All articles by Udita Jhunjhunwala – Page 7
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UTV and ROMP reunite for four films over three years
Indian entertainment conglomerate UTV and filmmaker Rakeysh Mehra's company Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions (ROMP),which teamed up for last year's hit film Rang De Basanti, have reunited. Together they will invest $64.9m (Rs2.8bn)in four films to be produced over three years. Among the films, to be directed by Mehra, are Dilli-6 ...
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Shadow Of The Dog wins best film at Mumbai fest
Girish Kasaravalli's Kanada-language film In The Shadow Of The Dog (Nayi Neralu) won the best film award at the International Film Festival of Mumbai (IFFM) which concluded on Thursday. A trophy and a cash prize of $2,300 (Rs100,000) were presented to the director and a trophy and cash prize of ...
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UTV to co-produce Shyamalan's Happening with Fox
Indian entertainment conglomerate UTV Motion Pictures has announced that it will co-produce M Night Shyamalan's next film The Happening with Twentieth Century Fox. UTV and Fox will share global revenues from the $57m film in all media, in perpetuity, equally. The deal is part of UTV's ongoing relationship with Fox ...
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Golden Flower to open Mumbai festival
The 9th edition of the International Film Festival of Mumbai (IFFM) organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) will open with Zhang Yimou's The Curse of the Golden Flower on March 8.The week-long festival, presented by Adlabs, will close on March 15 with Mira Nair's The Namesake.About 100 ...
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BR Films sets March 9 Indian release for Mehta's Water
Distributor BR Films have scheduled the Indian release of Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated Water for March 9. Ravi Chopra of BR Films confirmed that the company would be releasing up to 100 prints nationally with a focus on multiplexes. The controverisal film had originally been slated for a release in ...
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India's BR Films sets March 9 release date for Water
Indian distributor BR Films has scheduled the local release of Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated Water on 100 prints nationwide, with a focus on multiplexes, on March 9. 'We decided to shift the release as we were not ready before. Now we have enough time to get to the consumer and the ...
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Indian drama Parzania faces unofficial ban in Gujarat
Rahul Dholakia's controversial drama Parzania has been unofficially banned in the state of Gujarat, where cinema owners have opted not to screen the film for fear of a political backlash from the ruling party. The English-language film, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika, is based on a true incident of the ...
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Controversial Black Friday finally cleared for release in India
After being banned for 20 months, controversial docu-drama Black Friday, based on the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, is being released in India and overseas this Friday. Adlabs Films acquired the worldwide distribution rights and is releasing it on 100 screens in India, 10 in the USA and 3 in South ...
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Adlabs, MTV Networks ink three-picture deal
India 's Adlabs Films and MTV Networks India have signed a deal to co-produce three youth-oriented films to be released in specific Indian markets. The three films will be produced over the next 12-18 months under the 'MTV Fully Faltoo Films' banner. Budgets for each film have been pegged at ...
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Controversial film Water secures release in India
Deepa Mehta's controversial and critically acclaimed Water will finally have an Indian release next month. The news was confirmed by Water's Indian distributor Ravi Chopra of BR Films, which made television show Mahabharata and feature films Baghban and Baabul. 'We have started work on the release strategy and should have ...
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Indian box office jumps 40% in 2006
Indian box office revenues increased by 40% last year in what may prove to be a landmark year.Films like Rang De Basanti, Fanaa, Krrish, Kabie Alvida Na Kehna, Phir Hera Pheri, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Dhoom 2 were the frontrunners. The cops-and-robbers action chase film, Dhoom 2, led the pack ...
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Chinese film wins Golden Peacock at Goa
HasiChaolu's Chinese drama The Old Barber won the Golden Peacock best film award at the 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. Theprize, with its $22,000 (Rs 1m) purse, was presented by actor-writer-directorAparna at the closing ceremony of the festival.Announcingthe award, jury chairman, Australian filmmaker Rolf De Heer ...
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Garg joins India's Studio 18 as head of UK/Ireland
Former UTV executive TanujGarg has been appointed head of UK & Ireland for the recently-launched Studio 18, owned byleading Indian news broadcaster Network 18, which has ambitious plans for internationaldistribution and co-production. Based in London, Garg will be responsible for the UK marketing and distribution of films produced andacquired by ...
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IFFI promises to show Indian diversity to film world
The theme of the 37th International Film Festival of India Goa 2006 is 'Diversity of Indian cinema' and The Whole World Is One Family.The press conference to unveil the festival plans saw a predominance of Bollywood personalities, including Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Ashoke Pandit and Madhur Bhandarkar who all have ...
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Volver, Babel bookend Goa International Film Festival
Pedro Almodovar's Volver will open the 37th International FilmFestival of India Goa which runs from Nov 23 to Dec 3. Alejandro GonzalezInarritu's Babel is the closingnight film.Films from 40 countries willbe screened in the "Cinema Of The World" section and the festival will featureretrospectives of the work of actor Javier ...
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Om Puri signs for role opposite Hanks in Nichols' War
Veteran Indian actor Om Puri has signed for a lead role in MikeNichols' Charlie Wilson's War opposite Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Puri previously worked with Nichols in Wolf opposite Jack Nicholson and MichellePfeiffer in 1994.Based on the book by George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War is a ...
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Rang De Basanti is India's Oscar submission
Rakeysh Mehra's Rang De Basanti has been selected by the Film Federation Of India asIndia's official entry to the foreign language category of the Academy Awards.A jury member said they voted on Mehra's film about youthawakening because "we felt that Rang De Basanti is more Indian and talks about today's ...
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Krrish takes flight at Indian box office
Rakesh Roshan's Krrish, billed as India's first real superhero movie, has blasted its wayinto Bollywood's blockbuster league by grossing an estimated $15m (Rs690m) inits opening week (June 23-29).The $10m film has alsobecome a hit in overseas markets, debuting at number nine at the UK box office in its opening weekend ...