Journey to the moon
Discovery channel, will premiere a one-hour special show titled Moonbound: India’s race to the Moon based on the exciting journey of TeamIndus on October 30 at 9 pm. The show captures the best of eventful and enlightening seven-year journey of a team which germinated with a group of friends coming together and went on to become TeamIndus.
It started in 2007 when The Google Lunar XPrize was announced — the largest incentivised space exploration challenge in human history. A small group of friends came together and coughed up personal resources to register last minute as the only Indian team in the global contest. This young enthusiast team, with no aerospace background, had the grit, the tenacity to take on the best in the world in their endeavour to win the $30 million, Google Lunar XPrize.
Conceived in a server room in Noida, Rahul Narayan helmed the whole challenge and took the first step of deciding to participate in this global lunar race. He started looking out for people who would join him out of sheer passion unaware about the challenges the team would face as the race would progress. An inhouse robotic rover named Ek Choti si Asha was designed with the Ackerman steering concept and a deployable masthead.
To know more, watch one-hour special series.
Indian Idol contentant bags song
Renu Nagar, the first woman contestant from Rajasthan to reach top eight in Sony Entertainment Television’s singing reality show Indian Idol 10, has got her first break in Bollywood.
The 22-year-old contestant from Alwar, has not only won the heart of her mentor and judges Neha Kakkar, and Vishal Dadlani but also has found a fan in none other than the singing sensations Salim-Sulaiman Merchant. Renu rendered a melodious performance on Ishq Sufiyana which impressed everyone on the sets including the guest judges on the show. The duo were so impressed with her voice that they offered her a new song.
Salim, says: “Renu has an incredible voice which is really powerful and all the music directors are always in search of such a unique voice. You have a new and distinct voice and we would love to compose a new song for you. The more love and power that you give to your voice, you’ll get better. We would love it if you sing a song for us.”
Watch Indian Idol 10 on Saturday & Sunday at 8 pm on Sony Entertainment Television
Zee Rishtey Awards
Zee TV is getting a real-life couple Priya Singh and Sunny Kakkar married in their prestigious annual awards property — Zee Rishtey Awards. Watch everyone's favorite beta-betis, mummy-daddies, mami-chachis and devar-bhabhis from the Zee Parivaar turn baraatis for Zee TV’s Ki Beti Ki Shaadi and dance up a storm at the pre-wedding festivities ranging from the roka to sangeet to the mehendi ceremony. At this year’s award ceremony, the channel also continues its pioneering initiative of awarding competition and it was Kulfi Kumar Bajewala, Nagin and Aladdin that picked up the honors.
This year Mohit won the Zee Rishton Ki Parakh award for his performance in Kulfi Kumar Bajewala after a gap of almost four years! Previously he had won the ‘Favorite Khalnayak’ award for his show Doli Armaanon Ki on Zee Rishtey Awards in 2014, which incidentally was his first-ever award! Mohit felt very nostalgic as he went up with his adorable co-stars, Aakriti Sharma and Myra Singh from the show.
Addressing the audience after receiving the award, Mohit said, “I am so happy to be here once again. Rishton Ki Parakh Karna Toh Koi Zee Se Seekhe! This is the same platform where I received my first-ever award and today here I am again celebrating yet another win. Thank you, Zee TV and Zee Rishtey Awards, it means a lot to me.”
