Will, Jada Pinkett Smith to host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Hollywood actor Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett are set to host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

The star couple said that they are both humbled and honored to take part in the 16th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert to be held on Dec. 11 in Oslo, Norway.

“The opportunity to recognize the laureate’s contributions to the world peace movement will be an awe-inspiring experience,” People quoted the couple as saying in a statement.

“We are both humbled and honored to take part in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert this year, and look forward to sharing the historic evening with artists and humanitarians from across the globe,” they added.

“Together they’ve had a global impact on the arts and philanthropy and will be excellent ambassadors for peace,” said Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said of the Smiths.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has also lined up Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith and Donna Summer to perform at the concert.

Dadasaheb Phalke award for music legend Manna Dey

Ninety-year-old playback legend Manna Dey - who belted out evergreen songs like “Ae mere pyaare watan” and “Zindagi kaisi hai paheli” - is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, his family said Wednesday.
“We got a call from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Tuesday to inform us about the award (for 2007). He is right now in New York for some cultural programe. He will return to Bangalore Thursday. We are very happy for him,” his family member Anuradha Dey told IANS on phone.

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey May 1, 1919 to Purna Chandra and Mahamaya Dey, the singer was a name to reckon with in the Hindi film industry from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3,500 songs over the course of his career.

He started his career in playback singing with the movie “Tamanna” in 1943. The song was an instant hit and later he sang a solo, “Upar Gagan Vishal”, in the 1950 movie “Mashal”.

His all-time hits include “Sur na saje kya gaun main”, “Na to karanwa ki talash hai na to humsafar ki talash hain”, “Puchho na kaise maine rain bitayee”, “Laga chunari main daag”, “Aaja sanam madhur chandani mein hum”, “Dil ka haal sune dilwala”, “Ye raat bhigi bhigi, ye masta fijzayen”, “Jhanak jhanak tori baaje payaliya”, “Tu pyar ka saagar hai”, “Chunari sambhal gori udi chali jaye re” and “Ay meri Zohara”.

He also teamed up with Kishore Kumar for hit numbers like “Yeh dosti hum nahin torenge” (”Sholay”) and “Ek chatur naar” (”Padosan”).

How can one forget “Yaari hai imaan mera yaar meri zindagi” from the film “Zanjeer”? He also sang for the Bengali film industry, sometimes teaming up with Hemant Kumar.

He sang a duet “Ke prothom kachhe esechi” with Lata Mangeshkar for the Bengali movie “Sankhyabela”.

Fans’ associations-hindrances in the way of Malayalam cinema

After his Vairam became a box office success, MA Nishad is smiling from ear to ear. At a press conference held recently, he said that fans’ associations were one of the biggest hurdles in the way of Malayalam movies. He has tried to revive commercial films with Vairam, something that is slowly disappearing from the scene. He has concentrated on highlighting the emotional parts of Vairam.

Fans’ associations-hindrances in the way of Malayalam cinema

After his Vairam became a box office success, MA Nishad is smiling from ear to ear. At a press conference held recently, he said that fans’ associations were one of the biggest hurdles in the way of Malayalam movies. He has tried to revive commercial films with Vairam, something that is slowly disappearing from the scene. He has concentrated on highlighting the emotional parts of Vairam.

Mohan Lal wants to work with Kamal again

The most happening actors of Indian film industry had spelled the most overpowering performance with “Unnai Pol Oruvan’ (remake of “A Wednesday’). Indeed, the film critics and trade analysts have strongly admitted that “UPO’ has overshadowed “A Wednesday’ in more panoramas.

Accordingly, much elated with the film’s success both Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal cannot stop singing praises of each other’s performance. In an interview, Mohan Lal has stated that Kamal Haasan is a wonderful actor and deserves more appreciation than he has been endowed now.

“I am really interested in working with him for more projects in future’ adds Mohan Lal who enacted the role of Anupam Kher in this remake.

Mohan Lal wants to work with Kamal again

The most happening actors of Indian film industry had spelled the most overpowering performance with “Unnai Pol Oruvan’ (remake of “A Wednesday’). Indeed, the film critics and trade analysts have strongly admitted that “UPO’ has overshadowed “A Wednesday’ in more panoramas.

Accordingly, much elated with the film’s success both Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal cannot stop singing praises of each other’s performance. In an interview, Mohan Lal has stated that Kamal Haasan is a wonderful actor and deserves more appreciation than he has been endowed now.

“I am really interested in working with him for more projects in future’ adds Mohan Lal who enacted the role of Anupam Kher in this remake.

Kamal, Mohan Lal and Shah Rukh in ‘Pazhassi Raja’ Read more: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/kamal-mohan-lal-and-shah-rukh-in-pazhas

Padmashree Kamal Haasan has dubbed a prologue for Mammooty-Sarath Kumar multilingual starrer “Pazhassi Raja’. The film is directed by Hariharan and is crafted by ace writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair. Kamal Haasan, who happens to be an ardent buff of Vasudevan Nair, had voluntarily approached Hariharan to offer him the opportunity.

Well, the Malayalam version will have Mohan Lal introducing Pazhassi Raja to audiences with a 45-sec prologue. It has been revealed that Shah Rukh Khan will dub for the same part in Hindi version.

The film is based on historical epic of Pazhassi Raja, a native king of Wynad in Malabar area of Kerala while Sarath Kumar plays the role of Edachena Kunkan, Pazhassi Raja’s “Thalapathy’ (Commander in Chief).

Maestro Ilayaraja has scored music while academy award winner Resul Pookutty is the sound editor. Earlier plans were to release the film for Ramzan and now it has been postponed to October 2.