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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Eros’ Kishore Lulla gets Asian Business Award
MUMBAI: Eros International’s Kishore Lulla has been chosen for the Eastern Eye Asian Business Award 2007, for providing Indian cinema an international platform. The company has been given the BDO Stoy Hayward Business of...
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‘The audience’s reaction in theatres is award enough for me’ – Emraan Hashmi
It’s been hard for Emraan Hashmi to shake off the tag of being Bollywood’s Serial Kisser. The actor now plans to don a new avatar, that of a awara (vagabond) for his first film...
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Lachlan Murdoch & Percept in JV for PTM
MUMBAI: Percept Holdings in partnership with Lachlan Murdoch’s Illyria Pty Ltd has launched Percept Talent Management (PTM), aimed at promoting talent across all forms of media. This 50:50 joint venture between Percept Holdings and...
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Gulzar pays tribute to Pritam with album
MUMBAI: Legendary poet Amrita Pritam will be remembered once again, this time through an album, released as a tribute by poet and lyricist Gulzar. Filmmaker Chandra Prakash Dwivedi realised Pritam’s dreams of making a...
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Shammi Kapoor’s son to direct Hindi movie
MUMBAI: Aditya Kapoor, son of veteran actor Shammi Kapoor, is set to direct a Hindi film. A source within the Kapoor family says, “He is directing a medium budget Hindi film. It will have...
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800 shots of effects for YRF’s Tara Rum Pum
MUMBAI: Tata Elxsi Visual Computing Labs (VCL) worked on over 800 shots for Yash Raj Films’ Tara Rum Pum, to tell the story of a NASCAR racer who scores over life with help from...
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Rohit Roy turns director with Rice Plate
MUMBAI: Television and film actor Rohit Roy has turned director with a 10-minute short film called Rice Plate. The film is a part of Sanjay Gupta’s Dus Kahaniyan (the assemblage of 10 short stories...
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Raman Kumar plans to direct Kabir Bedi
MUMBAI: Writer-director Raman Kumar plans to direct an English film, in which veteran actor Kabir Bedi will play the central character. Says Kumar, “We have plans to make an English film with Kabir Bedi....
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IIFA to include business, sports meets
MUMBAI: In a press conference held in Delhi IIFA Brand Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan announced that a lot of new features had been added to the IIFA weekend which will be held in Yorkshire from...
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Bheja Fry continues to rake in big moolah
MUMBAI: The home video rights of the recently released Bheja Fry have been acquired by Eagle. Prior to the theatrical release of the film these rights were being negotiated by various home video players...
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Shilpa visits Australia to promote Metro
MUMBAI: Shilpa Shetty visited Sydney and Melbourne on a two day tour to promote Anurag Basu’s Life in a Metro. The film, being distributed by MG Distribution in Australia and New Zealand, releases internationally on...
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Santoshi to direct Ajay Devgan in period film
MUMBAI: Despite the dismal business done by the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Asoka, directed by Santosh Sivan in 2001, filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi plans to make this historical on a big canvas soon. Santoshi is...
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Vyjayanthimala to make DVDs of her dance numbers
MUMBAI: Veteran actress Vyjayanthimala plans to compile her dance numbers and release it on VCDs and DVDs. Sources close to the her say, “She is on the verge of compiling her dances on DVD...
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Asha Bhosle opens her third restaurant in UK
MUMBAI: Singer Asha Bhosle opened her third chain of restaurant, Asha’s, in London. Situated at Birmingham, it will serve Indian delicacies including traditional Indian dishes with contemporary flavors. The menu at Asha’s is both extensive...
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Sanjay Gupta’s Alibaug to roll on 15 June
MUMBAI: Writer-producer-director Sanjay Gupta’s Alibaug is all set to mount the sets from June 15. Sources close to Gupta reveal, “Yes, the film will roll in mid-June.The major story of Alibaug is based on...
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Rakesh Roshan’s next is titled Krazzy 4
MUMBAI: Rakesh Roshan’s penchant with the letter ‘K’ continues. Except for Koyla, King Uncle and Karobaar (for an outside production) which were an average fare, most of his films starting with ‘K’ right from...
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Varma to direct Tamil version of Darling
MUMBAI: Ram Gopal Varma will be directing the Tamil version of Darling. The Tamil version is produced by a well-known Southern distributor Gaurav Sharma. The Hindi version featuring Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Isha Koppikar...
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Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji on May 26
The most awaited Rajnikant starrer <i>Sivaji: The Boss</i> is finally slated to release on May 26....
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Spider-Man 3 rakes in Rs 191.7 million
MUMBAI: Swinging his way to theatres on 588 prints/screens Spider-Man 3 has smashed every possible record in the Hollywood category in India. The film has opened to a record $148 million at the North...
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Yash Chopra receives Raj Kapoor Award
MUMBAI: Yash Chopra has been given the Raj Kapoor Award by the Maharashtra government. The award, which consisted of a citation and a memento and Rs 1 lakh, was given to him in recognition...
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Electronic Arts launches talent hunt in APac
MUMBAI: Interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts has announced the launch of “EA Amplify Artist Search,” a pan-regional search for the hottest emerging bands from the Asia Pacific region. The initiative is being hosted...
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Glover to be felicitated at Bollywood Awards
MUMBAI: Danny Glover, Hollywood legend and star of recent hits such as Dreamgirls and Shooter, will be one of the honorees at the ninth annual Bollywood Awards, to be held on 26 May 2007...
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MRTPC curbs multiplexes on distributors’ plea
MUMBAI: MRTPC (Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission) recently restrained the Multiplex Association of India and its members from carrying on restrictive trade practices. The order was passed on the complaints of Ramesh Sippy...
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First Serve Toonz inks deal with BBC
MUMBAI: First Serve Toonz has inked a deal with the BBC for a new animation series, based on the iconic Marvel character Wolverine. With this, BBC secures the television rights in the UK for...
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Spider-Man 3 breathes life into box office
MUMBAI: This Friday, Percept Pictures in association with Adlabs released Spider-Man 3 in English, Hindi, South Indian and Bhojpuri languages. The film opened to a tremendous response in India. The holiday period has proven...
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Big FM laughs with Rakhi Sawant, Purbi Joshi
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM lived upto its tagline ‘Suno Sunao Life Banao’ when it celebrated World Laughter Day in true laughter style and brought smiles to the senior citizens at Shepherd Women’s Home (Byculla)....
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DreamWorks acquires Jackson’s Lovely Bones
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Studios and Film 4 have acquired The Lovely Bones. It is Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the Alice Sebold best-selling novel. The announcement was made by DreamWorks Studios CEO and co-chairman Stacey Snider....
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Sony Ericsson spins Spider-Man 3 handsets
MUMBAI: Sony Ericsson announced the launch of Spider-Man 3 limited edition phones. With this, Sony Ericsson will offer its customers preloaded Spider-Man 3 wallpapers, screen savers and movie clips with the purchase of the...
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Shemaroo acquires Staying Alive rights
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. has acquired the worldwide rights of Staying Alive. The film is written and directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. Mahadevan says, “Staying Alive is a Hindi film with an English title....
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Ananth Mahadevan to complete his trilogy
MUMBAI: Writer-director Ananth Mahadevan is set to complete his trilogy series with Anjaam – The Final Act on July 7. The film is produced by Shyam Bajaj and Narendra Bajaj. Anjaam-The Final Act, which...
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Animagic eyes theatrical release for film
<i>Raju & I</i>, which has been screened at 40 festivals and won 14 awards, is now looking at a theatrical release....
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Columbia & Original Pictures pair up for The Ark
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel The Ark to be adapted into a feature film by Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz. The announcement was made by...
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UTV’s Metro to premiere on Rajshri.com
MUMBAI: After Hattrick, UTV Motion Pictures’ latest offering Life in a… Metro, which is slated for release on 11 May will see its online premiere on Rajshri.com. “We are delighted to announce the online...
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Radio City cashes in on Spiderman fever
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM has tied up with Sony Pictures Entertainment for an exclusive radio partnership for Spider-Man 3. The station has been airing trivia and behind the scene knick-knacks on the making of...
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Krishna Abhishek, Kashmera in Marathi film
MUMBAI: Actors Krishna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah will play the lead pair in a Marathi film. Writer-producer-director Sanjay Bachchan says, “The film is titled Mumbaicha Pahuna. Krishna Abhishek will play the guest who hails...
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East Punjab distributor turns producer
MUMBAI: V Kumar, brother of veteran East Punjab distributor Surinder Sabharwal, has forayed into film production. Kumar plans to produce multiple big-budget films and music albums under his banner, V G Production. Says Kumar,...
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MyMovieNetwork unveils tool for filmmakers
MUMBAI: There is a new video tool available now to innovative aspiring filmmakers. A new online video site, MyMovieNetwork.com, launched recently, focuses on the amateur and independent filmmaking community by providing filmmakers an environment...
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Saregama profit up by 110 per cent
MUMBAI: Saregama India has announced a 110 per cent growth in its net consolidated profits for the fiscal ended 31 March 2007. The company, that has reported a 14 per cent growth in revenue,...
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Shemaroo launches thematic song compilations
MUMBAI: Shemaroo has launched new song compilations, calculated to target different segments of listeners. The songs have been classified into ‘Beedi Jalaile… Garma Garam Hits’, comprising item songs from recent Hindi films, with the...
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Star Plus to premiere Krrish
MUMBAI: Indian superhero film Krrish will be premiered on Star Plus on 6 May 2007 at 8 pm. Airing in the ‘Plus super premiere’ slot of the month, Krrish is a science fiction super...
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Pritish Nandy inks animation deal with Motion Pixel Corporation
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications has signed a five film deal with Florida-based Motion Pixel Corporation’s animation studio Estudio Flex. The exclusive deal between the two companies includes five 3D animated full-length Bollywood feature films...
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Whistling Woods & Nokia Seminar
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First Look: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
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Aaja Nachle
Film: Aaja Nachle Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kunal KapoorDirected by: Anil MehtaProduced by: Aditya ChopraMusic: Salim-SulaimanRelease Date: 30 November 2007 Synopsis: Madhuri Dixit makes her comeback in this fun-filled musical about...
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Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Film: Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Cast: Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor and Abhishek BachchanDirected by: Pradeep SarkarProduced by: Aditya ChopraMusic: Shantanu MoitraRelease Date: 12 October 2007 Synopsis: Badki and Chutki...
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Chak De India
Film: Chak De India Cast: Shahrukh Khan Directed by: Shimit AminProduced by: Aditya ChopraMusic: Salim-SulaimanRelease Date: 10 August 2007 Synopsis: One man, a coach who returns to the game seven years after he was...
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Udit Narayan’s son to host show on Zee
MUMBAI: Singer Udit Narayan’s 20 year old son Aditya Narayan will be hosting Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. Aditya has recently completed a diploma in English Contemporary Music from London....
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Rahman is Saregama’s brand ambassador
MUMBAI: HMV Saregama India has appointed music maestro AR Rahman as its new brand ambassador. This is the first time in the company’s 106-year-old history that it has appointed an ambassador. The company is...
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Irfaan Khan to anchor Zee News’ Don
MUMBAI: Television news channel Zee News has launched a new programme based upon true stories of the underworld to be anchored by film actor Irfaan Khan. Titled Don, the programme will showcase people involved...
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Asia wide anti piracy sweep planned
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has launched Operation Tripod, an aggressive anti-piracy enforcement initiative scheduled to run through 30 June 2007 in 13 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region. While targeting the...
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MPAA unveils anti video piracy campaign
MUMBAI: Mayor Michael R Bloomberg has unveiled a public awareness campaign featuring a series of print and broadcast advertisements designed to combat the creation, distribution, and sale of illegally recorded films in New York...
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Whistling Woods zooms in on the mobifilm
MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International and Nokia recently ran a contest that required aspiring filmmakers to make a three minute fiction and non fiction mobile film using their mobile phones. A discussion among prominent...
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Volvo launches Pirates’ online treasure hunt
MUMBAI; Volvo Car Corporation has launched a worldwide online hunt for real-life sunken treasure, at volvocars.us/thehunt. As part of its promotional drive for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, the company has sunk...
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John, Bipasha to have Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: This week, actor Bipasha Basu will join filmamker Karan Johar on his chat show Koffee with Karan on Star this weekend. Karan’s second guest this week is actor John Abraham. On the show,...
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Spiderman frenzy sets in
MUMBAI: The Spider-Man buzz has begun even before the film officially releases on 4 May 2007. The superhero is currently hanging off a ledge of The Venetian Resort~Hotel~Casino in Las Vegas overlooking The Strip...
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Moser Baer to pump $ 100 million in ent business
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India has posted a net profit of Rs 788.27 million (Rs 78.82 crore) for the year ended 31 March 2007 as compared to net loss of Rs 64.71 million (Rs 6.47...
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Pixion expands operations in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Pixion has developed its infrastructure by investing in its Mumbai property towards renovation and furnishing with the latest technologies in the market. It has set up an Autodesk Lustre Incinerator connected on Infiniband, three...
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US report slams countries with weak IP rights
MUMBAI: An annual report on worldwide intellectual property rights released on Tuesday by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), identifies countries particularly lacking in adequate and effective IP rights and enforcement. It...
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Funskool introduces Spiderman toy range
MUMBAI: Funskool India has introduced the Spiderman range of toys for the super hero’s fans, hoping to cash in on the release of the newest in the Spiderman movie series on 4 May 2007....
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Film Review: Spider-Man 3
Film: Spider-Man 3 Director: Sam Raimi Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace Rating: 3.5/5 Spider-Man is back… only this time far better and a...
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Saroj Khan’s directorial debut in August
MUMBAI: Choreographer Saroj Khan directorial debut is all set to be launched in August this year. The film is titled Sati… A Burning Desire To Love. Sources close to the production say, “The film...
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Punjabi girl Tamanna in Tamil film
MUMBAI: Mumbai based actor Tamanna, who made her debut with KD and SJ Suryah’s Vyapari, will soon be seen in a Tamil film. Tamanna, originally from Punjab, will be playing the female lead...
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Malayalam actor Dileep to star in July 4
MUMBAI: Veteran Malayalam actor Dileep has signed a film titled July 4, and intends to have it released on the same day this year, irrespective of the day. Say sources close to the...
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Meri Life Mein Uski Wife to release in May
MUMBAI: Evershine Films’ Meri Life Mein Uski Wife is slated for a May 2007 release all over. The film, directed by Parto Ghosh, stars Jatin Agarwal, Heena Rehman, Rocky Sandhu, Vikas Kalantri and...
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Actor Kunika turns film producer
MUMBAI: Film and TV actor Kunika, who has now rechristened herself Kunika S Lall, has forayed into film production. Kunika says, “I have completed the shooting for my first Bhojpuri venture Maatti. The...
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Salman in a guest appearance in Do Aur Do Paanch
MUMBAI: Salman Khan will feature in a guest appearance in forthcoming film Do Aur Do Paanch. Producer Humayu Rangila says, “My film Do Aur Do Paanch is not a remake of the 1980s Shashi...
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Jaman, Dreamachine sign 42 film deal
MUMBAI: Jaman.com, an online community for world cinema has announced the completion of an initial 42 film distribution deal with Dreamachine, an independent sales, production and financing house. Under the agreement, the definitive works...
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DreamWorks posts $15.4 mn net income
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation has reported total revenue of $93.7 million and net income of $15.4 million, for the quarter ended 31 March 2007. This compares to revenue of $60.1 million and net income...
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Priyanka Chopra is Lux’s latest beauty ticket
MUMBAI: If the offer of a Lux endorsement is a parameter to judge Bollywood success, Priyanka Chopra appears to have made it. Chopra has been chosen by the soap brand, known to have...
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HBO to premiere King Kong in Hindi
MUMBAI: HBO will air an exclusive and one-time premiere of dubbed Hollywood mega blockbuster King Kong on 13 May 2007 on the occasion od on Mother’s Day. Launched as the Blockbuster of the...
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Adlabs Films to operate Rave Cinemas
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited has acquired the right to conduct cinema exhibition business at one operational multiplex in Kanpur and six more projects under implementation in NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, owned by...
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Maya Academy ties up with Cambridge
MUMBAI: Animation and visual effects institute Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) has tied up with the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of Cambridge Assessment, is...
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Namesake success credited to distribution
<I>The Namesake</I> generated cumulative per print average GBO of Rs 10,51,570 in only four weeks of release....
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Sony creates international film division
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has creatied an International Motion Picture Production department, to be jointly led by Gareth Wigan and Deborah Schindler. Schindler has been promoted to President of the new division and will join...
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Disney raises $3 mn with Pirates premiere
MUMBAI: Disney has collected $ three million in ticket sales for the 19 May 2007 world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish...
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Danny DeVito unveils own liqueur label
MUMBAI: Actor, producer and director Danny DeVito launched Premium Limoncello, an estate crafted, lemon-flavored liqueur at the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Annual Convention in Orlando, FLorida. Harbrew Imports Inc of Freeport, New...
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Turner Broadcasting puts its content on Joost
MUMBAI: Broadcast-quality Internet television service Joost (www.joost.com) has announced that Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. will begin to distribute content on Joost from its brands and properties, including Adult Swim and CNN. Programming from Hasbro,...
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Pantaloon unveils TaRa Rum Pum merchandise
MUMBAI: Pantaloon Retail has tied up with Yash Raj Films for merchandising opportunities for its latest release Ta Ra Rum Pum. Pantaloon has created special Ta Ra Rum Pum themed merchandise across numerous categories...
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NFDC screens film retrospective for MPs
Richard Attenborough's <i>Gandhi</i> opened a film festival of NFDC movies for Indian Members of Parliament....
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Sudhir Mishra to direct Soha in short film
Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra has signed Soha Ali Khan for his next film, which has a duration of 10 minutes....
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Indian online gaming to touch $446 mn by 2010
MUMBAI: The online gaming market in India, pegged at $ 5 million in 2006, is estimated to touch $ 446 million by 2010. The industry is growing at a CAGR of 220 per cent,...
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HBO to air 60 Hollywood blockbusters in May
MUMBAI: HBO will screen 60 films in a special branded slot ‘Summer Cocktail’, a repertoire of successful Hollywood movies. An eclectic mix of action, drama, adventure, romance, comedy, superhero movies, the movie bonanza will...
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