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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June 24,2020

New Delhi, Jun 24: Actor Bhumi Pednekar supported migrant labourers traveling long distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a rather unique way- by donating footwear to them.

The gut-wrenching images of migrants walking barefoot on the roads made the 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' actor take the plunge to help them.

Pednekar joined hands with a footwear company and a volunteer-based non-government organisation - The Robin Hood Army - to help the underprivileged with footwear.

The actor helped over 1000 migrant labourers in and around Ghaziabad in Murad Nagar, Govindpuram, Vijay Nagar, and distributed footwear among men and women across age-groups.

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Agencies
June 7,2020

Washington D.C., Jun 7: South Korean pop band BTS and their record label Big Hit Entertainment have donated USD one million to support Black Lives Matter.

According to Variety, the donation was transferred earlier this week, with Black Lives Matter confirming receipt to the label on Friday.

"Black people all over the world are in pain at this moment from the trauma of centuries of oppression. We are moved by the generosity of BTS and allies all over the world who stand in solidarity in the fight for Black lives," the outlet quoted Kailee Scales, managing director for Black Lives Matter as saying.

The widely lauded band, earlier on Wednesday, took to Twitter to show their solidarity with the people fighting against the social injustice.

"We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together," the tweet read.

The pledge of the donation from the Korean boy band and its label comes during a time when people and celebrities from the industry have come forward to demonstrate their support for the black community.

Several big names from the music and acting industry also observed 'Blackout Tuesday' earlier the week as a message of solidarity in response o the death of George Floyd, an African-American man in the United States.

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January 9,2020

Mumbai, Jan 9: A day after Deepika Padukone visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with students who had been attacked, her film "Chhapaak" made another splash on Wednesday over the name of its antagonist.

While Deepika was the focus of many a discussion on social media and beyond for showing up at a public meeting in the university, the film, based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, was also making news for quite another reason.

In what could well be a storm in a 'Twitter cup', "Nadeem Khan" and "Rajesh" began trending on the microblogging site after a magazine article claimed the name of the antagonist had been changed. By 4 pm, 'Nadeem Khan' clocked close to 60,000 tweets and 'Rajesh' close behind with 50,000.

In 2005, Laxmi was disfigured for life when a man called Nadeem Khan and three others allegedly hurled acid at her in Delhi's upscale Khan Market.

In the film based on her life, the narrative remains the same but the names have been changed. So, Laxmi is 'Malti' Agarwal and Nadeem becomes 'Babboo' aka 'Bashir Khan'.

On Wednesday, Swarajya magazine wrote an article headlined, "The Ways Of Bollywood: In Deepika Padukone-Starer Chhapaak, Acid Attacker Naeem Khan Becomes ‘Rajesh'." "As part of a backlash against Padukone's JNU 'meet and greet', social media users researched the names of the characters involved in the movie Chhapaak and conspicuously found the name of main perpetrator Naeem Khan absent," the article alleged.

But in the Meghna Gulzar directed film, there is no mention of any Nadeem or Naeem Khan. Moreover, Rajesh is the name of Malti's boyfriend.

Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo jumped into the controversy, saying it was another example of "absolute hypocrisy".

"...When you say all characters are fictitious and don't have any resemblance with living beings and all of that, this is absolute hypocrisy. When you change the name which also changes the religion, it has been done very deliberately," Supriyo told a TV channel when asked to comment on the controversy.

South Delhi BJP MP Ramesh Biduri also called for a boycott of the movie.

With Deepika grabbing attention by going to JNU, many appreciated her 'silent solidarity' but others criticised her for "supporting the Leftists" and said it was a promotional stunt ahead of the release.

"#BoycottChhapaak" was trending on Twitter as was "#ISupportDeepika".

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