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Music Director, Singer, Actor and Producer Himesh Reshammiya celebrates his birthday today, 23rd July! We take a look at his year so far, and his forthcoming projects in this special birthday post!

The beginning of 2015 saw Himesh emerge as a singer with the energetic dance number ‘Bulbul’ for the Ganesh Acharya film Hey Bro. This was the first time Himesh sang for Music Directors Nitz n Sony and ‘Bulbul’ was much loved by all!

After Bulbul, Himesh performed a series of concerts across India and internationally too. Performing in cities such as Lucknow, Balasore, Goa and more recently Gandhinagar and Baerilly, Himesh continued to emerge as one of the most loved performing artists in India. Himesh also completed a successful mini international tour with 3 dates in Fiji and New Zealand at the end of May and was accompanied by popular and talented singer Aman Trikha and newbie Akasa Singh (India...

Since Music Director, Singer, Actor and Producer Himesh Reshammiya returned as an actor with The Xpose in 2014, it was clearly evident that he was working towards a fit and well toned physique. Having lost 20kgs for the role of Ravi Kumar in The Xpose, we now present Himesh’s fresh new lean avatar for his forthcoming film Guns and Roses: Love, Sex and Violence.

Himesh will play a gangster in the film who goes in search of his lost love, and upon his search, he will travel to the locales of Ireland and Greece. The film will begin shooting in August and will be directed by Ravi Rai who is the brother of Raanjhanaa director Aanand L Rai. In a recent interview with Mumbai Mirror, Himesh explains his current fitness regime “I’ve been in the gym with my trainer six days a week, 90 minutes a day. I don...

Mumbai, Aug 6: Ravi Rai, elder brother of "Raanjhanaa" director Aanand Rai, changed the way we look at TV with serials, notably "Sailaab" and "Sparsh", which were path-finders. After being a recluse for about 10 years, he is ready resurface to show his feature film.

Oddly entitled "Maya, Vanilla and Strawberries", it is an autobiographical film on male-bonding.

"Where have I been? I've been trying to find a centre to my life. When I was doing television there was scope for much innovation. That is why we could do something as path-breaking as 'Sailaab'. But now I feel Indian television has reached stagnancy," he said.

"Everyone.

Vrinda Kher, daughter of Raju Kher and niece of Anupam Kher, is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Sanjeev Bhatia's Maya, Vanilla and Strawberries. The film will be directed by Ravi Rai. The film is a story of 5 strangers who come to Mumbai to become actors and end up sharing an apartment. It deals with their aspirations, dreams and struggle. Besides Vrinda, the film also features Ali Fazal, Namit Das, Sara Khan and Aman Uppal. The film is currently 80% complete.

New Delhi, Oct 4: Television director Ravi Rai, known for popular TV shows like "Sailaab" and "Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai", now takes a big leap - he is making his big screen debut with interestingly titled "Maaya,Vanilla and Strawberries".

"It is a story about five friends, who come to Mumbai to become actors. Though they are not successful, their journey teaches them a lot about life," Rai told Ians by phone.

Anubhav Sinha, who last directed Srk's home-production Ra.One and is busy producing the adventure flick Warning, is currently contemplating his next venture. The film, which is said to be an erotic thriller, is on the lines of films made by the Bhatts who specialize in this genre. The film will be directed by Ravi Rai, a well-known name in the TV industry, and the buzz is that Neil Nitin Mukesh has been approached to play the main lead.

Since the film deals with mature relationships and is a thriller, Anubhav has dedicated the film to Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt- who have created a space for which the Indian audiences have a huge appetite for - an erotic thriller with great music and exotic locations.

After a long gap from television the talented producer - director Ravi Rai is re-entering the television world and this time it is for the realistic filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. He will be directing one of the twelve tele films made under the banner of Madhur and this will be aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The story revolves around the sweet relationship shared between husband and wife. Sumit Raghvan would be seen playing the role of husband whereas the wife’s role would be played by Purvi Joshi.

“Both of them are really excited but trust me I am much more excited to work with both of them as it was my wish since a long time,” says Ravi Rai.

His marathi film.