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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