from Rons Bantwal
for Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai (SM)
Mumbai, Jul 27: Vikas Kalantri and Pooja Ghai of White Leaf Entertainment and Anuj Saxena of Maverick Productions Private Limited recently announced their joint venture ‘The Gold Awards’ - the first-ever global television awards.
Speaking at a press conference at Hyatt Regency, Andheri here, the two firms jointly announced the first-ever global television awards, with a view to recognizing outstanding achievements, both in popular as well as technical branches and crafts.
Almost the entire TV industry and film celebs landed to show their support for this exciting new venture as the press conference was followed by an dazzling get-together attended by a galaxy of stars and celebrities like Shatrugan Sinha with wife, Mithun Chakraborty, Urvashi Dholakia, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Shekhar Suman, Ravi Kishen, Rajpal Yadav, Dippshika, Manav Gohil, Sweta Kawatra, Mreenal Deshraj, Vikas Sethi, Prachi Pandey, Hussain with wife Tina, Ali Asgar, Juhi Parmar, Ninad Kamat, Reshmi Ghosh, Manav Naik, Kadambari, Bhagyashree, Indraneil and Barkha Bisht, Amit Verma, Manish Goswami, Bakul Thakkar, Usha Bacchani, Nikhil Arya, Rajesh Khera, Sooraj Thapar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Manish Goswami, Anupam Bhattacharya, Chavi Mittal with husband Mohit, Shital Thakkar, Amar Upadhayay, Rakesh Paul, Parmeet Sethi, Archana Puran Singh, Bhavna Balsaver, Deepak Parasher, Rupali Ganguly, Amit Behl, Nasir Qazi, Bobby Darling, Vaibhavi Behl, Amit Sana, Mickey Dudhani and Dimple Inamdar amonsgt others.
The stars partied till the wee hours of the morning and were most excited about these Awards going global.
Vikaas Kalantri and Pooja Ghai of White Leaf Entertainment on occasion of this new venture said "We are very excited about this new venture, as for the first time Television Awards will be taken to a global level. These awards are an opportunity to carry out the activity both on a National as well as International level and we are very much looking forward to the Awards in September."
Adding to it Anuj Saxena of Maverick Productions Private Limited said "I am glad to be a part of this event along with Vikas and Pooja. It’s time the television industry gets the international recognition, it deserves. We are sure, ‘Gold Awards’ will be a success not only now but even in years to come."
The Gold Awards will be held on September 8, in Mauritius. It consists of an honorable panel of jury consisting of the following greats: Ravi Chopra (Producer-director), Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri (acators), Subhash Awate (joint commissioner of police, Mumbai) and Gita Hari (journalist and editor of Gold Magazine).
These are awards, which are for the industry and by the industry. They will have voting carried through the medium of mobile vans which would run across the city therefore ensuring even the technical crew to vote, right from the spot boys to actors, including the directors, writers and producers.
About the organizers White Leaf Entertainment
White Leaf Entertainment is a company formed by Pooja Ghai and Vikas Kalantri, two like-minded people, with the sole intention of putting thoughts into reality. The company specializes in conceptualizing and executing events with an enthusiastic and dedicated team of professionals backed by tremendous experience in the field of entertainment.
Pooja Ghai (director), an actor by profession, has worked in television soaps and commercials for the last eight years. She has loads and loads of experience in the creative field and looks after the creative part of the company. Vikas Kalantri (Director), an actor by profession, has worked in films. He looks after the marketing perspective of the company.
Maverick Productions Private Limited
'Maverick Productions Private Limited' formed by Anuj Saxena is in field of providing entertainment through feature films, advertising, documentaries, and IPTV & hosting International events. Dr Anuj Saxena is the CEO of the company and looks after the affairs. He is also a renowned actor.