Lumiere films on DVD
NDTV Lumiere launched ten acclaimed World Cinema Titles on Excel Home Videos. The DVD titles include award winning movies like The Orphanage, Climates, Under The Bombs, Crossing The Bridge, Head On and Goodbye Children.These movies showcase the best talent from across the globe, with works of renowned master directors like Fatih Akin, Louis Malle, Kim Ki-Duk, Philippe Aractingi, Christian Petzold, Bahman Ghobadi, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Juan Antonio Bayona. Shekhar Kapur released the DVDs. Also in attendance were Sunil Doshi, director NDTV Lumiere and Manmohan Shetty.
Real- reel coincidence for Bhavna
Bhavna Balsaver who is back after a hiatus in Star One’s Paani Puri is playing a role of a sophisticated rich lady named Veena Paani. For Bhavna this role is very close to her heart. It takes her back to her childhood as she had a teacher by the same name. Even the teacher’s character is the similar to her role. Her teacher was also obsessive about cleanliness. She is happy with the co-incidence and is enjoying revisiting her.
Awards and rewards
The 8th annual Kiran Khanna Rotary Vocational Excellence Awards 2008 honoured TV actors Rajeev Khandelwal, Saakshi Tanwar, Sachin Sharma, Delnaaz Paul and Munisha Khatwani among others. Says Munisha, “I was awarded for the show Teen Deviyaan on Star News. I feel it is a great honour as in the past too the rotary club has felicated many personalities.” Munisha who has recently come back from a trip to London is also excited that her show is popular there. She claims that many people on Oxford street and in town were wondering whether she was there for a shoot! “It was quite exciting to find fans abroad but the most exciting part of the whole trip was going to buckingham palace and actually being able to get the inside palace view,” beams the host.
Fear Factor girls try Krav Maga
Recently, contestants of the reality show Fear Factor - Khatron ke Khiladi were spotted at the launch of Krav Mega Federation, in Mumbai. Krav Maga is the Israeli system of “Contact Combat” and it was launched in Mumbai with a seminar - cum - workshop last week. Adiiti Govitriker, Tupur and Tapur Chatterjee, Nethra Raghuraman and Tulip Joshi, along with their army men teammates, were present to cheer Capt Ajit Varma, Aditi's Fear Factor partner and a certified instructor of Krav Maga. The khiladis were at their usual best and tried their hands at learning a few techniques like release from chokes, knife threats, bear hugs, pistol attack etc. Krav Maga learners worldwide include celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock etc to name a few.
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