Music and Youth
SS Music unveils ‘VJ Factor 2’
MUMBAI: The Chennai-headquartered music channel Southern Spice Music in association with Parachute After Shower Hair Cream has launched VJ Factor 2, a hunt for channel VJs in South India. Commencing from 3 October 2005, the VJ hunt will travel to seven cities in South India including Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Trivandrum and Vishakhapatnam.
The finals will be held in Chennai later towards mid-November 2005. Panel of Judges will include channel VJs, music directors, photographers, cine stars and city’s socialites. To ensure that the message gets to the target prospects, S S Music has planned road shows, prominent hoardings and placed dispensers at convenient locations such as cinema theatres, music retail and book stores, railway and bus stations to dispense application forms as also boxes for collecting completed applications, states an official release.
Associate sponsors the channel has roped in for the show include Eyetex Dazler, Gillete Series Shave Gel, Samsung X 620, Vicks Cough Drops and Wrigley’s Orbit.
SS Music creative head Brayn Oliver Peppin says, “Southern Spice Music constantly reviews the pulling power of their programs and plans to phase out programs on the wane in favor of newer programs from time to time. New programs such as the Virtual Request, Connect, Game Station, LifeStyle, Career Shows launched in the recent past have gone on to generate significant TRPs and good response from our viewers. With newer programs, each of the new VJs will be able to build their own character and relationships and thus increase the acceptability of the programs with newer audiences”.
The schedule:
Coimbatore: Roadshow: 4 October / Auditions: 5 October – 6 October
Kochi: Roadshow: 8 October / Auditions: 9 October – 10 October
Trivandrum: Roadshow: 12 October / Auditions: 13 October – 14 October
Bangalore: Roadshow: 18 October / Auditions: 19 October – 20 October
Hyderabad: Roadshow: 22 October / Auditions: 23 October – 24 October
Vizag: Roadshow: 27 October / Auditions: 28 October – 29 October
Chennai: Roadshow: 8 November / Auditions: 9 November – 10 November
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.
