MUMBAI: One surely remembers the fun filled antics of the comical duo of Bunty and Babli (Abhishekh and Rani) in Yash Chopra’s Bunty Aur Babli. Now another duo – Bunty and Babla (Akshay and...
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Bollywood filmmaker goes missing
MUMBAI: Surendra Mohan, the director of hit films like Aap Ke Deewane (1980), Dhanwan (1981) and Haathkadi (1982) has been missing from his Oshiwara home in Mumbai since a month now. The family has...
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Ultra buys world rights of Saif’s film
MUMBAI: Sushil Kumar Agrawal of Ultra has taken over the worldwide rights of Sudhakar Bokade’s much delayed movie Sanam Teri Kasam, which was earlier titled Sambandh. The film stars Saif Ali Khan and Pooja...
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Star Movies to premiere Mr. & Mrs. Smith
MUMBAI: Even as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are making news in India, Star Movies will be premiering Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring the Hollywood couple. The movie will be aired in the Friday...
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Radio City brings Asha and Friends
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has taken yet another step in engaging its listeners. Radio City will now bring its listeners to a morning with Asha Bhosale, as she comes in and chats live...
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MySpace to launch copyright protection tool
MUMBAI: Post the Universal Music imbroglio with MySpace.com, the latter has announced plans to launch a new tool for copyright holders that makes it even easier and faster to remove content they allege is...
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Warner Music to launch online communities
MUMBAI: Warner Music International (WMI), a division of Warner Music Group and elHood.com, the online community for individuals with a passion for Hispanic content, inked an agreement that will see fully interactive official artist...
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Fox Filmed Entertainment extends Dune deal
MUMBAI: Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) and Dune Entertainment LLC have extended their financing deal. The announcement was made by FFE executive vice president, finance and CFO Dean Hallett and FFE executive vice president, production...
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Casino Royale grosses Rs 149 mn in India
MUMBAI: The new James Bond has taken the Indian box-office by storm as Casino Royale released across India on 17 November. The film starring Daniel Craig in his debut as 007, has grossed Rs 149.4...
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Dhoom:2 is about great stunts, great looking people and great bodies’ – Bipasha Basu
You play a cop in Dhoom:2. Your look in the film is very pleasant and different. Tell us more about it and whether you relate to it? I play Shonali Basu who is a...
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‘If Dhoom was about speed & adrenalin, then Dhoom:2 is twice as high in energy’ – Uday Chopra
Ali was earlier seen in Dhoom and now in Dhoom:2 as well. So how has Ali’s character grown over the course of the sequel? Ali is like the North Star – always constant no...
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SRK, Stone to be honoured at Dubai Film Festival
MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will honour Shah Rukh Khan, Oliver Stone and Nabil El-Maleh for their outstanding contribution to cinema, as part of the DIFF Salutes. DIFF Salutes is a retrospective...
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Businessofcinema.com & Tam India’s “Movie Meter” – English Channels
ENGLISH MOVIE CHANNELSMarket: All IndiaTG: CS 15+Period: Week 45 (05/11/06 – 11/11/06) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies on TV Source: TAM Peoplemeter System...
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Businessofcinema.com & Tam India’s “Movie Meter” – Hindi Channels
HINDI MOVIE CHANNELSMarket: All IndiaTG: CS 4+ yearsPeriod: Week 45 (05/11/06 – 11/11/06) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies on TV Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Businessofcinema.com & Tam India’s “Movie Meter” – English...
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UTV’s Garg to join Studio 18 as UK head
MUMBAI: The market for international distribution of Bollywood films is surely hotting up with a number of top-notch players like Yash Raj, Eros, Adlabs, UTV, and now, the newest entrant, Studio 18 (Network 18’s...
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Dreary box office awaits Dhoom:2
Things seem to on a downhill at the box office with no big releases this week. Industry awaits <i>Dhoom:2</i>....
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Film Review: Rehguzar
Rehguzar 1.5/5 Director: Faruq Masudi Cast: Jimmy Shergill Saloni Aswani. Rakesh Bedi, Mushtaq Khan, Vrijesh Hirjee Rahul Khan (Jimmy Shergill, looking like he’s stepped out of a Peter England ad) comes to Dubai, for...
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Umrao Jaan: 30% collections in 2nd week
MUMBAI: The Adlabs distributed film Umrao Jaan is facing rough weather in its second week. Overall the film has registered 30 per cent plus collections across the country. The Bombay collections for the film...
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Dhoom:2‘s style mantra unraveled
<i>Dhoom:2</i> looks well chiseled and so does its cast. Here's unraveling the film's style mantra. <STRONG><FONT color=#ff3300 size=1>EXCLUSIVE!</FONT></STRONG>...
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Kara Fest to profit India, Pak: Mukesh Bhatt
MUMBAI: Producer Mukesh Bhatt’s movie Woh Lamhe will be screened at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi this December. The film is directed by Mohit Suri and starred Shiney Ahuja, Kangna Ranaut and Shaad...
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CNN rediscovers Delhi with Nandita Das
MUMBAI: CNN International’s The Scene, an interactive series of city profiles, will take viewers through the streets of India’s capital city, New Delhi, with Bollywood actress Nandita Das. The vignette will be aired...
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Jiah’s Nishabd promo to release
PRESS RELEASE Everyone’s waiting with bated breath for the new Diva to emerge with Nishabd. Jiah Khan is constantly in the news for her Lolita act in Nishabad. So whilst superstar Amitabh Bachchan will...
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UK band RDB sing for Namstey London
PRESS RELEASE Rhythm Dhol Bass (RDB), a popular band in the UK, will be signing a number on Himesh Reshammiya’s baton, in Vipul Shah’s Namstey London. RDB, known for their Bhangra music,...
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Akshaye Khanna does the Salsa
PRESS RELEASE Akshaye who is shooting with Tips Discovery Urvashi Sharma in the yet untitled film directed by Abbas-Mastan, will be soon seen in a foot tapping chartbuster. He has got a completely New...
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Composer Pritam to act in UTV’s Metro
MUMBAI: Composer Pritam all set to rock with a rock band for UTV’s upcoming film Metro. Pritam for the first time will be acting and performing in a film. He will part of four...
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BIG 92.7 FM titled the Bangalore FM King
PRESS RELEASE Soon after being voted the top FM Station in Hyderabad, BIG 92.7 FM has emerged as the leading FM Station in Bangalore as well. These findings are a result of a...
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Bhojpuri film Ganga tax-free in U.P.
MUMBAI: Big B’s make-up-man turned producer Deepak Sawant’s maiden Bhojpuri film Ganga has been declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh. Sawant says, “Ganga has been declared tax-free for three months in Uttar Pradesh. The film...
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Raageshwari to launch new music album
MUMBAI: After a six-year hiatus, Raageshwari is set to launch her new album in association with Music Today. The album featuring 10 songs has been shot in the vast majestic sand dunes of The...
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Fame Multiplex to add 8 new properties
MUMBAI: Fame Multiplex, a division of Shringar Cinemas Limited is spreading its roots rapidly. As a part of its expansion plans, Fame is adding eight new properties across India within the next 12 months....
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Guild to host dinner party at IFFI 2006
MUMBAI: The Film and Television Producers Guild of India is organizing a dinner party on 26 November, 2006 in Goa against the backdrop of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2006. The venue of...
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Annu Malek composes music for MTNL ad
MUMBAI: After music director A R Rahman’s appearance in Airtel’s television commercial, it’s now music director Annu Malek’s turn to do a feature in a commercial. Speaking to Businessofcinema.com from Delhi, where he...
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Shaan records for Manthan Ek Kashmakash
PRESS RELEASE Song recording of Bollywood singer Shaan for Manthan Ek Kashmakash was carried out on 16th Nov 2006 at Trinity Studios, Mumbai. Present at the event were Producer and Director Kumar Raj of...
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UTV to release seven films in next quarter
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures plans to release seven films before April next year. UTV Motion Pictures senior manager – North Girish Johar says, “We are looking forward to another quarter-year of box-office hits. Starting...
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Zoom to launch celebrity chat show
MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel Zoom will be launching a new celebrity chat show called Lets Talk on 19 November at 11.30 am. The show has been produced by Miditech and will be hosted by RJ and...
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Sanjay Gupta to repeat Kaante cast
Sanjay Gupta plans to repeat <i>Kaante</i> cast Amitabh, Sanjay, Suniel, Mahesh, Kumar Gaurav & Lucky Ali in <i>Saat</i>....
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Film Review: Maati Maay
Maati Maay Rating: 3.5/5 Director: Chitra Palekar Cast: Nandita Das, Atul Kulkarni and Kshitij Gavande. If nothing else, this odd film with a curious title, in Marathi no less, is sure to stir up...
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Airtel launches instant music on mobile
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of ‘Airtel SongCatcher’ – India’s first instant music on mobile. This service transforms the way mobile users can download songs of their choice. Anytime, anywhere an Airtel...
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‘Saawariya has the ability to double or even triple our revenues’ – Uday Singh
How has 2006 been for Sony Pictures, as compared to last year in terms of revenue growth? It’s been fantastic and the weird part is that in 2002 we crossed the Rs 1 billion...
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Rakesh Roshan’s Krissh bags two awards
Rakesh Roshan's <i>Krissh</i> has won the Best Film & Best Actor of the Year by ABP Group's Anandlok Awards....
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Zee Telefilms’ demerger scheme approved
PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, November 17, 2006: Zee Telefilms Ltd. Zee today announced the approval of its demerger scheme by the Hon’ able High Court of Judicature of Bombay. This approval paves the way for setting...
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DreamWorks Flushed Away grosses $40 mn
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG’s latest CG animated film Flushed Away, which had its domestic theatrical release on 3 November, 2006, has grossed approximately $40 million at the US box office through 12 November. The...
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M:I III wins game of the year 2006
MUMBAI: Gameloft’s bestseller Mission: Impossible III has been awarded Game of the Year from What Mobile magazine. Gameloft is an international developer and publisher of games for mobile phones. Two years ago, Gameloft’s Speed...
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New Bond will have ‘License to Kill’ at BO
MUMBAI: The novel that started it all, Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, will have James Bond fans lining up at theatres across North America on 17 November. Sportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino,...
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Rehguzar released with 50 prints worldwide
MUMBAI: NRI producer Kesar Kothari has released Rehguzar – The Road To Destiny worldwide with around 50 prints plus worldwide today (17 November). In the domestic market the producer has released the film through...
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UP IT minister launches music of Anwar
MUMBAI: Rajendra Singh Rana, IT Minister (UP) inaugurated and producer director Mahesh Bhatt released the audio CD of producer Rajesh Singh’s Anwar recently. The highlight of the launch was the authentic touch given...
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Feroz Khan & Nana Patekar in Welcome
MUMBAI: Producer Firoz A Nadiadwala has brought together actors Feroz Khan and Nana Patekar in his forthcoming venture Welcome. The shooting has been completed in Dubai. Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film also stars...
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John, Rani top eBay Bollywood Barometer
John & Rani top eBay Bollywood Barometer that gauges popularity based on number of products up for sale....
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Lahore: India’s first film on kick-boxing
MUMBAI: Sai Om Films Pvt. Ltd.’s maiden venture Lahore will be India’s first film on kick-boxing. Lahore is written and directed by Sanjay Puransingh Chauhan. “The film revolves around martial arts. We are...
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Dor selected for one more festival
MUMBAI: Sahara One Motion Picture’s Dor directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, which is set to be screened at IAAC (Indo American Arts Council) Film Festival in New York, has also been chosen as the grand...
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Amitabh – Tabu starrer Chini Kum complete
Shooting for <i>Chini Kum</i>, a rib-tickler featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu and Paresh Rawal is complete....
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Cars released with record DVDs in India
Disney Pixar's <i>Cars</i> released with a record number of DVDs for any animated film from Disney in India....
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Zamaanat’s 370 prints in overseas
MUMBAI: Glimpses Entertainment, the overseas distributor of Zamaanat will release the film with 370 prints. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan. Glimpses Entertainment’s Pradeep Chhabria says, “We have planned to release 372 prints. It...
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Shirish Kunder to produce his next film
<i>Jaan-E-Mann</i> director Shirish Kunder will be wearing the producer's hat for his next venture....
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Casino Royale: Film review
Casino Royale Rating: 2.5/5 Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini The name’s still Bond… James Bond. However, he doesn’t care whether his...
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Sony: Casino Royale to gross Rs 400 mn in India
Sony Pictures Releasing of India expects the 21st Bond film to gross revenues to the tune of Rs 400 million in India....
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Nicholas Cage is The Sadhu
Cage to play the lead in the film adaptation of Virgin Comics' series <i>The Sadhu</i>. Deepak Chopra to pen screenplay....
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Banaras – A Mystic Love Story at IFFI
PRESS RELEASE Setu Creations’ maiden Hindi feature film “Banaras – A Mystic Love Story” will be screened at Indian Panorama section of the forthcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held this...
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Khosla Ka Ghosla at Kara Film Fest
MUMBAI: UTV’s Khosla Ka Ghosla will be screened at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi this December. The festival is scheduled to be held from 7 – 17 December. Being in its sixth year,...
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HBO stars beaming in Mumbai again
MUMBAI: Mumbaikars will soon be able to enjoy HBO as the Mumbai High Court accepted the undertaking given by the channel to air only U and U/A rated movies. This will facilitate the...
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The Deadline producer acquires Traffic Signal
MUMBAI: Ravi Agarwal of Plus Entertainment Pvt Ltd and the producer of Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante, has acquired the distribution rights of Percept’s Traffic Signal for C.I. Agarwal says, “We at Plus Entertainment...
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Sukhwinder’s new album on T-Series
PRESS RELEASE MUMBAI: Singer, composer, lyricist Sukhwinder’s first album with T-Series titled “Is Dil Se” was released recently. The album comprises eight songs. Each song reflects an amalgation of pain and happiness. The entire album...
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Shemaroo releases comedy king’s album
PRESS RELEASE Shemaroo Video (P) Ltd today released Comedy King Jaswinder Bhalla’s album Chhankata 2006-Kadh’Tiyan Kasraan on audio cassettes and CDs. The album starring trio of Jaswinder Bhalla, Mr.Bal Mukand Sharma and Ms Neelu,...
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Poseidon DVD released on Saregama
PRESS RELEASE Acclaimed director WOLFGANG PETERSEN assembles an all-star cast including JOSH LUCAS, EMMY ROSSUM and KURT RUSSELL 14th November 2006 The wave is back as Saregama Home video launches the DVD...
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Shemaroo releases home video of Salman film
PRESS RELEASE Shemaroo Video Pvt. Limited today released VCDs and DVDs of Salmaan Khan-Shilpa Shetty starrer Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar. The film, directed by K.S Adhiyaman and produced by Bubby Kent,...
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Unns to not release in certain territories
MUMBAI: After struggling to find distributors for more than two years, Bhupendra J Gupta’s maiden film, Unns, is finally seeing the light of the day. The film, dedicated to late Sunil Dutt, is releasing...
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Aamir’s brother Hyder debuts with Sirf…
MUMBAI: Aamir Khan’s brother Hyder Khan has finally got a foothold in films. He has completed shooting for his debut film Sirf… Love By Chance. Hyder was earlier also supposed to feature in Dastaan–E–Tarannum....
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Veteran actors in Bombay To Goa remake
MUMBAI: Yesteryears actors Asrani, Jagdeep, Paintal, Dinesh Hingoo, Viju Khote, Birbal, Jr. Mehmood, Manorama, Pran and Manmaujee will be seen together on the big screen in the remake of Bombay To Goa. Confirming...
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Bunty Walia to join hands with K Sera Sera
Bunty Walia will join hands K Sera Sera to produce two films namely - <em>Just Punjabi</em> and <em>Beard</em>....
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Shahid Kapoor, Nana Patekar in Sippy’s next
MUMBAI: Shahid Kapoor and Nana Patekar will be seen together for the first time in Ramesh Sippy’s next film to be directed by Rohit Shetty. “This unusual casting was the result of a...
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Tanuja Chandra’s film invited for Pak fest
MUMBAI: Director Tanuja Chandra’s English film Hope and a Little Sugar has been invited for a Pakistani festival called Kara Film Festival, which is to be held in Karchi. The film, which is...
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Esha replaces Bipasha in Dhariwal’s film
MUMBAI: Producer Mahendra Dhariwal is all set to start an international project with director Kalpana Lajmi in March. Lajmi had narrated the script to Bipasha Basu and was waiting for her approval. However, the...
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Casino Royale soundtrack on iTunes
MUMBAI: The James Bond phenomenon gets a new lease of life – in the form of the new Bond, Daniel Craig – in director Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, for which composer David Arnold returns...
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Casino Royale take spotlight at 777.com
MUMBAI: The 21st movie in the James Bond saga features actor Daniel Craig as the British secret agent Casino Royale is schedule to premier on 16 November in the United Kingdom and in the...
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Bollywood stars meet cancer-affected kids
PRESS RELEASE On the eve of Children’s Day 2006, the Bowling co, a brand of Galaxy Entertainment Corporation Limited (GECL), and the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA), have announced a weeklong festival supporting...
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Mani Ratnam’s Guru postponed to January
<i>Guru</i> starring Abhishek & Aishwarya, which was slated to release on 22 December, will now release on 12 January....
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Govt to up grant for Children’s Film Society
I&B minister P R Dasmunsi said that the amount of grant to CFSI will be raised three-fold in next year's budget....
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Man Of The House to premiere on HBO
MUMBAI: HBO will be premiering the comedy Man Of The House starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cedric the Entertainer on 18 November at 9 pm. The film has been directed by Stephen Herek. When...
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Star Movies to premiere Shattered Glass
MUMBAI: Star Movies will premiere of the thriller Shattered Glass on 17 November at 9 pm. The film revolves around the story of a talented and at the same time, flawed character. It is...
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Pix to premiere Being Cyrus on 19 Nov
MUMBAI: Saif Ali Khan’s first English film and a debut venture by director Homi Adajania – Being Cyrus, will have its world television premiere on 19 November at 8 pm on Pix. Pix...
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Sony ‘bonds’ with Casino Royale in India
For <i>Casino Royale's</i> release, 3 Sony companies – Pix, Sony Electronics & Sony Pictures have collaborated in India....
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NVIDIA rolls Digital Bollywood initiative
NVIDIA Corporation has embarked on a strategic initiative for the Indian digital content creation community....
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‘Swamy and Bhootnath are little experiments on my part’ – Juhi Chawla
From Ishq and Mr and Mrs Khiladi to My Brother Nikhil, Jhankaar Beats and Swamy… your focus seems to have changed from bigger films to small, experimentative cinema. Comment. Yes, my focus has changed....
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‘We started with entertainment but we will also have non-Bollywood content on our site’ – Rajjat Barjatya
What prompted Rajshri to venture into the space of New Media? Since 1947, Rajshri has been a traditional entertainment company focused on film entertainment dealing with film production, distribution, exhibition and export. Last year,...
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Global Indian Film Awards nominees list
PRESS RELEASE The Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA – 2006) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to 9. The award is conceived, scripted and directed by Popcorn Entertainment Pvt....
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Shringar adds three multiplexes in Mumbai
PRESS RELEASE Shringar Cinemas Limited has entered into an arrangement with Thakur Developers of Mumbai to run/lease the below mentioned theatres and multiplexes, the first of which (Thakur Fame) is due to begin...
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Disney, Excel roll DVD film fest for kids
MUMBAI: Disney is celebrating Children’s Day with a week long Children’s Film Festival on DVD. The week long affair beginning on 14 November will conclude on 21 November. The festival is being organized...
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Mobile game on Arshad Warsi to launch
MUMBAI: Arshad Warsi will soon be seen in a series of mobile games to be released by Spiel Studios. The games will be developed by Spiel Studios and will be available on all mobile...
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Sandeep Chowta on Radio City 91.1 FM
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has undertken a unique initiative in Hyderabad to popularise quality international music by getting Sandeep Chowta to be its star guest and host. Chowta has films like Satya, Company,...
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Now remake of Satte Pe Satta & Chupke Chupke
MUMBAI: After a hiatus of five – six years director Raj N Sippy is back. He has completed two films starring Mimoh Chakraborty (son of Mithun Chakraborty) titled Jimmy and The Murderr. What’s...
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E City Films to release Brad Pitt’s Babel
MUMBAI: Having clocked 10 releases within five years of its foray in English film distribution and delivering films like Alexander, Million Dollar Baby and The History of Violence, E-City Films Pvt. Limited will close...
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Distributor relinquishes Bhagam Bhag rights
MUMBAI: Nikita Arts, one of the film distributors from the eastern circuit, has given up the rights of Bhagam Bhag. This is said to be the result of the business garnered by the Akshay...
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Priyanka in a cameo in Bombay Talkies
MUMBAI: The makers of Don – Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar have finalised Priyanka Chopra in a cameo role in Zoya Akhtar’s directorial debut Bombay Talkies. The film is said to be a remake...
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E-City ends speculation over Pitt at IFFI
MUMBAI: Babel, produced by Summit Entertainment, USA is distributed in India by Essel Group’s E-City Films Pvt. Limited, which is the sole owner of all distribution and syndication rights – within India – of...
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Anu Malik looks to hit the right notes in 07
After composing music for <i>Jaan-E-Mann</i> and <i>Umrao Jaan</i>, Anu Malik is all set to churn out good music in 2007....
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Baabul to release with 120 prints in Mumbai
Bharat Shah to release <i>Baabul</i> starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Mailini, Salman with 120 prints in Bombay circuit....
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Intellikey Labs tests DVD copy protection
MUMBAI: Utilizing its proprietary protocols developed specifically for copy protection testing, Intellikey performs definitive copy protection testing for optical media via its expansive domestic and international DVD player matrices. “Protecting content and quality...
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IMI Board cease goods worth Rs 200 mn
Over 90,000 CDs & 10,00,000 inlay cards recovered along with equipment; seizure of goods valued at Rs 200 million....
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Balaji Telefilms – Results of Postal Ballot
PRESS RELEASE Balaji Telefilms Ltd has informed BSE that the members of the Company by way of Postal Ballot have passed the following Ordinary / Special resolutions with requisite majority. 1. Revision in Remuneration...
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MTV’s live webcast of Casino Royale premiere
MUMBAI: The world premiere of the 21st James Bond adventure Casino Royale, is being streamed live across MTV regional websites in Europe, Latin America, Brazil and Asia today (14 November). Entertainment fans everywhere looking...
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Russell Crowe, Steve Irwin to be honoured
MUMBAI: From Oscar winners to Australia’s iconic Royal Surf Life Savers, a heap of celebrities, athletes and Australian chefs are saying G’Day to Americans as they celebrate G’Day USA: Australia Week 2007 in New...
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