on air with RJ Rishi. Mika interacted with his fans and spoke about his upcoming projects. Further adding on to the excitement, Mika jammed with Fever team and captivated listeners with his popular songs, ‘Something Something‘, ‘Aye ganpat‘ et al.

Expressing his excitement on hosting his first ever radio show, Mika said, "Fever 104 FM is recognized as India‘s youngest radio station today. After a long time, I interacted with my fans in such a joyful manner. It was exciting and thrilling experience."

Commenting on the occasion, Neeraj Chaturvedi, Station Head, Fever 104 FM Mumbai, said "Hosting Mika as an RJ in our studios reinforces our commitment to give our listeners best and off beat on-air entertainment. We were excited to have Mika around and we believe that live renditions of his super hit compositions enthralled the audience too."

MUMBAI: SMS GupShup, India‘s largest social messaging platform today announced that it is working with Facebook, the world‘s largest social network, to enable Indian Facebook users to go mobile. SMS GupShup‘s messaging platform will enable Indian users to take Facebook with them, wherever they go, using SMS.

By working with SMS GupShup, Facebook is enabling its service on SMS, the most popular messaging platform in India. Facebook users can now update their status updates and message friends using SMS. They can also receive status updates, messages and wall posts instantly in their SMS inbox.

SMS GupShup will provide the underlying messaging infrastructure to rapidly and reliably deliver the high volume of incoming and outgoing messages between users and Facebook.

"SMS GupShup has built the largest SMS-based mobile community in India, on the foundation of a high-performance messaging platform that supports nearly 6% of India‘s SMS traffic", said Beerud Sheth, CEO, SMS GupShup. He added, "We are excited to enable mobilizing the Facebook service in India and look forward to delivering a great mobile experience to their users."

"We are very excited to work with SMS GupShup, given their experience with both mobile messaging and social media in India", said Henri Moissinac, Director of Mobile, Facebook. He added, "We realize how important it is to work with great companies in the mobile space in countries like India, and by enabling Facebook on SMS, users can now use it even when they‘re not near a computer."

Users can activate Facebook on their mobile devices by visiting www.facebook.com/mobile. Users can then update their status by sending a message to 92-FACEBOOK (9232232665). Users can reply to their friend‘s messages by simply replying to the incoming SMS. The service will operate on longcodes (i.e. regular 10-digit phone number). Facebook does not charge anything for the mobile service, but regular carrier charges may apply for messages sent to Facebook.

MUMBAI: Following the elimination of Samrat in the 3rdweek, the contestants don?t know what to expect next with the tasks getting more gross and dangerous. And that?s exactly what Dadagiri 2 has to offer in its 4th week, a heady concoction of tasks that have never before been performed or witnessed ever. Catch this whirlwind 4th episode? this Saturday, 1stAugust, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. only on UTV Bindass.

The craziness begins at the Dadagiri boot camp at 5 am. The contestants are ready to face Vishal?s MACHO Dare of the day that is the MOUNTAIN RAPPLING task, which will test the stamina and muscle power in every contestant. The participants have to rappel down A 100 Ft cliff, facing the cliff which is requires great physical strength and strategy.

The pair who manages to complete this death defying task escapes Sonalli?s wrath at her playground. The bottom two pairs who took the maximum amount of time in the Burma Bridge task are taken to Sonalli?s playground. At the playground the contestants are asked to cook omelettes and feed each other.

BUT the TWIST in the tale is to mix all the ingredients without using bowls and to divide the mixture between the two team members and mix it in their mouth, gargle and spit into the frying pan and then cook and feed it to each other.

MUMBAI: In an era where fight against female feticide and dowry issues is picking up all across, where women liberation and female empowerment is most talked about, ETC Channel Punjabi in its all new endeavor is contributing its fare share of responsibility by introducing with first of its kind program for women in the Punjabi genre - ‘Main Ki Karaan‘. Within 3 weeks of its launch, the show has managed to strike an extra ordinary emotional chord with females across length and breadth of the country. The newly launched query based show is proving as an instant connect with women who wish to seek answers on diverse aspects concerning them, their families, their society and most important of all-their feminity. The show picks up issues and concerns that are not often talked about explicitly, opening up a platform for female viewers to explore and elicit all facets of information connected with the subject.

Female viewers speak their heart out with experts from various streams and consider this programme as one of the most authentic sources of information and guidance. The participants make a choice from letters, e-mails, SMS or telephone calls to discuss the problems they have been jostling with. The TRPs indication for already aired 3 episodes on Beauty, Gynecology and Nutrition have been over whelming and the channel is flooded with responses and requests to answer their queries.

"This is really a great effort. Problems that we couldn‘t discuss openly are now addressed here in the most authentic manner. Women face many inhibitions and are actually unable to speak openly even about diseases that we physically encounter"- said a caller from Patiala as she asked a question to the gynecologist on the show. However the show understands the sensitivity of deciphering the identities on Television and makes sure that anonymity, if desired by caller, is duly respected and maintained.

Televised every Friday at 7 pm, the show is catching up rapidly in the region. Experts like lawyers, counselors and fitness experts in the pipeline; the show is pacing fast in the perusal of its social responsibility to satisfy the urge of questions, questions and more questions.

MUMBAI: Miditech, one of Asia?s largest independent production houses, today screened ?The 8th city of Delhi? ?a docu-film showcasing the recreation of Delhi?s journey down the ages at Alliance Franciase. To grace the occasion, Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon?ble Chief Minister of Delhi was present along with Miditech Pvt. Ltd. founders Nikhil Alva and Niret Alva.

The 45-minute film which outlines all the influences that have made Delhi into the paradoxical, multi faceted city it is today will be premiered on Fox History on 30th July 2009 at 21:00 hrs (9:00 pm). It repeats at on 31st July, at 13:00 hrs, 19:00 hrs on 1st August and 11:00 hrs on 2nd August.

The protagonists of the documentary are a refreshing group of 7 young students from the Delhi College of Art who take a city bus to the venues of the erstwhile 7 cities of Delhi. Their mission is to paint stories from those cities as they figure out the 8th city of Delhi; today?s Delhi.

The film rocks our sense of time as we find ourselves moving from the paintings, to rare archival historical pictures and back to images of the contemporary world capital.

For the first time ever- this unusual documentary helps you feel the body and soul of a city that exists on many levels. A city where the sheer joy of discovering a new corner is a huge high even for the die hard resident. This is Delhi. And this film gives you a glimpse into the soul of the city.

The documentary focuses on reliving the history of each city through unique characters through whom we take a rollercoaster ride into its multifaceted colors, hues, anecdotes, historical references and mysteries.

Speaking on the documentary, Niret Alva, Chairman, Miditech Pvt Ltd said ?The 8th City of Delhi is a lyrical journey back and forth in time and seeks to capture the spirit of a city that has reinvented itself at least 8 times. Not only has it absorbed and amalgamated outside influences but has also welcomed all hues of people down the centuries and that is why almost everyone feels at home here. The documentary lovingly sketches the many colors and seasons of Delhi and provides a unique look at its ever changing face. Filmed by Gurvinder Kochhar, directed by Chandramouli Basu and co-scripted by Anuja Chauhan, ?The 8th City of Delhi? is a product Miditech is really proud of and a salute to the city many of us call home.?

Appreciating the film, Smt. Sheila Dikshit said, ?This film is one of its kinds on Delhi. It documents Delhi?s long history, its vibrancy & changing moods over time. I do hope that those who watch this film today will find it both exciting and revealing.?