Film: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Director: Shaad Ali Saghal Music Director: Shankar,Ehsan,Loy Lyrics: Gulzar Rating: 3.5/5 After composing the music for Shaad Ali’s Bunty aur Babli, the musical trio of Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy has...
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Balaji Telefilms Q4 net profit up 37%
Balaji Telefilms has posted a net profit of Rs 212.782 million for the quarter ended 31 March, 2007....
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Pyarelal scores song for Om Shanti Om
MUMBAI: Music director Pyarelal, better known as part of the Laxmikant – Pyarelal duo, will score one song for Shah Rukh Khan’s new film Om Shanti Om. Says Pyarelal, “The first half of the...
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Star launches Voice of India music talent hunt
MUMBAI: Star Plus will launch its new music talent hunt, Amul Star Voice of India on 18 May 2007. Thirty-two undiscovered talented voices will make it to the finals of the reality show, voices...
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Shemaroo reaches out to the Cannes market
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, which will be present at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has acquired a booth to showcase their products. The company this year around is planning to promote and...
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Music of Dharm launched
MUMBAI: The music of forthcoming film Dharm was released on 15 May 2007 at the Planet M store in Mumbai. Directed by debutante Bhavna Talwar, Dharm is a film about Pandit Ram Narayan Chaturvedi,...
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Shringar posts Rs 97.5 million net profit
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 97.5 million (Rs 9.75 crore) for the quarter ended 31 March 2007, as against a consolidated net loss of Rs 28.9 million...
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Cannes Film Festival jury meets
MUMBAI: The Cannes Film Festival jury under president Stephen Frears, composed of Maggie Cheung, Toni Collette, Maria De Medeiros, Sarah Polley, Marco Bellocchio, Orhan Pamuk, Michel Piccoli, and Abderrahmane Sissako, met in Cannes for the...
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UK Film Centre lines up events for Cannes fest
MUMBAI: The British Film Control will open the Director’s Fortnight section on 17 May 2007, at the Cannes Film Festival, which started today. British director Michael Winterbottom’s film A Mighty Heart is screening out...
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Shabana Azmi gets candid on Zoom
MYMBAI: Actor Shabana Azmi will join in a candid conversation with host Tarana Raja Kapoor on celebrity chat show Let’s Talk on 19 May 2007, at 9 pm on television channel Zoom. Azmi will...
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UTV’s Wednesday shoot wrapped up
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures wrapped up the shooting of Wednesday on 15 May 2007. The film has been directed by debutant Neeraj Pandey and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Amir Bashir and...
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Paramount, Warner celebrate Elvis’ anniv
MUMBAI: Warner Home Video (WHV) and Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s passing on 7 August 2007. The man who made blue suede shoes, hound dogs and hip...
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Siggraph animation contest deadline extended
MUMBAI: The deadline for entry to the Siggraph 2007 FJORG, a new international computer graphics animation competition sponsored by DreamWorks Animation, has been extended to 21 May 2007. The competition will be held at...
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Spielberg, Jackson to direct Tintin series films
MUMBAI: Filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have joined forces to create a series of motion picture films based on the adventures of Tintin, the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to...
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DivX, Filmfresh launch online VoD service
MUMBAI: DivX Inc and Film Fresh have announced a partnership to offer an online video-on-demand service on FilmFresh.com. The new service allows users to rent or purchase films in the high-quality DivX media format...
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Music of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom released
MUMBAI: The music of Yash Raj Film’s Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was launched on 15 May 2007. The cast, that includes Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta, have been gifted a stunning...
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UTV severs ties with Palador for World Cinema label
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has terminated its relations with Palador – the world cinema business – that it had formed under the UTV-Palador brand. This initiative was launched to promote world cinema and cashing...
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UFO ropes in Makarand Karanjkar as CTO
MUMBAI: UFO International Pvt. Ltd has appointed US based technocrat Makarand Karanjkar as chief technology officer (CTO). Karanjkar was part of the core committee of Dolby, instrumental in recommending standards for Digital Cinema Initiative...
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