MUMBAI: Wellknown Bollywood music composer Dattaram Wadkar passed away on 8 June 2007 at his Goa residence. The man behind some of the most lyrical tunes, including ‘Chun Chun Karti Aayi Chidiya’ and ‘Masti...
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Movies downpour fails to bring BO succour
MUMBAI: There was a downpour of mainstream movies at the theatres this week; unfortunately, none brought sweet succour. It fell to last Friday’s releases, Shootout At Lokhandwala and Chini Kum, to provide the much needed relief...
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BIG FM bags four awards at NYF Radio Awards
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has won honours in four categories at the New York Festival (NYF) Radio Broadcasting Awards 2007. According to the station, BIG 92.7 FM was the only radio station from India...
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Industry remembers filmmaker K A Abbas
MUMBAI: The Indian Peoples Theatres Association, Film Writers Association and Cine and Television artistes associations came together on 1 June 2007 to commemorate the 93rd birthday and 20th death anniversary of filmmaker Khwaja Ahmed...
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Cinemax revenues cross Rs 1 billion mark
MUMBAI: Cinemax India Limited has posted a gross income of Rs 1.02 billion (Rs 102.40) crore on a consolidated basis for the year ended 31 March 2007. The company’s total income for the financial...
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Akshay Kumar in Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakht Ishq
MUMBAI: Even before his next film Heyy Babyy releases, producer Sajid Nadiadwala is ready with next film, which too will star Akshay Kumar. While Nadiadwala was unavailable for comment, sources say that the producer...
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Rahul Dholakia’s next film targets J&K
MUMBAI: Parzania maker Rahul Dholakia now plans to make a film on the troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir. Says Dholakia, “The revolt in Kashmir since 1989 has seen the worst of times. More...
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PNC upbeat with 22 films under its belt
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications is ramping up its film production and at present has a cool 18 films under various stages of production. The company has recently signed on producer – director – actor...
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YRF to ‘jhoom’ with 250 prints in Bombay circuit
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films plans to release its next offering Jhoom Barabar Jhoom next week with a minimum of 250 prints in the Bombay circuit itself. Sources say the company has 144 prints, 82...
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UFO Moviez bags IIFA Innovation Award
MUMBAI: UFO Moviez has been awarded the ‘Idea IIFA Innovation Award in Indian Cinema’ at the grand finale of the 8th Annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2007 awards on 9 June 2007 at...
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Yorkshire businesses sign MoU with India
MUMBAI: Regional businesses from the UK met with leaders of Indian industry at the FICCI IIFA Global Business Forum in Leeds on Saturday. Hosted at Leeds Royal Armories as part of the International India...
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Star Movies to air Die Hard series
MUMBAI: Star Movies will lay the ground for forthcoming Hollywood film Die Hard 4.0, with the first three instalments of the Die Hard series and sneak previews this June. In its Experience Hollywood section,...
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