MUMBAI: Optical disc major Moser Baer, which entered the home video market earlier this year, has lately been aggressive on the acquisition front. While earlier the agenda was to pocket as many home video...
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Dilli 6, the casting gamble continues
A new actor is being considered to play the lead in Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's upcoming film <i>Dilli 6</i>....
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‘The Blockbuster Mentality’ – Mahesh Bhatt
GUEST COLUMN Producer – director Mahesh Bhatt pens a column for Businessofcinema.com on ‘The Blockbuster Mentality’ in the film industry. Says, “If a hit merely creates a lot of noise and does not...
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DD churns out 558 docu. / films in 06-07
MUMBAI: Doordarshan (DD) has produced 558 documentaries / films during 2006-07 as compared to 446 documentaries / films in 2005-06. The expenditure incurred on this was Rs 100.8 million (Rs 10.8 crore) and Rs 43.9 million (Rs...
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Moser Baer acquires BR Films’ library
MUMBAI: After acquiring the rights of BR Films’ forthcoming film Bhootnath, Moser Baer has taken a step ahead by taking hold of the entire library of B R Films for home video and satellite rights....
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Chopra’s book on SRK released in the US
MUMBAI: Film journalist and author Anupama Chopra’s latest book King of Bollywood; Shah Rukh Khan & The Seductive World Of Indian Cinema was recently launched in the US on 9 August. The launch was...
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Ashtavinayak to distribute Heyy Babyy
Ashtavinayak acquires rights for Gujarat, Saurashtra, Maharashtra, Thane, Goa & parts of Karnataka....
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PVR acquires rights of Victoria No. 203
MUMBAI: PVR has acquired the all India theatrical distribution rights of Kamal Sadanah’s Victoria No. 203. The film, which stars Jimmy Shergill, Soniya Mehra, Om Puri and Anupam Kher, is slated for release on...
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Boogie Woogie travels to Bollywood
MUMBAI: Winner of television game or reality shows getting a break in films in not an unsung thing anymore but imagine seven winners getting the chance of debuting in a film. That’s what has...
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Imtiaz Ali throws open title of Shahid-Kareena film
MUMBAI: Seems a new drift of sorts has been occurring when it comes to zeroing on the title of a film. First it was producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra who conducted a public poll to...
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