MUMBAI: US cable giant Comcast has acquired movie information, showtimes, ticketing and entertainment website Fandango. Comcast also announced plans to launch Fancast.com, a new online destination that will enable consumers to search, discover, manage and...
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Film Review: Bheja Fry
Film: Bheja Fry Director: Sagar Ballary Producer: Handmade Films Cast: Sarika, Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey and Milind Soman Rating: 3.5/5 Irritatingly entertaining! That’s what Bheja Fry is!...
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Music launch of Good Boy Bad Boy
Music launch of Subhash Ghai’s Good Boy Bad Boy Previous Next ...
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Percept Picture forays into film distribution
MUMBAI: It was with Spider-Man 3 that Percept Picture Company (PPC) announced its foray into film distribution. In a press conference held on Tuesday, PPC formally announced the formation of its new business vertical...
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GV Films acquires rights of 8000 English films
MUMBAI: GV Films Ltd has acquired the rights of over 8000 English films from an international content company for its new Web-casting Division for Internet exploitation. The library is valued to be over $...
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YRF’s Kohli makes presentation on Bollywood
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films CEO Sanjeev Kohli represented the Indian film industry at the Forum for International Business 2007 held in Zurich, Switzerland. Incidentally, it was Yash Raj Films that introduced Switzerland and its beautiful locales...
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Mani Ratnam to be interviewed on radio
MUMBAI: Ace director Mani Ratnam will be interviewed on radio for the first time on 15 April 2007 on radio station Hello 106.4 FM. The hour long interview, conducted by RJ Niladri Bose, will...
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XDC is D-Cinema partner for Cannes Film Fest
MUMBAI: XDC will be the official digital cinema partner for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. As the official partner, XDC will provide the necessary equipment and technical support for more than 16 auditoria using...
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Spider-Man 3 to release with 600 prints in India
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Releasing of India and Percept Picture Company (PPC) will release 600 prints of Spider-Man 3. Businessofcinema.com was the first to report that Sony and Percept have struck a distribution deal for...
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Ravi Kishan turns movie jockey on Filmy
MUMBAI: Sahara’s movie channel Filmy, which has ventured into the telecast of Bhojpuri films, has roped in Bhojpuri star Ravi Kishan as a movie jockey. Kishan will present his hit Bhojpuri film Ganga, to...
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Goldmines bags rights of Bharathi Raja film
MUMBAI: Goldmines Telefilms has acquired the commercial, non-commercial and electronic rights of Therkathi Kali Koodam Productions’ Cinema. The film is directed by Bharthi Raja and stars Nana Patekar and Vatsal Seth in the lead...
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DQ Ent produces live action short film
MUMBAI: DQ Entertainment has produced a live action short film, Dark Days, based on a story that won the CIAK Junior contest. Dark Days explores the effect of terrorism on innocent young lives. The...
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Hollywood shifts attitude towards Indian actors
MUMBAI: The Namesake star Kal Penn believes that Indians and other minorities have not yet broken out of their stereotypes in mainstream Hollywood, but he sounds optimistic that things will slowly change. www.Hollywood.tv founder...
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Jackie Chan & Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom
MUMBAI: Martial arts superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li will for the first time come together on-screen with Lionsgate’s action epic The Forbidden Kingdom. The principal photography on the movie will begin on 2...
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MGM Films now on the iTunes Store
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) will be offering titles from its catalog of feature films for purchase and download on Apple’s iTunes Store. Beginning today, iTunes customers will be able to purchase legendary films such...
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Ganapathy is UTV Broadcasting distribution head
MUMBAI: UTV Broadcasting, which is a 100 per cent subsidiary of UTV Software Communications, has appointed Sameer Ganapathy as head of distribution. Ganapathy will report to UTV Broadcasting Ltd executive director Shantonu Aditya. Says Aditya,...
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Charlize slated to play White Jazz lead
MUMBAI: Charlize Theron is currently the frontrunner to play the female lead in the L A Confidential sequel White Jazz, says www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. Director Joe Carnahan wants the 2003 Academy award winner...
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J Lo to exec produce miniseries
MUMBAI: Actor Jennifer Lopez has partnered with Univision to executive produce La Flor Palida, a five-hour musical drama which begins shooting in Mexico City in the next three weeks followed by a premiere in...
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Hema, Jaya to have Koffee With Karan
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Karan Johar’s first guest on Star’s Koffee with Karan this week is actor Jaya Bachchan. His second guest is actor and member of Parliament, Hema Malini. Joining the two will be their...
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Shanghai Film Group takes over Warner cinemas
MUMBAI: Leading Chinese player Shanghai Film Group will take over two cinema theatres in China, owned by Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC), the international cinema division of Warner Bros. Located in Shanghai and Nanjing,...
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Perfect Stranger set for 13 April release
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Releasing of India will globally release psychological thriller Perfect Stranger on 13 April 2007. Perfect Stranger is all about secrets those we have, those we share and secrets those we will...
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China Film Group, Crest Digital tie up
MUMBAI: China Film Group, the largest state-owned media company in China, and Crest Digital, a Hollywood-based digital media services company, have formed a joint venture partnership to deliver home entertainment and technology software content...
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MPAA lauds WTO action against China
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America has lauded a US government decision to initiate a World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against China, based on the country’s failure to comply with international rules pertaining...
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