All articles by Udita Jhunjhunwala – Page 6
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UFO partners for digital releases of RK Films library
UFO Moviez, the Indian digital cinema company, has partnered with the legendary Indian studio RK Films to release their popular classics like Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Prem Rog and Heena among others in digital wide screen format.RK, founded by the late Raj Kapoor, is a 60-year-old ...
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Palador gets Olive Collection and catalogue after UTV split
The dispute between Indian companies UTV Motion Pictures and Palador, reported in May, has been amicably settled. After releasing two films (City of God and 13 Tzameti) under the UTV-Palador brand, the Indian motion picture company terminated all business relations with Palador for its world cinema business citing 'material breach ...
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Simpsons make it into Indian multiplexes after boycott is resolved
After losing out on opening weekend collections for the The Simpsons Movie in India , local distributor Warner Bros reached an amicable settlement with the Multiplex Owners Association leading to the film being back on regular shows from today (Aug 7). The multiplex owners cited unreasonable demands for an increased ...
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Beyond Dreams works with foundation for $20m Buddha feature
Beyond Dreams Entertainment of India has partnered with Sri Lanka 's The Light of Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka for a $20m film project on the life of Gautam Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism. Leading Indian director Shyam Benegal will direct the project. The Memorandum of Understanding for the production ...
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UTV taps three portals for online film releases
Indian motion picture company UTV has tied up with three portals that will premiere two of their forthcoming feature film releases online. UTV Motion Pictures' library of movies will also be available for viewing via these portals. The first two premieres are the Vikram Bhatt helmed Fear (Aug 10) across ...
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Bollywood box-office: for better or for worse
Why are Bollywood distributors optimistic despite recent local flops' Udita Jhunjhunwala reports.India has seen a slow start to 2007 despite earlier predictions from the Indian film industry of a buoyant first six months. 2006 was the most successful year in a decade for Hindi films in the territory and while ...
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Bollywood star Dutt sentenced to six years in prison
The Hindi film industry was reeling on Tuesday afternoon (July 31) following the news of actor Sanjay Dutt's prison sentence on the final day of the on-going Mumbai bomb blasts case. The judge sentenced the popular 48-year-old actor to six years 'rigorous imprisonment' for possessing arms and ammunition (a 9mm ...
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UTV strikes co-production pact with Karol Bagh
Indian media conglomerate UTV today announced a co-production deal for the entire slate of productions to be launched by Anupam Kher and Satish Kaushik, under their banner Karol Bagh Film and Entertainment. The deal follows UTV's recent signing of three film contracts with actress Priyanka Chopra, actor Shahid Kapur and ...
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India's CCL, Deepak Nayar launch talent search
India 's Century Communications Ltd (CCL) and producer Deepak Nayar have launched an internet-based film competition portal, www.filmaka.in, designed by established filmmakers to discover emerging talent in India. The site has been launched following the success of www.filmaka.com. The huge number of films submitted by Indian filmmakers to the global ...
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Mumbai's Yashraj pacts with Walt Disney Animation
Leading Mumbai-based movie studio, Yashraj Films, has announced a 50-50 alliance with Walt Disney Animation.'We've tied up with Walt Disney to make exclusive animation films. The first, Roadside Romeo, would be released in summer 2008 and will have its share of music, dance, songs and romance,' said producer-director Yash Chopra, ...
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Ambitious Pixion recruits visual effects master Crawford
Pixion, the post-production arm of Century Communication Limited (CCL), has recruited specialist David Crawford to lead its VFX team in India. Crawford is associated with Hollywood blockbusters such as Spiderman, Titanic, Mission Impossible 2, XXX, and Vanilla Sky.Pixion has recently seen an exponential growth and is working on around 40 ...
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Viacom forms joint venture with India's TV18 Group
Viacom and India 's TV18 Group have announced a 50:50 joint venture, Viacom-18, spanning film, television and digital media content. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval, Viacom-18 will launch a new Hindi-language general entertainment cable and satellite channel in India within the next year. ...
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India's Saregama taps Sen, Sharan for production push
Indian music company Saregama HMV has unveiled its plans to enter film production which includes adding prominent Indian filmmakers Aparna Sen and BR Sharan to its leadership team. Sharan will serve as chief creative officer to tap the Hindi film market while Sen will serve as chief creative officer focused ...
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UTV terminates business relations with Palador
After releasing only two films (City Of God and 13 Tzameti) under the UTV-Palador brand, India 's UTV has terminated all business relations with Palador for its world cinema business with immediate effect. A press release from UTV cites 'material breach of terms of agreement by Palador and its co-promoters ...
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India: beyond the blockbuster
Indian distributors are discovering the attractions of independent foreign films. Udita Jhunjhunwala reports. Although non-Indian films only had a 4% share of India's $1.5bn box office in 2006, most of which was taken up by US studio releases, there are signs the multiplex boom is opening up the market for ...
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India's PNC, Motion Pixel Corp team for five-picture slate
Indian media and entertainment company Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has signed a five-picture deal with Florida-based animation house Motion Pixel Corporation (MPC) and its animation studio Estudio Flex in Costa Rica. The deal covers five 3D animated full-length feature films, which will feature Indian and international actors, songs and dances ...
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India - UFO prepped for lift-off
One of the more surprising revelations made by the Indian businessman and entrepreneur Raaja Kanwar, the man pioneering digital cinema and exhibition in the territory, is that he is not "a fan of Hindi movies".Kanwar's prefers English-language films and international arthouse movies and on meeting him one can see the ...
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India's iDreamlines upCannes market premieres
The international sales arm of India's iDream Production- iDream Independent Pictures (IIP)-is lining upfourmarket premieres for Cannes 2007: Americanising Shelley, Bombil And Beatrice, Telling Lies and Karma Confessions And Holi. In addition the company's sales slate also includes My Own Sky (Apna Aasman), Cape Karma and On Life & Enlightment-Principles ...
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Penguins march into India with aims for 1m admissions
The Oscar-winning French documentary March Of The Penguins sees its Indian release this week under the name Penguins - A Love Story. Luc Jacquet's film has been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and will be released in four languages (including English) for the Indian market. Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan ...
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India's UTV launches world cinema distribution venture
Mumbai-based entertainment giant UTV plans to bring world cinema to the Indian market through a joint venture with local distributor Palador Pictures, UTV Palador, which encompasses arthouse theatres, a DVD label and a movie channel. Unveiled at the FICCI-Frames conference in Mumbai on Tuesday, UTV Palador plans to release more ...