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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Paramount leads with 19 Oscar nominations
MUMBAI: When the nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced today, Paramount Pictures Corporation led all other studios with 19 nominations with films that were released by Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage...
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Sundance Fest short films on iTunes
MUMBAI: Sundance Institute and Sundance Channel announced that the first selection of short films from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival are immediately available for download via The iTunes Store. The availability of these, and...
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RealNetworks offers free streaming of movies
MUMBAI: RealNetworks, Inc’s new film and entertainment information site, Film.com is introducing the Film.com Movie of the Week, which includes free streaming access to full-length movies along with information, interviews, and background on the...
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V Menon back with a thriller
MUMBAI: Director V Menon is back after a brief hiatus, with a thriller film titled Andekhi. Menon’s last film, Ishq Qayamat, starring Milind Gunaji, left no impact on the box-office, unlike his 1995 film,...
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Miss Anara to release on 23 February
MUMBAI: Miss Anara, the film based on the Jammu sex scandal that rocked the country a few years ago, will release on 23 February 2007. The film, made under the banner of K K...
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Prabhu Deva to direct Salman Khan
Boney Kapoor has signed Salman Khan to play the lead in his next production to be directed by Prabhu Deva....
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Prime Focus to release Traffic Signal
MUMBAI: Prime Focus will partner Shringar Films for the release of Percept Picture Company’s Traffic Signal in the Mumbai circuit. The film will be released jointly by Prime Focus and Arun Kumar in the...
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Adlabs Films’ Q3 net profit up at Rs 230 mn
MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company – Adlabs Films Limited has posted a growth of 257 per cent in consolidated revenues at Rs 1.05 billion (Rs 105 crore) for the third quarter ended...
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Actors perform own stunts in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya
MUMBAI: Every actor in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya – The Royal Guard has done his own stunts. According to sources, even Amitabh Bachchan, who plays the title role, insisted on doing a risky scarf burning...
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Pritish Nandys’ brand valued at Rs 2.65 billion
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) Ltd has got its evaluation done by UK based global brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance plc. The company has pegged PNC’s brand value at Rs 2.65 billion...
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Tata Teleservices to launch Music Xpress
Music Xpress will be a full song download service; subscribers can browse through hundreds of songs....
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Shah Rukh Khan impresses in Kaun Banega Crorepati
Comparisons are inevitable but Bollywood’s King Khan has carved a niche for himself with Star Plus' KBC....
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Rajshri.com adds Malgudi Days, Fauji to portfolio
MUMBAI: Rajshri.com has now unveiled its latest initiative. The portal will make available classic TV shows like Malgudi Days and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Fauji. Rajshri.com will also be celebrating Republic Day with an...
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Baba Arts inks deal with Moser Baer
MUMBAI: Baba Arts Ltd has inked an eight year agreement with Moser Baer to exclusively manufacture, market and distribute over 450 Telugu film titles of the company. The agreement will entitle Moser Baer to...
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Peter Mukerjea and Sameer Nair quit Star India
MUMBAI: After a lot of hype and speculations, the official word is finally out on the two biggies at Star India. Star Group, India CEO Peter Mukerjea and Star Entertainment, India CEO Sameer Nair...
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Peter Mukerjea and Sameer Nair to Leave STAR India
MUMBAI: After a lot of hype and speculations, the official word is finally out on the two biggies at Star India. Star Group, India CEO Peter Mukerjea and Star Entertainment, India CEO Sameer Nair...
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Cartoon Network to premiere Krishna: Makhan Chor
MUMBAI: After the premiere of Krishna: The Birth, on the occasion of Janamashtami, Cartoon Network will celebrate Republic Day with the Indian television premiere of Krishna: Makhan Chor on 26 January at 12 noon...
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Salaam-e-Ishq Big Nite on Zoom
MUMBAI: As Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-e-Ishq gets ready for release, Zoom will air the exclusive premiere of the film on Big Nite. In the one hour show, the channel will showcase the premiere of Salaam-e–Ishq...
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N Chandra to direct T A Shah group’s next film
MUMBAI: N Chandra has undertaken to direct a film for an outside banner after a long time. He has been signed on by the T A Shah Group of Companies to direct its forthcoming,...
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Mukesh Khanna to remake Saugandh in Bhojpuri
MUMBAI: Mukesh Khanna, better known as television’s Shaktimaan, is producing a Bhojpuri film titled Saugandh, inspired by the Hindi film of the same name he produced in the 1990s. Says Khanna, “I am planning...
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Producers’ associations’ meet in Mumbai this week
MUMBAI: Indian film producers’ bodies are slated to meet on 24 January in Mumbai to take up various issues dogging the film industry. The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA), Association of Motion Picture...
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Shakti Kapoor to act in Bangla play
MUMBAI: Shakti Kapoor is taking on a new role. The actor, who has played villain in innumerable Hindi films, will be acting in a Bangla play, Aaj Ka Ravan. The play will be staged...
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Producers, Kawal Sharma lock horns
MUMBAI: Kuwait based financiers Ravi Kohli and Neelam Kohli have initiated legal proceedings against director Kawal Sharma for cheating them of Rs 39,80,000 incurred for the making of a feature film, Aavaran. Sharma has...
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Adlabs Films completes Synergy acquisition
Adlabs Films has completed the process of acquiring stake in Siddhartha Basu's Synergy Communications....
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3i, Cisco, OIF invest USD 125 m in Nimbus
MUMBAI: 3i, Cisco and Oman Investment Fund (OIF) have announced an investment of US $ 125 million (Rs 552 crore) in Nimbus Communications Limited. This marks 3i’s second round of investment in Nimbus, the...
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Eros to release 1100 Salaam-e-Ishq prints
Nikhil Advani's Salaam-e-Ishq will be released with 1100 prints worldwide by Eros on 25 January, 2007....
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Guru manages, Risk faces the brunt
MUMBAI: The comeback of the suave Vinod Khanna to Bollywood via Risk could not perk up the film’s collections at the box-office. The film has registered around 50 per cent plus collections, mostly in...
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Traffic Signal Music Review
Film: Traffic Signal Music director: Shamir Tandon Rating: 2.5/5 The music of Traffic Signal is nothing phenomenal; it’s a run of the mill soundtrack. What is rather clever about the album, however, is the...
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Music Review: Just Married
Film: Just Married Music Released by: T Series Music Director: Pritam Lyrics: Gulzar Rating: 3.5/5 The Gulzar – Pritam combination presents some hummable songs in Just Married. Thankfully, this album does not have the...
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Bollywood spelt big bucks overseas in 2006
MUMBAI: 2006 saw a plethora of Bollywood film releases, that told diverse stories, had top notch performances and an even better audience which embraced these films wholeheartedly. All this resulted in an outstanding box...
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Cellcast launches Sumo.TV platform
MUMBAI: Following the productions of Bid2Win and Bollywood Dhamaal, Cellcast Interactive India have now launched Sumo.TV, which is India’s first end-to-end user-generated content (UGC) solution for broadcasters. “Sumo.TV invites individuals to share their personal...
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Star brews fresh season of Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: Karan Johar returns to the small screen next month with a fresh season of his weekly celebrity chat show Koffee with Karan. Star India will telecast the entire series simultaneously on Star One...
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Sahara One to premiere Khosla Ka Ghosla
MUMBAI: SaharaOne Television will premiere UTV Motion Pictures’ Khosla Ka Ghosla on 21 January at 11 am with a repeat at 8 pm. Khosla Ka Ghosla is a sweet black comedy in the life...
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Shringar posts Rs 36.4 million net profit in Q3
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas has declared a net profit of Rs 36.4 million (Rs 3.64 crore) as against a net loss of Rs 19.9 million (Rs 1.99 crore) during the same period last year, for...
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Rajasthan government calls for integrity in film trade
MUMBAI: The Rajasthan Vigilance Commission chairman R K Sahara has asked film producers to lend their support in fighting piracy. The Jaipur based commission has requested producers to avoid the tendency of selling video...
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Eros inks mobile content deal with Mauj
MUMBAI: Eros International has inked a mobile license deal involving minimum guarantee revenues with Mauj Telecom, for distribution of Eros’ mobile content through Mauj’s network. The deal includes films such as Namaste London, Eklavya...
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Risk premieres at Mumbai’s Fame multiplex
MUMBAI: K Sera Sera Productions’ Risk premiered at the Fame Inorbit multiplex in Mumbai on 18 January, 2007. Almost all the actors who feature in the film, including Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Dutta,...
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Vikaas Kalantri in Abbas-Mastan’s new film
MUMBAI: Vikaas Kalantri, who featured in Nayee Padosan, has now bagged another project. This time, he will be seen in Abbas-Mastaan’s untitled next film. Kalantri has already shared screen space with Bobby Deol and...
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Nehle Pe.. Delhi-UP rights net Rs 25 mn
MUMBAI: Prime Focus has snapped up the Delhi-UP rights of Mahendra Dhariwal’s Nehle Pe Dehla for Rs 25 million (Rs 2.5 crore). The company is also the presenter of the film. Navkar Finance has...
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Lonavala… to exhibit at Hong Kong Filmart
MUMBAI: Wilson Luis is planning to take his latest feature film Lonavala Khandala Ghat to the forthcoming Hong Kong Filmart. The Hong Kong film market, to be held from 23 March this year, showcases...
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Just Married
Film Synopsis: Just Married Banner: Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd Produced by: Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish-Nandy Written & Directed by: Meghna Gulzar Music: Pritam Lyrics: Gulzar Director of Photography: Sachin K Cast: Fardeen Khan,...
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Phalke Academy backs anti-piracy film
MUMBAI: The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy has offered its support to producer Kumar Raj’s feature film based on the theme of film piracy. The film, Manthan Ek Kashmakash, made a while ago, had been languishing...
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Shilpa Shetty invited to Asian Poker Classic
Capitalising on Shetty’s success on Celebrity Big Brother, Asian Poker Classic has invited her to Goa....
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BO: Guru manages, Risk faces the brunt
Engagement of Abhishek & Aishwarya is looked on as a bonus for Ratnam's Guru at the box office....
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Parzania cleared by censor board jury
A 14 member jury culled from various parts of India saw the film before granting it the censor certificate....
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Animax, Sify launch ‘Grand Gaming Challenge’
MUMBAI: Animation channel Animax in association with Sify Gamedrome has launched the first annual “Animax Grand Gaming Challenge 2007,” a gaming tournament that will be conducted across 66 cities. This event will feature gamers...
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James Lipton interviews Hugh Grant on Pix
MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Hugh John Mungo Grant will be seen on Pix in a tete-a-tete with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio. The episode will be aired on 21 January at 7...
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Shakti Kapoor to co-host Star One show
MUMBAI: Film actor Shakti Kapoor has been roped in to play co-host to The Laughter Champions show on Star One. Kapoor will keep cricketer turned anchor Navjot Singh Sidhu company in egging on the...
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Film Review: Risk
Film: Risk Director: Vishram Sawant Producer: K Sera Sera Productions Cast: Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Dutta, Makrand Deshpande, Yashpal Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Anant Jog Rating: 2/5 An honest and upright encounter...
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VFX in Bollywood gains ground in 2006
MUMBAI: 2006 has been touted as the best and biggest year for Bollywood. In the year gone past, films not only incorporated novel scripts and concepts, but also executed them well. One factor that...
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Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.
Film Synopsis: Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. From the makers of Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya and Don, comes a fun-filled family entertainer, unusually titled – Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd. The cheerful and quirky comedy is...
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Max rolls out Mithun film festival
MUMBAI:Max will be rolling out a two week special film festival ‘Lage Raho Mithunda’ dedicated actor Mithun Chakraborty from 15 – 26 January every Monday to Friday at 5 pm. Max has slated titles...
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Disney-Pixar announce new animation film
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger announced plans of Disney and Pixar’s latest computer-animated movie called Wall-E, which is slated to hit theatres on 27 June, 2008. Wall-E will revolve around a robot...
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BOC MUSIC CHARTBUSTERS CATEGORY: NEW AGE/ WORLD MUSIC
CATEGORY: NEW AGE/ WORLD MUSICPERIOD: 8 January, 2007 to 14 January, 2007 Courtesy:...
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Zoom introduces movie slot at 9 pm
MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel Zoom has now introduced a movie band Zoom Theaters to showcase hits of Bollywood from 9 pm to 12 midnight every Monday to Friday. The channel will air movies from various...
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CATEGORY: HOME ENTERTAINMENT – INTL. MOVIES & OTHERSGEN: INTERNATIONAL MOVIES & OTHERSPERIOD: 8 January, 2007 to 14 January, 2007 Courtesy:...
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CATEGORY: HOME ENTERTAINMENT – INDIAGEN: HINDI MOVIES AND SONGS PERIOD: 8 January, 2007 to 14 January, 2007 Courtesy:...
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Toronto premiere of Guru presented digitally
Newly released film Guru has the distinction of being the first Indian film to have its world premiere held in digital format. Mani Ratnam’s Guru premiered on 11 January 2007, powered by Qube Cinema,...
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Dhamaal edges towards completion
shok Thackeria and Indra Kumar’s new production Dhamaal, being made under the banner of Maruti International, is more than 60 per cent complete. Both Thackeria and Kumar are not in Mumbai currently, and were...
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Percept Picture Company COO Mahesh Ramanathan quits
Percept Picture Company’s chief operating officer (COO) Mahesh Ramanathan has resigned from his post, thus making way for Rediffusion DYR president Preet Bedi, who has recently been designated as the chief executive officer. Confirming...
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UTV to re-release Rang De Basanti on 26 January
UTV Motion Pictures is known to do things a tad differently. One such recent example is when the Bollywood production house spent close to Rs 20 million (Rs 2 crores) on marketing a film...
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Anil Thadani to release Traffic Signal in Delhi
A A Films’ Anil Thadani has acquired Madhur Bhandarkar’s latest venture, Traffic Signal, for an undisclosed amount. Thadani will release the film in the Delhi circuit in association with Percept Picture Company. Shringar Films...
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Ghai sells music rights of 5 films to T-Series
Bollywood’s showman Subhash Ghai, who was until now been loyal to the Taurani Brothers – Ramesh and Kumar of Tips Music, has now turned to Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series. Ghai’s Mukta Arts Ltd has assigned...
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Ekta Kapoor to produce Bhojpuri Sholay
Producers Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Mahesh Pandey are planning another remake of the 1970s Hindi film classic Sholay, albeit in the Bhojpuri language. The film, titled Gabbar Singh and produced under the banner...
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Mr Hot Mr Kool to release digitally in India
Interworld Motion Pictures’ first venture Mr Hot Mr Kool will release on 19 January 2007 all over. In India, only the digital prints of the film will be released. Mr Hot Mr Kool is...
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Director Lawrence D’Souza bounces back
MUMBAI: Lawrence D’Souza, director of the 1991 hit film Saajan, starring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan, is poised to return to filmmaking. After the debacle of his last venture, Indian Babu, in...
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Bollywood films’ satellite rights: Bets get bigger
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Denzel Washington replaces Hanks as fav film star
MUMBAI: Hollywood movie star Denzel Washington returns to the list of America’s favorite movie stars, taking the number one position after dropping off the top 10 list in 2005. Dropping from number one to...
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DreamWorks Animation appoints new mkting head
MUMBAI: Anne Globe, a senior member of the DreamWorks Animation team, has been appointed the company’ s new head of worldwide marketing and consumer products. The announcement was made by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey...
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Shemaroo anti piracy raid nets Rs 1.12 million
MUMBAI: Shemaroo’s anti piracy team recently nabbed one person openly selling pirated VCDs and DVDs of Hollywod and Hindi films near the Andheri railway station in Mumbai. According to a company release, the vendor,...
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Akshaye finds kindred soul in Anil Kapoor
MUMBAI: Nikhil Advani apparently owes Anil Kapoor’s presence in his latest film Salaam-E-Ishq to Akshaye Khanna. While Advani was narrating the script to Khanna, he reportedly mentioned that he would love to also cast...
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‘I would like to be known as an unpredictable brand’ – Nikhil Advani
Is your forthcoming film Salaam-e-Ishq a love story?The film is about love. It’s also about what you should not do when in love. Most people think the film is about what you should do...
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Guru 80-100% collection in Bombay Circuit
MUMBAI:Mani Ratnam’s Guru released this Friday. The film with the same title was released two decades earlier by Ratnam’s brother, which had Mithun Chakraborty playing the lead as a cop. In this version, Mithun...
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Madhur Bhandarkar bags 16th Kalakaar Award
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar will receive the 16th Kalakaar Award for Best Director for the film Corporate, at a function to be held in Kolkata on 14 January. Actor Bipasha Basu has already received...
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Final Bhootnath schedule starts from 20 February
MUMBAI: The final major shooting schedule of BR Films’ Bhootnath will start from 20 February. The schedule, to be shot in and around Goa and Mumbai, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Satish Shah, Rajpal...
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Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd` to hit screens on 23 February
MUMBAI: After the success of Don, Excel Entertainment is set to release its next, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd on 23 February, 2007. The film is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, and directed...
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Excel launches stylised Don DVDs
MUMBAI: Excel Entertainment has released the DVD of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don in style – a special DVD edition of the film has been brought out in a sleek and stylish metal...
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New Year fails to stir Bollywood Box Office
MUMBAI: There have been no fireworks at the box office to start off the new year. With Mani Ratnam’s Guru having been released yesterday (12 January), the next couple of films to watch out...
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