An evil future

World Movies by UTV Network promises its viewers a new international box-office hit every Friday at 8.30 pm, on Friday Premieres. Some of the world-class movies, which have won critical acclaim and the most coveted international awards are going to be premiered on the channel. On August 29, catch the French Sci Fi movie Fifth Element at 8.30 pm.

Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Korben Dallas, who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr Zorg, who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenariesart.

Power-packed weekends

CNBC-TV18 presents a slew of shows aimed at re-defining weekend TV viewing for the Indian viewer. The channel presents an all new lineup of shows with power-packed content featuring a host of topics, from business,entertainment to luxury and current affairs.

India Business Week will offer an insight into as to what to expect in the coming week, be it business, politics, sports or entertainment and also showcase the best of the week gone by.

Wealth Creators will take the viewers into the world of India’s new generation of corporate czars.  Success stories of men and women, who have created enormous share-holder value will be featured. The show will be hosted by Mitali Mukerjee.

 Indianomics hosted by Latha Venkatesh, will give viewers an insight into the Indian economy, gathering from the cues on what is happening in the global economy, and the macro-economic story of our nation, the nuanced changes and the big numbers with views from veteran economists and business tycoons from India Inc.
 Menaka Doshi presents Riders in the Storm, a brand new series that will feature India’s leading companies as they figure out how to handle the downturn in the world economy. Every episode will spotlight one CEO and his team that is gearing up for the tough times.

Must Do will be the ultimate guide on which books to read, what movies or plays to watch, which events to attend, the best DVDs to buy and the best places to eat. In a world filled with choices Must Do will show clarity.
 A show that gets up, close and personal with the rich and famous from the entertainment industry, Beautiful People shall feature individuals everyone admires, envies, and aspires to be. The rich and famous get candid with Anuradha Sengupta on the business of entertainment. The interview based show focuses on the professional lives and will touch on three key areas — the latest project; art and craft; career milestones and lessons on how individuals negotiate a commercial landscape.

Amitabh, Ali Akbar may collaborate

Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who popularised Indian classical music in the West, and has composed music for movies like Aandhiyan, Devi, Ismail Merchant's House Holder and Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha, is in the USA. The Ustad in a rare statement from his Ali Akbar Khan Institute of Music in USA expressed his desire to collaborate for a project with none other than Amitabh Bachchan. Hence, fans may hear Big B recite English poems of poets like Keats and Lord Tennyson in his baritone voice, which according to the Ustad has no equal in India.

Ali Akbar Khan plans to personally write to Big B soon. Sandip Ray, son of the late legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray says, "This will be the greatest experiment in the past three decades. My father would have made a documentary on the event as he would understand the depth and viability of such a project.”