MUMBAI: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which released worldwide five weeks ago on 12 December, 2008, has grossed Rs 1.8 billion (Rs 180 crores) worldwide till date and has broken all previous box office...
MUMBAI: After releasing the first set of Osho Talk DVDs titled ‘Art of Loving’, ‘How to relax with yourself’, ‘How to be Really Alive’, and ‘Loving and accepting yourself’, Shemaroo Entertainment has now released...
MUMBAI: Moser Baer Entertainment Limited has released Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion on home video. The movie stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead. The DVD and VCD release of the film comes at a time when...
MUMBAI: Colors will be airing the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Bhoothnath on 18 January at 8 pm. Produced by BR Films, Bhoothnath is directed by Vivek Sharma and also stars Juhi Chawla and Shah Rukh...
MUMBAI: UTV’s Ignition Entertainment has tapped Shane Bettenhausen as the new director of business development. As the former senior executive editor for Electronic Gaming Monthly and 1-UP.com, Bettenhausen’s background and knowledge of videogames, coupled...
Mumbai: In December 2008 YouTube launched the "YouTube Symphony Orchestra". In India, enhancing the spirit of music will be the performance by musicians of William Joseph International Academy for Performing Arts, on Indian traditional...
MUMBAI: Universal Media Studios has signed Academy Award-nominated actor-producer-director Don Cheadle and his company, Crescendo Productions, which he runs with producing partners Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman, to a two-year, first-look television development deal....
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Kyte have signed a global partnership in which Kyte will be an online and mobile video platform provider for UMG recording artists and subsidiary labels worldwide. UMG and...
MUMBAI: MySpace Music has added Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution, and RoyaltyShare to its roster of independent music partners. In addition, the music catalog of Wind-up Records will be available via MySpace Music’s...
While on one hand, Pakistani citizens in Mumbai are being re-located to Pakistan, the Indian film industry has not lost any hope to release Bollywood films there....
MUMBAI: Entertainment credit card from TimesofMoney and Barclays – Times Card – is providing a unique proposition for movie buffs. It offers 25% discount on movie tickets -anytime, any movie, any day. This discount...
MUMBAI: Tips Films, headed by the Taurani brothers, has quietly gone about its way to produce their next film, To Baat Paki. With an ensemble cast of Tabu, Sharman Joshi, Vatsal Seth and Yuvika...
Mumbai: After Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan in Kaun Banega Crorepati, and Salman Khan for 10 Ka Dum, the latest film star supported and coached to play a game show host by the...
Mumbai: DTH service BIG TV has touched the 500,000 subscriber mark in the four Southern states within five months of its launch, making it the fastest growing DTH player in the country. In August,...
MUMBAI: While Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone are grabbing headlines for their premiere rounds and campaigning for Chandni Chowk to China, there is one man who has quietly made his debut in the film....
MUMBAI: Even though her New Year Eve by Sahara Star got cancelled, Bipasha Basu was not sitting and sulking about it. Instead the actress flew to Hong Kong to shoot for the Reebok commercial...
MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar is getting back to the action genre. While that is obvious in his film, Chandni Chowk to China, Akshay’s action stunts can once again be seen in the latest Thums Up...
MUMBAI: T-Series has released the maiden solo album of Gulshan Kumar’s daughter, Tulsi Kumar. Tulsi Kumar says, "It was my father’s dream to see me singing. So somehow it was understood in my family...
MUMBAI: T-Series has released Agam Kumar Nigam’s new album in the Bewafa series called Woh Bewafa. Nigam’s earlier albums Uski Yaadon Mein (2002), Bewafai (2005), Phir Bewafai (2007) were also released by T-Series. Nigam...
Mumbai: Cinemax, the multiplex chain in Mumbai, launched a multiplex at Kalyan, in Thane district. An established leader in Mumbai, Cinemax already has two properties operating in Thane. Cinemax has also recently expanded its...
MUMBAI: PVR Pictures released the music of its film Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye (MKMJA). The movie is written and directed by debutante feature filmmaker Madhureeta Anand and stars Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda and...
MUMBAI: Red Eagle Games has signed a distribution agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. for games based on Robert Jordan’s beloved fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. Red Eagle Games will develop and publish a...
Mumbai: An American legend, Universal Motown’s Stevie Wonder, will contribute a brand-new song, "All About the Love Again," to a new compilation, issued to coincide with Inauguration Day, The Obama Soundtrack. The compilation CD...
MUMBAI: In a move, which underscores their shared commitment to expanding the marketplace for new music, Universal Republic Records and music executive Jason Flom have entered into a new partnership that will have Universal...
MUMBAI: Bravado has entered into an agreement to continue to manufacture and distribute merchandise, for the rock band Nickelback. The announcement was made by Bravado and Nickelback chief executive officer Tom Bennett. Nickelback; Chad...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing The Dark Knight back for a return engagement in IMAX and theatres on 23 January, 2009. The film will re-open in the US. Warner Bros. Pictures president of...
A lot of effort has been put into making this film, but the film just does not entertain. It could collect all the moolaah it wants to, but as a film it's just sour....
MUMBAI: Veteran film director and recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award Tapan Sinha passed away today (15 January, 2009). He was suffering from bronchopneumonia for some time now. Although Sinha was primarily based...
Mumbai: At a time when Zee Studio treats its viewers to 3 consecutive weekends of a magnificent musical extravaganza with the telecast of the international cult teenage movie, High School Musical 1 (8 PM,...
Suzanne Roshan reveals all in her first solo interview with designer duo, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla on NDTV Good Times’ show on Saturday at 10 pm. Businessofcinema.com has the exclusive excerpts of the...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros and People Tree Films, which produced the Akshay Kumar – Deepika Padukone starrer Chandni Chowk To China (CC2C), have announced a sequel to the movie. After China, the sequel will now...
Mumbai: EMI Music and Shock Entertainment Group have joined Universal Music Australia and Warner Music Australia, in utilizing Destiny Media’s Play MPE system as the solution of choice for the distribution of promotional music...
MUMBAI: Milap Zaveri’s directorial debut Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai has wrapped up shooting and is slated for a June release. The movie is produced by Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil Advani’s People Tree Films....
MUMBAI: With Danny Boyle’s latest acclaimed venture Slumdog Millionaire being on an award-winning spree, including best director to give it a push in the race for Oscars; Excel Home Videos has launched some of...
MUMBAI: Anurag Bedi has been upped as the business head of Zee Muzic, ETC Music and Zee Trendz with immediate effect. This is in addition to his current responsibility of heading sales of Zee...
Mumbai: Post the fantastic sweep of awards at the Golden Globe Awards, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is now nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards. Winning four Golden Globes...
Mumbai: Kids Media India (KMI), a subsidiary of Dubai-based Spacetoon Media Group, has launched its first free-to-air kids edutainment channel – Spacetoon Kids TV in India. Spacetoon TV is based on a ten planet...
Chandni Chowk to China which is traveling all over the world, with premieres in New York and Toronto among other cities will hit the screens in India on 16 January. The much awaited film...
MUMBAI: The Information & Broadcasting Ministry has entrusted the Film and Television Producers Guild of India to collaborate with ASSOCHAM in the setting up of India Pavilion, for facilitating Indian delegates at the Cannes...
Mumbai: Brendan Fraser has signed on to star opposite Harrison Ford in The Untitled Crowley Project for CBS Films. The announcement was made by a division of the CBS Corporation, CBS Films president and...
Mumbai: Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, today announced that it will launch MovieWeek LA, an annual multifaceted industry and consumer gathering that will explore the art, craft and business of...
Mumbai: MUZU.TV, a new music TV website and distribution platform, has signed a video licensing deal with major label EMI Music, covering UK and Ireland territories. Through this new agreement with EMI, MUZU.TV users...
Mumbai: EMI Music has tapped Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing to represent legendary jazz imprint Blue Note Records for synchronization of its master recordings on a global basis. EMI appointed Boosey & Hawkes for...
MUMBAI: The Screen Awards, the first award ceremony to be conducted in 2009, stepped into it’s 15th year. The award function was held on 14 January, 2009, at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai with...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Films India will be releasing Will Smith starrer Seven Pounds in India on 13 February. The movie is directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness). It also stars...
Film: Changeling Producer: Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard Director: Clint EastwoodCast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jefrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Jason Butler Harner, Michael Kelly Rating: 3.5/5 True story or not, Changeling as a...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television has purchased Michael Davies’ television and digital company, Embassy Row, further expanding their production and distribution of non-fiction programming. It was announced today, by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) president Steve...
MUMBAI: Unlike most first time directors, Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao is in no hurry to release her first film, Dhobi Ghat. "It is like my baby. I want to take my own sweet...
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan’s twin acts ranged from being audacious to seriously funny as they hosted the Filmfare Awards last year. However, King Khan has declined to be part of...
MUMBAI: One needs to thank the late Sunil Dutt for what Aamir Khan is today and the kind of films he takes up. Khan recently revealed how Dutt inspired him to take his job...
MUMBAI: MGM and Fox Home Entertainment will release the latest Bond flick Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and Dame Judi Dench on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in March. Quantum...
After stepping foot in the Kolkata market in December, 2008, Cinemax has now launched its first property in the state of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad....
MUMBAI: Channel [V] licensed its character Simpoo Singh and Lola Kutty to Random Magazine for publication. This would be first of its kind association where these characters would be seen in print version. Channel...
MUMBAI: AXN has lined up a slew of creepy movies that will be aired every Saturday night at 8 pm. Creature Features on AXN will air the movies, Jurassic Park III on 17 January,...
MUMBAI: Mauj Mobile has launched two mobile games designed on the Mahabharata. Formatted in 2D and 3D set-ups, the games centre around two characters – Abhimanyu and Bheeshma. Mauj Mobile has designed a game...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment released its animation flick Bal Ganesh in Thailand. The Thai dubbed version of the movie was premiered in Thailand on 5 January, 2009 and is being screened in Thailand from 8...
MUMBAI: The Amrita Film Awards, which honors the best in Malayalam cinema, will be held on 21 February, 2009 in Trivandrum. The 5th Amrita Film Awards 2009 has called for entries that will be...
MUMBAI: Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan will run the marathon for Rahul Bose’s charity foundation. Bose says, "The Mumbai Marathon is the best community event especially in the wake of the recent 26/11...
MUMBAI: Aamir Khan is best known for his versatile roles, so one would wonder what role he would like to portray if he were to act in the Mahabharata "I would love to play...
MUMBAI: In a major promotion of the new motion picture Confessions of a Shopaholic from Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, online retailer Bluefly has rolled out an integrated online marketing campaign to support...
MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc. and Sonic Solutions have inked an alliance to give consumers access to a library of premium digital entertainment across an assortment of home and mobile electronic devices. Under the multi-year, preferred-provider...
MUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment and Wind-up Records have expanded their distribution agreement to include digital rights. The announcement was made by Sony Music Entertainment Global Digital Business U.S. Sales and Corporate Strategy president Thomas...
MUMBAI: Avid Technology, Inc. announced that Twentieth Century Fox has invested in several new Avid HD editing solutions for its production transition to HD. Twentieth Century Fox purchased 22 Media Composer Nitris DX systems...
MUMBAI: Jaman.com is increasing its library of content and expanding into the European marketplace. With international members accounting for more than 70 per cent of the site’s users, Jaman marks its initial global expansion...
MUMBAI: Actors Dev Patel and Freida Pinto of the award-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, will be guests on The Ellen Degeneres Show on 14 January. The daytime talk show airs at different times on different...
MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Rising Star Media, a joint venture between National Amusements, Inc. and Soquel Ventures, have inked an agreement to install an Imax theatre at Rising Star’s Kino Star City multiplex at...
MUMBAI: Reed MIDEM television division director Paul Johnson will be leaving the company in mid-March to join Endemol as global head of marketing and brand partnerships. Johnson will oversee all of Endemol’s marketing activities,...
Bollywood is slated to have a strong presence at this year's entertainment convention FICCI FRAMES 2009 which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year....
The movie has set a precedent like no other. The box office figures clearly reflect the overwhelming response that Ghajini received from the audience worldwide.<br /> ...
MUMBAI: Universal Music has signed Udit Narayan’s son Aditya Narayan as its exclusive artiste to launch his debut album. Aditya, who will also be acting in films, has been a trained singer since childhood....
Tips chairman & MD Kumar Taurani has been elected as the chairman of the board of directors of the Indian Music Industry and Phonographic Performance Ltd....
Mumbai: Rahul Bose feels that the Mumbai Marathon is the best community event to happen in the society today, especially after the recent terror attacks. He feels that even after the recent attacks the...
MUMBAI: Producer Sharad Hegde has signed Shilpa Shetty for an Indo-Chinese film tentatively titled The Desire, which is being produced under the C-9 Motion Pictures banner in association with Indish Creations. Apart from...
Post the clean sweep that Slumdog Millionaire did at the Golden Globe Awards recently, the demand for the film among Indian distributors has gone up....
Mumbai: The Recording Academy and TBWA\Chiat\Day unveiled the campaign to promote the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, which are slated to be held on 8 February. The Los Angeles-based agency created the campaign, titled "Celebrate...
MUMBAI: Oye! It’s Friday! Host Farhan Akhtar will have Shah Rukh Khan as the guest on the show for not one but two episodes. The interaction with SRK was so power-packed that it had...
Mumbai: BIG TV has lined-up a bouquet of English films on their Pay per View (PPV) channels for January. The service will air the David Lean directed Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O’Toole, Alec...
MUMBAI: Looking at AR Murugadoss it is difficult to imagine that he is the man behind Ghajini. Murugadoss directed the Tamil and Hindi versions of Ghajini. The Hindi version starring Aamir Khan has met...
MUMBAI: Amisha Patel’s hectic schedule has finally caught up with her. The actress has been working round the clock, jet setting across the globe and partying till the wee hours of the morning. Even...
MUMBAI: He can act, he can dance and now we know he can sing too. Hrithik Roshan may have been married to Suzanne for some nine years now, but the romance is still very...
MUMBAI: Capitalizing on the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Ravi Drums, inarguably one of the most explosive live performers to hit the electronic music scene, has been given the opportunity to showcase his talents in...
MUMBAI: Piera Detassis has been appointed artistic director of the Festival Internazionale Del Film di Roma, while film producer Roberto Cicutto will serve as director of the International Film Market. The appointments were made...
Mumbai: Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc., a provider of cinema equipment and services, announced today that its Strong Westrex Company, Asia subsidiary has been selected to provide and install 100 NEC STARUS NC1600 Digital Cinema...