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Box Office: Singham takes seventh biggest opening week collections
The Ajay Devgn starrer Singham has taken the seventh highest net collections of all time in India for the first week....
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RealD & AMC Entertainment to equip additional 1,000 screens with RealD 3D
MUMBAI: RealD Inc and AMC Entertainment Inc. have inked an agreement to equip up to 1,000 additional screens with RealD 3D technology across the AMC circuit in the United States and Canada. The commitment...
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Ali Zafar to perform live for Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
MUMBAI: Actor – musician Ali Zafar will be performing live to promote his forthcoming movie Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, which is being produced by Yash Raj Films. The movie stars Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif...
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MediaTek invests $20 million in BK Modi’s Spice Digital
MUMBAI: MediaTek Inc, a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, will be investing close to $20 million in Mobile Value Added Services (mVAS) player Spice Digital. According to a recent...
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Maverick Productions completes shooting of Mile Na Mile Hum
MUMBAI: Maverick Productions has completed the shooting for Mile Na Mile Hum starring Chirag Paswan, Kangana Ranaut, Sagarika Ghatge, Neeru Bajwa, Kabir Bedi and Poonam Dhillon. The movie is directed by Tanveer Khan, produced...
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Relativity Media & Atlas Entertainment to bring Voltron to big screen
MUMBAI: Relativity Media has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron from World Event Productions, and will adapt the live-action big screen version from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe....
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New voices of support join coalition for Protect IP
MUMBAI: The coalition supporting legislation to get tough on foreign rogue websites that traffic in stolen films and TV shows or counterfeit goods is growing by the day. Citing the threat to American jobs...
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Disney’s Anne Sweeney named MIPCOM 2011 personality of the year
MUMBAI: Reed MIDEM has named Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG) president and Disney Media Networks co-chair Anne Sweeney as the MIPCOM 2011 Personality of the Year, making her the first woman ever to receive the...
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Paramount Pictures makes available Jackass movies on Facebook
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures is offering the entire Jackass movie catalogue including Jackass The Movie, Jackass 2, Jackass 3, as well as, digital features Jackass 2.5 and Jackass 3.5 available for rent directly through the...
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Discovery Network A-Pac expands deal with J:Com to offer 3D VOD content in Japan
MUMBAI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) will start distributing 3D programmes in Japan for the first time through J:COM On Demand, a VOD service operated by Jupiter Telecom, and LISMO Video Store operated by KDDI....
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Rentrak opens Spain as its first European VoD market
MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed an exclusive, long-term multi-platform video-on-demand (VOD) reporting agreement with Digital+, Spain’s leading audiovisual (broadband TV) provider. Digital+ (PRISA Group’s audiovisual holding company) was the first company to introduce interactive...
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Indian film industry to touch Rs 136.5 billion in 2015: PwC
<span class="Apple-style-span">The Indian film industry is projected to touch Rs 136.5 billion in 2015 from Rs 87.5 billion </span>in 2010<span class="Apple-style-span">, growing at a CAGR of 9.3% over the next five years.<br /></span>...
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Rohit Shetty directs Salman Khan & Sanjay Dutt in Bigg Boss promo
MUMBAI: Director Rohit Shetty has been roped in to direct the promo of the new season of Colors’ reality show Bigg Boss 5 featuring Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. The two actors shot for...
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Reliance Home Video releases Rango on Blu-ray & DVD
MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video has released the Hollywood flick Rango on Blu-ray and DVD. Johnny Depp voices Rango where he re-teams with director Gore Verbinski for the movie, which earned a box office of $241 million. ...
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Two Indian films selected at 68th Venice International Film Festival
MUMBAI: Two Indian films have been selected to premiere in competition in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The films are Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan (Alms of...
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Ali Zafar hunts for a fresh face for new video
Mumbai: Singer and actor Ali Zafar is on a hunt for a fresh face to feature in his new video, the third from his latest album Jhoom. Zafar’s Jhoom, released by Alif Records, is...
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Salman Khan to star in Hema Malini’s Tell Me O Khuda
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has agreed to be a part of Hema Malini’s directorial debut film – Tell Me O Khuda. The actress turned director, who has recently joined Twitter, said on the...
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Red FM partners with Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan
MUMBAI: Red FM has partnered with Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan to run a contest across seven of its stations through which listeners will get a chance to be tutored by the star cast of Aarakshan...
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Reliance Entertainment to release Ram Gopal Varma’s Shabri on 26 August
MUMBAI: RGV Productions and Reliance Entertainment’s Shabri is slated to release on 26 August, 2011. The film stars Isha Koppikar, Raj Arjun, Pradip Rawat and Zakir Hussain. Shabri is written and directed by Lalit...
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Jagjit Singh’s new album Nivedan launched
MUMBAI: Singer Jagjit Singh launched his ew album Nivedan at Iskon Temple, Juhu which was released by Vikram Bhatt’s ASA Music. The album, which comprises eight tracks, is penned by Kavi Narayan Agarwal. The event was...
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Universal Music Group & Dream Records sign Cindy Cruse Ratcliff
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group, in collaboration with Dream Records and RPM Music, have inked a multi-record deal with Dove Award-winning Christian singer, Cindy Cruse Ratcliff. Her new album titled, Twenty Three will hit iTunes,...
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Coca-Cola signs worldwide deal with Music Dealers
MUMBAI: The Coca-Cola Company has inked a partnership with full service licensing company Music Dealers in a deal that will narrow the gap between bands and brands, opening up a new route for emerging...
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Lucasfilm responds to UK Supreme Court ruling on copyright infringement
MUMBAI: The UK Supreme Court issued a split ruling in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Lucasfilm involving the Stormtrooper costumes from Star Wars. The Court agreed that Ainsworth’s replica costumes infringe Lucasfilm’s US...
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No Entry Mein Entry to be co-produced by Boney Kapoor & Sahara One
Producer Boney Kapoor, who has joined Sahara One as a member of their board of directors, will now join hands with the company to co-produce the movie....
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Nandita Das & Maithili Rao join advisory council for New Voices Fellowship for Screenwriters
MUMBAI: Asia Society India Centre has launched New Voices Fellowship for Screenwriters (NVFS), which is a program to identify and support a group of six talented independent screenwriters to develop their feature film scripts by...
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Yash Raj Music releases new album Kaisi Kategi Zindagi
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Music has released a new music album titled Kaisi Kategi Zindagi. It is a musical journey composed by the late Madan Mohan. Mohammed Rafi has sung the songs like Sawan ke mahine...
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UTV Stars to launch on 14 August
MUMBAI: UTV Broadcasting is all set to launch its new channel called UTV Stars on 14 August. The launch was attended by Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Ashutosh Gowarikar and Ronnie Screwvala. UTV...
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Whistling Woods International launches MBA course in media & communication
MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International inaugurated its new Masters program in Media & Entertainment with a maiden batch. With members of the film and entertainment fraternity like Mukesh Sharma, Pradeep Nagda, Deepak Choudhary, Brian Tellis...
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Rakhi Sawant to host Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyaan on Imagine TV
MUMBAI: Imagine TV is all set to launch a new show called Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyaan, which will be hosted by Rakhi Sawant. The show will go on air from 29 July and...
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Cinedigm Digital Cinema & Arc Entertainment ink distribution deal
MUMBAI: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp and ARC Entertainment have entered into partnership to distribute theatrical programs by the end of 2011 using the targeted and efficient distribution model digital cinema enables. This relationship comes...
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Puri Jagannath to remake his Telugu hit
MUMBAI: After Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap, director Jagannath Puri is set to team up with Amitabh Bachchan again. This time it would be a less original work. Puri apparently wants to remake his 2003...
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T-Series acquires Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap, Murder 2 home video rights
MUMBAI: T-Series has acquired the home video rights of two recently released movies namely Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap and Murder 2. T-Series director Ajay Kapoor said, "We felt the movies had the potential and...
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Disney to buy UTV Software Communications; delist shares
UTV Software Communications' board has approved a proposal from promoter Walt Disney Company, SE Asia to delist shares of the firm from all stock exchanges....
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Box Office: Singham, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara collections update
UPDATED MUMBAI: Rohit Shetty’s Singham starring Ajay Devgn saw good collections on Monday. The movie, which did net collections of approximately Rs 310.8 million (Rs 31.08 crore) in its opening weekend, collected Rs...
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T-Series acquires Krrish sequel music rights
MUMBAI: The music of Rakesh Roshan’s sequel to Krrish has been acquired by T-Series for approximately Rs 60 million (Rs 6 crore). The movie stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Chitrangadha Singh and Vivek Oberoi. The music of the...
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Making of Salman Khan’s Dhinka Chika
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CASBAA launches talent development program
MUMBAI: CASBAA and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) have announced the creation of the CGWIC-CASBAA Internship Program. With seed funding from CGWIC, CASBAA will offer internship opportunities in support of international university students...
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Time Warner Cable offers Tribeca Films on Free Movies On Demand
MUMBAI: Time Warner Cable digital customers now have access to Tribeca Films at no additional cost on Free Movies On Demand. Two to three new Tribeca films will be featured on the channel each...
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Salman Khan does the unthinkable; postpones first schedule of YRF movie
MUMBAI: Even before shooting for a day with Yash Raj Films, Salman Khan has done the unthinkable. The superstar has postponed the first schedule of his film with the studio – Ek Tha Tiger....
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Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba wins award at Giffoni Film Festival
MUMBAO: It isn’t often that a film, specially an Indian film wins a humanitarian award at an international film festival. That’s exactly what Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba has done. It has just won...
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UTV Action to premiere Angelina Jolie’s Salt in Hindi
MUMBAI: UTV Action will be premiering the Angelina Jolie starrer Salt in Hindi. The movie, which has been dubbed in Hindi, will be aired on 30 July at 8.45 pm. UTV Action programming head...
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Amitabh Bachchan releases Dr Balaji Tambe’s book
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan released Dr Balaji Tambe’s book Ayurvedic Garbha Sanskar in English. This is the third language in which the book is released. Balasaheb Thackeray was the Guest of Honour. Dr Tambe’s book is...
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Box Office: Singham opening weekend collections update
The movie took a great opening across single screens on Friday and picked up gradually over the weekend at multiplexes....
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Rani Mukherjee chooses Anurag Kashyap over Vishal Bhardwaj
MUMBAI: We all know that Rani Mukherjee said no to Vishal Bhardwaj’s Daayan. And the real for it is Anurag Kashyap. The actress was pursued relentlessly until she agreed to the part in Sachin Kundalkar’s film, which Kashyap...
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Reliance releases Double Dhamal on home video
MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video has released Double Dhamal on VCD, DVD and Blu-Ray. Directed by Indra Kumar, Double Dhamal stars Sanjay Dutt, Mallika Sherawat, Kangana Ranaut, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Ashish Chowdhry and Javed Jaffrey....
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T-Series confiscates film copies from Lokhandwala
MUMBAI:Music company T-Series conducted a raid on 19 July at Lokhandwala, Andheri, Mumbai and recovered over 1880 CDs, DVDs, MP3s of recent movies. The movies are: Wanted, Ready, Double Dhamaal, Buddhah Hoga Tera Baap, Delhi Belly and...
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Shemaroo Entertainment releases Bheja Fry 2 on home video
MUMBAI:Shemaroo Entertainment has released the comic caper Bheja Fry 2 on home video. The movie stars Vinay Pathak in the lead role along with Kay Kay Menon. It has been directed by Sagar Ballary....
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Jump Games launches mobile game for Singham
MUMBAI: Jump Games has launched a new mobile game for the Ajay Devgn starrer Singham. In the last 2 months, Jump Games has developed and launched mobile games on films like Double Dhamaal and...
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Farhan Akhtar defends Shah Rukh Khan
MUMBAI: “I think it is very very unfair to target him about a having a party,” says filmmaker-actor Farhan Akhar about the avalanche of accusations that have come Shah Rukh Khan’s way after the...
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Madison Media appoints Dnyanada Chaudhari as COO of new unit
MUMBAI: Madison Media has appointed Dnyanada Chaudhari as COO of its new unit, which will be formed shortly. Chaudhari has 15 years of experience in media, working with media agencies like Lodestar and ZenithOptimedia...
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Balaji Motion Pictures’ The Dirty Picture to release on 24 November
MUMBAI: Balaji Motion Pictures’ next movie titled The Dirty Picture will now release on 24 November instead of the earlier scheduled date of 10 November. "We are shooting in Hyderabad at the moment. The next...
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Universal Music Group & Talenthouse to launch social crowdsourcing campaigns
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with social crowdsourcing platform Talenthouse to create a variety of campaigns for its roster of chart-topping artists. Through this partnership, Talenthouse will work with those UMG artists...
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Harry Potter film franchise surpasses $7 billion milestone
MUMBAI: With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 still in the first week of its record-breaking run, the Harry Potter film franchise has now crossed the $7 billion mark worldwide, and...
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Prakash Raj to head acting for film, TV & theatre course at ISFM
MUMBAI: Actor and producer Prakash Raj will head the acting certificate course at International School of Film and Media. He is an inspiration and mentor to the Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam film industries....
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RealD & Cinemark ink deal for 1,500 additional RealD 3D-enabled screens
MUMBAI: RealD Inc and Cinemark Holdings have expanded their 3D cinema relationship with a commitment for up to 1,500 additional RealD 3D-enabled screens to be installed across the Cinemark circuit in North America and...
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Zee Cinema to air Pyaar Ka Punchnama
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema will be airing the recently released movie Pyaar Ka Punchnama. In a country that enjoys a fun film, Pyaar Ka Punchnama takes the audience on a quest to understand love in India...
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Kevin Lima to direct Monkeys of Mumbai for DreamWorks Animation
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature film Monkeys of Mumbai (working title) will be directed by Kevin Lima (Enchanted, Tarzan). This will be DreamWorks Animation’s first-ever Bollywood-style animated musical adventure. Lisa Stewart and Chris Chase...
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Box Office: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara going strong
MUMBAI: Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has found a flavour with the audience. The movie has sustained its collections at the box office during the week. As was reported by Businessofcinema.com, the opening...
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Cartoon Network signs with Angry Filmworks to develop Captain Planet movie
MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media division (AYAKM) president and COO Stuart Snyder announced that Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford’s...
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Reliance Home Video releases Vikram Bhatt’s Haunted on 3D DVD
MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video has released Vikram Bhatt’s 3D directorial venture Haunted on home video at Planet M, Andheri. Vikram Bhatt and Haunted’s lead pair Mahakshay Chakraborty and Tia Bajpai launched the DVD....
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Alliance Atlantis to distribute Akshay Kumar’s Hollywood flick Breakaway
MUMBAI: Alliance Atlantis has been brought on board to distribute Akshay Kumar’s maiden Hollywood production Breakaway. The movie is set to release globally on 30 September with more than 3,500 prints. This will be...
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Imax breaks opening weekend box office record with Harry Potter finale
MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the final installment of the film series, surpassed opening weekend Imax box office records globally by generating...
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Dhamaal 3 on hold; producer Ahok Thakeria greenlights Masti sequel first
The third part of Dhamaal, titled Total Dhamaal, has been pushed to next year. The sequel to Masti will be made this year....
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Ajai Sinha’s Khap to release on 29 July
MUMBAI: Director Ajai Sinha’s Khap is all set to release theatrically on 29 July. The movie is produced by Sangita Sinha and Siddhant Sinha of Ananda Film & Telecommunications. Khap is a story about the Khap Panchayat...
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Sanjay Dutt to co-host Bigg Boss 5 with Salman Khan
MUMBAI: Colors’ reality show Bigg Boss Season 5 is all set to be back in a bigger avatar. This time round, the channel has signed Sanjay Dutt along with Salman Khan to co-host the...
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Censor Board gives U/A certificate to Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan
MUMBAI: Producer – director Prakash Jha’s new movie Aarakshan, which deals with the issue of reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, has been passed by the Censor Board with a U/A certificate. There...
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Columbia Pictures teams up with foursquare for 30 Minutes or Less badge
MUMBAI: In anticipation of the nationwide release of Columbia Pictures’ action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less, the studio has partnered with foursquare to create a program that encourages users to interact with the film online...
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Yash Chopra and Khayyam received WWI Maestro award
MUMBAI: Whistling Woods International (WWI) celebrated its 5 years of existence and the convocation ceremony. Yash Chopra, Khayyam, Ronnie Screwvala and Shabana Azmi were present to encourage the new batch of talent entering the...
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Reliance Home Video releases Sucker Punch on Blu-ray & DVD
MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video has released a fantasy adventure called Sucker Punch on Blu-ray & DVD. Sucker Punch is a visually stimulating suspense ride about a girl and her journey to freedom. Directed by...
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JRD Films to release The Devil’s Double in India & Pakistan
MUMBAI: After creating buzz at films festivals in Berlin, Sundance and Cannes, The Devil’s Double directed by Lee Tamahori (earlier directed Bond Film Die Another Day, Once Were Warriors and XXX 2) starring Demonic Cooper...
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Salman Khan tells Sohail to learn 3D technique for Sher Khan
Salman Khan’s clogged schedule this year has proved to be a blessing in disguise for Sohail Khan’s Sher Khan....
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Charlie Sheen to star in new sitcom – Anger Management
MUMBAI: Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen is planning his return to series television in Anger Management, a sitcom based on Revolution Studios’ 2003 comedy feature of the same name. Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury...
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Sony Music names Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid as chairman & CEO of Epic Records
MUMBAI: Record executive and Grammy Award-winning producer Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid has been named chairman & CEO of Epic Records. In this role, Reid will report to Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris and oversee...
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Harry Potter finale shatters weekend box office records
MUMBAI: The final installment of Warner Bros Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has broken box office records worldwide in the opening weekend. The movie has collected a whopping $168.55...
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Jump Game launches Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara mobile game
MUMBAI: Jump Games has launched the official game for the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara based on the La Tomatina annual festival in Spain. The festival has people throwing and squashing tomatoes on friends...
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Jannat sequel to be called Blood Money
MUMBAI: Mahesh Bhatt, who is coming up with a sequel of Jannat, has revealed that the movie will be called Blood Money. Blood Money will star Kunal Khemu and Amrita Puri and directed by...
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Box Office: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Harry Potter see good opening weekend
MUMBAI: Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara saw good opening weekend collections at the Indian box office. The movie took in net collections of approximately Rs 270 million (Rs 27 crores) in India and...
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Airtel digital TV adds 41 new channels
MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV has added 41 new channels to its bouquet. The largest ever channel expansion exercise since its inception, has enhanced Airtel digital TV’s total channel options across linear, interactive channels to...
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Rajnikanth to resume shooting in September
<p>Deepika Padukone and Sonu Sood, who play stellar roles with Rajnikanth in Rana, have been asked to keep their dates free in September.</p>...
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Satish Kaushik to make a movie on vampires
MUMBAI: Satish Kaushik will be making a movie on vampires based on a book. It is inspired by a horror thriller written by an Indian author. The company RED by Shantanu Dhar will produce the motion picture...
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Karan Johar on a talent hunt
MUMBAI: Defiance, says Karan Johar, is his new mantra for movie-making. No more pandering to star egos with obese pay cheques. Gradually Johar is looking at working with only new actors. Excited by the...
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Harry Potter finale rakes in $43.5 million in midnight opening
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 smashed the record for a midnight opening, taking in $43.5 million. The film broke the midnight opening record for IMAX theatres...
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Imax and AMC Entertainment expand joint revenue sharing relationship
MUMBAI: IMAX Corporation and AMC Entertainment Inc have expanded the companies’ joint revenue sharing arrangement to include the installation of 10 IMAX theaters in the United States. These theaters are expected to open by...
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Abhishek Bachchan caught in a double dilemma
MUMBAI: He has often been caught in a dates clash between two films. But now he has to deal with a clash of looks! That’s just the dilemma which Abhishek Bachchan faces at the...
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Katrina Kaif steals the thunder from Ranbir Kapoor
MUMBAI: The Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara(ZMND) road show with the cast traveling though the North Indian hinterland, a journey that culminated with a live concert earlier this week in Delhi featuring Farhan Akhtar, Katrina...
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LOVEFiLM and Entertainment One UK sign content deal
MUMBAI: LOVEFiLM and Entertainment One UK (eOne) have signed a five-year content deal allowing LOVEFiLM subscribers access to the portfolio of movies including The Twilight Saga. Members of LOVEFiLM, Europe’s subscription service – streaming...
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NBCUniversal and Netflix renew TV & film content deal
MUMBAI: Netflix, Inc and NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution have inked a multi-year renewal of their licensing agreement expanding the selection of non-exclusive NBCU film and TV library titles available to watch instantly streaming from...
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Reliance Entertainment to distribute Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan in select territories
Reliance Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights of Prakash Jha's forthcoming multi-starrer Aarakshan for select territories....
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Sonu Nigam and Britney Spears collaborate
Mumbai: Indian singer Sonu Nigam has collaborated with pop diva Britney Spears. It’s the fusion of east meeting west with an Indian touch to it. The collaboration between the two is for a song...
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Dharma Productions plans sequel to Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
MUMBAI: Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is planning a sequel of its blockbuster production, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, which had an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, Kajol and...
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Harry Potter finale breaks multiple records in advance of opening day
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has already broken several records in the days leading up to the series finale’s hugely anticipated release. Advance ticket sales have...
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News Corporation appoints Tom Mockridge as CEO of News International.
MUMBAI: News Corporation has appointed Tom Mockridge to the role of CEO of News International. Mockridge will assume responsibility for his new role with immediate effect following the resignation of Rebekah Brooks. Mockridge joins...
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Peter Chernin’s CA Media invests in Legend Fighting Championship
MUMBAI: Legend Fighting Championship (Legend), Asia’s producer of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) entertainment, has announced a strategic investment led by CA Media, LP (CA Media), the Asian division of US-based The Chernin Group, LLC....
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Shiamak Davar to receive honorary doctorate from Middlesex University, London
Mumbai: Shiamak Davar will be receiving an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University London in recognition of his contribution to entertainment in India and the world. The choreographer, famous for pioneering contemporary dance, which brings...
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Excel releases Our Family Wedding directly on DVD
MUMBAI: Excel Home Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have released the movie Our Family Wedding directly on DVD. The movie contains a shocking collection of racial stereotypes, as a Mexican girl (America...
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AACT seizes pirated DVDs worth Rs 2.1 million in Maharashtra
MUMBAI: Alliance Against Copyright Theft (AACT) has seized nearly 28000 pirated DVDs worth Rs 2.1 million and arrested 8 accused in July. On 09 July, AACT’s team conducted a raid on a manufacturer near...
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