Eastern Eye ACTA 2019 Award Winners Announced

• Eastern Eye Arts Culture & Theatre Awards celebrate the best of British Asian talent.
• Big winners include Paul Chowdhry, Naughty Boy, Nitin Ganatra, Shobna Gulati and Mandip Gill.
• Categories cover excellence in Music, TV, Film, Theatre, Comedy, Literature, Dance, Photography and Visual Arts.

Friday 21^st June, London – The fourth Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTAs) winners have been revealed at tonight’s glittering gala awards night at the May Fair Hotel, London. The evening was hosted by award-winning broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake.

The ACTAs celebrate diverse talent in the arts and entertainment, with categories spanning a wide range of disciplines and showcasing a world of talent. The list of winners for 2019 were another eclectic mix of popular household names and critically acclaimed emerging talents who excel in their respective fields.

Leading the charge of 2019’s winners, the Theatre categories saw some notable triumphs for EastEnders favourite Nitin Ganatra, crowned Best Actor for theatre production ‘End of the Pier’ and Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati who picked up Best Actress for her role in ‘Richard II’. Acclaimed theatre director Indhu Rubasingham won Best Director for her adaptation of ‘White Teeth’, the best-selling novel by Zadie Smith, whilst ‘Tartuffe’ by the Royal Shakespeare Company picked up the Best Production.

 

The hotly contested categories for Comedy and Contemporary Music were won by popular comedian Paul Chowdhry and chart-topping producer Naughty Boy respectively whilst the TV and Film acting categories were awarded to Ash Tandon (‘Bodyguard’) and Priyanga Burford (‘Press’).

Star of hit BBC TV show ‘Dr Who’, Mandip Gill won the People’s Choice Award, as voted for by the public, with the Emerging Artist Award going to Antonio Aakeel, star of independent British comedy film ‘Eaten by Lions’.

Amit Roy, Editor-at-Large, Eastern Eye and Chairman of the ACTA judging panel said: “Our winners at this year’s ACTAs are another strong group of talented British Asian artists who have had exceptional success with their respective work in the last 12 months. It is heartening to see the depth of creative talent within the South Asian community and we are delighted to have another list of winners which showcase some of the best of what our community has to offer.

Diversity remains a vital issue in the creative arts and the British Asian artistic fraternity continues to make a huge contribution to the wealth – financial and spiritual – generated by the UK’s creative industries.”

Stars who have attended the ACTAs have included Anita Rani, Meera Syal, Anoushka Shankar, Sacha Dhawan, Dr Ranj Singh, George Alagiah and this year’s event proved another memorable occasion with several stars from screen and stage attending the evening to celebrate the success of well-known stars and emerging talents from the British Asian community.

For more information please visit http://www.actas.co.uk/

ACTA 2019 Finalists

Winners are highlighted As Underlined

Eastern Eye Award for Arts

• Bharti Kher for The Intermediary Family
• Matthew Krishanu for The Sun Never Sets
• The Singh Twins for Splendours of the Subcontinent

Eastern Eye Award for Dance

• Mavin Khoo for Man to Monk
• Seeta Patel for Not Today’s Yesterday
• Sonia Sabri for Virago

Eastern Eye Award for Literature

• Amit Dhand for City of Sinners
• Gautam Malkani for Distortion
• Preti Taneja for We That Are Young

Eastern Eye Award for Photography

• Nitin Sachania for Breastfeeding in Public Places
• Ram Shergill for Exoskeleton, curated by Daen Palma Hus
• Suki Dhanda for Race, Place and Diversity by the Seaside

Eastern Eye Award for Comedy

• Imran Yusuf for Saint, Sinner, Sufi
• Mawaan Rizwan for Juice
• Paul Chowdhry for Live Innit
• Tez Ilyas for Teztify

Eastern Eye Award for Best Presenter

• Bobby Friction (aka Paramdeep Sehdev) for Pump up the Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain
• Nadiya Hussain for Nadiya’s Family Favourites
• Rana Mitter for Chinese Characters

Eastern Eye Award for Best Production

• Dishoom! by Rifco Theatre Company
• Tartuffe by the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Three Sat Under the Banyan Tree by Tara Arts and Polka Theatre

Eastern Eye Award for Best Director

• Indhu Rubasingham for White Teeth
• Iqbal Khan for Tartuffe
• Pravesh Kumar for Dishoom!

Eastern Eye Award for Best Scriptwriter

• Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto for Tartuffe
• Iman Qureshi for The Funeral Director
• Vinay Patel for Doctor Who: Demons of the Punjab

Eastern Eye Emerging Artist Award – supported by Arts Council England

• Antonio Aakeel for Eaten by Lions
• Bally Gill for Romeo and Juliet
• Shareefa Energy for Grenfell One Year Later

Eastern Eye Community Engagement Award

• Artists in Residence for their Promoting Creativity in Education programme, founded by Andria Zafirakou
• Manchester Art Gallery for Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination-Repetition, curated by Hammad Nasar with Kate Jesson
• The Queen’s Gallery for Splendours of the Subcontinent, curated by Emily Hannam and Kajal Meghani

Eastern Eye Award for Traditional Music

• Chandra Chakraborty for excellency in performing Indian classical music
• Sanju Sahai for outstanding achievement in Indian classical music
• Shammi Pithia for About The Elephant

Eastern Eye Award for Contemporary Music

• Naughty Boy for Bungee Jumping
• Niraj Chag for The Captive Queen
• Susheela Raman for Ghost Gamelan

Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actor

• Asif Khan for Tartuffe
• Nitin Ganatrafor End of the Pier
• Simon Nagra for Tartuffe

Eastern Eye Award for Theatre, Best Actress

• Anjana Vasan for An Adventure
• Shobna Gulati for Richard II
• Sophie Khan Levy for Hanna

Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actor – supported by London Town Group

• Ash Tandon for Bodyguard
• Ray Panthaki for Marcella
• Sid Akbar Ali for Polterheist

Eastern Eye Award for Film, TV & Drama, Best Actress

• Kiran Sonia Sawar for Pure
• Maya Sondhi for Line of Duty
• Priyanga Burford for Press

Eastern Eye People’s Choice Award – supported by Media Hive and voted for by the public

• Hussain Manawer for poetry
• Jameela Jamil for female empowerment
• Jasmin Walia for music
• Mandip Gill for acting
• Nadiya Hussain for TV presenting
• Naughty Boy for music
• Dr Ranj Singh for TV presenting
• Romesh Ranganathan for comedy

Eastern Eye Editor’s Special Award – supported by Eastern Eye

• Aga Khan Centre

Eastern Eye Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Creative Industry – supported by Edwardian Hotels London

• Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith

Rio Kids Fashion Week Held In Bangalore

Rio Kids Fashion Week is a National level pageant for Girls and Boys from 3 to 14 years.

The audition for the event happened in Bangalore central Mall Residency road.  Post-audition, they conducted grooming sessions for the contestants by the professional team of experts. And finally conducted a grand finale at Elements Mall, – Bengaluru on 30th June 2019.  The event was all about innocence and chirpiness, confidence bundled with talent. Fashion Partner of the event was Pantaloons.

Rio Kids fashion week offers a Fashion platform that provides advanced grooming to children for their modeling careers, chance to showcase national and international designers or brands collections along with an opportunity to work in the entertainment industry.

    

Our event is all about bringing in a fun-filled, fashion-forward, memorable youth fashion event to the metropolitan and we are proud to get associated with Pantaloons as our Fashion partner, Said Mr. Shankar founder of Rio Kids Fashion Week.

Elaborating further Ryan Fernandes, Head of Marketing and E-Commerce, Pantaloons, “We at Pantaloons want to celebrate small and big moments of change with our customers, be it festivals or life events like your first day at college, starting your first job or celebrating festivals at home for the first time as a couple. The Rio fashion show fits in with the same philosophy where we get to celebrate the unique talents of our young fashion icons.”

The Show was attended by Guest from all strata’s such As Mayuri Kyatari, Spoorthi Vishwas, Rapper Alok Babu and Neha Saxena.

The highlight of the event was definitely overjoyed children and parents on receiving the well deserved the accolade and applauds.

Business Tycoon Varisht Samaj Sevak Jaunpur Lok Sabha Candidate Mr. Ashok Singh’s Birthday Celebrated In Mumbai

मुम्बई: बिज़नेस टायकून, वरिस्ठ समाज सेवक, जौनपुर लोक सभा प्रत्याशी नेता श्री अशोक सिंह का जन्मदिन गुरुवार 5 जुलाई 2019 ! को देश के आर्थिक राजधानी मुम्बई में भांडुप विलेज ऐडुकेशन विद्यालय समेत कई जगह जन्मदिन जोरदार तरीके से मनाया गया । आपको बता दु की भांडुप विलेज एडुकेशन विद्यालय के टीचर्स ने केक काटकर बच्चों में खुशियां बाटी ! साथ ही मिठाई, बुक, एंड पेंसिल वितरण किया । आपको बताता चलु की इस जन्मदिन के अवसर पर विद्यालय ट्रस्टी अशोक सिंह समेत अध्यापिका मोनिका यादव, ईशरा कुरैसी व तमाम स्टाफ मैजूद रहे ।

        

गौरतलब हो कि  ऐविओर कॉरपोरेट पार्क दफ्तर के स्टाफ ने अपने मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर अशोक सिंह का जन्मदिन बहुत धूम धाम से मनाया ! अशोक सिंह बताते है कि जब भी आप अपना जन्मदिन मानते है तो आपको याद दिलाया जाता है कि ! इस वर्ष आपने क्या किआ ! और आने वाले वर्ष में क्या करने वाले है ! और क्या कुछ कहा आइये आपको सुनवाते है ।

Homes With A Hideout Mechanism : Amila Hills

 Amila Hills, India’s first organised hill development introduces luxury residences with a unique hideout mechanism at a height of 6510 ft above MSL, starting at Rs. 1 cr. in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Gurugram, July 2019: Amila Hill Development Private Ltd, the real estate development subsidiary of the Amila Group, has launched its flagship project Amila Hills in Shimla, the summer capital of British India.

Conceived as a luxury township anchored by 125-key resort, Amila Hills is fringed by 119 luxury residential units ranging from studio, 1BHK and 2BHK apartments to 4BHK lavish villas. The size of the residences varies from 991 sq. ft. to 5,731 sq. ft. The first phase of the project has been launched after receiving the mandated RERA approval.

Cutting-edge engineering features appear throughout the master plan and building design to ensure that energy requirements are minimised and water is conserved. All structures within the development will be planned as LEED Platinum-rated and IGBC-registered, globally recognised as the highest rating for sustainable design.

Amila Hills brings a new vision to residences, unlocking innovation in every aspect of the experience. The proposed architectural style for the development aims to create an atmosphere reminding one of the good old days. The design for the residences has been kept contemporary and subdued which forms a backdrop to nuances incorporated from Georgian, Tudor and Queen Anne architectural styles.

The key feature of these residences is that these be built on slopes with a unique tiered layout wherein neither of the homes, despite large glass windows and a solarium in each unit, would be visible to each other. The design ensures complete privacy which is an unlikely feature in the Indian hill homes.

Uncompromising in quality and comfort, Amila is out to create a place that is an amalgamation of passion and integrity. It is incomparable to the many residential complexes coming up in the vicinity on account of its height, space, amenities, facilities and most of all, location. Propped on a hill, away from the bustle of chaotic cities, Amila promises a connection with Nature. Amila Hills is a unique panoramic development based on a scattered homes concept.

Close attention has been paid to maintain dimensional and visual symmetry for the structures. Carefully selected details such as building ties, Georgian bars on doors and windows, various types of dormers, brick lintels, wrought iron railings and window planters, to name a few enhance the character of each edifice.  The colours are carefully matched to integrate harmoniously with the entire development while maintaining individual identities of each unit. These subtle differences are reflected in colour of components and elements.

Further details such as variation in brick patterns, contrast of painted brick with natural finish, vertical brick banding and more are subtle yet integral to the style of architecture. Lastly, the buildings itself is not devoid of landscape and planting that is interwoven with the facades. Window planter boxes, trellis with rose creepers, ivy on the walls, brick planters on the ground contribute towards the softening of the look and integrating the buildings with the terrain.

Amila Hills has been designed after many years of hard work and practical analysis at site in the form of various studies such as the wind circulation, slope analysis, solar insolation and seismic study to name a few.

Amila Hills comprises a 5-star hotel cum health resort spread across 19 acres and luxury residences spread across 35 acres along with amenities like high street shopping areas, a temple, a helipad, a world class clubhouse and age friendly nature trails. To make the experience even more holistic, other inclusive vitalities have also been kept in mind like medical evacuation facility via helicopter, added amenity of heated flooring within rooms, servant quarters, and friendly environs for the physically challenged.

Mr. Yashpal Agnihotri, Managing Director & Founder, Amila Group, assures the customers that the Group is confident of bringing a historic change to the real estate industry by taking buyers satisfaction to the next level.

A business entity with a difference: An organisation that places personal integrity over commercial transactions. At Amila, we believe there is no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. The Group’s businesses span over a number of industries: a hospitality division working towards responsible luxury, a real estate business focused on delivering complete value by fulfilling all promises and expectations and a finishing lounge for the next-generation of modern women. Creating lasting customer delight for the last five decades, Amila is here to make an indelible mark in these industries.

For further information, please contact:

 www.amilahills.com

enquiry@amilahills.com

+91 90 4128 4128

Song Of The Beqaraar Dil Album Recorded in Dilip Sen Studio In Shabab Sabari’s Voice

Dabang fame singer Shadab Sabari’s song “Bekaraar Dil”, the album by Qaseem Haider Qaseem, as the author, was completed in the recording Dilip Sen studio! Tell us about the music composer Yoggender Waghe on “Bekarar Dil”, the album under the BB Entertainment Banner! It should be noted that the tune has been ready for three months of untiring effort.

 

To tell you, this video of the main artist Rajasthan, famous model Rakhi Sharma and public enforcer Qaseem Haider Qaseem is coming! This video album will be filmed in the beautiful plea of ​​Rajasthan! Ali Abbas is the director of this album! And Producer NK Moosvi will see the audience very soon! Along with that Shadab Shabri says that it is very different from the album and the album which will be very popular after the launch.