Mumbai: As the sun sets on the 2006 Cannes International Advertising Festival, BBDO Worldwide was named the most awarded agency network, with a total of 41 Lions including the coveted Film Grand Prix.The Film...

Pakistani actress Meera has clarified that she is not disillusioned by Bollywood and is confident of soon making a grand comeback. Meera is returning to India end of this month and hopes to begin...

Mumbai: A big name in film distribution in the UK market, Eros International, a media and entertainment group of companies has faced a set back even before starting their new ambitious venture. Eros was...

Mumbai: Finally, after a long hiatus, the Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty starrer Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar will hit the marquee on August 4 all over. The music of the movie was released...

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Page 3 beat back Subhash Ghai’s Kisna on January 21 to be the frit hit of 2005. Bhandarkar even went on to win the National Award for the Best Film. The film...

Mumbai: Leading multiplex operator Inox Leisure Limited is acquiring Calcutta Cinema Private Limited (CCPL) in an all-share-swap deal. This will allow Inox to get a firm foothold in West Bengal, adding up to its...

Miss World and actress Diana Hayden has been signed up by the newly launched Avalon Aviation Academy as the face of the academy. Diana will also be their ‘celeb guest lecturer’ for training airlines...

Mumbai: Music maestro A R Rahman has recreated the original composition of Rabindranath Tagore’s Jana Gana Mana. The song is led by and picturised on Lata Mangeshkar, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, D.K. Pattamal,...

Mumbai: Leading film production and distribution house, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd (SACVL), is tapping the capital market. The company plans to raise Rs 500-550 million through an initial public offering (IPO) to ramp...

After having run successfully for more than three weeks The Da Vinci Code is still receiving flak from certain quarters in Andhra Pradesh. A group of Christians protested against the film which was to...

Indore: Youth Congress workers in Indore are protesting against Priyanka Chopra – the lead actress of Krrish. Prakash Jaju has alleged Priyanka of having underworld links with Chhota Shakeel. From Indore Jaju informed us saying,...

A. Devgan Movies Society No. 59, D-5, Mhada Four Bunglow, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 053. Tel. : 022 – 26360280 / 22911915 Email : adevganmovies3@yahoo.com   Ref. _____________________ Date- 23rd June 2006 To,...

They are ordinary human beings with extra ordinary powers. They wear masks to protect their secret identity. With their powers they fight evil and save the world from crime and injustice. Star Gold gives...

NRI Dr Arjun Gaur creates Princess Diana Islandset in 100-acre international school in Sahyadris Dr Arjun Gaur, an NRI from UK, inspired by Lady Diana has actually dedicated an entire island in a school...

Mumbai: The Hrithik Roshan starrer Krrish is definitely on the way to re-write box office history, drawing in the biggest advance opening in the history of Indian cinema. Nearly 59 prints have been distributed...

Mumbai: After making a thriller like Aankhen and a family film- Waqt – The Race Against Time, producer-director Vipul Shah is gearing up for his love story – Namaste London. Vipul says, “It’s not...

Mumbai: This week’s release Rakesh Roshan’s film Krrish is acquiring supernatural status. According to Raj Vaidya of Filmkraft, the $ 10 million film will have a record number of 775 prints. In Bombay there...

Mumbai: Filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s controversial film Water starring John Abraham, Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas, has been reported as the highest-grossing Hindi language film in North America for 2006. The film which is the...

Mumbai: Media reports have been claiming that a local court in Madurai is said to have issued non-bailable warrants against actress Shilpa Shetty and Reemma Sen for ‘posing in an obscene manner’ in photographs...

Mumbai: Nazim Rizvi, who was jailed for alleged links with the underworld, says he is innocent and is back to his business of making films. He says he has two films ready and is...

Mumbai: The 8th edition of Osian Cinefan, Festival of Asian Cinema, in association with the government of Delhi, will be held in New Delhi from 14-23 July 2006. The festival that aims at creating...

Zubeen Garg (Ya Ali) & Tulsi Kumar (Aksar) pair up to belt out a terrific number From L to R – Tulsi Kumar, Mejoo Khan, Anu Malik, Zubeen Garg, Tanuja Chandra, Gulab (Vice Presidence...

SINGAPORE: VOD solutions provider ICTV has introduced its ActiveVideo platform at the 11th Annual Broadcast Asia Conference and Exhibition being held from 20-23 June 2006. In its demonstration, ICTV has showed how the ActiveVideo...

Director Sameer Karnik who was instrumental in bringing Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai together for the first time in Kyun! Ho Gaya Na, is now pairing Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif once again for...

Shringar Cinemas Limited has announced its foray into Gujarat with the launch of the six-screen FAME Raj Empire multiplex in Surat. The new multiplex is located at the Raj Empire Mall (Near Akashwani Tower,...

At 29 years, anyone would think that he is too young to spearhead the Essel group’s foray into an area that’s crackling with competition. But make no mistake – within his diminutive frame ticks...

SINGAPORE: While the rain Gods are showering upon the city of Singapore, there is an onslaught of discussions on the new technologies for broadcasting at the Broadcast Asia Summit 2006 being held in Expo...

Fanaa has grossed US$1 million in 2 weeks in the Middle East which is a record of sorts. In the UK, the film has made £1 million in 3 weeks and in the US...

MUMBAI : The kiss and tell game between item girl Rakhi Sawant and singer Mika Singh has helped Rakhi’s brother Rakesh Sawant’s directorial debut film Hot Money. Made on a shoestring budget of Rs...

MUMBAI : Anticipating a good opening weekend, the cinema hall owners opened the advance booking counters for Krrish on Sunday June 18 in multiplexes and on Monday June 19 in single screens across the...

Koel Purie plays a television reporter in Anima Films’ maiden venture Breaking News which is now complete. The film endeavors to uncover the darker side of the famous or infamous sting operations where a...

Sequels don’t work in the Indian Film Industry. His latest film, Phir Hera Pheri has broken this jinx, capturing the hearts of not just the Indian audience but audiences abroad in UK and US...

Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan had charges reframed against him at a district court in Jodhpur for allegedly hunting down an endangered species of deer called black buck in 1998 at Kankani village in Luni...

MUMBAI : The rumour mills are running overtime that Sony Pictures Releasing of India Ltd. (SPRL) has acquired the all India distribution rights of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya – The Royal Guard for a...

The music launch of the directorial debut film of Naseeruddin Shah – Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota– What If? Produced by Shabbir Boxwala under the banner of Cat Films and presented by Anil Samani...

Ghar, the film starring Vinod Khanna and his sons Akshaye and Rahul, has been in the news over the past fortnight. The film which is being produced by Johny Bakshi is tipped to be...

Swamp the market with as many prints as you can, clean up the box office in the first couple of weeks – that’s a strategy many a filmmaker is resorting to these days. So...

Sivaji Productions, the production banner founded by Thespian Sivaji Ganesan nearly 50 years ago with a Hindi film Amar Deep (1958), followed by Rakhi (1962), and more than 20 Tamil films, is now returning...

The Anil Ambani-owned Adlabs is planning to set up three film studios at Mumbai’s Goregaon Film City. The studios are planned to be along the lines of the ones in Hollywood with shooting floors,...

MUMBAI: Zee TV’s music talent hunt show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu has tied up with Percept Groups P9 Integrated Pvt Ltd. to promote the film, Corporate. Director of...

Health Minister Dr. Ambumani Ramadoss’s appeal to celebrities not to endorse carbonated drinks hasn’t seen much response from Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai but John Abraham the latest to join the cola bandwagon...

Black once again made a clean sweep of all the major awards at the IIFA 2006 held in Dubai last night at a glittering function which was attended by the glitterati of west Asia....

Lyricist SAMEER, who completes 25th year of his career as song writer this year, has bagged his 500th film – Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SAAWARIYA. So far Sameer has written 5000 songs, including private albums.Sameer...

JP Dutta met N Anandhi at IIFA, Dubai where he had been to to promote his film Umrao Jaan starring Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Suneil Shetty and Shabana Azmi 25 years ago, Muzaffar Ali...

Rajeev Bhatia, better known in Bollywood as Akshay Kumar, has proved beyond doubt that acting isn’t at all the key attribute to stardom in Hindi cinema. His success is the result of a combination...

DUBAI: Amitabh Bachchan the brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy today launched the IIFA commemorative book- Lights, Camera, Masala! at the Grand Hyatt, during the IIFA Weekend presented by Tiara Residence in...

MUMBAI: Anil Ambani-controlled Adlabs Films Ltd is entering into production of Hollywood movies through AshoK Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group. “We will be making Hollywood movies only with Hyde Park Entertainment. The first co-financed...

UTV, which is distributing Mira Nair-directed The Namesake in India, is planning to dub and release the film in four languages – Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English this November. The $9 million budget film...

Mumbai : “More experience can help you appreciate the beauty better”, said Dev Anand, while describing his feelings on seeing the beauty of Croatia through photographs. Calling Croatia the “Nature’s favorite abode,” he shared...

Yes it has finally happened, the jinx is broken. Hindi film sequels can now work wonders at the box office, not just in India but abroad as well. Not only has Phir Hera Pheri...

Lazy Limabean Film Magazine announced the date & venue for it’s monthly Film & Media event, Scene. Come kick back with other film & media folk at this month’s afterwork soiree promoting independent film....

It’s festival time at Fun Republic. The Atul Goel run multiplex chain is running a three day festival at its Andheri theatre focusing on the work of the late famed editor Renu Saluja. Art...

Mumbai : Standing in long queues for booking your movie tickets is now a passé. It’s time to do the bookings from your mobile phone. FAME Multiplexes, part of Shringar Cinemas Limited, today announced...

Shemaroo releases Really Bend It Like Beckham on VCDs and DVDs Tathastu also releases on Shemaroo VCDs and DVDs today A Shemaroo Press Release Have you ever dreamt of scoring a goal from the...

Ashutosh Gowariker’s ambitious biopic Jodha Akbar starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai is negotiating with Adlabs to co-produce the film. Initially Applause Entertainment from the Birla Group which had co-produced Black with Sanjay Leela...

Manchu buys stake in ICL team                                 Top Emailed Features • Cricket Schedule • India’s tour of Sri Lanka 2008 • India-Aus face-off on Sep 13 Have...

MUMBAI: Two wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda presented its 15 millionth bike – a special Chrome – Karizma to its brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan. The keys to this bike were handed over to Roshan by...

Sun City cinema at Vile Parle (E) was attacked by 15 NCP workers at 4.00 pm today. Few members of the NCP came to the theatre to watch the Hera Pheri show at 5.00...

Regional Indian language cinema is about to get a shot in the arm in west Asia courtesy The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA). IIFA, which is organizing the 2006 IIFA Film Festival from 15-17...

Hrithik Roshan has been the quintessential hardworking lad who has also been endowed with talent to make it big in Bollywood. His debut film Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was a runaway hit, prompting audiences...

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan knows everything there is to know about cinema… but not technology. Recently Bachchan inaugurated an online payment service wallet365.com but admitted that he wasn’t computer savvy. “Thank you very much for...

Each year the global attention for the business of cinema exhibition in India is increasing and with the advent in technology, the inevitability of High-Definition Digital Cinema in India – The DLP Cinema Advantage...

MUMBAI: Home video maker Shemaroo has released a video Really Bend it like Beckham this football season. The video has the inside details and is the definitive video of his soccer skills. Fans can...

Media ReleaseNew Delhi, June 9STAR PLUS – the leading general Hindi entertainment channel showers the viewers with a lot of excitement this June as it gears up to show one of the biggest blockbusters...

In a letter addressed to Pakistani actress Meera’s spokesperson and publicist Dale Bhagwagar, the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Programme Producers (AMPTPP) declined to investigate the case in regard to the news about...

The maverick maker who is known for his sensitive and thought provoking films has now provoked the law. After struggling for about two years, Farida Hosenally whose antique furniture had got burnt in the...

Hrithik Roshan, the pin-up Bollywood actor had one of the biggest debuts with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. Unfortunately, most films that followed fared badly over his seven years long stint. But things could change...

On Wednesday, PVR Cinemas announced that they have recieved operating licence for a 6-screen multiplex to strengthen its presence in Mumbai. The licence will enable PVR to open its newest property in Mulund, PVR...

Mumbai : Rani Mukherjee leads the list of nominations in the best actress category for the IFFA awards to be held in Dubai on June 16. Along with Rani, Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan...

MUMBAI: It is raining prizes this month for customers of Shemaroo Home Video. Even as people are pleasantly surprised to receive a voucher for a kilo of bananas or discounts on pizzas with the...

MUMBAI: The earliest films made in India centered round the legends of gods and goddesses, spirits, sages and demons. This mythology, through centuries of telling and retelling, grew into a “universal psyche” that allowed...

MUMBAI: After the debacle of Family – Ties of Blood, producer Keshu Ramsay is toying with the idea of doing a generation – challenged romance. Like Ram Gopal Varma deciding to make a Hindi...

MUMBAI: Motorola further strengthened its relationship with consumers across India by unveiling the first Indian brand ambassador – actor, Abhishek Bachchan. As Motorola’s brand ambassador, Abhishek will support marketing and branding efforts for the...

Akshay Kumar, Urmila Matondkar, Dino Morea and Manisha Koirala will head the list of artistes to perform at the ‘Bollywood Awards’ nite being held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies on June 10,...

The last time Mira Nair’s visit to India was to buy the rights of the script for Munnabhai MBBS to be remade as Gangster MD and wrapping up other details of her forthcoming film...

Contrary to reports of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story not having done well at the Pakistan box-office, the film is running to packed houses in three of the country’s theatres...

Select Technologies to Support Aventail’s Growing SSL VPNs sales and supportBangalore – Leading SSL VPN product company Aventail Corporation (www.aventail.com) is expanding its distribution in India through a new agreement with Select Technologies, a...

Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code which was certified by an ‘A’ certificate by the CBFC was released across major parts of India on May 26 with 108 prints (in English and Hindi) across...

Continuing to instill the moments of anticipation, International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is back with the 7th year of Idea IIFA Awards. IIFA, which is responsible for propelling Indian cinema to glorious pinnacles beyond...

Shringar Cinemas Ltd. announced it audited results on May 27 for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2006. Consolidated revenues for the quarter increased by 13 per cent at Rs. 15 crore...

Actress Diana Haydn had gone to Barcelona, Spain to anchor the 2006 ‘Laureus World Sports Awards’, and she ended up having the ride of her life. Diana zipped at a speed she had not...

MUMBAI: Chennai based, Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited (PSTL), the single largest theatre chain company in India, unveiled its plans to become the world’s largest digital network chain during a press conference on May 30...

The Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett starrer Babel, which premiered at the Cannes Film festival this year and was the recipient of 3 awards including honors for Best Director, The Technical Grand Prize and the...

MUMBAI : Manisha Koirala has replaced Karisma Kapoor for a distinctive special traditional performance at the ‘Bollywood Awards’ nite being held in Port of Spain, Trinidad , West Indies on June 10, 2006.This will...

MUMBAI : Hrithik Roshan who came forth supporting Aamir Khan on the Narmada evacuees issue, is extremely upset with the eveninger Mid-Day. The actor claims the paper’s reporter has quoted him out of context,...

MUMBAI :On 31st of May one Morning Newspaper (Hindi) carried a report of Shilpa Shetty’s marriage, which made Shilpa upset. Shilpa Shetty wants to clarify through her spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar. Bhagwagar clarified to indianmotionpix...

Sony Pictures Releasing India (SPRI) released The Da Vinci Code on May 26, across 108 prints and 113 screens in English and Hindi. The film’s opening weekend performance has the following highlights: #1 Hollywood...

Following the reports that the english film Rockin Meera contained incidents from the real life of Pakistani actress Meera, her publicist and spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar has filed a complaint with the Association of Motion...

Presenting 13 Going on 30, Peter Pan and Brand new episodes of Sex And The City Season V 31 May, 2006: HBO, two time winner of The English Movie Channel of the Year Award,...

MUMBAI: Chennai based Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd (PSTL) will be expanding its operations in Mumbai and in other Northern parts of the country. The company has tied up with Ronnie Screwvala, CEO of UTV...

New Delhi : CNN-IBN, the English news channel from Television Eighteen (TV 18) network, in a move to strengthen its external communications strategy has appointed PR Pundit to manage its Public Relations across India....

Airtimes: Indian Standard Times Sat, June 3 at 1130am and 1930hrs Sun, June 4 at 1130am The celebrity hunt is on – and the target: mega movie star, Angelina Jolie. As stargazers await the...

MUMBAI :The script of Munnabhai MBBS has been sold for a million dollars by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Chris Tucker who plays the lead in the Rush Hour series will play the role that Sanjay...

MUMBAI :24-year old Mashhoor Amrohi, grandson of the legendary Kamaal Amrohi is all set to launch his maiden film under the erstwhile Kaamal Amrohi Pictures banner. More significantly, he would be creating history in...

Be a screen writer!Be a Screen writer! And you can!If you just think for a while! “There are 3 things needed to make a good film – SCRIPT, SCRIPT and SCRIPT”– Alfred Hitchcock, Filmmaker...

Revenues Up 57% at Rs. 61 crores Loss down 44% at Rs 2.9 croresMumbai: Shringar Cinemas Ltd. today announced it audited results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2006. Consolidated revenues...

Actor Feroze Khan’s unwarranted comment at the premiere of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal in Lahore has kicked up a row in Pakistan. The veteran star of yesteryears was present with his family when he...

CANNES: Well, Gitanjali Rao did it, where scores of other well known Indian film makers could not. She has brought some glory to the country by winning three different awards at the Cannes film...

New Delhi, May 27, 2006: The successful Investor Camps series presented by CNBC-TV18, India’s leading business channel, together with Angel Broking visited New Delhi on the 27th of May 2006. Hosted by Udayan Mukherjee,...

MUMBAI: The Digital Cinema Show 2006 at the Nehru Centre started off a little slow, but soon picked up pace by early afternoon. Today’s conference included interesting sessions from industry experts in the field...