MUMBAI: MAAC Junior Toon Club (MJTC), the education division of Maya Entertainment, has introduced the art of animation school curriculum for K-12 segment primarily targeting students in age group 7 to 14. Launched recently,...
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Minnisha Lamba gets sentimental on Knight & Angels
MUMBAI: Minnisha Lamba danced to S for Soniya from Kidnap with the contestants of the talent hunt reality show for cheerleaders called Knight and Angels on NDTV Imagine. This talent hunt reality show for...
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Percept & Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail goes on floors
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company’s film Jail, which is being directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, has gone on floors today (12 March) in Mumbai. It may be recalled that Businessofcinema.com was the first to report in...
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Paramount Pictures ties-up with Thomson for post production facility
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures and Thomson through its Technicolor activities will create a post production sound facility on the Paramount Hollywood lot. The new sound facility will become the centerpiece of Paramount’s Post Production Village,...
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‘The biggest challenge that I faced as a director was the scheduling’ – Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala is one of the most acclaimed Indian screenplay writers. Her Salaam Bombay, a story about the street children of Mumbai which Mira Nair made into a film, won an Oscar nomination. She...
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Yash Raj Films’ DDLJ completes 700 weeks at theatre
MUMBAI: In 2001, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) broke the continuous-exhibition record, established by the movie Sholay at Minerva Theatre which ran for 5 years from 1975 to 1980. As of March 2009, Dilwale...
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Peter & Indrani Mukerjea step down from INX Media
MUMBAI: INX Media’s founder and CEO Indrani Mukerjea and executive chairman Peter Mukerjea, have stepped down from their current management positions. An official statement said that the two will continue to be shareholders of...
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Vipul Shah’s Action Replay goes on floors at ND Studios
Vipul Shah's Akshay Kumar & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Action Replay has gone on floors at ND Studios in Karjat....
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Disney Interactive Studios launches racing game
MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios today announced Split/Second, an action racing game set within the world of a hyper-competitive reality television show. Competitors vie to be the first across the finish line, with the ultimate...
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Marcus Theatres to install 13 RealD Digital 3D screens
MUMBAI: Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation plans to install 13 new RealD digital 3D systems at Marcus Theatres locations throughout the Midwest. The company plans to install the 13 additional digital...
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Slumdog Millionaire Blu-ray to include Indian short film
Director Danny Boyle has chosen a short film called Manjha to be part of Slumdog Millionaire’s Blu-ray DVD internationally....
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Wild Bunch acquires international rights to 3D Entertainment’s Oceans 3D
MUMBAI: 3D Entertainment’s filmmakers Jean-Jacques’ and Francois Mantello’s (the Mantello Brothers) first feature-length film, Oceans 3D – Into the Deep (working title) presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, have been acquired by Wild Bunch, a Paris-and...
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Karan Johar to shoot My Name Is Khan at Filmistan Studios
The date of shooting at Filmistan is not yet decided but Dharma Productions is building its sets and has booked a floor till 17 April. ...
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Black Hole Recordings, EMI Label Services team up for UK & Ireland sales & distribution
MUMBAI: EMI Music and Black Hole Recordings have inked a new sales and distribution agreement for physical releases in the UK and Ireland. The first releases to go through EMI’s Label Services unit, part...
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BIGFlix appoints Pankaj Chandra as chief lead – online biz
MUMBAI: BIGFlix has appointed Pankaj Chandra as the chief lead for its online business. He will be responsible for driving the performance of on-line movie rental service at BIGFlix.com. Chandra will also be driving...
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UTV Movies to premiere Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion
MUMBAI: UTV Movies will be premiering Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion on 15 March, 2009 at 8 pm. The movie released theatrically in October 2008 and is premiering within five months of release. Fashion is the...
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Lionsgate and billionaire Carl Icahn terminate discussions
Lions Gate Entertainment has ended discussions with Carl Icahn about potentially adding his designees to the Lionsgate Board of Directors....
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PVR to distribute Aloo Chaat
Movie Mirchi and Maverick Productions’ Aloo Chaat will be distributed by PVR Pictures in six territories in India. PVR is distributing the film in Bombay, Delhi- U.P., Punjab, Mysore, Nizam and C.I territories...
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DivX to distribute Google products
MUMBAI: Digital media company DivX, Inc. has inked a multi-year agreement to offer Google products to consumers who download DivX video software tools. The offering, starting with the Google Chrome Browser, is expected to...
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Dubai International Film Fest to be held from 9 – 16 December
MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival will take place from 9 – 16 December, 2009. The fifth edition of the festival, which wrapped up on 18 December, 2008, featured 181 films from 66 countries...
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PVR & Cineplex to invest Rs 1 billion in new joint venture
The companies will invest Rs 1 billion in this venture over the next 3 years to set up 500 bowling alleys in approximately 20 - 25 centers.<br /> ...
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