2004 witnessed the hit pairing of producer-director Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, who delivered their maiden hit, Main Hoon Na. And now with their second film, Om Shanti Om, Farah takes pride in...
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Bollywood & PETA petition to save elephants
MUMBAI: Following an 18-month campaign by PETA, the city of Mumbai has announced that elephants will no longer be allowed in the city. The campaign featured advertisements against elephants in captivity starring actors Rahul...
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BIG FM celebrates actor Upendra’s birthday
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM’s brand ambassador Upendra celebrated his birthday for which BIG 92.7 FM, Bangalore hosted a bash both on-air and on-ground for its listeners. The radio station took 927 listeners to Upendra’s resort...
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Radio Mirchi launches in Kolhapur
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has commenced its operation now in Kolhapur to the sound of ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ anthem. After going on air here, Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) – Radio Mirchi will...
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Nirmala Mataji Pic to release debut film
MUMBAI: Nirmala Mataji Pictures is all set to release its first Hindi film titled Dreams Unlimited in October. The film, which is a situational comedy focused on youth, is written and directed by Vimukt...
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Sony Pictures Ent appoints Mannix as SVP
MUMBAI: David K. Mannix has been appointed senior vice president of worldwide facilities and administrative services at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). This was announced by Jeff Hargleroad, executive vice president for Corporate Operations. In...
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Kareena to unveil Jab We Met music on TV
MUMBAI: Soon after Fardeen Khan released the music of his film Darling on Zee’s musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Kareena Kapoor seems to have followed suit. Reportedly the actress is all set...
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Pix inks deal with NBC Universal
MUMBAI: English movie channel Pix has entered into a new deal with NBC Universal, which will enable it to bring its viewers more Hollywood films. This contract between Pix and NBC Universal will allow...
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Lara Dutta, Bobby Deol to endorse Pantaloons
MUMBAI: Pantaloons has appointed Bollywood actors Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol as its new brand ambassadors. The actors will feature in all the new print advertisements and television commercials henceforth for Pantaloons and their...
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Eros & Sony Pictures ink production deal
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment and Eros International have joined hands to co-invest in a number of Hindi films. The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton and Eros...
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BIG 92.7 FM partners with Nach Baliye 3
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has partnered with the third season of celebrity reality dance show Nach Baliye 3. With the third season underway, the show will be telecast on Star Plus every Friday at...
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World filmmakers to participate in Pangea Day
MUMBAI: Jehane Noujaim, award-winning documentary filmmaker of Control Room, with help of the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) prize, is seeking filmmakers – professional or amateur – across the globe to produce films for...
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CASBAA cheers A-Pac Economic Council
MUMBAI: Industry body the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has applauded a call by regional political leaders at the recent Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) meeting for governments to “effectively addressâ€...
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MY FM’s on-air property mela clicks in Indore
MUMBAI: 94.3 MY FM – Dil Se!, the Bhaskar Group’s radio station, has become a hit with the listeners in Indore with the success of its first on-air property mela – ‘Ashiyana’. Keeping in...
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HBO bags 21 Primetime Emmy Awards
MUMBAI: At this year’s 59th Primetime Emmy Awards competition, HBO has received 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any network. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee topped HBO’s list of winners with six...
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Hrithik Roshan unveils Rupa-Macro Man
MUMBAI: Kolkata based Rupa & Co Ltd, as part of its marketing plan, has launched its premium range of briefs and vests under the brand name ‘MacroMan M Series’. The collection was launched by...
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Apple unveils Logic Studio for musicians
MUMBAI: Apple has launched Logic Studio, a comprehensive suite of professional tools that gives musicians everything they need to create, produce and perform in the studio and on the stage for just $499. ...
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Robin Williams’ Flubber to premier on Jetix
MUMBAI: Three-time award winner for music and best actor, Flubber, the story of a brilliant but befuddled professor and his extraordinary invention will premiere on Jetix on 23 September at 6 pm. The...
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BAG channels get uplink, downlink nod
MUMBAI: Anurradha Prasad owned BAG Films & Media Ltd’s subsidiary B.A.G. Glamour has received the uplinking and downlinking permission for its two television channels from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting The non-news...
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Sequels: The new filmmaking mantra
MUMBAI: Juggling the same star cast, modifying the plot, adding some special appearances and blowing some more bucks… this is the presumed outline of a sequel, but wait, there’s more to it. Sequels have...
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SRK, Farah Khan release Om Shanti Om music
MUMBAI: The music of Shah Rukh Khan’s much awaited movie Om Shanti Om was released officially today, in the presence of the cast and crew of the film. Music directors Vishal and Shekhar have...
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Cinemax screens Dhamaal for special kids
PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, September 16, 2007: To add an absolute “Dhamaal” quotient in the lives of 250 special kids, Cinemax and Cancer Patients Aid Association [CPAA] hosted a special screening of the mirth-filled comedy...
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‘I’m not comfortable with a film on extra marital affairs’ – Kunal Khemu
It’s not easy for any actor to shed a tag once it clings to his image. Same holds in case of actor Kunal Khemu, who was a much-sort-after child artist (landmark film being Zakhm)....
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Small but plentiful films head for multiplexes
MUMBAI: Movies releases like Chak De! India and Heyy Babyy proved to be a blessing for theatres all across India in August. While September has no ‘big’ movie releases, the large and constant supply...
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Percept acquires By Design India
MUMBAI: Percept Group agency’s Imageads has now merged with By Design India, a communication solution agency, to form IBD India Pvt. Ltd. By Design India was headed by Rahul Gupta (founder and managing...
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Isha Koppikar to endorse Police brand
MUMBAI: Italian fashion brand for timepieces and jewellery, Police has appointed Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar as its new Indian brand ambassador. The announcement event also saw the brand’s first ever showing in India through...
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Satya cinematographer wraps debut film
MUMBAI: Mazhar Kamran, also the cinematographer of hits like Satya, Kaun, Jhankar Beats and Masti, has recently wrapped the shooting and dubbing of his first directorial film Mohan Das. The film’s post-production and background...
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Govt seminar to deliberate on curbing piracy
MUMBAI: The 26th conference of State and UT Ministers of Information and Cinematography – SIMCON XXVI, which begins in New Delhi on 18 September, will address major issues in the film and broadcast sectors....
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Saregama ropes in Rituparno for three films
MUMBAI: With an aim to make a mark and shine in the world cinema space, Saregama has signed director Rituparno Ghosh to direct three films. The first of the lot is ready and other...
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Saawariya Music Launch
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BIG FM launches OOH division BIG Street
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has forayed into out-of-home (OOH) advertising with the launch of BIG Street. The new division will be headed by BIG FM vice president business development Jayyant Bhokare and has been...
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Peer-2-peer website Hip2p.com raided
MUMBAI: Taiwan’s Bureau of Investigation, Ministry of Justice (MJIB) raided the well-known pirate P2P website Hip2p.com operating out of Taipei. The MJIB, acting on information provided by the Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft (TFACT)...
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Twice convicted pirate goes to jail
MUMBAI: At Parramatta Magistrates Court in New South Wales, a man previously convicted of counterfeit crimes in 2005, pleaded guilty to six Trademark offences and two Copyright offences and was sentenced to jail for six...
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Prasad Group bags yet another National Award
MUMBAI: Prasad Film Labs and EFX, which has been awarded the National Awards 16 times in the past, has bagged yet another National Award for Best Film processing. Prasad Film Labs bagged the award...
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Shemaroo celebrates Asha Bhosle’s birthday
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment released a two DVD Pack of singer Asha Bhosle, titled ‘Asha Ultimate Unremix’ to celebrate her 74th birthday. Bhosle released this two DVD Pack at a function organized by ‘Jeevan Gaani’...
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BIG FM, MTV join hands for chartbusters
MUMBAI: BIG FM Delhi has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MTV. BIG FM will share MTV’s songs content and permission to use them as a source for the radio station’s 100 chartbusters....
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Creative Eye to tap new media platforms
MUMBAI: Dheeraj Kumar’s Creative Eye is now eyeing media platforms like IPTV, mobile and radio to exploit 4000 hours of content for which it owns Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). To begin with, Creative...
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iDreams to raise funds for expansion
MUMBAI: iDream Productions has expansion plans under its belt. Sources inform that the company plans to raise a $100 million in funds. However, when contacted iDream Productions president international sales Rohit Sharma says,...
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Kapoors launch Bhansali’s Saawariya music
MUMBAI: SPE Films India and SLB Films in alliance with Sony BMG unveiled the music of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya. The event also witnessed Salman Khan and Rani Mukherji introducing the much anticipated actors...
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Film distribution witnesses musical chairs
MUMBAI: Film distribution has been attracting many a companies lately. As more and more corporates join the race with an aim to have 360 degree umbrella offerings under one roof, the individual and smaller...
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SRK’s Om Shanti Om music in piracy grip
MUMBAI: The most expensive audio deal of Bollywood, between music major T-Series and Shah Rukh Khan for the latter’s new movie Om Shanti Om, has succumbed to pirates even as the music was made...
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Creative Eye to churn content for new channels
MUMBAI: With more and more new channels being launched, Dheeraj Kumar owned Creative Eye, which currently produces five and a half hours of weekly content for various channels including Zee, Sony and Doordarshan, is...
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Studio 18 postpones Jab We Met release
Bhool Bhullaiya & Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag releasing on 12 October hence Jab We Met release postponed by 2 weeks....
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Bollywood movie blog plans online film fest
MUMBAI: Movie blog – Passionforcinema.com, which celebrates one year soon, is planning an online film festival. The blog has regular contributions from directors like Anurag Kashyap and Sudhir Mishra amongst others. Incidentally, the festival...
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Ronald D’mello joins Maya as MD and CEO
MUMBAI: Maya Entertainment Limited (MEL) has inducted media business veteran Ronald D’mello as its managing director and CEO. D’mello, who has been with UTV for over 15 years, is a chartered accountant turned business...
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Film Review: Nanhe Jaisalmer
Film: Nanhe Jaisalmer Produced by: Top Angle Productions, Dharam Motion Pictures and K Sera Sera. Directed by: Samir Karnik Cast: Bobby Deol, Dwij Yadav, Vatsal Seth Rating: 2/5 Sameer Karnik’s latest film is a...
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Adlabs posts net profit of Rs 910 million
MUMBAI: Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Adlabs Films has posted a net profit of Rs 910 million (Rs 91 crores), which is an increase of 222 per cent over the 15 month period ended...
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Channel [V] to cash in on Saawariya mania
MUMBAI: Come 15 September and the much touted debutants of this year in Bollywood – Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor – will first be seen on Channel [V]. The music channel will air the...
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Percept to churn Siyaram’s Rs 20 mn ad
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company (PPC) will be producing the next ad film for Siyaram’s and has roped in international model and actress – Catherine McQueen (Bond-girl), Rashmi Nigam and Siddhartha Shukla for the assignment....
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Autodesk unveils digital colour grading system
MUMBAI: Autodesk, Inc. launched Autodesk Lustre 2008 digital color grading system, which has shaped colors and lighting in many feature films, trailers and TV shows, including Balls of Fury, El Cantante, Children of Men,...
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Outsourced to premiere at SAIFF 2007
MUMBAI: Director John Jeffcoat’s film Outsourced will premiere at the fourth annual 2007 South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) to be held from 3-9 October 2007 in New York City. The festival’s closing film...
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Boman Irani to host Filmy’s Bollywood quiz show
MUMBAI: Hindi movie channel Filmy has roped in actor Boman Irani to anchor and play a quiz master in India’s first film-based quiz show – Bollywood Ka Boss. The program format has been created...
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Shooting begins for Subhash Ghai’s Yuvvraaj
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai launched his mega directorial venture Yuvvraaj with a shoot at Khandala with Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif on 12 September. The shooting was picturised on a song composed by A R Rahman...
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Hanuman Returns release postponed to Dec
With <i>Om Shanti Om</i> & <i>Saawariya</i> releasing in November; Percept postpones release of <i>Hanuman Returns</i>....
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John, Bipasha on Indian Idol finale
MUMBAI: The grand finale of Indian Idol is just a step away and special guests on the show will be actors John Abraham and Bipasha Basu. The actors will be on opposite teams and...
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Karan Johar’s Koffee Awards to air on 16 Sept
MUMBAI: With the second season of Koffee With Karan coming to an end, host Karan Johar is now ready with his unique Koffee Awards 2007. The jury for these awards will be fashion designer...
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HomeShop18 joins hands with SBI card
PRESS RELEASE MUMBAI: HomeShop18, India’s most credible virtual shopping brand from the Network18 Group joins hands with SBI Card, the 2 nd largest credit card company in India to add a whole new dimension...
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Star & Sony tie-up for mobile entertainment
MUMBAI: Star India’s mobile entertainment division and mobile handset company Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications have entered into a partnership to provide mobile content services to Sony Ericsson users. Under this partnership, the recently launched...
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Apple unveils iTunes Wi-Fi music store
MUMBAI: Apple unveiled the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, where music fans can browse, search, preview, purchase and download songs and albums from the iTunes Music Store over a Wi-Fi network directly onto their iPod...
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Sydney Film Fest gets $1.8 million funding
MUMBAI: The Sydney Film Festival has received funding of nearly $1.8 million in order to help it compete with the like of Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. According to media reports, a new...
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BIG FM hits airwaves in Udaipur & Ajmer
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has launched its stations in Udaipur and Ajmer. In the first phase of its launches, BIG FM set up stations in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore...
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Dev Anand’s memoirs to release on 26 Sept
MUMBAI: Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh will release veteran actor Dev Anand’s memoirs on 26 September, which also happens to be Singh and Anand’s birthday. The book is titled Romancing Life and is being published...
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DreamWorks ups Cross as accounting officer
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG has named Philip Cross as the chief accounting officer. Cross will be responsible for managing the company’s accounting functions and will report to DreamWorks Animation president and chief financial officer...
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OnMobile acquires French co. Voxmobili
MUMBAI: Indian telecom value added services (VAS) provider OnMobile has acquired the France based company, Voxmobili. The acquisition adds a number of international customers to OnMobile’s customer portfolio. The current list of Voxmobili customers...
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UTV’s Bindass to be available on Tata Sky
MUMBAI: UTV’s youth centric general entertainment channel (GEC) Bindass, that launches on 24 September, will be available on DTH platform Tata Sky. The GEC is the first manifestation of Brand Bindass, UTV’s 360 degree...
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Shantanu Moitra to compose for Raju Hirani’s SRK film
MUMBAI: Music director Shantanu Moitra has been roped in as the music director for Munnabhai series director Rajkumar Hirani’s next film starring Shah Rukh Khan. Moitra upcoming releases for which he has provided the...
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Post Dhamaal, writer Paritosh bags 4 films
MUMBAI: Paritosh Painter, who hails from a theater background, has met with success in his first attempt as a scriptwriter for the recent hit, Dhamaal. And now he has bagged four new film projects,...
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NME inks deal with iTunes for video podcasts
MUMBAI: International 24/7 music website NME.COM has inked a deal with iTunes to offer music fans worldwide unique NME Video footage, available to download free. The deal sees iTunes house over 50 NME...
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Dharm to be closing film at SAIF Festival
MUMBAI: The fourth annual 2007 South Asian International Film Festival, which will be held from 3-9 October, 2007 in New York City, will close with Bhavna Talwar’s directorial debut Dharm. The movie will be...
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Archana Vohra appointed director of BIG Digital
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM is stepping up on the digital front and has appointed Archana Vohra as director for BIG Digital. Vohra will be leading the digital business, which includes all internet properties, the...
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Sab’s Manish Hariprasad joins UTV Spotboy
MUMBAI: Sab TV’s marketing head Manish Hariprasad has put in his papers at the company and is now headed to UTV. Hariprasad has joined UTV’s Spotboy Motion Pictures as supervising producer and will be...
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Jodhaa Akbar to release on 25 January
Ashutosh Gowariker's epic romance Jodhaa Akbar is slated for a worldwide release on 25 January, 2008....
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IT inspection at Eros and Ashtavinayak
MUMBAI: Early Wednesday morning, Income Tax (IT) raids were conducted at Bollywood filmed entertainment companies – Eros Entertainment and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. Businessofcinema.com team visited the premises of the above mentioned...
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Zapak gets brands on for Super Gamer
MUMBAI: Zapak has launched the Zapak Super Gamer in association with Parle-G as a presenting sponsor and HP (Hewlett Packard) as a co-sponsor. The Zapak Super Gamer contest is based on five games...
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Autodesk launches 12 city roadshow
PRESS RELEASE Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), today announced that it will embark on a 12 city roadshow across India beginning with Hyderabad on September 11, 2007. In line with the recent launch of...
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Tata Elxsi’s VCL wins National Award for film
PRESS RELEASE Tata Elxsi’s VCL (Visual Computing Labs) division, the Animation and Visual Effects arm today announced that they have won the 53rd National Film Award for Best Special Effects for their work in...
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Shemaroo releases albums on music veterans
MUMBAI: Commemorating Bollywood musical veterans on their death anniversary, Shemaroo Entertainment has released director Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s song compilation on DVD and VCD packs and singer Mukesh’s Ultimate Unremix, 2 DVD pack on 27 August. ...
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Nokia unveils new phones at Fashion Week
MUMBAI: Nokia launched its latest phones- Prism Collection at the Wills Lifestyle Fashion week in Delhi. Nokia’s Prism Collection consists of the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism handsets, which combine individual...
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UTV’s stock hits a high note on bourses
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications is the latest buzzing entertainment stock on the Indian bourses. The company’s stock touched its 52-week high of Rs 608.00 before ending the day at Rs 589.70 (up 6.29...
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BigAdda rolls contest for 20/20 Cricket
MUMBAI: Indian social networking website BigAdda.com, which is a part of Reliance ADAG, has come up with a contest by banking on the 20/20 cricket series in South Africa. Surfers can log on...
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Website launches Bollywood karaoke videos
MUMBAI: Indiankaraoke.com has launched Hindi karaoke videos for Bollywood music lovers. Indiankaraoke.com has made available karaoke titles for over 600 new and old popular Hindi film songs and has a plan to add at...
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Future Media enters theatre advt with Inox
MUMBAI: Future Media, the media company of Kishore Biyani’s Future Group, has acquired the on-screen media rights of all INOX Leisure Ltd. multiplexes in the country for the next two and a half years. ...
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Big Music releases music of RGV’s Go
MUMBAI: BIG Music released the music of RGV’s upcoming flick Go. Scheduled for release on 28 September, the film stars Nisha Kothari, Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Ravi Kale and Sherveer Vakil and is...
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SRK’s OSO Bombay circuit rights sold for Rs 90 mn
MUMBAI: In the next few months till its release, all eyes are going to be on the Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Om Shanti Om. While Eros International has bought the worldwide...
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Sajid Nadiadwala’s father passes away
MUMBAI: Producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s father – Suleman Nadiadwala, passed away on Tuesday morning, after a prolonged illness. The senior Nadiadwala had been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Mumbai hospital last...
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Tips’ film with Harman to roll in October
MUMBAI: Tips Films’ next movie to go on floors will be the Harman Baweja starrer Abhimanyu (tentative title). Baweja, who debuts in Bollywood with Love Story 2050 in December this year opposite Priyanka Chopra, will...
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Web 2.0 makes BigAdda gets rich & interactive
PRESS RELEASE Today, social networking sites are increasingly making optimum use of Web 2.0, a new version of the World Wide Web, to create interesting features, just as BigAdda incorporated Web 2.0 to make...
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Music Review: Lagaa Chunari Main Daag
Film: Lagaa Chunari Main Daag Director: Pradeep Sarkar Music Director: Shantanu Moitra Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire Producer: Aditya Chopra and Pradeep Sarkar Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkana Sen, Kunal Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan and Anupam...
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Apple & Starbucks ink music partnership
MUMBAI: Apple and Starbucks have inked an exclusive partnership that lets customers wirelessly browse, search for, preview, buy and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks onto their iPod touch, iPhone...
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Lionsgate acquires film company for $56.3 million
MUMBAI: Independent filmed entertainment studio Lionsgate has acquired film production and distribution company Mandate Pictures for $56.3 million acquisition. The acquisition returns entrepreneurial motion picture executive Joe Drake to the Lionsgate family as...
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Sony taps Isilon for digital entertainment
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures, Sony Online Entertainment and Sony Pictures Imageworks are tapping Isilon to power breakthroughs in digital entertainment production and distribution. Isilon Systems, the leader in clustered storage, announced that Sony Music...
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Branson’s Virgin Radio to launch in Dubai
MUMBAI: Richard Branson’s Virgin Radio International and Arab Media Group signed an agreement to launch Virgin Radio Dubai, a new English music station that will launch towards the end of this year. Virgin Radio...
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Moser Baer forays into PC peripherals mkt
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India has forayed into the PC peripherals market and has launched its Optical Disk Drive (ODD) i.e. combo drive and writer. The company in partnership with Taiwan’s Philips & Lite-On Digitil Solutions...
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Adlabs Cinemas bag best retailer award
MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas has won the Best Retailer in Entertainment Award at the Images Retail Awards 2007, the culminating event of the India Retail Forum held in Mumbai recently. The Images Retail Awards judges...
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PVR premieres Kaushik Roy’s Apna Asmaan
MUMBAI: Apna Asmaan directed by adman turned filmmaker Kaushik Roy and distributed by Sony Pictures, was premiered in PVR, Juhu recently. The premiere evening was attended by the star cast Irrfan Khan, Rajat Kapoor,...
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Onyomo provides film info on web & mobile
Consumer search service Onyomo has launched its new Movie Availability application on GPRS and the Internet....
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