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  • Ambika Soni calls for meet to study gamut of film censorship

    NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has convened a meeting of the Central Board of Film Certification and the nine regional boards in mid-October to study the whole gamut of film censorship and the possibilities of revising the Film Censorship Guidelines.

    Ministry sources told indiantelevision.com that the meet will discuss all issues relating to film censorship in the light of various directives of different courts and changing mores in society.


    The CBFC, headed by senior film artiste Sharmila Tagore (into her second term), has been re-constituted and its term will end on November 2011. However, some of the regional boards may be reconstituted.


    The meet may also consider the suggestion – made first by an earlier Chairperson Anupam Kher and now by Tagore – for permitting adult content on television in late night or early dawn hours.


    When it was pointed out that some regional boards had as many as 150 members, the sources said the CBFC only had 25 people and there was no objection to the regional boards having more members as long as these were people representing all sections of society who understood cinema. In any case, the rule was that a minimum of five persons should be present whenever a film is screened for censorship.

    The Film Censorship guidelines were last revised on 6 December 1991, though the CBFC has been guided from time to time by Court orders. Furthermore, changing social attitudes in society has led to acceptance of certain scenes in films that strictly do not come under the guidelines.

  • Four films to release this week

    MUMBAI: Four films are set to release this week including Vaada Raha…I Promise, Ruslaan, Baabarr and Aamras.

    Samir Karnik directed Vaada Raha…I Promise, starring Bobby Deol, Kangana Ranaut and Dwij Yadav, is the story of Duke Chawla, a researcher on Cancer, who can‘t do enough when his friend Roshan is afflicted by the deadly disease.

    Ruslaan, directed by Mohan Sharma and starring Rajeev Sharma, Smita Jaykar, Meghna Chatterjee and SM Zaheer, is a film based on the grim aftermath of the Mumbai 7/11 train blasts and how the innocent get trapped.


    The Ashu Trikha directed Baabarr is set in Lucknow and depicts the effect illiteracy has on today‘s youth, their outlook and their aspirations. The film that throws light on the growing ambitions of the youth and how their focus shifts to organised crime with an underlying message that ‘crime never dies, it just changes faces‘ stars Soham Deepak, Mithun Chakraborty and Urvashi Sharma.

    Directed by Rupali Guha, Aamras is a young adult comedy drama that delves on a story of four girls and how their friendship is tested with various situations that come across their lives. Presented by Vistaar Religare Film Fund, the film has Vega, Natasha, Maanvi, Zarina Wahab and Sukanya Kulkarni.



  • Maverick Productions’ Gujarati film Natheeyo goes on floors

    MUMBAI: After Kannada film Housefull, and an under-production Malaylam film Gulumaal, actor Anuj Saxena, in a move to extend his production house Maverick‘s portfolio, has decided to produce a Gujarati film.

    Directed by Chander Bahl, Natheeyo was launched today with a start-to-finish schedule. The star cast of the film includes Chandan Rathod, Sapna, Dhawan Memoda and Dipangi.


    Says Maverick Productions CEO Saxena, “Maverick is a full-fledged entertainment company producing films, ads, events and documentaries. Regional cinema has a huge niche market.”


    Maverick‘s independent production Chase, directed by Jag Mohan Mundhra, is planned for release on 4 December.

  • MPDA to screen Hollywood films in US Embassy at Delhi

    MUMBAI: The US Embassy and the Motion Picture Dist. Association (India) Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have decided to screen between 6-12 new Hollywood films every year at the American Center, Delhi.

    The announcement was made at a reception hosted by US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer of MPAA CEO and chairman Dan Glickman on 8 September.


    MPAA‘s studio members will provide the films in digital format to the American Center, New Delhi. Members of the MPAA include Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, NBC Universal, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.


    “The United States and India are two nations having a growing and shared stake in encouraging a healthy, legitimate marketplace for film and other creative works,” remarked Glickman.


    Noted Ambassador Roemer, “The US and India have the largest motion picture industries in the world, reflecting the appreciation of film that both Indians and Americans share. This partnership between the American Center and motion picture industry leaders will allow us to share American culture with India in new and exciting ways.”

    The American Center is undergoing a complete renovation of its theatre. The new theatre will be digitally compliant to MPAA standards and will include a new screen, new projection equipment and new sound system.



  • Zee Cinema lines up Boney Kapoor festival from 14 September

    MUMBAI: Coinciding with the release of Wanted, Zee Cinema has announced a week-long festival of Boney Kapoor blockbusters called ‘Most Wanted Afternoons‘.

    Starting 14 September, the festival will telecast films like Pukar, Mr. India, No Entry, Humara Dil Aapke Paas Hain and Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja daily at 12 noon. Besides, Zee Cinema would also engage viewers with special insights of these films.


    Exclusive interviews with Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Satish Kaushik and Boney Kapoor have been lined up during the telecast of the films.

    Said Zee Cinema Business Head Mohan Gopinath, “Most Wanted Afternoons is a special dedication to Boney Kapoor and his films. Since Zee Cinema enjoys the highest channel share during afternoons, we decided to make the most of it with the festival. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with films that Boney Kapoor has produced.”

  • Jail release postponed to 6 November

    MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company, Bhandarkar Entertainment & Sanjay Ghodawat Group‘s Jail that was to release on 30 October has been postponed to 6 November.

    The film stars Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead along with Mugdha Godse.The film also stars Manoj Bajpai, Arya Babbar and Ashish Sharma in pivotal roles.


    Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the film has music by Sharib-Toshi and Shamir Tandon.

  • Adlabs restructures exhibition biz, Saxena joins as Big Cinemas COO

    MUMBAI: Adlabs Films has restructured its exhibition business, splitting it into two strategic units based on geographical divisions.

    Adlabs has roped in Ashish Saxena as chief operating officer for Big Cinemas. He will look after the company‘s operations in West and South India.


    Tushar Dhingra, the existing COO, will now specifically focus on the company‘s operations in North, East and Central India.


    Saxena has considerable experience in the areas of operations, distribution and programming in the film and cinemas industry. He last served as PVR Pictures CEO. Earlier he was Inox Leisure VP – Programming.


    Commenting on the reorganisation, Adlabs Films Ltd CEO Anil Arjun said, “Big Cinemas network is expanding across the country and we are putting in place a core team of leaders to drive the strategy and the execution required to operate this extensive network of cinemas in India and further augment the company‘s ability to serve our customers better.”


    Adlabs also has a global footprint with 459 screens present across India, US, Netherlands and Malaysia.

  • Actor prepares to hold arts events every weekend

    MUMBAI: In keeping with its spirit of innovation, Anupam Kher‘s acting school Actor Prepares will transform itself into a centre of the dramatic arts every weekend by hosting events at its studio in Mumbai.
    These shows will not only highlight the acting skills of the students, but will also show that of the performers from across Mumbai who are keen on displaying their talent in the performing arts.

    Kicking off the series will be a musical play, Romeo and Jenny, which will be performed by the students of the school on 12 and 13 September at 6 pm and 8.30 pm on the respective days and times.

    It is a play which shows how the lives of actors rehearsing Romeo and Juliet are singed with reality when their production is recast. Among the stellar plays scheduled in the coming weeks will be Mr Kher‘s highly acclaimed one-man play Kuchh Bhi Ho Sakta Hai which has been staged internationally and has been in the news for being one of his best works yet.

  • Sun Pictures to release Kanden Kadhalai

    MUMBAI: Sun Pictures has acquired the distribution rights of Moser Baer and Blue Ocean Entertainment‘s Bharath and Tamannaah starrer Kanden Kadhalai.

    Said Moser Baer COO G. Dhananjayan, “After watching the end-result of the film, the Sun Pictures team immensely liked for its “wholesome family entertainment” and showed their desire to acquire the film immediately to market it worldwide under its name.” With this move, Moser Baer and Blue Ocean Entertainment have shifted their focus to their next film Aval Peyar Tamilarasi that is nearing completion.

  • Moving Picture’s docu gets National Award

    MUMBAI: Moving Picture Company, in a filing at the BSE, has announced that its documentary The Journalist and a Jihadi- The Murder Of Daniel Pearl has won an award for best investigative film in the National Film Awards that were announced on 8 September.
    Highly-educated individuals from privileged backgrounds, Daniel Pearl and Omar Sheikh saw the world very differently.

    While Pearl was a humanist who became an accomplished journalist and spent most of his career reporting from the Muslim world as part of a quest to promote cross-cultural understanding, Sheikh was radicalized by events that he regarded as the global persecution of Muslims, thereby becoming an Islamic militant who chose a deeply violent method to achieve what he believed in. After 9/11, their paths crossed in Pakistan, with tragic consequences.

    Moving Picture Company‘s new weekly show MTV Stripped, based on the life of TV stars, is on air every Friday on MTV channel at 7 pm.