Uttar Pradesh
Rakesh Kumar Yadav: From an employee at Puma to a Founder and owner of Dreamz Sports Academy
Rakesh Kumar Yadav hails from Uttar Pradesh and has always been a sports freak. He loved different sports and remained active in different games. Although he wanted to pursue his career as a professional sportsman but due to financial constraints, he was not able to enter into this field. But he never lost hope and wanted to remain connected with it some way or the other. It was in 2012 when Rakesh relocated to Bangalore to start his professional life, he got a job at Puma India. It is a known brand dealing with sportswear products. There he got the chance to interact with several at | Click Here...
Mirzapur 2 Producers Issue Apology To Insulted Writer…But Is It Enough?
The most absurd and unreasonable thing that a scriptwriter can do is use the names of books and movies as props in an inappropriate context. Uttar Pradesh’s 81-year old popular Hindi novelist Surendra Mohan Pathak was shocked when he saw his bestselling crime novel Dhabba in the disappointingly slapdash sequel to the webseries Mirzapur. Neither the producers Ritesh Sidwani and Farhan Akhtar nor the Mirzapur writers had approached Pathak before using his novel in their series. This in itself is a serious copyright infringement . But what was to fol | Click Here...
Ullu App to launch a new web series
Ullu App has been churning out web-series one after the other and leaving no stone unturned to give audiences the best of the content. We heard, they are coming up with yet another interesting series based on the traditional singers and dancer from Uttar Pradesh. According to a close source, "The yet-to-be-titled series is about the love, devotion, dedication and betrayal of a girl, who belonged to the Mirasi clan. The project is in its nascent stage and casting is underway." The series will be produced by Vibhu Agarwal, CEO, Ullu Digital Pvt. Ltd. and co-produced by Rajeev Si | Click Here...
SonyLIV records 596 million interactions for KBC Play Along
In yet another pioneering initiative, SonyLIV’s Play Along has garnered a landmark 596 million interactions for the 10th season of the reality show. The user engagement initiative has registered 8.2 million users with total time spent of over 47 million hours. Tapping almost 360 million smart-phone users, KBC Play Along was SonyLIV’s effort to bring the audience closer to its most favourite reality show, within the comfort of their homes. | Click Here...
My character in 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897 has many shades – Paras Raajj Ganndhhi
Actor Paras Raajj Ganndhhi is all set for a grand debut on TV with Discovery JEET and Contiloe’s 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897. For Paras, it is very important to prove his mettle, work hard and attain success in life!! Well, we are saying so because it is his set mission in life to keep his mother happy by getting to do good work... Says Paras who hails from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, “I lost my father when I was just 5 years old. From then, I have seen my mother w | Click Here...
No big budgets, yet we made BOSE: Dead/Alive Big: Manav Sethi, CMO, ALTBalaji
ALTBalaji recently launched its most ambitious and the biggest show of this year, BOSE: Dead/Alive on 20th Nov. 2017. This thrilling 9-part show starring Rajkummar Rao, unfolds the mystery behind Netaji’s death and talks about India’s biggest cover-up, was extensively researched for about 18 months including Anuj Dhar's book. It’s only show out of India thus far that have been shot across locations like Poland, Thailand, Ladakh, Kolkata and Mumbai. The challenge was to launch this show in India and globally in absence of big budget and a | Click Here...