MUMBAI: With the conclusion of the much anticipated elections, UTVi presents a list of programmes for the week which will drop the temperature by a few notches. These programmes ?Techtree, Autocar Show, Cracking Careers, Life & Style, Real Estate and Logo will be aired over the weekend (May 23rd, 2009 and May 24, 2009).

This week on Techtree, (Saturday, 23rd May at 6.30 PM & Sunday and 24th May at 11.30 AM) Malaika Shenoy gets an audio tour from Stuff Magazine?s editor Nishant Padhiar. Techtree takes a look at the best Home Theater systems in town, hi-fi speakers, subwoofers etc ? and tell you how to shop intelligently for audio equipment. The show also feature?s a review of the latest iPod ? the 3rd generation Shuffle.

Your browser may not support display of this image. This week on The Autocar Show (Saturday, 23rd May at 10.30 AM PM & Sunday and 24th May at 10.30 PM), the show has lined up not one but two exclusive drives for you! The show tests the latest car to roll out of the Maruti Suzuki stable, the Ritz, and also finds out what‘s new with the face-lifted Skoda Laura. Of course, as always Renuka Kripalani and Hormazd Sorabjee will shoot your car buying blues down!

On Cracking Careers (Saturday, 23rd May at 8.00 AM PM & Sunday and 24th May at 5.00 PM) this week, the focus is on technology aided MBA programs, who should be enrolling for them and what value do they hold in the market? The show will also be continuing the series on Upgrading Your Skills. This week Cracking Careers tells you all about 3D Max and Maya.

Watch Life & Style on Saturday, 23rd May at 10.30 PM & Sunday and 24th May at 1.00 PM. When you‘re feeling hot, the show looks around for drinks to cool you off! This week learn about healthy mocktails which are your perfect summer coolers. In health and fitness it‘s time to hit the dance floor but with a twist! Life & Style tells you how Indian classical dance forms like Odissi could be your road to fitness.

Your browser may not support display of this image.This week Real Estate (Saturday, 23rd May at 12.30 PM & Sunday and 24th May at 11.30 PM) looks at the trend of retirement homes for the elderly. The show takes you to some of the best properties in this niche segment and tells you how they are able to provide an independent and plush living option to senior citizens

On Logo (Saturday, 23rd May at 2.00 PM & Sunday and 24th May at 9.30 PM) this week, the show takes a look at the emergence of brand Congress with little or no help from its advertising campaigns. Logo analyses the future of political advertising in India to see if it can prove more effective than just a piece of communication that makes noise.

MUMBAI: History Rocks, the most popular rock music show on FOX History & Entertainment

(every Friday night at 10:30pm), opened to a full house with a thrilling performance by the young rock band, One Track Mind, at Hard Rock Caf? on Thursday night.

The highlight of the evening was the riff dripping performance by the young and energetic band as they belted one classic number after another to a roaring audience.

A sixteen-part series, History Rocks III is dedicated to the definitive sound of legendary rockers. This May, FOX History & Entertainment allows music lovers a peek into the lives of rock legends and devour their biggest concerts. Featuring this season is Jimi Hendrix?s legendary performance at the Woodstock festival; Queen?s live performance to a jam-packed Wembley Stadium; Pink Floyd?s electrifying do of what is considered their best album ever amongst others. Sudha Sadhanand, Vice-President, Programming, FOX History & Entertainment agress, ?In its third season, fans of History Rocks are going to see a very different show ? combining the trivia and stories of their days of classic rock with entertaining concerts of their favourite rock legends. You will see what makes these rock legends the gods of rock. From the heaviest riff drippers to the most beautiful ballads - every episode here has those thrills.?

History Rocks III which has already toured Delhi and Mumbai will hit Bangalore next with Galeej Guru. Apart from the concerts, exclusive History Rocks quizzes are being held across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Also, up for grabs for a lucky winner of the Truest Bhakt contest is an exclusive Epiphone Les Paul Custom Guitar.

MUMBAI: Hello Americas, Amrita TV?s new travelogue, that incorporates some elements of the lifestyle show, chronicles the travels of the crew as they globe-trot across the breadth of the American Continent; telecast every Sunday at 8.30 pm, it weaves together colorful individual strands - of sights seen, stories heard, realities understood - picked along the way, to create a complete pattern of the American way of life .

The team started out on their exploratory expedition on a blistering cold day in early January to record the Winter Edition of Hello Americas. It was an America muffled to the ears in snow, with the barometer hovering around a bone-numbing cold ? 30 degrees.

The crew captured scenes and sights along the route ? of Ice Fishing, snowmobiling, what it feels to be inside an igloo - wending their way from coast to coast ? from New York the Global City, melting pot of all the Nationalities of the world; the City of Columbia in California where Cowboy towns are still preserved in their pristine state, as it was 150 years ago ; Detroit, synonym of the American Automobile Industry ; Los Angeles, the home base of Hollywood, the world?s most thickly populated celebrity neighborhood; the Golden Gym on the ?Muscle Beach? stretch of Venice Beach where Arnold Schwarzenegger, the film icon comes for his work out .

They halted every now and then to have first hand encounters with the citizens both American and Indian American , that threw up surprising insights of the Other Side of The United States ? of rock solid family ties that rival those of the East; of sacrifices undertaken by a devoted wife who moved to successive smaller and smaller homes to put her husband through Medical school ; of the Central Kitchen that feeds over 5000 homeless poor a day in Washington D.C, the Capital of the richest nation in the world.

During the course of their travel, Amrita TV saw an America that bore little similarity to the one portrayed in the slick soap operas and the blockbusters of Hollywood, which focuses only the world of the rich and the glamorous and of life in the fast lane. Hello Americas presents glimpses of a different America - one built on principled value systems and strong familial bonds that revealed the warm, inner, real self throbbing beneath the surface glitter and glitz.

A montage of diverse, unconnected images of ways, traditions and customs which splice themselves together to form a complete film of the American life and culture, Hello Americas is in effect a journey of re-discovery of a continent .

MUMBAI: Commemorating 25 years of its release, Anupam Kher will host the re-release premiere of his debut film Saaransh at Big Cinemas Metro on 24 May, in association with his acting school Actor Prepares and Metro Big Cinemas.
Though the film will not play in regular shows, Kher will host the film for a single-screening. Incidentally, the film was premiered on 24 May 1984 at Metro theatre, now re-branded as Metro Big Cinemas.

Kher is expected to relive this moment with his co-stars Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan and director Mahesh Bhatt.

Commented Kher, "On 25th May 1984 my first film Saaransh released. I was a newcomer then. Now, 25 years later I still feel like I am a newcomer. To celebrate my highs and lows of these years, I thought it would be great to relive the moments and the audience reaction for my first film Saaransh. In 1984, the film released in Metro, so we thought it would be nice to premiere it here only."

Saaransh that was India‘s official entry to the Oscars in 1984, established Kher as a great actor. Ironically, he played a stubborn old man in his very first movie.

Saaransh is the story of an old couple living in Bombay, coming to terms with the death of their only son who is killed in a mugging incident in New York.

MUMBAI: Munna our favorite cabbie rides back to town for the second season of Bindass Cash Cab. Don?t miss this fun 1st episode where Munna?s local taxi becomes the Shaadi Ki Gaadi! The bridegroom rides off from his reception to his first night after the wedding in the Cash Cab to surprise his newly wed bride who is a huge MUNNA fan.

Watch on as the newly married couple hops into the cab and embarks on a crazy ride. On the way they visit a few stores to take care of their requirements and our very own Munna famous for his notoriety does not allow them to speak to the store owners. The best part however is the mad fun that Munna and the newly wed couple have playing the quiz!

Don?t miss the 1st Episode of Bindass Cash Cab Season 2 only on UTV Bindass

This Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at 7 p.m. and embark on a crazy journey with Munna.

UTV Bindass in association with Coca cola presents the second season of the extremely popular show Cash Cab ? Meter Chalu Hai!! If the thought of making money in these times seems tough?its time to tune into UTV Bindass. Starting 24th May 2009, the show will air every Sunday from 7 to 7 30 pm and the second season of this popular reality game show promises to be brimming with more fun, more money, more of Munna?s quirky takes and loads of celebrities.

MUMBAI: The 2009 general elections turned out to be one of the most fiercely fought battles between the Congress led UPA and BPJ led NDA. Citizens of India have ruled it in favour of the UPA giving it a second chance to run the show for India. The recent market upsurge and an overall environment currently prevailing in the country is a reflection of the welcome of the UPA. Now, as India expects a more stable coalition, CNBC AWAAZ brings out the agenda with which the UPA will embark on their second innings.

It is a fresh start for the new government at helm and CNBC AWAAZ, India?s No. 1 Business Channel has taken the initiative to highlight the issues facing the country and measure the administration?s performance through its programming platform ?100 DAYS - SARKAR KA AGENDA?. As a part of this series, CNBC AWAAZ will highlight the agenda that lies in front of the new Government during its first 100 days and also take periodic stock of whether the Government is able to achieve everything that is enlisted in the said agenda. The series will feature a jury of eminent experts explaining the finer aspects of the agenda and how the said policies would impact the political scenario. The jury will rate the new government on the steps taken by them to fulfil the first 100 Days? agenda. With a view to edify the citizens, CNBC AWAAZ will run a scoreboard displaying the score for 100 Days to continuously reflect the performance of the government.

Speaking on the special series, Mr. Sanjay Pugalia, Editor-in-chief, CNBC AWAAZ, said, ?100 Days ? Sarkar Ka Agenda is a series of special programming, to bring forward the economic, fiscal, social and other relevant issues in India and how the government could shape their first 100 days after formation. CNBC AWAAZ will analyze, evaluate and rate the new government?s initiatives which will help ease the said issues and give a head start to their tenure.?

Mr. Neel Chowdhury, Vice President, Marketing, CNBC-TV 18 and CNBC AWAAZ said, ?100 Days - Sarkar ka Agenda is a special programming series that aims at making the government answerable to the voters who handed them the power. This initiative will help the viewers examine the administration?s performance on quantifiable parameters.?

For any administration, first 100 days in office are nothing short of an acid test. The common manifesto brought out by the coalition government will try its best to tackle issues at hand viz. poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, corruption, economic disparities and most importantly the volatile fiscal situation. This would mean some tough decisions to be taken by the administrators.

The most important task facing the government is to decipher what is the change that India needs. Everyone is wondering what the new Government will bring to the table to be able to fulfil its promises in the wake of the current global scenario. 100 DAYS - SARKAR KA AGENDA is devised to bring out just that.

?100 DAYS - SARKAR KA AGENDA? will be telecast on CNBC AWAAZ from May 22, 2009 - 8pm onwards and will include:

Sarkar Ka Agenda - First 100 Days: An half hour panel discussion involving eminent experts representing the industries, Tax payers, Consumers, Investors & Students / jobseekers, chalking out what exactly would be the new Government‘s agenda be for its first 100 days in office.
Sarkar Ka Agenda ? Review: Six half hour panel discussions taking stock of government?s progress vis-?-vis its agenda of first 100 days on a fortnightly basis.

Additionally, CNBC AWAAZ will also feature the views of these experts in its regular programming. In an innovative move the channel will display a score board to continuously measure the performance of the government.

This special programming on CNBC AWAAZ is another step by the channel to make the functioning of the government more transparent.