MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has acquired the Shankar Nag theatre in Bangalore in a closed offer bid issued by the Bangalore Mahanagara Pallike. Shringar has completed the formalities and the property has been handed...

MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia (Set Asia) has secured exclusive rights to air the Bollywood Awards to be held on 26 May 2007 at the Nassau Coliseum, New York. The awards ceremony will also...

MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas in Andheri, Mumbai, hosted its annual charity screening for underprivileged children suffering from Thalassemia (major) on 6 May 2007. Children who watched the film received special treats and interacted with celebrities...

MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd will be adding 36 theatres in Andhra Pradesh in the West Godavari and Nizam areas. With this acquisition, the company has added 23,000 seats in Andhra Pradesh. The company...

MUMBAI: Mediaone Global Entertainment has finalised the acquisition of three theatres in Chengelpet District of Tamil Nadu. The company plans to acquire 20 more theatres in tier II and III cities by the end...

MUMBAI: Antoine Villeneuve has been named senior vice president and managing director, Walt Disney Television India. Villeneuve will oversee Disney Channel, Toon Disney/Jetix and the newly acquired Hungama kids’ television channels in India. Villeneuve,...

MUMBAI: Konkona Sen Sharma will be interviewed this week on television channel CNN IBN this week. With impressive performances in Mr and Mrs Iyer, Page 3, Omkara and Traffic Signal, Konkona Sen Sharma has...

MUMBAI: Public broadcaster Doordarshan has launched Gitanjali, a programme on the Hindi rendition of select songs of Rabindranath Tagore. A DVD containing five songs of Tagore was released by the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath...

MUMBAI: Star Gold Comedy Honors will premiere on Star Gold on 12 May 2007 at 8 pm. A month long celebration of comedy in Indian cinema will culminate in a grand finale as Star...

MUMBAI: Aditya Kapoor, son of veteran actor Shammi Kapoor, is set to direct a Hindi film. A source within the Kapoor family says, “He is directing a medium budget Hindi film. It will have...