Singing talent hunt grand finale: Arundhati Hegde crowned Bangaluru’s Super Singer-2018

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September 26, 2018

Bangaluru: India’s biggest singing talent hunt, RalcoTyres presents Radio City Super Singer, culminated the 10th Season with a grand finale in Vega City Mall, Bangaluru. Radio City Super Singer has been one of the most celebrated singing talent hunt on Radio, which has successfully grown year after year. The decade long success of the property resonated with the audiences, and like every year has garnered a record-breaking participation in each of the 39 cities this year.

Radio City Super Singer 2018’s top 6 finalists from Bangaluru, Guruprasad, Charvi, Muralidhar, Sindhu Hegde, Sameer Kulkarni, and Arundhati enthralled the audience and upheld the repute of this timeless property with entertaining performances in the presence of the ever-dynamic Kannada director, lyricist and screenwriter, Yogaraj Bhat. The ultimate singing crown was bagged by Arundhati Hegade along with an attractive cash prize of INR 1lac.

Delighted by the success of the 10th season of Radio City Super Singer, Kartik Kalla, Chief Creative Officer, Radio City said“Radio City Super Singer has become one of the most sought-after platforms that has been responsible for producing some of the brightest talents since a decade in the country, who have proved their mettle in the singing space.

The property has garnered tremendous response year on year from participants, listeners and singers. We have constantly spun the innovation wheel in making the property more engaging and grander which has been a key attraction for advertisers as well. We aim to upscale the property in the years to follow with the most entertaining content and I congratulate the winner and Radio City team for keeping up the spirit and making Radio City Super Singer a milestone.”

Sharing his happiness on being associated with the 10th season of Radio City Super Singer, Yogaraj Bhat said, “India is full of young, talented and aspirational singers with mesmerizing, melodious voices. All they need is a platform to nurture and showcase their talent to the right audience. It is really great to see and be a part of Radio City Super Singer, a talent hunt which has been providing a launch pad to the budding singers of our country for the past 10 years. I congratulate Radio City for further promoting the culture of music in the country and hope we witness the discovery of more extraordinary talents in the years to follow.”

Through this property, Radio Cityhas been consistently providing a platform to many singers who have contributed significantly to the industry such as Harjot Kaur, Manya Narang and Sri Ganesh to name a few. With the top 5 contestants from each of the 39 city battling in the grand finale, this season saw some of the renowned judges, music maestros like Jasraj Joshi, Vishal Mishra, Shri Charan, Kona Venkat, JasbirJassi etc. to name a few.

After an intense competition, the top six participants: Guruprasad, Charvi ,Muralidhar, Sindhu Hegde, Sameer Kulkarni, and Arundhati were shortlisted by an eminent jury and later judged byYogaraj Bhat. Through the talent hunt, Radio City aims to empower aspiring singers and provide a platform for every city to laud their exceptional local talent.

True to Radio City’s philosophy of ‘Rag Mein Daude City’, participants from the kona-kona of India registered through Radio City’s digital platform www.radiocity.in through IVRS, in-studio and mall auditions.

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April 2,2020

New Delhi, Apr 2: After donating to UNICEF to combat COVID-19, actor Kareena Kapoor Khan on Thursday announced that she will also contribute to PM-CARES Fund and Maharashtra's CM Relief Fund along with her husband Saif Ali Khan and son Taimur Ali Khan.

Kareena made the announcement through an Instagram post and also urged others to do their bit by doing whatever is possible.

"We extend our support to the PM CARES Fund and the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (Maharashtra)," read an official statement post by Kareena on Instagram.

"In times like these, every helping hand and every rupee raised matters. Do Help wherever possible," the statement further read.

However, the amount of donation hasn't been revealed in the post.

The star couple has joined a list of celebrities including Akshay Kumar, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal and others who too have extended support to PM CARES Fund to fight against coronavirus.

Earlier on March 31, the 'Jab We Met' actor had announced their contribution to UNICEF, GIVE INDIA and the International Association of Human Values (IAHV).

There are 1764 active coronavirus cases in the country, while 150 people have been cured and 50 have died, as per the Union Health Ministry. 

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February 3,2020

Feb 3: Actor-cum-activist Swara Bhaskar on Sunday targetted the Central government over granting Padma Shri to Pakistan-origin singer Adnan Sami who became an Indian citizen in 2016.

Addressing "Save the Constitution, Save the Country" rally here in Madhya Pradesh, Bhaskar said that passing the new citizenship amendment act tantamount to "betrayal" of the Constitution.

Sami, born in London to a Pakistani Air force veteran, applied for Indian citizenship in 2015 and became a citizen of the country in January 2016.

He was one of the 118 people chosen for the Padma Shri awards by the Centre last month.

"The legal process to grant citizenship to refugees and arrest infiltrators already exists in India. You (the government) have granted Indian citizenship to Adnan Sami and now selected him for Padma Shri through that process. (If this is the case) What is the need and justification for the Citizenship Amendment Act?" Bhaskar asked.

"On the one hand you abuse us (anti-CAA protesters), cane-charge us, slap us, hurl teargas shells at us and on the other hand you award Padma Shri to a Pakistani," she said

Bhaskar said the government labels some people as the members of "tukde-tukde gang" and anti-nationals" as per its convenience.

"Supporters of the CAA and the NRC keep harping about the so-called infiltrators having entered our country. If that is the case then why are we unable to see these intruders?" she asked.

"The problem is that they have intruded into the minds of the government and the ruling party," she said.

Bhaskar said the government seems to have "fallen in love with Pakistan".

"It sees Pakistan everywhere. My devout grandmother doesn't chant Hanuman Chalisa as often as this government keeps chanting the Pakistan mantra," she said.

Without naming the RSS, the actor said, "Sitting in Nagpur, these people are spreading politics of hatred".

Bhaskar said Pakistan chose to become a religious nation after the Partition in 1947 unlike India which opted to become a "secular republic where one's religion has nothing to do with citizenship".

"(Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali) Jinnah died a long ago, but his admirers want to divide the country again in the name of a religion," Bhaskar said.

She criticised BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya for his controversial remarks about the 'presence' of Bangladeshi infiltrators in Indore, after some labourers were found eating poha and not rotis.

"If poha is Bangladeshi cuisine, then Kailash Vijayvariya, who grew up eating poha (in Indore), should be required to show his Indian citizenship papers," she demanded.

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June 4,2020

Mumbai, Jun 4: Casting director Krish Kapur, who had worked on films like Mahesh Bhatt's Jalebi and Kriti Kharbanda-starrer Veere Ki Wedding, passed away at the age of 28 due to brain hemorrhage, his family said.

There was speculation that Kapur died in a road accident but his maternal uncle, Sunil Bhalla, dismissed the reports, saying that the casting director fainted at his home in suburban Mira Road here and suffered brain hemorrhage.

According to Bhalla, Kapur breathed his last on May 31.

"He had no medical history. He was healthy and doing absolutely fine. On May 31, he just collapsed and started to bleed. He died of brain hemorrhage," Bhalla said on Wednesday.

Kapur is survived by his mother, wife and seven-year-old child.

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