Lit-O-Fest Mumbai – The premium Culture And Literature Fest On August 10th – 11th 2019 In Mumbai At Hill Spring International School Tardeo To Conjure World’s Literary Best On One Platfom

• Books to be launch under Lit-o-fest Ink like, ‘Kavita Sangrah’ by Gaurow Gupta, ‘Me Too’ by Sukanya Mallik, ‘Perspective’ by Kritika Sehgal, and more..
• Lit-O-Fest Living Legend Award to legendary Mrs. Pushpa Bharti who will pay tribute to Shri. Harivansh Rai Bachchan & Shri. Dharamvir Bharti
• Inspirational session on ‘She the people’ for Women Centric Stories
• The global literary festival to host Interactive, engaging sessions , Live performances, Intellectual Discourses ,  Recitations, Book Readings & more..!
•  ‘Rumaaniyat’ by Smita Parikh in conversation with Sushant Singh Rajput
• Kiran Nagarkar’s-  Reinventing Kabir  in the era of bigotry & unreason, Legendary Ashwini Sanghi sharing success mantra, Humourous discourse with Padmashri Ashok Chakradhar on ‘Chakradhar Ke Chaman & more

Mumbai, 7th August 2019: It’s that time of the year, when Mumbai will open its arms for bibliophiles from across the country.  Indian authors, Literary Intellects &  book lovers will conjure at Lit-O-Fest Mumbai, Mumbai’s only literature carnival that has left an indelible imprint since its very first edition. Lit-O-Fest Mumbai, now in its 5th edition is hosted by GLK Global Events and is more enriching and empowering this year while offering a melange of activities witnessing speakers deliberating on works and ideas through literature, lived experiences, culture, arts and films. To be held at Hill Spring International School, Tardeo, Mumbai on August 10th & 11th, 2019, This two day festival will be focused on offering every writer an equal opportunity and space to be seen, heard and publish. Like its past editions the Litofest Mumbai this year also has a hard-hitting theme for writers, poets and artists to ponder on.

Lit-O-Fest is a one of its kind initiative with a philanthropic perspective as this is an only platform where on-the-spot publishing contracts are signed with deserving authors. The major highlight of this year is Lit-o-Fest Mumbai is launching autonomous publishing arm ‘Lit-O-fest Ink’-, which will help to build a bridge between publishers and un-published authors. The first year of Lit-O-Fest Ink will witness launch books on varied subjects selected from Manuscript Contest 2018. Every year Lit-o-Fest receives approximately 150-200 manuscripts for the ‘Manuscript Contest’ from which 5 books will be launched under Lit-O-Fest Ink. ‘Kavita Sangrah’ by Gaurow Gupta, ‘Me Too’ by Sukanya Mallik, ‘Perspective’ by Kritika Sehgal, ‘Bings of Light’ by Sawan Winchester and ‘Lipstick’ by Bidisha Sarkar are the books that will be launched this year. This year Lit-O-fest has received around 250 Manuscripts from across the globe including countries like Canada, Sweden, UAE etc.

Major highlight of this year is, Lit-O-Fest Living Legend’ award will be bestowed on the legendary Mrs. Pushpa Bharti who will pay tribute to Shri. Harivansh Rai Bachchan & Shri.Dharamvir Bharti for their incredible contribution to literature. Lit-O-Fest Literature Legend Award 2019 for outstanding contribution towards Indian Literature will be given to Shri Ashok Chakradhar. Lit-O-Fest Legend Award 2019 in the field of Journalism- Mr Vinod Dua. Lit-O-Fest Legend Award in the field of Literature- Shri Shesh Narain Singh. Lit-O-Fest Literature Award for Social Issue-based Film Writing for the film Article 15- Mr Anubhav Sinha. Lit-O-Fest Literature Award for Social Issue-based Film Writing for the film Article 15- Mr Gaurav Solanki.

     

Smita Parikh, Festival Director, Lit-O-Fest and Founder GLK Global Events shares, “Lit-O-Fest is the only global literature festival existing in India out of the several other premium festivals the country hosts across different states. We have an excellent line-up of engaging panel discussions from a humourous discourse with Padmashri Ashok Chakradhar on ‘Chakradhar Ke Chaman Main’ to ‘She the people’ for Women Centric Stories to Mumbai’s top bureaucrats discussing on How Maharashtra State works with ‘Maharashtra Rules’ to Terrorism- A Critical Global Threat’ with Krishna Prakash, and Col. Lalit Rai. All in all, Lit-O-Fest Mumbai is now an eclectic mix of culture, literature and a premium platform to engage eminent people from the country. The Fest will soon expand its global footprint with a Vancouver Chapter soon next year after a successful London Chapter last year”.

The inaugural day with see a poetic perfomance’ titled Rumaaniyat’,  by Smita Parikh in conversation with Actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The day further will also see Rhea Chakraborthy, Atika Farooqui and Saima Ahmad and  Smita Parikh performing on Bhagi hui Ladkiyan’ A Contemporary Mushaira along with a Live Calligraphy Art demonstration by Artist Salva Rasool and Artist Achyut Palav. Day 1 will also see a panel discussion on on ‘She the people’ for Women Centric Stories by Atika Farooqui, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Mannu Sandhu and more. Day 2 will see a poetic performance by Pankaj Dubey and Kena Shree on ‘Trending in Love’ with Live charcoal painting exhibition by Charcoal Master Artist Gautam Patole. The event will also see a Book Launch of Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab’s book ‘A Dream I Lived Alone’, by eminent speaker Hariharan which will also be one of the major attractions. Legendary best seller Ashwini Sanghi, a constant with Lit-O-Fest Mumbai will be again seen this year in his Intellectual best while sharing his success mantra for writing through his success stories.

The two day fest will unfold several spotlight sessions and hard-hitting discussions on economical and social topics like, Indian Economy Changing Faces with who’s who from Finance & Corporate world. Some more discourses to watch out for are Kiran Nagarkar’s-  Reinventing Kabir which will talk about reinventing Kabir in the era of bigotry & unreason. Workshops like ‘how to get published’ by Meghna Pant and ‘The Chatur Chanakya’ by Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai will be held on the sidelines of Lit-O-fest 2019. A section of the festival is also dedicated to Art & Artists with show titled ‘ A picture speaks thousand words’ being held.

For audience across sections and regions, the festival ensures uninterrupted flow of ideas, live music sessions, interactive workshops and a space to dare, dream and imagine. Like last year, this year’s festival will have the country’s leading authors, artists, singers, filmmakers, bureaucrats and dignitaries as guests and panelists, and will host insightful discussions and delightful cultural events to engage and entertain audiences.

Jhatka Launches The Exclusive Fashion Preview Glamorous Fashionable Nights Resplendent And Spectacular That’s How The Vibe Was At Jhatka

It was Time to experience the perils of Jhatka’s Privileged Night with fashion squad! Exotic cocktails and dance in the midweek was a buzzing affair.

Asif merchant was the opening designer for the newly launched fashion preview nights at Jhatka, the outfits set the mood in, blended with the ambience naturally.

The makeup and styling of the models was perfect to a night life theme.  Shakir Shaikh choreographed the high octane sequence artistically and brought about the interiors of the place beautifully.

Nihit Srivastava mentioned “Jhatka is bringing the best of music, dance and now glamour and fashion in Juhu, being the hub of style this is a perfect way to bring the fashionable evenings to add colour to life & experience varied moods of fashion and its quotient. We are encouraging talent of creativity.

 

Aquib and Aarav say that we keep reinventing, and keep bringing new ideas to entertain people, our stylised evenings will be more glamorous now, we want to create this platform and provide designers and upcoming models opportunities to display their talent.

The evening saw presence of Aziz Zee, Nivedita Basu, Sheela Tiruchi, Akriti Anand, Nihit Srivastava, Aarav Jain, Mayur Wagh, Guna Shetty, Aziz Zee etc .

BLOW OUT THE CANDLES – BIRTHDAY BASH OF AQUIB KHAN Partner at Jhatka & Yeda Republic Juhu

Aquib Khan celebrated his birthday at the newly opened lounge Jhatka , 462, AB Nair Rd, Juhu Tara, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400049. The birthday bash of Aquib Khan, Partner at Jhatka, Juhu was a grand affair. It was a flamboyantly splendid party with glitz, glamour, opulence and loads of love for the birthday boy reflecting from the entire preparations that will be no less than perfect.

A significant chunk of the television industry and some names from the film arena were seen at the birthday celebrations of  Aquib Khan including Raj Shetty,  Nihit Srivastava, Aarav Jain, Alok Narula, Asif Merchant,  DJ llyod, DJ Khushi, DJ Rohit Gida, Amit Pal, Gunabhai Shetty & many more .

    

Aquib Khan  who shined amongst the attendees said “Birthdays are always special. The day becomes further special when you spend the day with your friends and family”

Get Grooving As DJ Ali Merchant Sweeps You Off Your Feet In Your City with Kadak Smashup India Tour

Bombay Circus is proud and thrilled to announce the very first Kadak Smashup India Tour taking place in 10 cities all over India with the charming and multi-talented DJ Ali Merchant! The creative mind behind the idea of this one-of –a-kind circus themed Bollywood concert tour is of Gladson Soans & Vasant Joshi’s. With it’s first ever edition BOMBAY CIRCUS took off with a massive hit & since then there has been no looking back.  They have been giving successful editions one after the other each creating a benchmark of its own.

Continuing with their streak of legendary execution they are now coming up with their multi-city tour, all over India. ‘Kadak Smashup’features a trendy, diverse selection of the latest and greatest new records mashing it  to together. In many ways, it can be considered the best of both worlds in terms of balancing new material and fresh, exclusive edits From 90’s throwbacks, to Festival Trap, to moombahton, “kadak” goes above and beyond in terms of  mashup album’

The concept behind the whole set up is mind-blowing; a spectacular Circus tent made of canvas fabric consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by flags on top, with a pantheon of clowns and jugglers overlooking the fun on the ground. A magnificent, mega-hit production is guaranteed to thrill and enchant people of all ages only at Bombay Circus, where memories are made and cherished for a lifetime!

    

So get grooving as DJ Ali Merchant sweeps you off your feet in your city with Kadak Smashup India Tour! He is one of the most celebrated artists in the music arena known for his popular remixes. He has over 15 Official releases on Tseries, Speed Records , Zee music with some tracks crossing 10million views. In this tour, he’ll be playing his latest numbers from the album.

The tour will kickstart with its first concert at Jaipur on 3rd August, Hyderabad on 9th August, Goa on 17th August, Delhi on 23rd August, Udaipur on 30th August & Chandigarh on 31st August & others to be followed.  

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About Bombay Circus:

The time has come to bring the two worlds of music and circus together and create a completely new and unique genre of the live music festival. Make way for BOMBAY CIRCUS – A Studio Kraft property! World’s first circus theme-based Bollywood Electro Music festival, BOMBAY CIRCUS is here to juggle with the rhythm of your heart by setting the city on a musical blaze, with the legends of astounding music! It’s a night where the Bollywood & EDM craziness descends on the dance floor, giving you a remarkable experience. The moment you enter you realize you are inside a circus with various artists performing around and the DJ & Singer as The Showmen. A Night like none other. Mark our words; it will be imprinted in your memory forever! Missing this extravagant .

Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad New Vintage Poster – Rajesh Mittal Comes Up Again With A Historic Movie

‘Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad’ is undoubtedly one of the biggest releases of 2019. With only weeks left before the big day arrives, the makers are pulling all stops to ensure that the excitement and curiosity for the film does not diminish. Now, they have come out with a new poster for the biopic. The latest poster of the Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad s features Hemendra Singh Solanki as Chandrashekhar Azaad and Rishabh Raj as Bhagat Singh veteran actor Anil Dhawan is in the role of Chandrashekhar Azaad’s father whose last movie Andhadhun with Ayushman Khurana was a big hit. The poster has a vintage quality to it with Hemendra Singh Solanki looking absolutely perfect . In the backdrop,  Looking at the poster, one can surmise that ‘Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad’ will explore the Chandrashekhar Azaad complicated relationship with Mr Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi. Directed by Rajesh Mittal, the film is all set to release all India very soon.

All India distribution company : Mittal Advertising and Distribution

Listen songs of Movie Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad on Itune, Amazon, Google

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few facts about Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azaad

• dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hi rahein hain, azad hi rahenge!
• He had vowed that he would never be arrested by the British police and kept his promise by using his last bullet to shoot himself in the head. He was Chandra Shekhar Azad, one of the most noteable Indian revolutionaries, who joined the revolution for the Indian independence when he was only 15 years old. on his death anniversary, we have gathered some facts you must know about the Indian revolutionary:
• Chandra Shekhar Azad was popularly known as Azad.
• His mother wanted him to study and become a great Sanskrit scholar.
• Azad was only 15 years old when he was arrested for the first time for joining Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement.
• It is said that on being produced before a judge, he gave his name as ‘Azad’, father’s name as ‘Swatantrata’ (independence) and residence as ‘Jail’.
• In jail, Azad was sentenced to 15 lashes.
• He was the chief strategist of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
• He became very famous for the Kakori Train robbery in 1925 and the killing of the assistant superintendent Saunders in 1928.
• Azad had made a pledge that the police will never capture him alive.
• Following the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh joined Azad to fight the British.