Music and Youth
Zoom and Philips launch ‘Thank God It’s Fryday’ season 2
MUMBAI: Bollywood and lifestyle channel from the Times Network stable, Zoom is leaving no stone unturned in strengthening its content, in keeping with the revamp strategy.
The channel is all set to bring back the season 2 of its food fashion show, Philips Air Fryer Thank God It’s Fryday with chef Ranveer Brar, this August. The show that will travel to eight cities, including Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Goa and Amritsar will bring to the viewers the local cuisine of the region combining it with health, style and fashion.
Times Network MD & CEO M K Anand said, “Zoom is connected closely with its premium audiences who are driven in their pursuit of a stylish and fulfilling lifestyle. Philips Air Fryer Thank God It’s Fryday helps them in their quest, as it shows them ways to keep their diet healthy even as they happily enjoy tasty, fried food. This is why we are particularly pleased to launch season 2, in which it will offer even more engaging, entertaining and extremely useful and relevant content to our viewers.”
Philips India president consumer lifestyle ADA Ratnam added, “Thank God It’s Fryday was a truly innovative concept that seamlessly brought together food, fitness and travel to create a very interesting story. As expected, the audience loved its first edition in 2014 and were left hungry for more. This year, once again, Philips Airfryer is joining hands with Zoom to explore more cities and more cuisines to create interesting stories that the audiences will love. And it is not just stories – we have received tremendous response from people trying the innovative recipes and re-discovering tasty, healthy food. Like everyone else, we are also looking forward to Chef Ranveer once again creating magic with his trusted companion Philips Airfryer.”
What’s new in season 2
This season the show will have a new format, new fried flavours, and most important, a host of healthy and delicious new regional delicacies created in the Philips Airfyer.
Season 2 will also feature a new fusion of cooking and photography. The chef and his photographer friend will travel to different cities around the country, exploring various local delicacies and new fried flavours. Chef Ranveer will recreate a healthy version of the same dish in the Philips Airfryer, but with an interesting twist to create a new fusion dish.
Brar said, “In today’s world of stress and convenience, where well-being and health have become all the more important, a gadget like the Philips Airfryer, along with Thank God It’s Fryday, brings back well-being into our lives, and with style.”
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
