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Lycra MTV Style Awards to air on 28 October
| India’s most stylish & the most talked about show Lycra® MTV Style Awards is back! Watch Out for the telecast on October 28th 2005 starting 7.30 p.m. only on MTV – the red carpet, the performances, the fashion extravaganza…
Watch India’s hottest young designers’ (Aparna Chandra, Anamika Khanna, Narendra Kumar and Raghavendra Rathore) show-stopping fashion shows coupled with performances by musicians Bombay Rockers, Dr. Zeus, Swami, Ashu, Dhruv and Kailash Kher. All in all, this is one visual extravaganza not to be missed! Catch some of your favourite stars in all their style – Feroz Khan, Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley, Dia Mirza, Sanjay Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Malaika Arora Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Waluscha & Marc Robinson, Poonam Dhillon, Neelam, Sushma Reddy, Mandira Bedi, Sonu Nigam and Usha Uthup amongst many others.  So grab that remote control and stay alert as the Style Gurus of the Lycra MTV Style Awards march across your screen on: Friday, October 28th 2005 at 7.30 p.m. only on MTV Enjoy! For further information, please contact: Ashwin Shetty / Ambika Maitra |
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Devika Prabhu joins Sony Pictures Networks India as business head – Hindi movies
Former Disney Star executive returns to SPNI to steer the network’s Hindi movie business
MUMBAI: Devika Prabhu is heading back to familiar turf. The veteran media executive has joined Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) as business head – Hindi movies, marking a return to the broadcaster where she began her early leadership journey.
Prabhu announced the move on LinkedIn, calling it both a new beginning and a homecoming. Earlier in her career, she spent several years at SPNI—then Multi Screen Media—working on strategic planning for Sony Entertainment Television.
The appointment brings to SPNI a media strategist with more than 25 years of experience across content, programming, brand strategy and platform growth. Most recently, Prabhu served at Disney Star as vice-president and business head – kids, youth and infotainment TV, where she led the Disney Kids and National Geographic portfolios following the Disney–Fox merger.
During her tenure, she oversaw a Rs 400-crore P&L while pushing digital expansion, partnerships and operational efficiencies. Earlier roles at Disney Star included leadership across programming, acquisitions, marketing and product strategy for multiple networks, including the UTV movie channels and youth brands.
Prabhu’s career has also spanned building cross-platform intellectual property, developing kids and family content ecosystems, and forging international format partnerships. She was closely involved in bringing global formats and franchises to Indian audiences and is widely credited with helping shape India’s anime fandom into a mainstream youth phenomenon.
At SPNI, she will now lead the Hindi movies business at a time when film channels are rethinking their role in a fragmented viewing landscape. With audiences discovering cinema across television, streaming and digital platforms, the challenge is not just programming films but reimagining how they reach viewers.
Prabhu believes movies still hold a unique cultural power, sparking conversations and creating shared moments long after the credits roll.
Now back where part of her journey began, she is set to write the next act, this time from the business seat of Hindi movie television. Lights, camera, strategy.
