Singer Richa Sharma, who grew up singing devotional songs with her father, says music has been her passion since childhood.

Richa will be seen as a celebrity guest in this weekend's episode of the second edition of the Colors' live singing reality show Rising Star 2, read a statement.

"Music has been my passion since I was a child. I have grown up singing devotional songs with my father and I enjoy all genres of music," she said.

Through the show's theme, #UthaoSochKiDeewar, the contestants got a chance to share their stories about them overcoming obstacles in their lives.

"As a viewer, I am intrigued by the theme of the show i.e #UthaoSochKiDeewar. The fact that the show is a great platform for individuals to keep their inhibitions aside and follow their passion for singing, is what has me hooked to this season," said the singer, known for songs like <i>'Sajda'</i> and <i>'Zor ka jhatka'</i>.

Singer Richa Sharma, who grew up singing devotional songs with her father, says music has been her passion since childhood.

Richa will be seen as a celebrity guest in this weekend's episode of the second edition of the Colors' live singing reality show Rising Star 2, read a statement.

"Music has been my passion since I was a child. I have grown up singing devotional songs with my father and I enjoy all genres of music," she said.

Through the show's theme, #UthaoSochKiDeewar, the contestants got a chance to share their stories about them overcoming obstacles in their lives.

"As a viewer, I am intrigued by the theme of the show i.e #UthaoSochKiDeewar. The fact that the show is a great platform for individuals to keep their inhibitions aside and follow their passion for singing, is what has me hooked to this season," said the singer, known for songs like <i>'Sajda'</i> and <i>'Zor ka jhatka'</i>.

This week’s front runner (expectedly) turned out to be Luv Ranjan’s SONU KE TITU KI SWEETY, which opened to an impressive 25-30 percent start on an average, across most parts of India.The opening is all the more impressive given the dreaded morning shows and the examination period in many circuits, as the film is predominantly for the campus crowd. The film picked up noticeably during the latter shows. The first day appears to be in the 7-8 crore range, which is excellent.

Given the upcoming Holi holiday(s), the film should sail through comfortably at the box-office.

The other release of the same week, Diljit -Sonakshi’s WELCOME TO NEW YORK, failed to make much of a mark at the box-office, may be due to a radical theme and treatment.

Meanwhile, Neeraj Pandey’s Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee starrer AIYAARY has been rejected at the box-office, netting a paltry 17 crores during the opening week from India.

Checking out Akshay Kumar’s PAD MAN, after a good to decent week (62 crore), the film crashed in the second managing just around 13.50 crore, thus netting 75.50 crore in two weeks from India and will end up as an above average fare.

Concluding with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Shahid, Deepika and Ranveer starrer PADMAAVAT, the film mopped up another 13 crore, thus netting 270 crore in four weeks from India and is a super duper hit, that has also rocked the overseas grossing over $30m.

Actress Vidya Balan-starrer TUMHARI SULU will soon air on the small screen, and its director Suresh Triveni believes that due to the television premiere of the film, more housewives will feel connected to its protagonist – a housewife and radio jockey.

"I think with the television release (premiere) of the film, the story will reach out to a huge audience who usually do not go to theatres, especially middle-aged housewives who missed out the shows, will now watch it on TV.

"I am hopeful that they will enjoy the film to know that not only in daily soaps but also in mainstream Bollywood, they have their representation. It will connect them emotionally," Triveni told IANS here.

Being a fan of Vidya, he said: "I wrote the story keeping Vidya in mind and I knew that she is the one to pull it off with her performance. Having said that, I was not sure of how much the audience would accept it.

"Yes, I am an eternal optimist and knew that if the audience feels connected to the story, they will celebrate it. Well, we are thankful that the audience accepted it."

The story of the film revolves around a middle-aged housewife Sulochana Dubey who wants to live her life to the fullest by trying out opportunities that come on her way. And one day she becomes a radio jockey.

The female protagonist is played by Vidya and the film has already won Star Screen Awards.

Asked how he looks at the change in new-age Bollywood where the story of a middle-class household is coming out more and more, the director said: "I think we are categorising them more than that of our early days of Indian cinema because there was always a well-balanced existence of Manmohan Desai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee in our Hindi films."

"I think these days, thanks to media, we are talking more about these films. We always have an audience to appreciate such films, there was no dearth."

TUMHARI SULU will be aired on Sony Max on Sunday.

Actress Vidya Balan-starrer TUMHARI SULU will soon air on the small screen, and its director Suresh Triveni believes that due to the television premiere of the film, more housewives will feel connected to its protagonist – a housewife and radio jockey.

"I think with the television release (premiere) of the film, the story will reach out to a huge audience who usually do not go to theatres, especially middle-aged housewives who missed out the shows, will now watch it on TV.

"I am hopeful that they will enjoy the film to know that not only in daily soaps but also in mainstream Bollywood, they have their representation. It will connect them emotionally," Triveni told IANS here.

Being a fan of Vidya, he said: "I wrote the story keeping Vidya in mind and I knew that she is the one to pull it off with her performance. Having said that, I was not sure of how much the audience would accept it.

"Yes, I am an eternal optimist and knew that if the audience feels connected to the story, they will celebrate it. Well, we are thankful that the audience accepted it."

The story of the film revolves around a middle-aged housewife Sulochana Dubey who wants to live her life to the fullest by trying out opportunities that come on her way. And one day she becomes a radio jockey.

The female protagonist is played by Vidya and the film has already won Star Screen Awards.

Asked how he looks at the change in new-age Bollywood where the story of a middle-class household is coming out more and more, the director said: "I think we are categorising them more than that of our early days of Indian cinema because there was always a well-balanced existence of Manmohan Desai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee in our Hindi films."

"I think these days, thanks to media, we are talking more about these films. We always have an audience to appreciate such films, there was no dearth."

TUMHARI SULU will be aired on Sony Max on Sunday.

BAJIRAO MASTANI lyricist Prashant Ingole is all set to enthrall the audience with his upcoming short film BUDH. A song for this short film has been recorded and it’s been sung by none other than the ‘ Gilehriyaan’ (DANGAL) singer Jonita Gandhi.

The song titled ‘Haq Hai’ is slated to be released on Women’s Day i.e. on March 8.

‘Haq Hai’ is an inspirational song which talks about women standing up for themselves as it’s their right to live. The song has been composed by Shreyas Puranik who has earlier composed ‘Gajanana’ in BAJIRAO MASTANI.

Shreyas has assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali in music department in BAJIRAO MASTANI as well as PADMAAVAT. Lyrics of ‘Haq Hai’ have been penned by Prashant who has even written and directed the film.

‘Haq Hai’ has been produced by Jackie Vanjari who has produced many popular songs especially ‘Malhari’ from BAJIRAO MASTANI and ‘Binte Dil’ from the recently released PADMAAVAT. The studio partner for the song is Wow and Flutter owned by Tanay Gajjar has mixed and mastered it.

Currently BUDH is in the last stage of post-production and will go to Cannes Film Festival around February 25.