Filmmaker M Night Shyamalan' latest script <i>The Happening</i> has been picked up by 20th Century Fox....
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“1971 blends reality with fiction” – Sagar
Debutant director Amrit Sagar holds forth on <i>1971</i>, which he says is not completely a reality based film....
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Saif and Soha have Koffee With Karan
MUMBAI: The brother sister duo of Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan will be the guests this week on Koffee With Karan. The episode will be aired on Sunday, 11 March at 9...
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Dolby upgrades Dolby Digital Cinema Systems
MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc. has completed upgrading its installed Dolby Digital Cinema systems with JPEG 2000 decoding throughout North America, Japan, and Korea. The company has also added advancements in security including watermarking and...
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Star World to premiere The Brother’s Grimm
MUMBAI: Star World will premiere The Brother’s Grimm on 9 March at 9 pm. The movie stars Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey and Monica Bellucci. Legendary fairytale scribes, brothers Will and Jake Grimm,...
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Film Review: Rob-B-Hood
Film: Rob-B-Hood Director: Benny Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui, Gao Yuanyuan, Chen Baoguo and Baby Mathew Medvedev Rating: 3/5 There are times when you just want to...
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Madhur Bhandarkar’s assistant turns director
MUMBAI: Prakash Saini, a former assistant to filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, has branched out indendently as a director with Ek Aadat. Says Saini, “I have earlier assisted Anurag Basu and Madhur Bhandarkar. Ek Aadat is...
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SRK, Sushmita to liven up Zee Muzic
MUMBAI: Zee Muzic plans to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2007 with Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen. While SRK will talk about his favorite women, including Sania Mirza, Sonia...
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Women centric films at Fame for Women’s Day
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas’ Fame Multiplex will mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2007 with premieres of two women centric films – Deepa Mehta’s Water and Bill Condon’s musical, Dream Girls. The theatre chain...
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Wake Tech & Disney team to inspire area biz
MUMBAI: Wake Technical Community College will host employees of area businesses for a one-day workshop called, Team Creativity: Disney Style. The event is presented by the Disney Institute, the professional development arm of the...
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IFEA seeks lower import duty in Sri Lanka
MUMBAI: An Indian Film Exporters Association (IFEA) delegation recently met the Sri Lankan Consul General in Mumbai to discuss the high import duty imposed on Hindi films entering Sri Lanka. Says IFEA secretary general...
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Sony Pictures TV promotes Cunningham
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Donna Grandy Cunningham to executive vice president, operations, international production. The announcement was made by SPTI senior executive vice president, international production Steve Kent, to whom...
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HomeTV, Warner Bros, EMI ink agreement
MUMBAI: HomeTV has signed an agreement with Warner Brothers covering the Nordic States. The agreement will give HomeTV access to Warner Brothers’ full library of films. This step greatly enhances HomeTV’s position as a...
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Warner, Universal, DCI form distribution JV
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP) have formed a joint venture that will evaluate and implement the most efficient form of digital delivery for digital cinema. The announcement...
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Feinberg promotes Rhode Island film prod.
MUMBAI: Hollywood writer and producer Steven Feinberg will be promoting filmmaking in Rhode Island at a forum co-hosted with George T Marshall, CEO and director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) and...
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Paramount launches Dreamgirls Blu-ray disc
MUMBAI: Winner of two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe awards, including Best Motion Picture  Musical or Comedy, Dreamgirls takes to the stage on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on 1 May, 2007...
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Chopra to release Water in UP with 5 prints
Only 5 prints of <i>Water</i> will be released in UP, where the film encountered trouble during its making 7 years ago....
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Aamir Khan, Coke back with new campaign
Coca Cola has unleashed an intensive integrated marketing communication program for the summer of 2007....
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Rohit Shetty to make three films this year
Rohit Shetty plans to commence work and release three mega budget films this year....
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Zee bags satellite rights of six new films
Zee has acquired the satellite broadcasting rights of six newly released films....
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Music Review: Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee
Film: Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee Music Director: Lalit Pandit Lyrics: Sameer Rating: 2.5/5 With just six tracks on offer, the soundtrack of Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee lasts a short while. Lalit Pandit, who has...
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Water Movie Stills
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Chaurahen Movie Stills
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Media stocks fall like nine pins with Sensex
The downward trend in the Indian stock market continues... thus taking a toll on the media & entertainment stocks too....
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Zoom hosts Holi party for Bollywood
MUMBAI: Glamour channel Zoom hosted a star studded bash at a Mumbai suburban hotel on Sunday to celebrate Holi. The event was attended by Bollywood celebrities as well as television soap stars, who danced...
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Harryy Fernaandes’ Lage Raho Bhojpuriya Bhaiya
MUMBAI: Harryy W Fernaandes, who had last directed Hindi horror film Anjaane – The Unknown starring Manisha Koirala, has now turned to Bhojpuri films. Anjaane was released in April last year but flopped miserably....
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S African films to screen at MIFF
MUMBAI: Films including Sarafina, The Stick, Cry, The Beloved Country, Paljas, The Long Run, Red Dust and Yesterday are part of the South African retrospective at the week-long ninth International Film Festival of Mumbai...
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Karan’s Koffee delivers good ratings
MUMBAI: The combination of Bollywood stars in conversation with one of the leading film directors has helped Star garner high ratings, claims the television network. Koffee with Karan, which returned to TV screens this...
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Anjan Dutt to direct political thriller
<i>BBD</i> stars Naseeruddin Shah, Jimmy Sheirgill, Kay Kay Menon, Sandhya Mridul, Rituparna Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni and Shauvik....
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Udit Narayan launches website for Bhojpuri film
Singer-presenter Udit Narayan has launched a website his second Bhojpuri production...
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Tamil film plans tickets for Rs 10
MUMBAI: Sri Purna Vidya Productions plans to distribute its latest Tamil venture Esappattukkari in a unique way, by pre-releasing tickets at subsidised rates through various outlets. Sources close to the producer say that the...
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Shweta Nanda to debut as TV anchor
NDTV Profit will mark the television debut of Amitabh Bachchan's daughter - Shweta Nanda as a show anchor....
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Balu Mahendra to set up film institute
Veterans like Mani Ratnam, Bharathiraja, Mahendran, Kamal Haasan, Suhasini and Revathy will act as honorary lecturers...
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Bhootnath to be completed by July
Ravi Chopra's <i>Bhootnath</i>, dogged by controversies since its inception, will resume shooting by next month....
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Seghatchian heads UK film development fund
Tanya Seghatchian, co-producer of the first two Harry Potter films has been appointed head of UK film development fund....
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‘I need a film like Black to prove my mettle’ – Rimi Sen
What is your character like in Hattrick? I play a girl named Kashmira, who is in love with test cricketer M S Dhoni. Kashmira is crazy about him even after her marriage, so Kunal...
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Music Review: Shaka Laka Boom Boom
Film: Shaka Laka Boom Boom Music: Himesh Reshammiya Lyrics: Sameer Rating: 3/5 With fourteen tracks to choose from (nine originals and five remixes), Suneel Darshan has managed to shy away...
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Chandra Talkies closed for renovation
MUMBAI: Chandra Talkies in Muzaffarnagar is closed for renovation. A source in U.P. informs, “Chandra Talkies will be closed for a few months. The single screen cinema, which seats 566 people, will be modernized...
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Life Mein Kabhie Kabiee music launched
MUMBAI: Vikram Bhatt’s latest offering, is the soon to be released Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie that stars Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani, Sameer Dattani, Nauheed Cyrusi, Koel Puri and a host of other stars. ...
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Honeymoon… proves a boon for Anil Thadani
MUMBAI: Distributor Anil Thadani, who released Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai, has yielded good results from the film. Although the movie opened to mixed response, sources inform that the first week billing...
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Dhoom:2 celebrates 100 days
Yash Raj Films' <i>Dhoom:2</i> celebrated 100 days run on 3 March in Mumbai and some other places....
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Santoshi’s London Dreams revived
Director Rajkumar Santoshi's forthcoming movie <i>London Dreams</i>, has now been revived....
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Nishabd, Nehlle Pe Dehlla fail to create ripples
MUMBAI: It’s been two months now into 2007; however the lull at the box office continues. None of the releases until now have been able to strike it big at the turnstiles. Ram...
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Ajay Devgan in Rohit Shetty’s next movie
Ajay Devgan has teamed up again with Golmaal director Rohit Shetty in his next venture....
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Film Review: Nehlle Pe Dehlla
Film: Nehlle Pe Dehlla Director: Ajay Chandok Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Kim Sharma, Shakti Kapoor Rating: 0.5/5 If you thought the saga of bad films this...
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Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie set to release
MUMBAI: Baba Arts’ Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie, directed by Vikram Bhatt, will release shortly. Baba Films, a division of Baba Arts, has earlier made films like Ishq and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha. Produced...
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PNC’s Just Married to release on 16 March
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications’ forthcoming film, Just Married – Marriage Was Only The Beginning, will be released on 16 March 2007. Written and directed by Meghna Gulzar, with music scored Pritam and lyrics penned...
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Saregama launches Hattrick music
Saregama has released the music of UTV Motion Pictures' next venture <i>Hattrick</i> on 2 March....
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Santoshi to direct Ashok Kotwani’s next
Rajkumar Santoshi to direct a film for producer Ashok Kotwani, under the banner of Ankk Media....
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‘I want a break from comedy’ – Rimi Sen
In her three year old career, Rimi Sen has only been cast in comedy roles, which she is now tired of doing....
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Satish Kaushik to head Chandigarh Film City
Producer-director Kaushik to head Rs 8 billion multimedia & film city centre in Chandigarh developed by Parsvnath....
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Usha Uthup offers ode to cricket
MUMBAI: Veteran singer Usha Uthup wished Team India the best for the World Cup by signing on an 18 feet long ‘CEAT Cricket Ratings Billion Man Bat’ at the Inorbit Mall in Mumbai on...
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Pirate DVD factory in London raided
MUMBAI: Eight people were rounded up after a raid on a residential premises yielded a huge amount of pirated video material in Deptford, London recently. The joint operation between Lewisham Trading Standards, Met Police,...
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Eros inks five year deal with Sony
Eros has inked an exclusive deal for a package of its films to be broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television....
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Mexican piracy raids yield CD-Rs cache
MUMBAI: The Mexican police recently seized over 130,000 CD-Rs in an anti piracy operation in the district of Tepito in Mexico City. During the week long operation, a squad of 350 police officers, 120...
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NBC to air exclusive Spider-Man 3 clip
MUMBAI: An exclusive one minute clip from Spider-Man 3 will be aired on NBC on 5 March 2007, during the broadcast of a cliffhanger episode of NBC’s show Heroes. Columbia Pictures, in anticipation of...
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China Film Group takes over 3 Warner cinemas
MUMBAI: China Film Group, a Chinese film industry player, will soon take over three Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) in China. WBIC is the international cinema division of Warner Bros. Located in Chongqing, Changsha...
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Sony to bring Ripley to Internet, mobile
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures International has bought rights to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! television show from Ripley Entertainment Inc. Sony plans to distribute ‘mobisodes’, or segments of the TV show to mobile phone...
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Australian trade minister meets Guild
MUMBAI: The Film Producers Guild was represented at a recent meeting between visiting Australian Minister of Trade Warren Truss and Indian trade bodies. The meeting reached a consensus that India and Australia should engage...
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Hunt launched for Nayee Padason sequel lead
MUMBAI: Zee Muzic and ETC have announced the launch of a Nayee Padosan Face Hunt – the search for a new heroine for the sequel to B H Tharunkumar’s Nayee Padosan. An innovative contest...
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Rumi Jaffri’s directorial debut in June
MUMBAI: Writer-turned-director Rumi Jaffrey’s debut venture, God Tussi Great Ho, is scheduled for a June 2007 release worldwide. The film is produced by Afzal Khan. The writer-director team of Rumi Jaffrey and David Dhawan...
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Film Review: Nishabd
Film: Nishabd Director: Ram Gopal Varma Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan, Revathi, Nasser Rating: 3/5 Before you jump onto the wagon and begin comparing it to a million other Bollywood...
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Media Circus to handle IIFA marketing
Marketing agency Media Circus will handle sponsorship & marketing activity for IIFA this year....
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Marathi film set for worldwide release
MUMBAI: Marathi film producers Junait Memon and Shekhar More are set to create a record of sorts by having a worldwide release of their Marathi film soon. Says Junait Memon, “We are planning to...
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Unique Marathi film in cold storage
MUMBAI: A Marathi film, 24 Taas, which attempted to break earlier records by completing its shooting within 24 hours, is still waiting for a theatrical release. Reliable sources say that although the fim’s shooting...
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Bharat Shah controls 18 B’bay circuit cinemas
MUMBAI: Producers, distributors and exhibitors Bharat Shah and Vinay Choksey currently control 18 cinemas in the Bombay circuit. Says Shah, “It helps to have a proper chain of select theatres where you can book...
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T-Series bags Shaka Laka Boom Boom music
T-Series has acquired the music rights of Suneel Darshan's <i>Shaka Laka Boom Boom</i>....
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Nadiadwala’s Welcome to wrap up by April
The shooting of Firoz Nadiadwala's <i>Welcome</i> directed by Anees Bazmi will be wrapped up by April 2007....
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INS Vikrant hosts 1971 music release
In a symbolic gesture, the music of Amrit Sagar's <i>1971</i> was released on board naval museum INS Vikrant....
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Star Movies to premiere Flight Plan
MUMBAI: Star Movies will be premiering Flight Plan on 2 March at 9 pm. Flight Plan is a thriller starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean and Marlene Lawston. The movie depicts what happens after Kyle...
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Pavitharan appointed new K Sera Sera MD
K Sera Sera Productions' Parag Sanghavi has stepped down from the position of managing director....
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Delhi High Court refuses stay on
MUMBAI: Ram Gopal Varma’s movie Nishabd starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan and Rewati will be released tomorrow (2 March) despite a petition being filed in the Delhi High Court by film maker Jahar Kanungo. Kanungo...
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Kya Love Story Hai
Film: Kya Love Story Hai Cast: Tusshar Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Kareena Kapoor (special appearance) Release Date: 6 April, 2007 Kya Love Story Hai is the story of a boy (Tusshar) who has never taken...
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My Friend Ganesha
Hindi Animation Film: My Friend Ganesha Producer: Koffee Break Pictures Director: Rajiv S Ruia Animated Characters: Child Ganesha and Mouse Live: Parents, Boy, Maid and others Starring: Kiran Jhanjhani,...
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Amrit Sagar to direct Studio 18’s next
Amrit Sagar plans to direct another film for Studio 18 after the soon-to-be-released <i>1971</i>...
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Singer Mahendra Kapoor hospitalised
MUMBAI: Veteran singer Mahendra Kapoor is currently recuperating from a knee replacement surgery at the Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai. According to his son, Rohan Kapoor, the 72 year old singer had knee replacement for...
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