BRAZIL GOES BOLLYWOOD with FANAA

Fanaa is being taken to Brazilian cinemas to woo audiences on the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema.The Kajol-Aamir Khan starrer is the first film to open in 25 different mainstream cinema halls throughout the large Brazilian territory in hopes that the audience will become acquainted with Bollywood cinema and develop a taste for it. If the film does well in its first week, it will continue to run for a second week and possibly increase its screenings to 40 cinemas. The project of its release has been led by Dinesh Sinha and Andre Nascimento, who are at the head of Bollywood Filmes, the new and very first distributor of Indian films in Latin America. They are being supported by the Sao Paulo Center for Indian Culture, Yash Raj, Bollywood Brazil, Mistika and Social Media i9. The Brazilian trailer for the 6 year old film has been created to attract the Brazilian audience.

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KAILASH KHER sings for FIFA World Cup 2010

The FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa is preparing to kick off next June and one of Indian cinema's better known playback singers, Kailash Kher, of  'Allah ke Bande', 'Chand Sifarish' ('Fanaa') and more recently 'Delhi 6' and 'Kaminey' fame has been requested to record three songs for the event. He is therefore currently in Los Angeles getting this accomplished. Kher will record one solo track of his inspiration and will collaborate in two additional tracks with Algerian singer Khaled, known for his worldwide hit 'Aicha', as well as with Flying Machine and Nigerian singer King Sunny Ade. Production is in charge of the official sponsors of the soccer event: T-Mobile and Fender Guitars.

The songs shall be released in April 2010 and will constitute Kher's first independent work following his band, Kailasa's, acclaimed third album: 'Kailasa Chaandan Mien' (Kailasa in Moonlight) and their recent successful US tour.

Here is wishing the earthy voice of Kher and his team deep inspiration and success.