All India articles – Page 33

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    Features

    Going wide in India

    2010-09-06T16:18:00Z

    Historically, Bollywood has ruled the Indian market. But with Inception, Avatar and 2012 scoring hits, is the territory finally opening up to Hollywood product? Udita Jhunjhunwala reports

  • Ronnie Screwvala
    Features

    The groundbreaker

    2010-09-06T15:49:00Z

    Despite striking major deals with Hollywood, UTV is now refocusing on its core Indian business. Ronnie Screwvala, founder and chief executive of UTV Group, tells Udita Jhunjhunwala why he will only look at co-producing foreign projects if UTV is on an equal creative footing

  • My Name Is Khan
    Features

    The real India

    2010-09-06T15:36:00Z

    A string of high-profile deals in recent years made India look like it was shaping up to become Hollywood’s financial saviour. But against a global climate of financial uncertainty, the territory’s major players are turning their focus back onto their local market. Liz Shackleton reports

  • News

    Warner Bros to release CG animation Ramayana in India

    2010-09-03T13:53:00Z

    Warner Bros has picked up Indian rights to locally-produced CG animated feature Ramayana The Epic and plans to release it across the country on October 15.

  • News

    Campion to head jury of Mumbai Film Festival

    2010-09-01T15:11:00Z

    Jane Campion will head the jury of this year’s Mumbai Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 21-28.

  • News

    PRIMEXCHANGE to hold second forum in Warsaw, Goa

    2010-08-31T11:02:00Z

    Germany’s PrimeHouse will hold the second edition of its Indo-European project packaging forum PRIMEXCHANGE in Warsaw and during Film Bazaar in the Indian state of Goa.

  • News

    Indian state orders cinemas to protect local-language Marathi films

    2010-08-30T20:03:00Z

    The state government of Maharashtra (of which Mumbai is the capital), has made it mandatory for all multiplexes in the state to lower ticket rates for films in the local Marathi language and allocate them prime slots.

  • News

    NETPAC celebrates 20th anniversary with Imaging Asia

    2010-08-19T11:35:00Z

    The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a five-day film festival and conference (Aug 18-22), Imaging Asia, which kicked off in Delhi today.

  • News

    Golden Gate Creations sets up hubs in India, Los Angeles

    2010-08-03T23:58:00Z

    Fledgling Indian production and distribution company Golden Gate Creations is set to release its first feature Soch Lo (Think About It!).

  • News

    Disney to handle video distribution of UTV titles

    2010-07-27T16:13:00Z

    The Walt Disney Company India has signed an agreement with UTV Motion Pictures under which it will handle home entertainment distribution for some key titles from UTV.

  • News

    Sharma launches international sales outfit for Indian films

    2010-07-26T05:29:00Z

    Former Reliance Big Pictures and Yash Raj Films executive Jawahar Sharma has launched a sales outfit in partnership with Cinergy Productions to handle international distribution of Indian films.

  • News

    Pre-production of Buddha biopic placed on hold

    2010-07-19T17:00:00Z

    Financier Dr. BK Modi and director Ashutosh Gowariker have announced that they’ve placed pre-production of their big-budget biopic Buddha on hold as they haven’t been able to find the right face to play the young Buddha.

  • News

    Babelgum strikes deal with Cox, Sundberg for Bengali Detective

    2010-07-12T15:14:00Z

    Online and mobile platform Babelgum and UK production outfit Native Voice Films have struck a deal for online, mobile, broadcast and feature platform release of a new fly-on-the-wall documentary series set in India, The Bengali Detective.

  • Jab We Met
    News

    Viacom 18 considers takeover of The Indian Film Company

    2010-07-06T07:43:00Z

    Viacom 18, the 50:50 joint venture between Viacom Inc and India’s IBN18, is considering making a voluntary offer to buy out film investment fund The Indian Film Company (TIFC), which is listed on the London-based Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

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    Reviews

    Raavan

    2010-06-18T00:01:00Z

    Dir/scr: Mani Ratnam. India. 2010. 130mins

  • News

    Eros teams with Vistaar Religare to co-produce Mausam

    2010-06-14T11:35:00Z

    India’s Eros International is teaming with local film fund Vistaar Religare and production house Cinergy to co-produce love story Mausam starring Shahid Kapur and Sonam Kapoor.

  • News

    India's Film Bazaar partners with Moscow Forum

    2010-06-10T11:07:00Z

    The National Film Development Corporation’s Film Bazaar India 10, an annual film market, has partnered with Moscow Co-Production Forum.

  • Shekhar Kapur
    News

    Swarovski moves into film with Shekhar Kapur's Paani

    2010-05-15T06:00:00Z

    Swarovski Entertainment, the newly-launched film arm of the luxury crystal brand, and India’s Walkwater Media have boarded Shekhar Kapur’s (picture) passion project Paani (Water).

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    Reviews

    Housefull

    2010-05-04T18:08:00Z

    Dir: Sajid Khan. India. 2010. 156mins 

  • Ashutosh Gowariker
    News

    Gowariker launches online search to find Buddha

    2010-04-29T05:36:00Z

    Ashutosh Gowariker, the Indian filmmaker who is set to direct the upcoming biopic Buddha, has launched a global online audition to find a fresh face to play the role of the young Buddha.