&pictures celebrates #10YearsOfJabWeMet with a special telecast on 26th October at 10:30 AM

A story about selfless love, passion and living your life to the fullest, Jab We Met mesmerized viewers when the film first released in 2007 to packed theatres. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film stormed the box office and emerged as a blockbuster within a couple of days. And it wasn’t long before this Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor starrer achieved cult status. Now, as the film celebrates the 10 year milestone following its release, &pictures, Naye India Ka Blockbuster Movie Channel, gives viewers the opportunity to relive the Jab We Met experience through Geet (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and Aditya’s (Shahid Kapoor) story on 26^th October 2017 at 10:30 AM. Along with Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor, the film also saw memorable characters like Anshuman (Tarun Arora), Roop (Saumya Tandon), Dada ji (Dara Singh), and many more.

Director Imtiaz Ali says, “When making a movie you try to do your best, you write your best, you try to make it as natural and fun. But one thing I have realized is that if you put artificiality in a film and try to make it spicy, for that moment, those things start looking very redundant very soon. Keeping it pure is very essential in order for it to be remembered. The movie is about positivity; it gives you hope, makes you smile, especially that part when Kareena Kapoor, on the terrace of her building, tells Shahid, “Life is a game. Let’s enjoy it. Getting stressed about it doesn’t make it easier”. I think that was the icing on the cake in the film. I feel elated that people love the simplicity of the movie. It is not the usual love story where the boy meets girl and they fall in love. You can relive the magic of Jab We Met on 26th October on &pictures SD at 10:30AM and &pictures HD at 8PM.”

Actor Saumya Tandon who essayed the role of Geet’s sister, Roop, recollects, “Jab We Met was my first film. I remember I was called to the Ashtavinayak office and I met director Imtiaz Ali. I was not sure about doing a small role in Jab We Met. Imtiaz gave me the film script and asked me to read Geet’s dialogues and he read Aditya’s lines. We were reading aloud and, as I read along, I almost got swept into the scenes. The dialogues were so endearing the script was so fresh that I fell in love with it. By the end of the reading session totally charmed by Imtiaz and the script of ‘Jab We Met’. I’d decided in my head I will be a part of this.”

The story of a miserable business tycoon, Aditya, Jab We Met follows his life when he chances upon a chirpy and overly enthusiastic Geet during a train ride. Their paths continue to cross, to the extent that Aditya finds himself in charge of ensuring that Geet reaches her family in Bhatinda safely. Along the way, Geet showcases the happy-go-lucky side to her personality which teaches Aditya many life lessons which help him to build a strong future. But life, for Geet, comes to a stumbling halt when after eloping to Manali to meet the love of her life Anshuman (Tarun Arora), she finds herself lonely and heartbroken.

What went wrong in Geet’s fun-filled life? Will Aditya be able to rescue her?

~ Celebrate #10YearsOfJabWeMet as the film airs on &pictures at 10:30 AM on 26^th October 2017!

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History created as AKEC’s Student Batch clears Russian Government Entrance Exam before departing for MBBS studies in Baltic Federal Campus

The 2017-18 A.K.Educational Consultants (AKEC) student batch for studying MBBS in Russia, gathered on 01^st October 2017 for the Pre Departure Student Parent meet in Sheraton Grand, Pune. The student batch left to study MBBS in Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Russia. The parents & students were welcomed by Dr.Amit Kamle & Pornima Kamle. The guest of honour was Dr.Ravindrasing Pardeshi, Principal Fergusson College Pune. The highlight of the ceremony was this is the first Indian batch which cleared Russian Government entrance exam in Chemistry and Biology before they were accepted in the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University campus of Kaliningrad. The toppers in the entrance exam were Ms.Shamika Murudkar of Pune and Ms.Shivani Khandalikar of Mumbai. The students were provided with Indian books for their personal reading by A.K.Educational Consultants.

The students pledged to be good and noble doctors during the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony. Dr.Amit Kamle, Director A.K.Educational Consultants addressed the parents and students and guided them about travelling tips, safety and security in the city and University premises, registration & visa regulations, syllabus & curriculum, exams, vacations, conduct & responsibility of parents, students. Dr.Kamle said, “India needs Quality & Efficient Doctors from Russia. I am glad that the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University is focusing on recruiting only meritorious Indian students in their developed campus. It is the need of the hour to enrol only meritorious Indian students” . After the address Dr.Kamle interacted with parents and students to solve their queries.

“The concept of testing the child’s knowledge and potential before accepting the students is a very good initiative by the Russian Federal Universities, because major countries offering MBBS course are without entrance exams and students find it difficult to clear MCI Screening after returning”, said Dr.Shirish Murudkar father of Ms.Shamika Murudkar.

“I am very happy to attend the Summit. As a parent, I am satisfied to get associated with a visionary person like Dr.Amit Kamle and with the good professional, caring and human attitude of A.K.E.C as a family”, said Mr.Shyam Khandalikar father of Ms.Shivani Khandalikar.

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Nitrro Wellness & Fitness Hub – Pune’s 1st Premium Fitness Centre launched at Kalyani Nagar

·        Equipped with an international standard professional size MMA Kick Boxing Ring

·        An unique functional training equipment on which more than 220 type of body weight workouts can be performed

·        Free sponsorships of facility and supplements to physically challenged and handicapped fitness athletes

On 30^th September 2017, all roads were leading to just one destination – the launch of Nitrro Wellness & Fitness Hub, Pune’s largest and most premium fitness hub at Kalyani Nagar, which was inaugurated at the hands of Chief Guest Atul Chordia, Chairman, Panchshil Group.

Nitrro Pune boasts of a full fledged functional training, strength training, swimming pool and group activities. It has the latest state-of-art equipments with added safety features, and a team of trained and certified fitness professionals, including a physio therapist and nutritionist. Nitrro Wellness & Fitness Hub brings an unique functional training equipment on which more than 220 type of body weight workouts can be performed in a dedicated training area. They have also designed an international standard professional size MMA Kick Boxing Ring, acquired Top end bikes in their spinning studio, which has a glass rooftop giving a skyline view, a lounge surrounded by a waterbody. The Wellness Hub has a Health Café’ to grab that delicious, fresh smoothie for post-workout hydration, a Spa & Salon, and lots more. 

This modern fitness center has a signature giant disco ball sitting inside the gym, in the middle of it all, creating a funky, club-like vibe. Purple mood lighting exudes both a calm and energized ambience inside the gym. Nitrro Wellness & Fitness Hub Center employs top of the line equipment, and over a dozen certified trainers, live DJ’s during cardio workouts, and a modern gym space to make for a well-rounded fitness experience. 

 “Our goal was to just give it more of a rock star vibe – to create an energetic and trendy look and feel. We want to be different from what you see in other conventional gyms and clubs. I was against the idea of having the same boring gym interiors that you see in every other gym. It’s also a reflection of my inner self – wild, energetic, and unconventional with the aspiration to be better than my competitors”, says PrabodhDavkhare, Founder, Nitrro Wellness & Fitness Hub.

Nitrro Fitness is a chain of fitness hubs set up by Prabodh Davkhare. When he opened Nitrro Fitness in 2012, it was with the sole intention of imparting holistic training. Today he has two centres in Thane and one at Breach Candy. Pune becomes the fourth hub and plans are on to set up one in Nashik soon. 

Nitrro is serious fitness in a fun atmosphere. All their equipment is tailor-made and everything in the gym is customized and imported from the world’s best, from the interior to the exterior is of the best quality and brands.Taking the best from different sources shows there is no compromise on quality, especially when establishing a gym.

“We are different in each and every way, which includes our class of equipment and services. For us, it’s all about the ‘Nitrro Experience’.  We are here to revolutionize the fitness industry and perception of what a gym can be. We are unconventional”, smiles Prabodh.

That’s not all – the gym will be providing free sponsorships of facilty and supplements to physically challenged and handicapped fitness athletes.

What’s more – on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, a  very noble initiative was also announced by Prabodh, to conduct free classes in English and other subjects, to underprivileged kids every Sunday afternoon for two hours in their parking area. All books, stationery, etc will be provided by the gym. “This is our humble way of giving back to society”, sums up Prabodh.

For more details, please visit : www.nitrro.in

Or contact : Tanaaz on +919146776027

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Adoption of ‘Phygital’ is the need of the hour: Netcore’s Martech Knowledge Exchange

Digital ad spends in India to grow by 30 per cent in 2017; brands would look at a adopting a full-stack marketing automation solution

Mumbai, 12^th October 2017: Netcore Solutions, India’s largest marketing automation solutions provider, today successfully organised the Martech Knowledge Exchange at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai. The event, which witnessed participation from leading financial services companies, saw marketing and analytics experts deliberating upon the importance of marketing automation solutions in increasing RoI, and customer lifetime value as well as reducing customer acquisition costs.

The line of experts at the event included leading names of the industry such as Pranav Arora, Principal – Accenture; Niranjan Kanade, Chief Business Officer- Accretion Marketing, Netcore Solutions; Dharmesh Sinha, Chief Manager Marketing, Axis Securities; Kunal Sakariya, Head Customer Analytics & Marketing Analytics, Netcore Solutions; Molly Kapoor, Head of Marketing, Birla Sun Life and VeerChand Bothra, CIO, Netcore Solutions.

In his presentation, Niranjan Kanade highlighted that India is currently experiencing a trend of ‘Consumer Parallelism’ where consumers adopt multiple avatars on different platforms during different times of the day. He elucidated upon why attaining an improved customer lifetime value requires an intuitive platform that helps you understand and engage the ever-changing customer.

Kanade added marketing automation is an essential and integral part of accretion marketing strategy of a company. “The digital advertising spends are expected to bounce back and grow at 30 per cent this year after a period of diminished growth curve. This growth in advertising and marketing spends will further fuel the adoption rate of marketing automation in the country as brands would look at a adopting a full-stack marketing automation solution rather than the current module-based approach,” he said. He also mentioned thatlack of skills, system complexity, data quality and readiness are the biggest challenges the CMOs have highlighted that has been hindering the implementation of marketing automation solutions.

Giving a crash course the importance of blending marketing and customer analytics, Kunal Sakaria highlighted that transactional, behavioural and demographic data summarisation is important for creating a unified view of the customer.

Echoing Sakaria’s statements, VeerChand Bothra commented, “How do you engage the ever-changing customer? Financial services in India have always had to be sold to the customer; it was never a ‘pull-service’. Therefore, the engagement that a customer has with the brand is not very frequent. Consequently, cross selling a service or product becomes very difficult. Unless the customer is engaged on the right channel, at the right time and with the right type of content, the true customer value always remains a distant dream. A full-stack solution offering a unified view of the customer is as much important as is deriving the right insights from the data using analytics.”

Adding to Bothra’s views, Pranav Arora of Accenture spoke about the growth of the BFSI sector in the recent times as well as the importance of adopting a ‘Phygital’ approach to customer engagement by blending physical and digital to create an ecosystem between the brand and consumer.

Concluding the sessions in her ‘firechat’, Molly Kapoor spoke about the changing customer mindset and the need for companies to adopt marketing technology to be enable to meet up to the expectation and demands of the consumers. She also shared how Birla Sun Life’s has been taking digital strides in this regards by highlighting its SIP Now (Sabse Important Plan) website, which helps understanding the customer journey cycle as well as advising the regular investors as per their financial planning requirements.

About Netcore Solutions

Netcore is India’s leading Marketing Technology Company that offers solutions for enterprises that redefine Digital Marketing & Enterprise Communication. The first and leading Marketing Automation Solution Provider in India, Netcore was established in 1998 by Mr. Rajesh Jain, an internet pioneer. Netcore’s Digital Marketing suite includes Promotional and Transactional Email Marketing, Mobile Marketing and Marketing Automation solutions. Netcore’s Enterprise Communication suite includes on-premise and on cloud messaging and archiving solutions.

Netcore serves a strong base of 3000+ enterprises across industry verticals, like Jet Airways, Thomas Cook, Clear Trip, HDFC, Kotak, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, UTI, Facebook, Reliance, Vodafone, Godrej , ITC, OLA, Pfizer, OLX along with International brands Seek Asia, Tokopedia, Blibli, Standard Chartered, FCMB, GT Bank and many more. Netcore, with its innovative marketing technology, delivers 5+ Billion emails a month, creating 7+ Billion Customer Connects (email/SMS/voice). Netcore is headquartered in Mumbai, India with an international presence and has an employee base of 450+ spread across 10 strategic locations.

For more information visit: https://netcore.in/

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Javed Akhtar recounts some untold events from Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s journey on Classic Legends Season 4

Classic Legends airs every Sunday at 7:00 PM on Zee Classic

A legendary music director duo whose collective journey spans over 54 years, Laxmikant–Pyarelal have created waves in Bollywood. A career which first started in the 1960s, their names have become synonymous with music and has never ceased to amaze ever since. And who better than Javed Akhtar to take viewers on a ride through Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s illustrious career?! This weekend, Zee Classic with its proposition ‘Woh Zamana Kare Deewana’, will highlight the many highs and few lows of Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s musical career in Bollywood on a special episode of Classic Legends Season 4 to air on Sunday 22^nd October 2017 at 7:00 PM.

Both Laxmikant and Pyarelal led a humble lifestyle during their childhood and were drawn to music at an early age. In fact, the duo first met over a game of cricket at Ranjit Studios in Mumbai. Their interaction thereon led to the birth of Laxmikant–Pyarelal, an iconic duo, as they took viewers on an awe inspiring musical expedition!

While Laxmikant-Pyarelal has composed music for over 635 films and 3810 songs, their first film together was Parasmani. All the songs of the film gained immensely popularity, especially Hasta Hua Noorani Chehra. What ensued thereon was a chain of hits like Dosti, Milan, Dream Girl, Saudagar, Mr. India and so on. Some of their hit compositions that people reminisce even today include Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi, Sawan Ka Mahina, Chitthi Aayi Hai, and Kaate Nahi Kat-te.

Charging half the prevalent rate in the industry, Laxmikant-Pyarelal were indebted to their mentors Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi who supported them and worked with them despite shoestring budgets. “For the film Bobby, when the stalwart director Raj Kapoor heard their composition, he bowed down to them in respect. In fact, he even said that Goddess Saraswati dwells within them,” recalls Javed Akhtar. Their dedication and passion towards their art transformed them from mere music directors to a ‘habit’ for leading directors and producers in their time.

What was the magic behind their successful compositions? How were their lives on the personal front?

For more on their journey, don’t miss Classic Legends Season 4 with Javed Akhtar on Sunday, 22^nd October 2017 at 7:00 PM only on Zee Classic!

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On the Global theme ‘Don’t Delay, Connect Today’ Sai Shree Hospital for Special Surgeries Celebrates World Arthritis Day’

To mark World Arthritis Day, which takes place globally on October 12, Sai Shree Hospital Special Surgeries hosts Walkathon event to raise awareness of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and to encourage physical activity among people in the community. It started from Hotel season Aundh to Sai Shree Hospital at 7.00am to 7.30am.

At the event Dr. Neeraj Adkar, Managing Director of Sai Shree Hospital for Special Surgeries Said, “Due to changing lifestyle, it is necessary to apply habit of daily exercise to prevent any disease and this year's global theme is 'Don't Delay, Connect Today’ so everyone should start to avoid future difficulties.” He further added that “Perfect and timely exercise is important, also avoid exercise too much.”

Around 180 to 200 citizens from all age groups had participated in the event, which was organised by Sai Shree Hospital for Special Surgeries in collaboration with Baner Balewadi Medicos Association, Sr. Citizen Association of Aundh, Aundh Baner Jeshth Nagarik Sangh and Association of Sr. Citizen of Pune.

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Pune’s K K Eye Institute honoured with the “Pride of Maharashtra” Award in the category of the “Best Eye Hospital”

It was a moment of great pride when Pune’s prestigious Eye hospital, K K Eye Institute was honoured with the “Pride of Maharashtra” Award in the category of the “Best Eye Hospital” at the Leadership Awards held at Pride Hotel in Pune, recently. The K K Eye Institute places top on its priority – the aspect of patient care and ethical medical practices.

The team comprises of eye doctors who are surgeons par excellence, committed to the Institute on a full time basis. They are specialized in different fields of eye care that aim to provide better sight for all age groups from children, to the young, to adults and the elderly.

With its facilities spread over 40000 sq feet of space at Koregaon Park, this eye hospital encompasses diagnosis and treatment of eye care ranging from simple spectacle powers, cataract surgeries to more complex retinal and cornea problems. 

 “What gives me deep happiness is that out of the one lakh and twenty thousand cataract surgeries we have performed, the many thousands of procedures and investigations carried out, the lakhs of consultations done, we stand tall in the fact that not a single one has been unwarranted and unnecessary!”  beamed the CEO, Ms. Renu Wadhwa, while accepting the award.

With a progressive vision of eye care, exceptional spirit of service and transparency, leading edge equipment and expert eye specialists, the K K Eye Institute has been moving ahead steadily on the pathway of a “quality with integrity” ideology.

For more details, please contact :

K K Eye Institute

Sight for the Sightless Initiative

7-9 Koregaon Park, Pune 411 001

Tel: 020-66099950/1

www.kkeyeinstitute.org

www.sightforthesightless.co.in

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