Film: Fool n Final Director: Ahmed Khan Music director: Himesh Reshammiya Lyrics: Sameer Rating: 1.5/5 For those not tuned in, Himesh Reshammiya has taken to churning out albums for movies even before you can say...
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Music Review: Shootout at Lokhandwala
Film: Shootout at Lokhandwala Director: Apoorva Lakhia Music Director: Anand Raj Anand, Biddu and Mika Rating: 2.5/5 Shootout at Lokhandwala marks the return of director-writer Apoorva Lakhia. Like the film which stars the who’s...
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Film Review: Yatra
Film: Yatra Director: Goutam Ghose Cast: Rekha, Nana Patekar, Divya Palat, Nakul Vaid, Anandi Ghose, Romit Raaj Rating: 2/5 It is particularly uncomplicated to term films lesser understood as those that are ‘art cinema’....
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Eros’ Cheeni Kum to premiere at Cannes
MUMBAI: Eros International’s next release Cheeni Kum starring Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu and Paresh Rawal will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 21 May. Eros is also planning to have a special preview...
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Coloured Naya Daur to release on 22 June
MUMBAI: Fifty years after its first theatrical release, B R Chopra’s 1957 classic Naya Daur will be released all over India in its coloured version with (remastered 5:1) Dolby digital surround sound. “This is...
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PNC bags Remi Creative excellence Award
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications has once again won the Remi Award for Creative Excellence at the 40th Annual WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival 2007. This year, the company has bagged the award...
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Cinemax launches multiplex in Guwahati
MUMBAI: Cinemax will launch its 12th multiplex facility in Guwahati, Assam, on 11 May 2007. The company has also tied up with a mall developer for a new three-screen multiplex in Navi Mumbai, with...
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Tata Elxsi adopts Sonics IC solutions
MUMBAI: Tata Elxsi, the Bangalore based IC and embedded product design company, has adopted the SonicsMX SMART Interconnect solution as the foundation for its digital media platform, the first ever such adoption by an...
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Shringar wins bid for Bangalore theatre
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has acquired the Shankar Nag theatre in Bangalore in a closed offer bid issued by the Bangalore Mahanagara Pallike. Shringar has completed the formalities and the property has been handed...
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Sony bags telecast rights of Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia (Set Asia) has secured exclusive rights to air the Bollywood Awards to be held on 26 May 2007 at the Nassau Coliseum, New York. The awards ceremony will also...
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Fun screens Mr Bean’s Holiday for patients
MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas in Andheri, Mumbai, hosted its annual charity screening for underprivileged children suffering from Thalassemia (major) on 6 May 2007. Children who watched the film received special treats and interacted with celebrities...
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Kailash Kher releases second album
MUMBAI: Singer Kailash Kher has launched his second album, Jhumo Re. Performing for a celebrated audience at the event, Kher entertained music enthusiasts with songs from the new album by band Kailasa, which comprises...
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I&B ministry proposes lower tariffs on film rolls
MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has approached the ministry of finance for lowering custom tariffs on the import of jumbo rolls. Cameras for shooting, sound equipment and film rolls are part of...
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Percept launches PPC Cause Cinema
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company has launched PPC Cause Cinema, which will seek to create and market cinema with a specific social intent and message, in partnership with numerologist Sunita Menon. This is the first...
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Pyramid to add 36 theatres in Andhra
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd will be adding 36 theatres in Andhra Pradesh in the West Godavari and Nizam areas. With this acquisition, the company has added 23,000 seats in Andhra Pradesh. The company...
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Mediaone Global acquires 3 theatres in Tamil Nadu
MUMBAI: Mediaone Global Entertainment has finalised the acquisition of three theatres in Chengelpet District of Tamil Nadu. The company plans to acquire 20 more theatres in tier II and III cities by the end...
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Walt Disney Television India names Villeneuve as TV SVP, MD
MUMBAI: Antoine Villeneuve has been named senior vice president and managing director, Walt Disney Television India. Villeneuve will oversee Disney Channel, Toon Disney/Jetix and the newly acquired Hungama kids’ television channels in India. Villeneuve,...
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Konkona to be interviewed on CNN-IBN
MUMBAI: Konkona Sen Sharma will be interviewed this week on television channel CNN IBN this week. With impressive performances in Mr and Mrs Iyer, Page 3, Omkara and Traffic Signal, Konkona Sen Sharma has...
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DD launches programme on Tagore’s poetry
MUMBAI: Public broadcaster Doordarshan has launched Gitanjali, a programme on the Hindi rendition of select songs of Rabindranath Tagore. A DVD containing five songs of Tagore was released by the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath...
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Australia allots $ 10 million to IP crimefighting
MUMBAI: The Australian government will provide funding of $10.2 million over the next two years to combat intellectual property (IP) rights theft. The passing of Australia’s Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 in December has introduced more...
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UK Film Council chalks out funding plans
MUMBAI: The UK Film Council published its new funding and policy priorities from April 2007 to March 2010, including the creation of five new funding priorities to boost public access to film such as through film...
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Joost closes $45 million in financing
MUMBAI: Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, has announced that five selected parties have collectively invested approximately $45 million in the company. Each party has invested in a minority percentage of the...
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USVO delivers anti-piracy product to studio
MUMBAI: USA Video Interactive Corp has delivered the first of two installments of its MediaEscort anti-piracy product to its unnamed Hollywood customer. USVO had announced in November 2006 that it had signed an agreement with...
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Electronic Arts to launch The Simpsons game
MUMBAI: Electronic Arts Inc will soon launch The Simpsons Game, in partnership with Gracie Films and Twentieth Century Fox Television. The Game features a hilarious, sprawling storyline crafted by the TV show’s Emmy Award-winning...
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Shrek ties up with McDonald’s
MUMBAI: McDonald’s has launched one of its largest promotions ever for Shrek The Third. From high-tech Shrek Happy Meal toys created in eight languages, to an innovative online community dedicated to kids, to the...
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Star Gold Comedy Honors to air on 12 May
MUMBAI: Star Gold Comedy Honors will premiere on Star Gold on 12 May 2007 at 8 pm. A month long celebration of comedy in Indian cinema will culminate in a grand finale as Star...
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Kevin Spacey launches watch range with play
MUMBAI: Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared as a star guest in a self-produced stage play during the SIHH Watch Fair in Geneva recently. The short film of this performance will have its online...
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Anime Network expands VoD service in the US
MUMBAI: 200,000 households in West Virginia, US, will be able to access a Subscription Video On Demand service (SVOD) from May 2007, due to a deal struck between Anime Network and Suddenlink Communications. One...
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