MUMBAI: Less than a year after entering the home entertainment market, Moser Baer Entertainment has now become the largest content owner of Hindi home video titles. The company’s latest acquisition is that of about...

MUMBAI: Sanjay Dutt has inked a three-film deal with Bunty Walia’s production house GS Entertainment. The three films are Lamhaa, Just Punjabi and Gangs Of London. Lamhaa will be directed by National-award-winning director, Rahul...

MUMBAI: On its opening night, SAIFF will honor filmmaker, actress and activist Shabana Azmi with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to South Asian cinema.   From her breakout role in her debut film in...

MUMBAI: Hindi movie channel Filmy has launched its new comedy show titled Jigar Ma Badi Aag Hai. The show revolves around six characters, who are very Filmy. Each have their own agenda behind making...

PRESS RELEASE BigAdda.com today touched the user base of half a million users. Officially launched just a month back on August 13, 2007, this is one of the first milestones for BigAdda. It is...

MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications’ wellness destination in Mumbai – Moksh will now be going online with India’s first wellness site. Actor and fitness freak Sunil Shetty will inaugurate at Moksh on 27 September. The...

MUMBAI: Golmaal Returns is all set to hit the floors this November end. The film, a part two of last year’s hit Golmaal, is being produced by Ashtavinayak and Studio 18 and will be...

MUMBAI: Sahara One Media and Entertainment has appointed Sharmista Rijhwani as CEO of its flagship television channel Sahara One with immediate effect. Rijhwani has been associated with the media industry for almost two decades....

PRESS RELEASE His songs take you into a retrospective mood, a personality whose voice is sexy as well as spiritual. Not only does he sing, he writes his own songs as well. His fingers...

MUMBAI: Anil Ambani’s film production company BIG Motion Pictures has joined The Film and Television Guild of India as a member. BIG Motion Pictures will be represented by Mahesh Ramanathan, who is the company’s...

MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures Plc has named Babulal Vedprakash Gautam (BL Gautam) as its new chief operating officer. Gautam will be the COO of both UTV Motion Pictures Plc and its subsidiary UTV Mauritius...

MUMBAI: This weekend, from 28-29 September at 10 pm, Star Plus’ Amul Star Voice Of India will be packed with specials – Friday will present the jhoom barabar jhoom composer Shankar Ehsaan Loy, while...

MUMBAI: This October PIX will showcase all new episodes of Inside the Actors Studio as Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. discuss their journey as actor with James Lipton every...

MUMBAI: UFO Moviez CEO corporate Aditya Shastri has joined Anupam Mittal’s new film production entity People Pictures as CEO. In his role, Shastri will be spearheading the company’s film production activities. Mittal announced his...

MUMBAI: Sports brand Reebok has appointed Chak De! India’s Sagarika Ghatge as its new brand ambassador for the women’s collection. Reebok also launched its first exclusive Women’s World store in Delhi followed by the...

MUMBAI: Actor Atul Agnihotri’s directorial film Hello is been shot in the United States of America. The unit left one week back to can some scenes. As the shooting continues in the US, the...

MUMBAI: At the 53rd Film and Television Producers Guild of India AGM, which concluded on Wednesday evening, UTV Software Communications’ chairman Ronnie Screvwala was re-elected as the president for the Guild. Screvwala will continue to...

MUMBAI: Glamour and entertainment channel, Zoom and Sunsilkgangofgirls.com , from Hindustan Unilever ltd., have joined hands to launch a new television series ‘Sunsilk Gang of Girls – Spotlight Mein’ that will present four talented girls...

MUMBAI: After the success of PVR NEST (PVR Network for enablement and social transformation), PVR Cinemas has launched Saket Chapter of the Childscapes programme in the capital and also conferred the Childscapes Award for...

MUMBAI: Cinechance.com, a talent search portal, has introduced a new blog hosting service http://www.cinechance.com/blogs allowing visitors to create and post blogs related to movies, music, modeling and television field. Cinechance.com CEO Sriram Ramakrishnan said,...

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh praises Hindi film industry at the launch of Dev Anand's autobiography....

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM’s first TV commercial featuring its brand ambassador Abhishek Bachchan has recently hit airwaves on ESPN during the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup semi finals.   The plot of the TVC is...

MUMBAI: After a year long association with Inox, the company’s vice president programming and distribution Saurabh Varma put in his papers last week. Varma will now join Reliance Entertainment by mid-November as chief marketing...

MUMBAI: NDTV launched its new Delhi centric channel called NDTV MetroNation. NDTV Metro Nation gives Delhi and the NCR a 24-hour channel that covers breaking news and user-friendly information on where to shop, what...

Guild to participate at the American Film Market under the National Umbrella Program with USIBA....

MUMBAI: Indian airline GoAir has joined hands with International Management Film Festival (IMFF) for a film fest to be held in Delhi on 3 October. International Management Film Festival is aimed to promote intercultural...

MUMBAI: As part of the international anti-poverty agency, ActionAid’s, HungerFREE campaign, Bollywood star Shabana Azmi will join Hollywood’s Tim Meadows, and Nollywood (Nigerian cinema) star, Hilda Dokubo, to protest the plight of the world’s...

MUMBAI: This month from 24 – 27 September PIX channel’s Great at 8 will air Mel Brooks Special – one of Hollywood’s successful and autonomous filmmakers and some of his best works including, Robin...

MUMBAI: Eros International has signed actress Kajol opposite husband Ajay Devgan for Toonpur Ka Super Hero – a 3D animation film with live characters. This film marks Eros’ second production with the husband-wife duo...

MUMBAI: Cinemax India Ltd will be launching its three screen multiplex situated at Angel Prime Mall, Sector No. 11, Huda, Panipat, Haryana. The multiplex chain will be open to the audiences with movies like...

MUMBAI: Joining the Bollywood brigade of celebs being chosen as brand ambassadors is veteran actress Sharmila Tagore who will now be the face of Rajesh Exports Ltd. Tagore, who currently heads the Indian Film...

MUMBAI: Star and StarHub Digital Cable will soon air Star Gold in Singapore on StarHub’s digital cable platform. To be launched on 4 October, the channel will become the first and only dedicated Bollywood...

MUMBAI: BAG Films & Media Ltd has received permission for uplinking and downlinking of forthcoming news and current affairs channels from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The two channels have been named NEWS24...

MUMBAI: NDTV has launched NDTV Arabia, a 24-hour news and infotainment channel that will mark its entry into the Middle East and North Africa region. This is a soft launch of the channel; an...

MUMBAI: Adlabs’ head of animation division, Siddharth Jain is now eyeing film production and hence will relinquish his current responsibilities at Adlabs. Sources inform that while the nitty-gritties of the matter are still being...

MUMBAI: Further to disclosures made in its admission document dated 26 June 2007, UTV Motion Pictures Plc has finalised arrangements for the production of the live action movie The Happening. Further to the memorandum...

MUMBAI: The South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) 2007, held from 3-9 October in New York City SAIFF will host over 50 of the latest short, documentary and feature films from the South Asian...

MUMBAI: Eros International has announced the release of the John Abraham starrer ‘No Smoking’ in cinemas worldwide on 26th October. No Smoking is directed by Anurag Kashyap and is produced by Eros International with...

MUMBAI: Sony’s reality dance show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa is back with its new season and once again has puckered celebrities from different walks of life. The show, that will go on air from 28...

Film: Johnny Gaddaar Banner: Adlabs Films Ltd Director: Sriram Raghavan Cast: Dharmendra, Neil Mukesh, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Ashwini Kalsekar Release Date: 28 September, 2007 Music Director: Vishal – Shekhar Synopsis: Johnny...

MUMBAI: Locations 2007 saw cities and countries like New Zealand, Austria, London, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Mauritius, Kenya and Australia participating in the two day seminar held in Mumbai recently.   With a view to promote...

MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd (PNC) has commenced the principal photography of their new film titled Ugly Aur Pagli, directed by Sachin Khot.    The movie stars Mallika Sherawat and Ranvir Shorey, among others...

Film: Dhol   Cast: Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Tanushree Datta, Rajpal Yadav and Payal Rohatgi   Director: Priyadarshan   Producer: Percept Picture Company   Rating: 1.5 / 5   It is beyond belief...

Film: Manorama Six Feet Under   Director: Navdeep Singh   Producer: Ketan Maru   Cast: Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Vinay Pathak, Khulbhushan Kharbanda and Sarika   Rating: 2.5 / 5 First works are...

MUMBAI: Actor Abhishek Bachchan has been signed by Arvind Brands to endorse its denim brand Flying Machine. Earlier this year, Arvind Brands unveiled plans to re-launch Flying Machine with Italian Designer – Chicco. On...