MUMBAI: This July HBO will air the action packed blockbuster of the month – The Legend of Zorro. The film stars Antonio Banderas and Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones and will be aired on...

MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms is expanding in multifarious ways. From TV to films to incense sticks. The soap queen has now launched Balaji Telebrands in association with astrologer Sunita Menon and the first product to...

MUMBAI: Actor Kay Kay Menon will be seen playing 14 different roles in a film titled Drream Man, which is directed by Makrand Deshpande. Menon is playing the lead role in the movie and...

MUMBAI: Maverick Productions’ Anuj Saxena has joined hands with White Leaf Entertainment’s Vikas Kalantri and Pooja Ghai for a new television award. According to the organisers, The Gold Awards will be an endeavour to...

MUMBAI: The Hollywood dubbed film market in India is growing by the day and according to industry estimates, at present it’s a Rs 2 billion (Rs 200 crore) market. And it is not just...

MUMBAI: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has cast a spell on muggles all across the world and has created publishing history worldwide on the first day of its release. In India too, Harry Potter...

MUMBAI: The NGO Festival 2007 at the InOrbit Mall, Mumbai is being backed by various celebrities who are pitching in some free time to ensure it goes of well. This 15 day festival is...

MUMBAI: Star Gold in its slot, Ek Break Express, will be featuring the hindi dubbed version of the Tamil hit movie Muthu Maharaja on 29 July at 1 pm. The film is directed by...

MUMBAI: Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited’s Hindi movie channel Filmy business head Ashutosh has put in his papers. Filmy content and marketing head Shailesh Kapoor, will now be stepping into Ashutosh’s shoes as...

India will be the focus country at Rome Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held in October this year....

MUMBAI: PDM India COO Devraj Sanyal has been upped as the company’s CEO. Sanyal joined PDM in January 2004. In his capacity as COO, Sanyal ran looked after all business verticals. As CEO, Sanyal...

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company’s international TV distribution arm Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has appointed Swati Shetty as director India. Shetty, who was Disney Channel India associate director, advertising sales, replaces Amit Malhotra....

MUMBAI: Adlabs Films’ Praveen Nischol will soon be stepping down in his capacity as the CEO of the company’s production division. However, Nischol will not be severing ties with the company post that. While...

GUEST COLUMN Television and film actor Tisca Chopra, who will soon be seen in the Aamir Khan Productions’ Taare Zameen Par, pens down her thoughts on acting… Anyone can act. Infact we all do…....

Mumbai: Star Plus will be screening the Farah Khan directed Main Hoon Na on 22 July at 12:30 pm. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Zaid Khan, Amrita Rao, Suniel Shetty and Sushmita Sen. The...

MUMBAI: Star Gold will feature Hello Brother on 22, July at 5 pm. The film is directed by Sohail Khan and features Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Johnny Lever and Shakti Kapoor. Police...

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MUMBAI: Aiming to achieve a slowdown in global warming in the next 10 years, the Global Cool foundation is mobilising people against global warming. The foundation is backed by some of the biggest names...

MUMBAI: Star Movies brings you a fun filled weekend with the screening of The Pacifier on 21 July, 2007 at 9 pm. The film features Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Britanny Snow and...

MUMBAI:Sony will be airing Dhoom on 22 July at 8 pm. The film is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and stars John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra and Esha Deol. Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) is...

MUMBAI: Manoj Bajpai’s two films – Return to Rajpur and 1971 have been seleceted for the 9th Osian Cinefan Festival, which will be hosted in Delhi from 20 – 29 July. While as Return...

MUMBAI: Zee Cinema in its Double Maza slot will air Indrakumar’s Ishq, which stars Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan, Kajol and Juhi Chawla. It will be telecast on 22 July at 4:30 pm. In order...

White Feather Films' Sanjay Gupta has signed on director Anand L Rai for one of his projects....

MUMBAI: In the next two weeks Zoom will be having the Deol brothers on its show Lets’ Talk. So watch Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol share their stories with the bubbly host Tarana Raja...

MUMBAI: What would happen if one fine day you find your DNA altered and you see yourself in a whole new look for the entire life. Get ready as Star Gold, is all set...

MUMBAI: This Sunday, on Koffee with Karan meet two popular faces of Indian Cinema: Anil Kapoor and Akshaye. The show will air on Star One and Star World at 9 p.m.  Having acted in...

MUMBAI: As the much-awaited Bollywood blockbuster Partner hits theatres tomorrow, Inox, in association with Eros Entertainment, has rolled out an exciting contest ‘Talk with the Partner.’ The winners will get a call from none...

Film: Partner Director: David Dhawan Producer: Sohail Khan and Parag Sanghvi Global Distributor: Eros International Cast: Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif, Rajpal Yadav, Aarti Chabria, Deepshikha, Rajat Bedi, Suresh Mennon Rating: 3/5...

MUMBAI: After launching titles in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, English and Hindi; Moser Baer India has now launched 75 Bengali home video titles in the market. The DVDs and VCDs are priced...

MUMBAI: The Lagaan home video, which was released after six years of the movie being released theatrically, has created a record of sorts. The DVDs and VCDs, which were recently launched, have surpassed sales...

MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Adlabs Films has a slew of big releases up its sleeves this year. Starting with Willard Carrol’s Marigold starring Salman Khan, there are several films releasing from the...

MUMBAI: Yahoo! Inc. has made a 35 per cent investment in Indian company Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd, which is based in Gurgaon. Tyroo, a part of Smile Interactive Technologies Group (Smile Group), is a...

MUMBAI: ZeeNext, the second general entertainment channel (GEC) from the Zee bouquet, was approved for launch in principle by Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ board of directors. ZeeNext will aim to resonate the changing preferences of...

MUMBAI: Cine Boutique Entertainment’s forthcoming film Shoot On Sight directed by Jag Mundhra has completed its entire shooting schedule in London. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Brian Cox, Greta Scacchi, Gulshan Grover,...

MUMBAI: UTV’s new Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Bindass catering to the youth, will hit air waves in August. However, the exact date is yet to be finalized. The company will also be launching...

MUMBAI: On 18 July, 2006 an institute for film, television, animation and media arts was set up in the heart of Filmcity, Mumbai by Subhash Ghai. Today this institute — Whistling Woods International —...

MUMBAI: Salman Khan, who has been associated with dozens of NGOs and charitable trusts, has now set up a trust of his own called ‘Being Human’, which is a part of the Salman Khan...

PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, July 18, 2007 – Come rain, come storm – the Mumbai Traffic Police has always been vigilant in its duty to regulate the busy Mumbai traffic and to ensure the commuters...

MUMBAI: Goldstone Technologies is soon planning to roll out an online movie rental service both in India and internationally.   The company has inked a five year deal with Shemaroo Entertainment for sourcing the...

Goldstone to roll out online movie rental service in India & abroad; inks deal with Shemaroo Entertainment....

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi on VCDs – the popular comedy show of the early 1980s. The show was aired on Doordarshan. Shemaroo Entertainment vice president Hiren Gada said, “We...

MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) posted a net profit of Rs 813 million for the first quarter of 2007-08 ended 30 June, 2007. This is up by 51 per cent over the corresponding...

PRESS RELEASE Bags blue chip accounts – Zicom, Idea Cellular and Himalayan Ski Village Perspectrum, the Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) arm of Percept Holdings, has won several major blue chip accounts in the last...

MUMBAI: Actor Govinda, who is all set for the release of his film Partner with Salman Khan this Friday, will be a special guest on Sony’s Indian Idol. The episode featuring the actor will be aired on...

MUMBAI: Established in 1999 the 10 day film festival, Osian’s Cinefan will commence on 20 July and will go on till 29 July 2007. While the Mumbai premiere of the 9th Osians Cinefan was...

MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas has announced a fun filled week for niche cinema lovers. Come August and the exhibitors at Fun plan to green light a French Film Festival in Mumbai, showcasing some of the...

Film: Aashayein Produced by : Percept Picture Company Director : Nagesh Kukunoor Music : Salim – Sulaiman SynopsisRahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler, wins a large sum of money and at the same...

Film: Rubaru Produced by: Percept Picture Company Director: Arjun Chandramohan Bali Music: Satyadev Burman, Speed of Sound (Strings) Cast: Randeep Hooda, Shahana Goswami Synopsis: A story of a modern live-in relationship between an advertising...

MUMBAI: Buyoed by the retail boom in the country, major multiplex players are stepping up on their expansion plans. On the anvil are the launches of new properties as well as acquisition of existing...

MUMBAI: Actor Bipasha Basu has been signed on by two wheeler manufacturer Kinetic Motor as the brand ambassador for the new Kinetic-SYM scooter, which is slated for launch in August. The Kinetic-SYM scooter, from...

MUMBAI: PepsiCo’s mango drink Slice, which had associated with Jhoom Barabar Jhoom via a contest, has now announced the winner. The winners of the contest called ‘Jhoom Barabar – Slice Uthakar’ got an exclusive...

MUMBAI: Copies of a Bollywood film featuring a Southall (London) wheeler-dealer character who sells pirate DVDs were among illegal copies seized in the town. A joint investigation by Ealing Council Trading Standards officers and...

MUMBAI: In a bid to capture a larger audience share among the multiplex crowd, Fun Cinemas, which currently operates only 47 screens in the country, is planning to add approximately 1500 new screens by...

PRESS RELEASE Reliance Communications Ltd on July 16, 2007 has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire US based Yipes Holdings, Inc. (“Yipes”) the leading provider of managed Ethernet services, in an...

MUMBAI: The Japan and International Motion Picture Copyright Association (JIMCA), which represents the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Japan, distributed copies of an MPA-developed booklet outlining the dangers of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing to...

MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on behalf of the major Hollywood movie studios filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against ShowStash.com, a website that facilitates copyright infringement...