MUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Ltd has posted a profit of Rs 13 million (Rs 1.3 crores) for the quarter ended 31 March, 2009. The company’s revenues were down by 22.7 per cent at Rs...
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Rensil D’Silva’s film for Dharma tentatively titled Kurbaan
Though there have been talks doing the rounds that D'Silva has decided to call his film Kurbaan and not Jehaad, D'Silva says he hasn't yet zeroed in on the final title....
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Ritiesh Deskmukh & Boman Irani to host IIFA 2009
MUMBAI: Actors Ritiesh Deskmukh and Boman Irani have been roped in again to host the IIFA awards this year, which is slated to take place in Macau. Last year the duo hosted the awards...
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Sanjay Dutt starts shoot for All the Best in Goa
MUMBAI: After campaigning for the elections, actor Sanjay Dutt has started shooting for All The Best- Fun Begins produced by Ajay Devgan Films and directed by Rohit Shetty in Goa. Apart from Dutt, the...
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Bipasha Basu to endorse Henkel’s Fa Men Xtreme
MUMBAI: Henkel India has appointed Bipasha Basu as the brand ambassador for the recently launched Fa Men Xtreme. Fa Men Xtreme marks Brand Fa’s foray into the male grooming segment. As part of the...
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Kamlesh Pandey, Ben Rekhi launch screenwriting workshop
MUMBAI: Writer Kamlesh Pandey and Ben Rekhi have joined hands to form ScriptWalla, which is a network of screenwriters who believe that the foundation of great filmmaking lies in strong screen writing. A 10...
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Actor Rahul Dev’s wife succumbs to cancer
MUMBAI: Actor Rahul Dev’s wife Rina, who had been suffering from cancer for the past few years, passed away on 16 May, 2009. The couple had shifted to Delhi from Mumbai for the treatment....
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Veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra passes away
MUMBAI: Veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra passed away at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on 18 May, 2009. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital and died due to pneumonia and multiple organ...
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Movie Mart to rent and sell Blu-Ray discs
MUMBAI: Rental company Movie Mart has launched its online Blu ray Discs renting and selling facility. Movie Mart is the first online Blu Ray Discs renting website in India. Movie Mart chairman Suresh Mansharmani...
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Excel Home Videos and NDTV Lumiere release Cannes classic DVDs
MUMBAI: In celebration of the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May), Excel Home Videos and NDTV Lumiere bring together their collection of Golden Palm and Grand Jury Prize winning and nominated movies on...
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Fire breaks out at venue before Anoushka Shankar concert
MUMBAI: Anoushka Shankar, who is currently performing on the seven city tour with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar, was recently left shocked when a fire broke out at the place where they were supposed...
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Rahul Vaidya dons the RJ hat with BIG FM
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has brought on board Rahul Vaidya to host a Top 50 countdown, which is called Jhakkas Pachas. The show, which is in a countdown format of top 50 songs of...
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BIG FM Mumbai launches Marathi show
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7FM, Mumbai has launched its first ever Marathi program on the breakfast show, christened Masala Chaha. The show will air from 6-8 am and will be hosted by Viplove Gupte, who is...
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Zulfi Syed ties up with Raina for clothes boutique
MUMBAI: Actor Zulfi Syed has collaborated with his friend and cricketer Suresh Raina to open a clothes boutique in the latter’s hometown Ghaziabad. Zulfi already owns a boutique called Flo in Mumbai. He said,...
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Bangalore is Inspired
MUMBAI: Vijay Mallya is a force to reckon with. And this business tycoon does not like to be in the loser’s seat ever. And perhaps that’s the reason Bangalore always registers a win whenever...
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Dishtv to offer Delhi 6 on pay-per-view
MUMBAI: Dishtv will be offering UTV Motion Pictures’ Delhi 6 on its pay-per-view channel Movie-on-Demand (MoD). Starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor, Delhi-6 is a co-production between Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures and UTV Motion...
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Dolby & NTT DoCoMo ink mobile license deal for Japan
MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc has signed a license agreement with NTT DoCoMo, Inc., allowing the use of Dolby Mobile in future phones for NTT DoCoMo mobile services in Japan. The agreement enables NTT DoCoMo...
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DreamWorks buys life rights to Martin Luther King, Jr. story
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the life rights to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. from The King Estate....
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Disney launches Disney’s Friends for Change project
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has launched Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green, a multiplatform environmental initiative that will help kids help the planet. Disney stars Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers and...
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Nickelodeon to launch DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda series
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes of its second co-production with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. – Kung Fu Panda: The Series. Kung Fu Panda: The Series, a new CG animated comedy series is adapted...
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Universal Music amongst Top 10 online music destinations
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) continues to lead its competition as one of US’ Top 10 online music destinations, according to new data released by comScore. For April 2009, UMG ranked number 8 in...
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Sony Electronics signs digital deal with Regal Entertainment
Sony Electronics & Regal Entertainment ink an agreement for the installation of Sony 4K digital projection systems across the latter's entire circuit over the next three – five years....
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ITV Global inks 20 licence deals for Michael Powell’s The Red Shoes
MUMBAI: ITV Global Entertainment has announced over 20 new international home entertainment (DVD and Blu-ray) licences for the digital film restoration of Michael Powell’s masterpiece The Red Shoes, which premiered in Cannes/ The 20...
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Film Messenger picks up Singapore film Go, Thaddeus! at Cannes
MUMBAI: Hot on the heels of the launch of the MDA International Film Fund and the appointment of Distribution Workshop as international sales agent for the Fund’s projects, the Singapore delegation shared another piece...
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Big Cinemas to open five-screen multiplex in Chicago
Adlabs Films USA Inc to open a new theatre in Niles under the BIG Cinemas brand; the five-screen complex in Niles has an auditorium capacity of 1,300 seats....
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