MUMBAI: Ekta Kapoor’s soap factory Balaji Telefilms Ltd has formed a wholly owned subsidiary company for its motion picture business called Balaji Motion Pictures. The decision was taken at the company’s meeting held today...
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Filmy launches new initiative – Live & Filmy
MUMBAI: SaharaOne’s Hindi movie channel Filmy has launched another initiative ‘Live & Filmy.’ This willl be a series of on-ground viewer connect musical extravaganzas. The first of the series will feature Daler Mehndi, Sukhvinder...
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Mangat reaps booty in fines on No Smoking sets
MUMBAI: Producer Kumar Mangat, who had banned smoking on the sets of his forthcoming movie No Smoking, has collected Rs 1,50,000 in fines as penalty for breaking the rule. The film, directed by Anuarag...
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Hindi Channels: 7-13 January, 2007
Market: Hindi Speaking MarketTG: CS 4+ YearsPeriod: Week 2 (07/01/07 – 13/01/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:English Channels: 7 – 13 January, 2007...
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English Channels: 7-13 January, 2007
Market: All IndiaTG: CS 15+ YearsPeriod: Week 2 (07/01/07 – 13/01/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Hindi Channels: 7 – 13 January, 2007...
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Water release postponed by two weeks
MUMBAI: The release of Deepa Mehta’s Water, initially slated for 23 February 2007, has been postponed by two weeks. The film will now be released on 9 March 2007. Water has been shortlisted for...
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Studio 18 betting big on overseas market in 2007
MUMBAI: The new entrant in the movie space – Studio 18 – a division of the TV 18 group – is betting big on the overseas market by the look of things. In its first...
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Kasam Dharti Maiya Ki to release on 26 January
MUMBAI: Balaji Exhibitors’ Pappu Ajani and Rajesh Singh, Bombay distributors of Bhojpuri films, plan to release their maiden Bhojpuri home production on Republic Day. The film, a family drama, is titled Kasam Dharti Maiya...
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Eros acquires Aur Pappu Pass Ho Gaya rights
MUMBAI: The India video, satellite and overseas rights of Aur Pappu Pass Ho Gaya (which sounds like a film inspired by the jingle of a popular ad for Cadbury’s chocolates) have been acquired by...
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Khosla Ka Ghosla editor to contest elections
MUMBAI: Sejal Painter is getting ready to put her film editing skills on hold while she contests the forthcoming civic elections in Mumbai. Painter, who has a commerce degree from Mumbai under her belt,...
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Deepak Tijori to direct comedy film
Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta have signed Deepak Tijori to direct their next comedy film.
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Aparna Sen talks about 15 Park Avenue on Pix
MUMBAI: Director Aparna Sen’s interview will be aired on Pix on 28 January along with the World English Television Premiere of 15 Park Avenue. The film is directed by Sen and will be aired...
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Jagjit Singh in Zee’s Titan Antakshri
MUMBAI: This Republic Day Gazal maestro Jagjit Singh will be a guest on Zee TV’s Titan Antakshri. The episode will be aired on 26 January at 8:30 pm. The participants in this week’s episode...
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Japanese police raid movie piracy operations
MUMBAI: On 16 January, officers from Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters and Konan Police Station, accompanied by Motion Picture Association (MPA) representatives, raided a video rental shop and DVD-R burning lab in Obu City, a...
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Film file-sharing booming on internet: study
MUMBAI: As the film industry is trying to find the right business model for internet distribution for its first-run and catalogue content, a new research study shows that American consumers are increasingly viewing the...
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GV Films inks MoU with Madhavan, Bazmee
GV Films has inked an MoU with actor R Madhavan and director Anees Bazmee for a number of films....
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SaharaOne to air Corporate on 28 January
MUMBAI: SaharaOne Television will air Madhur Bhandarkar’s Corporate on 28 January. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Bipasha Basu, Rajat Sharma, Harsh Chaya, Bharat Dabholkar, Lillette Dubey, Vinay Apte and Mukesh Tyagi. The film...
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Rajshri gets Sanjay B Jumaani on board
Rajshri Media has tied up with numerologist Sanjay B. Jumaani for ‘Numerologic’ service on its website....
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