MUMBAI: Punjabi pop-singer Daler Mehendi will don the role of a judge on Sab’s first reality show, Fame X (on the lines of Fame Gurukul on Sony) from 24 November. The programme will be...
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Film & TV Guild meets princess of Norway
MUMBAI: A round table film forum was organized by the Royal Norwegian embassy in co-operation with the Norwegian Film Commission at Hilton Towers, Mumbai recently. The forum was organized to interact with the film...
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Come December at Indianapolis Film Fest
Indian English film <i>Come December</i> selected as main line entry at the Indianpolis Film Festival....
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Rs 150 mn film on Krishna to launch in 2007
<i>Bhagwan Shri Krishna</i>, which will launch in 2007, to be made on a budget at Rs 150 million....
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Asha Parekh heads jury for HHITA 2006
MUMBAI: Asha Parekh will be heading the jury for the 6th Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA) 2006, which will be held on 26 November in Mumbai. Indian Television Academy convenor Shashi Ranjan...
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Adlabs to release Janani in B’bay, Delhi-UP
MUMBAI: Adlabs has acquired the distribution rights of Ultra Distributors P. Ltd.’s Janani for the territories of Bombay and Delhi – U.P. The film is slated for release on 17 November. Janani brings...
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Cinemata to invest in 300 single-screens
Singapore's Cinemata Entertainments to manage 300 single screen cinemas in India with an investment of Rs 3 billion....
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Umrao Jaan stumped at the box-office
MUMBAI: A week before Diwali the box-office window collections were nothing to talk home about. However, Don managed to sail through followed by Jaan-E-Mann. But Umrao Jaan, which released yesterday (3 November), failed to evoke...
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Umrao Jaan – Movie review
Rating: 2.5/5 Director: J.P. Dutta Producer: J.P. Dutta Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta and Suneil Shetty. Umrao Jaan is an adaptation of Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s novel Umrao...
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Hyderabad Nawabs does well in Hyderabad
<i>Hyderabad Nawabs</i> grosses Rs 4.4 mn in first week in Hyderabad, pushes <i>Lage Raho Munnabhai</i> to second spot....
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Manisha Koirala & Kay Kay Menon in Sirf
<i>Sirf...</i> directed by Rajaatesh Nayar will star Manisha Koirala, Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni and Shreyas Talpade....
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Kapil Sharma meets Dharamendra
PRESS RELEASE Kapil Sharma had the experience of his life recently when his idol Dharam Garam met him. Interestingly, the duo had worked together in Hukumat where Kapil was a child artiste 15 years...
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Actor Tulip Joshi’s sporting encounters
PRESS RELEASE Tulip, who had a dream debut with Yashraj film in ‘Meri Yaar Ki Shaadi’, followed it up with ‘Dil Maange More’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Mathrubhumi’. She will be donning a glamorous...
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Actor Gautam Kapoor and the M factor
PRESS RELEASE Top supermodel Gautam Kapoor, who had leading designers running after his super chiseled frame during his modeling days, is now making moves into the hallowed halls of Bollywood. Star of many prestigious...
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Govinda meets kids from Jamnabai Narsee
PRESS RELEASE Actor Govinda is one man who loves kids. Not only does he go out of his way to do things for children, but on late, he has even lived up to his...
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Jiah – the hottest Diva in Bollywood
PRESS RELEASE There is a certain buzz about this Diva in Bollywood Just 18, and she has captured the imagination of the industry. Jiah is bollywood’s true blue new Diva. She is being talked...
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Akshay, Lara shoot in 32 London locations
PRESS RELEASE Priyadarshan has spared no expense in making his latest tour-de-force BhagamBhag. And this has proved true as he used a mind blowing 32 locations all over the beautiful city of London...
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Akshaye Khanna looks forward to 2007
MUMBAIl: Bollywood actor Akshaye Khanna is currently busy shooting in Dubai for Abbas – Mastan’s untitled movie to be produced by Tips. The film also stars Bobby Deol and newcomer Urvashi Sharma. The New...
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Sonu Nigam in Tanuja Chandra’s film
MUMBAI: The producers of Tanuja Chandra’s Hope and a Little Sugar have just finished shooting a music video for their film with Sonu Nigam in New York. The film won the Best Film...
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Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan views Dor
MUMBAI: After Sachin Tendulkar and Kareena Kapoor had special screenings of Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dor, now it’s the turn of Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan. Gauri recently saw the film in Delhi, which has...
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Bappi Lahiri releases Chulbuli Sheetal album
MUMBAI: Music director Bappi Lahiri has become popular with the children too after his appearance as the chief guest on the Little Champ Show on Zee TV. Lahiri released a music album of...
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Mukta Arts – announcements
PRESS RELEASE Mukta Arts Ltd has announced its slate of films for 2007-08. The Company has signed up reputed directors for its slate of seven films. Of these two films will be...
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Anubhav Sinha announces future plans
MUMBAI: Anuvhav Sinha, who is presently shooting for Sohail Maklai’s Cash in South Africa, has announced his future production plans. Sinha has launched two production houses. “I have launched two production houses –...
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Hema Malini on PNC board of directors
MUMBAI: Actor Hema Malini has been appointed as an additional director in Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd. The decision was taken at the board meeting of the company on 30 October, 2006. Hema Malini’s...
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Rajshri to launch broadband video portal
MUMBAI: Rajshri Media (P) Ltd, the digital arm of the Rajshri Group is soon launching an online broadband video portal. Rajshri Media COO Ravichand Nallappa says, “Our portal aims to become the premier destination...
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Shemaroo Video joins hands with Croma
Shemaroo Video ties up with Infiniti Retail to retail DVDs & VCDs at Croma, the electronics store in Juhu, Mumbai....
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Tanuja Chandra’s next is a period film
MUMBAI: Director Tanuja Chandra’s Zindaggi Rocks may have not fared well at the box-office; but her international movie Hope And A Little Sugar received rave reviews and has even bagged the best feature film...
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K Sera Sera’s Risk to release on 15 Dec
MUMBAI: K Sera Sera’s Risk starring Vinod Khanna, Tanushree Datta and Randeep Hooda will release on 15 December. The film has been written and directed by Vishram Sawant who had earlier directed Ram Gopal...
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Avitel to invest Rs 1.5 billion for expansion
MUMBAI: Avitel Post Studioz Ltd., a post-production mall has big expansion plans and investing Rs 1.5 billion (Rs 150 crores) for the same. Siddharth Jain says, “Since the last three years, our profits...
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Rambha signs six Bhojpuri films
MUMBAI: South actor Rambha has signed six Bhojpuri films. Rambha, who was shooting in Mumbai for a Bhojpuri film Banke Bihari M.L.A., says, “I was not keen on doing Bhojpuri films in the beginning....
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Don special screening for Priyanka Gandhi
MUMBAI: A special screening of Farhan Akhtar’s Don starring Shah Rukh Khan, was hosted for Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi and her family this weekend in New Delhi. “We organized a...
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Tara Sharma to interview Daniel Craig in NY
Actor Tara Sharma will interview Daniel Craig- the new James Bond in <i>Casino Royale</i>, which will release on 17 Nov....
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Pyar Ke Side Effects on T-Series home video
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications’ Pyar Ke Side Effects will complete 50 days of theatrical release on 3 November. The film stars Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat and Ranvir Shorey and marked director Saket Chaudhry’s debut....
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IBN 7 to air special review of Umrao Jaan
MUMBAI: IBN 7 will air a special review on Umrao Jaan on Premier 7 on 4 November at 7:30 pm. Premier 7 will give viewers a peek into the making of the movie and...
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Tom Cruise, MGM to revive United Artists
MUMBAI: United Artists, the studio founded by movie greats Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith some 85 years ago and responsible for delivering such iconic film franchises as Rocky, Pink Panther...
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Pooja Bhatt to direct film for Vishesh Films
After a hiatus of three years, Pooja Bhatt will direct a movie for Vishesh Films, which will be launched in January 2007....
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Pix appoints Butalia as sr mkting manager
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television’s English movie channel Pix has appointed Himmat Butalia as senior marketing manager. Butalia who joined on 1 November, will report to Pix’s business head Sunder Aaron. “Himmat brings with...
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Umrao Jaan’s 123 prints in Bombay
Rajiv Malhotra, who is releasing the film in the Bombay Circuit on behalf of Adlabs, is releasing it with 123 prints....
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Jaan-E-Mann
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Wish Shah Rukh Khan from your Airtel phone
PRESS RELEASE Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading mobile services provider, today announced a unique offer for its subscribers to wish Shah Rukh Khan on his birthday on November 2, 2006. Continuing with its legacy...
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Shah Rukh Khan’s brand power
As Shah Rukh Khan turns 41 on 2 November, 2006, we take a look at Bollywood's Don of advertisements....
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Vinod Khanna makes a comeback in films
MUMBAI: Yesteryears actor Vinod Khanna is all set to make a comeback in Bollywood with a string of films. Khanna will first be seen in Vishram Sawant’s Risk, which is due for release...
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Shemaroo unveils R.K. Films VCD collection
PRESS RELEASE Shemaroo Video (P) Ltd released the album R.K Films – The Immortal Collection on VCD. The album, which is a 6-VCD pack, is a collector’s item featuring 72 Songs from films...
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Milan Luthria to direct Sanjay Dutt’s Beehad
MUMBAI: Ajanta Arts, the production house that was launched by Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar’s Aryan Films, will now be revived by their sons – Sanjay Dutt and Kumar Gaurav respectively. The first...
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Tri-lingual film based on bank robbery
MUMBAI: Arun Film Entertainment is planning a tri-lingual film with Hindi, Tamil and Telugu stars. Jackie Shroff and Rahul Dev along with Tollywood actors Raghuvaran and Abbas have been signed for a film to...
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Rahul Rawail readies Budha Mar Gaya
MUMBAI: Producer-director Rahul Rawail has started work on his next film titled Budha Mar Gaya. The film will star Anupam Kher in the title role. Additionally Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Ranveer Shorey and Sarika...
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GV Films inks deal with Singapore’s 1-Net
GV Films Ltd inks deal with 1-Net Singapore for providing infrastructure and dedicated bandwidth to its film portal....
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DreamWorks Animation reports Q3 results
MUMBAI: For the third quarter of 2006, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. reported total revenue of $55.6 million and net income of $10.5 million. This compares to revenue of $87.1 million and net loss of...
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Big B’s Ganga creates new records
MUMBAI: Last weekend two big films – Don and Jaan-E-Mann, opened with Amitabh Bachchan’s first Bhojpuri film Ganga. The latter is doing well at the box office in India. “Ganga has set new...
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Duke of York visits Yash Raj Films Studios
MUMBAI: Over the years Yash Raj Films has become synonymous with the film industry’s royalty, but true blue royalty graced the YRF Studios. Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, fourth in line to the...
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Aishwarya Rai speaks up on Rendezvous
MUMBAI: Aishwarya Rai opens up to Simi Garewal in the concluding episode of Rendezvous on Star World. The episode will be aired on 5 November at 9.30 pm. Aishwarya talks about the bond she shares with...
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Pix to air two-hour special with Tom Cruise
MUMBAI: On 5 November, Pix will air a two hour special episode of Inside The Actors Studio with Tom Cruise. The show is hosted by James Lipton. Cruise made his film debut with a...
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Comic book on Shah Rukh’s Don to launch
The 80-page comic on <i>Don</i> will be based on film's plot and will be launched on 6 November. <STRONG><FONT color=#ff3300 size=1>EXCLUSIVE!</FONT></STRONG>...
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Moser Baer India files suit against Philips
PRESS RELEASE Moser Baer India Ltd has announced that it has filed a suit in the Delhi High Court against Koninklikje Philips Electronics N.V.- (Philips) and Philips Electronics India Ltd to declare the Notices...
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HC refuses stay on Umrao Jaan’s release
Rajtaru Studios filed case against Dutta for Rs 750,000, which has been due; had asked for a stay on film's release....
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PVR announces Q2 results
PRESS RELEASE PVR has announced its second quarter results. Total Revenues for the quarter ended September 2006, were Rs 4,573 lacs, higher by 56% over the corresponding quarter ended September 2005. The growth...
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Munnabhai’s tryst with the Oscars begins
<i>Lage Raho Munnabhai</i> was the opening film for The University of Southern California’s first ever Indian film festival....
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World Trade Center wins best movie award
MUMBAI: Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center was given the Hollywood Movie of the Year award at the 10th Annual Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Awards ceremony, which honours independent filmmakers and established Hollywood professionals. ...
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Two Cold War symbols in Casino Royale
MUMBAI: This November, anatomist, Gunther von Hagens — one of the most well known defectors from former East Germany — marks the 17th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with the most...
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Zee Muzic celebrates Shah Rukh’s b’day
MUMBAI: As King Khan turns yet another year older on 2 November, Zee Muzic will be celebrating the actor’s birthday. Producer – director and Shah Rukh Khan’s close friend Karan Johar will pay...
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Jeetendra not to star in Ekta’s film
MUMBAI: Yesteryear actor Jeetendra has denied that he will be staging a comeback to movies after nearly three years in his daughter – Ekta Kapoor’s Bhojpuri film Gabbar Singh. The film is a...
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‘No Devdas-like sets in Umrao Jaan‘
<i>Umrao Jaan</i> is all set to release on 3 November and expectations are high from the Abhishekh - Aishwarya film....
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Abhay Deol, Raima Sen in Shemaroo’s next
Abhay Deol, Raima Sen in Shemaroo's <i>Manorama Six Feet Under</i>, which will be directed by Navdeep Singh....
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Zee, Nerolac launch celebrity reality show
MUMBAI: Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited is promoting their new interior premium brand Nerolac Impression by sponsoring a reality show on Zee TV called Nerolac Impression Jama De. The reality show will comprise television celebrity...
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Zee Muzic launches Wild 10 with Rohit Roy
MUMBAI: Zee Muzic is all set to launch a one-hour theme based show called Wild 10, which will be hosted by Rohit Roy. Every week Wild 10 will play the 10 hottest tracks...
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Adlabs to control Novelty Cinema
MUMBAI: Adlabs has taken over Novelty Cinema, which is in Grant Road, Mumbai and will now manage and control it. Novelty Cinema has a seating capacity of 1191 with a capacity of Rs...
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Dor to screen at IAAC Film Festival
MUMBAI: Nagesh Kukunoor’s latest film Dor, which was produced by Sahara-One Motion Pictures, will be screened at the annual IAAC (Indo American Arts Council) Film Festival in New York in November. This will be...
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s sister turns director
Bela Segal will turn director with a film produced by T-Series, which will go on floors in June 2007....
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