Music and Youth
‘Paowan’ on Hungama TV
MUMBAI: The newly launched kids’ channel Hungama TV will showcase a new programme namely Paowan from 29 September. This programme will be beamed as a bi-weekly and air on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm.
The show depicts the story of a horse named ‘Paowan’, who sometimes thinks he’s Shah Rukh Khan, says Mahrru Shaikh, who has written and co-produced the show and is also the creative head of the show, informs the official communique.
She adds that it is a story about a 10 year old boy – Rahul who has a fascination for horses. “It so happened that when he was a child, he lost his father, who was a jockey, in a racing accident and ever since then has been kept away from horses by his mother. But then Paowan enters his life and changes it forever. The two are also joined by Tara, another 10-year-old and a dwarf and together they form a clique which gets onto some Enid Blyton-like adventures. It’s a fun, exciting show,” Mahrru added.
Mahrru says that they have got a trained horse from Pappu Verma, the action director. “We don’t know how, but it behaves as if it were Shah Rukh Khan,” noted the company release. The show is jointly produced by Creative Eye and Mediatrack.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
