Ajivasan's ACT with Suresh Wadkar, Padma Wadkar, Sonu Nigam, Vijay Prakash et al explores art, commerce and technology of music Ajivasan ACT takes music to newer heights

Suresh Wadkar’s Ajivasan Music Academy has taken a new initiative to spread awareness and knowledge around Music. The idea is to get music lovers to hear from various music professionals about their journey, challenges, career options and exciting nuances.

Ajivasan ACT is an initiative that aims at highlighting the Art, Commerce and Technology (ACT) of Music.
This event has multiple panel discussions with celebrities and professionals, along with master classes with experts and a thrilling music concert.
Besides Suresh Wadkar and moderator Padma Wadkar, The panelists include Padmashri Sonu Nigam, Vijay Prakash, Shreyas Puranik, Yashraj Mukhate, Mohini Dey, Nirmika Singh, Gauri Yadwadkar, Saaveri Verma, Aditya Dev, Vinayak Netke, Nikita Bharani, Avanti Nagral among others.
The titles, All About Music, Women In Music and Journey Of A Song give a new perspective to music, through the eyes of industry veterans. Siddarth Kannan is the Master of Ceremonies.

CINTAA conducts acting masterclass with Lilliput

On the 26th of August 2022, CINTAA, in affiliation with  writer Liliput, conducted a masterclass open to members as well as non-members, where he advised actors on traversing through each step of their career as well as improving their repertoire.

During the course of the masterclass, Lilliput talked about his love for acting that started in his school years in Gaya, how he let that passion guide him in his journey, the inspirations he had throughout his career and the things he saw change in the industry. He then related his anecdotes to the issues the aspiring actors would face in their career as well. He talked about how his dwarfism made him stronger, as he had to become able to laugh off the discrimination that he faced to be able to work comfortably among it. He also talked about observing early on in his career that it is easy to act physically handicapped, to act lame or blind for example, but dwarfism is not something an able-bodied person can mimic so easily, as there is no actual disability in most, just a smaller stature. He then asked the audience, all actors or aspiring actors to perform a given scene, and gave them each advice on how to make themselves felt more clearly.

This masterclass was conducted in the presence of members Tinaa Ghaai, Abhay Bhargava, Sanjay Bhatia and Satish Vasan among others at the CINTAA office in Andheri.

जहांगीर आर्ट गैलरी में रूपकुमार राठौड़, लेस्ली लुईस, काव्या जोन्स ने संजुक्ता अरुण की इनटू द दीप की शोभा बढ़ाई

प्रसिद्ध कलाकार संजुक्ता अरुण कहती हैं, "यह मत भूलो कि पृथ्वी आपके नंगे पैरों को महसूस करने में प्रसन्न है और हवाएं आपके बालों के साथ खेलने के लिए लंबी हैं," जिनकी वर्तमान प्रदर्शनी 'इनटू द डीप' 30 अगस्त से 5 सितंबर तक जहांगीर आर्ट गैलरी, काला घोड़ा में आयोजित की जा रही है। प्रदर्शन पर श्रृंखला प्रकृति की सुंदरता और महत्व को सामने लाती है और धरती माता को बचाने के लिए, वेक-अप कॉल में भाग लेने की आवश्यकता होती है।

"हमारे पर्यावरण के बारे में जागरूकता पैदा करना अत्यधिक महत्व का है क्योंकि यह औद्योगिकीकरण, प्रदूषण और आधुनिकीकरण के कारण ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के कारण होने वाले विनाश के कारण होने वाले नुकसान को कम करने में मदद कर सकता है," एट अल संजुक्ता को दर्शाता है।

 "मेरी वर्तमान श्रृंखला अपने असंख्य रंगों में प्रकृति की सुंदरता पर केंद्रित है। यह समय है कि हम महसूस करें कि हमारा अस्तित्व पूरी तरह से इस बात पर निर्भर करता है कि हम अपने ग्रह की देखभाल कैसे करते हैं।"

संजुक्ता अरुण की प्रदर्शनी में नफीसा खोराकीवाला, डॉ हाबिल खोराकीवाला, रूपकुमार राठौड़, विजय दर्डा, लेस्ली लुईस, काव्या जोन्स, डॉ अनिल काशी मुरारका, पृथ्वी सोनी, पद्मनाभ बेंद्रे, राजेंद्र पाटिल, विनोद शर्मा, अजॉयकांत रुइया, अरुण अरोड़ा, विजय लाजर, नयना कनोजिया, विजय कलंत्री, रूपा नाइक, पपिया दास, बनमाली दास, सुनीति कुकरनी, रेणु आर्य के आलावा और भी कई आर्टिस्ट शामिल थे ।

शारवरी वाघ, बृंदा मिलर, संजोग कबरे, चंदा जाधव, शशि बाला ने एमवीपी परियोजना विजेताओं की घोषणा की

काला घोड़ा एसोसिएशन के सहयोग से बीएमसी द्वारा शुरू की गई एमवीपी परियोजना में कल शारवरी वाघ, बृंदा मिलर, संजोग कबरे - डीएमसी स्पेशल, चंदा जाधव - उप द्वारा घोषित दो विजेताओं को देखा गया। नगर आयुक्त, शशि बाला, बिजनेस हेड एमसीजीएम सहित अन्य। पहला पुरस्कार साईसमर्थ मुले के मूल ट्रैक द मुंबई धनक के लिए टीम टिकल टॉकीज को मिला, जबकि दूसरा पुरस्कार टीम थिंकिंग मोड द्वारा मूल ट्रैक मुंबा के लिए डी एमसी एंड डी'विल द्वारा प्राप्त किया गया। आरजे अपूर्वा एमसी थे, जूरी सदस्य निर्मिका सिंह - संपादक, द रोलिंग स्टोन मैग और संगीत निर्देशक मिलिंद जोशी भी उपस्थित थे।

CINTAA teams up with CPAA Rotary Club of Mumbai Airport District 3141 to organise free medical camp on Independence Day, Anupam Kher attends and shows support

To commemorate our Nation's 75 years of Independence, a milestone number, as the day where we get freedom from ill health with preventive checkups, actor Anupam Kher inaugurated the CINTAA-CPAA Medical camp at CINTAA office, Andheri West, in the presence of members Amit Behl, Abhay Bhargava, Deepak Qazir, Kejriwal, Ravi Jhankal, young actor Vardhan Puri, Anita Peter from CPAA, Rajiv Puri and Rotary Club President Suvendu Mishra. Anupam Kher himself came to the camp and got his primary check up done. While talking to the media, he said, "I appreciate this noble initiative of CINTAA and  as well as The Rotary Club of Mumbai Airport 31412 that is benefiting the common man." Apart from this, Anupam Kher gave his full support to PM Narendra Modi's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and said, "I appreciate Modi ji's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and I am seeing every house, every street, people are following this campaign. I have never seen such a big campaign before and this patriotism and spirit should come from within. Women power should be respected".

This initiative from CINTAA is one of the welfare activities coupled with our deep concern for the wellbeing of its members.

"As a member centric association for the actors, we truly stand committed and united with our thousands of members at all times," avered CINTAA General Secretary and Spokesperson Amit Behl. Attended by more than 350 members, the medical camp saw doctors taking members' complete body checkup, including weight, pulse, blood pressure, ECG, eye checkup, gynaecological checkup, dental check-up besides cancer detection. Apart from this, the camp also saw a session on the ill-effects of smoking.

All in all, a move to illustrate that prevention is better than cure.

The CINTAA-CPAA camp was supported by The Rotary Club of Mumbai Airport District 3141.

Mumbaikar Lalit Patil captures slums and immortalises their landscape in his canvas

Parvez Damania, Sudharak Olwe, Madhushree, Rupali Suri,  Rusha Madhwani, Anusha Srinivasan  Iyer, Sanjay Nikam inaugurate Lalit Patil's Landscape of Identities at Jehangir Art Gallery

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Lalit Patil, a Mumbaikar visual artist from three decades, is a Slum Star in his own right. He actually converts slums into timeless masterpieces.
His exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Gallery 3,  titled Landscape of Identities was inaugurated by Padma Shri Sudharak Olwe, art collector Parvez Damania, playback singer Madhushree and her composer husband Robby Badal, actress Rupali Suri, celeb nutritionist Rusha Madhwani and director-egalitarian earth warrior Anusha Srinivasan Iyer, sculptor-curator Sanjay Nikam among others.

 The artist in Lalit Patil spends his free time not just observing the city, but looks at the slums as his inspiration. "Munbai is a complex place -- it makes space for the denizens that flow into the city and makes them its own. Whether it be with its buildings,  slums and people, they are all enveloped by Mumbai," avers Patil.
The structure of the slums hold a strange fascination for the artist. Says he, "Slums have  an unexpected structure wherein they are houses enveloping the area, with light passing through  darkness, forming shapes. These. Structures  in juxtaposition with huge buildings in the background have their own story to tell. They define the metaphase if the city." This structure of complexity and abstract form replete with human emotion and the bond to stay alive keeps the city alive as much. It is this emotional aspect in the  landscape that excites me most."

Unlike others, Patil prefers spot paintings. He actually visits the slums and captures each moment he experiences in his frozen frames. "Each stroke represents an emotion for me," he enthuses.  Patil's conceptual work titled 'Landscape of Identities' is such that  every piece of art has its own definition, a tale, an identity.  He has even made special sections where scrap creates its own canvas. "I believe my works strongly define me, you, the people of Mumbai, us," he concludes.

 

The Music Video Project (MVP) by MCGM with Kala Ghoda Arts Festival brings to you a celebration of our diverse, creative and inclusive city of Mumbai, The Music Video Project (MVP) Kick Off, powered by 48 Hour Film Project kicked off with dignitaries on July 29, at 5pm at Rude Lounge, Powai with 12 musicians, 70 film teams.

An initiative of Mumbai --  City of  Film and UNESCO -- Member of The Creative Cities Network, the music curated by Wobble Creative and Content  Channel Partner -- Pocket Films, the event saw a bevy of dignitaries including
 Brinda Miller,  
 Vivek Bhimanwar, IAS, MD -- Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Limited,  Satish Vasan representing CINTAA, Shashi Bala, Preeti  Gopalakrishnan, Yogi Chopra,  RJ Meera, among others.
All in all, an exciting beginning indeed...