MUMBAI: With sixty years of Independence coming up on 15 August, television channels aren’t sparing any effort to make it the grandest occasion ever. Star Plus is celebrating Independence Day with a two hour...
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Subhash Ghai’s Yuvvraaj to roll on 3 September
MUMBAI: Mukta Arts Entertainment’s musical extravaganza Yuvvraaj will go on floors from 3 September. The film is directed by Subhash Ghai and stars Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Boman Irani....
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Sanjay Dutt to serve six years jail term
MUMBAI: In retrospect with the 1993 case Mumbai bomb blast case, actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced for six years’ imprisonment. The TADA court has held him guilty under Arms Act and the actor has...
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‘With Seven Entertainment, we want to be the Miramax of the world and not just that of India’ – Anubhav Sinha
Producer – director Anubhav Sinha’s obsession with chasing and conning for money started with Dus and has continued in his forthcoming film Cash. The director’s action trilogy will finally end with a film titled...
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Pix announces movie lineup for August
MUMBAI: This August English movie channel Pix will air some of the best Hollywood films on Kick Ass Babes. The channel will air Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke’s sci-fi thriller Gattaca, which is a...
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HBO bags 86 Emmy Awards nominations
MUMBAI: It’s raining Emmy nominations for HBO this year. With 86 Emmy nominations, HBO has the highest number of nominations across all networks. The Emmy Awards will be announced on 16 September, 2007. HBO...
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CNN-IBN to celebrate Indian cinema’s 60 years
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN and IBN 7 will be airing a series celebrating 60 years of Indian cinema titled Splendid 60: Six Decades of Cinema. The four-episode series, presented every Saturday by Rajeev Masand on CNN-IBN...
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Ketan Mehta’s Colors of Passion launched
MUMBAI: Colors of Passion, a film based on the life of Indian painter Raja Ravi Verma was inaugurated at Karjat recently. The film is directed by Ketan Mehta and produced by Deepa Sahi and...
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Steven Spielberg’s classic on Blu-ray Disc
MUMBAI: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg’s classic, will be released on Blu-ray Disc and standard DVD in multi-disc sets as Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition on...
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Parsvnath posts net profit of Rs 1.02 billion
MUMBAI: Real estate company Parsvnath Developers Limited (PDL) has posted a net profit of Rs 1.02 billion (Rs 102.18 crore), up by 179.56 per cent from Rs 365.5 million (Rs 36.55 crore) in Q1...
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Inox Q1 net up 31% at Rs 119.6 million
MUMBAI: Multiplex chain Inox Leisure Limited has reported a net profit of Rs 109.6 million (Rs 10.96 crores) for the quarter ended 30 June 2007, which is up 31 per cent as compared to...
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BIG Music acquires Dhamaal, Go music rights
MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s (R-ADAG) BIG Music is on a roll. After the music launch of Marigold and Cash, the company is set to acquire music rights of the forthcoming film Dhamaal...
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Adlabs Films touches 100 screens mark
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films has reached the milestone of operating 100 screens across the country, making it the largest cinema chain in the country. The 100 screens are spread across 29 properties in 22 cities...
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Rajshri serves up new movie downloads
MUMBAI: One of the biggest box office successes this year Bheja Fry, has now found its way to the world wide web via Rajshri.com. The film, which mustered great success in its theatrical screening,...
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Kabir Khan to produce shows for NDTV Lifestyle
MUMBAI: Director Kabir Khan (Kabul Express) will be producing three shows for NDTV’s upcoming channel NDTV Lifestyle, which is scheduled to go on air next month. The three shows will be produced by Khan’s...
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UTV inks movie deal with Kher & Kaushik
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has another deal up its sleeve. The company has signed a co-production deal with Anupam Kher and Satish Kaushik’s Karol Bagh Film and Entertainment. With an objective to produce four films...
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Shilpa Shetty to receive Rajiv Gandhi award
MUMBAI: After receiving an honorary doctorate from the Leeds Metropolitan University recently, actress Shilpa Shetty is all set to receive the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award on 12 August, 2007. The function to be...
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Xbox cuts price; adds five free HD DVDs
MUMBAI: Microsoft Corp. will lower the price of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player from $199 to $179 (United States only) starting 1 August, 2007, and will add five free HD DVD movies for...
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Beetel introduces phone with FM Radio in India
MUMBAI: Beetel has launched the first phone in India to be equipped with an FM radio with in-built speakers. The DB5900 FM phone, seeks to redefine entertainment avenues for customers by enabling them to...
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Columbia Tristar promotes Zachary Eller
MUMBAI: Columbia TriStar Marketing Group has named Zachary Eller as vice president, global promotions. The announcement was made by George Leon, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Marketing, and Mary Goss Robino, Senior Vice President,...
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Vaughn, Witherspoon in Four Christmases
MUMBAI: Actors Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are in final negotiations to star in New Line Cinema’s upcoming comedy Four Christmases. The announcement was made by New Line Production president Toby Emmerich. In the...
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Ford steps up on branded entertainment
MUMBAI: Ford Motor Company and Robert L. Johnson have inked an exclusive, multifaceted, multi-year marketing and promotional alliance with Our Stories Films, Johnson’s new film venture owned in partnership with veteran producers Harvey and...
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Sony Pictures to use patented tech on 3 films
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Imageworks is in development on three new projects to use its patented proprietary Imagemotion performance capture technologies. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment president Yair Landau. They...
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IMAX signs theatre deal in Siberia
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation has inked an agreement with Russian exhibitor Art Science Cinema Distribution to install an IMAX theatre in the city of Novosibirsk. The IMAX theatre will be part of the exhibitor’s...
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Moser Baer targets $60 mn from entertainment biz
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India has posted a net profit after taxes of Rs 96.42 million for the quarter ended 30 June, 2007, which is up 49 per cent as compared to Rs 64.72 million...
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UFO Moviez bags 3 Ad Club Big Bang Awards
MUMBAI: Digital cinema chain UFO Moviez won three awards at the 2007 edition of Bangalore Ad Club’s Big Bang Awards for creative excellence in advertising. The company bagged two Golds in Best Media Innovation...
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IMI tips Jaipur police on movie pirates
MUMBAI: The Jaipur police acted on a tip off given by Indian Music Industry (IMI) officials and nabbed two persons involved in duplicating and manufacturing pirated disks. Those arrested were operating from a house in...
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Sudhesh Bhonsle sings for Aladdin
MUMBAI: After lending his voice to almost all Amitabh Bachchan films, Sudhesh Bhonsle will repeat the act in Sujay Ghosh’s film Aladdin. In the film Big B will be playing the role of a genie....
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The Blue Umbrella Press Conference
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Mr White Mr Black
Film: Mr White Mr Black Director: Deepak Shivdasani Producer: Deepak Shivdasani and Bhola Malviya Lyrics: Sameer Cast: Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Sandhya Mridul, Tania Zaetta, Mahima Mehta, Bobby Darling, Sharad Saxena Synopsis: Gopi (Sunil...
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Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
Film: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Director: Ram Gopal Varma Executive Producer: Prabhuraj Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kithari, Gaurav Kapoor, Mohanlal, Rajpal Yadav, Urmila Matondkar, Sushant Singh, Ajay Devgan , Abhishek Bachchan,...
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Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Stills
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Manorama Six Feet Under Stills
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Mukerjea’s INX Media announces partners
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Launch of Gold Awards by Mithun
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Jimmy to release in October with 700 prints
MUMBAI: Raj Sippy directed film Jimmy, which launches Mithun Chakraborty’s son Mimoh Chakraborty, is set to release in October this year with more than 700 prints. It’s learnt that Mithun is leaving no stones unturned...
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T-Series to launch web-store for downloads
MUMBAI: Music and home video major T-Series is upbeat about venturing into new avenues. With a number of music releases coming up in the weeks ahead, the music company is all set to introduce...
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UTV Motion Pictures mulls Telugu foray
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is planning to foray into the Telugu film industry. The company has taken its first step towards the same by acquiring the theatrical distribution rights of the Telugu film, Athiti...
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Planet M to go digital as music sales wane
MUMBAI: With a severe drop in sales of music CDs, retail outlets are banking on other options to sustain their stores. Planet M, the leading music store in India, will soon introduce digital music...
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Adlabs, Myth Prod. to co-produce thriller
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films will be co-producing its first thriller titled Gauri – the Unborn in association with R Mohan’s Myth Productions. This is Adlabs’ first movie in the genre of thriller / suspense. Myth...
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IBN 7, IIFA to address global warming
MUMBAI: IBN 7 has joined hands with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) to present the IIFA Coolathon. The initiative is aimed at educating people by highlighting the issue of climate change. In an...
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Fun Republic celebrates 6th anniversary
MUMBAI: E-City Ventures promoted Fun Republic Ahmedabad is celebrating its sixth anniversary by hosting a Bachchan Film Festival from 27 July – 5 August. The anniversary celebrations will be marked by a grand cake...
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Simultaneous Indo-Pak release for Kaafila
MUMBAI: Sunny Deol starrer Kaafila will become the first film in the history of Indian cinema to get a simultaneous Indo-Pak release. With a high court ruling in Pakistan enabling full clearance of the film,...
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Ashtavinayak plans to raise $50 mn FCCB
MUMBAI: Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision has decided to raise funds for expansion by the issue of $50 million foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs). The money will be utilised in the expansion of the...
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Sandiip Sikcand to head fiction at Miditech
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India chief creative director Sandiip Sikcand, who quit recently citing “personal reasons,” is slated to join production house Miditech as the head of the fiction department. Sikcand will be joining...
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Moser Baer inks $880 mn deal with REC Group
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India’s subsidiary Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV) and Norway’s REC Group have signed a definitive contract for sale and delivery of high quality multicrystalline silicon wafers by REC to MBPV over...
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Tata Elxsi announces Q1 results
MUMBAI: Tata Elxsi Ltd has announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 June 2007. The Company has posted a profit after tax of Rs 121.011 million for the quarter ended 30 June,...
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Mukta Arts renews deal with Shemaroo
MUMBAI: Mukta Arts has renewed the assignment contract of India home video rights for its 11 old films with Shemroo Entertainment, for a period of five years. The deal is with effect from 21...
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UTV Software posts net profit of Rs 91 million
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 91 million (Rs 9.1 crores) for the quarter ended 30 June, 2007. The consolidated revenue of the company reported a growth of...
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Anjum Rizvi rolls out new film venture
MUMBAI: Producer Anjum Rizvi is all set with a new musical venture titled Fast Forward, to be directed by Zaighan Ali. This youth oriented film will star Mithun Chakraborthy along with son Mimoh...
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Planet M and Essar Telecom join hands
Essar Telecom Retail's MobileStore will roll out its operations in 40 Planet M stores across the country....
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Rupert Grint and Emma Watson on Pogo
MUMBAI: Pogo is offering kids a unique chance to catch their favourite host Rob in the TV and the red carpet special of the much awaited film, Harry Potter and the Order of the...
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Anil, Akshay on Star Voice of India
MUMBAI: As the final countdown begins on Amul Star Voice of India, the final 12 contestants would meet two bollywood superstars; Anil Kapoor and Akshay Khanna in the upcoming episode on 28, July at...
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HBO to air blockbusters this August
MUMBAI: HBO has lined up blockbusters for its viewers throughout August. From action to drama, love to hatred and horror to adventure. HBO introduces a new block called See It First, a collection of...
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Film Review: Bow Barracks Forever
Film: Bow Barracks Forever Director: Anjan Dutt Producer: Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish Nandy Music Director: Neel Dutt Cast: Lilette Dubey, Neha Dubey, Victor Banerjee, Moon Moon Sen, Claton Rogers,...
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Shah Rukh Khan at Compaq PC
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Radio City launches in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1 FM has launched in Ahmedabad. This will be Radio City’s second station in Gujarat after the recent launch in Vadodara and the ninth in the country. Radio City made its...
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CinemaNow adds video content to website
MUMBAI: CinemaNow Inc., the online destination for downloadable Hollywood movies, TV shows and music videos, has signed licensing agreements with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI, and Sanctuary Records to offer music videos and concert...
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Lionsgate buys stake in Roadside Attractions
MUMBAI: Independent filmed entertainment studio Lionsgate has closed a deal to purchase a minority ownership stake in the independent theatrical distribution company Roadside Attractions LLC. The announcement was made jointly by Lionsgate president of...
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FUNimation to release first Blu-ray title
MUMBAI: At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Navarre Corporation, will announce that it is bringing the next generation entertainment to anime fans and will release...
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Film Federation of India to decide IFFI fate
MUMBAI: The Film Federation of India (FFI) will hold its executive meet on 29 July, 2007 to decide their course of action regarding the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Speaking to...
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MPAA praises efforts to combat digital piracy
MUMBAI: The United States Senate passed an amendment to the Higher Education Reauthorization Act that requires universities, for the first time, to provide information on efforts they are making to educate students on digital...
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Latin American cinema on DVD collection
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) will partner to produce a compilation DVD collection featuring some of the most emblematic films produced in...
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Max to air Awara Paagal Deewana
MUMBAI: Max will air the Vikram Bhatt directed Awara Pagal Deewana on 29 July at 12 pm. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Aftab Shivdasani, Preeti Jhangiani, Om Puri and Rahul Dev. The movie revolves...
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Times Music launches Jana Gana Mana
MUMBAI: Times Music and BharatBala productions have launched Jana Gana Mana as India celebrates its 60 years of Independence. Jana Gana Mana is an exclusive rendering of the National Anthem by musical maestros from...
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Dulha Mil Gaya awaits Shah Rukh’s dates
MUMBAI: Viveck Vaswani’s film venture, Dulha Mil Gaya, which is being presented by Maverick Production, may not release in October as was planned. While 70 per cent of the film, which stars Shah Rukh Khan,...
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Saregama to ink JV with Oz optical media co
MUMBAI: Optical disc manufacturer Moser Baer India is all set to have competition in the space. Saregama India has inked a joint venture with Australia based DVD video disc manufacturer Regency Media Pty Ltd...
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BIG 92.7 FM presents Die Hard 4.0
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM premiered Die Hard 4.0, which stars Bruce Willis. The premiere, which was attended by some of the Kollywood’s celebrities, was conducted at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai. BIG 92.7 FM...
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Indiaplaza breaks record for Potter book
MUMBAI: Indiaplaza.in has recorded maximum number of sales on JK Rowling’s seventh and final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on the day one. Registering 15,000 copies sales, of which...
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Balaji Q1 net profit up 6% to Rs 184 million
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has posted a net profit of Rs 184.40 million for the first quarter of the fiscal ended 30 June 2007, up 6.12 per cent from Rs 173.77 million a year ago....
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Shringar posts net profit of Rs 52 million
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 52.2 million (Rs 5.22 crores) for the first quarter of FY 2007-08 as against a net profit of Rs 12.6 million (Rs 1.26...
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Cash’s delay to benefit other movies
MUMBAI: Adlabs and Anubhav Sinha’s decision to postpone the release of Cash by a week due to the court case and censor certification formalities that went on till late Wednesday evening created confusion across...
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PVR Cinemas and Visa Cards join hands
MUMBAI: PVR Cinema and Visa Platinum have joined hands. Beginning this month, Visa Platinum and Signature cardholders who book a cinema ticket from PVR Cinema’s website will receive one free movie ticket for every...
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Good Relations bags Zonemedia Awards PR
New Delhi July 26, 2007 – Zonemedia has awarded its Public Relations mandate in India for its channel Zone Reality to Good Relations (India) Pvt. Ltd., (GRI). Commenting on the new appointment, Zonemedia’s Director...
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Walt Disney to stub the butt in movies
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company made a commitment to US Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, that it will discourage depictions of cigarette smoking in its...
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Adlabs’ Cash release postponed to 3 August
(Updated on: 25 July, 2007, 8:10 pm) MUMBAI: The impending judgment on the on-going court case on Adlabs’ Cash is finally out. The release of the film has been postponed by a week....
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Gangsters threatening Bollywood nabbed
Gangsters who were threatening Himesh Reshammiya & Raj Kumar Santoshi were arrested by the Special Task Force....
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Total Sports signs up pianist Marthand
MUMBAI: Total Sports & Entertainment India (TSEI) has exclusively singed up western classical pianist Timothy Birendra Marthand to organise a series of recitals by the maestro across Asia and the Middle East. Marthand has fascinated...
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SeeqPod Music releases iPhone-music search
MUMBAI: SeeqPod, Inc., a search and discovery technology company, which allows users to instantly play search results, release a new iPhone widget, developed specifically to be interoperable with Apple’s Safari browser. The widget enables...
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IMAX signs theatre deal in China
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation has inked an agreement with China’s Nanjing Deji Plaza to install an IMAX theatre in the recently opened Deji Plaza Mall, the largest mall in the city of Nanjing. The IMAX...
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Five Point Someone on Radio City 91.1 FM
MUMBAI: It’s time for some stage activities! Radio City 91.1 FM will be seen setting up the stage with Evam Entertainment for Five Point Someone. The radio network has partnered with the leaders of...
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SRK unveils Compaq’s new brand identity
MUMBAI: PC brand Hewlett-Packard India launched its new Compaq portfolio in Mumbai with brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan. This new range of desktops and notebooks are the first PCs to feature Compaq’s new brand...
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Moser Baer introduces branded cycle carts
MUMBAI: In a bid to target more customer base, Moser Baer has rolled out a novel concept of branded cycle carts that will go around selling popular movies at the lowest rates. The...
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Star Movies to air Eight Below
MUMBAI: Star Movies will present the incredible friendship between eight amazing sled dogs and their guide in the film Eight Below. A Walt Disney Pictures film, directed by Frank Marshall and written by David...
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Himesh Reshammiya on Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: Himesh Reshammiya will be seen on Koffee with Karan on 29 July at 9 pm. On this week’s episode, Reshammiya clears the air and confesses that he has no problems with Salman Khan...
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Rafaqat Khan’s album releases on Times Music
MUMBAI: The new Pakistani singing sensation, Rafaqat Ali Khan, released his album Nishaan Rafaqat recently. The album was launched on Times Music and is an assortment of Punjabi, Hindi and Sufi music. Says Rafaqat,...
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Anup Jalota launches new album
MUMBAI: The legend of devotional music, Anup Jalota launched his new album Krishna- Teri Baansuri with Das Music at Cinemax. Singer Anuradha Paudwal was the chief guest. The album, which comprises eight bhajans has...
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Shemaroo readies animation film on Ganesh
MUMBAI: While the buzz was around Shemaroo Entertainment’s Ghatothkach, especially after it did rounds at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Shemaroo Entertainment has now announced the release of another animation film called Bal Ganesh....
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Disney’s Rajat Jain joins Mobile2win
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company India managing director Rajat Jain, who put in his papers at the company in March this year, has joined wireless value added services (VAS) provider Mobile2win. Jain will be...
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INX joins hands with 11 production houses
MUMBAI: It’s raining satellite channels in space. After Bindass, it’s time for INX media to roll out a bouquet of channels by this year end. Heading the new venture is Indrani Mukerjea, whose INX...
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Nokia acquires media sharing website
MUMBAI: Nokia has acquired media sharing website Twango for an undisclosed sum. Twango provides media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media. By acquiring Twango, Nokia will be able...
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Deal or No Deal game gets 1 mn downloads
MUMBAI: Mobliss, a provider of mobile media and entertainment and production company Endemol USA announced that Deal or No Deal, the mobile game based on the hit game show, has been downloaded more than...
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Heyy Babyy
Film: Heyy Babyy Director: Sajid Khan Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala Music Director: Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy Lyrics: Sameer and Anvita Dutt Guptan Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Boman Irani Synopsis: Three...
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Music Review: Heyy Babyy
Film: Heyy Babyy Director: Sajid Khan Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala Music Director: Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy Lyrics: Sameer and Anvita Dutt Guptan Cast: Ritesh Deshmukh, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Boman Irani Rating: 2.5/5...
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EMI Music DRM-free download boon for brands
MUMBAI: EMI Music has inked a strategic partnership with Chicago-based digital agency VerveLife, under which EMI will open up its extensive digital music catalogue for VerveLife’s global brand promotions and loyalty experiences. The partnership...
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Vidya Balan goes glam in Heyy Babyy
It's now time for plain Jane Vidya Balan to turn glam courtesy fashion designer Manish Malhotra....
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50 Cent files $1 mn suit against ad agency
MUMBAI: Rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) filed a $1 million lawsuit against an advertising agency for using his image in a promotion, which according to him, threatens his safety. According to media reports,...
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Actor Ritesh Deshmukh on Indian Idol
MUMBAI: Actor Ritesh Deshmukh will be the new guest on Sony’s Indian Idol on 26 July at 9 pm. Sony Entertainment Television will showcase an Indian Idol Special called Roo Ba Roo, which is...
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Radio One unveils initiative for youth
MUMBAI: In keeping with their fun, young, urban brand proposition, Radio One FM 94.3 has launched an initiative for college youth. The event is presented by Coca Cola in association with MTV, Westside and...
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Hansika Motwani on Zoom’s Santa and Banta
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s latest debutant Hansika Motwani will be seen on Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited, a comedy, gossip and news show on Zoom. The episode will be aired on 30 July at 8 pm....
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