Category: Hindi

MUMBAI: Bengali film actor-director Dilip Roy is set to direct a film on legendary music maestro Sachin Dev Burman. The film will be made by The Film Division in Tripura.

Films Division eastern regional centre director Rajiv Kumar sent a letter to the Tripura government to inform about the decision.

SD Burman composed music for 100 movies (inclusive of Bengali films). He also sang about 20 film songs (inclusive of Bengali films), for which he composed music too. He also sang for one of the songs of Amar Prem (1971), a film whose music was composed by his son, Rahul Dev Burman.

SD Burman‘s compositions have been mainly sung to a large extent by the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle and Shamshad Begum. Mukesh and Talat Mahmood have also sung songs composed by him.

MUMBAI: PVR Pictures is investing Rs 70 million in producing its latest film Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye and has set 6 February as its release date.

The film will see a simultaneous opening in India and the international market. PVR will release the movie across 150-175 screens with 100-125 prints in India.

“Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye has been made on a budget of Rs 70 million that excludes marketing costs. We will be distributing the film in India as well as overseas. While we are targeting approximately 150-175 screens with 100-125 prints in India. We plan to release the film across 25-30 screens in the international market,” PVR Pictures – marketing head Ranjan Singh tells Indiantelevision.com.

The film will also be released with 40-50 digital prints in India.

Mere Khwabon Mein… will mark the directorial debut of Madhureeta Anand who is also the writer of the film. The film stars Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda and Arbaaz Khan. Ekaa Films is the executive producer.

The music of the film will be released by music label T-Series. While Lalit Pandit is the music director of Mere Khwabon Mein…, the lyrics have been penned by Javed Akhtar. The playback singers include Shaan, Alka Yagnik, Anoushka Manchanda and Caralisa Monteiro.

The film‘s theme explores the journey of the characters who are pursuing their dreams.

MUMBAI: Aamir Khan

seems to be scoring over Shah Rukh Khan at the box office, if early indications of their latest films are to be believed. While the Aamir Khan-starrer Ghajini has raked in close to Rs 900 million over the four-day weekend (25 December to 28 December), SRK‘s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi mopped up the same amount after its first week of release.

Ghajini has collected Rs 700 million from the Indian theatres while in overseas market it has pocketed close to Rs 200 million.

Distributed by The Indian Film Company in India, Ghajini was released across 1400 screens with 1200 prints.

Ghajini was released by Reliance Big Pictures, the motion pictures brand of Reliance Big Entertainment, in 22 countries internationally with 250 prints. The key markets included the UAE with 36 prints, the US and Canada with 112 prints, and the UK with 65 prints.

According to the data provided by Big Pictures, the film opened with $1.4 million in North America and with $0.92 million in the Middle East. The other countries across which Ghajini saw a simultaneous release are Ireland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.

Big Pictures is planning to release in four additional countries – Myanmar, Uganda, Malaysia and Morocco – in the coming weeks.

“Ghajini’s performance demonstrates that the overseas audiences are equally accepting quality action films, which are still a rarity, coming out of India. We are extremely pleased with the films opening, which has created bench marks in various International markets like North America, Australia and the Middle East,” says Big Pictures COO – International Film Business Jawahar Sharma.

A Geetha Arts production, Ghajini is a remake of the critically acclaimed Tamil language film with the same title, also directed by AR Murugadoss. The film stars Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Jiah Khan, Mohit Ahlawat, Pradeep Rawat and Riyaz Khan. Ravi K Chandran is the cinematographer.

MUMBAI: Aamir Khan‘s Taare Zameen Par (TZP) has bagged the V Shantaram Gold Award for best film while Neeraj Pandey‘s A Wednesday has been honoured with the silver award.

Also, critically acclaimed Marathi film ‘Tingya‘ has won the V Shantaram bronze award.

Neeraj Pandey swept away both best director Gold and best debut director award for ‘A Wednesday‘ while Jimmy Shergill received the best artist in a supporting award for the same.

The silver award for best direction went to Aamir Khan for TZP and Ashutosh Gowariker bagged the best director bronze award for Jodhaa Akbar.

Darsheel Safary and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the best actor and actress award for their performances in TZP and Jodhaa Akbar respectively. Amol Gupte received the best script award for TZP.

The debut artist award went to actor-director Farhan Akhtar.

AR Rehman won the best music director award for Jodhaa Akbar and Kiran Deohans was given the best cinematographer award.

Additionally, best sound award went to late H Sridhar for Tamil film Dashavataram while Shree Narayan Singh received the best editing award for A Wednesday.

MUMBAI: Cinemax India has launched its first property in Kolkata, West Bengal. The three-screen multiplex, with a seating capacity of 758, opened to the audiences with the screening of the Aamir Khan-starrer Ghajini.

The new property is Cinemax’s second multiplex in the eastern region. The multiplex operator entered the eastern market in 2007 at Guwahati.

Cinemax India senior vice president Devang Sampat said, “We, at Cinemax have always strived to provide the best movie-viewing experience to our patrons across the country. We have laid strong emphasis on screen size, picture and sound quality and innovative consumer offers, which have kept our viewers coming back for more. Our latest and first property in Kolkata is a step towards reinforcing our philosophy of providing a state-of-the-art entertainment complex, a Cinemax Hallmark.”

With this addition, Cinemax India now has a total of 22 theatre properties and 65 screens.

MUMBAI: Television production company Behind The Scene is venturing into the distribution of English films in India with Outlander that is slated to hit theatres worldwide on 23 January.The film, a sci-fi action adventure, will witness a simultaneous opening in India, the US and Europe.

Confirming the move, Behind The Scene president – film distribution Jeetu Chawla said, “Yes, we are venturing into the distribution of English films in India with Outlander. In India, apart from English the film will also be released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on the same day. In Hindi, the film will be called Ek Aur Kurukshetra.”

Talking about the number of screens across which the film will be released, Chawla stated, “We are planning to release Outlander across 125-175 screens pan India.”

While the film, produced by Barrie M Osborne and Chris Roberts, will be distributed by The Weinstein Company in the US, Wild Bunch will release Outlander in Europe.

Made at a budget of $47 million, the film has been directed by Howard McCain and stars James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman and John Hurt.

Some of the television productions from the Behind The Scene basket include Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi, Apne…Mere Apne, Des Pardes and Saath Rahega Always.

MUMBAI: Kambakth Ishq, a Sajid Nadiadwala production which was earlier slated for a December release, is now set to hit the theatres worldwide on 29 May.

Directed by debutant Sabir Khan, the film features Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor as lead protagonists.

Kambakth Ishq also casts Hollywood actors Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh in cameos, playing themselves. Bollywood actors Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora play supporting roles in the film.

To be distributed by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

, Kambakth Ishq is a romantic action comedy that revolves around the story of a stuntman in Hollywood.

MUMBAI: PVR, which works in the movie exhibitions and entertainment business, has launched its latest multiplex comprising 7 mainstream digital audio at Phoenix Mills in Mumbai. The multiplex, with a seating capacity of 1847, is called PVR Phoenix Mill.

The multiplex is owned by CR Retail, a wholly owned subsidiary of PVR, and boasts of 2k digital cinema that is compliant with DCI technology.

With the opening of PVR Phoenix Mill, the total number of PVR screens in operation has gone up to 108 at 26 locations across 14 cities. In Mumbai, PVR now has 24 operational screens.

MUMBAI: In a bid to attract the hearing-impaired and non-Hindi speaking audience to its theaters pan India, Reliance ADAG’s theatre chain Big Cinemas is planning to screen the forthcoming movies with English subtitles.

To begin with, Big Cinemas will screen the Amir Khan-starrer Ghajini with English subtitles from its second week at digital screens in BIG Cinemas’ Wadala and Metro BIG Cinemas in Mumbai.

“We wanted to expand our audience reach and hence, decided to take up this new initiative. This will ensure that the cinema medium can be enjoyed by a larger number of the public – especially the hearing impaired who could not earlier understand the dialogues,” says Big Cinemas COO Tushar Dhingra.

“The release of Ghajini, being an eagerly awaited film, was an ideal way for us to start offering this facility and will set a trend for future releases,” Dhingra adds.

Post Ghajini, the next big release that will be screened with English subtitles by Big Cinemas across its digital theatres is Chandni Chowk To China. The film, directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, will hit the theatres on 16 January.

Adlabs Digital Cinema COO Patrick von Sychowski states, “Digital cinema technology makes it easy to introduce such innovations. Hence, we look forward to introducing more such innovations for the benefit of the audience.”

MUMBAI: The Madras High Court has lifted the ban on Ghajini‘s worldwide release. The Aamir Khan-starrer will, thus, release as per schedule on 25 December.

Earlier on 23 December the Madras High Court had stayed the worldwide release of the film after A Chandrasekaran, producer of the original Tamil film, filed a suit against it.

While filing the suit, Chandrasekaran claimed that he was the copyright holder for remaking and dubbing of the film in all Indian languages except in Telugu.

The film has also received a green signal from the Bombay High Court where Mumbai-based KBC Pictures had filed a suit against Ghajini stating that director AR Murugadoss had signed an agreement with it in 2004 to remake the Tamil film in Hindi.

The court has, however, asked Murugadoss to file an affidavit on Friday clearing his stand.

Produced by Geetha Arts, Ghajini is the Hindi remake of the Tamil film with the same name. The film was also made in Telugu.

The film revolves around the story of a rich businessman who suffers from short-term memory lapse. Ghajini, made on a budget of Rs 300 million, displays the businessman‘s revenge for his wife’s murder.