MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM, India?s first and leading FM radio station is all geared to spread the merriment and joyousness of Gudhi Padwa in Pune and Swarana Ugadi in Bangalore in ?Whatte Fun? manner. Integrating the festive spirit Radio City 91.1FM RJ?s will visit few lucky listener homes, conduct festive contests for the best ?Gudhi? of the year, where listeners stand a chance to win exciting ?goodies?.

Celebrating Gudhi Padwa, the 1st day of Maharashtrian New Year, Pune?s Radio City 91.1FM gives its listeners a chance to win movie tickets and sweets through an exciting on-air contest that has been on from 21 March and will go on till 27 March 2009 from 7 ? 11 AM on their morning show ?Kasa Kaay Pune? with their beloved RJ Abhijeet. On this festive day, maharashtrians put up Gudhi?s in their house as a symbol of prosperity and peace.Radio City will enhance this celebration with RJ Abhijeet inviting it?s listeners to participate through sms.The most interesting responses will be chosen and the RJ will host a live show from the homes of 10 lucky listeners on this auspicious occasion day.

Marking the beginning of a new Hindu calendar, Bengaluru?s Radio City 91.1 FM celebrates Swarana Ugadi, with a week long celebration on their morning show ?Whatte Fun Mornings? with RJ Kiran, giving its listeners a chance to win Gold coins. From March 23 to March 28, 2009 listeners need to register via SMS and the RJ would invite them to play the on-air contest asking them to pin the Virtual Wheel created by the station with Bheeu (neem leaves) and Bella (jaggery).If the wheel stops at Chinna (Gold) the listener wins a gold coin and if it stops on Bella he would get 5 Kgs of jaggery.

In addition to this, taking the brand to its listeners, Bengaluru?s Radio City 91.1 FM on March 27, 2009 will host LIVE shows from a Bubble studio set up at Garuda Mall. Joining this unique initiative will be a host of RJs ? RJ Pradeep, RJ Rajesh, RJ Maya, RJ Vinayak Joshi and RJ Kiran, who will reach out to the cityzens of Bangalore and provide them with a chance to win Gold coins, while they also get to meet their favourite RJs.

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: 5 lucky listeners of 94.3 FM Radio One, for the Fataafat Generation, got a chance to meet Neil Nitin Mukesh at the Radio One Studio.

The station ran a contest based on the soon to be released Bollywood movie, Aa Dekhen Zaraa, which concluded last week. The contest was promoted through RJ mentions on almost all shows aired on Radio One, including Mumbai Fataafat, Campus Fataafat, Matinee Fataafat & Chill Fataafat. The contest question simply required participants to share with the station RJS an answers to the question related to the movie and SMS the answers in to the station. 5 lucky winners were chosen by a Radio One panel of judges to have exclusive time with Neil Nitin Mukesh.

Says Vehrnon Ibrahim, National Director Programming, 94.3 FM, Radio One, "Bollywood content, trivia and music is a mainstay of Radio One‘s programming based on the huge interest of our urban audiences in this industry. This sort of contest offers the ultimate reward to Bollywood fans by giving them the opportunity to experience a really special, once-in-a-lifetime kind of moment of meeting a screen idol."

Radio One has 7 stations operating in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad.

MUMBAI: On Wednesday listeners of BIG 92.7 FM Srinagar had a treat as the child playback singer - Mehrajuddin, who has sung a song in the forthcoming co-production by BIG Pictures & Sudhir Mishra‘s production house -CineRaas Ltd ‘Sikandar‘, hosted a live on-air show along with RJ Sophie and RJ Haya. The RJs and Mehrajuddin kept the listeners hooked to the stations by singing songs in every link. Mehrajuddin sang the song - ‘Aarzoo‘ from the film which is a ‘Naat‘ (a traditional hymn sung in School assemblies in J&K). He is a 12 year old school boy discovered by film director - Piyush Jha during his hunt for the film location in Kashmir.

BIG 92.7 FM, India‘s No 1 Radio Station, played host to this child protagonist and created a platform for the people of Srinagar to interact with this ‘star in the rising‘. To make his visit all the more interesting, BIG FM will air his interview live on radio and will also give an opportunity to the listeners to interact with this special child.

Music is everywhere; if that is to be believed, writer & director Piyush Jha just proved it right in his next film ‘Sikandar‘. Set to release in April 2009 the film is set in Kashmir and is based on human side of terrorism, which compelled Piyush Jha to maintain the authenticity in every possible way; even in music.

Mehrajuddin is a 12 year old boy, discovery of the director. Piyush Jha found him during one of his location hunting tour to Kashmir. Looking out for school location landed Piyush in the school where a morning assembly was going on and Mehrajuddin was singing the Naat. Piyush describes this as one of his heavenly experiences as the boy sung with his eyes closed and one hand obediently placed on his chest, communicating with the god as the song echoed in the mountains. Piyush immediately decided to make room for this Naat and the boy in his film. A special sequence is written featuring the boy singing the song in the backdrop fitting perfectly in the film.
Speaking about this occasion, Mr. Syed Jafery - Station Director, BIG 92.7 FM - Sringar said, "Mehrajuddin has made this city proud with his achievement and hence, we as Srinagar‘s No.1 FM station decided to play a host to this budding talent so that he can reach out to all. I am sure people of Srinagar will be thrilled to have this special child with them at their favourite FM station."

Mehrajuddin belongs from a very traditional Kashmiri family, where he helps his father run his pony riding business and studying in the local school; completely disconnected from the film world. The boy never had singing aspirations until Piyush Jha perused him and his family to let him sing the song.

The other songs are Dhoop Ke Sike written by Prasoon Joshi and composed by Shankar-Ehsaan Loy. Another song is by lyricist Neelesh Misra paying a tribute to the famous Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz by taking the opening mukda from his famous ghazal ‘Gulon Mein‘, and has penned two new versions. The song has two versions, a slow serene version by music director Justin-Uday and an upbeat version by music director Sandesh Shandilya. The old ghazal is deftly modernized with the use of contemporary singers like Mohit Chauhan and KK and using western orchestration to make the entire experience relevant to these times.

Yash Narvekar & Hrishikesh Kamerkar set a spiritual mood with ‘Allah Hoo‘ as lyricist Kumar precisely depicts Sikandar‘s quest for finding the right path. A peppy number ‘Manzaraat‘ is based on traditional Kashmiri folk music sung in Mehndi functions in Kashmir, sung by Shilpa Rao, adds zing to the album. The album concludes with the youthful song ‘Chaal Apni‘ sung by Hrishikesh Kamerkar & Hamsika pulling together a great album which offers a spectrum of emotions and a journey of lifetime.

MUMBAI: The grandson of the legendary singer Mukesh and son of Nitin Mukesh, Neil Nitin Mukesh had a logical career option singing. He however chose to tread another path, made his debut with a film called Johnny Gaddar where he played an unconventional role, with negative shades and won appreciation from all quarters for it

A brilliant dancer, and a good performer he shares his ambitions, likes and dislikes with VJ Khushboo on Star Stop a programme on B4u Music.

B4U STAR STOP is a programme with Film related interviews. Actors/directors talk about their forthcoming movie, their likes, dislikes and other things and chat with B4U VJS. Stars talk about their personal review of the film and share their anecdotes of their experiences during the making of the film.

Another amazing revelation is that he is an ardent fan of Kishore Kumar! He states that he and his dad do have arguments on this. He himself follows and understands the finer nuances of music and did contribute to giving inputs for his forthcoming film Aa Dekhen Zara with Bipasha Basu. finds Bipasha fun to work with, and is appreciative of her dedication.

His clarity on working with reliable producers and directors only reflect the commercial sense in him. Ambitious yet ready to experiment this actor has it all sorted out and comes across as a confident young man with a well charted strategy for his career.

To watch all this and more tune into B4U star Stop 0n 29th March at 19.10 hrs on B4U Music.

MUMBAI: V-Day is a global movement that was started to end violence against women and girls inspired by Eve Ensler‘s play, The Vagina Monologues ? to commemorate this occasion as well as the 200th time that they will perform this show, Bookmyshow.com has partnered with them to sell tickets for this play that will be performed on 25th March at the NCPA.

Speaking on the partnership, Bookmyshow CEO Ashish Hemrajani said, ?This is an effort on our part to raise awareness and enough funds towards ending violence against women. The entire proceeds for the event will help her and other organizations to help themselves and not rely on others for help. We hope to empower them enough and focus on the pressing issue of how important V-day is.?

Vagina Monologues had been directed by Kaizaad Navroze Kotwal along with his mother Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal. Kaizaad expressed his happiness at joining hands with Bookmyshow which has resulted in more exposure for the show through sales. He said, ?Today?s youth are breaking away from buying tickets in the traditional manner and instead are taking the online route which saves time and is more convenient.?

A special dance will be choreographed by Sandip Soparrkar and performed by him, Jessy Randhawa and Smilie Suri. In addition to a performance of the play the event will feature dance, song, music and poetry with the original cast and special Bollywood guest stars ? Imran Khan and Farhan Akhtar.

?We live in a male-dominated society and involving public male figures such as Farhan and Imran for this special performance provides added impetus to our cause. Its time men voiced their opinion against the violence they see around them,? added Kaizaad.

Not only is this show all for the purposes of charity but for the first time men are going to perform in the play as well. The show is a fundraiser whose principal beneficiary is Haseena Hussein, who was blinded and disfigured in an acid attack in Bangalore in 1999. She was just 19 when her boss poured a litre and a half of sulphuric acid on her after she quit her job.

MUMBAI: Mr. Arivunidhi, grandson of honorable Chief Minister of TamilNadu Mr. Karunanidhi and an famous play back singer was present at BIG 92.7 FM studios to host ‘Kalakkal Kaalai‘ show with RJ BIG Dheena between 7-11 am today. Arivunidhi was present at BIG 92.7 FM studios to promote ‘Iesai Sangamam‘ a charity concert to be held on 5th April 2009.

Mr. Arivunidhi was very excited while hosting on-air show as it was his first experience on-air. While speaking on-air, Arivunidhi praised RJ BIG Dheena for his Guinness feat.

Arivunidhi‘s latest song ‘Kaadhal Vaibhogame‘ from the movie ‘Perumal‘ was a huge hit among the people in TamilNadu and he sang the song on-air exclusively for the listeners of BIG 92.7 FM. Arivunidhi who happens to be a Doctor by profession also shared interesting information about his college days and how his interest towards music made him to choose playback singing as a career option.