MUMBAI: Actor-director Makrand Deshpande has signed Anupam Kher to play the protagonist in his forthcoming film. Says Deshpande, “The film is produced by my friends Rabbi and Sunil Poladia and is an adaption of...
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Kya Love Story Hai unfolds in Cape Town
MUMBAI: Cape Town is reigning in Bollywood. After Anubhav Sinha’s Cash and Tips’ Race, this week’s release Kya Love Story Hai, starring Tusshar Kapoor and Ayesha Takia too has been shot entirely in the...
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Prime Focus invests Rs 120 mn in Chennai ops
MUMBAI: Prime Focus has launched its fourth India facility at Chennai. This facility will cater to the post production and visual effects needs of the Chennai market, which have grown with the South Indian...
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Night at the Museum gets direct DVD premiere
MUMBAI: Night at the Museum has premiered directly on DVD in India. The English version of the movie did not see a nationwide theatrical release in India, although its Hindi version (Museum ke Andhar...
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Prasad EFX installs digital suite
MUMBAI: Digital post production studio Prasad EFX has installed the ‘2K Digital Projection System’ for colour grading in its Mumbai based digital intermediate facility. Prasad EFX has worked on the DI (Digital Intermediate) and...
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Eros to release Nanhe Jaisalmer in May
MUMBAI: Eros International is set to release children’s film Nanhe Jaisalmer in May. Directed by Samir Karnik, the film is a story of two friends from two different worlds – a child in the...
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Sanskrit documentary on ancient Indian art
MUMBAI: The 2000 year old Indian art of Avdhana, which mentions the Kamasutra of Vatsyayana and has its roots in the eight-fold Vedic recitation, will now be captured in a documentary to be made...
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Spidey director Sam Raimi eyes The Hobbit
MUMBAI: Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is seriously thinking about making a feature film based on The Hobbit, reports www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. The possibility of Raimi directing The Hobbit has surfaced with the falling...
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Lucky & Flo reap haul in Malaysia, Philippines
MUMBAI: Lucky and Flo, the Motion Picture Association’s DVD-sniffing black Labrador retrievers, led investigators to an estimated 100,000 pirated movie and computer games DVDs hidden in secret storage compartments in shops and a warehouse...
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Red Rock sets first P&A commitment
MUMBAI: Red Rock Pictures Holdings, Inc. has made its first commitment to financing prints and advertising for the release of a motion picture. The company has made a commitment to support Beach Party at...
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Starz Entertainment acquires 3 Weinstein films
MUMBAI: Starz Entertainment continues its relationship with the Weinsteins and directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, acquiring the exclusive Pay TV rights to The Weinstein Company’s recently released pulp thriller Grindhouse, directed by Tarantino...
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Aishwarya Rai inspires new film
MUMBAI: Cashing in on the Abhishek Bachchan – Aishwarya Rai matrimonial alliance are lesser known film producers Aadesh Mishra and Subhash Prajapati, who have launched a film titled Aishwarya Rai. The film was launched...
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Sampat promoted as Cinemax VP marketing
MUMBAI: Cinemax general manager marketing and sales Devang Sampat has been promoted as vice president, marketing and programming. In his new capacity, Sampat will be heading the marketing, sales, programming and public relations departments. Sampat,...
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UK Film Council aids award winning films
MUMBAI: Universal Pictures International has been granted £300,000 for Yimou Zhang’s award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Curse of the Golden Flower, from the UK Film Council’s P&A Fund. The film, a period drama-tragedy set in...
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Marvel, Sega to launch superhero videogames
MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment, Sega Europe and Sega America have expanded their relationship to include the rights to develop and distribute games inspired by Marvel’s franchises – Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and Thor. Through...
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‘A good script is one that SRK likes; otherwise, without a star, it’s just a beautiful script’ – Adlabs CEO film production Praveen Nischol
Praveen Nischol, producer – director of the 1996 Shah Rukh Khan starrer English Babu Desi Mem, is currently holding the reins of Adlabs’ film production department as its chief executive officer. In conversation with...
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Ojha’s Chaurahen awaits distributors
MUMBAI: Despite being screened at the MAMI Film Festival earlier this year to a packed auditorium, Rajshree Ojha’s Chaurahen is still to be picked up by distributors for a commercial release. With stars such...
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Tri Continental film fest calls for entries
MUMBAI: The Tri Continental Film Festival has called for entries to its fifth annual event. The fest seeks completed films that reflect the equal rights of all regardless of race, gender, class, sexual orientation,...
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Warner to introduce Daffy Duck videogame
MUMBAI: Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is set to launch the Looney Tunes – Duck Amuck videogame in fall 2007, which will star Daffy Duck in stylus-based gameplay for the Nintendo system. In the game...
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Zee Cinema unveils Cinema Hall
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema has launched a branded time slot christened Cinema Hall, which targets the entire family and will air weekdays after its regular programme Klub. Cinema Hall will air Mondays to Fridays at...
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Star Gold to air Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
MUMBAI: Hindi film channel Star Gold will present action packed comedy Bade Miyan Chote Miyan on 19 April 2007. The film brings together the two greatest entertainers of Bollywood – Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda....
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Fame to hold paid preview of Spider-Man 3
MUMBAI: The movie is releasing on 4 May, 2007 but the makers of Spider-Man 3 have already premiered it in Tokyo earlier this week on 16 April – a whole 17 days before the...
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