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MUMBAI: Radio ONE was unanimously chosen for the ‘media excellence award‘ for ‘most youth oriented channel‘ at Amity International Business School‘s recently held 10th International Business Summit and Research conference INBUSH that had the who‘s who of the corporate, media and educational world attending in big numbers. Radio One was the only radio station to win this prestigious award.

In a written communiqu? to Radio One Prof (Dr) Gurinder Singh Pro Vice Chancellor said, ‘As part of the summit, over the last two months, our teams of vibrant students and senior faculty members have conducted student polls in various campuses of the leading post graduate institutes to get their preference for their role models in over 30 major sectors on the industry including media. The award (to Radio One) was based on the results of this extensive poll‘

Vineet Singh Hukmani, CEO Radio One said ‘ It feels great to be awarded in an arena that one is trying to continuously excel in and we are very grateful to AMITY International Business School for having put in so much effort and for the precision with which this exercise was conducted."

"Radio ONE had conducted the very successful Radio One College Championships last year and office champs this year to get the young and spirited fully involved with the concept of Radio and RJing. Many other exciting activities are being planned for this year as well," he added.

Radio ONE‘s positioning ‘The Station for the Fataafat Generation‘ is rooted in its focus on the key need of its young, urban and cool audience, of desiring immediate solutions to everything. RADIO ONE has locked its brand proposition on this insight, understanding that the urban youth consciously breeze through everything in life, be it love, money, careers or entertainment, and that radio as a medium offers an immediate or ‘fataafat connect‘.

Radio ONE has 5 stations operating in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad and will soon launch in Pune and Calcutta. Radio ONE is a joint venture between Midday Multimedia and BBC worldwide.

MUMBAI: With the entire nation gearing up for the BUDGET, BIG 92.7 FM, India?s No.1 FM Station reflecting the true ?Vibe of the City? is offering listeners a chance to win gold coins every-hour on the breakfast show BIG Chai and the evening drive time show Mumbai Much Much ? beginning March 4, 2008. Given that humor is an important peg the same has been woven into the opportunity to win gold? this christening the property - ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam?!

As a prelude to the on air offerings and to give Mumbaikars an opportunity to get a first hand feel of the property, the Station hosted an evening with none other than gold lover Bappi Lahiri AKA Bappi Da along with popular Saregamapa contestant Mauli Dave at Infiniti Mall, Mumbai. People flocked to the venue in herds to witness the Hasna & Sona with breakfast jock Aapki Jaani Archana Jani.

The highlight of the evening though, was when there was a shower of gold coins on Bappi Da, who showed great enthusiasm throughout the evening and even expressed his interest in participating in the contest. He was also pleasantly surprised when Saregamapa contestant Mauli Dave walked in and gave away all her jewellery to him. The action-packed evening came full circle when Bappi Da composed an original tune on ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? for BIG 92.7 FM livening up the already energetic crowd and leaving them asking for more! This high-energy event saw crowds gathering & queuing up to participate in the contest and a whole lot of fun and games where participants stood to win BIG!

Listeners? can tune into ?BIG Chai? between 7 am ? 11 am and ?Mumbai Much Much? between 5 pm -9 pm to participate in the ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? contest for an opportunity to realize their dream of winning BIG in life?and with gold coins every hour!

Speaking on the Station?s latest innovation, Mr. Arjun Singgh Baran, Station Director ? Mumbai, BIG 92.7 FM says, ?We are excited with our latest offering - ?Hasna Aur Sona Subah Shaam? which is a true reflection of the vibe of the city, the budget being the current vibe. We are glad to be providing listeners? an opportunity to win gold coins every hour and win BIG and who better to kick-start the property than Bappi Lahiri.

Our contest format will ensure that maximum number of listeners? benefit from it and enjoy our wholesome programming mix ? around the pegs of laughter and gold.?

So come, prepare yourself to win BIG only in BIG 92.7 FM!

MUMBAI: They call him Bollywood‘s ‘realistic‘ filmmaker - the one who tackles subjects most others consider too risky. And yet, he finds acceptance every time, both critical and commercial. Thanks to his hard-hitting, socially relevant work, Madhur Bhandarkar has evolved into a brand. An enthusiastic, talented director, he has carved a distinctive niche for himself in an incredibly short span of time.

Why does Madhur Bhandarkar do what he does? What compels him to tackle the subjects he does? Kabir Bedi tries to find out on Director‘s Cut this Sunday, March 2, 2008, at 8:00 pm, on Zoom, India‘s premier glamour and entertainment channel.

Apparently, as a child, Bhandarkar always assumed a director was the least significant person responsible for a film, considering his name rolled in last on the credit list. He speaks about his past - running a video library business, odd jobs as a clapper, wardrobe boy and crowd manager, before his first break as director. While sharing experiences about successes like Chandni Bar and Page 3, he also speaks about the inspiration he derived from his first flop, Trishakti, which motivated him to make a different kind of cinema.

In his younger days, Bhandarkar‘s family considered him good for nothing. Today, he is among the most successful directors around, with two National Awards to his name. He refers to himself as a middle class person who doesn‘t want success to corrupt him. "I don‘t ever want to lose my ground," he says. "I still eat street food. The only difference is, earlier I watched a film in the stalls, now I watch it from the balcony."

As Kabir Bedi grills the filmmaker about the controversies he is often surrounded with, and his views on the legendary casting couch, a number of secrets are revealed.

Find out what they are on Director‘s Cut this Sunday, March 2, 2008, at 8:00 pm only on Zoom.

MUMBAI: Amber & Dhara, the conjoined twins who are already facing problems in their life are now to come across a bigger dilemma when their own father, Dev Shukla who had abandoned them and their mother when they were babies comes back in their lives as the prosecutor out to send them to jail or worse get them hanged for their crime.Coming back to television after a long time in a powerful performance is the high spirited actor Sudesh Berry who marks his entry as the father of Amber & Dhara and as the prosecutor pitted against his own wife Lata played by Mona Ambegaonkar who is also playing the lawyer defending her daughters.

Talking about how he took up this role in Amber Dhara, Sudesh says, "It is all intuition. When I read the script and the story line ahead I realized that the role is very challenging. I am a low profile actor not at all in the rat race to make it to the top. What matters to me is the story and intuitively I felt that there was some kind of challenge for me to act in Amber Dhara as the father who has come back as the prosecutor."

He adds further "I don‘t take this as a negative role just because the character has been shown to leave the mother and kids when they were babies. Every family has situations within their family unit, which make them act like they do, and what society perceives as negative might not actually be negative at all. Similarly here my character had its own reasons for his earlier actions. I think I am playing a grey and not a black, out and out negative role."

"I am not a lakir ka fakir actor and in fact in real life I am a very talkative person so I am most comfortable with the lengthy dialogues that are normally dished out for a prosecutor‘s role. I would say it is an emotional orgy for me that I am enjoying to the fullest" ends Sudesh on a lighter note.

They say life moves in mysterious ways.... Lata (played by Mona Ambegaonkar) comes forward to defend her daughters, she takes up her old profession of being a lawyer which she gave up after Amber Dhara were born and went to Panchgani to her fathers place after her husband abandoned her since she gave birth to conjoined twins. Lata is shocked to see that prosecution has her own husband Dev, who is out to get his own daughters grilled and prove guilty.

"Our audiences have been anticipating the entry of Amber Dhara‘s father for a long time. The introduction of the father comes at a very crucial time in the story. Amber Dhara are convicted for the murder of Kamini (Akshat‘s mother played by Jaya Bhattacharya). The biggest question here is that even if amber has committed a crime, why should Dhara be convicted for it ?? The character of Dev required a strong persona and larger than life depiction. Mr Sudesh Berry completely fit the bill and ensures power packed performance" says Siddharth Kumar Tewary - Creative Director and Producer Swastik Pictures.