TV channel to hunt for biggest Jackson fan in India

All Indian fans of pop star Michael Jackson gear up. Entertainment channel Vh1 is set to host "The Search For India’s Biggest Michael Jackson Fan" contest.

The winner will represent India as Jackson’s biggest fan and will be given an opportunity to pay his/her last respects to the legend at the star dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

Vh1 will also give a chance to fans to pay homage to the late King of Pop by sending in a ribbon and a note in memory of Jackson and it will be delivered to the Walk of Fame.

To participate, all fans have to SMS MJ to 56882 to obtain details of the contest

"No amount of praise can possibly befit the legend that lived. We want to give our viewers the opportunity to express their love for the King of Pop with this once in a life time opportunity," said Ferzad Palia, associate general manager, Vh1 India.

The Walk of Fame currently has over 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but also fictional characters honoured by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry.

Jackson died June 25 at his LA residence, leaving his family and fans shocked. He was 50.

Bollywood Badshah pays tribute to King of Pop

Bollywood comes together to pay a tribute to the king of Pop MJ in a video, which will be shown on Michael Jackson’s birthday on August 29. Shah Rukh happened to be the one to come up with this idea. Jackson who has been an all time favorite of many dancers, musicians and technicians has always motivated them by his singing and dancing.

The title of the song is, we lived in his world, as told by Vishal Dadlani.

According to sources, When the creative heads in Red Chilles came up with this concept Shah Rukh Khan fell for it immediately as he was always an ardent fan of MJ. King was even supposed to attend one of the MJ’s London concerts, which never happened. He happened to even cry on learning about the pop star’s death. So, the idea was finalized and they decided to make a music video as a tribute. Vishal of the Vishal-Shekhar duo was selected for the song. Vishal is a huge fan too, and he was in shock for days when he learnt about MJ’s death.

He wrote the song and the music is given by the duo. Singers like Kay Kay, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Goshal, and others will also be performing in the video. The video will have heartfelt messages by top stars like SRK, Hrithik Roshan, Prabhu Deva, Shahid Kapoor, Harman Baweja, Yuvraj Singh, Katrina Kaif, Kangna Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra, among others. Samar Khan directs this video. Love for the renowned singer has made the people work for free in the video. The video will be one of its kinds and it has been shot in low lighting and has a unique mood. Remo has choreographed the song.