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Bollywood Fashion Awards to be held on 30 April
MUMBAI: The fourth International Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards 2004 is taking place tonight at Xanadu, Trump Taj Mahal and Casino, Atlantic City, USA. The announcement was made on 29 April.
Top International designers, ravishing models and the hottest celebrities are gathering in the award ceremony to honour the colliding worlds of fashion and entertainment. This is the fourth event of such an International stature honouring the outstanding achievements of Indian fashion designers for the year 2003, confirms a press release.
Aashna Patel and Padmalakshmi are going to be the host for the night. The organisers have roped in performers like Reggie Benjamin, ARROW – Alphonsus Cassell and America’s sexiest belly twins Veena Neena for the show.
In addition to the awards, the ceremony will also see models like Aditi Govitrikar, Mehek Chanchal, Tania Soni, Anjali Lavania, Nikita Anand, Ritu Kamal, Ujjawala Raut, Aryan Vaid, Shahwar Ali, Tejaswani Kolhapure, Amit Gaur and Zulfi Sayed amongst others, on ramp with the collections of leading designers Manish Malhotra, JJ Valaya and Alia Khan.
Commenting on the awards, The UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya said, “The Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Award is yet another step in the direction of keeping its commitment and promoting fashion not just in India but Internationally. These awards provide a platform for Indian designers and Indian fashion to be showcased Internationally.”
Founder of the Bollywood Fashion Awards Sonia Dandona seems to be thrilled at the line-up: “Ravishing models, stylish celebrities, and awesome performances.It’s going to be a spectacular night.”
Kingfisher as a brand has been closely associated with the world of fashion. It went international by sponsoring International Fashion Shows of some of the known names of the Indian fashion industry such as Ritu Beri, Rohit Bal and Tarun Tahiliani. Now Kingfisher steps into the world of Bollywood by holding the Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards.
The aim of the event is to stimulate creativity amongst the world’s most talented fashion designers and to bring awareness to India’s most remarkable fashion industry.
Awards will be given for the best collections as well as to Indian celebrities who display outstanding sense of individual style.
Some of the celebrities attending the show include Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Kareena Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Hema Malini, Tanisha, Jimmy Shergill, Rajesh Khanna, Shankar Mahadevan and Chithra amongst others.
ARY digital networks will be the official channel to cover the event. The channel will air it on 30 April and 1 May 2004.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
