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Wizcraft to unveil ‘The Unforgettable Tour’ with film stars on 18 July
MUMBAI: Wizcraft International Entertainment is set to unveil “The Unforgettable Tour” on 18 July.
Conceptualised and promoted by Wizcraft, the tour (explained to be “an extravaganza of Indian Cinema‘s magic”), will set its first leg across 10 cities namely Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Trinidad & Tobago, Houston, Atlantic City, New York, Vancouver, London and Amsterdam.
Wizcraft director Viraf Sarkari said, “Indian cinema today, is highly sought after, across the world. The tour brings together, for the first time, the biggest film stars of Indian Cinema on one platform and is definitely a dream come true for millions across the globe. ‘The Unforgettable Tour‘ promises to bring alive Indian Cinema‘s magic on a global stage and will truly be a spectacle that needs to be seen to be believed.”
“The Unforgettable Tour” will bring together Bollywood‘s Bachchan family that includes Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan said,” The tour is an expression to show our gratitude to the fans of Indian cinema across the globe. It is a privilege to be on a platform that is committed to create thrilling performances for our fans across the globe.”
” It will be doubly joyous for me because I‘ll have my family and some of India‘s most sought after actors joining this tour. I am keenly looking forward to this tour which is truly going to be an “unforgettable” experience for the fans of Indian Cinema”, he added.
Actors Preity Zinta and Ritesh Deshmukh will also be a part of this “extravaganza”.
Each city that the tour travels to will have one celebrity guest performer. While Akshay Kumar will be performing in Toronto, Madhuri Dixit will perform in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Atlantic City, New York and Vancouver.
Dixit said, “I am thrilled to be a part of such a splendid event that promises to promote Indian Cinema on a global platform. An event of such a magnitude will surely be something to look out for and I am eagerly looking forward to it.”
The performances will be choreographed by Shiamak Davar and the music will be provided by Vishal and Shekhar.
Through this event, Wizcraft aims to put Indian cinema on a global platform, thereby acting as a catalyst to the integration of the Indian film industry with the world.
Also, an interactive website, theunforgettabletour.com, has been created to promote the tour. The site will allow film fans to blog and browse through star photo galleries, contests and “opportunities to win or buy star-endorsed merchandise.”
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
