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Signature Island by Sunteck Realty celebrates 33 years of Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla
MUMBAI: Sunteck Realty, India’s luxury realty brand, curated an exclusive Signature Evening to celebrate the 33-year long fabulousness of ace couturiers – Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla – in association with India Sotheby's International Realty and Moët & Chandon. Sunteck Realty reinforced its commitment to create an unmatched living experience and a luxury lifestyle through the high-octane fashion show at Signature Island, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
The ‘Signature Evening’ unfolded at Signature Island, an iconic luxury landmark in the heart of India’s financial capital, BKC. Signature Island residences are not just homes, but a philosophy of perfection and an address cherished by leading business tycoons and the elite. These duplex residences, which are marketed by India Sotheby’s International Realty, offer the discerning few supreme luxury with every intricate detail being a masterpiece of precision and craftsmanship to ensure comfort and flawless luxury.
Signature Island coins every element of everlasting style that is synonymous to the sovereign lifestyle of its residents. Driven by a taste for finer things in life, Signature Island offers only what is truly desired by its residents. The architectural elements like open-to-sky atriums and column-less structure embodies modern design aesthetics, that allows every inch of individual homes to suit their panache. Unique privileges – that the power address offers – are exclusive access to world-renowned hospitality and concierge services, specially curated rejuvenation spaces and utmost privacy to the residents.
Commenting on occasion, Mr. Kamal Khetan, Chairman and Managing Director, Sunteck Realty Ltd said, “Sunteck started its journey with the aim to create the most iconic and luxurious realty brand in India. We believe in adding utmost value to our customers, patrons and shareholders in whatever we do. Signature Evening is a special initiative, conceived and designed to enhance the living experience at our premium luxury brand, ‘Signature Island’, BKC.”
“We are delighted to celebrate this milestone with Sunteck Realty’s landmark creation Signature Island. We share a mutual vision, reverence for excellence and a love for luxury”, added Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.
The special initiative laced the phenomenon of address extraordinaire to the crème da le crème genre through a high-octane fashion show where the models and dancers weaved together to narrate the duo’s exemplary work in fashion. The show was a marathon of bright neons, flirtatious candies, elegant black and fifty shades of white. The 3D tailoring details, implacable embroideries, dazzling embellishments and legendary chikankari set the surface of an ensemble affair with beauty. The evening also witnessed a debut of a brand-new collection ‘MARD’ by Abu and Sandeep that exuded a spirit of swagger and a stand apart style.
“We wanted to design and create a mood at this show which allowed the imagination to soar along with our creative expression. It’s a very special milestone for us. A celebration of the Circle of Style and our creativity. Any design revolution is ultimately a return. You reinvent and hone and aspire to break the bar you have already set and in doing so, that circle of expression is made bigger and ever more beautiful. This collection is a symphony of ranges, a fluid flow of melodious creativity. Ultimately this collection is an expression of experimentation. It is in our DNA as artists to always tell many stories through a single show. At the heart of our design expression are multiple dreams brought to a single reality. We are always restless, ever enthused by a desire to break boundaries and make the impossible, reality. This collection sees a new birth as we celebrate our own history and write the future. We are reaching out, challenging ourselves in our continuing mission for beauty. This collection is our creative vision for the future. It is a statement of our commitment to reinvent ourselves, to reach ever higher, to set a new standard of expression.” Abu & Sandeep added further.
Speaking about the collaboration, Samir Saran, Managing Partner, India Sotheby’s International Realty said – “We are delighted to bring two extraordinary brands together – Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla and Sunteck Realty Ltd, to celebrate the circle of life. This association resonates with our ethos to provide our clients with an exceptional experience which is at the core of everything we do.”
Moët & Chandon added that extra sparkle to the star studded evening, proudly celebrating the 150th anniversary of its iconic Moët Impérial, an important milestone in the journey of a global icon of celebration. The French Champagne House’s signature Brut champagne that has epitomized its unwavering commitment to excellence. On choosing to partner with the Signature Evening, a celebration of timelessness, Stephane de Meurville, Managing Director, Moët Hennessy India said that, “Moët & Chandon is a celebration of the savoir-faire and heritage of pleasure, elegance and glamour that has defined the House since 1743. Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla are international trendsetters and their body of work over 33 years truly embodies the essence of the brand. Moët & Chandon is proud to associate with them as we believe that they are as dedicated to the pursuit of excellence as we are”. Imperial in grandeur, historic in trajectory, authentic in flavor, Moët Impérial is recognized today as a symbol of what the Champagne region brings to the world, a “must be” component of life’s memorable moments, similar to what the iconic designer duo has to offer with their impeccable collection.
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
