Italian opera singer Gioconda performs with Arka band at a city event where she performed with the greats Gioconda Being Felicitated

Italian opera singer Gioconda with Ustad Zakir Hussain at her city performance

Gioconda Felicitated

Gioconda With Arka Group

Gioconda with Gino Banks

Gioconda with Karthik

Gioconda with Niladri Kumar

Italian opera singer Gioconda at her city performance

Italian opera singer Gioconda at her city performance

Italian opera singer Gioconda with Arka band  at her city performance 

Italian opera singer Gioconda with Taufiq Qureshi at her city performance

Italian opera singer Gioconda with Arka band  at her city per

Kamasutra night with Shaleen Bhanot!

He is a face on television, best known for his histrionics, dancing and performing talent as well. Versatile actor Shaleen Bhanot, fondly called the Adonis of Indian television by fans,  added another feather to his already overcrowded cap by coming out with his first international singles as singer. The singles was launched at Levo Lounge.

With some amazing cuisine sensuously set to offset the mood, the evening saw celebs pouring in to congratulate the Adonis of Indian television, Shaleen Bhanot on his achievement.

Jagat Thakur and Vicky Tejwani of Levo Lounge played perfect hosts. Video director-choreographers Sumit-Sahil, UK’s biggest desi artiste Jaz Dhami, singers Rahul Vaidya, Preety Bhalla, Mudasir Ali, actors Vishal Singh, Sachin Chhabra, Phiroza Khan, stylist Josie Paris, Raman Khatri and many others were seen at the do.

After some sensuous songs belted out  by Shaleen followed by equally erotic array of cuisine, the celebs hit the dance floor till they could dance no more.

Jaz Dhami, Shaleen Bhanot and Rahul Vaidya at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch at Levo Lounge.

Josie Paris at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Phiroza Khan at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Phiroza Khan, Shaleen Bhanot and Vishal Singh at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Preety Bhalla and Mudasir Ali at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Preety Bhalla, Vicky Tejwani and Mudasir Ali at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Shaleen Bhanot and Jaz Dhami at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Shaleen Bhanot at his Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Sumit Goradia, Sachin Chhabra and Vishal Singh at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Sumit Goradia, Sachin Chhabra, Vishal Singh, Shaleen Bhanot, Jaz Dhami, Vicky Tejwani and Mudasir Ali at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Sumit Goradia, Vishal Singh, Shaleen Bhanot, Jaz Dhami, Vicky Tejwani, Jagat Thakur, Preety Bhalla and Mudasir Ali at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Vishal Singh at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge

Jagat Thakur and Vicky Tejwani of Levo at Shaleen Bhanot's Kamasutra album launch in Levo Lounge.

Actor Shaleen makes his Singing Debut. !!!Multitalented!!!

Shaleen Bhanot's Singing Debut

Shaleen Bhanot's cover in the Indian Express (Chandigarh) 

Jaz Dhami, the UK's finest Desi vocalist and Navraj Hans from the Lohri Di Raat event.

Jaz Dhami, the UK's finest Desi vocalist and Navraj Hans, Raj Hans' son from the Lohri Di Raat event which has held at The Club, Andheri West. Navraj invited Jaz on stage while singing Jaz's popular number High Heels, a singles that was in collaboration with Yo Yo Honey Singh. Jaz was a special guest at the event and was invited to light the traditional Lohri fire. Check out the adjacent picture. 

"Music is my passion before my profession" says Preety Bhalla

Shaleen Bhanot, Preety Bhalla and Mudasir Ali rock at the CCL match between Mumbai Heroes and Veer Marathi teams on Sunday at Brabourne Stadium...

Shaleen Bhanot, Preety Bhalla and Mudasir Ali at a CCL match between Mumbai Heroes and Veer Marathi teams in Brabourne Stadium

"I'll sing in Chattisgari too!", says singer Preety Bhalla

"I'll sing in Chattisgari too!", says singer Preety Bhalla

RIFF Pride of Rajasthan Award for actor Prashantt Guptha

RIFF Pride of Rajasthan Award for actor Prashantt Guptha

Actor Prashantt Guptha has been chosen for ‘The Pride of Rajasthan Award’ at the  First Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) at the Kala Kendra in Jaipur from january 18th. This honour follows Prashantt Guptha’s Best Supporting Actor Award for Rahat Kazmi’s IDENTITY CARD, when he received the award at the hands of  Ayushmann Khurrana and the Honorable Consul General N. Parthasarthy at The San Francisco Global Movie Festival. Before this, the actor also received the Best Debutante Award at the 10th Excellence National Award for his earlier film ISSAQ in which he was noted in the role of a handsome villain. While Issaq was a commercial film where the handsome hunk’s histrionics spoke with Prateek Babbar and Amyra Dastur, Identity Card highlighted the importance of an identity card in Kashmir without which one can be interrogated and arrested and labeled a terrorist. Prashantt Guptha played a Kashmiri cop and stood up with stalwarts of the likes of Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Brijendra Kala.  Says Somendra Harsh, founder – Rajasthan International Film Festival, “we chose Prashantt Guptha for not just his acting skills but his overall persona. This award goes to a person who excels as a human being as much as he does as an actor. Over a small span of time, Prashantt Guptha has managed to carve his own niche in Bollywood. This apart, he is a poet and a singer and most importantly has his feet firmly on the ground. We are looking forward to his growth in the years to come and are proud of this young man who hails from our state.”   As the Pride of Rajasthan Award adds another feather to Prashantt Guptha’s overcrowded cap, here is looking forward to seeing more of this young man.

DOCTOR I LOVE YOU MUSIC LAUNCH

Filmybox and Shoestring Production are releasing their film Doctor I Love You on January 30. The film has been produced by Narendra Singh and Shiraz Hussain and has been directed by Mukul Abhayankar who has three films ready for release. Neeraj Pandey’s Missing, another Mythological thriller called Yaksh and Doctor I love You. The last named starring Naini Dixit, Shalini Chandran and Shital Shah along with Shiraz Hussain releases first. The music of the film was launched at Fun Republic Theatre in Andheri West.

 “The audience should get an experience they have never got, they must see images they have never seen, they should believe in actors performing the characters, they should hum the tunes of the songs you have offered. I am pretty sure that we have managed to give them their money and time worth. In one line, without being much modest, I would say I am happy to present the surprise packet of 2015,” says director Abhayankar.

As for Producer Narendra Singh, he says that he was so spellbound at the screening of the film that he couldn’t just refuse it. “Before the film started, I didn’t think that the film could hold me. But once I started watching the film, I didn’t realize that the film was two hours long and the kind of thrills the film has, it held me together. I am sure that once the word spreads, this film will be worth a watch,” says Singh.

Actor producer Shiraz Hussain reveals the reason why he decided the film, “You feel as though if you bat an eyelid you might miss something important or critical. The film’s pace is relentless & the twists & turns are so sudden & unexpected that it keeps the audience glued to their seats till the very end and that’s the ultimate rush that I get as an actor as well as a producer.”

The music of the film has been composed by Rahul Mishra, Subhojeet Chatterjee and Subhash Pradhan and the songs have been sung by Sunidhi Chahan, Hamsika Iyer, Raja Hasan and Subhash Pradhan.

The film Doctor I Love You’s co-producers are Sajid Darokhan and Rajan Ahuja and the Associate Producer is S Ramachandran.

Sufi singer Mudasir Ali Kashmiri Singer

"Music is my soul," confesses the 25-year-old Mudasir Ali of Zoonimar Eidgah, Srinagar. He grew up sneaking out from school to listen and learn music at very young age. When valley woke up to the sound of gunshots rather than the sound of birds Mudasir found solace in Sufi music.

 "As a little boy, it was very unnerving. For days, I could not go out, or attend school. I found my solace in music. It was a world of my own where no one else could enter. My musical sojourn began then," says Ali.
However in a strife-torn Kashmir it was not easy to be a musician. But nothing deterred this young man. Performances in school in various events and soon, Ali grew up to be a fine young musician who played the keyboard, the piano, the guitar, and the drums.

 
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Sufi singer, has been his childhood inspiration. But as Ali grew up, every melody was an inspiration, every musical instrument beckoned him and that feeling has never ceased.

"I am awaiting my album, a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, an Indo-Pak peace anthem and my Kashmiri folk album and the film songs. Music is my life. So when I am not singing, I compose play various instruments and learn, growth is eternal he adds", Ali feels very fortunate to have learnt from veteran Gh Rasool Akhoon.