ADBOYZ KI DHAMAAL

IMMORTAL MEMORIES

Since that historical event in 1896 when Lumiere Brothers demonstrated the art of cinema in Mumbai, the Indian Film Industry today has grown by leaps and bounds. Hundreds of people rom different sectors of Film Industry have toiled to make Industry what it is today. The ndustry enjoys the fruits of hard work of these veterans who are the pillars of the industry. It is the right time to pay them back for their great contribution.

Objective : Our objective, rather heartfelt desire is to remember and honor these noble souls. This event is purely a gettogether of the veterans, where yester year's legends meet today's celebrities and share their memories. As a token of our gratitude to these spirited persons we wish to present 11 Living Legends every year with a commemorative cash gift. This is the beginning and God willing it will never end. As HH Dalai Lama rightly said “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion”. The list of worthy stars is long but we are short listing 11 of the stalwarts for this years honor.

About Strawberry Events : Strawberry Events has been established with a vision to organize events with focus on the Indian entertainment industry. The company is promoted by Shri Balagiri of SIDHESH FILMS PVT. LTD., a reputed film production house. Ashok Shekhar, well known T.V. serial producer and son of veteran film artiste Chandrashekhar, is the CEO of the company. He is in film and television industry since last 35 years. He has been associated with Shri Shakti Samanta and Shri Pradeep Sharma for many of their blockbusters. He is the man behind many all time hit serials, most prominent being PARIVARTAN, NAMASKAR, SATURDAY SUSPENSE, BHABHI, among others.

About the event : This is an event to felicitate and honour living legends of Hindi cinema who have given their life in the service of entertaining the masses as well as the classes. We intend to present a precious momento as a token of appreciation towards their contribution to Indian cinema. The event is a celebration of creativity of the veterans and remind them that we have not forgotten their contribution and in fact it is due to their hard work that the Hindi film industry is recognized all over the world. We would continue the tradition once every year. This being introduction year, we are mainly covering Hindi films but eventually we would like to cover the entire Indian film industry. The organizing committee will consult the advisory committee consisting of veterans of Indian cinema who will guide the committee on the course of action. We also intend to invite today's celebrities to honour the living legends.

YE SUNDAY KYU AATA HAI MUSIC RELEASE

Kumar Sanu and Inderjit Dahelley organised the audio release of their film Yeh Sunday kyun Aata Hai at Raheja Classic club,andheri. He invited his cast and singers for audio release. The event started on time. Sunidhi Chauhan was the first to come with Lyricist Sudhakar Sharma. Bali Brahmbhatt emceed the event where audio visual of film was shown to media and guest. Kahmera Shah came directly from shooting. Kumar Sanu told everyone that he has adopted these four kids Chillar, Dholak, Master and Jhingur from Goregaon station where they were doing boot polish. Other guests who came for the event were Yashpal Sharma & Rakesh Bedi. The event also finished on time. Kashmera told to media that she is very happy to be the part of film. Sunidhi has sung two songs in the film.

BICHHDE SABHI BAARI BAARI - RIP ABRAR ALVI

TIMES OF INDIA MUMBAI: Writer-director Abrar Alvi, Guru Dutt's `write hand man', passed away Wednesday night. The writer of several classics was, however, best known as the director of `Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'. Eighty-two-year-old Alvi had severe diabetes and was bedridden for a year.

Alvi, a law graduate from Nagpur University, met Guru Dutt through his cousin who was a production assistant. Impressed by his mastery over Urdu, Guru Dutt invited him to join, and the result was a series of memorable films beginning with `Mr and Mrs 55', `Pyaasa,' `Kaghaz Ke Phool,' to Guru Dutt's last film, `Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi'. He also wrote the laugh-riot `Professor' and the reincarnation drama `Jhuk Gaya Aasman' for director Lekh Tandon.

"Alvi was a finicky writer who sometimes took three days to fine-tune one line,'' laughs writer Javed Siddiqi, whose friendship with him spanned 33 years. "A man with a sharp, almost cynical sense of humour, he could stump you with his one-liners and his repartee. A friend of his once dropped by to see him because he was in the vicinity. Alvi looked quizzically at him and asked if he was the Qutub Minar, which one casually visited during a trip to Delhi.''

Alvi's last rites were performed at Oshiwara cemetery on Thursday. Few people from the film industry attended the funeral. As Siddiqi says, "The film world knows an artiste by his last hit and, in his case, that was a long time ago.'' He is survived by three sons and two daughters.

AMRITA RAO ON THE MAN MAGAZINE COVER

Here's a peek into Amrita Rao's latest photoshoot for THE MAN magazine.