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T-Series Conquers Bollywood Chartbuster List Of 2018

2018 has been a great year for T-Series, and the icing on the cake is that 14 of the top 20 2018 Bollywood chartbusters have come from the music label T-Series. The list has been put out by Radio Mirchi.

‘Dilbar’ (Satyameva Jayate) crooned by Neha Kakkar and Dhvani Bhanushali tops the music chart followed by Dil Chori (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety), O Saathi (Baaghi 2) on 4th, High Rated Gabru (Nawabzaade) on the 6th, Aankh Marey (Simmba) on 7th and Chote Chote peg is ranked 10th.

The songs produced by T-Series have always been a rage amongst the Indian audience, particularly the youth and the music company has been winning hearts for their huge catalog of songs which caters to various other regions as well. When it comes to the movies produced by the banner, 2019 looks equally promising as they have big ticket movies like Cheat India, Tanhaji, Jhund, Bharat, Baatla House, Anurag Basu’s untitled film, dance film starring Varun Dhawan, Kabir Singh among others are lined-up.

Hats off to the music label for their brilliant efforts in bringing the company to where it stands today.

Here is the list of Radio Mirchi chartbuster songs:

1. Dilbar – Satyameva Jayate

2. Dil Chori – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

3. Zingaat – Dhadak

4. O Saathi – Baaghi 2

5. Tareefan – Veere Di Wedding

6. High Rated Gabru – Nawabzaade

7. Aankh Maarey – Simmba

8. Heeriye – Race 3

9. Dhadak – Dhadak

10. Chhote Chhote Peg – Sonu Ke Titu ki Sweety

11. Dekhte Dekhte – Batti Gul Meter Chalu

12. Dilbaro – Raazi

13. Chogada – Loveyatri

14. Proper Patola – Namaste England

15. Bom Diggy Diggy – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

16. Sanu Ek Pal Chain – Raid

17. Urvashi – Yo Yo Honey Singh

18. Kamariya – Stree

19. Morni Banke – Badhaai Ho

20. Mere Naam Tu – Zero

2019/01/08
After Fawad Khan, This Pakistani Celebrity Faces Ban In India

There were a lot of questions asked and allegation made regarding ban of Pakistani artistes following the tragic Uri attacks. It was widely said and written as to why were only the actors attacked, what about other artistes, especially singers like Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for rendering two songs in the movie Ek Tera Saath and no objections being raised on those.

It was last month around the same time when the political climate changed, that Atif Aslam was shooting for a single with actress Ileana D’Cruz. The music video, produced by T Series, was shot in Turkey.

With the ban in place, the makers don’t know what to do with it. A source revealed, “Since it features a Pakistani artiste, there is no way it can be released in the present circumstances. The producers have no option but to let it remain in cold storage. They are hoping things will change in the future when they can take a call.”

Vinod Bhanushali of T-Series, who oversees music acquisition for the production house, says, “There is no plan to release a music video as of now. Before the release of any single, we always have a plan in place. Right now, nothing is concrete.”

When Bhanushali was asked if they will ever release the video, he said, “We haven’t shot anything.” When quizzed about the pictures of Aslam and D’Cruz from the shoot doing rounds on the internet, he said, “We are not releasing a video.”

It has been directed and choreographed by Bollywood choreographer Ahmed Khan. The video was filmed in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus which the most visited archaeological site in Turkey.

The singer became a famous name with the Woh Lamhe track from Emraan Hashmi-starrer Zeher (2005) after he was introduced to Bollywood by Mahesh Bhatt.

Atif was also scheduled to perform a concert in Gurugram on October 15, but the event was cancelled after objections were raised.

2016/11/05
T-Series Announces Its New Structure

Chairman and Managing Director of T-Series Bhushan Kumar has announced his new organizational structure. Under the new structure, Film Production will be looked after by Priya Gupta and Shiv Chanana, Music acquisition will be looked after by Vinod Bhanushali and Shiv Chanana.

The above structural changes have been made post the exit of Ajay Kapoor from the organization. Ajay worked along with Bhushan Kumar on music acquisition and the legal function and was a co-producer on the past T-Series films like Bhootnath Returns, Roy and All Is Well to name a few.

T-Series who has always been the leading music company in India, has now taken a giant leap in film production. Some of the upcoming films in 2017 are Raabta (Directed by Dinesh Vijan starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon), Baadshaho (Directed by Milan Luthria starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Ileana D’Cruz and Esha Gupta), Chef (Directed by Raja Menon starring Saif Ali Khan), Simran (Directed by Hansal Mehta starring Kangana Ranaut), Noor (Directed by Sunhil Sippy starring Sonakshi Sinha), Hindi Medium (Directed by Saket Choudhary starring Irrfan Khan), Takadum (Directed by Homi Adajania starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra) to name a few.

2016/10/28
Here’s How Wajah Tum Ho Team Celebrated Their Overnight Success

Wajah tum ho trailer rocketed to 10 million views in 12 hours and to celebrate the unprecedented response t-series team organized a surprise cake cutting with the cast of ‘Wajah Tum Ho’, present were producer Bhushan Kumar, director Vishal Pandya, Sana Khan, Sharman Joshi and Rajniesh Dugall. But to add the film’s theme to the party, they got a news channel to cover the actors live on camera as they came to the t series office with director Vishal Pandya to join the celebrations.

Full Event: Wajah Tum Ho Trailer Launch

2016/10/15
This International Crickter To Make His Debut In Bollywood Soon!

2016/08/26
Exclusive: Sooraj Pancholi And Athiya Shetty To Team Up Once Again!

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As we all know T-Series has brought back the trend of releasing singles by featuring Bollywood stars. The music company recently released Tiger Shroff-Disha Patani’s single ‘Befikra’, which saw adorable chemistry of the two. The very recent music video was of Ali Fazal-Zareen Khan’s single, ‘Pyaar Manga Hai’.

Zareen and Ali had united on-screen for the first time in T-Series’ modern version of Kishore Kumar’s hit track Pyaar Manga Hai. The video saw hot and sizzling chemistry between the two stars.

Well, any guesses which Jodi is coming together for another amazing video?

We EXCLUSIVELY reveal that ‘Hero’ stars Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty will be seen together in T-series’ next music video. Yes. The two amazing stars, who made their debut together in ‘Hero’, will be seen again in a music video.

Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty impressed everyone with their debut film ‘Hero’. The two undoubtedly make an adorable pair and it will be exciting to see them together again!

How excited are you to see Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty together once again? Share your views in the comment section below!

Watch this space for more Exclusive updates!

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2016/08/25
Exclusive: Salman Khan’s Girlfriend Iulia Vantur To Sing This Romantic Song!

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We all know Bollywood actor Salman Khan has that passion for singing. The soothing tone of Salman gave a life to the beautiful love song, “’Main Hoon Hero Tera”. The actor tried his hands on signing again for his recently released blockbuster film ‘Sultan’. Even his girlfriend Iulia Vantur sang “Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai” duet with Salman. And guess what?

We EXCLUSIVELY reveal that Iulia Vantur is going to sing the female version of “‘Main Hoon Hero Tera” from Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty’s film Hero. Yes, you read that right! A source revealed to us saying, “Iulia is going to sing Main Hoon Hero Tera with T-series. Salman Khan will not be a party of the music video. The highlight of the video will be only Iulia Vantur.”

Now that’s some interesting and believe us, we surely can’t wait for this! It will be amazing to hear Iulia Vantur singing that same romantic song that was sung by Salman Khan. The video was loved by everyone and had received record breaking views.

On a related note, the source also revealed that Salman Khan will not promote Iulia’s song. “Salman does not want to promote or be a part of any promotional activity for Iulia’s song,” said the source.

Well, even if Salman would not be a part of it, the hype and the excitement for Iulia Vantur’s upcoming song will be same.

Share your views on the same in the comments section below!

Watch this space for more EXCLUSIVE updates!

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2016/08/25
Bhushan Kumar Joins The Raabta Trio Dinesh Vijan, Sushant Singh Rajput & Kriti Sanon In Budapest!

[tps_footer]The giant of Music and Film Industry T-series head Bhushan Kumar who will be jointly producing the upcoming love story, Raabta along with producer – director Dinesh Vijan visited the trio at Budapest recently. The team has been shooting in the beautiful city of Budapest since the past two months. It’s also said that Deepika Padukone after wrapping up the last schedule of her first Hollywood movie xXx:The Return Of The Xander Cage has returned to Bollywood and she will make her comeback on our silver screen by performing a sizzling item song in Raabta. Already the chemistry and closeness of the lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon were making news and now the biggies of Bollywood like Bhushan Kumar, Deepika Padukone are all set to make Raabta a blockbuster hit.

We can expect a real good album from Raabta as it’s produced by T-Series and Maddock Films and it’s directed by Dinesh Vijan. Remember the music of movies like Tum Bin, Cocktail, and much more, so we won’t be surprised to get some unforgettable melodious and youth-oriented songs from this trio. Raabta is set to release on Feb 10, 2017, and we wish the best to the entire team. Both, Bhushan Kumar and his wife Divya Khosla Kumar are a power couple and Divya has directed youth-oriented movies like Yaariyan and Sanam Re which has been a huge success. We hope very soon this power couple will come up with a new project to work together.[/tps_footer]

2016/06/04
T-Series And Fox Star Studios Team Up For Four Films

Fox Star Studios and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series have joined hands for a strategic alliance on the studios new releases. T-Series will be marketing the music of Fox Star Studios‘ upcoming releases – ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo‘, ‘M S Dhoni-The Untold Story’, ‘Akira‘ and ‘Neerja‘.

Both the companies have worked together in the past where T-Series held the music rights of films like Bol Bachchan, Raaz 3, Dum Maaro Dum, Force among others have now teamed up to work on the music of Fox Star ‘s future releases. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo starring Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor will see the celebrated director Sooraj Barjatya wield his magic again this Diwali.

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Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya team up after their blockbuster hits like Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo releases on November 12. T-Series has also acquired the music rights of Fox Star’s 2016 releases out of which two films are biopics – acclaimed Director Neeraj Pandey‘s ‘M S Dhoni ‘ that stars Sushant Singh Rajput and ‘Neerja‘ which is Director Ram Madhani’s debut with Sonam Kapoor. They will also be working with Bollywoods most successful director AR Murugadoss’s (Ghajini and Holiday) on ‘Akira‘ starring Sonakshi Sinha which is an action drama. T-Series will be creating tracks for these films which is a part of the strategic alliance along with marketing the music.

2015/09/29
T-Series Joins Hands With Vishesh Films Again

Bhushan Kumar to jointly produce two films with Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt – Raaz 4 and Love Games.

After Aashiqui 2’s release in 2013, T-Series joins hands yet again with Vishesh Films to jointly produce two films – Raaz 4 and Love Games both to be directed by Vikram Bhatt.

Aashiqui 2 which was the love story of the year 2013, and the songs turning into blockbusters specially Tum Hi Ho, which is even today a love anthem, the team is all set to make two more films. Raaz which is already a successful franchise from the Bhatt’s camp, will have Bhushan Kumar for the first time jointly producing the fourth installment of the franchise.

Raaz 4 which will be a thriller drama like its previous parts, will be directed by Vikram Bhatt, who directed the first and third part of the franchise. The film which will go on floors soon, is looking at a release of June 03, 2016.

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But before Raaz 4 releases, T-Series and Vishesh Films will jointly produce Love Games which is already on floors. The film shows the physical passion, and touches lust and peaks of love. The first schedule will be shot in Cape Town,and should release on April 01, 2016.

These films will again mark a strong collaboration between T-Series and Vishesh Films to give the audience melodious music and strong content bound together.

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2015/08/27
T-Series Files Complaint Against Mahesh Bhupathi’s Production House For Cheating In Namaste England

Director Vipul Shah’s upcoming film starring Akshay Kumar titled Namaste England, has already sparked a controversy for all the wrong reasons before the production could even begin.

It is learnt that sometime in June 2015, Blue Whale Motion Pictures, the Producers, having former Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi at its helm had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with T-Series, a popular Music Label and a Film production House, for jointly producing Namaste London and money exchanged hands. In the same MoU T-Series was also assigned exclusive music rights and IP in the Akshay Kumar starrer.

If the buzz is to be believed, then the said Film with the same star cast and the same director is now also being produced by third parties on the similar lines as that agreed between Mahesh Bhupathi’s company and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series. It is learnt through reliable sources that the Producers Mahesh Bhupathi, Virender Arora, Prerna Arora and Arjun N Kapoor have been served with a legal notice by T-Series’ lawyers alleging that the Producers have defrauded T-Series by setting up dummy companies to enter into agreements with third parties for independently producing the said film without either informing T-Series’ or without taking their consent. While speculations are on the rise, T-series also appears to have filed a criminal complaint against the Producers on multiple counts including criminal breach of trust, breach of confidence, wrongful disclosure of confidential information, copyright infringement and cheating.

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When contacted, Ajay Kapoor of T-Series says, “We have a valid, subsisting and irrevocably binding MoU dated 10^th June 2015 wherein T-Series is co-producing the film Namaste England as one of the owners in the IP of the Film. Further, all rights in the music and audio visual of the said film has also been assigned in our favour. Any attempt by any party to circumvent and/or negate the said MoU or wriggle out of the contractual obligation shall tantamount to copyright infringement, fraud, unfair business practice, dishonestly misappropriating property, criminal breach of trust, cheating , breach of confidentiality and wrongful disclosure of confidential information.”

T-Series’ Ajay Kapoor further confirmed that a complaint has been filed before the Delhi Police Crime Branch in this regard, however, refused to give any further comments as the matter is now before the police authorities. As for what Blue Whale Motion Pictures or Mahesh Bhupathi has to say about this controversy is yet to be seen!

The big question being asked in the Bollywood circles is – when a production house has got into an agreement with another to make a film, is it fair and ethical on part of Mahesh Bhupathi and Prerna Arora to sell the rights to third parties through dummy companies.

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2015/08/10
Bhushan Kumar’s Shocking Reply On Kangana Ranaut’s Legal Notice To T-Series

Bollywood’s Queen actress Kangana Ranaut has sent a legal notice to T-Series to stop the release of her film ‘I Love NY’ featuring Sunny Deol and is directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. Despite of giving warning to block the release of the film, the makers of the film have decided to release the film next month.

Produced by T-series, the planned release date of the film was two years back in December 30, 2013. Apparently the makers of the film dropped the plan to release the film, as it did not turn out well for them. Also the trailer of the film didn’t get any good response from the audiences.

Reportedly, the release of the film was pushed month by month in the same year but it did not hit screens till date. The reason for not releasing the film is said to be poor trailer response and also Sunny Deol’s unsuccessful films since than at the Box Office.

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Despite of Kangana sending legal notice to block the release of the film, the makers of the film have decided to release the film on July 10, 2015.

However, reportedly, T-series owner Bhushan Kumar has called this legal notice as baseless. He said that T-series is not releasing the film as the film has been sold to a sister company one and a half year back even before the release of Queen and now its them who are releasing the film.

He also added saying that they do not have any deal with Kangana Ranaut now and that they do not need to take permission from her. Its shocking to know that he literally said that permission to release the film by actor happens today but only by big stars like Salman Khan.

According to reports, Bhushan Kumar made it pretty clear that there is no pending amount that he has to pay to Kangana. There is no due and that he will reply to Kangana’s legal notice along with bank receipts and proofs.

The film was extensively shot in Mumbai, New York City and Bangkok. The main plot was taken from Soviet movie “The Irony of Fate”. Now the producer of the film T-Series have decided to finally release it on July 10, 2015 after 2 years of delay post success of Kangana Ranaut’s Tanu weds Manu Returns.

2015/06/25
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2014/06/23
Song Review: Isse Kehte Hain By Yo Yo Honey Singh – Pompous And Boastful

Its pompous, its boastful, its wannabe; well we are talking about the latest single by Yo Yo Honey Singh that spells disastrous.

Well Yo Yo Honey Singh along with T-Series has released a song Isse Kehte Hain Hip Hop on YouTube.

Yo Yo Honey Singh shows off how good, rich and connected he is while dancing to beat in a black outfit and gold accessories, oops forgot to mention that he even sings as well in the video or should we say SINGS PRAISES ABOUT HIM in the video.

The song also features Lil Golu, who is making his music debut with this song. All we hope is that American hip hop artist Lil Wayne don’t come to Lil Golu and sue him for ruining his name so badly.

Yo Yo Honey Singh‘s new single, Issey Kehte Hai Hip Hop was released today, June 21, 2014, on World Music Day. This is his second single after Blue Eyes with T-Series.

Bhushan Kumar of T-Series who seems excited about the song had stated that he is sure that even Issey Kehte Hai Hip Hop shall be a hit like his previous collaborations with Yo Yo Honey Singh.

“It is our pleasure to release Honey Singh’s second single Issey Kehte Hai Hip Hop after the success of Blue Eyes. He is an extremely talented singer and T-Series always welcomes talent.” stated Bhusha Kumar.

Honey Singh and Bhushan Kumar have had successful collaboration in the past with films like Cocktail, Chennai Express, Boss, Bhoothnath Returns and Yaariyaan.

Considering the fact that Issey Kehte Hain Hip Hop has specially been released on June 21, 2014 as a mark of RESPECT for World Music Day, its s SHAME as its only and only talks about Yo Yo Honey Singh and how good and wealthy he is.

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2014/06/21
Arjun Rampal And Ranbir Kapoor Set For A Face Off In Roy

Arjun Rampal is all charged and seems quite gleeful about his upcoming movie Roy. The movie is being directed by debutante director Vikramjit Singh and also starts Ranbir Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandes in a double lead role. According to our sources, Ranbir Kapoor has a cameo in Roy.

The story of Roy revolves around a thief, and a love triangle between Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandes and Ranbir Kapoor.

“There is no better place in the world than on a movie set. Started filming Roy. Congratulations Vicky super first shot. Make the movie you dream.” Arjun Rampal took on to twitter as soon as the first shot of his film Roy was canned. So excited was Arjun Rampal that he uploaded a selfie of him while he was at the sets for the movie’s shoot.

Year 2013 was quite a dull year for Arjun with his films like Inkaar, D-day and Satyagrah falling flat at the Box Office but now with Roy things and hopefully a sequel to Rock On, things look quite bright for this National Award Winner.

On the personal front, thing were had become a bit unpleased for Arjun Rampal when he was in news for allegedly being the person responsible for the divorce of Hrithik Roshan and Sussane Khan.

However, Arjun Rampal had denied it in a statement, “It is very sad when friends close to you take a decision to separate. These are the hardest times for them and we must be sensitive towards this decision, rather than creating speculation and rumours. I read in the news, about the same time as you all, about my involvement in this marriage. It saddens me deeply that rumours become inevitable during celebrities going through such times. Mehr and I wish them only peace and love through these times, and support them as friends should, and we wish them and their families well, always.”

All said and done all seems well now and Arjun is back on the sets doing what he loves most and that’s acting.

Coming back to Roy, well the film was announced in December 2013 and is expected to release in 2015 by T-Series. The music of the film is to be composed by Pritam and Mithoon.

We wish team Roy all the best and we do hope that it would set the Box Office ablaze.

2014/05/07
Amitabh Bachchan: From A 12 Year Old In Paa To A 102 Year Old In 102 Not Out

Well we are not talking about Amitabh Bachchan’s age; we are talking about the new film that our Superstar has just signed.

After Paa, Amitabh Bachchan will again don prosthetics for Umesh Shukla‘s upcoming film, 102 Not Out. Mr. Bachchan is all set to essay the role of a hundred and two year old man, who wants to achieve the world record of being the longest living person.

102 Not Out is an adaptation of Abhijat Joshi‘s brother, Saumya Joshi‘s Gujarati play by the same name. The filmmakers will reportedly hire few international artistes to help Amitabh Bachchan to achieve the look.

During the filming of Paa, where Mr. Bachchan has essayed the role of a twelve year old who suffers from progeria, a genetic disorder, which leads to quick acceleration of ageing process in children, make-up artists from Hollywood were called. It is said that it used to take three to four hours of prosthetics makeup to get that look.

102 Not Out, will also star Paresh Rawal and Usha Jadhav. AB Corporation Ltd., T-Series and Umesh Shukla are producing the film.

Currently Amitabh Bachchan is in Goa where he is shooting for R. Balki’s untitled film with Dhanush and Kamal Haasan’s younger daughter, Akshara Haasan.

Amitabh Bachchan had recently said that he was nervous and excited to commence shoot with R. Balki and wrote the same on twitter: “First day shoot new project R. Balki, nervous, apprehensions, discomfort, uncertainty, butterflies. Goa is a haven for those that wish to wish nothing in life. Silent, redundant thoughts and the time of nostalgia overcomes me each visit to this warm and inviting destination.”

Shooting in Goa brought back a lot of memories and Mr. Bachchan said, “It is hard to forget the various films that were shot here, in what circumstances they were made and what they look like now. But each and everyone of those incidents etched a mark on my system.”

Here’s wishing him all the success and we do hope to see him in many more such films.

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2014/04/21
Zee Music Company Teams Up With Sony Music Entertainment

With the war in the music industry picking up pace Subhash Chandra Goel’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) new music label Zee Music Company, has now teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment in an exclusive world wide digital deal which excludes the YouTube rights to take on rival Bhushan Kumar‘s T-Series, which is currently been ruling the Indian Music space for years now.

The disagreement between the two parties started in the year 2006 when Music Company Super Cassettes Ind. Ltd., had boycotted the music channel ETC Networks Ltd., by withdrawing all paid promos of films and non-films music and also supply of music videos and audio – visuals of film songs.

In the year 2009, Subhash Chandra Goel, Owned Zee Telefilms hit back at T-Series over non-payment of dues and alleged forging of agreement papers. Zee Telefilms then had registered an FIR with Mumbai’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) against The Chairman And Managing Director, T-Series, Mr. Bhushan Kumar, for cheating and forgery.

Armed with a reason to beat T-Series and a large media artillery along with money chest, ZMC will definitely be a player to look up for finally competing with T-Series, while other corporate giants like Sa Re Gam Ma and Sony Music along with Reliance Big Music failed to create any dent in T-Series market share.

ZEML has also plans to partner with other big players like Dharma Productions, Excel Entertainment and other top studios along with already having acquired Akshay Kumar starrer Holiday and Fox Star Studios slate of Hindi Films including Saif Ali Khan and Riteish Deshmukh starrer Humshakals, Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif starrer Bang Bang and Bombay Velvet starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.

Punit Goenka, Managing Director And Chief Executive Office, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited said, “Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has always been a leader in the media and entertainment space, be it films or television, and branching out into the music label space gives us an opportunity to widen our business. “

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2014/04/18
Indepth: Music War Heats Up Between T-Series And Zee Telefilms

The long ongoing battle between Bhushan Kumar‘s T-Series and Subhash Chandra Goel‘s Zee Telefilms has once again heated up as Zee Telefilms has announced the revival of the Zee Music Banner that they had launched with their first home production movie Gadar Ek Prem Katha and has already signed deals with Reliance Entertainment, Fox Star India and others for their slate of films .

The Music Industry has been going through a huge turmoil since the past few years due to copyright issues with the musicians, lyricist and singers along with the bitter battle between T-Series and Zee Telefilms.

The disagreement between the two parties started in 2006 when Music Company Super Cassettes Ind. Ltd., had boycotted the music channel ETC Networks Ltd., by withdrawing all paid promos of films and non-films music and also supply of music videos and audio – visuals of film songs.

ETC had made a claim in a public notice that T-Series owed Rs. 7 Crores to ETC Networks Ltd. To this the T-Series Chairman And Managing Director, Bhushan Kumar stated, “It is being wrongly claimed by them in their public notice. In an agreement dated May 15, 2006, ETC Networks Ltd. has acknowledge and accepted its liability for payment of compensation / damages aggregating Rs. 5,73,50,000/- to our company against unauthorised usage of our copyrighted material. They have also agreed to adjust the aforesaid amount against advertisement dues receivable by them. This is not all, there are several instances of further copyright infringement even after the date of above referred agreement, claims / damages in respect of which aggregate approx Rs. 1.75 crores. It may be brought to the notice of public that these facts have not been disclosed by ETC Networks Ltd. in their public notice. Thus, as on date there is no liability on the part of our company towards ETC Networks Ltd. In addition the other ZEE Network channels have also committed acts of infringement in respect of copyrighted material owned by us for which the compensation along with damages would come to about Rs. 10 Crores.”

Bhushan Kumar further added, “T-Series has stopped patronizing Etc Networks Ltd. on account of them being rank infringers, whereas in their public notice they have tried to mislead the general public by attempting to present a contrary picture.”

The war continued for about three years and in the year 2009, Subhash Chandra,Owned Zee Telefilms hit back at T-Series over non-payment of dues and alleged forging of agreement papers. Zee Telefilms then had registered an FIR with Mumbai’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) against The Chairman And Managing Director, T-Series, Mr. Bhushan Kumar, for cheating and forgery.

Now with the recent announcements of the revival of the Zee Music Company and having acquired the rights to the music 15 – 20 movies, The Indian Music Industry is looking at a mammoth change in the business.

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Pertinent to note that earlier Sony Music , SaReGaMa Ltd and Reliance Entertainment under the brand name BIG Music had also tried to challenge T Series in the music space but had miserably failed. With the arsenal of Media behind them, Zee Music Company definitely is more poised to take on T series but only time will tell the future of the Indian Music Industry.

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2014/04/08
A Musical Celebration for Kick, Jagga Jasoos And Happy New Year

[tps_footer]Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are set to have more than a last name in common, this year! The music rights of their upcoming 2014 releases, Kick and Happy New Year respectively, have been snapped up by the music megalith, T-Series.

Bhushan Kumar’s record label, T-Series, which has been the brand behind recent charbusting albums like Yaariyan, Jai Ho, Highway, Shaadi Ke Side Effects etc, will now be associated with films of the two leading Khans – Shah Rukh and Salman, and a Ranbir Kapoor film too.

T-Series has acquired the music rights of Salman’s Kick, directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, Shah Rukh’s Happy New Year helmed by Farah Khan, and Ranbir’s Jagga Jasoos, which will be directed by Anurag Basu and produced under Anurag and Ranbir’s banner Picture Shuru Productions.

Sources close to the deal say that T-Series, which has promoted several films over the years, plans to extend their scope of marketing and use different avenues to promote these films.

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2014/03/21
Box Office: Yaariyan A Notch Above Dedh Ishqiya

Divya Khosla Kumar’s young and breezy Yaariyan, with newcomers in the lead, seemed to have taken over the mature and heavy love story Dedh Ishqiya, which had an ensemble cast at the Box Office.

Yaariyan has been produced by T-Series and stars debutants Himansh Kohli, Rakul Preet Singh, Nicole Faria, Shreyas Pardiwalla and Devanshu Sharma while Dedh Ishqiya boasts of veterans like Nasseruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi and Huma Qureshi.

Dedh Ishqiya was a sequel to a successful film Ishqiya, but it seems that the film’s matured content laced with equally heavy Urdu dialect did not appeal to the audiences.

Dedh Ishqiya was expected to be a slow starter but one was hoping that it would pick up, but then in its first week the film managed to collect approximately 165 million (16.50 crores) nett.

On the other hand, Yaariyan, which was made on a shoestring budget, managed to collect approximately Rs 268 million (26.8 crore) nett in its first week.

The music and the market strategy proved to be a winning point as far as Yaariyan was concerned, with two songs of Yo Yo Honey Singh trending the charts. On the other hand, Dedh Ishqiya got critically acclaimed, but then it ended there, as the film did not appeal to the masses at all.

Madhuri Dixit has a lot of hope from this film as it was slated to be a comeback film, but now it seems all eyes are set on her next release Gulaab Gang.

As far as Arshad Warsi is concerned, year 2014 has not began on a very good note for this talented actor as both his films have failed to do much at the Box Office.

Today January 17, 2014, two films, Miss Lovely and Karle Pyaar Karle are set to release, but then one does not expect too much from them.

Now all eyes are set on January 24, 2014 where Salman Khan is ready to set the Box Office on fire with Jai Ho.

2014/01/17
Divya Khosla Kumar Gets Emotional At The Yaariyan Success Party

2014/01/17
Salman Khan Shows His Golden Heart, Again!

MUMBAI: Salman Khan has proved it once again that he is the man with a golden heart. He is going all out to support the film ‘Yaariyaan’.

‘Yaariyaan’ is Divya Khosla Kumar‘s directorial debut and is being produced by husband Bhushan Kumar. Salman Khan wrote on twitter, “Yaariyan promo, director is a girl who did honey honey ka gana (Honey Honey song) with me. Amazing! Life bhi na superb hai, (life is superb) from where to where!”

If sources are to be believed then Salman Khan is all set to put in a friendly appearance in the film as well.

“Salman has very graciously agreed to lend his support to the film. We haven’t as yet decided whether he will put in an appearance at the music launch of the film or promote the film on his show ‘Bigg Boss 7’, we still have to sit down and discuss it after the trailer launch on October 31,” said the radiant Divya.

Divya was an actor and her debut film was ‘Ab Tumare Hawale Watan Saathiyo’, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Sandali Sinha and Nagma. Anil Sharma directed the film and the film released on 24 December 2004.

Post the film, Divya married to Bhushan Kumar in February 2005 and they have a baby boy. Divya joined T-Series and has been directing music videos for the company before she decided to take on the task of directing a full length feature film.

‘Yaariyaan’ is a musical, which will revolve around the carefree years of college life and friendship. The venture will have a fresh cast of TV star Himansh Kohli, Serah Singh, popular model Nicole Faria and others. Along with these debutants, the cast also includes Deepti Naval and Gulshan Grover.

‘Yaariyan’ is set to release on January 31, 2014.

2013/11/05
Amitabh Bachchan ‘102 Not Out’

MUMBAI: On Big B’s birthday director Umesh Shukla announced his new project with him which will begin next year.

In this movie Mr Bachchan will play the character of a 102 year old man. The film is about an old man who decides to break the world record of longevity. Big B will be playing the lead in the film, showing how to live a full life.

“I am happy to be part of it. It is Umesh Shukla’s story that T-series is making. And we will start shooting for it next year. I can’t talk about the story as it will be like giving out too many details. Paresh Rawal will also be there in the film,” Mr Bachchan said.

Umesh Shukla’s last release ‘OMG! Oh My God’ was a hit which means we can certainly for it to be a big hit.

2013/10/11
‘Besharam’ Director Antics Impress Bhushan Kumar

MUMBAI: Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Besharam’ is far from release. But more than Ranbir Kapoor, it is Abhinav Singh Kashyap who is on a celebratory mode.

Even before ‘Besharam’ goes ‘Besharam’ in theatres, Abhinav has grabbed a plum deal with Bhushan Kumar from T-Series.

The director has been approached with an offer from T-series to helm a film for the production house. Apparently the director has also been paid a large sum of Rs 9 crore (for a partnership venture) for directing the film.

The concept of the film is no less different from ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Besharam’ and is on similar lines.

Bhushan Kumar, head T-Series said, “Now that Abhinav is done with ‘Besharam’ he will be directing a complete-mass entertainer for T-Series.”

While the cast is still being finalised, Bhushan says that the announcement will be made soon. And he adds on, “This film will have a rollicking album, with many energetic dance numbers”. With T-series at the front, it’s pretty obvious. It needs to be seen whether this ‘Besharam’ works.

2013/08/05
Shah Rukh Khan Whisks Deepika Off For A Joy Ride!

MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan, going all out to promote his film ‘Chennai Express’, decided to take a break from trains, in favour of a fancy sports car instead!

After a hectic, comprehensive press meet for ‘Chennai Express’, SRK decided to embark on a quick spin, with his co-star Deepika Padukone in tow. The two have always shared a warm camaraderie, so it’s no surprise to see their off-screen chemistry crackle as well.

The dimpled superstar was reportedly smitten by the flashy car driven by T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar, and he couldn’t resist asking him permission to take it for a spin. Deepika too decided to test drive the fancy, expensive sports car, by seating herself firmly beside SRK.

The two reportedly drove around Film city for nearly a quarter of an hour.

A source candidly revealed: “They were gone for a good 15 minutes. Shah Rukh loved riding Bhushan’s car.”

Bhushan Kumar smiled and said that he did indeed indulge SRK. “Yes, this did happen. Anything for Shah Rukh. He is a dear friend.”

2013/07/26
‘Barfi!’ Director Anurag Basu Signs Rs 12 Crore Deal

MUMBAI: ‘Barfi!’ is one of the few critically acclaimed films that ended up being loved by audiences too. It eventually landed up in the Rs. 100 crore club too.

Now Anurag Basu has been rewarded for it. He has signed a Rs 12 crore deal with Bhushan Kumar of T-Series. A source said, “A deal has been signed between the two and Anurag has been offered Rs 12 crore and a partnership. The project details will be discussed soon.” The film will be a joint production between T-Series and Anurag Basu’s own Picture Shuru Productions.

Anurag Basu already has two films lined up – both with Ranbir Kapoor, his ‘Barfi!’ star. While his next film is called ‘Jagga Jasoos’, there is also a biopic of Kishore Kumar in the works.

On the other hand, Bhushan Kumar is on a signing spree for his banner. Besides Anurag Basu, T-Series also has four films with Umesh Shukla, the director of ‘OMG’ and ‘Bhootnath 2’, a sequel to ‘Bhootnath’, in association with BR Films. Then there is ‘Creature 3D’ with Vikram Bhatt as well as a sequel to ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’.

Bhushan Kumar also has films lined up with Madhur Bhandarkar, who last made ‘Heroine’, Mohit Suri and Milan Luthria.

2013/07/23
PHOTOS: SRK, Deepika Charm With Mundu, Lungis At ‘Chennai Express’ Music Launch

MUMBAI: Even the Indian cricket captain wouldn’t have got so many whistles that Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone got last evening at the music launch of ‘Chennai Express’.

With men clad in white mundus (read dhoti) and the ladies in checked lungis, the music launch of ‘Chennai Express’, was the most innovative launch in recent times. Adding to the glitz and glamour were Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan, at their crazy best.

Dressed in a shimmery sequined golden-black gown, Deepika Padukone along with Shah Rukh Khan clad in a black suit grooved with audiences to the popular numbers of ‘Chennai Express’.

Also present at the grand music launch were Bhushan Kumar, Rohit Shetty, Ronnie Screwvala, Shekhar of Vishal-Shekhar fame, Amitabh Bhattacharya, actress Priyamani (featuring in the One Two Three number), Nikitin Dheer, The Morani brothers – Karim and Mohammed from Cineyug, and singers Chinmayi Sripada, Neeti Mohan along with other singers from ‘Chennai Express’.

With Shiamak Davar’s dancers enthralling audiences to the songs from the film and Shah Rukh Khan entertaining with his wittiness, the music launch of ‘Chennai Express’ was surely an evening to remember.

‘Chennai Express’ produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures will release on 8 August.

2013/07/04
BOX OFFICE: ‘Aashiqui 2’ Surpasses Expectations In First Week

MUMBAI: Mohit Suri’s ‘Aashiqui 2’, produced by T-Series and Vishesh Films has seen a surprisingly great first week at the box office.

‘Aashiqui 2′, which released on 26 April 2013, and which stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in leading roles has done very well at the ticketing windows in its first week.

As reported, over the first weekend, ‘Aashiqui 2’ managed to garner impressive collections of about Rs 201.3 million (Rs 20.13 crore) net. Including Monday’s figures, the business of ‘Aashiqui 2’ was approximately Rs 241.3 million (Rs 24.13 crore) net.

The week one total of the film is in the range of Rs 384 million (Rs 38.4 crore) net.

The film which had started out slower than Hollywood release ‘Iron Man 3’ last week, has ended up racing ahead by the seventh day.

2013/05/04
BOX OFFICE: An Adequate Opening Weekend For ‘Aashiqui 2’

MUMBAI: T-Series and Vishesh Films’ ‘Aashiqui 2’, directed by Mohit Suri has had a decent first weekend at the box office. The film features stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in leading roles, and is a sequel to the 1990 super hit cult classic ‘Aashiqui’.

‘Aashiqui 2’ has done fair business in its opening weekend. As reported, on Day 1, ‘Aashiqui 2’ managed to garner close to Rs 60 million (Rs 6 crore) net.

Saturday and Sunday fared slightly better, with collections of approximately Rs 66.3 million (Rs 6.63 crore) and Rs 75 million (Rs 7.5 crore) net respectively. As on Day 1, over the weekend too, mass areas did better business than metros.

The 3 day total of ‘Aashiqui 2’ is in the range of Rs 201.3 million (Rs 20.13 crore) net.

The other film which released this weekend, Hollywood’s ‘Iron Man 3’ usurped the first position in multiplexes of Mumbai and Delhi. SEE REPORT

2013/04/29
BOX OFFICE: ‘Aashiqui 2’ Lives Up To The Hype

MUMBAI: T-Series and Vishesh Films’ ‘Aashiqui 2’, directed by Mohit Suri has taken a fair opening at the box office on Day 1. The film, which stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in leading roles, has found many takers on its opening day.

Sequel to the 1990 super hit film ‘Aashiqui’, it looks like ‘Aashiqui 2’ has lived up to the expectations surrounding it. The destructive story of a fallen rockstar and his muse, ‘Aashiqui 2’ managed to generate a fair Rs 60 million (6 crore) net on Friday, Day 1.

The film did good business in districts of UP, Rajasthan and Gujarat, but received stiff competition from Hollywood release ‘Iron Man 3’ starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gweneth Paltrow in metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

In comparison ‘Iron Man 3’, managed a staggering Rs 77.3 million (7.73 crore) net.

‘Aashiqui 2’ has received average reviews and ratings from film critics all over, and its a wait and watch to see if the film will be able to sustain the pace generated so far.

2013/04/27