MJ's influence on the Bollywood dance scene

So it's only right that the Hindi movie & music fraternity made a tribute to him, produced by Shah Rukh's company, Red Chillies Entertainment. Shah Rukh is, as always, the most aware personality and at the forefront of every cool wave ever to make a splash in the Indian entertainment scene so I'm not surprised at all that it's his company who came up with this tribute idea. And he's always loved MJ (clip), not to mention his good friend Farah Khan is a die-hard MJ fan too. It's a great tribute video:



"In what can be easily termed as musical history, Seagram's Royal Stag has created a special video 'Make it Large- A tribute to Michael Jackson', to be released on music channels across India on the 29th of August to celebrate the pop legends 51st birthday."

Idiot Box news update

Source (Mon, Jun 8 05:00 PM)

Ghar Ki Baat Hai, the weekend situational comedy show on NDTV Imagine produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chilies Idiot Box, will go off air from the first week of July after completing nearly 40 episodes.

The show began on January 30 this year and was given the 9.30 pm slot from Friday to Sunday. Gradually, it was reduced to a weekly show, apparently because of the IPL matches. But the show failed to grab eyeballs. So now, it will be pulled off air.

Shailaja Kejriwal from NDTV Imagine confirms the news. "It's true the show is going off air but it was supposed to. It doesn't have to do with its TRPs. The show had its set of dedicated viewers. We brought it down from three episodes to one because of technical reasons and of course the IPL. It was a one-episode-one-story concept and had to be seasonal." However, she adds that the show will be back after a six month- break in 2010.

Idiot Box Projects

Ghar Ki Baat

• SRK's - Launch of 1st TV Serial "Ghar ki baat hai" (January 27 2009)
• Ghar Ki Baat Hai ,SRKs debut television production venture
• Saas Bahu Aur Betiyan Aajtak News - 28th January 2009 pt1, pt2, pt3
• Saas Bahu Aur Saazish Star News 28th January 2009 Pt1, Pt2, Pt3
• Ghar Ki Baat
• Shah Rukh Khan with the cast of Ghar Ki Baat Hai
• Ghar Ki Baat Hai Launch Event
• Shahrukh Khan unveils Ghar Ki Baat Hai

Knights and Angels

• Knights and Angels with Juhi Chawla , Saurav Ganguly and Shiamak
• NDTV Imagines Knights & Angels
• Shahrukh Khan talks about Knights & Angels tv show 2009
• Sourav Juhi In 'Knights & Angels' AsianTopCharts.com
• Juhi Chawla In 'Knights & Angels' AsianTopCharts.com
• Knights & Angels Promo
• SRK & Knights & Angels 28 feb+ King khan talking about the angels
• Anushka Sharma In first of six episodes of 'Knights & Angels' (Promo)
• Knights & Angels promo

Shows (just the ones I feel like linking)

1. First Ladies (not in release order)

• Suzzane Roshan - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
  
• Manyata Dutt - part 1/3, part 2/3, part 3/3
• Jaya Bachchan - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Adhuna Akhtar - Part1, Part 2,
  
• Kiran Kher - Part 1, Part 2
  
• Anupama Chopra - Part 1, Part 2
• Usha Mittal - Part 1, Part 2
• Nirja Birla - Part 1, Part 2
• Neeta Ambani - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Tanya Deol - Part 1, Part 2
• Gauri Khan - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
  

2. Little Star Awards 2009 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10

3. Knights & Angels

• Ep 1 is in this post

4. Live The League

• Episode 1

Wow...

oohh.. the official Red Chillies Entertainment website is so spiffy and bling bling. Me likes.

Check out the TVC section. O-ke, I've always liked watching nice ads so naturally that's the first place I looked when I browse the site. They've produced quite a lot and not all of them include SRK. He's just in there for the brands he endorses.

It reminds me of the interview he did a long time ago when he talked so much about ads and what he felt/thought about it. He's come a long way, huh.

What also interests me is this statement:
"It boasts of an in-house team of talented directord, writers, stylists and creative producers who would help you churn out world-class ad films.

The pizzazz in the Red Chillies Ads division comes with an exclusive access to Bollywood Directors namely Aziz Mirza, Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Santosh Sivan and many more to craft your commercials."

Well, when the company is able to deliver THAT kind of promise, it's only natural for the Ads section of RC to grow in leaps and bounds. It's really cool though that the collaboration with RC has managed to turn these film directors into ads directors. It's not an easy thing for a creative mind who's more familiar with churning out 3-hour length works to turn around and come up with a 30-second film format and does it brilliantly too.

..altho, I must say the Dulux Velvet Touch ad makes me squirm in my seat a bit ^^;

I love the Hero Honda ad. It's brilliant! Excuse me while I go watch the rest of them.