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  • Subhash Ghai plans day-long tribute to Ashok Mehta

    Subhash Ghai plans day-long tribute to Ashok Mehta

    MUMBAI: Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has planned to organise a day-long tribute in honour of late cinematographer Ashok Mehta at his media and film institute Whistling Woods on 27 August.

    On the occasion, exhibitions and seminars on Mehta‘s works have been planned. His directorial debut Moksh will also be screened in the presence of its lead actors Arjun Rampal and Manisha Koirala.

    Mehta, who breathed his last on 15 August at the age of 65 following advanced lung cancer, was among one of India‘s best known cinematographers. Films that he was associated with were Shekhar Kapur‘s Bandit Queen, Shyam Benegal‘s Mandi and Trikaal, Aparna Sen‘s 36 Chowringhee Lane and Paroma, Shashi Kapoor‘s Utsav and MF Hussain‘s Gaja Gamini.

    Incidentally, Ghai and Mehta worked together in films like Ram Lakhan (1989), Khal Nayak (1993) and Kisna (2005).

  • Reliance MediaWorks fails to get consent of all lenders for restructuring

    Reliance MediaWorks fails to get consent of all lenders for restructuring

    Mumbai: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, an R-ADAG group company, has failed to obtain consent from all its lenders for restructuring its businesses into separate subsidiary companies.

    Consent from all the lenders is critical for the company to be able to receive Rs 6.05 billion in private equity investment to wriggle out of a financial mess caused by crippling losses and high indebtedness.

    The company has not disclosed the name of the private equity firm with whom it has signed an indicative non-binding term-sheet. A newspaper had last month reported that the firm which has agreed to invest in Reliance MediaWorks is L Capital, the world‘s biggest luxury company LVMH‘s private equity arm.

    “We have not received consents for transferring our film and media services and theatrical exhibition business to our subsidiaries from some of our lenders,” Reliance MediaWorks said in the draft prospectus it has filed for a rights issue to raise another Rs 600 crore.

    The shareholders of the company had approved transferring of its film and media services and theatrical exhibition business to wholly-owned subsidiaries on February 21, 2012.

    The company‘s net worth has been fully eroded. It had a negative net worth of Rs 2.39 billion as on March 31, 2012, after the company reported a loss of Rs 5.72 billion in the year ended March 31, 2012.

    Reliance MediaWorks had total borrowings of Rs 16.63 billion against total shareholder funds of Rs 378.11 million.

    The lenders of Reliance MediaWorks include Magma Fin Corp Ltd, Barclays Bank PLC, Allahabad Bank, Export Import Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and Union Bank of India.

    The biggest lender to Reliance MediaWorks is its promoter Reliance Capital with loans of Rs 8.69 billion outstanding as on June 30, 2012.

    Reliance has not disclosed which of the lenders have not given their consent to the company for transferring its film and media services to a subsidiary.

    As part of the process of restructuring, Reliance MediaWorks has already separated its businesses into two divisions – film and media services, and film exhibition. It has appointed Venkatesh Roddam as the CEO of the Film and Media Services division and Ashok Ganapathy as the CEO of the Exhibition division.

    In terms of the financing agreements with the lenders, Reliance Mediaworks is required to obtain their prior consent for, amongst other things, transferring its business.

    The consents received from some lenders are also subject to strict conditions. The key condition is that Reliance MediaWorks obtains necessary approval from all the lenders. The other conditions include: there should be no material change to the security offered to the lenders and the assets transferred should continue to secure the exposure; the relevant subsidiaries should ensure sufficient cash flows to meet the repayment obligations; and the company should continue to comply with the terms and conditions of the financing documents.

  • IFFI inauguration to be held in outdoor AC dome

    IFFI inauguration to be held in outdoor AC dome

    MUMBAI: The opening and closing ceremonies of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa this year would be held in a specially built outdoor air-conditioned dome.

    “The thought has come up that both the ceremonies should be held outdoors in an open air-conditioned dome so that we can invite more people,” said Entertainment Society of Goa vice chairman Vishnu Wagh.

    “The seating capacity of the existing theatres where ceremonies are held is less and hence even members of the legislative assembly cannot be invited,” he said.

    Meanwhile the organisers have invited Amitabh Bachchan for both the opening and the closing ceremonies of the festival.

    At least 3,000 to 4,000 people would be accommodated in the outdoor facility.

    IFFI 2012 would be held from 20 to 30 November in Panaji.

  • Pakistani film Lamha bags two awards at New York Film Festival

    Pakistani film Lamha bags two awards at New York Film Festival

    NEW DELHI: Pakistani film “Lamha (Seedlings)” bagged two awards at the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF), which concluded last week.

    “Lamha” won the Best Feature Film award and its leading lady Aamina Sheikh won the Best Actress in Leading Role award in a late-night ceremony at the Angelika Film Centre in New York.

    The film was nominated in five other categories, including Best Actor in Leading Role (Mohib Mirza), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Gohar Rasheed), Best Score, Best Original Screenplay (Summer Nicks) and Best Director (Mansoor Mujahid).

    Lamha weaves through the life of a young couple Maliha (Sheikh) and Raza (Mirza) and those affected by their deep struggle to reconnect after the loss of their only child in a tragic accident. The film’s premiere at the festival, on 10 August, was a sold out affair at the Tribeca Cinema

  • Pyaar Ka Punchnama draws cheers at Indian Film Festival in Berlin

    Pyaar Ka Punchnama draws cheers at Indian Film Festival in Berlin

    MUMBAI: Pyaar Ka Punchnama, the biggest rom-com of last year, owing to its comic appeal and youth centric content, was the highlight of this year‘s Indian Film Festival held in Berlin that kick started on 15 August.

    Producer Abhishek Pathak‘s film stole the show when it was screened on the 16 August after which it was well appreciated by the audience there.

    The producer, who was present with Sonalli Sehgall, one of the film‘s leading lady , was overwhelmed with the response he received for his film from the people of Berlin. According tp Pathak, this honour has motivated him to make more films on the lines of Pyaar Ka Punchnama.

    The festival has been organised in partnership with the Embassy of India, Berlin.

  • Delhi to get its own international Film Festival in centenary year of Indian cinema

    Delhi to get its own international Film Festival in centenary year of Indian cinema

    NEW DELHI: A total of 98 films have already found entry into the first Delhi International Film Festival to be held in December this year to coincide with the centenary of Indian cinema and a century of Delhi as the capital of India.

    The Festival, being organised by the Social Circle, will be held from 21 to 27 December and will have ten different sections. It will take place at the Sirifort Auditorium and the NDMC Convention Centre.

    Actor-filmmaker who recently made ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ and also acted in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ along with actor Shiney Ahuja launched the website of the festival, www.delhiinternationalfilmfestival.com.

    Senior film journalist Ram Kishore Parcha, who is President of the Festival, said there had been a vacuum of an international film festival since the International Film Festival of India was shifted to Goa, and there was also a need to have a filmmaking hub in north India. This festival would fulfill all these needs.

    He announced that thespian Zohra Segal who had turned 100 would be presented a Life Time Achievement Award at the first festival.

    Festival Vice-President Sanjay Singh and Festival Secretary Suresh K Goswami (a senior filmmaker himself) introduced various sections of the Festival.

    Tigmanshu specifically underlined the fact that at least 2,500 similar festivals existed not only in the big cities like London, New York, Paris, Tokyo Beijing etc., but also in smaller towns. International Film festivals were also being held in many cities like Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram.

    Returning to films after a gap and associated with the Festival, Ahuja said it was a novel and artistic platform for countrywide film actors and makers. Ahuja was born and brought up in Delhi, where he also completed his education.

    The legendry Malayalam Filmmaker and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee Adoor Gopalakrishnan is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Festival. The Board consists of Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sandeep Marwah, Shriram Raghavan, Uma Da Cunha, Shiney Ahuja, Yashpal Sharma, Shonali Bose, Sushma Parcha and Bela Negi from India, Alain Jallladeau, Phillip Jalladeau from France, Jamal Shah, Satish Anand from Pakistan, Sajedur Rehman Firoze from Bangladesh, Reza Degati from Iran, Andrej Karawakoski Avner Faingulernt, Erez Pery, Lina Murad from Syria, and Kai Syng Tan from London. About 80 Actors from India and overseas are also connected with this festival.

    The best amongst selected films will be honoured with the Golden Minar and Silver Minar awards respectively. The festival in its first edition will not only honour the films, filmmakers, artists and writers, but will also honour outstanding persons who have excelled in their contribution towards the welfare of society and the people with Minare Dilli award.

    Classic Films from Overseas and India are included as special sections along with Delhi Scope section in the festival. Retrospective, Tributes and Homage sections will include films of Dev Anand, Balraj Sahni and other legendary filmmakers and actors. This section will also include films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan and the distinguished actor Soumitra Chatterjee from Bengal.

    The festival will showcase at least 150 films from nearly 70 countries, according to Goswami. The World Cinema section will showcase films like “Daughters of Hill” by Patrizia landi, “The Artist” by Michel Hazanavicius, “Jeremiah” by Eran Paz, “Love Bird” by Susan Collins, “The Sunshine” in The Corner by Sun Hao Young, “Mar” by Caner Erzincan and many more. India’s Zia-Us-Salaam is on the International Jury.

    A special section called NRI Cinema has been included in the festival. Under this section at least 15 films by Non Resident Indians living in different parts of the world will be show cased. In this section films like “A Gran Plan” by Sangeeta Nambiyar of Singapore, “Oas” by Shiv Tiwari of New York, “The Happy Pulse” by Jay Bajaj of Canada, “Children of God” by Foukia Akhtar of United Arab Emirates will be showcased and the best film will be awarded the Golden Minar.

    In addition to the Non Resident Indian Films, a section dedicated to the NRI writers has also been specially included in the festival in which a poetry collection book shall be launched as well. The book is edited by none other than the well-known senior journalist, Poetess and writer, Anita Kapoor from California. The best poem in this collection will be honoured with the Silver Minar.

    Various seminars, panel discussions and workshops shall be organized during the festival. The Festival has a dedicated section for the artwork from all over the world, the theme of which is the Cinema and Delhi. The art work will have a special exhibition during the festival and the best artwork will be honoured with the Silver Minar Award.

    The organisations that have partnered with the festival are Broadway International Film Festival, Los Angeles, South Cinema South Film Festival, and JMT from Israel, Slade school of fine arts, London, Film factory china, Turkish Film Industry, Cinetech Nationale Mexico, Brazil films, Media Box Bangladesh, Hunarkada from Pakistan, Film Boutique from Germany, Second largest Nantes film festival of France and French cultural centre.

  • Ananth Mahadevan’s short film awarded at Kolkata festival

    Ananth Mahadevan’s short film awarded at Kolkata festival

    NEW DELHI:‘State of the Art‘ by renowned filmmaker Ananth Mahadevan has won the best film award at the Kolkata International Short Film Festival.

    The Festival which concluded yesterday was organized by Minioxoffice, a Noida-based short films marketing & promotion company.

    Festival director Rambhul Singh said the festival also observed a centenary of Indian cinema. The festival was dedicated to short filmmakers and aimed to provide platform for aspiring and professional filmmakers as well as for students of filmmaking, to showcase their talent and also networking opportunities.

    The reputed national award winning Bengali film director Atanu Ghosh was the festival jury along with reputed folk and Bengali singer Dippanita Acharya. Arijit Dutta, reputed film producer & MD of Priya Entertainment, was the chief guest at the award ceremony.

    The festival had received 126 shorts films, including from Iran, Spain, Israel and UK. The selection panel had shortlisted 42 of these films. The festival screened shortlisted short films, documentaries and animation and music videos. The festival featured Spanish and Iranian film packages. A master class on short films marketing, promotion and revenue generation through was also conducted.

    Other award winners are the festival:

    Best Short Film (Student)

    ‘Chatkhaara‘ by Syed Maaz Kazmi, produced by Department of Communication Studies, Pune University

    Best Short Film

    ‘Pranayathil Oruval Vazhthappedum Vidham‘ by Manilal, produced by Independent, Trisoor

    Best Documentary Film (Student)

    ‘In Rags‘ by Abhishek Chandra,, produced by NID, Ahmadabad

    Best Animation Film (Student)

    ‘A Story‘ by Laxmikanta Jena, produced by We7 Team, ZICA, Bhubaneswar
    Best Animation Film

    ‘Romeo Spikes‘ by K D Shybu, produced by Vismayas Max Animations, Trivandrum

    Best Music Video

    ‘Distance‘ by Arnab Chatterjee, producer: Wiztoonz Academy of Media & Design, Bangalore

    Special Festival Mention- Jury

    1. ‘Imagination‘ (Short Film) by Anto, produced by Nietzche Production House

    2. ‘Miss Shoe-Bra Negi‘ (Short Film) by Barnali Ray Shukla, produced by
    Humaramovie.com

  • Vivek Oberoi hopes his two films will not release together

    Vivek Oberoi hopes his two films will not release together

    MUMBAI: A few days ago it was reported that the makers of Vivek Oberoi‘s two upcoming films, Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story and Kismet Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD), are at loggerheads because both the films were set for 5 October release.

    Though the makers Kumar Taurani and Amit Chndra have not resolved the clash yet, the actor hopes one of the producers will move ahead while the other’s film would release. The 35-year-old actor is hopeful that there will be an amicable solution.

    Promotion of KLPD is on while that of Jayanta Bhai is set to begin soon. “They (Amit Chandra) may have started their promotions but we too would be beginning by the month end. We just need a few weeks of some really intense promotion to get us going. We are not backing out for sure. Our posters are ready, the first cut of the film is in place as well. If there is going to be a clash on 5 October, so be it,” said Taurani in a statement.

    Oberoi, last had a release two years back, when Ram Gopal Varma‘s Rakht Charitra Part I and II released in quick succession but both failed at the box office.

    Amit Chandra understands the situation and empathises with Vivek. “It is not great for two films to release on the same day; it is not going to benefit either Kumarji or me. I have requested him that he moves on and hopefully he would.”

    However, Taurani feels that since he announced the film‘s completion first, it was his right to arrive in theatres first. “We were just about to start the publicity of our film when out of nowhere I heard Amit announcing his film‘s completion. However, he didn‘t even talk to me and just said that I should move ahead. It has to be seen who amongst the two of us would budge from the stand.”

    Chandra is firm on the release date as he thinks 5 October is the perfect date for him.

  • Ek Tha Tiger’s thunderous roar to Rs 1 bn in 5 days

    Ek Tha Tiger’s thunderous roar to Rs 1 bn in 5 days

    Mumbai: Ek Tha Tiger has broken all previous records of the opening day box office collections as well as those of an extended weekend release, having touched the Rs 1 billion mark in five days.

    The Salman Khan has gone on to set new records which don‘t look easy to better in the near future.

    The film was well awaited by the exhibitors and brought them relief after a run of mediocre grossers. With bumper opening day collections of Rs 329.2 million on 15 August, the film ended its five-day weekend with Rs 1 billion. It even bettered the earlier high by Salman‘s own Bodyguard, which had collected Rs 889.5 million, by over Rs 100 million.

    With Eid and Basi Eid collections yet to be added, the nine-day week of the film will record unprecedented figures.

    Bol Bachchan collected approximately Rs 7.5 million in its sixth week, taking its total to Rs 1 billion.

    Jism2 did reasonably well in its second week with figures of Rs 49 million, taking its total collection to Rs 350.5 million.

    Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 proved inferior to its earlier part managing to collect a poor Rs 187 million from nine days plus paid previews a day before its Wednesday release.

    Kya Super Kool Hai Hum managed to see its third week through with a decent Rs 26.1 million taking its tally to Rs 458.6 million.

    Cocktail added Rs 2.5 million in its fifth week to take its total to Rs 761.5 million.

  • Muhurat of Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala to be live on YouTube

    Muhurat of Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala to be live on YouTube

    MUMBAI: Director Sajid Khan has come up with a unique style of marketing for the remake of Himmatwala, said to be a true homage to the 80s. The director will host the film‘s ‘muhurat‘ live on YouTube on 22 August from Hyderabad.

    It is said that when Khan explained the idea to the producers Vashu Bhagnani and Siddharth Roy Kapur, they were bowled over with the idea. Khan felt that this would give Himmatwala further fillip right from the beginning itself en route to the film‘s 29 March release next year. While the entire plan has been formulated backwards, the ‘muhurat‘ to be hosted live is a step taken forward.

    While Ajay Devgn, Vashu Bhagnani and other cast and crew members will fly down to Hyderabad for the muhurat, Khan will supervise the necessary logistical arrangements along with UTV to make this as a first of its kinds shoot that ought to act as a trailblazer.

    The muhurat of the film would be held at 1 pm on 22 August.