World Book of Records Honours Stand Up Comedian Kapil Sharma

Daler Mehndi – International Singer & Brand Ambassador, World Book of Records, Santosh Shukla - Advocate, Supreme Court & President, World Book of Records and Usman Khan - Music Director & Adjudicator, World Book of Records presented the Certificate of Honour to the ace comedian

Kapil Sharma honoured by World Book of Records, London..Seen in the picture
are Usman Khan, Daler Mehndi, Kapil Sharma and Santosh Shukla 2

Stand-up Comedian Kapil Sharma was recently honoured by World Book of Records, London, for being one of the most viewed stand-up comedians in India and abroad, and for standing for and promoting animal rights. Kapil Sharma was bestowed with the Certificate of Honour at Filmcity, Mumbai, by International Singer Daler Mehndi who is also the Brand Ambassador of World Book of Records, Santosh Shukla – Advocate, Supreme Court & President, World Book of Records, Usman Khan - Music Director and Adjudicator, World Book of Records, Mumbai and Dr. Rajeev Shrivastav - President, World Book of Records, Maharashtra.

Kapil Sharma who received the honour in the presence of his mother, at Filmcity, attributed his success to his mother’s blessings. “I sincerely thank World Book of Records, London and the entire team - Virendra Sharma, Dr. Diwakarr Sukul, Santosh Shukla, Daler Mehndi and Usman Khan for giving me this honour. I am in felicity with the love and respect that you all have shown me and hoping you will continue to do the same.”

World Book of Records (WBR) is one of the leading organizations in international certification of world records. It works from UK, USA, Australia, Mauritius and India and has a global network. WBR also honours personalities and lists places of outstanding contribution for humanity and universal peace. The World Book of Records has, in the past, honoured prominent personalities of the world including Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj - Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, India, Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan India, Dr. HR Nagendra (USA), Music Director Bappi Lahiri (India), Shri Yogendrasinh Solanki - Chairman, 11th RANA Convention(USA), Yogi Coudoux (France), Mr. Pawan Kailey (UK), Mr. Khooshvin Balgobin Perth (Western Australia), Svetlana Agrawal – Singer-Actor (Belarus), Nepali actress Bhuban Chand and various other personalities from the Public and Government segments. The World Book of Records is all set to honour Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar as well.

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!  

स्मिता ठाकरे के 'मुक्ती कल्चरल हब' को मिला अमिताभ बच्चन का आशीर्वाद। फिल्म फॅटर्निटी से मिला समर्थन।

          Amitabh Bachchan blesses Power Woman Smita Thackeray's
             Mukkti Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West 

महिला सशक्तीकरण, एच आई वी -एड्स जागरूकता, एलजीबीटीक्यू अधिकार, पर्यावरण संरक्षण और अन्य अलग विषयों पर अथक परिश्रम करने के बाद, पॉवर वुमन और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता स्मिता ठाकरे ने एक नये उपक्रम की शुरुआत की है। उन्होंने कला और संस्कृति का प्रसार करने का ज़िम्मा लिया है। पश्चिमी उपनगरों में सांस्कृतिक केंद्रों की कमी देखते हुए स्मिता ठाकरे ने अंधेरी वेस्ट, मॉडल टाउन में 'मुक्ति कल्चरल हब' का निर्माण किया है, जहाँ नृत्य, संगीत, पेंटिंग और प्रदर्शनी के रूप में कला का अध्ययन और प्रदर्शन भी किया जायेगा। मुक्ति कल्चरल हब जल्द ही जनता के लिये उपलब्ध किया जायेगा।

वर्ल्ड कल्चर डे सप्ताह के दौरान अंधेरी के मॉडल टाउन में निर्मित स्मिता ठाकरे के मुक्ति कल्चरल हब को मिला महानायक अमिताभ बच्चन का आशीर्वाद। इस कार्यक्रम में संजय लीला भंसाली, फराह खान, राकेश ओमप्रकाश मेहरा, श्रीराम राघवन, अली अब्बास जफर, सोनू निगम, शेखर सुमन, मधु मंटेना, नवाजुद्दीन सिद्दीकी, जावेद जाफ़री, मनीष मल्होत्रा, शेखर सुमन, नादिरा बब्बर, मकरंद देशपांडे, इला अरुण, डॉली ठाकोर, गुनीत मोंगा, सीज़र, गौहर खान, इंद्र कुमार, अर्चना कोचर , नीरज काबी और आनंद पंडित जैसे नामचीन कलाकार उपस्थित थे। सभी उपस्थित कलाकारो ने स्मिता ठाकरे और मुक्ती कल्चरल हब के पुरे टीम को समर्थन

Amitabh Bachchan blesses Power Woman Smita Thackeray's
 Mukkti
 Cultural Hub in Model Town, Andheri West 1 (1)

स्मिता ठाकरे के 'मुक्ती कल्चरल हब' को मिला अमिताभ बच्चन का आशीर्वाद।

फिल्म फॅटर्निटी से मिला समर्थन।

दिया।

स्मिता ठाकरे ने इस मौके पर कहा, "अंधेरी में कलात्मक और सांस्कृतिक अभिव्यक्ति के लिए बहु-उपयोग स्थानों की कमी हैं। मुक्ति कल्चरल हब प्रदर्शन कला में कार्यरत लोगों की जरूरतों को पूरा करेगा और इसलिए हमे लगता है कि यह एक उपनगरीय मनोरंजन केंद्र बन सकता है। आज मैं बहुत खुश हूं कि अमिताभ बच्चन और सिनेमाजगत के दिग्गज इस काम में मेरा साथ देने के लिए आगे आए हैं। जल्द ही मुक्ति कल्चरल हब जनता के लिये भी खुलेगा।"

मुक्ति कल्चरल हब में 378 लोगों के बैठने की सुविधा, 680 वर्ग फिट वर्कशॉप स्पेस, 1,000 वर्ग फिट की खुली छत और एक ऑडिटोरियम जिसमें 2500 वर्ग फीट का डांस स्टूडियो है। अत्याधुनिक उपकरणो से भरे इस कल्चरल हब में न केवल सभी मूलभूत चीज़े, बल्कि बुनियादी चीज़ो का भी ध्यान रखा गया है। यहाँ हर जगह पहुँचने के लिये व्हीलचेयर की सुविधा भी उपलब्ध हैं। हम उम्मीद करते है कि मुक्ति कल्चरल हब विभिन्न प्रकार की कलात्मक और बौद्धिक गतिविधियों का एक प्रमुख केंद्र बने और सभी इसका लाभ उठाये।

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

Rajkummar Rao and Asif 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.

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

Roshni Damania, Ritu Dhillon, Nisha JamVwal, Sunil Alagh, Maya Alagh and Parvez Damania at art patron Nisha JamVwal presented famed artist Ritu Dhillon's solo art show The Thinking Man 

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.  

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.”

Celebs Unveil Padmashree Mahendra Kapoor Chowk

Padma Shri recipient and legendary playback singer Mahendra Kapoor was recently honoured posthumously with a ‘Chowk’ to his name at the Junction of Turner Road & St. Martins Road, Bandra West. Unveiled at the hands of Jeetendra, Suresh Wadkar, Johnny Lever, Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Anil Deshmukh, Dr.Pai among other such dignitaries, in the presence of Praveen Kapoor, Ruhan Mahendra Kapoor, Neerja Ruhan Kapoor and Sidhant Kapoor, the Padma Shri awardee’s wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandson respectively. The rest of Mahendra Kapoor’s family, well-wishers and dignitaries congregated to make the event merry and momentous. The celebrities sang some of Mahendra Kapoor's evergreen numbers like Mere Desh Ki Dharti to mark the occasion. 

Sidhant Kapoor, Nikhita Kapoor, Rishika Bahri, Neerja Kapoor, Johnny Lever,
 Madhushree, Ruhan Kapoor, Udit Narayan, Jeetendra,
Anil Deshmukh, Dr.Pai & Praveen Kapoor  at Padmashree Mahendra Kapoor Chowk inauguratio

The late Mahendra Kapoor was among the handful of singers who dominated the golden age of Hindi film music. Like Mukesh was the soul of Raj Kapoor, Mahendra Kapoor was Manoj 'Bharat' Kumar's voice; he sang a host of hits for the actor including patriotic hits like Mere Desh Ki Dharti from the film, Upkar, to Aur Nahin Bas Aur Nahi of Roti Kapda Aur Makaan.

And that is not all for the Kapoor family’s legacy. Mahendra Kapoor’s son and grandson, Ruhan Mahendra Kapoor and Sidhant Kapoor, are taking their father and grandfather’s legacy forward impacting the music world and fraternity with accolades and achievements that would be making the late legendary playback singer proud.