Adlabs to premiere a first look of its co-production <i>Marigold</i> on a mobile platform at the 3GSM World Congress....
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Spiderman 3: Sony, P9 in marketing overdrive
Sony Pictures & P9 Integrated are looking at making the most out of <i>Spiderman 3</i> in terms of marketing tie-ups....
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SPTI acquires Afterworld
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has signed aN agreement to exclusively acquire all international television, Internet, digital sell-through, gaming and mobile rights to Afterworld, a futuristic 2.5D animated episodic property from Emmy Award...
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Mayur signs Salman Khan as brand ambassador
MUMBAI: Salman Khan will in all probability be addressed as Salman Mayur Khan. The LNJ Bhilwara Groups’ suiting brand Mayur Suitings has roped in actor Salman Khan as its new brand ambassador. Until recently, cricketer...
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Adlabs backs Milan Luthria’s next
Adlabs has roped in Milan Luthria to direct a film, which is said to be a remake of <i>Dick Tracy</i>....
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Sukhwinder Singh song added to Chooriyan
Singer & music director Sukhwinder Singh has been roped in to provide an additional song in <I>Chooriyan</I>....
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Kamlesh Kumar turns producer
Kamlesh Kumar who worked as a production designer with Keshu Ramsay and DMS Films, has turned producer....
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Disney to launch Pirates MMOG
MUMBAI: Disney Online will be launching Pirates of the Caribbean massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the film franchise. Scheduled to launch in spring 2007, Pirates of the Caribbean Online will allow...
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Lionsgate Movies now on iTunes
MUMBAI: Lionsgate and Apple announced that movies from Lionsgate will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store. iTunes customers will be able to purchase blockbuster Lionsgate films like Terminator 2, LA...
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Balaji to release Banke Bihari MLA 16 Feb
MUMBAI: Balaji Exhibitors will release Bhojpuri film Banke Bihari MLA on 16 February 2007. Says Balaji Exhibitors’ Pappu Ajani, “We are releasing the Ravi Kissen – Rambha starrer Banke Bihari MLA with five...
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Music Review: Big Brother
Film: Big Brother Lyrics: Sandesh Shandilya, Anand Raj Anand, Anil Pandey and Sameer Music director: Sandesh Shandilya and Anand Raj Anand Rating: 1.5/5 Big Brother is the forthcoming film that...
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Music Review: Delhi Heights
Film: Delhi Heights Music Director: Rabbi Shergill Lyrics: Rabbi Shergill Rating: 3/5 Delhi Heights is Rabbi Shergill’s first venture after his solo album Rabbi, which created a nation wide stir among music lovers....
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Saif Ali Khan forays into movie production
Saif Ali Khan & producer Dinesh Vijan have joined hands to set up a movie production house called Illuminati Films....
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Gurinder Chadha to direct movie for Paramount
MUMBAI: Gurinder Chadha is in final negotiations to direct the comedy Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging for Paramount Pictures International. According to Sheeraz Hasan (founder of www.Hollywood.tv), the story centers on a 16-year-old girl...
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Bollywood stars to celebrate V Day with pets
MUMBAI: Bollywood actors John Abraham, Dia Mirza, Isha Koppikar and Boman Irani will participate in a special gathering of pet lovers on 17 February 2007. The event, christened ‘Walk of Dog owners’ is being...
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Cinemax starts prepaid ticket booking cards
MUMBAI: The Cinemax chain of cinema theatres has launched pre-paid movie cards, which enable viewers to book tickets online. The Power Card facility has been developed in association with Done Cards and will...
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Thomson invests in Paprikaas Animation
MUMBAI: The technicolor content services business of Thomson has made a strategic investment in Bangalore based Paprikaas Animation Studios. With the transaction, Thomson aims to expand its service offerings in the feature film, television...
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Sharon’s ‘Dilruba’ wins silver at NY Fest
MUMBAI: A music video from Sharon Prabhakar’s new album Dilruba has recently bagged the silver award at the New York festival. According to a release, the video, created by Rajtaru Studios and Sarra...
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Preeti Bhalla cuts new album
MUMBAI: Artistes Ustad Sultan Khan and Sukhwinder recently released Preety Bhalla’s new music album Tumhi Toh Ho. Penned by Sangeetam, the album has music by Sanjay – Jaideep Jaipurwale. The music video for...
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Zakir Hussein to play villain in Tamil film
MUMBAI: Actor Zakir Hussein, who portrayed the role of Mumbai bomb squad chief Nand Kumar Chowghule in Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday, is playing a negative character in a Tamil film. Says Hussein, “I...
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Bhojpuri awards postponed to 25 March
MUMBAI: The second Bhojpuri Film Awards (BFA) function, scheduled to be held on 16 February, has been postponed to 25 March 2007. Actor turned politician Govinda has been appointed the official brand ambassador...
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Bhojpuri films reap rich returns in Bhiwandi
MUMBAI: The powerloom city of Bhiwandi, a satellite township near Mumbai, appears to be obsessed with Bhojpuri films, if recent film statistics are to be believed. There are 13 cinema halls in Bhiwandi, over...
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Red release postponed to 2 March
MUMBAI: Horseshoe Pictures has rescheduled the release of its second film, Red – The Dark Side, to 2 March from 23 February 2007, to coincide with Holi. Horseshoe’s first venture was Mr Ya...
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Cinemax to list on NSE/BSE on 14 February
MUMBAI: Cinemax India will list at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 14 February, 2007 with 89,20,000 equity shares on the bourses. The company has fixed the issue...
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Rohit Shetty to direct Kumar Mangat’s next
Rohit Shetty has been signed on to direct Kumar Mangat's next film, titled <i>Sunday</i>....
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Mukta signs Rs 45 million deal with Ultra
Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts Ltd has assigned India video rights of its five films to Ultra Distributors....
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Rajshri and Jump to create films’ mobile aps
Rajshri has struck a revenue sharing deal with Jump Games to jointly create film games and mobile applications....
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Star Movies lines up romantic films for V Day
MUMBAI: Star Movies will air a marathon of die-hard romantic films like Shallow Hal, Maid in Manhattan and If Only on 14 February 2007 to mark Valentine’s Day. Maid in Manhattan will be aired...
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Eros and Venus ink film production deal
MUMBAI: Eros International has inked a three-year output deal with Bollywood movie production house Venus. All films from the Venus banner for the next three years will be co-produced by Eros. Eros will exclusively...
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250% increase in pirated goods in 2006
MUMBAI: During 2006, the International Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP Intelligence Reports monitored 414 global incidents of intellectual property theft which relate primarily to mobile, temporary, and low rent locations in 44 countries. Street vendors,...
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Rajasthan milieu for Eklavya premiere
Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Nitin Desai to create Rajasthani ambience at the <i>Eklavya</i> premiere venue....
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UTV’s Goal shooting to begin mid-Feb
UTV's Goal, starring John Abraham, Bipasha Basu & Arshad Warsi will go on the floors in two weeks in the UK....
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Hindi Channels: 28 Jan – 3 Feb, 2007
Market: Hindi Speaking MarketTG: CS 4+ YearsPeriod: Week 5 (28/01/07 – 03/02/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also see:English Channels: 28 January – 3 February, 2007...
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English Channels: 28 Jan – 3 Feb, 2007
Market: All IndiaTG: CS 15+ YearsPeriod: Week 5 (28/01/07 – 03/01/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Hindi Channels: 28 January – 3 February, 2007...
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Disney renames video game business unit
MUMBAI: Disney has renamed its video game business unit to Disney Interactive Studios. Disney Interactive Studios’ senior vice president and general manager Graham Hopper said, “This change reflects our focus on creativity, the weight...
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Nokia joins hands with Whistling Woods
Nokia Nseries joined hands with Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International for Mobile Film Awards....
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Rang De Basanti loses BAFTA race
<i>Rang De Basanti</i> lost out to Mexican film <i>Pan's Lanyrinth</i> at the British Academy of Film & TV awards....
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Pankaj Jaysinh joins UFO Moviez
MUMBAI: Pankaj Jaysinh, the distribution business head of Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, has joined UFO Moviez as its business development manager. Recently, Jaysinh was in the news when he tried to revive his...
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Disney’s Tinker Bell to release in Fall 08
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Pictures’ new CG-animated feature Tinker Bell will be released worldwide in mid-2008 from Disney’s Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment. The announcement was made by Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment president Bob...
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Hrithik is Filmy’s Person of the Year
MUMBAI:The Sahara group’s movie channel Filmy marked the completion of a year recently with the launch of two new properties. The channel also announced the name of Hrithik Roshan as the Filmy Person...
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Dus Kahaniyan at Global GSM Summit
Sanjay Gupta to showcase three films from <i>Dus Kahaniyan</i>, at the Global GSM Summit in Barcelona....
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Shringar to release 300 prints of Eklavya
Shringar will release 300 prints of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's <i>Eklavya</i> in the Bombay circuit alone....
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Eros music on iTunes & Real Rhapsody
MUMBAI: Eros International has made available for download music tracks from its recent Bollywood releases including Omkara, I See You, Kudiyon Ka Hain Zamana and Namastey London on Apple’s iTunes on a worldwide basis...
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PEN case against Mehul Kumar on 17 Feb
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Magistrate has fixed 17 February 2007 for the hearing of the case filed by Popular Entertainment Network (PEN) against director Mehul Kumar. PEN director Jayantilal Gada had filed 12...
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Will Black Friday outstrip Traffic Signal?
MUMBAI: The court’s verdict on the 1993 bomb blasts case brought the curtain down on a sad chapter of Mumbai’s histroy, but also helped aided the release of Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday through Adlabs....
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Hungama gets KBC song on mobile phones
MUMBAI: Hungama Mobile and T-Series have launched the Kaun Banega Crorepati title track, ‘Kar Le Kar Le Koi Dhamaal’, for mobile phones. According to the two companies, this is the first time in...
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Bollywood bigwigs in KBC Valentine’s special
MUMBAI: Valentine’s Day special on Star Plus’ Kaun Banega Crorepati with Shah Rukh Khan will be a two hour special episode, where the host will have three celebrity couples as guests on the show....
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Akshay Kumar to feature in T-Series’ next
MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar will star in T-Series’ next film, despite the debacle of the company’s first venture, Humko Deewane Kar Gaye, which also featured him. Publicist Alok Mathur confirms the development. He says,...
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Tips signs on Apache Indian
MUMBAI: Apache Indian has recently signed an international recording and management contract with the Tips Records label. Tips also featured the singer in its recent Punjabi film Dil Apna Punjabi, and has produced...
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Chevrolet extends contract with Rani & Saif
MUMBAI: GM India has extended its commitment for endorsing the Chevrolet Aveo carlines with the dynamic duo of Rani Mukherjee and Saif Ali Khan. Rani and Saif will continue to remain the brand...
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Traffic Signal banned in Himachal Pradesh
Percept and Madhur Bhandarkar's <i>Traffic Signal</i> has been banned in Himachal Pradesh...
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Dhoom 2 game to cost Rs 40 million
Yashraj Films, FXLabs ink deal for Dhoom 2 PC game .The game is estimated to be of a budget close to Rs 40 million...
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Film Review: Undertrial
Film: Undertrial Director: Aziz Khan Producer: Nazim Rizvi Cast: Rajpal Yadav, Monica Castelino, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan Rating: 2/5 Imagine a father indicted of raping his daughters, not one or two, but three...
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Rs 10 million loss for Fool And Final
A major fire ruined the sets of producer Feroz Nadiadwala's movie causing a loss of 10 million (1 crore)....
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The Wounded real life movie to release in March
MUMBAI : After Bandit Queen, another dacoit saga, The Wounded, based on the life of Seema Parihar, who also plays the lead in the film, will release on 2 March 2007. Parihar, who at...
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Film Review: Black Friday
Film: Black Friday Director: Anurag Kashyap Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra, Imtiaz Ali, Aditya Shrivastava Rating: 3.5/5 It almost seems like a beautiful and a well thought of plan,...
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Music video director eyes Bollywood
MUMBAI : Music video and ad film director Shareen Mantri is busy scripting a new film she plans to direct. Mantri, synonymous with videos like the Rakhee Sawant starrer Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar, Rangeela...
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Guild condemns Gujarat exhibitors’
The Film Producers' Guild has criticised the unlawful intervention during the screening of films like Parzania...
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Traffic Signal replaces Black Friday
Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal has replaced Black Friday at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai....
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Robbie Williams teams up with Asha Bhosle
MUMBAI : Robbie Williams and Asha Bhosle have teamed up for a duet and a remix version of the Williams’ hits Rock DJ and Better Man. Bhosle recorded her parts in India with instrumentalists...
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MySpace offers £1m directing job
MUMBAI : Social networking website MySpace is running a competition to win the director’s job on a £1m feature film reports Sheeraz Hasan Founder of www.Hollywood.tv Site users and experts including directors Anthony Minghella...
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Film on Mother Teresa to launch shortly
C-3, a Hollywood based film production company, will soon launch an English film titled Mother Teresa...
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Vijayta Pandit releases debut album
MUMBAI : After spending decades in Bollywood, Vijayta Pandit has finally launched her debut album, in association with Times Music. Pandit, who started as a child playback singer in Mehmood’s film Jinny Aur Johnny,...
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Disneyland theme park in Bahrain soon
An eight billion USD Disneyland theme park will soon come up in Bahrain....
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Shroff, Rekha,in TV directors film
Sameera Reddy , and Paresh Rawal....
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Naseer, Anupam to feature in Wednesday
Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher will soon team up Jimmy Shergill and Rajpal Yadav in Anjum Rizvi's Film...
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Chopra gifts Rolls Royce to Bachchan
MUMBAI: Vidhu Vinod Chopra has expressed his admiration for Amitabh Bachchan’s performance in Eklavya by presenting him with a silver Phantom Rolls Royce. “Bachchan’s performance has been simply stunning in Eklavya and I felt...
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Taxing times ahead for film producers?
MUMBAI : Film producers in India will soon be burdened with additional taxes, if a finance ministry regulation is passed. As per a finance ministry proposal, a film producer who engages an artiste...
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra signs Amitabh Bachchan for Talisman
Talisman is an adaptation of a popular Hindi novel- <em>Chandrakanta</em>, written by Devaki Nandan Khatri....
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Sippy signs 3 film deal with debutant Aditya
Aditya who makes his debut with Fear has signed a 3 film contract with Rohan Sippy's production house....
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Bharadwaj turns music director with Tanhaai
MUMBAI: Lyricist Praveen Bharadwaj has turned music director with Venus Record and Tapes’ romantic album Tanhaai. The album has eight original tracks and one remix track, penned by Praveen Bharadwaj himself. The songs...
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Shemaroo releases Anwar VCDs & DVDs
MUMBAI: Shemaroo has added recent release Anwar to its catalogue of more than 1000 titles. The company has now released the VCDs and DVDs of the film that stars Siddharth Koirala, Nauheed Cyrusi,...
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UP exempts Mani Ratnam’s Guru from tax
MUMBAI: The Uttar Pradesh government has exempted Mani Ratnam’s Guru from entertainment tax for three months. The decision to grant tax exemption was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet minister and...
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Adlabs acquires Bhopal cinema
MUMBAI: Reliance Adlabs has acquired a single screen cinema in Bhopal that had downed shutters last week. Nirmal Sagar, which has a seating capacity of 1,266 and a revenue capacity of Rs 476,000 for...
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Black Friday ties with Barista for contest
MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap’s Back Friday, set for a 9 February release, has announced an anti terrorism contest in association with the Barista chain of cafes. The contest is aimed at communicating the film’s...
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Ajay Devgan to launch personal website
MUMBAI: By the beginning of next week, Ajay Devgan may well be privy to your opinion of him. The actor will launch his new website, www.ajaydevgan.net, by this weekend. While Devgan was...
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Cinemax screens Risk for Thane Police
MUMBAI: A special screening of K Sera Sera’s Risk was held at Cinemax, Thane for the Thane police recently. Present on the occasion was the film’s protagonist Randeep Hooda. Says Cinemax’s GM,...
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‘We consciously kept Sanjay Dutt out of Black Friday’ – Anurag Kashyap
Which elements did you have to incorporate and which real incidents did you have to drop while making Black Friday?When I started work on the film, there were so many stories and so much...
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Parzania special screening cancelled
A special screening of <i>Parzania</i> in Gujarat on 6 February was cancelled due to pressure from Bajrang Dal....
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Zee Marathi forays into motion picture biz
Zee Marathi will churn out Marathi films by providing financial strength to producers of meaningful cinema....
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Shilpa in Hollywood film with Hugh Grant
Shilpa Shetty to star opposite Hugh Grant in a culture-clash romantic comedy being custom written for the two....
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English Channels: 21-27 Jan, 2007
Market: All IndiaTG: CS 15+ YearsPeriod: Week 4 (21/01/07 – 27/01/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Hindi Channels: 21 – 27 January, 2007...
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Hindi Channels: 21-27 Jan, 2007
Market: Hindi Speaking MarketTG: CS 4+ YearsPeriod: Week 4 (21/01/07 – 27/01/07) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also see:English Channels: 21 – 27 January, 2007...
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Hollywood producer buys Under Trial rights
MUMBAI: Producer Nazim Rizvi’s film Under Trial, that will finally release this weekend, is being sought by a Hollywood company that wants to buy the re-make rights of the film for $1,10,000. According to...
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Shiney livens up party for cancer patients
MUMBAI: Actor Shiney Ahuja and director Rakeysh Mehra participated in a special charity party hosted for young patients at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, by newly launched radio station BIG FM. The party, held...
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Mumbai to host Sport Movies & TV Fest
MUMBAI: The second Mumbai International FICTS (Federation International Cinema Television Sportifs) Festival will be held from 2 to 5 March 2007 at the Fun Republic multiplex in Mumbai. The Sport Movies & TV India...
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Tabassum’s granddaughter makes film debut
MUMBAI: Kkhushi, granddaughter of veteran actor Tabassum makes her Bollywood debut with producer Rajesh Gupta’s production Hum Phir Milein Na Milein. The film, directed by Manish Goyal, also stars newcomer Sarwar Ahuja, Kiran Kumar,...
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Custodial deaths detailed IN Bhatt’s Dhoka
MUMBAI: Pooja Bhatt plans to return to the Bhatt home family banner with Dhoka- Betrayal, shortly. Dhoka, her third venture, is a film based on custodial deaths in Jammu and Kashmir. The film will...
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Pachisia to release Kya… on 6 April
Producer N R Pachisia is ready <i>Kya Love Story Hai</i>, to be released under the banner of V R Entertainers....
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Pyarelal scores music for Om Shanti Om
Music director Pyarelal will compose the music score for Red Chillies Entertainment's <i>Om Shanti Om</i>....
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Khosla Ka Ghosla to compete at Asia Fest
Khosla Ka Ghosla has been invited to filmAsia to be held in Graz, Austria between 13 - 17 April 2007....
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