MUMBAI: Shashi Vadeeya, for long known as Subhash Ghai’s associate director, will now wield the megaphone independently. Says Vadeeya, “My film is an out and out comedy. The film is produced under the...
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PVR offers ESOPS to employees
MUMBAI: The Gurgaon-based multiplex chain PVR Ltd, which is also into exhibition, distribution and co-production, has allotted 98,500 equity shares of Rs 10 each to its employees. Says the company’s head of distribution...
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YRF’s Kabhi Kabhie dubbed in Bhojpuri
MUMBAI: Yash Chopra’s 1976 film Kabhi Kabhie, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Rakhee and Neetu Singh has now been dubbed in Bhojpuri. Sources say the dubbed version is not...
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Ken Ghosh to direct Vashu Bhagnani’s son
MUMBAI: Producer Vashu Bhagnani has zeroed in on Ken Ghosh to direct his son’s debut film. Bhagnani was earlier contemplating handing over the directorial reigns to adman turned filmmaker Ajit Pal, who has last...
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SIVOO to offer LA Indian Film Fest content
MUMBAI: SIVOO, the Internet TV network of multicultural on-demand entertainment programming, has launched a new web site http://www.sivoo.com/hindi/en/iffla/, which is dedicated to the upcoming Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).Scheduled to take place...
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Warner, E-vision ink deal for PPV
MUMBAI: Warner Bros International TV President Jeffrey Schlesinger has inked a pay-per-view deal with Emirates Cable TV and Multimedia (E-Vision) CEO Humaid Sahoo for its movies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deal...
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UTV Software charts overseas growth plan
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications Limited is bringing its new media initiatives including animation (UTV Toons), post production and SFX businesses (UTV Post) as well as the recent controlling investment in Ignition UK and India Games...
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Columbia Pictures acquires Hong Kong film
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has, for the first time, acquired the world rights of Hong Kong film, A Hope, it is reliably learnt. A Hope is a comedy film that stars Stephen Chow, who was...
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Divya Khosla Kumar makes video on piracy
MUMBAI: Actor Divya Khosla Kumar has produced a short video clip that hits out at pirated VCDs/DVDs, which result in huge losses to the music industry. The 45 second video shows the protagonist, a...
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Vinay Pathak looks for verbs & graphs in roles
MUMBAI: “I look for verbs and graphs in a role before signing a film,” says actor Vinay Pathak with a straight face. Pathak, who will soon be seen in Bheja Fry, which releases...
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Tom Cruise faces flak from German family
MUMBAI: Hollywood star Tom Cruise is facing flak from the family of a historical character he will be portraying in a forthcoming film, according to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan. Relatives of Count Claus Schenk...
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Jackie Chan launches new talent show
MUMBAI: Fifty three old year martial arts superstar Jackie Chan is looking for a film successor, through a television reality show he will launch soon. According to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan, the show will be titled...
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Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Ridley Scott’s next
MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio may play the lead in director Ridley Scott’s next venture, based on William Monahan’s adaptation of David Ignatius’ novel, Body of Lies. According to www.Hollywood.tv founder Sheeraz Hasan, DiCaprio...
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Cinemax to hold fest of global classics
MUMBAI: The Cinemax chain of theatres and the Enlighten Society for Films will hold a festival of the world’s ‘greatest films’ every Sunday morning for 52 consecutive weeks. Outstanding movies like The Godfather, Citizen...
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Cast of Mangat’s Sunday shoots in Delhi
MUMBAI: The unit of Kumar Mangat’s new film Sunday, being directed by Rohit Shetty, is currently in Delhi for a major shooting spell. Says Shetty, “We are shooting the film in a 20-day...
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Namastey London coloured by Pixion
MUMBAI: Special effects experts Pixion ensured that Vipul Shah’s Namastey London underwent colour grading to make London appealing to the people in India and Punjab as attractive to non resident Indians abroad. The company...
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Asha Parekh to be feted at Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: Veteran actor Asha Parekh will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards, to be held at the Nassau Coliseum in New York on 26 May 2007. Parekh, says...
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Fox’s first Indian production to replace KBC
MUMBAI: Fox Television Studios India will make its foray into Indian TV programming with a primetime show on Star Plus, titled Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni. The show will take over the slot vacated...
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Big FM gears up for Abhi-Ash wedding
MUMBAI: The big fat Bollywood wedding of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is just days away and Adlabs’ radio station Big FM is leaving no stones unturned to cash in on the same. ...
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NDTV to launch entertainment channels
MUMBAI: After months of speculation, the news is finally official. Prannoy Roy’s NDTV Group has announced the appointment of ex-Star Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair as the CEO of its new entertainment venture – NDTV...
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Moser Baer launches Telugu home videos
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India ushered in Telugu films in the home video market with the launch of 101 popular Telugu titles on 7 April 2007. The company, which has earlier launched titles in Tamil,...
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Subhash Ghai’s Main Yuvraj to star Salman, Katrina
MUMBAI: Producer Subhash Ghai has signed on Katrina Kaif for his multistarrer film Main Yuvraj, which already has Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Zayed Khan in its proposed cast. The film, that will be...
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Shah Rukh Khan launches health journal
MUMBAI: Film star Shah Rukh Khan inaugurated a new publication, Health International, on Sunday night in Mumbai. The journal is a collective effort of journalists, physical trainers and health experts and will be edited...
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Tips releases Punjabi pop album
MUMBAI: Tips Music has released a Punjabi pop album christened Gallan, a collective effort of Naveed, Ruble and Indi. The trio which has formed itself into a band named N R I, hails from...
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Malaika Arora Khan launches ice cream variant
MUMBAI: Actor Malaika Arora Khan recently launched Kwality Wall’s new calcium enriched product MOO. Moo, according to a company release, is a fun combination of vanilla and chocolate with the goodness of milk and...
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English Channels: 25 – 31 March 2007
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Hindi Channels: 25 – 31 March 2007
Market: Hindi Speaking MarketTG: CS 4+ YearsPeriod: Week 13, 2007 (25-03-2007 – 31-03-2007) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also see:English Channels: 25 – 31 March, 2007...
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Film Review: Shaka Laka Boom Boom
Film: Shaka Laka Boom Boom Director: Suneel Darshan Producer: Suneel Darshan Cast: Bobby Deol, Upen Patel, Celina Jaitely, Kangana Ranaut Rating: 0.5 And that rating is only because one has to give something. Suneel...
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Akshay Kumar’s secretary passes away
MUMBAI: Vikas Bali, who had managed actor Akshay Kumar’s career for nearly 18 years, passed away on 4 April 2007. following a massive heart attack. Bali had recently taken up the management of actor...
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Mangeshkar awards on 24 April 2007
MUMBAI: Renowned sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan, actors Shammi Kapoor and Hema Malini will be felicitated at the 17th Dinanath Mangeshkar Smriti awards to be held in Pune on 24 April 2007. The awards,...
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UCLA to screen Indian films this August
MUMBAI: The UCLA Film and Television Archive and Mcorp Global will hold Indian Splendor, a six-day celebration of contemporary films, music, dance, art and literature in August this year. The event will be held...
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Namastey London brings respite to BO
MUMBAI: A three-week long drought at the box-office has received a slight respite with Namastey London. Even Mira Nair’s The Namesake managed good collections in Bombay and other circuits. Shaka Laka Boom Boom too...
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya completes 50 days
MUMBAI: Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Eklavya – The Royal Guard has crossed the 50 days mark on Thursday in Bombay and some other circuits. Sources close to Shringars, which has distributed the film in Mumbai...
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Eros International goes into distribution overdrive
MUMBAI: After Namastey London, Eros International plans to take to worldwide distribution in a big way. Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, Eros International executive president and director India Sunil Lulla says, “Eros will distribute Nanhe Jaisalmer...
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Lara, Koena to sizzle at Miss India 2007
MUMBAI: Film stars Lara Dutta, Tusshar Kapoor and Koena Mitra along with Rabbi Shergill will perform at the forthcoming Miss India contest. The show will be hosted by Tv personalities Sajid Khan and Mona...
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Music Review: TaRaRumPum
Film: TaRaRumPum Director: Siddharth Anand Music Director: Vishal- Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar Rating: 2.5/5 Now, here’s the thing with all Yash Chorpa film soundtracks, they are a complete package. You are bound to one...
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Shemaroo strikes right note with dual series
MUMBAI: Shemaroo has till now released over 30 song compilations, a popular phenomenon in the music sphere today. The company’s ‘Dual Series VCDs’ is a compilation consisting of VCDs, where each VCD title includes...
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Shootout At Lokhandwala promo song shot
MUMBAI: Producer Sanjay Gupta and director Apoorva Lakhia have made a last minute decision to shoot a promotional video for their forthcoming film Shootout At Lokhandwala. The film’s music is due for release on...
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Anil Kapoor releases music of Good Boy Bad Boy
MUMBAI: The music of Mukta Arts’ Good Boy Bad Boy was released formally by actor Anil Kapoor on 5 April 2007 at Cinemax, Mumbai. Also present at the launch were actors Tusshar Kapoor, Emraan...
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Munich Film Fest to be held in June
MUMBAI: The Munich International short film festival will be held from 14 to 20 June, prior to the main Filmfest Munich. The festival showcases the world’s best contemporary short films each night at the...
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Mexican piracy syndicate busted
MUMBAI: Mexican Federal Police agents and more than 150 officers from Mexico City’s Secretary of Public Security this week dismantled the entire “Escarmeno syndicate,” one of the largest pirate DVD distribution networks operating in...
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Mithoon signs exclusive deal with T-Series
MUMBAI: Music composer Mithoon will soon see the release of his next film album, The Train. With this album, Mithoon also turns singer, lending his voice for the song Woh Ajnabee in the film....
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Amu to release in the US in May
MUMBAI: Writer-director Shonali Bose’s award-winning Indian film Amu will have its US theatre release on 25 May 2007 at New York City’s Cinema Village and ImaginAsian. The film will open in Los Angeles on...
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Barry John sets up acting studio in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Delhi based acting teacher Barry John, who has been based in Delhi for the last 36 years, has now set up shop in Mumbai. The Barry John Acting Studio will begin functioning in...
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Films Division nets Rs 39.8 mn in 9 months
MUMBAI: The Films Division, which produced a total of 24 documentaries, short fiction and video films during April – December 2006, has earned a total revenue of Rs 39.86 million (Rs 3.98 crore) during...
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Scorsese to launch World Cinema Foundation
MUMBAI: Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese will announce the launch of the World Cinema Foundation, devoted to the preservation and restoration of the masterpieces of world cinema, during the forthcoming Festival de Cannes....
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MPA to distribute piracy awareness booklets
MUMBAI: The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) will distribute 200,000 copies of a Motion Picture Association-developed booklet outlining the dangers of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing to the country’s secondary school and junior college...
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T-Series to release three films in 2007
MUMBAI: After the 2006 release Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, T-Series’ films division now plans to increase the frequency of its releases. The company has lined up three film releases for 2007, all of which...
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Film Review: Beerfest
Film: Beerfest Director: Jay Chandrasekhar Cast: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske, Will Forte, Ralf Moeller, Mo’Nique, and Eric Christian Olsen, Juergen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman Rating: 1.5/5 After the...
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Tusshar, Manish to go live on BBC
MUMBAI: Actor Tusshar Kapoor and designer Manish Malhotra will co-host Film Cafe, a show on the BBC Asian Network (UK) live on 14 April 2007. The show will be aired from 11 am...
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Rajat Kapoor juggles time between Mithiya, E Dil
MUMBAI: Actor-director Rajat Kapoor is a busy man these days. The release of his production Bheja Fry on 13 April 2007, the sound mixing for his directorial venture Mithiya and preparations for Saurabh Shukla’s...
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Police crack down on Brazilian DVD pirates
MUMBAI: Anti piracy raids in Sao Paulo recently yielded 200 CD burners and over 30,000 pirated CDs and DVDs with a street value of more than $100,000. The raid, carried out with the...
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Pather Panchali at San Francisco Festival
The Satyajit Ray classic Pather Panchali will be screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival....
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Avinash Wadhawan returns with Punjabi film
MUMBAI: Actor Avinash Wadhawan, last seen in Hindi film Chhup, released in February 1997, makes a comeback with a Punjabi film, Watana To Door. Says Wadhawan, “It’s good to be back. The shooting of...
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MTV creates music video for Lux
MUMBAI: Lux Body Wash, one of the brands from the Hindustan Lever stable has released a new dance track music video along with special edition Lux Body Wash packs as part of its newly...
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Eik Dasttak to be re-released
MUMBAI: Sea Studios’ Eik Dasttak, which flopped miserably when released by Adlabs all over on 17 March 2007 will be re-released by the film’s producer. Says Producer Harkrishna A Rai, “It is a pity...
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Yadav to try Rajnikant stunts in Bhojpuri film
MUMBAI: Singer actor Dineshlal Yadav ‘Nirhua’ will imitate southern film star Rajnikant’s action scenes in a Bhojpuri film, Kaise Kahee Tohara Se Pyaar Ho Gaeel. Says Yadav, “The film needed convincing stunts and a...
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Sameer Karnik to direct Sohail Khan’s next
MUMBAI: Actor – producer – director Sohail Khan has handed over the directorial reins of his forthcoming film to Sameer Karnik. Says Karnik, “We did meet to discuss the film. It is yet untitled,...
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Shah Rukh Khan to feature in Heyy Babyy
MUMBAI: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will be the sixteenth actor to make a special appearance in a song for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heyy Babyy. The other actors who are slated to make an appearance...
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Thomson Foundation launches program for directors
MUMBAI: The Thomson Foundation in partnership with George Eastman House, the Cinémathèque française and filmmakers Ketan Mehta and Anurag Kashyap have designed a unique program for aspiring filmmakers. The Thomson Foundation for Film and...
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London mayor meets with Amitabh Bachchan
MUMBAI: Mayor of London Ken Livingstone met Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan at an evening reception hosted by the Nehru Centre in London at the invitation of the Indian International Films Academy Awards (IIFA). The...
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UK Council backs Paul Williams’ film
MUMBAI: UK director Paul Andrew Williams will receive the UK film council’s Lottery funding for his new film The Cottage. The Cottage is a black comedy horror film, set in a remote part of...
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Buena Vista, Walt Disney in unique tie-in
MUMBAI: Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (BVWHE) has announced the first-ever theatrical tie-in with Walt Disney Pictures’ Meet The Robinsons. The movie was released on 30 March 2007. As a part of its Disney...
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‘I really like doing love stories’ – Ayesha Takia
Ayesha Takia started her career in films with Tarzan: The Wonder Car. Although the film bombed at the box office, she was lucky to have been noticed and continued to receive offers. Today, although...
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Hindi Channels: 18 – 24 March 2007
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English Channels: 18 – 24 March 2007
Market: All IndiaTG: CS 15+ YearsPeriod: Week 12, 2007 (18-03-2007 – 24-03-2007) Relative Shares Top 5 Movies Source: TAM Peoplemeter System Also read:Hindi Channels: 18 – 24 March, 2007...
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Hong Kong cracks down on pirates
MUMBAI: 866,000 pirated optical discs suspected of having been manufactured in a licensed Hong Kong optical disc factory were seized in an operation by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department’s Intellectual Property Investigation...
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Riya Sen to star in Limca summer campaign
MUMBAI: Soft drink brand Limca has launched its 2007 summer campaign with actor Riya Sen in the lead. The integrated marketing communication campaign for Limca this summer focuses on the brand’s invigorating image, explained...
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Mithun to play Antakshari on Zee
MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty will feature on Zee TV’s Titan Antakshari this week. The channel has devoted the current mini series of the music show to the cause for street children. Chakraborty...
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Bachchan releases IIFA nominations
The nominations for the Idea IIFA Awards have been announced by IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan....
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Fame Adlabs turns five on 5 April 2007
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas’ Fame Adlabs at Andheri, Mumbai, turns five on 5 April 2007 with a string of events to mark the occasion. Fame Adlabs has rolled out special offers for its patrons, who stand...
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Canine duo nabs Malaysian DVD pirates
MUMBAI: Two persons were arrested and pirated movie discs valued at US$430,000 seized during an operation aided by the Motion Picture Association’s DVD-sniffing black Labrador retrievers, Lucky and Flo, in Kuala Lumpur recently. The...
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Mahesh Pandey turns to distribution
MUMBAI: Producer-director Mahesh Pandey is now foraying into distribution. Pandey has produced and directed Bhojpuri films like Ghar Dwaar, Hum Bal Brahmachari Tu Kanya Kunwari in association with television producer Ekta Kapoor, and is...
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Babul Supriyo turns hero with Bengali film
MUMBAI: Singer Babul Supriyo has joined the ranks of singer actors, by agreeing to play the lead in Tarun Majumdar’s next directorial venture, a Bangla film titled Chandrer Bari. Rituparna Sen Gupta will play...
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Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut to roll soon
MUMBAI: Actor Ajay Devgan will soon make his directorial debut with Hum Tum Aur Woh, which will feature him along with his wife Kajol in the lead roles. Isha Sharvani has also been cast...
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Will Smith named most powerful actor
MUMBAI: Last night, The Pursuit of Happyness star Will Smith deposed Tom Cruise and fought off stiff competition from Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt when Newsweek magazine named him the most powerful actor in...
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TLV Prasad launches sequel to Tauba Tauba
MUMBAI: Director T L V Prasad has joined the sequel bandwagon with the launch of his new film Phir Tauba Tauba, successor to his earlier film Tauba Tauba. Says Prasad, “The film is being...
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Mahesh Bhatt’s son to make acting debut
MUMBAI: Mahesh Bhatt’s son Rahul will make his acting debut in a forthcoming Bhatt home production tentatively titled Suicide Bomber. The film has been scripted by Bhatt himself. Sources say the film will be...
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Adlabs acquires two cinemas in C.P.
MUMBAI: Adlabs has taken over two cinema theatres from the Central Province territory for conversion to multiplexes. Sources say that the Krishna Talkies in Raipur had been closed since 30 March 2007 for renovation....
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Colossus to direct Sanjay Gupta’s Jasbaa
Gupta has assigned the directorial reins of <i>Jasbaa</i> to Colossus, the outfit run by Ajay & Lovel Arora....
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Sahara One Media & Ent CEO Aditya resigns
MUMBAI: Sahara One Media & Entertainment Ltd’s chief executive officer Shantonu Aditya has resigned from his post with effect from 2 April, 2007. Aditya had joined Sahara One Media & Entertainment in June 2005, where...
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YRF releases music of Ta Ra Rum Pum
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films has released the music of its forthcoming film Ta Ra Rum Pum. The film, directed by Siddharth Anand, stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji. The film’s music has been...
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New York City to host Spider-Man week
MUMBAI: The week beginning 30 April 2007 will be marked as “Spider-Man Week In NYC”, in a joint celebration planned by the city of New York and Columbia Pictures. A variety of festivities have...
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Sony Pictures renews deal with IBM
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed a five-year, $3.8 million contract with IBM to support its global financial system. The agreement expands on an earlier $4.3 million contract between the two companies that was...
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Sony’s Spider-Man 3 snapped up by Percept
MUMBAI: In one of the biggest deals ever, Percept Picture Company has bought the distribution rights of Spider-Man 3 from Sony Pictures Releasing Of India. This is for the first time in the history...
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Protege to direct Rajat Kapoor in Bheja Fry
Sagar Ballary has directed mentor Rajat Kapoor in debut film, <i>Bheja Fry</i>, which is produced by Suneel Doshi....
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Star Gold to air comedy films in April
MUMBAI: Star Gold will air comedy films all through April at 5 pm on weekdays. On 2 April, the channel telecast Haseena Maan Jayegi. The film stars Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Pooja...
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Kangana to endorse women’s footwear
MUMBAI: Shoe brand Red Tape has appointed Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut as its brand ambassador for its new range of women’s footwear. Ranaut recently bagged the best promising debut award at the Zee Cine...
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KBC to host contest for home viewers
MUMBAI: Kaun Banega Crorepati will host a special eight episode contest series – ‘Khelo India Saath Saath’, from 9 to 19 April 2007. The Khelo India Saath Saath contest will allow viewers at home...
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Blades of Glory captures box office
MUMBAI: Blades of Glory, which tells the story of two rival ice skaters who pair up as the first ever male figure skating duo, took the box office lead by raking in $33 million...
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LG is official partner of Cannes Film Festival
MUMBAI: LG Electronics (LG) will be an official sponsor of the 60th Cannes Film Festival held from 16-27 May 2007, in Cannes, France. Supported by a line up of LG Full HD TV’s; LG...
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