MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures, which has scheduled Mike Myers’ new comedy The Love Guru — his first original character since Austin Powers — in a prime summer tentpole position on 20 June, 2008, has announced...
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Disney-MGM Studios to be renamed in 2008
MUMBAI: Disney-MGM Studios will become Disney’s Hollywood Studios in January next year. Walt Disney Company said that it is making the revision to reflect changes in the entertainment industry without mentioning details of its...
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Max to air Yash Raj Films’ Kabul Express
MUMBAI: Max will be airing the John Abraham starrer Kabul Express on 11 August at 8 pm. The film is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Yash Raj Films. Suhail (John Abraham) and Jai...
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Moser Baer acquires Bhootnath rights
MUMBAI: Moser Baer has acquired the home video and satellite rights of Studio 18 and B R Films’ forthcoming co-production Bhootnath. The film is directed by debutant Vivek Sharma and stars Amitabh Bachchan and...
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UTV, Virgin Comics to develop superheroes
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures’ newly launched brand SpotBoy and Virgin Comics have inked an alliance to create four original superhero franchises. These new stories will be leveraged across publishing, film, animation and gaming. Aimed...
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Film Review: Chak De! India
Film: Chak De! India Director: Shimit Amin Producer: Aditya Chopra (Yash Raj Films) Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Segarika Ghatge, Anahita Nair, Shubhi Mehta, Tanya Abrol Rating: 3.5/5 After two consecutive washouts,...
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Film Review: The Blue Umbrella
Film: The Blue Umbrella Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Cast: Pankaj Kapur, Shriya Rating: 2.5/5 Reading a book is certainly way different from seeing the moving picture, simply because the mind is...
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Sony BMG acquires Saawariya music rights
MUMBAI: The music rights of Sony Pictures Releasing of India and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s forthcoming film Saawariya have been acquired by audio company Sony BMG. The music of the film has been composed by...
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Worldspace satellite radio hops onto MSN
MUMBAI: Worldspace satellite radio has tied up with MSN India to offer its channels online at $9.9 per month. Now, music lovers can have 24 hour access to Worldspace’s radio channels online. The channels that...
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Lara Dutta, Soha Ali Khan in PNC’s Devdas
Lara Dutta & Soha Ali Khan to play Paro and Chandramukhi in Sudhir Mishra directed Devdas. <STRONG><FONT color=#0896DE size=1>EXCLUSIVE!</FONT></STRONG>...
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Fun targets 300 multiplex screens by 2011
MUMBAI: E-City Ventures promoted Fun Cinemas, which has registered a growth of 176 per cent in the past one year, is plotting major infrastructure plans across the country. As was first reported by Businessofcinema.com,...
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Universal to release DVD of Kapoor’s Elizabeth
MUMBAI: Universal Studios Home Entertainment will be releasing the Shekhar Kapoor directed film Elizabeth on 18 September, 2007. What’s more, the sequel of the movie titled Elizabeth: The Golden Age is also set...
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Simon Ellis’s short film wins at two festivals
MUMBAI: Soft, Simon Ellis’s critically acclaimed short film, commissioned by Film4 and the UK Film Council with The Bureau for Cinema Extreme, has won Best Live Action Short at the Toronto Short Film Festival,...
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Videogame on Paramount- Nickelodeon’s film
MUMBAI: Vivendi Games’ division Sierra Entertainment is developing a videogame on the upcoming 2008 theatrical release The Spiderwick Chronicles, which is being produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films. The game, which will...
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BIG Music inks 3 album deal with Jagjit Singh
MUMBAI: Even before its release, the album Jeevan Marann Chhe Ek has become first of sorts. It is the first-ever album of Gujarati ghazals by Jagjit Singh and also the first non-film music album...
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Blockbuster Inc acquires Movielink
MUMBAI: In a move to further provide customers with convenient access to home entertainment, Blockbuster Inc. has acquired movie download service Movielink. The acquisition gives Blockbuster access to one of the largest libraries...
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Max to feature Salman Khan films
MUMBAI: This month Max is hosting a festival of Salman Khan movies. The festival, themed Style Bhai Salman, will showcase some of the popular films of the actor like Tere Naam, Lucky, Karan Arjun...
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Fame Dahisar to be launched on 10 August
MUMBAI: Fame Cinemas has launched its sixth property in Mumbai at Dahisar. It is a four-screen multiplex, with a seating capacity of 1784 seats at Thakur Mall in Dahisar. Fame Dahisar will debut for...
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UFO digitises RK Films for theatrical release
MUMBAI: UFO Moviez has joined hands with Raj Kapoor Films to release the latter’s popular classic films like Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Prem Rog and Heena amongst others in digital...
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Play ‘Chak De’ Hockey contest on MY FM
MUMBAI: On the brink of the release of Yash Chopra’s Chak De! India, radio station 94.3 MY FM – Dil Se is all set to celebrate the spirit of hockey by organizing ‘Chak De’...
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