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Zee cine awards 2004 to be held at Dubai Media City on 26 February
MUMBAI: Zee Cine Award, an award ceremony that celebrates excellence in the Indian Cinema is being held in association with Dubai Media City at Dubai on 26 February 2004.
Staged outside India for the first time, the awards will be held before an audience of over 8,000 and is supposed to reach an international television audience of hundreds of millions.
The four-hour event boasts of attendence from over 200 leading Indian film actors, actresses, producers, directors, music directors. The live performances from megastars including Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Lara Dutta, says a company release.
The winners willl be selected through a widely held voting process. Launched in 1998, the sixth edition of the awards will honour 32 winners in different categories.
Says Zee Cinema, and Special Projects Manager business head Yogesh Radhakrishnan, ” We are happy to announce that Zee Cine Awards will be held in Dubai this Year. Over the years Zee Cine Awards have encouraged brilliance and talent in the Indian film Industry since it was established. It is also a ceremony where the fans of Indian cinema eagerly vote for their favorite performances making it the most democratic awards of its kind.”
“The Indian film industry is now a global phenomenon with a fan base now extends not only to Indians, but to different nationalities of the world. This is why we have decided to move the awards from India to Dubai – a truly cosmopolitan and international setting for this prestigious event. Our focus to take Zee Cine Awards 2004 to the international platform is to showcase the best of Indian cinema to the world. With Zee Cine awards 2004 we will be able to provide the impetus of the crossover of the Indian cinema to the global audiences and delight the Indian Diaspora with the grandest celebration of the Indian cinema, ” adds Radhakrishnan.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
