MUMBAI: Suniel Shetty’s new home production Raaste, announced amid fanfare at the recent GIFFA festival, has been put into cold storage. Sources closer to Suniel Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment say that Raaste, to be directed...
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$7 million Indo – Canadian animation film on anvil
MUMBAI: Canada based animation company Kahani World (KW) has tied up with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Virgin Comics’ chairman Deepak Chopra to produce a $7 million fully animated film. Fully funded by KW and titled...
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FTII to host film preservation course
MUMBAI: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) will conduct a Film Heritage Preservation Programme in co-ordination with the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) from 2 to 5 April 2007. The four-day...
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Phalke Jayanti celebration on 30 April
MUMBAI: The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy will hold the 138th Phalke Jayanti Celebration in Mumbai on 30 April 2007. On the occasion, the Academy will honour over 50 film personalities from all over India. A...
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Namastey London reaps rich harvest
MUMBAI: Eros International has reason to celebrate, with the Team India debacle inadvertently helping the box office collections of its latest release Namastey London. Also, new releases falling like nine pins has raised hopes...
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Govt makes TDS compulsory for rights
MUMBAI: Tax deductible at source has been made mandatory on the payments made for acquiring the rights of films and TV software, according to an amendment made in I T Act 1961 with effect...
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Telugu filmmaker Subba Rao no more
MUMBAI: Veteran Telugu filmmaker A B Subba Rao passed away at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 26 March 2007. In his 55 year long career, Subba Rao made more than 80 films in...
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Anupam Kher to open acting school in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher’s acting school Actor Prepares, has opened a branch in Chandigarh recently. Kher’s acting school has been operation in Mumbai for the last two years. Sources say the actor is now...
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New film city to come up at Kasara
MUMBAI: A film city, complete with state-of-the art studio and equipped with the latest technology and a resort exclusively for people associated with the entertainment world will soon come up at Kasara in Maharashtra....
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Marathi film Savaali completes 100 day run
MUMBAI: Marathi film Savaali, honoured with several film awards this year, has completed 100 days. The National Education Information Film Ltd.’s maiden venture, the film is produced by Shivendu Agarwal with Rajendra Talak as the...
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Sify to partner Zee Cine Awards online
MUMBAI: Sify.com has been designated the official Internet partner for the Zee Cine Awards 07, to be held in Genting, Malaysia on 1 April 2007. The portal will showcase performances by the stars as...
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Film Review: Provoked
Film: Provoked Director: Jagmohan Mundhra Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews Rating: 3.5/5 Provoked is much more than a mere film, it is a person’s life showcased on the silver screen. Does a...
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Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio fight for ‘Maxed Out’
MUMBAI: Actors Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are battling over the rights to James Scurlock’s critically acclaimed documentary Maxed Out, it is learnt. Pitt, who read the documentary’s companion book, “Maxed Out: Hard Times,...
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Spider-Man 3 to release earlier in Japan
MUMBAI: Spider-Man 3 will have its world premiere in Japan three days before it hits the big screen in the United States on 4 May 2007, according to Sheeraz Hasan founder of www.Hollywood.tv. The...
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Munnabhai and Eklavya in Oscar library
Lage Raho Munnabhai & Eklavya screenplays to become part of permanent script collection of Oscar library....
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UTV ups Namesake prints in second week
UTV, which released The Namesake with 48 prints across India, has added 11 more prints in the second week....
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Film Review: Khanna & Iyer
Film: Khanna & Iyer Director: Hemant Hegde Cast: Sarwar Ahuja, Aditi Sharma, Mushtaq Khan, Prateeksha Lonkar, Asha Sharma, Arunav Chatterji, Manoj Pohwa, Neelu Kohli, Sanjeev Mehra, Yashpal Sharma, Ashraf Haque, Ashish Roy, Arun Bakshi...
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Pix to feature Jane Fonda this weekend
MUMBAI: Legendary Hollywood actor Jane Fonda will be seen on Pix’s Inside the Actors Studio with James Lipton on 1 April 2007 at 7 pm. Winner of two Oscars, two BAFTAs, one Emmy, one...
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Italian pirate P2P site shut down
MUMBAI: Infringing peer-to-peer (P2P) hub known as Discotequezone in Italy has been shut down after a series of raids by the Fiscal Police (GdF). Assisted by the Federation Against Music Piracy (FPM), the Fiscal...
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Mallya, De on Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Karan Johar will have business tycoon Vijay Mallaya and columnist Shobhaa De as his guests on Koffee With Karan on 1 April 2007. Mallya will talk about his flamboyant lifestyle, his showmanship,...
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Excel launches films on gaming consoles
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to release movies that are compatible with gaming consoles. The movies, says a release, are available on UMD (Universal Media Disc) and can be...
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Sony Ericsson signs Hrithik as brand ambassador
MUMBAI: Sony Ericsson has appointed Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as its brand ambassador for India and SAARC countries. Roshan will endorse all Sony Ericsson products and will be part of the company’s marketing initiatives,...
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Shreyas Talpade to host TV’s Comedy Honors
MUMBAI: Actor Shreyas Talpade will host Star Gold’s Comedy Honors this month, a tribute to Indian comic excellence. Talpade will be accompanied by Purbi Joshi in saluting people and films that have made audiences...
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Emile Hirsch to star in Speed Racer
MUMBAI: Emile Hirsch will play the lead in Warner Bros Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ new action film Speed Racer. Hirsch has earned critical acclaim as the charismatic Johnny Truelove in the real-life crime...
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Wal-Mart to sponsor NY Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: Wal-Mart Stores Inc will be the main sponsor of the ninth annual Bollywood Movie Awards to be held at the Nassau Coliseum in New York City on 26 May 2007. The awards will...
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Moser Baer launches website
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India has launched its website, offering the entire range of home videos released by the company till now for consumers across the country to order and obtain directly without any delivery...
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MPAA suspends ratings of Captivity
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has issued a month-long suspension of the ratings process for After Dark Films’ upcoming release, Captivity. The action comes as a response to After Darks’ prominent...
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MPAA targets campus piracy
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has welcomed the introduction of a legislation giving colleges and universities greater incentive to implement anti-piracy tools within their networks to curb campus piracy. The legislation...
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Tusshar Kapoor readies for four releases
MUMBAI: Actor Tusshar Kapoor is nervous. And he has a right to be. For, the actor, who has been absent from the big screen for a while, will shortly have four releases in two...
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Bollywood heads to Malaysia for Zee awards
MUMBAI: Leading Hindi film stars are expected to be present at the 10th edition of the Zee Cine Awards which will be held at Genting, Malaysia on 1 April 2007. Bollywood stars will converge...
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Shringar acquires Gujarat theatre
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has acquired the City Pulse cinema theatre in Anand, Gujarat and has taken control of the multiplex’s operations from 30 March 2007. City Pulse, says a release, is a three...
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Indian animation gets global appeal
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Pyramid Saimira, Baderwals sign MoU for 200 malls-cum-multiplexes
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Baderwals Infraprojects to form a SPV (special purpose vehicle) for construction of 200 malls-cum-multiplexes in four years. The project is expected to...
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UTV inks alliance with Hewlett-Packard
MUMBAI: Media company UTV and computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) have struck an alliance, which envisages HP deploying information technology infrastructure and applications at UTV, to achieve cost advantages and derive business benefits in the...
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Hindi Channels: 11 – 17 March, 2007
Market: Hindi Speaking MarketTG: CS 4+ YearsPeriod: Week 11, 2007 (11-03-2007 – 17-03-2007) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also see:English Channels: 11- 17 March, 2007...
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English Channels: 11 – 17 March, 2007
Market: All IndiaTG: CS 15+ YearsPeriod: Week 11, 2007 (11-03-2007 – 17-03-2007) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Hindi Channels: 11 – 17 March, 2007...
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Film Review: Delhii Heights
Film: Delhii Heights Director: Anand Kumar Cast: Neha Dhupia, Jimmy Sherrgill, Simone Singh, Rohit Roy, Om Puri Rating: 1/5 For a film to hold its audience, it should have a story compelling enough to...
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FICCI FRAMES: DAY 2
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Wahlberg to star in UTV & Fox’s The Happening
MUMBAI: Actor Mark Wahlberg has been signed to star in M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller The Happening. The movie is being co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The movie is...
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Hutchison launches movie download service
MUMBAI: Hutchison Global Communications Limited and ViDeOnline Communications (Asia) Limited jointly announce a new service to be launched in Hong Kong, hgc.o8media.com on-demand digital media entertainment service. It is the first online service...
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Government bans FTV for two months
MUMBAI: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has banned the satellite channel FTV for two months. The transmission or re-transmission of this channel on all platforms has been prohibited with effect from 1 April, 2007...
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HBO features Indian premiere of Bewitched
MUMBAI: English film channel HBO will feature the Indian TV premiere of the Nicole Kidman starrer Bewitched on 6 April 2007 in its Blockbuster of the Month slot, at 9 pm. In the Men...
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LG phones to get Google services
MUMBAI: LG Electronics and Google have announced a global collaboration to pre-install Google’s services on LG mobile phones. The tie up will allow LG’s mobile phone users to search for information, find locations, update...
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Inox features Marathi films this week
MUMBAI: Mumbai multiplex Inox will showcase the best of contemporary Marathi cinema this week. Highly acclaimed movies Restaurant and Gojiri will play at the theatre this week, says a release. Restaurant, starring Sonali Kulkarni...
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Whistling Woods gets Weisscam to India
MUMBAI: The Mukta Arts and Film City promoted Whistling Woods International school of film and allied arts demonstrated the new Weisscam for the first time in India on Wednesday. The Weisscam camera offers the...
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Stamp in honor of Guild Founder Mehboob Khan
MUMBAI: Founder Member of Guild, Late Mehboob Khan will be immortalized by the Indian Postal Department through the release of a stamp in honor of his work for Indian cinema. The stamp will be...
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2 min story to premiere at Zee Cine awards
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema will hold the global premiere of Pyaar Ki Shuruaat, touted to be India’s first two minute love story, on 1 April 2007 at Genting, Malaysia during the tenth Zee Cine Awards....
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Shemaroo’s raid yields goods worth Rs 7.1 mn
MUMBAI: A raid, led by Shemaroo’s anti piracy team this week, yielded pirated material worth Rs 7.1 million (Rs 71 lakh) and resulted in the arrest of 10 people at Akola in Maharashtra. According...
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Cinemax to partner Cape Town film festival
MUMBAI: The Cinemax chain of theatres will be the venue partner for the Cape Town Bollywood Film Festival to held at Cape Town, South Africa from 25 to 27 May 2007. Eminent personalities from...
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In film placements: Here to stay
MUMBAI: Product placements have made it big in Bollywood. The phenomenon isn’t something new, but while earlier the product fit into the film when required, today the film is made around the product –...
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Eros to power IIFA weekend in UK
Eros International will power the forthcoming International Indian Film Academy Weekend (IIFAs)in Yorkshire,...
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Is Bollywood facing intellectual bankruptcy?
Remakes & sequels have been successful but is this a case of intellectual bankruptcy or merely an ode to the past?...
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Beyond Bollywood lies regional cinema
Bollywood has been promoted as the face of Indian cinema but regional films form largest share of Indian cinema....
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UTV launches new biz vertical UTV Palador
MUMBAI: UTV has launched its new business vertical UTV Palador at FICCI this evening. Under the brand name of Olive Collection, this initiative will have over 1000 film titles from 20 countries. UTV will...
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Walt Disney India MD Rajat Jain quits
MUMBAI: Walt Disney India managing director Rajat Jain has quit the organisation. According to an official statement, Jain has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities. Jain has been with Disney since the...
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Radio Content: Time for change
MUMBAI: Radio is one medium that has the ability to reach the remotest of areas and is heard by most as it provides information and music on the go. However, it is the absence...
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Indian companies shine at FICCI BAF Awards
MUMBAI: The FICCI BAF (Best Animated FRAMES) Awards, which recognizes excellence in the animation, gaming and VFX space were given away on the second day of the media and entertainment convention in Mumbai.A total...
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Comics: The new movies
MUMBAI: In an extremely competitive industry where a new film is being churned out every other day; original scripts, ideas and concepts are becoming extremely hard to find and create. The saviour to this...
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Status check on defending IP rights at FICCI
MUMBAI: With the boom in the media space, content owners are increasingly worrying about protecting their intellectual property rights (IPR) and are proactive in the fight against piracy. Day two of FICCI FRAMES 2007...
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Particularization – new game for M&E: Shekhar Kapur
MUMBAI: The second day of FICCI FRAMES 2007 saw a heated discussion on the role of media and entertainment. With key speakers such as actor and director Shekhar Kapur, Farhan Akhtar and Reliance Entertainment...
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After India, Shakira rocks Dubai too
MUMBAI: Latin American singing sensation Shakira performed at her first ever concert in the Middle East, in Dubai on 23 March 2007, on the eve of her India visit. More than 25,000 fans attended...
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Mangat’s daughter to debut with Haal-e-Dil
MUMBAI: Producer Kumar Mangat’s daughter Amita Pathak will make her debut in Haal-e-Dil, a film being produced by Mangat under the banner of Big Screen Entertainment and Eros International’s Sunil Lulla. The film will...
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Khanna & Iyer to release on 30 March
MUMBAI: Mukta Movies Distributors will release Khanna & Iyer on 30 March 2007 worldwide. The film has been produced by Zee Telefilms in association with Mukta Tele Media and has been directed by new...
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Kumar’s Rafoo Chakkar to release in August
MUMBAI: Choreographer-turned- director B H Tharun Kumar’s Rafoo Chakkar – Fun on the run, is slated for an August 2007 release. Produced by Friday Pictures, the film stars Aslam Khan (last seen in Nayee...
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Bhavan’s marks 75 years of Gujarati cinema
MUMBAI: The cultural wing of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Andheri is organising a seven day festival of black and white Gujarati films from 3 to 9 April at the campus auditorium to mark the...
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Kashmiri to direct film on Princess Diana
MUMBAI: United Hum (India) in association with Limelite Productions (UK) will soon launch a film based on the death of the late Princess Diana. The film is being co-produced and directed by Kadar Kashmiri,...
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Pakistani actor Meera returns as Ssimran
MUMBAI: Pakistani actor Meera, who had been lying low after featuring in Hindi films like Kasak, Nazar and Akelapan, returns in another film, Ssimran. In Akelapan, Meera played yesteryear Hindi film actor Parveen Babi...
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Jr Mehmood to direct Sachin in Marathi film
MUMBAI: Junior Mehmood, who acted as the younger version of ace comedian Mehmood in films like the 1968 Sanghursh and Brahmachari will now produce and direct a Marathi film. Incidentally, this is Mehmood’s fifth...
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Digital’s the way ahead for Bollywood
MUMBAI: “Futureproof yourself, go Digital” seems to be the mantra at the ongoing FICCI FRAMES 2007. In the session on ‘Cinema of the future- India going digital’, speakers expounded on the strides made...
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Indian PM’s wife lauds Provoked
MUMBAI: Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan Kaur has lauded the soon to be released film Provoked, saying “it brilliantly highlights the trauma and struggle associated with domestic violence which many women...
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Munnabhai effect on Kaun Banega Crorepati
MUMBAI: The Munnabhai effect will hit television screens on 29 March 2007, with Sanjay Dutt and Boman Irani occupying the celeb hot seats on Star Plus’ game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. Dutt will try...
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Cable ops for preventing over-regulation
MUMBAI: The battle for the last mile, of reaching out to the consumers and retaining the existing viewers of cable and satellite TV has just begun to unfold, with industry stakeholders making a impassioned...
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Film marketing important but content is king
MUMBAI: Content is king and marketing is a kingpin that helps the king rule. That was the essence of the session titled Marketing and Distribution of Movies at FICCI FRAMES 2007. Moderated by Adlabs...
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Consistency in M&E sector can attract funds
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment sector has never had it so good. The sector has recently drawn a whole lot of local and global attention with various companies investing in the space. However,...
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FICCI FRAMES 2007 Inauguration
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DLP Cinema unveils new .98 chip
MUMBAI: Texas Instruments DLP Cinema unveiled the new .98 DLP Cinema chip at FICCI FRAMES. The new chip enables DLP Cinema licensees to ultimately become more competitive by providing an increased variety of projector...
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DISH Network, Disney ink VoD movie deal
MUMBAI: EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH NetworkTM satellite TV service has inked an agreement with Disney’s Buena Vista Video-On-Demand to carry current and catalog movie titles from The Walt Disney Studios on its...
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I&B’s Arora lays down Regulatory Framework
MUMBAI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry secretary S K Arora laid down the regulatory framework for the Indian media and entertainment sector at FICCI FRAMES. Arora chalked out the four legs of the regulatory...
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Nayee Padosan sequel finds its lead
MUMBAI: Ankita Srivastav has been chosen from eight shortlisted girls to play the lead in Nayee Padosan 2, after a face hunt launched by the film’s makers. The selection was done by a panel...
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Lata Mangeshkar sings for Bhojpuri film
MUMBAI: Iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar has lent her voice for a song in a Bhojpuri film titled Umariya Kaili Tohare Naam. The film is produced and directed by R S Dubey. Confirms Dubey, “It...
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Star Gold announces Comedy Honours
MUMBAI: Television channel Star Gold will focus on the comedy genre all through April, culminating in the Comedy Honors – a tribute to Indian comic excellence. The honours will salute the people and the...
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BBD is Moxie’s new Hindi film
MUMBAI: Kolkata based Moxie Entertainments has announced its next Hindi production BBD, to be directed by Anjan Dutt. Dutt has earlier directed Bada Din, Bow Barracks Forever and The Bong Connection. BBD, a political...
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USIBC presses anti-piracy, co-production at FICCI
MUMBAI: The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), representing over 250 of the largest US companies investing in India, joined by global Indian companies, promoting economic reforms with an aim to deepen trade relations and broaden...
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emuse absolutely inks deal with Viacom
MUMBAI: emuse absolutely and Viacom Brand Solutions Limited, (the advertising-sales house for MTV, MTV2, MTV Dance, MTV Flux, MTV Overdrive, VH1, VH1 Classic, Paramount Comedy, Nickelodeon and many others) have signed a long-term deal...
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Co-production of films: The way forward
MUMBAI: Co-production of films is no longer a mere option, it has become a necessity in this age where cinema is transcending all boundaries. This was the essence of the seminar highlighting the...
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Govt to finetune film certification code
MUMBAI: The government is engaged in finetuning the process of certification of films and developing a content code. The changes, to be incorporated in the Broadcasting Regulation Bill, will ensure that decisions made by...
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FICCI, Italy ink MOU for M&E sector
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Finanziaria Laziale di Sviluppo SPA (FILAS) of Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in industrial innovation and development activities...
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Big FM goes TaraRumPum with Yash Raj
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films’ Big 92.7 FM has inked an exclusive tie-up with Yash Raj Films for the latter’s forthcoming film TaraRumPum. Big 92.7 FM will be the exclusive radio partner for TaraRumPum, which...
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UTV, Rakeysh Mehra team up for four films
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions (ROMP) have joined hands to produce four films with a total outlay of Rs 2.80 billion (Rs 280 crores). The gamut of films to be...
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India-UK film co-production treaty in May
MUMBAI: After signing film co-productions treaties with countries like Germany and Italy; India will now ink a similar treaty with the UK. FICCI entertainment committee chairman Yash Chopra said, “We will be signing a...
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Legislative policy on piracy soon: Dasmunsi
MUMBAI: FICCI FRAMES 2007 kicked off in Mumbai today with Italy being the partner country for the same. With 1500 delegates from over 20 countries across the world, FRAMES witnessed a full house here. In his inaugural...
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