|
In the context of this website:
ASIAN means 'from the Indian sub-continent'.
Entertainment
Here we will tell you about the latest happenings in the world of Asian entertainment
including Bollywood, Asian theatre, Asian clubs and Asian
(influenced) music and current affairs.
(Please hover over the 'Events' link at the top of this page for
further details in each category.)
|
|
Newsletter
asiangigs.com sends out newsletters to our subscribers to notify
them of certain events of special significance.
To subscribe, click here.
Our
latest newsletter can be viewed here.
|
|
Charts
Nominate your entries for the Music and Cinema charts OR Vote for your favourites from those already nominated.
Beware! check the list properly as adding your favourite to the list, if it
is already there, could cost your entry many votes!
Click here.
|
|
Events not to be missed & some news!
|
|
Our recommendations
- A Fine Balance
A play by Tamasha, based on the novel by Rohinton Mistry,
opens at the Hampstead Theatre in London on the 4th April
2007 before the UK tour.
More...
|
|
Children Of the Partition
2007 sees the 60th year since the Partition
of India.
The Partition was an enforced journey undertaken by millions
of people never knowing when or if they were ever to return.
It is a human tragedy of epic proportions with stories of
torture, killing and rape; but also stories of compassion,
kindness and hope.
Read more about several projects being undertaken on this
subject...
|
|
A lifetime on tiptoes.
Manmela Theatre Company are developing a play to commemorate the
60th anniversary of the partition of India in 1947.
The play is written in the positive spirit to re-create the
Punjabi identity, which suffered the most and was cruelly split
as a result of this historical event.
The
play will be premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2007.
If you have any stories from 1947 to share or want to find out more
details about this project, then
click this link.
|
|
Work or want to work in the film & broadcasting industry?
The fourth Move On Up event on 18 June includes BBC
Director General Mark Thompson and PACT Chief Executive John
McVay.
The event aims to help to address the continued
under-representation of black and minority ethnic (BME) workers
in film and broadcasting by facilitating one-to-one meetings for
BME professionals with key hirers of staff or freelances or
executives who can commission programmes.
More details here...
|
|
Najma's Journey
Najma Akhtar, a brilliant singer, musician and a lyricist
has now revealed another noble trait in her personality.
Najma has been working with and helping the poor victims of the
Pakistan Earthquake since the calamity struck. Read
her account...
|
Request to our users: If you book an event or make an enquiry on any of the
listings on this web site, please mention the web site to the organiser/promoter
of the service or the event.
|
