AMITABH BACHCHAN BLESSES POWER WOMAN SMITA THACKERAY’S MUKKTI CULTURAL HUB, FILM FRATERNITY EXTENDS SUPPORT

After having relentlessly worked towards the causes of Women Empowerment, HIV-AIDS Awareness, LGBTQ Rights, Environment Protection and such others, Power Woman and Social Activist Smita Thackeray is now on a mission to propagate Art and Culture. Owing to the dearth of cultural hubs in the Western suburbs of the city, Smita Thackeray's the Mukkti Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West, where Art in the form of dance, music, paintings and performance can be practiced and showcased, comes like a breath of fresh air.

While Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan gave his blessings to the Mukkti Cultural Hub, filmmakers and celebrities of the likes of Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Sonu Nigam, Shekhar Suman, Gautam Rode, Pankhuri Awasthy, Makarand Deshpande, Ila Arun, Dolly Thakore, Guneet Monga, Indra Kumar, Archana Kochhar, Manyata Dutt, Neeraj Kabi, Mohomed Morani, Lucky Morani, Onir, Ramesh Taurani, Rekha Chaudhari, Sangeeta Ahir, Shiamak Davar, Ajay Kapoor, Sanjay Chhel and many others walked in hordes to extend their support Smita Thackeray and her team.     

Enthused Smita Thackeray, “Andheri does not have many multi-use spaces for artistic and cultural expression. This World Culture Day week, we have added a new vantage point in the form of the Mukkti Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West, that will cater to the needs of people in Performing Arts and we are hoping for it become the hub of entertainment in the suburbs. I am overcome with felicity today that Shri Amitabh Bachchan and the rest of the film industry has come forward to support me in this cause.”

Mukkti Cultural Hub has an auditorium capable of accommodating 378 people, 680 sq. ft. of  workshop space, 1000 sq. ft. of open terrace space, a 2500 sq. ft. dance studio. Every detail is taken care of, not just infrastructurally, but also ideologically, by providing State of The Art equipment, alongside wheelchair accessibility in all spaces. Mukkti Cultural Hub is hoping to become a junction of intersection for a wide variety of artistic and intellectual pursuits, pulling in diverse crowds through its doors.

Dia Mirza, Asif Bhamla & Swanand Kirkire at Bhamla Foundation's #HawaAaneDe Shoot

#HawaAaneDe - Bhamla Foundation &  Ministry of Environment's Anti Air Pollution Anthem Ahead of This World Environment Day

In a joint collaboration with the Ministry of Environment – Government of India, Bhamla Foundation, in association with Dia Mirza, the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India, Asif Bhamla, through Bhamla Foundation, has curated a special anthem, to promote practices healthy for the environment, keeping in line with the UNO’s agenda environment health, at C'est La Vie, Bandra.

Air pollution, the ‘silent killer’ that claims thousands of lives daily, has become a growing concern world over. It is primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuel, thereby leading to emissions, finally leading to air pollution as we know it today. Pollution has been around us for decades and it consequences can prove to be deadly. We have been unable to contain the dastardly aftermath of the growing menace. According to the United Nations Organization (UNO), approximately 4.2 million people die prematurely, as a result of exposure to ambient air pollution. 

The #HawaAaneDe video was teased by Dia Mirza while she shot for it with Swanand Kirkire, who has penned for the multi-artiste featuring track. The anthem is written by National award-winning lyricist Swanand Kirkire. The song is set to voice by Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan and Ayushmann Khurrana among others. The anthem is an Asif Bhamla led Bhamla Foundation initiative. 

“The members of the entertainment fraternity have come together with our Bhamla Foundation with a hope to make a lasting difference, so our sons and daughters can breathe air that won’t harm them. This is the time now, to make a difference, before the very air we breathe, kills us! And hence the initiative,” averred Asif Bhamla, President – Bhamla Foundation. 

Bhamla Foundation, in the previous year, created the #BeatPlasticPollution anthem on the lines of United Nation’s ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ initiative. The trendy anthem based on the need to curb plastic usage as the name suggests, went viral on media, garnering a lot of traction. Bhamla Foundation, had earlier, also set the environment protection thought in motion through their sapling plantation drive.

More power to such initiatives!  

Art Patron Nisha JamVwal Presents Solo Show of Famed Artist Ritu Dhillon

Art Patron & High Priestess of Luxury Nisha JamVwal hosted the unveiling of Ritu Dhillon’s The Thinking Man at a grand art Champagne sundowner where Bombay’s glitterati including Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan, Nisha JamVwal, Ritu Dhillon, Laila Khan, actor Sonu Walia, Nawaz Modi Singhania, Maya and Sunil Alagh, Brinda Miller, Aahna Miller, Consul General of USA in Mumbai Edgard D Kagan, Consul General of Israel in Mumbai Yaakov Finkelstein, Consul General of New Zealand in Mumbai Ralph Hays with wife Sonia Hays, Fitness Guru Mickey Mehta, Consul General of Canada Annie Dube, media baron Ashok Advani, Consul General Israel Yakov and Nurit Franklin, Richard Rothman and wife Tabu,  Designer Poonam Trivedi, Tanuj Garg, Sonu Walia, Ajoykant Ruia, Shashi Bansal, Dr. Mukesh Batra, Parvez and Roshni Damania, Architect Prem Nath, Shanti and Kasturi Chopra, Cyber Crime Chief Cop Brijesh Singh and Income Tax Officer Anjali Singh, Dr. Swati Pandey Director Film Institute were enthralled by the sparkling evening hosted by Nisha JamVwal, the artworks, the cuisine and floral decor at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda.

Nisha JamVwal, superbly popular with the city’s glitterati and an award-winning luxury consultant and interiors architect known for her penchant for motivating and inspiring women achievers and promoting brilliant talent averred, “Ritu is an artist for the thinking discerning lover of art. I am currently immersed in the journey of her ‘Thinking Man’ sometimes contemplative, sometimes disturbing, sometimes provocative. Ritu’s ‘Thinking man’ immersed me in his contemplations and took me away from my everyday life into his deeply questioning rumination about our sometimes disquieting world order. I am at once uplifted as I am unsettled by his reverie.”

Curated and hung by Jamwal and inaugurated by Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan and Jamwal, Ritu Dhillon’s solo show was an instant hit, not just with the casual viewers, but also with renowned collectors and lovers of Art who stayed and enjoyed the soirée.

Said an understated Ritu Dhillon, “An exciting evening indeed! Where the viewer is able to make the story of the protagonist their own story - it is then that our communication is complete”

Perhaps the Jehangir Art Gallery hasn’t seen such a swish evening in a long time that Nisha JamVwal managed to conjure with her enigmatic persona, swish in her magnificent in a Ravage by Raj Shroff roseate summer georgette gown.  

Rajkummar Rao, Asif Bhamla, Shaan & Saher Bhamla at the shoot of Bhamla Foundation's anti air pollution anthem #HawaAaneDe

After the widespread success of the #BeatPlasticPollution anthem, 'Tik Tik Plastic, actor Rajkummar Rao and singer Shaan along with Asif Bhamla and Saher Bhamla of Bhamla Foundation have come together at a studio in Andheri West for an anti air pollution anthem titled #HawaAaneDe. Rajkummar Rao and Shaan pledged their support to the cause of air pollution during the shoot of the song.

Check out the adjacent pictures!

SOHA ALI KHAN GRACES THE 5TH INSPIRE AWARDS

Astrooworld Exhibitions, a division of Jondhale Educational Group, has been integral in the field of Education since the past 75 years. Astrooworld is initiated by Mrs. Siraj Sagar Jondhale, an Angel Card Reader & Psychic Healer, has been organizing INSPIRE – a Spiritual, Holistic and Wellness visionary award for the past 5 years.

Its fifth edition saw renowned actor Soha Ali Khan gracing the award function to felicitate this year’s INSPIRE awardees. Ambadnya Entertainment's MD, Gitanjali Rao and CEO Prabhakar Shetty was also present in this award ceremony. Held at JK Banquets, Worli, INSPIRE boasts of presence of celebrities and dignitaries of the likes of Mahesh Manjrekar, Divya Dutta, Rimi Sen, Maninee De Mishra, and Smita Jayakar among others at its previous editions. 

“Motive behind organizing Astrooworld exhibition is to bridge the gap between the Spiritual & Holistic Community & the masses, by bringing them together, guiding them, and connecting them to the right experts, and bringing about meaningful transformation in the life of the masses by creating awareness about the spiritual & holistic sciences, alternative medicine and therapies,” averred Siraj Jondhale, the woman behind Astrooworld and INSPIRE.

Writer-Director-Life Coach Anusha Srinivasan Iyer was among one of the many awardees honoured on stage. She added, “Being awarded for community work like being a life coach is truly an honour. I’d like to thank anyone and everyone who has helped someone in their community to improve lives.”

Basannt R. Rasiwasia, a renowned Vastu & Numerologist also received an award for his contribution towards Vastu science. He averred, "Vastu is a complex subject. To accurately depict what's good and not good for a person requires a holistic knowledge on our ancient sciences. I feel honoured to have received this award."

India’s biggest & most popular spiritual, holistic, wellness-conscious living exhibition, Astrooworld, having completed 11 editions in Mumbai, is all set to move to other cities including Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur, and Chennai very soon this year.

Siraj had the final word. “There is only one business in the world, and that is of human wellbeing. Join us as we raise the vibration in our community.”

कलाकारांनी केले पद्मश्री महेंद्र कपूर चौकाचे अनावरण!

पपद्मश्री सन्मानित प्रसिद्ध पार्श्वगायक महेंद्र कपूर यांच्या समरणार्थ नुकतेच बांद्रा पश्चिम येथील टर्नर रोड आणि सेंट मार्टिन्स रोड च्या जंक्शनला एक चौक बांधला गेला होता, सिनेअभिनेता जितेन्द्र, सुरेश वाडकर, जॉनी लीवर, उदित नारायण, दीपा नारायण आणि मधुश्री यांसारख्या प्रतिभावंत व्यक्तिमत्वांनी एकत्र येऊन रूहान महेंद्र कपूर, नीरजा रूहान कपूर आणि सिद्धांत कपूर या पद्मश्री महेंद्र कपूर यांच्या कुटुंबासमवेत  या चौकाचे अनावरण केले. महेंद्र कपूर यांचे कुटुंब, शुभचिंतक आणि इतर अनेक प्रतिष्ठित मंडळींनी उपस्थिती दर्शवून हा कार्यक्रम आनंददायक आणि महत्त्वाचा बनविला.

स्वर्गीय महेंद्र कपूर हिंदी गाण्यांच्या सुवर्णयुगवर वर्चस्व गाजवणाऱ्या काही निवडक गायकांपैकी एक होते. ज्याप्रमाणे मुकेश हा राज कपूरचा यांचा आत्मा होते, त्याचप्रमाणे महेंद्र कपूर मनोज 'भारत' कुमारचा आवाज होते. त्यांनी उपकार चित्रपटातील 'मेरे देश की धरती', रोटी कपडा और मकान चित्रपटातील 'और नही बस और नही' यांसारखी देशभक्तीपर गीते तसेच अनेक अभिनेत्यांसाठी हिट गाणी गायली आहेत.

महेंद्र कपूर यांचा मुलगा रुहान महेंद्र कपूर आणि नातू सिध्दार्थ कपूर, आपल्या वडिलांचा आणि आजोबांचा संगीत वारसा पुढे नेत संगीत आणि सांगीतिक समुदायाचे जग प्रभावित करीत आहेत.

Nora Fatehi, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ashish Kapoor, Rekha Chaudhari Inaugurate Mizmar Spa & Salon Versace Collezione In Bandra, Mumbai

Soni Singh, Rekha Chaudhari, Nora Fatehi, Mohammad Azharuddin,
Owez  Khan, Ashish Kapoor and Rahul Saindane  at the launch
of  Mizmar Spa and Salon Versace Collezione, Bandra.

If you have feel dull and you lack energy & excitement, it is time for pampering yourself. And what more than pampering yourself in a salon and spa, giving yourself that much-wanted Me-Time!

Mizmar Spa & Salon Versace Collezione that is opening in the Queen of Suburbs, Mumbai, promises that and much more! Mizmar Spa & Salon is already a revered name amid the glitterati of Pune, and is hailed as one the city’s finest and most exotic luxury wellness brands.

The spa and Salon is led by trained stylists and therapists who offer their expertise on a variety of beauty and wellness services. The staff utilizes a range of high-quality products in their treatments, and is known or its amazing service.

Soni Singh, Owez Khan and Rahul Saindane, the zestful trio form the force behind Mizmar Salon & Spa. Averred Soni Singh, “With stress being a part of our everyday life, nothing is more blissful than spending time being pampered? Mizmar Spa & Salon Versace Collezione is as gentle on the planet as it is our customers.  We try and bring to lie everyone’s dream of taking that spa vacation, with our array of rejuvenating treatments, integrative wellness programs. The icing on the cake is the vibrant, luxurious décor by Versace.”

Bollywood Sensation Nora Fatehi, former Indian National Captain and Ace Cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, Television Star Ashish Kapoor of Woh Apna Sa fame, Ilda Kroni, Jennifer Picanto, Global Wellness Ambassador Rekha Chaudhari, among others lunched the spa. 

“Wellness is a very important part of our lives. And I have always believed in staying fit. Mizmar Spa & Salon has been in the forefront of wellness and is a brand to reckon with,” averred Mohammad Azharuddin.

With a penchant to make wellness their forte, Mizmar Salon & Spa ensure you walk out looking your best self. Wishing Mizmar all the very best, Mohammad Azharuddin has the final word. “I am very glad to inaugurate the Mizmar Salon & Spa Versace Collezione in Mumbai. May they grow from strength to strength.”

With Mizmar Salon & Spa Versace Collezione, you discover a brand new destination spot. Your skin and your health will thank you for it. And yes, you so deserve this. So head there, today!