MUMBAI: Kiran Rao’s directorial debut film Dhobi Ghat saw decent opening day collections at the box office in India. The movie, which is released by UTV Motion Pictures, saw net collections of approximately Rs 29 million (Rs 2.90 crore) on Friday. While the movie took a slow start in the morning, it picked up during […]
MUMBAI: UTV Movies will present a movie festival on the Indian television on Ajay Devgn from 24 January, 2011 to 28h January, 2011 titled Jeeyo Ajay. The channel in the past has celebrated festivals of famous Bollywood personalities like Aamir Khan, Salmaan Khan, Akhshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Imarn Hashmi etc. Jeeyo Ajay is […]
Bollywood’s upcoming star Pratiek Babbar speaks about being nervous before the release of his film Dhobi Ghat, where he acts
The talented actress Konkana Sen Sharma, who has won two National Awards, feels that our Hindi film industry is too dependent on a star. She feels producers and financers are ready to put in money only if there is an A list star in the film. Sharma says, "If only there is an A list […]
Check out the star studded premiere of No One Killed Jessica starring Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan, which was attended
Check out Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao as she introduces the two actresses – Kriti Malhotra & Monica Dogra –
MUMBAI: Producer – director Vidhu Vinod Chopra has finally zeroed in on Sharman Joshi as the lead in his next production Ferrari Ki Sawaari. The movie will be the debut directorial venture of Rajkumar Hirani’s long-time assistant – Rajesh Mapuskar. There has been constant speculation of who would be the lead in Ferrari Ki Sawaari. […]
MUMBAI: Peepli Live will be telecast on Sunday, 5 December, 2010 at 8 PM. Peepli Live is a satirical take on farmer suicides and the media reaction to it. The movie has been critically appreciated and was even picked up for a special screening at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie was also named […]
MUMBAI: The home video of Aamir Khan Productions’ Peepli [Live] was launched by Excel Home Entertainment. This will be India’s first DVD with option for the ‘Visually and Hearing Impaired’ audiences. The DVD will carry an inbuilt option that narrates scenes with details about actions, colour, expressions, etc. interspersed with actual dialogues for the benefit […]
The 57th National Awards saw Amitabh Bachchan, director Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra winning their third national awards each.
Director Pradeep Sarkar’s second film for Yash Raj Films, Lafangey Parindey had an average opening with about 50 per cent occupancy.
MUMBAI: Aamir Khan Productions’ Peepli [Live], which did a net business of approximately Rs 155 million (Rs 15.50 crore) in its opening weekend, saw a considerable drop on Monday. According to information available with Businessofcinema.com, the movie’s net collections on Monday was approximately Rs 20 million (Rs 2 crore), taking the total collections for four […]
This week sees the release of two Bollywood films Help and Peepli[Live] along with Hollywood flicks Grown Ups, The Expendables and Dinner For Schmucks.
Alliance Against Copyright Theft (AACT) continues its efforts to curb and eradicate piracy.
MUMBAI: Sanjay Sharma’s Dunno Y… Na Jaane Kyun has been selected at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in London. The film will be screened at the historic Riverside Studios, which has been enjoying a cult status for above 25 years as the hub for original and groundbreaking cinema and is frequented by 15,000 […]
A handful of factors have contributed to the rise in opening weekend numbers of Hindi films in India over the last few years.
MUMBAI: Gravitas Ventures and UTV Motion Pictures have signed a deal in which the latest offerings from the UTV Motion Pictures stable will be available on Video On Demand (VOD) for Bollywood aficionados in the US. Gravitas Ventures expands its Hindi and English language film offerings, including a number of films to be released widely […]
Eros International has acquired the satellite rights of Vinod Copra Productions’ 3 Idiots and has sold it to Sony.
With summer’s first two notable releases – Housefull & Badmaash Company, the industry’s woes are finally over. Audiences are back to the theaters as are the movies.
UTV Motion Pictures will focus on new territory sales and to reach new audience in traditional territories for its new age films at the Cannes Film Festival.
MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced the nominations for the IIFA Awards 2010. The 11th celebrations of the Videocon IIFA Weekend and Micromax IIFA Awards will be held in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo from 3- 5 June, 2010. The Popular categories of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 include Best Film, Best […]
MUMBAI: UTV has been the only Indian studio, to have its films screened as official selections at many prestigious international film festivals, in 2009-2010, with Dev.D and Delhi 6 screening at the Venice Film Festival, followed by What’s Your Raashee at the Toronto Film festival, Aamir Khan Production’s Peepli Live at Sundance and Berlin Film […]
MUMBAI: Director Tanuja Chandra, who is currently working on her next venture, which is a romantic film starring Rajeev Khandelwal, has now signed Vir Das for the movie. It may be recalled that Businessofcinema.com was the first to report that work was already underway on Chandra’s next film. Vir Das will soon be seen in […]
The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2010 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha today (19 April, 2010) minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal.
UTV Motion Pictures has lined up 15 movies for 2010 – 11. While some are co-productions, some are independent productions.
Actress Katrina Kaif is in advanced talks with a South Indian production company to star in the Tamil remake of Rajkumar Hirani’s record breaking film 3 Idiots.
MUMBAI: While Oscar winning director James Cameron was in the country very few people were lucky enough to meet him. Besides actor Aamir Khan and Abhay Deol, Asin was the only Bollywood actress who got to meet Cameron. Asin who was present at the conclave to represent the industry’s youth and speak on the […]
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures & Aamir Khan Productions have closed the Poland deal for Peepli Live at the Berlin Film Festival with Polish distribution company Vivarto SP ZOO. Theatrical release for Peepli Live in Poland is planned for close to 10 prints. Vivarto has also acquired the Home Video and Television for the territory. This […]
MUMBAI: Filmfare and Idea have announced the nominees for the best talent in Hindi Cinema for the year 2009. The Filmfare Awards’ 55th edition is presented for the second consecutive year by Idea Cellular. The nominees for the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009 are: BEST FILM 1. 3 Idiots 2. Dev D 3. Kaminey 4. […]
The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has invited the screenplay of Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots for its permanent script collection.
UTV Motion Pictures is now looking at releasing four films between January – March 2010 beginning with Chance Pe Dance.
3 Idiots has done a net business of approximately Rs 410 million (Rs 41 crore) at the Indian box office, which is the highest ever so far.
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots has shattered the opening day box office collections records of all time with net of Rs 129 million (Rs 12.9 crore) in India on Friday.
Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots has broken the opening day box office collections records of all time with net of Rs 125 million in India on Friday.
Winding up what has been a rather average year for the Indian box office, 3 Idiots to release with the highest ever print & screen count.
Businessofcinema.com spoke to the man who thinks from his heart & whose films reveal the wisdom of a truly great storyteller. Here’s Rajkumar Hirani for you.
On 3 December, all roads led to Imax Wadala for the premiere of Paa starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan.
MUMBAI: 3 Idiots, produced by Vinod Chopra Films, has tied up with Zapak.com. Zapak has developed the film’s official website. 3 Idiots is Rajkumar Hirani’s third film after the Munna Bhai series and stars Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor. It is set to hit screens worldwide on 25 December, 2009. The […]
MUMBAI: An actor takes as much time getting ready as an actress does these days…With most of the top actors preferring to do just one film at a time, they are now able to keenly invest in not just their bodies, but also their get ups. We start with Amitabh Bachachan who has a release […]
MUMBAI: FXLabs’ game based on the Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini has won the 24 FPS Animation Award for the Best Game Design by Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC). FXLabs founder and chairman Sashi Reddi said, "We are delighted to get this award, which is a noteworthy recognition of our efforts to develop a game which is now the best […]
The new Kapoor kid on the block has now firmly etched his place in the top echelons of the Hindi film industry and is ready to "rocket" out his next film on 11 December.
Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has done a net business of Rs 245 million in its opening weekend in India.
Kareena Kapoor has been appointed as the first Indian brand ambassador by Sony Viao. Company to launch the ‘Size Zero’ range of laptops by the end of this month.
MUMBAI: Actress Katrina Kaif who has been shooting in Bhopal since almost a month for her forthcoming film, Rajneethi, took a day off from the shoot and flew to Mumbai on 13 October, to attend beau Salman Khan’s charity show. She took a break for a day especially to attend the Being Human show at […]
As Amitabh Bachchan turns 67, veteran Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra speaks about his integrity and professionalism.
In one of the major piracy racket busts of all time, the Mumbai police nabbed professionals from UFO Moviez, BIG Cinemas, Adlabs & Shemaroo Entertainment.
It doesn’t seem odd that a 20 year old girl is romancing with a man who is twice her age. But does this have an adverse affect on an actress’ career?
MUMBAI: Maruti Suzuki has signed actor R Madhavan as brand ambassador of Wagon R for a period of one year. This is the first time that Wagon R has roped in a brand ambassador. Maruti Suzuki chief general manager marketing Shashank Srivastava said, "To reinstate Wagon R’s position as leader in its segment, we brought […]
MUMBAI: BIG Pictures has sold the broadcasting rights of five Hindi films to markets like Korea and China. While the rights of Aamir Khan’s Ghajini have been sold in Korea, the broadcast and digital rights of 13B, Luck By Chance, Karzzzz and Rock On have been sold to China’s CC TV. The sale of the […]
After the likes of Salman Khan and Shahid Kapur, it’s now Ranbir Kapoor’s turn to become Prem in Rajkumar Santoshi’s next film.
MUMBAI: UTV Movies will be premiering Luck By Chance on 13 September at 8 pm. The movie stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma and has special appearances by Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan. Luck By Chance has been directed by Zoya Aktar. UTV Movies business head Sameer […]
While corporates have tightened their purse strings as far as movie acquisitions are concerned, for the production sector recession does seem like a word from the past.
Informal and unguarded with a smile you could see from the moon, Rani Mukerji talks to Businessofcinema.com about her forthcoming film Dil Bole Hadippa!
Priyadarshan’s Tamil film Kanchivaram, a period drama about silk weavers of the south, was chosen as the best movie at the 55th National Film Awards.
MUMBAI: Asin may not have any films on hand (though there are talks with a big producer), but the South sensation is not sitting idle. In the last one month, Asin has been keeping busy shooting for various brands. Asin recently shot for Big Bazaar and Tata Sky. On Friday, Asin was shooting with photographer […]
Kareena Kapoor has worked with all the Khans in 2009. Prior to this Karisma Kapoor, Kajol & Madhuri Dixit have worked with the Khans, but never in one calendar year.
MUMBAI: Actor Emraan Hashmi would have never thought that buying a house close to his parents would be such a difficult task. He was in for a rude shock when he was denied the right to buy the house on the grounds of him being a Muslim. The actor was refused an apartment by Pali […]
Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has sold the music rights of his forthcoming film 3 Idiots to T-Series.
Contrary to media reports stating that the release of Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots has been postponed, Vinod Chopra Films has confirmed that the release is due on 25 December.
UTV Motion Pictures, which released 12 movies during 2008-09, has a slate of almost 17 films that are lined up for release upto March 2010.
MUMBAI: 2009 seems to be really lucky for actor Madhavan. Not only was his film his film 13B a huge success but he also has a bagful of big projects with big directors which have come his way. With around four – five release this year, Madhavan is also on a high as he is […]
Call it coincidence or strategic timing, as soon as the IPL concluded, talks between Hindi film producers, distributors & multiplexes gained momentum.
Rajkumar Hirani directed 3 Idiots’ cast and crew to leave for Ladakh on 10 June and will then head to New Delhi to shoot at the airport.
MUMBAI: BIGFlix.com’s Video-on-Demand (VOD) division will be making available Ghajini exclusively on its website. The movie will be available on BIGFlix for download at a price of $4.49. Ghajini is directed by AR Murugadoss, produced under Geetha Arts starring Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal and Jiah Khan. BIGFlix.com business head, VOD Murtuza Kagalwala said, "We are […]
Just when both parties were getting closer to agreeing on revenue sharing terms for Hindi movies, the issue of distribution strategy reared its head.
Fox Star Studios India has signed Ghajini director AR Murgadoss for a two film deal; forays into Tamil film industry.
MUMBAI: Members of the United Producers and Distributors Forum headed by producer Mukesh Bhatt met on Saturday, 16 May at a suburban hotel in Mumbai to update all members and also to discuss the move forward in the ongoing tussle between them and the multiplexes. As reported earlier by Businessofcinema.com at a meeting that was held […]
MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend has traveled across continents from London, Yorkshire and Amsterdam in Europe, Johannesburg and Sun City in South Africa and Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai and Bangkok in Asia since the last nine years. It may be recalled that on 2 February, 2009, Businessofcinema.com was the first to report about […]
UTV Software Communications will invest a corpus of Rs 9 billion in movies of which Rs 4.20 billion will be for Indian language films.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s next production 3 Idiots, which is being directed by Rajkumar Hirani, will commence shooting its next schedule in June.
While Hollywood studios are not coming out in the open and siding with the producers and distributors, some of them have delayed their film releases.
Producers and distributors mull on a proposal wherein each producer & corporate would take charge of one single screen and upgrade it.
If & when the strike is called off & the producers and exhibitors resolve their differences, which movies will make it first to the cinemas and in what order?
MUMBAI: BIG Home Video’s recent release Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini has been ruling the home video charts across the country since its launch on 14 March. Starring Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Pradeep Rawat and directed by A R Murugadoss, with music by A.R. Rahaman, the film has been creating box office records both in […]
R.Madhavan or better known as Maddy is busy with some big projects in Bollywood. Maddy is currently shooting for Raj Kumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots and Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti. Talking about Teen Patti, where he is acting with Amitabh Bachchan, Maddy was all praise for the legendary actor. Said Maddy, “I have always wanted to […]
After signing brands like Mirinda, Cavin Care and Big Bazaar, Ghajini actress Asin will now endorse Pril.
Over the last 3 years, Businessofcinema.com has been privy to the developments around the revenue sharing issue, the path of which is charted here.
The cast and crew of director Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots is back in Mumbai all ready for the next schedule.
budgets allocated to movies earlier have been renegotiated & now another prime area to come under the axe is the marketing & promoting expenditure of movies.
Abhishek Bachchan has made an arrangement for Pa, as per which he will get the cash flows from the satellite rights of the movie from BIG.
Saregama India is all set to produce Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next film titled Chenab Gandhi starring Amitabh Bachchan.
MUMBAI: Colors will be premiering Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na on 22 February at 8 pm. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is a story about friendship and love and stars Imraan Khan and Genelia D’souza. The movie is directed by Abbas Tyrewala and has been produced by Aamir Khan Productions.
MUMBAI: Filmfare has announced its nominees for the best talent in Bollywood for 54th Idea Filmfare Awards. The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards will be held on 28 February in Mumbai. For the first time, the 54th Idea Filmfare Awards will be taken on the mobile platform through a series of special initiatives by Idea Cellular. […]
MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor is in an enviable spot! The actress has four movies lined up this year opposite the top bracket male actors of Bollywood namely – Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan. At present Kareena is shooting for Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kambakth Ishq with Akshay Kumar, Raju Hirani’s 3 Idiots with […]
Mumbai: Its raining awards this season for both Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar. After walking away with the Screen awards,(though Akshay dedicated his award to Aamir Khan), the two actors have been conferred upon with the Padmashri awards. Besides them, the legendary actor Helen was also given this award for her contribution to Art […]
Now in its tenth week theatrical run, the movie grossed $5,900,000 over the 16 – 18 January weekend, which was up 56 per cent from its last weekend gross.
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 also stars Deepika Padukone opposite Kumar. Kumar who’s also know as the new star of Bollywood, is visibly excited about the […]
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 performances by some of the biggest names in Bollywood. This year it was a tough job for the jury to decide […]
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 time to make it. I am still shooting for the film. After that, there will be at least a few months […]
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.
MUMBAI: Birthday girl Vidya Balan celebrated her day with family and friends by organizing a party at Panchgani’s Ravine Resort. Beisdes her mother, aunt and sister, other family members had especially flown down from Delhi to bring her birthday. "Panchgani is Vidya’s favourite place. Like Aamir Khan who owns a big house in Panchgani, Vidya […]
Who can make the next big film?? This kid who worked on Ghajini! It is the privilege of a boss is to choose a team, if I enumerate the only qualification I have I would put recognition of my inabilities as the one feel most sure about. It just helps me find someone who is […]
MUMBAI: The fifth and probably the last schedule of Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film 3 Idiots will be shot in Mumbai. Hirani has already shot the film earlier in Ladakh and Shilma. As has already been reported by Businessofcinema.com, the film is currently being shot in Bangalore at the IIM College. The Bangalore shooting schedule is […]
Director Rajkumar Hirani is slated to begin shooting for his next schedule of 3 Idiots, which is being produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
MUMBAI: UTV Bindass has launched a new movie slot on Sundays called Sunday Super Hit, which will air popular Hindi movies at 8 pm. The movies will be aired through January, beginning with the Aamir Khan starrer Ghulam, followed by the Kareena Kapoor – Shahid Kapur starrer Jab We Met. Other movies that will be […]
MUMBAI: Yes, we know that she is Aamir Khan’s heroine in Ghajini and Salman Khan’s leading lady in London Dreams, but there is more to Asin than that. This southern beauty, who is enjoying her stint in Bollywood, was a businesswoman first. Disclosed her dad, "First she wanted to be a doctor like her mother, […]
In the 2nd weekend, occupancy levels at multiplexes ranged between 60 – 70% indicating there has been a drop of 30 – 40% compared to the first weekend.
Ghajini’s 1 week distributor share for the domestic market is equal to or more than the total distributor share of OSO, Welcome, Singh Is Kinng, Rab Ne.
In an effort to build up the show’s equity, Farhan Akhtar will give way to Karan Johar, who will be anchoring the show.
A R Murugadoss talks about why he remade Ghajini, the monotony of making it and his heart-felt response to a few critics who bashed the film.
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