2009/07/28 - Business Of Cinema

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Rahul Bose launches community blog with BigAdda

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MUMBAI: Reliance ADA Group’s youth networking site BigAdda has joined hands with Planet Alert and actor-activist Rahul Bose to spread awareness on the rising danger of climate change in India and across the world....

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Shoppers Stop unveils Love Aaj Kal apparel line

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MUMBAI: Eros International has tied up with Shoppers Stop for its forthcoming movie Love Aaj Kal starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. IIFA Bling for Shoppers Stop exclusive brands i Jeanswear and Haute...

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Udita Goswami & Tanushree Dutta to star in horror flick Rokkk

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MUMBAI: Udita Goswami and Tanushree Dutta have been signed up for a horror flick titled Rokkk. The movie deals with the super natural. The movie is presented by Ikkon Films and is produced by...

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali seeks blessings before new film

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Before the director can call action, he has gone to Ajmer to seek blessings at the Ajmer Sharif Darga....

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Mediaone Global launches theatre at Acharapakkam

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MUMBAI: Mediaone Global Entertainment has launched its next cinema theatre at Acharapakkam called Sri Balaji Theatre – Mediaone Chain of Theatres. Located in the outskirts of Chennai, the theatre was inaugurated with the screening...

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Star Gold to premiere Vikram Bhatt’s 1920

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MUMBAI: In its horror slot – Khaufnaak Raatein – Star Gold will be premiering Vikram Bhatt’s 1920. The movie will be aired on 30 July at 8 pm. 1920 stars Rajneesh Duggal and Adah...

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Disney’s 3D film G-Force takes $32 million at box office

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MUMBAI: Disney’s 3D action film G-Force has taken an opening of $ 32.2 million at the North American box office knocking Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince out of the top spot in its...

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2ergo expands into India; acquires ActiveMedia Tech

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2ergo, a provider of mobile enabling technology, has acquired India's mobile marketing and VAS company serving India and South East Asia (AMT India)....

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Sanjay Suri completes his first I Am series of films

CHUMAN DAS 2009/07/28 0 Comment

Sanjay Suri has just returned from Bangalore after completing the first short film I am Abhimanyu, which is a part of the series of five short films, called I Am....

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Shilpa Shetty opens her second spa in Mumbai

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Shilpa Shetty is soon becoming more of a businesswoman than an actress; launches the second spa that she opened in a suburb in Mumbai over the weekend....

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Sony Pix to air Closer on 31 July

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MUMBAI: English movie channel Sony Pix will be airing the movie Closer, which is on Patrick Marber’s hit play, on 31 July at 9 pm. Nominated for several awards and winner of a BAFTA...

Music -1 Minute

Radio Misty partners with Star Jalsha for musical event

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Chronicles of Narnia 3 begins filming in Australia’s Gold Coast

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MUMBAI: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third in the series of films based on the bestselling books by C.S. Lewis, has begun principal photography on location in Queensland,...

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Fontana’s three independent albums top charts

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MUMBAI: Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group (UMG), tops the national independent albums chart this week with three albums in the Top 10 and six albums in the Top 15, according...

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Universal Publishing Production Music acquires French music company

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MUMBAI: Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM) has acquired the publishing assets of French production music company, Kapagama S.A. UPPM serves the business that creates, produces, and licenses music for use in film/TV, advertising, broadcast...

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International

Fox Reality Channel’s Househusbands of Hollywood set to premiere

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MUMBAI: Fox Reality Channel tosses convention out the window with its groundbreaking new, one-hour, 10-episode original series, Househusbands of Hollywood, which will premiere in the US on 15 August. Cooking, cleaning, child rearing and...

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UTV’s Ignition & SNK PlayMore launch King of Fighters XII game

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MUMBAI: UTV’s Ignition Entertainment and SNK PlayMore have launched The King of Fighters XII for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 computer entertainment system. The King of Fighters XII is rated T for Teen and...

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Comcast to launch HBO On Demand HD

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MUMBAI: HBO original and award-winning programming, as well as their extensive movie collection is now available to Comcast On Demand customers who subscribe to HBO. "Comcast customers will be the first to enjoy the...

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India Box Office: Luck nets Rs 120 mn in opening weekend

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Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision's Luck, which is distributed by Studio 18, has had net collections of Rs 120 million (Rs 12 crore) in its opening weekend in India....

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Cartoon Network Enterprises’ Jiggy George resigns

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Cartoon Network Enterprises executive director India & S. Asia Jiggy George has put in his papers; he was also heading Turner's new movie division in India....

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Reliance Mobile pacts with US-based Gameloft for Paris Hilton’s game

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MUMBAI: Reliance Mobile has tied-up with US-based Gameloft, which is a mobile games company that specializes in developing mobile games based on world celebrities and Hollywood movies. As per this tie-up, Gameloft will soon...

Music -1 Minute

Vinod Chopra sells 3 Idiots’ music rights to T-Series

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Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has sold the music rights of his forthcoming film 3 Idiots to T-Series....

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Andhra government to institute two film awards

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MUMBAI: The Andhra Pradesh Government has instituted two national awards in memory of three legendary filmmakers namely B N Reddy, Nagireddy and Chakrapani. The awards, which carry a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh...

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Priyadarshan gets Hera Pheri team back after 9 years

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MUMBAI: After working with Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal in Phir Hera Pheri, director Priyadarshan has been waiting to bring the hit team together. Now, nine years after Priyadarshan made that laugh-a-riot...

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Anurag Kashyap speaks to varsity students about filmmaking

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MUMBAI: On the occasion of Mumbai University’s 153rd birthday, Anurag Kashyap inaugurated the University’s first initiative in the world of cinema, by announcing a Post-Graduate diploma course in Film & Television. Kashyap elaborated on...

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Bipashu Basu starrer Shob Charitro Kalponik selected for Durban Film Fest

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MUMBAI: BIG Pictures’ Bengali film directed by Rituparno Ghosh – Shob Charitro Kalponik (Afterword) starring Bipasha Basu has been selected for the 30th Durban Film Festival 2009. The festival will be held from 22...

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6 Indian screenplay writers to participate at Locarno Film Festival

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MUMBAI: In an endeavor to provide platform to young talents National Film Development Corporation Ltd. (NFDC), has organized the screenplay workshop Screenwriters’ Lab 2009 in association with Binger Filmlab of The Netherlands, Locarno Film...

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UTV World Movies to begin theatrical release of fims with PVR

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MUMBAI: After spreading its world cinema footprints in the television and home video platforms, UTV World Movies has now forayed into the theatrical release of its titles in association with PVR. The first movie...

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Golden Village Multiplex to screen Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

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MUMBAI: Golden Village Multiplex will be screening Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker on 30 July, 2009. Being the first re-release in Asia on a brand new print, the film will be screened at GV VivoCity for...

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Anuj Saxena hurts himself while shooting for Chase

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MUMBAI: Anuj Saxena, who is doing a film titled Chase being directed by Jagmohan Mundhra, was shooting in Khoja Bunglow, Versova in Mumbai where he met with an accident. He did his action sequences...

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Ultra releases home video of Houn Javu De

Businessofcinema.com Team 2009/07/28 0 Comment

MUMBAI: Ultra has released the home video of Houn Javu De. Houn Javu De is a story about marriage, relationship and joint family and their passions and affections. Produced by A. R. Creation, the...

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BT Vision signs VOD movies deal with Sony Pictures Television

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MUMBAI: BT has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Television for video-on-demand rights to a range of new and classic movie titles for its digital TV service, BT Vision. BT Vision customers can now...

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Imax and VieShow Cinemas sign multi-theatre deal for Taiwan

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MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Taiwan exhibition chain VieShow Cinemas have signed an agreement to open six additional Imax theatres in Taiwan, following the strong results at its first Imax location at the Sun VieShow...

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EMI Music expands global digital capabilities with key appointments

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MUMBAI: EMI Music has announced a number of senior digital executive appointments within its central marketing organization and in its regional marketing teams. These executives – whose backgrounds include experience in music, technology and...

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A Fine Frenzy band gets 1 million Twitter followers; offers free download

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MUMBAI: Joining a select club of music notables, Virgin Records’ A Fine Frenzy marks a milestone in its close online relationship to its fans, as the band surpasses 1 million-plus Twitter followers. To celebrate...

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen crosses $40 million at Imax

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MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures release Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Imax Experience, directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, has crossed the $40 million box office milestone worldwide after its fourth...

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Pennsylvania’s film tax credit brings in $91 million from Fox’s Unstoppable

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MUMBAI: Pennsylvania’s film tax credit has helped to attract a major motion picture production company to the state to shoot an action-thriller starring award-winning actor Denzel Washington. Unstoppable, which will be directed by Tony...

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Warner Bros’ horror flick Orphan faces boycott protests

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MUMBAI: Orphan, a horror movie distributed by Warner Bros., is about an evil adopted child and is continuing to draw criticism from nationwide adoption groups and organizations urging movie going patrons to boycott the...

July 28, 2009