MUMBAI: Flush with the success of their record-breaking world tour and multi-platinum album, Have A Nice Day, Island Records group Bon Jovi has completed a new album, Lost Highway. Produced by Dann Huff...
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Adlabs unveils look of Rajnikanth film
MUMBAI: Adlabs and Ocher Studios have revealed the first look of their 3D animated production Sultan the Warrior, which features southern star Rajnikanth. Sultan the Warrior will feature Rajnikanth as a mythological, larger-than-life...
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John takes contest winners to Malaysia
MUMBAI: They have won the year’s premiere biking event, the Castrol Power1 Throttle Max challenge. And now, Tummi Nanavare and Syed Asif Ali, who emerge as India’s most skillful riders will accompany Castrol’s brand...
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Inox posts net profit of Rs 247 million
MUMBAI: Inox Leisure’s net profit has gone up by 41 per cent to Rs 247.9 million (Rs 24.79 crore) for the year ended 31 March, 2007. The company’s revenues stood at Rs 1.62 billion...
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The Indian Film Company debuts on AIM
MUMBAI: The Indian Film Company made its debut on the overseas bourses at the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), which is operated by the London Stock Exchange. Shares of The Indian Film Company Plc,...
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GV Films to consider de-merger scheme
MUMBAI: GV Films Ltd is considering to de-merge into three entities namely GV Studio City Ltd, GV Technologies Ltd and GV Films Ltd. The company will consider the de-merger at its board meeting on 25...
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Blockbuster expands Blu-Ray to 1700 stores
MUMBAI: In response to the growing demand for high-definition DVDs, Blockbuster Inc. is rolling out an expanded Blu-ray disc inventory for rental to 1,700 corporate-owned Blockbuster stores by mid-July. The company will continue to...
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‘Anil Sharma is one of the finest directors in the industry’ – Dharmendra
Veteran actor Dharmendra is all set to light the silver screen when Anil Sharma’s Apne releases later this month. It will be for the first time that Dharmendra will be seen alongside both his...
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Reliance Entertainment sets up BIG boutique
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani’s Reliance ADAG is steadily firming up its media and entertainment strategy. The company’s entertainment arm Reliance Entertainment will house the BIG boutique, which will have the already operating BIG FM radio...
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Shah Rukh Khan to endorse fairness cream
MUMBAI: Actor Shah Rukh Khan seems to have his hands full these days. Khan has now been roped in as the brand ambassador for Emami Group’s Fair and Handsom, which is a fairness cream...
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IACC seminar stresses on brand protection
MUMBAI: The importance of protecting brands, trademarks, copyrights and patents was underlined at the two-day seminar on Intellectual Property Rights jointly organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) recently. Leading speakers from the...
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Cinemax unveils Poonam Jhawar’s new album
MUMBAI: Cinemax recently launched the music and video of budding singer Poonam Jhawar’s album Pooh Kya Jalwa Hain. Pooh Kya Jalwa Hain comprises foot-tapping numbers like “Aakhon Mein Jalwa Hai” and “Aisi Mast Meri...
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Amrita Rao to endorse new ITC range
MUMBAI: Actor Amrita Rao will be the face of ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing launched ‘Miss Players’, trendy fashion wear targeted at young women between 18 – 25 years. The range, which spans across trendy tops,...
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Tak’s Mithun – Ranjeeta film titled Shatir
MUMBAI: Rajasthan distributor turned producer Naveen Tak has titled his next film Shatir. The film is being made under the banner of Silver Productions and will see yesteryear’s romantic pair Mithun Chakraborty and Ranjeeta...
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Santoshi’s Halla Bol to release in August
Director Rajkumar Santoshi's Halla Bol is being slated for a worldwide release in August this year....
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Sivaji scores over Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Sivaji said to have grossed Rs 20 mn in advance bookings; creates record of sorts. <STRONG><FONT color=#0896DE size=1>BOX OFFICE!</FONT></STRONG>...
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Sunfeast variant banks on Shah Rukh, Dia
MUMBAI: ITC’s Sunfeast will soon launch their new biscuit variant Snacky in the market. Shah Rukh Khan, who already endorses the Sunfeast biscuit brand, will endorse the new brand too. Additionally actress Dia Mirza...
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Arbaaz Khan in Chaudhary’s Hinglish film
MUMBAI: Raja Chaudhary, who recently completed his maiden Bhojpuri film Hamar Sainya Hindustani starring Ravi Kissen, himself and his actor wife Shweta Tiwari, has already planned his next – a Hinglish film about a...
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Gunga Jumna to be remade in Bhojpuri
MUMBAI: Film financier S K Jaiswal has turned producer with a Bhojpuri film to be directed by Ravi Sinha. Jaiswal will be remaking the Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Nasir Khan and Anwar Hussain 1961 hit...
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CNN, YouTube team up for US president election
MUMBAI: For the first time in US presidential debate history, CNN and YouTube will get together to feature video questions submitted to YouTube to be broadcast and answered by the candidates on CNN. CNN’s Anderson...
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Prasad EFX does up Sivaji in 4K DI
MUMBAI: Digital post production studio Prasad EFX has colour graded and digitally post produced the Rajnikanth starrer AVM’s Sivaji: The Boss, in the 4K digital pipeline. While 2K resolution for DI is the standard...
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BIG partners corporates for safe monsoon
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has announced a slew of programming and on-ground initiatives for its listeners in Mumbai for the forthcoming monsoon. The station has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Limtex, a weather...
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Sony Pictures inks deal with MARV Films
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures has signed a three-year first-look deal with producer director Matthew Vaughn’s and Kris Thykier’s MARV Films as part of the studio’s International Motion Picture Production initiative. Under the UK-based deal,...
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Film Review: Sivaji: The Boss
Film: Sivaji: The Boss Director: Shankar Producer: AVM Music Director: A.R Rahman Cast: Rajnikanth, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Manivannan, Vadivukkarasi, Suman, Uma Padmanabhan Rating: 4/5 The unexplained phenomena of Rajnikanth’s magic takes over as soon...
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Sivaji: India hails; Malaysian fans distraught
MUMBAI: It was a sight one rarely gets to see at a Mumbai multiplex. Unlike single screen theatres, the multiplex is one place where one doesn’t get to hear hoots, whistles, claps not to...
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Zee Muzic to air Bollywood fathers
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a heart-to- heart on son Abhishek, with hosts Nethra Raghuraman and Vikas Bhalla in a Father’s Day special on Zee Muzic. The episode will be aired on...
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Film competition portal launched
MUMBAIMedia and entertainment company Century Communications Ltd, along with producer Deepak Nayar, today announced the launch of www.Filmaka.in – an internet based film competition portal, designed by established filmmakers to discover the emerging talent...
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Filmy launches shayari contest for Umrao Jaan
MUMBAI: Sahara’s film channel Filmy is giving viewers the chance to express their feelings for film actor Aishwarya Rai. The channel is promoting a shayari contest, called – Arz Kiya Hai, for its viewers...
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Filmy bags 7 Promax & BDA world awards
MUMBAI: Sahara’s film channel Filmy has won seven awards at this year’s Promax and BDA World Awards, held in New York on 13 and 14 June 2007. Filmy Stock Exchange, the first of its...
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Coalition unveils anti piracy campaign in US
MUMBAI: The Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP) has unveiled a comprehensive set of legislative initiatives aimed at reducing piracy of US goods by increased protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. The...
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Harry Potter online video book club launched
MUMBAI: Borders Inc has unveiled the Harry Potter video book club on the company’s website at http://www.bordersmedia.com/harrypotter/bookclub/default.asp . The online video book club was filmed with Harry Potter fans who attended the Phoenix Rising...
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Hudson to endorse nature friendly hair care
MUMBAI: Hairstylist David Babaii and actor Kate Hudson have combined their passion for nature and beauty to create David Babaji For Wildaid, a new brand of professional haircare products and styling tools. A percentage...
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Aditya Chopra to launch next venture
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Aaditya Chopra is set to launch his third directorial venture. Sources say that the subject of his next film is almost complete and plans are afoot to launch the film in September...
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SIVOO expands Bollywood catalogue
MUMBAI: SIVOO Holdings, has signed business agreements with Opus Media, the largest South Asian content IP rights aggregator, and Madhu Entertainment and Media, producer and distributor of Indian-language content, including the latest Bollywood films...
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Jazzy B back with ‘Kaun Nachdi’ on Tips
MUMBAI: Tips has released Punjabi pop singer Jazzy B’s new album ‘Kaun Nachdi’. Jazzy has been synonymous with his previous albums, ‘Surma’ and ‘Dil Lutiya’. The new album features one single song that has...
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Shemaroo releases Yatra home video
MUMBAI: Goutam Ghose’s Yatra has been released by Shemaroo Entertainment on VCDs and DVDs. Yatra, a multi-layered film, basically talks of a writer’s journey where his real life gets mingled with the characters of...
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‘I felt like the role in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was written for me’ – Bobby Deol
In a career that has spanned 12 years, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom marks Bobby Deol’s first ever movie with Yash Raj Films. In the film, he plays a half British, half Punjabi character called Steve....
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Anupam Kher to launch two films
MUMBAI: Anupam Kher’s next directorial venture, initially titled Happy and Gay, has now been re-christened Pyaar Hai Toh Keh Do Yes. Kher’s other venture in the pipeline is titled Homeland. Both films are being...
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Sony Music, Nick team up to create content
MUMBAI: Children’s entertainment brand Nickelodeon and Sony Music Label Group and Sony BMG Commercial Music Group have signed a partnership to co-develop, co-produce and co-finance television and music projects over the next four years....
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Weinstein joins New Line Cinema as SVP
MUMBAI: New Line Cinema has named Caleb Weinstein as its new senior vice president of business development and digital strategy. The announcement was made by New Line chief financial pfficer Stephen Abramson, to whom...
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Cartoon Network to premiere Shrek
MUMBAI: This month Cartoon Network will premiere the Academy award winning animated movie – Shrek. Based on the exciting escapades of Shrek, the green ogre is on a mission to rescue Princess Fiona, his...
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Film Review: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Film: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Directed by: Shaad Ali Sahgal Produced by: Aditya Chopra Banner: Yash Raj Films Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Lyrics: Gulzar Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta and Amitabh Bachchan (Special...
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Rajnikanth phenomenon grips Times Now
MUMBAI: All through this week, English news channel Times Now will celebrate the Rajnikanth phenomenon, as the superstar’s fans across the world prepare for the release of his 100th Tamil film, Sivaji: The Boss....
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Zoom to interview Shahid Kapur on Let’s Talk
This week, actor Shahid Kapur will be seen on Zoom’s chat show Let’s Talk in conversation with host Tarana Raja Kapoor. The show will be aired on 20 June 2007 at 8 pm....
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Madhur Bhandarkar to direct bilingual film
MUMBAI: Director Madhur Bhandarkar plans direct a bilingual film soon after his current venture Fashion, releases. Says Bhandarkar, “This film will be made in Hindi and Marathi and will focus on and highlight the famous...
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Fantastic 4 rolls out merchandise
MUMBAI: Zaldiva Inc, a specialty and online retailer of new and vintage Pop-Culture collectibles, comic books and memorabilia, plans to weave merchandise around Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, scheduled to release on...
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Godrej, Spinz sway with Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
MUMBAI: Godrej Interio’s range of office and kitchen furniture and Spinz deodorant from the Cavin Kare range will dance to the tune of Yash Raj Films’ latest, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Jhoom….marks Godrej Interio’s first...
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CDI to float MediaOne Venture on AIM
MUMBAI: The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has been attracting a lot of Indian companies lately. After the likes of TV18 Group’s The Indian Film Company and UTV Software Communications’ UTV Motion Pictures announcing...
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Two arrested in Malaysian anti piracy raid
MUMBAI: Malaysian anti-piracy forces have arrested two persons and confiscated a VCD production line and printing machine capable of producing 3.5 million pirated optical discs per year worth in excess of $7 million, in...
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310 Holdings to launch new record label
MUMBAI: Media holding company 310 Holdings has announced the formation of fresh label Bang! Bang! Entertainment. Bang! Bang! Entertainment Inc. seeks to develop chart-topping artistes across a wide range of musical genres, including rock,...
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Radio City appoints Martin as national programming head
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has appointed Nik Martin as its national programming head, Martin, who hails from the UK, brings with him more than 22 years of radio experience including programme management positions...
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PVR Juhu gets five year tax exemption
MUMBAI: PVR Ltd’s multiplex property in Juhu, Mumbai has been granted exemption from the payment of entertainment tax under the provisions of Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923, for a period of five years with...
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Fun Cinemas announces monsoon dhamaka
MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas has announced its monsoon dhamaka, “Ticket to Drive” that will last from 15 June to 6 July 2007. Sponsored by Mahindra Renault and Kinetic, the promotion will run simultaneously in eight...
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Fever partners Aamir Khan for Lagaan DVD
MUMBAI: Fever 104 FM is partnering Team Lagaan for the launch of the film’s DVD. As part of this association, Fever 104 FM will air on-air contests for listeners from 13 to 15 June...
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GBN, Lokmat to launch Marathi news channel
Global Broadcast News is launching a Marathi language news & current affairs channel with the Lokmat Group....
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Sivaji: The Boss set to release on Friday
Rajnikanth's <i>Sivaji: The Boss</i> will be released in 252 screens across the world by Pyramid Saimira Theatre....
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Compact Disc to float subsidiary in the UK
MUMBAI: Chandigarh based animation outsourcing company Compact Disc India (CDI) is planning to float a 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary called Media One, in the UK at an investment of $50 million. Media One...
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Indian film industry gets real time BO data
MUMBAI: Authentic box office collections are hard to come by as far as the Indian motion picture industry is concerned. Unlike the US, where authentic box office collections are professionally tracked and made available,...
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Konkona, Kunal, Ritesh on Koffee With Karan
MUMBAI: Karan Johar’s celebrity chat show Koffee With Karan will have Konkona Sen Sharma, Ritesh Deshmukh and Kunal Kapoor this week as guests. The episode with the trio will be aired on 17 June...
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Yash Raj to offer digital video downloads
MUMBAI: After securing the distribution front of its movies and music, Yash Raj Films has recently launched its own DRM (Digital Rights Management) platform. Through this platform, the entire audio catalogue of YRF titles,...
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Judson named Warner Bros Animation president
MUMBAI: Lisa Judson has been named president of Warner Bros Animation. she will report directly to Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum. In her new post, Judson will be responsible for all aspects...
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HBO to make all 26 channels available in HD
MUMBAI: Home Box Office (HBO) has committed to making all 26 feeds of its HBO and Cinemax multiplex channels available in high-definition. According to an announcement made by HBO chairman Bill Nelson, the rollout...
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IACC to host seminar on IP Rights in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce will be organising a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and its significance to industry. The event, which will be held on 15 and 16 June 2007 in...
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Warner Music, Violator Management ink JV
MUMBAI: Warner Music Group Corp. and artist management company Violator Management founder and CEO Chris Lighty inked a new joint venture called Brand Asset Group. The Group is designed to increase revenue by aggressively managing...
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DTS to show end-to-end solution at Expo
MUMBAI: DTS Digital Cinema, a provider of premier-quality digital entertainment services for the motion picture industry, has announced its plans to première its end-to-end solutions at Cinema Expo 2007. DTS Digital Cinema offers a...
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MPAA chairman testifies before US Senate
MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America chairman and CEO Dan Glickman today testified before the US Senate Finance Committee on possible improvements to enforcement provisions within US trade laws during a hearing titled “Trade...
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Tony to return with romantic comedy
MUMBAI: Tony, who formed part of the Tito-Tony director duo in the early 1980s, is returning to filmmaking with a romantic comedy to be shot in the US. Now, Tony aka Ramanjit Junega, will...
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Munnabhai MBBS’ AD turns director
MUMBAI: Nitin Shingal, who assisted Rajkumar Hirani during the making of Munnabhai MBBS, has turned into an independent director with a short film Kindle, produced by art dealer Ashish Balram Nagpal. Says Nagpal, who...
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Aziz Mirza’s son to direct Aamir Khan
Filmmaker Aziz Mirza's son Haroun Mirza will soon wield the megaphone; the film will star Aamir Khan....
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Hungama wins Meffys award for Casino Royale
MUMBAI: Hungama Mobile has won the Best Marketing Campaign in Mobile Entertainment award at the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) awards recently. The Forum represents the fast growing US$ 23 billion mobile entertainment industry; and...
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Disney, Citadel announce ABC Radio merger
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation have completed Disney’s spin-off of its wholly-owned subsidiary ABC Radio Holdings and its subsequent merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citadel. Prior to the spin-off,...
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YRF – Disney’s first animation film is Roadside Romeo
(Posted on 11 June, 04.30 pm)(Updated on 12 June, 05.00 pm) MUMBAI: Indian is slowly but steadily waking up to animation films. After the likes of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Adlabs Films and Pritish...
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Canada sets up $29 million new media fund
MUMBAI: The Canadian federal government will spend $29 million over the next two years to renew a program aimed at helping the development of Canadian digital media products. Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda made...
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MPA extends China Film Production workshop
MUMBAI: Following the launch last year in Beijing of the first Motion Picture Association Film Production Workshop to be held in China and the Asia-Pacific region, from 11-13 June, the Motion Picture Association (MPA)...
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MPA launches anti-piracy trailer in Philippines
MUMBAI: On 11 June the Optical Media Board (OMB) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) launched a new anti-piracy movie trailer at the new Ayala Trinoma Cinema at Quezon City, Manila, in conjunction with...
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Rajnikanth: A true blue ‘Superstar’
Rajnikanth's movie is releasing on 15 June & fans across the globe are waiting with bated breath to see the film....
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Planman’s Faltu invited for Spain fest
MUMBAI: Faltu, a film produced by Arindam Chaudhuri’s Planman Motion Pictures, has been selected from India for the Spain film festival in the competitive category along with Vishal Bharadwaj’s Omkara, Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dor, Chitra...
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Suniel Shetty to produce Augustine’s next
MUMBAI: Director Joy Augustine, who last directed Paagalpan in 2001, is set to launch his forthcoming film, to be produced by Suniel Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment. Says Augustine, “My new film will introduce seven new...
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Five arrested in Mumbai’s anti piracy raid
MUMBAI: An anti piracy swoop in central Mumbai last week resulted in the arrest of five persons and the confiscation of 6500 DVDs and VCDs worth Rs 20,00,000. The raid was conducted by Shemaroo...
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Mobile2win creates film game for Saregama
MUMBAI: Saregama has partnered with Mobile2win to launch a mobile game based on its forthcoming film Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii. The game has been developed in-house using the latest Java technology. There are...
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Goldstone, Legend Films eye colourisation market
MUMBAI: Goldstone Media, which will be colouring the classic Dev Anand starrer Hum Dono, has partnered with US based Legend Films to jointly market colourisation services worldwide. The partnership, say the two companies, was...
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Chak De India to premiere in London
MUMBAI: The world premiere of Yash Raj Films’ forthcoming movie, Chak De India (Go for it India), starring Shah Rukh Khan, will be held on 9 August 2007 at Somerset House, London. The premiere,...
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Adlabs launches property in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas has made its long-awaited entry into Ahmedabad, with a five-screen 1110-seat cinema spread over 38,000 square feet at the Himalaya Mall on Drive In Road. The company is also planning to...
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Pix to air Brad Pitt movies this week
MUMBAI: Thelma and Louise, the movie that got Brad Pitt noticed and started him on his road to stardom, will air on 12 June at 10 pm on Pix. On 13 June, the channel...
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‘Shaad has this madness in him, which translates into his cinema’ – Preity Zinta
The vivacious Preity Zinta will be seen again, this time, in a glamorous, bubbly role in Yash Raj Films’ Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. With this film, Zinta has come full circle – after a gap...
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Netflix launches instant online movie viewing
MUMBAI: Equinix, Inc, the provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced today that online movie rental service Netflix, Inc., has established operations supporting the company’s new instant viewing feature at Equinix Internet...
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Trinidad & Tobago lures global film industry
MUMBAI: Twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is luring the Global Film Industry with 30 per cent tax rebate. This initiative is being aimed at attracting production companies across the globe to film...
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Apple to offer movie rentals: report
MUMBAI: Apple, which changed the way people consumed music with the iPod, is now working on a new online film rental service that will allow movies to be downloaded and viewed on a rental...
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Nandy honoured at Golden Peacock awards
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications’ chairman Pritish Nandy will be given the award for Corporate Innovations for the Protection of the Environment 2007 at the Golden Peacock Awards. The awards will be held under the...
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HBO celebrates Father’s Day on 17 June
MUMBAI: HBO will air Fathers’ Day to coincide with International Father’s Day on 17 June 2007 at 4 pm. The film stars Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) is a smart...
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Tony Blair makes film debut in Shekhar Kapur film
MUMBAI: British prime minister Tony Blair has made his movie debut in a short film directed by Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. According to PTI, the short film, titled Global Cool, is about climate change...
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Deepti Naval forays into direction
MUMBAI: Actor Deepti Naval is now ready to take up direction. Says Naval, “We have zeroed in on a couple of scripts; out of which, one will be launched soon. I have plans to...
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Feroze Khan’s Kurbani remake to launch in July
Feroze Khan's forthcoming film, titled <I>Kurbani</I>, will be launched in July 2007. Khan will produce & direct the film....
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