Subhash Ghai honoured as Pride of India Icon

World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) announces

the 100 Most Valuable Brands 2014 &

Pride of India (Maharashtra edition) awards.

At a glittering ceremony held at Hotel Palladium in Mumbai, World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) announced the 100 Most Valuable Brands 2014 along with prestigious Pride of India (Maharashtra edition) awards. The evening witnessed presence of the who’s who from the world of Brands as well as eminent recipients of the Pride of India awards.

World Consulting & Research Corporation (WCRC) is Asia’s leading brand rating & ranking company. WCRC specializes in Asia level brand audit and research and is the only brand rating company working with top consulting & auditing companies in the world as process advisers & evaluators.

The sensational evening began with a power-packed panel discussion on “Branding in Digital World”. This was followed by an introductory speech by Mr. Abhimanyu Ghosh, Chairman - WCRC & Editor in Chief – WCRC Media and Mr. Siddharth Behal, Partner KPMG –Process Advisors and Evaluators for 100 Most Valuable Brands. Then came the unveiling of the most awaited Pride Of India Special Issue and the Coffee Table Book on 100 Most Valuable Brands 2014.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Abhimanyu Ghosh, Chairman & Editor in Chief, WCRC said, “The 100 Most Valuable Brands of the Year is our way of recognizing Brands in India that have created a remarkable identity of their own and boast of an impressive loyal following. It’s our endeavor to highlights the achievements of these highly successful brands that need no introduction. By awarding these brands, WCRC aims to showcase their success story, which has played a winning hand in the positive growth of our Country. On the other hand, Pride of India is an initiative that’s really close to my heart. We will be recognizing 25 Indian’s across various fields from Maharashtra.”

The MOST VALUABLE BRANDS OF THE YEAR 2014 (India Edition) is a research endeavor to showcase and recognize brands which have stamped their authority on the Indian market by virtue of their pristine credibility and enormous customer following. Some of the Brands that were awarded today included Colgate Palmolive India, TATA Steel, SBI, HDFC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sony, LG, TATA Motors & Shriram Capital amongst many others.

The ‘Pride of India’ is one of its kind initiative by WCRC which is designed to honor individuals who have been a catalyst in positively transforming the image of Brand India and have been striving hard to serve the society to bring greater good.

It was a proud moment for the Bollywood film director Subhash Ghai to be chosen as the Pride of India Icon. The Pride of India felicitate those living legends, and upcoming men and women from India, who have left a permanent mark or are in the process of creating a lasting impression in the fields of sports, business, social, literature, arts and culture. Some of the awardees included Sindhu Tai Sapkal, Ajay Piramal, Gautam Singhania, Subhash Dandekar, Dr. Habil Khorakiwala, Dr. Mukesh Batra, Atul Nishar, Anjali Bhagwat, Aparna Popat, Amish Tripathi, Neeta Lulla, Masaba Gupta & Rahul Vaidya.

HOME STAY… Stay Alive! First look and Music Launched

Sayali Bhagat at Home Stay... Stay Alive First look launch

Sayali Bhagat and Ashmit Patel were at an event for the first look and audio release of writer-director Santhosh Kodenkeri’s maiden Hindi venture ‘Home Stay’, a psycho thriller film, which was held at Sheesha Sky Lounge, Andheri in Mumbai.

The film is shot at Coorg and at the event recalling the shooting experience Ashmit Patel term it as terribly terrifying as the area was surrounded by elephants and other wild creatures.

As there was no mobile phone signal the entire crew was virtually cut off from the world. Both Ashmit and Sayali said that the shooting of the film was memorable experience.

HOME STAY… Stay Alive! movie is horror thriller which tells a dark and night spent by girl in a home stay at Coorg.

Sayali Bhagat plays the lead character of the film, a bold and beautiful girl – Akshara, travelling to a place where she can stay and to surprise her fiancée who stays there. She comes to a stay home which is quiet far from city located in a beautiful and interior place. Owner of the stay home shows her room and makes her comfortable and then leaves to his home which is attached close to the stay home.

- See more at: http://www.filmytown.com/sayali-bhagat-reveals-fear/

‘Doli Armaano Ki’ celebrates 260 episodes

Cast and Crew of DOLI ARMAANO KI celebrate their success

Doli is about a girl Urmi (Neha Marda), who dreams of getting married in ideal Hindustani marriage rituals and ceremonies, and she doesn’t dream anything big, but yearns for an ideal husband, lead a happy, peaceful and a loving married family.

Could you describe the psyche of Samrat, the antagonist in the serial.
Neha’s husband in Doli Armaano Ki is Samrat (Mohit Malik), who is virtually like that of a dog (kutta in the metaphorical sense). ‘The Dog in the Manger’ is the right analogy to describe this wicked husband. Samrat is not the kind of a person any woman would want to have as her husband. (Personally I feel dogs are more honest and faithful than humans.

Is he actually so bad?
He is a shameless guy, who cheats on his wife, brutally beating her, abuses her. But the day Neha comes to know that he is cheating on her, she decides to take things right on.

Does the theme have any parallels from your personal life?
Yes the story is somewhat reminiscent of my personal experiences as I too come from a small town, Jhansi and have graduated from Allahabad.

Even I had high dreams like that of Neha, of a nice marriage and lead a goody goody married life. Unfortunately, there was something else in my destiny, and the marriage did not work out.

Why does a girl always have to go through adjustments after a marriage? Doesn’t she also have a right to be happy?

- Read the full write-up at: http://www.filmytown.com/pearl-greys-doli-armaano-ki-celebrates-260-episodes/