Film: Alibaug Banner: A White Feather Films Presenter: Sanjay Dutt Producers: Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Gupta Director: Sanjay Gupta Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Rohit Roy, Manasi Joshi Roy, Madhavan, Mandira Bedi, Gul Panag, Sameer Soni, Sudhanshu...
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Bollywood.tv goes global with Stardust Awards
MUMBAI: Bollywood.tv, a portal for South Asian film and entertainment content, celebrated its launch among the crème of the Indian film industry at the Max Stardust Awards 2008. Bollywood.tv CEO Nigel Glynn-Davies said, “Bollywood.tv is proud...
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ROK Ent, China Mobile Pakistan ink deal
MUMBAI: ROK Entertainment Group, the UK-based mobile technologies, applications and entertainment development company has announced that it has signed a contract with China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak) through its partners BPS to supply a portfolio...
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Aishwarya turns producer with Hollywood film
MUMBAI: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to act and play the role of an executive producer for the Bhopal Movie. The film is based on the story of a young woman’s search for...
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Shringar Cinemas posts net profit of Rs 36 million
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 36 million for the third quarter of FY 2007-08. The company’s total revenues rose by 37 per cent year-on-year at Rs 246 million against...
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Jaman.com launches online film festival
MUMBAI: To pay a tribute to the influence of Hong Kong cinema on Hollywood, Jaman.com has partenered with Asian cinema distributor Fortune Star, for a six-month Hong Kong Online Film Festival. This retrospective dedicated...
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Wilding’s Buddha Wild comes to IFFTAC
MUMBAI: The theatrically released feature film Buddha Wild Monk in a Hut, directed, written and presented by actress and producer Anna Wilding, has been accepted as a finalist into the International Festival of Films...
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WGAW grants interim agreement for Grammys
MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) has agreed to grant an interim agreement for this year’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. This will allow for written material for the show to be...
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BR Films ramps up production; signs three directors
MUMBAI: Film production seems to be picking pace like never before. Taking a lead is BR Films’ Ravi Chopra, who is getting aggressive on production. Chopra already has multiple projects in the pipeline...
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Star Movies brings back the Award Fever
MUMBAI: It’s that time of the year again. The countdown to the Oscars has begun and Star Movies will feature movies that have been honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
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Starz to roll drama series on film Crash
MUMBAI: Crash, a new original drama series based on the Academy Award-winning Best Picture will debut exclusively on Starz in 2008. The 13-episode, one-hour series, co-produced with Lionsgate, will be Starz’s first ever original...
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Despite WGA strike, people watch TV: Carat
MUMBAI: What were celebrities talking about on the red carpet at the recently held Screen Actors Guild Awards? It wasn’t just gossip and couture. The buzz was about the writers’ strike. To gain a...
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Lottery funded films score at Sundance
MUMBAI: Man on Wire, a feature documentary film by British filmmaker James Marsh and supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund has won two prizes at Sundance, the leading...
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Jaaved Jafferi on a film signing spree
MUMBAI: After the success of Dhamaal, Jaaved Jafferi is marching ahead with many new projects in hand. He has signed 10 films with some various filmmakers. Jafferi said, “Yes I am doing multiple projects. As...
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Eisner to co-produce series on Cook’s novel
MUMBAI: Ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner’s company Vuguru is launching an innovative prequel web and mobile phone series based on G.P. Putnam’s Sons latest novel, Foreign Body from author Robin Cook. The series will be...
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imeem buys web music player Anywhere.FM
MUMBAI: Social media network imeem has acquired Anywhere.FM, a San Francisco-based web music player and Internet radio service. The acquisition of Anywhere.FM brings music uploading capabilities, a web music player, and recommendation features that...
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UTV’s soap Bhabhi celebrates 1200 episode
MUMBAI: UTV’s tele-serial Bhabhi that airs on Star Plus celebrated the completion of its 1200th episode with the entire cast and crew at Madh Island on 25 January. “Star TV has always been a platform...
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Kabir Bedi talks to Farhan Akhtar on Zoom
MUMBAI: Farhan Akhtar’s Dil Chahta Hai added contemporary nuances to the language of Indian cinema, making the young filmmaker hot property almost overnight. Considering Ahktar is one of the industry’s youngest producers, directors and...
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Baba Arts acquires Mahadev Productions
MUMBAI: Baba Arts has acquired a majority stake in Mahadev Productions, producer of Bhojpuri films. They bought over the company by acquiring a 51 per cent stake. Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kissen also a stake...
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‘The box office collection of my second film should be better than that of Heyy Babyy’ – Sajid Khan
The man has almost had a makeover with his short haircut and weight loss of 20 kilos. That’s not it; actor turned director Sajid Khan is even going to work towards building a physique...
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