SPECIAL FEATURE: MTV IMMIES 2004!

MTV in exclusive partnership with IMI, is all set to take Mumbai by storm, with the TATA Indicom and MTV IMMIES to be held on December 10th, 2004 at Tulip Star Hotel, Juhu.

The show will be MC’d by the wisecracker VJ Cyrus Broacha and the dazzling Mandira Bedi. This year it will revolve around a ‘Horror’ theme, infused with oodles of fun and will be filmed live and simulcast to over 23.5 million homes on MTV and 32 million homes on Sony Entertainment Television on December 19th, 2004.

Wowing the audience with their livewire performances will be music and Bollywood stars doing what they do best! Representing Bollywood will be Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan and the sizzling Priyanka Chopra.

Delivering high energy acts and soul stirring music. Indo-Pak duos, Hariharan & Strings, Shaan & Fuzon and the dynamic artists Sukhbir & JoSH promise to set the stage on fire.

An ensemble, head and shoulders above the rest of their artiste contemporaries - Hariharan & Strings are outfitted to take the TATA Indicom and MTV IMMIES 2004 to a whole new level. With his ghazals, bhajans, romantic pieces, patriotic tunes and classical exposés, the honey voiced Hariharan, can no longer be typecast into a specific genre of music. Now, he’s ready to win over another audience with Karachi based rock group, ‘Strings’, that created waves with hits like ‘Sar Kiyae’, ‘Anjane’, ‘Durr’ and other invigorating brews of Pakistani pop and western rock.

Framed as one of India’s superlative pop icons, Shan needs no preface. What’s more his enthusiasm can expect more than a power pact evening, as the illustrious Indie singer teams up with the Pakistani band Fuzon, well-known for its synthesis of eastern classical melodies and western rock. Whether the smooth ‘Dooriya’ or the evocative tabla-guitar-innuendo ‘Mora Saiyaa’, Fuzon has a fine repertoire.

Also, part of the performing crew will be Sukhbir the famed ‘Prince of Bhangra’ in common with the Montreal maestros ‘JoSH’, duo behind the desi mix- Nelly Furtado’s superhit single ‘Powerless’. Together on one stage, Sukhbir with his blend of conventional bhangra and dance, techno, rave and even trance … ‘JoSH’ with its equally powerful bhangra riffs; the two of a kind, with their one of a kind gigs, are sure to keep the crowds thirsting for more.

Written by Robeel Haq