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Star Vijay to celebrate Kamal Hassan’s birthday
MUMBAI: If the Hindi Entertainment channels go ballistic over Big B’s birthday celebration, its time for the Tamil entertainment channel Star Vijay to turn on the camera for Tamil superstar Kamal Hassan’s birthday.
Star’s Tamil Entertainment channel has special plans to celebrate Hassan’s 49th Birthday today.
Winner of over three National Awards and 10 Filmfare awards, an actor-director-writer-producer Kamal Hassan has been awarded the Padmashree title. While he has over 200 films to his credit, he achieved a sort of stardom at the young age of three. He won the President’s gold medal for the best child artiste in the first film.
In a bid to build up the relations with the film industry, Vijay TV has slotted a wide array of special programs on the channel, from dawn to dusk, to celebrate the remarkable actor’s birthday, says a company release.
At 8:30am in the morning, Star’s Tamil channel started off the day long celebration with Hello Thamizha. The audience got a chance to wish Hassan live on his birthday, beside the programme featured some of Hassan’s hit songs and unforgettable scenes.
Throughout the day, the channel will be airing special fillers detailing the milestones in the actor’s life. Beside that there channel is flashing birthday wishes to the star all day long.
At 2:00 pm in the movie slotVelli Thirai, Kamal’s memorable silent comedy film Pesum Padam, which was dubbed as Pushpak for the Hindi Audience, starring himself alongside Amala will be featured on the channel.
Whilst the celebrations are on, the highlight of the day is Naayagan at 9:30pm, a one hour slot where Hassan will be sharing his life with the audience. Hassan will take the viewers through some known and some lesser-known episodes in his life, like the part where he worked as a barber in a saloon near his house.
Besides Hassan sharing his life, the programme will also showcase his dear and near ones like brother Charu Hassan, Balu Mahendra, K.Balachander, AVM Saravanan, R.C. Shakti talking about their memorable moments with him.
The channel, to wrap up the day, has a a special mock telephonic interview segment Saghalai vs Raghalai scheduled to air at 10.30 pm, which will showcases his career’s best comedy scenes.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
