MUMBAI: After acquiring the rights of Anil Sharma’s Apne, Moser Baer has now acquired the satellite and home video rights of Vishesh Films’ Showbiz. The film is produced Mukesh Bhatt and stars debutant Tushar...
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Bollywood rejoices as Sanjay Dutt freed
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt was released from Pune’s Yerawada Jail this morning. The actor, who had been sentenced to six years of imprisonment for possessing arms in the 1993 bomb blast case, has...
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Music piracy costs US economy $12.5 billion
MUMBAI: Global music piracy costs the United States $12.5 billion in economic output and more than 71,060 jobs annually, according to a new study. Output includes revenue and related measures of economic performance. As...
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Timberlake to star with Myers in Love Guru
MUMBAI: Justin Timberlake is the latest star to join the cast of the new Mike Myers’ comedy The Love Guru in which he essays his first original character since Austin Powers. The Paramount Pictures...
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Vancouver to host digital media festival
MUMBAI: Top creative minds from around the world will converge in Vancouver for VIDFEST 2007 to shape the future of the digital media industry and wax nostalgic about Ripley, Deckard and Dark Helmet. ...
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Transformers to release in IMAX on 21 September
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures will digitally re-master Transformers into IMAX’s immersive format and released to IMAX theatres on 21 September. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million...
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Disney’s High School Musical a hit on VoD
MUMBAI: Verizon FiOS TV video-on-demand customers in record numbers watched an advance showing of Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 last week, as the popularity of VOD on FiOS TV continues to soar. ...
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Theatres, cabs play anti-piracy trailers
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) in its partnership to fight piracy in New York, with the City of New York announced the arrival of new anti-piracy trailers to New York...
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Sony BMG to release Hariharan’s album
MUMBAI: Tuesday evening saw musical maestro A R Rahman unveiling singer Hariharan’s new album Waqt Par Bolna. The album will be released by Sony BMG India. Hariharan’s Waqt Par Bolna is a collection of...
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Bappi Lahiri releases Venus’ new album
MUMBAI: Veteran composer Bappi Lahiri recently released Venus’ latest musical album ‘Tauba Tauba’ of Aman Entertainment, where entire team was present along with Champak Jain of Venus and singer Altaf Rajaa. The album,...
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John Abraham appointed CCA ambassador
MUMBAI: Using the creative acumen of the advertising world as a force to bring about a change in the society, Rajasthan Patrika has joined hands with Cinemax to make a brief announcement on the...
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Apple offers Raksha Bandhan offer on iPod
MUMBAI: Banking on the upcoming Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan, Apple has come up with a special promotion, ‘The Bandhan Offer’. On buying an iPod shuffle from 10 August – 10 September, one avails...
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Chak De! sets trend for embedded advertising
MUMBAI: In the times where several corporate entities and brand marketers seemed to be shying away to avoid blatant in-film placements that ticked off their target customers, Yash Raj’s recent hit ‘Chak De! India’...
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Shemaroo releases sci-fi thriller on home video
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released one of the most adventurous and the most controversial thriller based on a true incident, ‘Philadelphia Experiment’. This film which became a cult movie has won the best film...
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Dubai Film Festival to be held in December
MUMBAI: The annual Dubai International Film Festival, which is touted as one of the premier film festivals in the world will commence on the 9 th of December 2007 and run until 16 December....
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AR Rahman on CNN’s The Screening Room
MUMBAI: In August, CNN’s show The Screening Room features Bollywood’s ace composer and instrumentalist A.R.Rahman, who has sold over 200 million albums. The show also focuses on two more top film score composers –...
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Jackie Shroff firms up production plans
MUMBAI: Actor – producer Jackie Shroff, who has recently signed a Hollywood film First Fear, is planning to revive his production house, Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited. “I have a concept on mind. It...
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Raj Sippy’s Satte Pe Satta remake on hold
MUMBAI: Producer-director Raj Sippy, who is currently busy with his latest film Jimmy starring Mimoh Chakravorty, is now planning to remake the Vinod Khanna starrer Inkaar. Sippy, who was keen on making the remake of...
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Ghai’s Mukta Arts forays into Marathi cinema
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Arts has entered the Marathi film industry with their first film Kaande Pohe produced by actor Shreyas Talpade. The film has known names from the Marathi film industry like...
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