NEW YORK: Get ready to laugh your way through the weekend! Sony Entertainment Television Asia (Set Asia) is kicking off its second season of Comedy Ka Baadshah on Saturday, June 16 at 9:30 pm EDT

NEW YORK: The Bhatts' Awarapan will make its international foray in the US, UK and UAE and some other conventional overseas markets. In a recent development, Studio 18 has succeeded in clinching a deal to release Awarapan in Spain.

NEW YORK: The Bollywood Movie Awards 2007 for outstanding achievements and performances in Indian cinema reeled out top Bollywood stars and glittering performances on May 26 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York.

TORONTO: Aftab Shivdasani, the popular Bollywood star who was in the recent thriller 'Red: The Dark Side' (opposite Celina Jaitley and Amrita Arora), will be the Guest of Honor at the 17th Annual Miss India-Canada event.

NEW YORK: In an innovative move of its kind for the Indian motion picture industry, Virgin Comics, and India's leading motion picture studio, Studio 18 announced the formation of a new production relationship to create a slate of teen horror properties for films, television, games and publishing.

NEW YORK: EchoStar Communications Corporation and its Dish Network satellite South Asian & Urdu TV programming service announced the launch of a nationwide sweepstakes campaign.

MEXICO CITY: A 20-year-old dancer from Japan who wants to someday open an international dance school, was crowned on Monday as Miss Universe 2007, while Miss India Puja Gupta failed to make it to the top five.

Legendry Asha Bhonsle and Sonu Nigam combined to enthrall at a sellout concert at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City last weekend.

NEW YORK: A Mighty Heart, the movie based on the story of Daniel Pearl, starring Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman -- and for the desi connection - Irrfan Khan, opens in theaters across North America on June 22.

NEW YORK: Roopa Vohra is truly a woman of substance. India's one and only revivalist & couture jeweler, she stands far apart from the maddening crowd.