Kanchi Singh, Rohan Mehra, Helly Shah, Tanya Sharma & Abigail Pande are all set for SAY SHARJAH

After three successful International tours, FitZup is all set to reveal yet another exquisite destination. This time it is UNESCO nominated ‘The Cultural Capital of the Arab World’, Sharjah – a weekend getaway waiting to happen for the keen outbound Indian traveler.

FitZup along with a team of top Indian celebrities will explore the amazing experiences of this land. The emirate of Sharjah is well-known for its rich, cultural heritage – an identity that has been recognized a number of times as shown by richly deserved awards; the Cultural Capital of the Arab World 1998 and Islamic Culture Capital 2014. It is a vibrant city with an exciting food and arts scene, a heritage area that is the largest restoration project in the region along with various commercial centers and over 22 museums.

Sharjah is the perfect example of a place where past meets present and the cultural values and heritage are truly part of everyday life…visit the Cultural emirate and immerse yourself in the art, science, values and traditions of the region.

The core purpose of ‘Say Sharjah’ focuses on the idea that if you say any experience like Adventure, Family Fun, Shopping, History, Culture or Food; Sharjah offers that and more. For Indians, the celebrities will showcase the range of activities from adventure like dune driving, to the exhibitions, to the beaches and enjoying special Emirati warmth and hospitality.

We have vibrant and glamorous celebrities with us on board for the ‘Say Sharjah’ Travel Show who will be exploring this rich Emirate and they are Kanchi Singh, Rohan Mehra, Helly Shah, Tanya Sharma & Abigail Pande.

Sunny Arora, Founder of FitZup says, “FitZup Travel is one of the main vertical of FitZup. We plan to collaborate with various destinations which are unexplored and offbeat and promote it in the Indian Market. We organize the conceptual tours with Tourism boards to create a tremendous informative content. The reason to zero in on Sharjah was because of its rich culture, heritage, arts, food and many more intriguing attractions that this city has to offer which remain unexplored. In addition, the emirate offers a great opportunity for a weekend getaway for Indians; close-by, affordable and amazing! We shall boost this exposure through celebrities’ digital reach. They will keep audiences engaged sharing exclusive pictures and videos from their Sharjah journey. We can’t wait to discover Sharjah; yet another FitZup Travel’s show.”

Mr. Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) says, “We are very excited to unveil this amazing destination, with offerings and attractions which every traveler desires. Sharjah is a perfect Weekend Getaway, close, affordable and exciting for all ages, hearts & souls!”
The announcement event of “Say Sharjah” took place at Autumn Bar & Bistro, Andheri West.

Commando of Indian Army Ashvin Katariya Presents An Emotional Music Album Pehli Kiran

Music album ‘Pehli Kiran’ dispels the emotional journey of Indian army jawans on their way back home during holidays

Mumbai: Music album ‘Pehli Kiran’ is the first venture from Azad Hind Film Creation’s stable. It is produced by Ashvin Katariya, the commando of Indian Army. The album has been penned, composed and rendered by Ishan Pandya. The music video has been directed by Ashvin Katariya featuring himself with Hetvi Shah. It will be soon released on all various music channels. Dilip Patel is the production designer.

Ashvin Katariya is the producer, director and actor of his maiden music album ‘Pehli Kiran’ and is a resident of Surat (Gujarat). Since the last 11 years he is working as a Commando in the Indian Army. His second venture is a Hindi feature film titled as “Posting” which will mount the floors next year. Speaking about his debut music album, Ashvin Katariya reveals, “This album displays the emotional feeling, sentiments and affection when we come back home on holidays and meet our parents, brothers and sisters, wife or girlfriend and other family members. It is the spirit and the fervor. I would be overwhelmed if the entire common man understands the compassion in our happiness and sadness.”

The album is composed, rendered and penned by Ishan Pandya, who has also acted in many films. He has his own studio under the name of ‘Seasons Recording’. He has displayed his acting histrionics in Hindi films like “Jeevan Saathi”, “Gang Of Surat” amongs others. Speaking about this album, Ishan Pandya says, “It is a heart-rending and surges emotion too which strikes the chord of one’s heart. We have put in our full efforts to make this album and I am sure the people will get the feel of it too.”

——–Sanjay Sharma Raj(P.R.O.)

Ample Missiion’s SAMARPN Festival Diwali Celebration with Aneel Murarka, Neetu Chandra, Shama Sikander, Sooraj Thapar and Kids

Ample Missiion’s ‘Samarpn’ is a one of its kind inter-school competition where it provides a unique platform for underprivileged kids to showcase their hidden talent. Ample Missiion is collaborating with MOM (Meeting Of Minds), a group of like-minded and motivated educationists from 8 prominent slum schools situated in the impoverished Malad-Malvani area.

With the festival of lights-Diwali around the corner, the students of these schools are in a pre-festive mood and it’s the right opportunity to engage them in creative activities.

Samarpn is a day long inter-school competition with participation of 8 schools, 500 students, 150 teachers coming together to bring out the best in each child. There were various events mainly comprising of Literary Arts, Performing Arts and Mr & Ms Samarpn. Many well-known celebrities like *Actors Neetu Chandra, Shama Sikander, Rakesh Srivastava and Sooraj Thapar* were there will be there to cheer up the children. There were some brilliant performances and entertaining activities throughout the day at the venue. Aneel Murarka, team Ample Missiion along with film stars Celebrated noiseless Diwali with lighting diyas and distribution of sweets and handmade diyas to each one of them.

 

Ample Missiion played a pivotal role in motivating students to perform and excel. Samarpn offered a chance for participants to gain substantial experience, showcase skills, analyse and evaluate outcomes and uncover personal aptitude. We believe competitions also encourage students to adopt innovative techniques and develop their ideas and skills.

The day long event was held at Shaila lawns at Goregaon east, Mumbai.

100Th Convocation of AAFT Turns Out to Be The World Record

Noida: Convocation of more than 100 students of different disciplines of cinema was held and were delivered prestigious diploma of AAFT in a grand function. Now it has become an international Record as no film school ever conducted or reach to the 100th convocation till now.
“I extend my heartiest congratulations to Dr. Sandeep Marwah and his complete team on achieving such a great heights in cinema, television and media education. No one can compete with his energy and unique ideas he has been showering on students,” said Dr. Badrinath the Chancellor of Kalinga University at the 100th Convocation of AAFT at Noida Film City.
“we are looking for some kind of association with AAFT to improve on our courses in media. AAFT is 100 batches old, now the most matured film school of the World,’ said Dr. Jagannath Vice Chancellor of ICFAI University present on the occasion.

I am amazed by the size of the institution and its divisions. The institution is like a ship of different courses and variety of students. I am keen in sending students to this film school,” said H.E. Rabie Narsh Ambassador of Lebanon to India.
“The two students on AAFT scholarship from Ghana has proved enough to me the quality of education and the kind of training, the creativity and liberty they have been given to grow has actually is a the seed today for a new film industry in Ghana,” H.E. Michael A N N Oquaye High Commissioner of Ghana to India.
“This institution is not only churning out professionals but also good human beings. The personal grooming and attention to each and every student has added enough value to the courses,” added Anil Khaitan Immediate Past President PHDCCI.
Asian Academy of Film And Television brought the name of this country to new platform. Large number of foreign students, long hours of training, dedicated faculty, extra ordinary facilities are some of unique features of this institution,” expressed Padam Shree Sumitra Guha renowned Vocalist.
Padam Shree Pratibha Prahlad renowned dance exponent showed her desire to hire students from AAFT, as well trained and groomed students always have more market than just talk and chalk. Jyoti Kailash Senior IAS spoke on the occasion and appreciated the new World Record announced by Sandeep Marwah.
On this occasion a new international record was also recorded as no film school in the World so far has conducted 100th convocations of media trainees. Dr. Badrinath of Kalinga University also presented a Doctorate to Sandeep Marwah for his valuable contribution to films, television and media in last 30 years of his involvement with the industry.

LOVE IS LOVE

Love is Love for #LMIFW was inspired by the historic 377-judgement which opened doors of expression for many people across India. Love freely, live freely was our inspiration behind Zoe and Noor, and we’re proud to know that our vision received such love and acceptance from the community!

 

During our 4 days at LMIFW, we came to be acquainted with this young guy named Abhijai, who would visit our stall every day and was very taken by our bridal exhibit. It was only after multiple conversations that he confided in us that the main reason why he kept coming back was because he was imagining himself in one of the gowns – the Noor gown to be specific. This honest confession from Abhijai sparked a series of conversations between our designers and the rest of the team, who all agreed that we should not let popular beliefs or mindsets influence or change our motivation behind this collection. Zoe and Noor were created in solidarity for the #LGBTQ movement. Through them, we wanted to echo our support for diversity and freedom of expression and being your true self. And what is fashion if not a medium of expression? What Abhijai saw in Noor meant the world to us, because it reinforced our faith in what we had created. And so we decided to let Abhijai live his imagination on the last day of the fashion week!

And so it was on Sunday that with the help of our talented interns @mehrkalraaaa and @ashwinbudhraja we pulled off this super fun impromptu shoot with @sassy__potatoes! To us, this was the perfect way to wrap up #LMIFW with the hope that one day #LoveIsLove will be a belief and not a movement! We want to once again thank everyone for all your lovely messages and words of encouragement for the collection, it means a lot to us!

Model – https://instagram.com/sassy__potatoes?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=qe92oub948b5

 

Photographer – https://instagram.com/mehrkalraaaa?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1dbeqg445b28y

Stylist – https://instagram.com/ashwinbudhraja?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=pehp7atg47r1

Assistant 1 – https://instagram.com/saraanshgupta?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=15lq0804nulhq

 

Assisted 2 – https://instagram.com/aarushibudhraja?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1vrmgbupo1x3k