Film: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Director: Ram Gopal Varma Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari, Prashant Raj and Rajpal Yadav Special Appearance: Urmila Matondkar, Abhishek Bachchan...
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Basu joins BAG Films as executive director
MUMBAI: Pratik Basu joins B.A.G Films and Media limited as executive director. Basu has over three decades of experience in marketing, advertising and media. Starting his career in sales with a Tata Company, he moved...
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Ray joins BAG Films as chief strategy officer
MUMBAI: Amit Ray has joined BAG Films as chief strategy officer as a corporate resource working closely with the managing director and the core group. His first task would be to lead the launch...
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Autodesk rolls new animation curriculum
MUMBAI: Autodesk, Inc. has released the 2008 version of its Animation Academy for Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya software products. Autodesk Animation Academy is a visual communication program for secondary schools aimed to...
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BIG FM bags customer award
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM Network currently operational in 31 cities, has added another feather to its cap by walking away with the customer award for ‘Network Innovation’ from the prestigious Hughes Escort Communications Ltd...
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Kumar Sanu ready with his Mithun film
MUMBAI: Kumar Sanu, the voice behind innumerable chartbusters, who also ventured into film production, is ready to release his next project after Utthaan. The singer turned film producer is excited about the release of...
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Music Review: Mummyji
Film: Mummyji Director: Pammi Somal Music Director: Aadesh Srivastava Lyrics: Sameer Cast: Divya Dutta, Kirron Kher, Jackie Shroff Rating: 1/5 Aadesh Srivastava has for long been at the...
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Music Review: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
Film: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Director: Ram Gopal Varma Producer: Ram Gopal Varma Music Director: Prasanna Shekhar Lyrics: Bappi Lahiri, Ganesh Hegde, Amar Mohile, Prasanna Shekhar, Nitin Raikwar Rating: 2.5/5 Remaking an epic...
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Zubeen Garg cuts his new album
MUMBAI: After crooning the popular Ya Ali number for the film Gangster, fame has known no bounds for Zubeen Garg. The singer has recently cut a fresh album with Universal Music titled Zindagi. Says...
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Saregama India launches digital kiosks
MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd. has added one more feather to its new media – digital kiosks. These kiosks can be sited in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai with close to 30,000 tracks. Around 25 kiosks...
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SAB rolls promotional plans for shows
MUMBAI: SAB TV seems to be getting aggressive by the day. The channel, which slowly and steadily made a mark in the industry for its youth oriented shows, has a bunch of marketing strategies...
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Zee TV unveils new reality show
MUMBAI: Zee TV in association with Tata Indicom has announced a treasure hunt game show with celebrities titled Fun on the Run. The show features eight celebrity duos, who battle it out, physically and...
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Loins Of Punjab Presents at SAIF festival
MUMBAI: Loins of Punjab Presents, directed by Manish Acharya, will be premiered at the opening night of the 2007 South Asian International Film (SAIF) Festival. The festival will be held from 3-9 October, 2007...
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BIG FM appoints new head for national content
MUMBAI: BIG FM has appointed Soela Joshi as director – national content planning. Joshi comes from the advertising industry with experience in strategic planning on brands like Fair & Lovely, Clinic Plus, Marico, Fortune...
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Maverick veers towards South movies
After testing the TV market down south, Anuj Saxena's Maverick is all set to route into South Indian cinema....
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Michael J Fox with James Lipton on PIX
MUMBAI: The enigmatic Michael J Fox will be seen in the next episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio as he talks about films, acting and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s on 2 September at 7...
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Chopra’s Govinda-Lara film goes on floors
Ravi Chopra's new film <i>Pappu Paas Ho Gaya</i> went on floors on 30 August and stars Govinda and Lara Dutta....
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MPA holds anti-piracy seminar in Delhi
MUMBAI: With an aim to create awareness among the youth about piracy, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) will be distributing comic strips based on the 23-minute documentary titled What’s It To Me?: Creativity, Copyright...
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Sun Network buys equity stake in Red FM
MUMBAI: Sun TV Network’s subsidiary – South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) has picked up a 48.9 per cent stake in Red FM by acquiring equity of the holding companies of Red FM at par....
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Pritish Nandy acquires remake rights of Sholay
MUMBAI: Even as Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, which has been inspired by the timeless classic Sholay, is slated for a release tomorrow (30 August), Pritish Nandy Communications has bought the remake rights of the...
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Balaji acquires Sarkar Raaj for Rs 380 mn
MUMBAI: Balaji Motion Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights of Adlabs’ Sarkar Raaj being directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The rights include India and overseas theatrical and satellite rights. Balaji Motion Pictures CEO Ramesh...
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‘I still need a Sanjay Dutt or a John Abraham for my film’s success’ – Arshad Warsi
He stirred national interest with his comic capers in the Munnabhai series. Arshad ‘Circuit’ Warsi has been in this industry for more than a decade and has finally carved his own identity in the...
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Owen Wilson backs out of DreamWorks movie
MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Owen Wilson has backed out of his upcoming movie – Tropic Thunder – with Ben Stiller. The actor is reportedly recovering from a recent suicide attempt. Tropic Thunder is an...
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Disney, MTV shows now on iTunes in the UK
MUMBAI: Apple’s iTunes has got on board television programming from Disney Channel, MTV, ABC Studios, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy, which are now available for £1.89 an episode in the UK. iTunes customers can choose...
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New download site to take on UK music industry
MUMBAI: FireGigs.com, a specialist music venture, is launching a web 2.0 site that offers background music to UK businesses at a low set fee of £20 while promoting unsigned talent. At present, UK...
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George Reyes to retire as Google CFO
MUMBAI: Google Inc. announced today that George Reyes has informed the company of his intention to retire as chief financial officer. Reyes indicated that he will remain to assist in the search for a...
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Mattel epands its games portfolio
MUMBAI: Mattel, Inc. has acquired the rights from Out of the Box Publishing, Inc., to manufacture, distribute and market several games properties, including the award-winning Apples to Apples, Snorta and Blink. “We are...
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CNN.com, Google ink advertising agreement
MUMBAI: CNN.com and Google have inked an agreement that enlists Google’s AdSense advertising program to deliver site targeted advertising to CNN.com. Through this collaboration, the AdSense service places contextually relevant ads alongside CNN.com content,...
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Subhash Ghai on jury for 35th Emmy Awards
MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has invited producer – director Subhash Ghai to represent India by being a juror for final selection of the 35th International Emmy Awards in the...
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Chak De! India finds place in Oscar library
MUMBAI: More and more Indian scripts are finding their way into the coveted Oscar library. After the likes of Namaste London and Eklavya – The Royal Guard amongst others, now the script of Yash...
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Eros to release Nanhe Jaiselmer in September
MUMBAI: Bobby Deol starrer, Nanhe Jaisalmer will be released by Eros International worldwide on 14 September. Directed by Samir Karnik and also featuring young talent Dwij Yadav, Nanhe Jaisalmer is a story of...
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Cinemax India inks slew of tie-ups
MUMBAI: Multiplex chain Cinemax has inked a slew of tie-ups in order to enhance patrons’ movie-watching experience. The first of it being the partnership with Voice Mentor Softwares, which is into providing mobile ticketing...
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Anuj Saxena to endorse men’s fairness cream
MUMBAI: Elder Healthcare launched Fair One Man with the company’s managing director Dr. Anuj Saxena as the brand ambassador. Shahnaz Hussain, the lady behind the product, seems extremely confident of product and is expecting...
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Rajshri.com unperturbed; welcomes rivals
MUMBAI: With new entrants like Bigflicks.com and Indyaondemand.com making their foray into the online movie download service, one would expect the pioneer in this space – Rajshri.com to be in overhaul mode. On...
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Reliance to pump $100 million in BigFlicks
MUMBAI: With the view to spread out in the home entertainment market, Reliance ADAG will invest $ 100 million in its new portal and movie rental service Bigflicks.com, which was launched today. This is...
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Govt backs film industry to tap overseas market
MUMBAI: The Indian film industry has been garnering more and more attention in the international market over the last couple of years. Keeping in mind the growing Indian diaspora around the world that has...
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Eros, Sanjay Gupta join hands for 15 films
MUMBAI: Eros International has announced a collaboration involving co-production, marketing and distribution of movies with White Feather Films Ltd (WFF), the film production company owned by actor Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta. The deal...
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Chartbusters: English Home Entertainment (20-26 August, 2007)
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Chartbusters: Hindi Home Entertainment (20-26 August, 2007)
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Sony flexes marketing muscle to promote Saawariya
MUMBAI: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya has been one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of this year. Moreover the complete secrecy around the film’s look, plot and lead pair – Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor...
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History Channel to air film on Princess Diana
MUMBAI: She was the world’s most photographed woman, a prisoner of fame from the moment she wed Prince Charles until her tragic death in 1997. This August, The History Channel will air an evening...
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HBO lines up films across genres in September
MUMBAI: This September HBO has lined up a slew of multi genre films for the viewers. With blockbusters like The Break Up, American Dreamz, RV, The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Death Warrant,...
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First batch graduates from Film & TV Academy
MUMBAI: On 24 August, the first batch of students graduated from the LV Prasad Film and TV Academy. AVM Productions’ AVM Saravanan was the chief guest and gave out the diploma certificates to the...
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Sha to make 1857-Tatya Tope in 5 languages
MUMBAI: Writer-producer-director Saif Khalid Sha will make 1857-Tatya Tope in five languages. The film will be made in English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil. Sha is also in the process of finalising a...
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DT Cinemas salutes women of Indian cinema
MUMBAI: At an event organised by DLF Group’s DT Cinemas, the contribution of women in Indian Cinema was celebrated through the launch of a coffee table book Women in Indian Cinema. The book...
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Akbar Khan’s next: A Rs 1.25 billion film
MUMBAI: After the debacle of his dream project Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story, producer-director Akbar Khan is planning a comeback with the launch of two new projects – Daddy Come Back and...
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Planman steps up on film production biz
Planman Motion Pictures steps up on film production; has 5 films under its belt ready for release amongst others....
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Heyy Babyy pockets cool Rs 410 million
MUMBAI: Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heyy Babyy has pocketed a cool Rs 410 million (Rs 41 crores) worldwide in its opening weekend. The film is directed by Sajid Khan and was released on 24 August. Heyy...
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Kareena Kapoor to endorse Globus chain
MUMBAI: Actor Kareena Kapoor has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the apparel retail chain – Globus. Kapoor replaces Soha Ali Khan, who until now was the face of the retail chain since...
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AccessIT installs 3,000th digital cinema
MUMBAI: Digital cinema company Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. has installed its 3,000th digital cinema system. The company is continuing to work toward its goal of completing its initial 4,000-screen deployment by the end of...
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MTV, RealNetworks join hands for digital music
MUMBAI: RealNetworks, Inc., MTV Networks and Verizon Wireless teamed up to create a single, integrated digital music experience that consumers can access via their PC, portable music device or mobile phone. Promising to be...
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Sahara and Ballary’s film goes on floors
First of the three films' deal between Sahara One Motion Pictures & director Sagar Ballary has gone on floors....
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Pix gets spooky with films in September
MUMBAI: Come September and Sony’s English movie channel Pix will turn spooky! The channel has lined up some of the most scariest films for some thrills and chills. The slot titled Evil Unleashed starts...
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Apna Asmaan based on director’s son’s life
MUMBAI: Director Kaushik Roy’s film Apna Asman, which is due for release on 7 September, is an inspiration from his own son Orko’s life, who is mildly autistic. The movie stars Irrfan Khan, Shobana,...
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BIG Music and Home Entertainment ropes in Saregama’s Sunil Meghrajani
MUMBAI: Following Shweta Agnihotri’s appointment at BIG Music and Home Entertainment as COO, now Sunil Meghrajani has been roped in as assistant vice president, digital and new media. Incidentally, both Agnihotri and Meghrajani come...
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Chopra’s book on Shah Rukh Khan translated
MUMBAI: Author and film critic Anupama Chopra’s book King of Bollywood; Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema, which was launched three weeks ago, will now be released in Hindi, Marathi...
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BIG to release Johnny Gaddar music in 3 languages
MUMBAI: BIG Music and Home Entertainment launched the music of Sriram Raghvan’s Johnny Gaddar. An innovation promotional initiative of a ‘singles’ mini disc featuring only the title track of the film was released by...
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Eros acquires overseas rights of two T-Series films
MUMBAI: Eros International has acquired the overseas distribution rights of T-Series’ forthcoming films Darling and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Darling, a romantic thriller, is directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol...
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Soni Razdan to direct a film for UTV Motion Pictures
MUMBAI: Soni Razdan, who marked her directorial debut more than a year back with Nazar, starring Pakistani actor Meera and Ashmit Patel, is now set to embark on her next directorial venture. The...
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Kunder signs Akshay Kumar for Joker
MUMBAI: After director Shirish Kunder’s fallout with Shah Rukh Khan over his next film titled Joker, Kunder has now signed Akshay Kumar for the lead role in the film. Confirming the development to...
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Beyond Dream inks film deal with Lankan co
MUMBAI: Not even a film old, new entrant in the film production arena – Beyond Dream Entertainment already has a six film deal in the pipeline. The company, which is headed by Yash Patnaik, has...
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DLF targets 200 multiplex screens by 2009
MUMBAI: Indian real estate major DLF Group is planning to step up on its cinema exhibition business through its wholly owned subsidiary – DT Cinemas. Plans are to add 200 screens to the...
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‘People losing their sense of music’ – Shubha Mudgal
MUMBAI: She has been successful in bridging the gap and blend classical music and popular pop music. Her style of fusion music has made her popular among both classical music lovers and pop music...
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Bollywood Music & Fashion Awards on 17 November
MUMBAI: The Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards will be held on 17 November 2007 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bollywood Awards chairman Kamal Dandona said, “This year’s hottest singers, designers and models are all set...
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Sameera Reddy looks beyond Bollywood
MUMBAI: Actress Sameera Reddy may have worked in only a handful of Bollywood films until now, but she has also been widening her horizons. On the regional front, Reddy has Bengali, Tamil and...
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Tandav to pump Rs 450 million in movies
MUMBAI: While making their debut film Khosla Ka Ghosla, nobody expected the small budget film to give big films a run for their money. But it did, somehow resurrecting the faith that it’s not...
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Balaji Motion Pictures & T-Series seal seven film deal
MUMBAI: With big deals happening all across the Indian film industry, every production house is vying for a better batch. After signing a co-production deal with Suniel Shetty’s Popcorn Motion Pictures and Sanjay Gupta’s...
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Revision petition for Salman Khan filed in HC
MUMBAI: After actor Salman Khan surrendered before the Jodhur police earlier today, his lawyers have filed a revision petition on his behalf in the Rajasthan High Court. The petition challenges the five-year jail term given...
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‘Unless we recognise the importance of a film writer, wooing international audiences is a distant dream’ – Kamlesh Pandey
In an industry obssesed with actors, the script writer has become the worst victim. Notwithstanding the fact that it is the script writer alone, who can guarantee a film’s success. The case in...
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Promenade Pictures expands operations
MUMBAI: Promenade Pictures, the family driven production and distribution outfit formed by former studio head Frank Yablans, will enter the US theatrical distribution arena with the theatrical release of its epic 3D CGI animated...
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India key driver of Asian online game market
MUMBAI: Pearl Research estimates that the top-10 online game publishers in Asia generated more than $2.0 billion in revenues in 2006. This figure is expected to exceed $2.5 billion by 2008. What’s more, the...
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Last week to submit entries for Elans awards
MUMBAI: The second Annual Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA), will be closing entry submissions from video game and animation companies around the world that their on 31 August for the...
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Beijing court rules against movie pirate
MUMBAI: On 23 and 24 August, a Beijing court ruled that a pair of DVD retail outlets, the Beijing Yongsheng Century International Cultural Co., Ltd. (Beijing Yongsheng Century) and its Century En Ze branch, were...
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First Look: Saawariya
First Look: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s SAAWARIYA Also read: ‘Saawariya has the ability...
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Post BMG buy, Universal makes appointments
MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) chairman and CEO David Renzer announced additional senior executive appointments for the company’s Los Angeles and New York Creative, business affairs, and film and television departments. The announcement...
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Universal Pictures, MovieSeer in mobile deal
MUMBAI: MovieSeer Limited, a Southeast Asian provider of mobile phone content and information services, has signed an agreement with Universal Mobile Entertainment to localize, market, and distribute content for mobile phones based on Universal...
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Let’s Talk with Sushmita Sen on Zoom
MUMBAI: Sushmita Sen will be seen in a heart-to-heart talk with host Tarana Raja Kapoor about her character Durgadevi in Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag and her upcoming film Rani Laxmibai on the celebrity...
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Assocham partners with Guild for Focus
MUMBAI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (ASSOCHAM), in collaboration with the Film and Television Guild is organizing Focus 2007 – a global summit on regional media and entertainment. The...
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Co-production market at IFFI Film Bazaar
MUMBAI: As part of the Film Bazaar to be held alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa from 23 November – 3 December 2007, the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) of...
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Shahid – Kareena film named Jab We Met
MUMBAI: Director Imitiaz Ali’s next film starring Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor has been named Jab We Met. The movie is being produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. The makers had thrown open the...
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Celebrity Big Brother axed post racism row
MUMBAI: British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, which was in the thick of a racial row earlier this year, has been axed for the next season that would have gone on air in 2008....
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Farhan Akhtar & wife paint for Khushii
PRESS RELEASE Mumbai August 25, 2007: It’s raining painters in Bollywood. Farhan Akhtar & wife Adhuna Akhtar paints with distinguished artist Dhruvi Acharya. Today the superstar turned painter for a good cause which is...
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Vikram Phadnis designs avatars for Zapak
MUMBAI: Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd celebrated its annual party by showcasing the Zapak Girls Gaming Avatar Collection designed by Vikram Phadnis. This is the first time that a Bollywood fashion designer has come on...
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Zapak celebration with Vikram Phadnis
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Dharker’s film Outsourced on a winning spree
MUMBAI: American movie Outsourced, starring Ayesha Dharker and Josh Hamilton, has won the Audience Award for Best Picture at the recent Stuttgart Film Festival in Germany. The film is about an American company based in...
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Dubbed James Bond movies on Star Gold
MUMBAI; The greatest spy of Hollywood, James Bond, will conquer television screens with a festival of Hindi Bond movies ‘Fevicol Main Hoon Bond’ on Star Gold. Star Gold will showcase best of 18 bond movies...
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Zee Group launches Marathi movie channel
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) is all set to launch its Marathi movie channel called Zee Talkies. The channel is slated to go live at midnight today – 25 August. The...
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Mukta Arts’ Right or Wrong to roll in September
MUMBAI: Mukta Arts’ thriller film titled Right or Wrong starring Sunny Deol, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Isha Kopikar, Kirron Kher and Aryan Vaid will be rolled out soon. “The shooting for the film...
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UTV Motion Pictures inks on-demand deal
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures Plc has inked an agreement with US based TitleMatch Entertainment Group for distribution of its film library in retailers and e-tailers in North America. TitleMatch Entertainment Group is a subsidiary...
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Music Review: Dhamaal
Film: Dhamaal Director: Indra Kumar Producer: Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria Music Director: Adnan Sami Lyrics: Sameer Rating: 2.5/5 Music has always been the USP of an Indra Kumar...
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Film Review: Heyy Babyy
Film: Heyy Babyy Cast: Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani Special Appearance: Shah Rukh Khan, Anupam Kher, Aarti Chhabria, Hrishita Bhatt, Amisha Patel, Koena Mitra, Dia Mirza, Minissha...
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Actor Salman Khan to serve five years in jail
MUMBAI: After Sanjay Dutt, it’s Salman Khan who will now bear the brunt of his doings. The actor, who was charged for poaching a chinkara (a black buck species) on the outskirts of Jodhpur...
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Bollywood comes to Sydney with Heyy Babyy
PRESS RELEASE The first Bollywood film to be set entirely in Sydney, Heyy Babyy was previewed last night at the State Theatre in Sydney, two days ahead of its world-premiere in Mumbai today. More...
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Wal-Mart launches MP3 music download tracks
MUMBAI: Wal-Mart has launched “DRM-free†MP3 music downloads, now available online on its website. At only 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album, the new MP3 digital format delivers value, convenience and the ability...
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Keshu Ramsay to roll 3 films by year end
The <i>Khiladi</i> films' producer Keshu Ramsay is planning to roll three films before the end of this year....
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BIG 92.7 FM launches in Agra
MUMBAI: After launching in metros like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai, BIG 92.7 FM has now launched its station in Agra. BIG 92.7 FM has designed utilities such as traffic, mandi, sarafa...
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Mirchi announces Heyy Babyy contest winner
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM in association with Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainment announced the winner of the Heyy Babyy, catch me if you can, contest, at a romantic event held at “RA†the lounge bar...
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Sun Network launches new radio station
MUMBAI: Sun TV Network launched its FM radio station at Tirupati on 24 August under the brand S FM through its subsidiary Kal Radio. This station can be heard at 93.5 MHz frequency in Tirupati....
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Radio City hits airwaves in Surat
MUMBAI: After Vadodara and Ahmedabad, Radio City has hit the airwaves in Surat. With this launch, Radio City 91.1 FM, marks its tenth station in the country. Radio City is regaling listeners in Surat with...
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Dhamaal to release with 110 overseas prints
MUMBAI: Indra Kumar’s Dhamaal, which is set for release next month will be released with 110 prints in the international market. Shemaroo Entertainment vice president Hiren Gada says, “Though we are still away from...
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