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  • Viacom18 starts NY with ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ premiere

    Viacom18 starts NY with ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ premiere

    MUMBAI: Starting the year on a promising note Viacom18 is proud to present xXx: Return of Xander Cage to the audience in India. After wowing viewers in Mexico and London as part of the global domination tour, megastar Vin Diesel visited India for the premiere along with his co-star, Bollywood beauty Deepika Padukone and director DJ Caruso. With gravity defying action sequences, a star-studded cast and a gripping storyline, this third explosive chapter of the franchise promises to please fans across the nation.

    Giving audiences a firsthand experience of the film acclaimed for its extreme sports action – a grand fan event was organized in Mumbai, with a spectacular lineup of entertainment ranging from BMX stunt-bikers to skateboarders and B- Boying troupes. Nucleya further took the stage and kept the fans in a trance up until Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone made their entrance to greet the fans. Following the incredible fan experience, Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone and DJ Caruso walked down the red carpet, signing autographs and interacting with their fans at the premiere.

    Present at the premiere Viacom18 group CEO Sudhanshu Vats mentioned, “Viacom18 Motion Pictures, has long been associated with producing content driven movies, often with female leads. Today, we are at an event that captures the spirit of universal stories – bringing global stories to India and taking Indian stories global. The India Hollywood connection has evolved through three stages. We started the journey by taking India’s pain and evolution through movies like Gandhi and A Passage to India. That stage followed with our stars who went on to essay character roles. In the last 3-4 years we have seen the emergence of stories from here like The Life of Pi and Jungle Book. Today’s a landmark moment when a leading lady from our country is playing a lead role in a mainstream Hollywood movie. It is our privilege to start this with bringing Deepika’s first Hollywood film to India.It is inspirational to see how far we have come in influencing Hollywood productions-through actors, storylines, locations, philosophies through the years. It gives us immense pride that our studio has brought this movie to India and will soon bring Baywatch with Priyanka Chopra as well.”

    Viacom18 Motion Pictures COO Ajit Andhare said: “Moving beyond conventional cinema, we are constantly persevering to bring only the best of Hollywood to India with our partnership with Paramount. India has emerged as one of the priority markets globally and VMP is proud to have been a pioneer in bringing about this change; the release of xXx in India before its worldwide release is one such step in this direction. We hope Indian audiences enjoy watching the film before the world does.”

    A Paramount Pictures and Revolution Studios movie, xXx: Return of Xander Cage will be exclusively distributed in India by Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Watch it before the world in 3D and IMAX 3D on 14 January.

  • ’17-18: Eros Media to produce 50 films in multiple languages

    ’17-18: Eros Media to produce 50 films in multiple languages

    MUMBAI: Eros International Plc, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Eros International Media Limited, released its film production lineup for 2017-18.

    Eros International Media plans to produce over 50 films across multiple languages, making it the largest slate by any Indian studio this year, offering a diversified slate of marquee and content-driven films. In addition to this strong production slate, the Company will also continue to selectively acquire content on an opportunistic basis, according to a Business Wire release in the U.K.

    The company has ramped up its own productions with an exciting lineup under development, encompassing a significant number of releases across budgets, genres and languages through key partnerships. These partnerships include talented producer-director, Aanand L Rai and their joint production entity Colour Yellow Production, NextGen Films and Trinity Pictures, Eros’ in-house franchise label.

    Eros International Media managing director Sunil Lulla said, “We are delighted to collaborate with some of the best creative forces in the business and build a strong portfolio of films. We continue to see great opportunity in nurturing talent, creating IP in-house and remain focused on delivering our promise to provide wholesome entertainment to audiences with the right mix of popular and content driven cinema”.

    Following the critical and commercial successes of Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Nil Battey Sannata and Happy Bhag Jayegi, Eros continues its association with Aanand L Rai and will roll out eight more titles with Colour Yellow which include Rai’s directorial venture starring Shah Rukh Khan, a quirky romantic comedy Shubh Mangal Savdhaan by south director RS Prasanna and two films, Mukkebaz and Manmarziyaan, will be helmed by Anurag Kashyap and Rahul Sankalya’s Nimmo. Following the success of Happy Bhag Jayegi, director Mudassar Aziz will reunite on a film he will direct along with another interesting collaboration with Navdeep Singh (of NH10 and Manorama Six Feet Under fame) for a project that is currently in the scripting stage. Additionally, a Malayalam film Moothon starring Nivin Pauly that Rai will be co-producing with Ajay Rai and Alan McAlex, to be directed by Geetu Mohandas, who’s last film Liar’s Dice was India’s official entry at the 87th Academy Awards is also in the pipeline from the banner.

    Aanand L Rai said, “Eros and Colour Yellow share an amazing synergy which reflects in the kind of films we make together, showcasing Indian ethos that touch hearts. What makes this association special is how, as partners, the teams bond and celebrate each project together.”

    Eros’ new slate also boasts of five films in association with NextGen Films, namely the blockbuster actor-director duo—Tiger Shroff and Sabbir Khan’s action-packed musical Munna Michael, Sushant Singh Rajput’s space odyssey Chandamama Door Ke, directed by Sanjay Puran Singh and directors Rahul Dholakia and Sabbir Khan’s next projects along with another project titled Make in India to be announced soon.

    Director Rahul Dholakia adds, “Eros and NextGen are very established film companies and I am looking forward to partnering with them in my next venture.”

    Trinity Pictures, the company’s visionary venture and in-house franchise label has five franchises across new and diverse genres lined up in the next couple of years— a spy-superhero film, Sniff directed by Amole Gupte, a live action bilingual (Hindi and Tamil) elephant film to be directed by multiple award winning Tamil director, Prabhu Solomon, ace director Krish’s buddy cop film which will be shot in Hindi and Tamil simultaneously, featuring popular lead actors from both South and Bollywood and two Indo-China co-productions, a first for any Indian studio—Kabir Khan’s travel drama and Siddharth Anand’s cross-cultural romantic comedy.

    “It’s exciting to jointly develop the Indo-China project with Eros and I hope we create new milestones together. This project will reach out to a much wider audience, new geographies and territories opening up the fastest growing film market of the world, China”, added director Kabir Khan.

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  • ’17-18: Eros Media to produce 50 films in multiple languages

    ’17-18: Eros Media to produce 50 films in multiple languages

    MUMBAI: Eros International Plc, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Eros International Media Limited, released its film production lineup for 2017-18.

    Eros International Media plans to produce over 50 films across multiple languages, making it the largest slate by any Indian studio this year, offering a diversified slate of marquee and content-driven films. In addition to this strong production slate, the Company will also continue to selectively acquire content on an opportunistic basis, according to a Business Wire release in the U.K.

    The company has ramped up its own productions with an exciting lineup under development, encompassing a significant number of releases across budgets, genres and languages through key partnerships. These partnerships include talented producer-director, Aanand L Rai and their joint production entity Colour Yellow Production, NextGen Films and Trinity Pictures, Eros’ in-house franchise label.

    Eros International Media managing director Sunil Lulla said, “We are delighted to collaborate with some of the best creative forces in the business and build a strong portfolio of films. We continue to see great opportunity in nurturing talent, creating IP in-house and remain focused on delivering our promise to provide wholesome entertainment to audiences with the right mix of popular and content driven cinema”.

    Following the critical and commercial successes of Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Nil Battey Sannata and Happy Bhag Jayegi, Eros continues its association with Aanand L Rai and will roll out eight more titles with Colour Yellow which include Rai’s directorial venture starring Shah Rukh Khan, a quirky romantic comedy Shubh Mangal Savdhaan by south director RS Prasanna and two films, Mukkebaz and Manmarziyaan, will be helmed by Anurag Kashyap and Rahul Sankalya’s Nimmo. Following the success of Happy Bhag Jayegi, director Mudassar Aziz will reunite on a film he will direct along with another interesting collaboration with Navdeep Singh (of NH10 and Manorama Six Feet Under fame) for a project that is currently in the scripting stage. Additionally, a Malayalam film Moothon starring Nivin Pauly that Rai will be co-producing with Ajay Rai and Alan McAlex, to be directed by Geetu Mohandas, who’s last film Liar’s Dice was India’s official entry at the 87th Academy Awards is also in the pipeline from the banner.

    Aanand L Rai said, “Eros and Colour Yellow share an amazing synergy which reflects in the kind of films we make together, showcasing Indian ethos that touch hearts. What makes this association special is how, as partners, the teams bond and celebrate each project together.”

    Eros’ new slate also boasts of five films in association with NextGen Films, namely the blockbuster actor-director duo—Tiger Shroff and Sabbir Khan’s action-packed musical Munna Michael, Sushant Singh Rajput’s space odyssey Chandamama Door Ke, directed by Sanjay Puran Singh and directors Rahul Dholakia and Sabbir Khan’s next projects along with another project titled Make in India to be announced soon.

    Director Rahul Dholakia adds, “Eros and NextGen are very established film companies and I am looking forward to partnering with them in my next venture.”

    Trinity Pictures, the company’s visionary venture and in-house franchise label has five franchises across new and diverse genres lined up in the next couple of years— a spy-superhero film, Sniff directed by Amole Gupte, a live action bilingual (Hindi and Tamil) elephant film to be directed by multiple award winning Tamil director, Prabhu Solomon, ace director Krish’s buddy cop film which will be shot in Hindi and Tamil simultaneously, featuring popular lead actors from both South and Bollywood and two Indo-China co-productions, a first for any Indian studio—Kabir Khan’s travel drama and Siddharth Anand’s cross-cultural romantic comedy.

    “It’s exciting to jointly develop the Indo-China project with Eros and I hope we create new milestones together. This project will reach out to a much wider audience, new geographies and territories opening up the fastest growing film market of the world, China”, added director Kabir Khan.

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  • ‘Force 2’ piracy: Viacom18 registers FIR; KSS blames it on a theatre

    ‘Force 2’ piracy: Viacom18 registers FIR; KSS blames it on a theatre

    MUMBAI:  The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell, BKC, Mumbai, has registered an FIR against K Sera Sera Digital Cinema Ltd (K Sera Sera) upon a complaint filed by Viacom18 in relation to online piracy of its film ‘Force-2’.

    However, K Sera Sera Digital CEO Rahul Kanani had, on 7 December 2016, filed a police complaint against Prakash Cinema of Dabra, Madhya Pradesh, for the violation via a camcorder under different sections of the IPC and the Copyright Act, at the Amboli (Mumbai) police station, a copy of which has been sent to indiantelevision.com. The same had been intimated to Viacom18 via email as well as hand delivery of a hard copy which had been acknowledged, KSS claimed.

    Starring John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha and Tahir Raj Bhasin, Force 2 was released on 18 November, 2016 and the pirated print of the film was found online on the same day.

    Viacom18 has alleged in the complaint that the film had been leaked online by K Sera Sera, thereby infringing Viacom18’s copyright on the film along with other offences committed by K Sera Sera under Information Technology Act, Copyright Act and Indian Penal Code.

    K Sera Sera was one of the firms hired by Viacom18 for digital integration of its film ‘Force 2’, wherein the Digital Content Package (DCP) was sent to K Sera Sera before the release of the film. In order to tackle the menace of online piracy and identify the leak at source, Viacom18 had developed a pioneering internal security mechanism, involving the integration of unique identifiers in each copy of the film before the DCPs were distributed to the digital integrators.

    Upon the release of the film, it was found that ‘Force-2’ was available in full length on various websites for both unauthorized download and streaming in a blatant act of movie piracy, the Viacom18 complaint stated.

    Investigations by the Viacom18 team revealed that pirated copies originated from the one that was sent to K Sera Sera for Digital Integration.

    According to Viacom18 spokesperson, “It is really frustrating to suffer a loss due to online piracy as tremendous amount of money is invested in production, promotion and distribution of a film. This mechanism developed by us can trace the source of piracy and further strengthens our commitment to battle movie piracy. I believe that a concerted effort from the Indian film industry and support from the general public will go a long way in eradicating this illegal act. The cyber cell is presently investigating the offences complained of and it is likely to bust the nexus involved in this illegal activity. We hope the culprits are caught and brought to justice.”

    Indiantelevision.com reached out to K Sera Sera on Thursday morning, and it stated: “We would like to clarify that we have not received any intimation from neither Viacom 18 nor from the Cyber Cell department of the Mumbai Police about the said case.”

    K Sera Sera further added, “As a part of this practice we regularly conduct audits of various across cinema chains where our servers are installed to stem any attempt of piracy. In November 2016, we identified one such attempt for piracy of the movie Force 2.

    • On 18 November 2016, as a part of our audit process, we purchased pirated DVDs of Force 2 from the market
    • All the movies distributed by us contain an additional watermark which helps us in our audit process
    • We inspected these DVDs for our hard-coded watermark and found one of our watermarks on a DVD, linking to Prakash Cinema in Dabra, Madhya Pradesh. The piracy seemed to be on account of a camcorder in the cinema hall.
    •         Following this discovery

    o We immediately terminated the contract as well as access to the digital server for Prakash Cinema.
    o We also withdrew the physical server from Prakash Cinema to check for any other attempts of infringement.
    o On 7 December 2016, a complaint was filed in Amboli Police Station, Mumbai against Prakash Cinema.
    o On the same day (7 December 2016) we intimated Viacom 18 about the entire matter with Prakash Cinema via an email, which also included a copy of the Police Complaint.
    o On 8 December 2016, a hard copy of the email to Viacom 18 along with the Police Complaint was hand delivered to Viacom 18. The receipt of the same had been acknowledged,” KSS stated.

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    Guest Column: English content consumption showed upward trend in 2016

    Govt launches IPR toolkit for enforcement agencies

    Copyright Force finally here to fight online piracy

    Indian players have an edge over global OTT platforms: Akamai’s Sidharth Pisharoti

  • ‘Force 2’ piracy: Viacom18 registers FIR; KSS blames it on a theatre

    ‘Force 2’ piracy: Viacom18 registers FIR; KSS blames it on a theatre

    MUMBAI:  The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell, BKC, Mumbai, has registered an FIR against K Sera Sera Digital Cinema Ltd (K Sera Sera) upon a complaint filed by Viacom18 in relation to online piracy of its film ‘Force-2’.

    However, K Sera Sera Digital CEO Rahul Kanani had, on 7 December 2016, filed a police complaint against Prakash Cinema of Dabra, Madhya Pradesh, for the violation via a camcorder under different sections of the IPC and the Copyright Act, at the Amboli (Mumbai) police station, a copy of which has been sent to indiantelevision.com. The same had been intimated to Viacom18 via email as well as hand delivery of a hard copy which had been acknowledged, KSS claimed.

    Starring John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha and Tahir Raj Bhasin, Force 2 was released on 18 November, 2016 and the pirated print of the film was found online on the same day.

    Viacom18 has alleged in the complaint that the film had been leaked online by K Sera Sera, thereby infringing Viacom18’s copyright on the film along with other offences committed by K Sera Sera under Information Technology Act, Copyright Act and Indian Penal Code.

    K Sera Sera was one of the firms hired by Viacom18 for digital integration of its film ‘Force 2’, wherein the Digital Content Package (DCP) was sent to K Sera Sera before the release of the film. In order to tackle the menace of online piracy and identify the leak at source, Viacom18 had developed a pioneering internal security mechanism, involving the integration of unique identifiers in each copy of the film before the DCPs were distributed to the digital integrators.

    Upon the release of the film, it was found that ‘Force-2’ was available in full length on various websites for both unauthorized download and streaming in a blatant act of movie piracy, the Viacom18 complaint stated.

    Investigations by the Viacom18 team revealed that pirated copies originated from the one that was sent to K Sera Sera for Digital Integration.

    According to Viacom18 spokesperson, “It is really frustrating to suffer a loss due to online piracy as tremendous amount of money is invested in production, promotion and distribution of a film. This mechanism developed by us can trace the source of piracy and further strengthens our commitment to battle movie piracy. I believe that a concerted effort from the Indian film industry and support from the general public will go a long way in eradicating this illegal act. The cyber cell is presently investigating the offences complained of and it is likely to bust the nexus involved in this illegal activity. We hope the culprits are caught and brought to justice.”

    Indiantelevision.com reached out to K Sera Sera on Thursday morning, and it stated: “We would like to clarify that we have not received any intimation from neither Viacom 18 nor from the Cyber Cell department of the Mumbai Police about the said case.”

    K Sera Sera further added, “As a part of this practice we regularly conduct audits of various across cinema chains where our servers are installed to stem any attempt of piracy. In November 2016, we identified one such attempt for piracy of the movie Force 2.

    • On 18 November 2016, as a part of our audit process, we purchased pirated DVDs of Force 2 from the market
    • All the movies distributed by us contain an additional watermark which helps us in our audit process
    • We inspected these DVDs for our hard-coded watermark and found one of our watermarks on a DVD, linking to Prakash Cinema in Dabra, Madhya Pradesh. The piracy seemed to be on account of a camcorder in the cinema hall.
    •         Following this discovery

    o We immediately terminated the contract as well as access to the digital server for Prakash Cinema.
    o We also withdrew the physical server from Prakash Cinema to check for any other attempts of infringement.
    o On 7 December 2016, a complaint was filed in Amboli Police Station, Mumbai against Prakash Cinema.
    o On the same day (7 December 2016) we intimated Viacom 18 about the entire matter with Prakash Cinema via an email, which also included a copy of the Police Complaint.
    o On 8 December 2016, a hard copy of the email to Viacom 18 along with the Police Complaint was hand delivered to Viacom 18. The receipt of the same had been acknowledged,” KSS stated.

    Also Read :    

    Guest Column: English content consumption showed upward trend in 2016

    Govt launches IPR toolkit for enforcement agencies

    Copyright Force finally here to fight online piracy

    Indian players have an edge over global OTT platforms: Akamai’s Sidharth Pisharoti

  • Star Wars: Complete Saga is back on Star Movies!

    Star Wars: Complete Saga is back on Star Movies!

    MUMBAI: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is starting on 14 January at 12 noon, and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones on 15 January at the same time.

    From 1977 to 2017, Star Wars, a space film series created by George Lucas of “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” famous for its innumerable fans following The Complete Saga religiously. In first place this film series has multiple characters and secondly each character has its own little or big story which draws attention of the viewers. 

    There are so many facts about the Star wars that people love to debate. Merchandise like light saber, T-shirts, Star Wars Character figurines and bobble heads have always remained I the shelves of every 90s kid until now. With the Star Wars Saga making a comeback on Star Movies, a quikc look at some of the mind boggling facts of the Star Wars Saga.

    . Anthony Daniels, who voiced C3P0 and climbed into the tin suit, is the only actor to appear in all 8 Star Wars films
    . Bail Organa and Yoda step into the hallway of Organa’s ship and have a nice coversation about being rebels or something in Sith. It’s the actual ship that Darth Vader boards to capture Princess Leia Organa in the start of A New Hope.
    . Clones age TWICE as fast as normal.
    . According to Animation Director Rob Coleman, not a single clone trooper suit was ever built. Every single clone trooper seen in the film is computer generated, with motion capture performed by ILM employees, wearing only the helmet and sometimes the footwear of the suit. The rest is complete CG.
    . In Jedi, listen very carefully as Darth Vader picks up the Emperor and throws him down the Death Star shaft. This is the only time the Jedi theme music plays over a shot of Vader, reflecting his return to the light side of the Force. 
    . Princess Leia was subject to one of the most famous ad libs in cinema history – that being Han Solo’s response to her declaration of love – “I know”. Harrison Ford apparently made it up at Irvine Kershner’s suggestion. Leia got to return the line in Jedi during the Battle of Endor. 

  • Star Wars: Complete Saga is back on Star Movies!

    Star Wars: Complete Saga is back on Star Movies!

    MUMBAI: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is starting on 14 January at 12 noon, and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones on 15 January at the same time.

    From 1977 to 2017, Star Wars, a space film series created by George Lucas of “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” famous for its innumerable fans following The Complete Saga religiously. In first place this film series has multiple characters and secondly each character has its own little or big story which draws attention of the viewers. 

    There are so many facts about the Star wars that people love to debate. Merchandise like light saber, T-shirts, Star Wars Character figurines and bobble heads have always remained I the shelves of every 90s kid until now. With the Star Wars Saga making a comeback on Star Movies, a quikc look at some of the mind boggling facts of the Star Wars Saga.

    . Anthony Daniels, who voiced C3P0 and climbed into the tin suit, is the only actor to appear in all 8 Star Wars films
    . Bail Organa and Yoda step into the hallway of Organa’s ship and have a nice coversation about being rebels or something in Sith. It’s the actual ship that Darth Vader boards to capture Princess Leia Organa in the start of A New Hope.
    . Clones age TWICE as fast as normal.
    . According to Animation Director Rob Coleman, not a single clone trooper suit was ever built. Every single clone trooper seen in the film is computer generated, with motion capture performed by ILM employees, wearing only the helmet and sometimes the footwear of the suit. The rest is complete CG.
    . In Jedi, listen very carefully as Darth Vader picks up the Emperor and throws him down the Death Star shaft. This is the only time the Jedi theme music plays over a shot of Vader, reflecting his return to the light side of the Force. 
    . Princess Leia was subject to one of the most famous ad libs in cinema history – that being Han Solo’s response to her declaration of love – “I know”. Harrison Ford apparently made it up at Irvine Kershner’s suggestion. Leia got to return the line in Jedi during the Battle of Endor. 

  • Films development: India & Portugal to work out co-production pact

    Films development: India & Portugal to work out co-production pact

    NEW DELHI: India and Portugal have agreed to work out modalities for a co-production agreement in the Film Sector in a time-bound manner keeping in mind the legal aspects of such an agreement.

    A possibility of a Memorandum of Understanding between the public broadcasters of both countries to share best practices and seek cooperation in technical and content related matters was also discussed.

    Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore at a meeting with Portugal Culture Minister Luis Filipe Castro Mendes today apprised the Portuguese Minister on the initiatives taken by MIB to provide Single Window clearances for Foreign Film Producers in the country through the Film Facilitation Office. He also highlighted the prestigious National Film Heritage Mission of the Government to digitise, restore, and preserve the rich filmic heritage of the Country.

    (India already has such audio-visual agreements with several countries including France, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil. germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.)

    He also told the Portuguese Minister about the Indian Instute of Mass Communications and Film and Television Institute of India as the premier educational institutes in the field of Journalism and Film Production respectively in the country. The Ministers discussed the possibility of Student Exchange programmes between educational institutions of both the countries and expressed interest for possible co-operation in the areas of information and communication technology and Start-ups.

    The scheduled meeting of the Portuguese Prime Minister with the film fraternity at Goa on 12 January 2017 organized by FICCI was also discussed.

    The Ministers expressed interest in sharing of experiences and best practices in Social Media to enhance the outreach.

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  • Films development: India & Portugal to work out co-production pact

    Films development: India & Portugal to work out co-production pact

    NEW DELHI: India and Portugal have agreed to work out modalities for a co-production agreement in the Film Sector in a time-bound manner keeping in mind the legal aspects of such an agreement.

    A possibility of a Memorandum of Understanding between the public broadcasters of both countries to share best practices and seek cooperation in technical and content related matters was also discussed.

    Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore at a meeting with Portugal Culture Minister Luis Filipe Castro Mendes today apprised the Portuguese Minister on the initiatives taken by MIB to provide Single Window clearances for Foreign Film Producers in the country through the Film Facilitation Office. He also highlighted the prestigious National Film Heritage Mission of the Government to digitise, restore, and preserve the rich filmic heritage of the Country.

    (India already has such audio-visual agreements with several countries including France, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil. germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.)

    He also told the Portuguese Minister about the Indian Instute of Mass Communications and Film and Television Institute of India as the premier educational institutes in the field of Journalism and Film Production respectively in the country. The Ministers discussed the possibility of Student Exchange programmes between educational institutions of both the countries and expressed interest for possible co-operation in the areas of information and communication technology and Start-ups.

    The scheduled meeting of the Portuguese Prime Minister with the film fraternity at Goa on 12 January 2017 organized by FICCI was also discussed.

    The Ministers expressed interest in sharing of experiences and best practices in Social Media to enhance the outreach.

    Also Read:

    Dhillon among three women on Film Tribunal

  • Rs 350 cr in 17-day indomitable filmy ‘Dangal’

    Rs 350 cr in 17-day indomitable filmy ‘Dangal’

    MUMBAI: There is not much in the offing except, December 23 carry forward, Dangal. There was no release on 30th since it is a norm not to fall in the shadow of a major release like Dangal as well as to avoid the year end Friday where the New Year eve celebrations affect box office collections negatively.

    The film enjoys the benefit of exemption from paying Entertainment Tax in states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Chhattisgarh,

    The first Friday also went blank as the one scheduled release, Coffee With D, could not hit the screens for whatever reasons. As it were, the first Friday is considered to be unfruitful for the box office since films released on this day usually go unnoticed.

    *In such an event, Dangal kept making the most of its overwhelming popularity and positive word of mouth. The film went on shattering record after records.

    -Dangal registered the highest first Sunday by collecting Rs 42.35 crore and crossed Rs 100 crore mark in three days to finish its opening weekend with an impressive Rs 106.95 crore.

    -The film’s first week figures stopped just short of Rs 200 crore mark at Rs 197.55 crore.

    -Again, the film had a terrific second Sunday (day 10) of Rs 31.27 crore to mark second weekend of Rs 72.93 crore to take its 10 day total to Rs 271.24 crore.

    -The collections held on well as the film finished its second week with 115.96 crore and taking its two week total past 300 milestone crore at Rs 313.51 crore.

    – With a healthy third weekend of Rs 31.89 crore, the film’s collections stand at Rs 345.4 crore in 17 days.

    *Befikre has collected about Rs 10 lakh in fourth week to take its four week tally to Rs 59.6 crore.

    *Kahaani 2 has added Rs 10 lakh in its fifth week taking its five week tally to Rs 30.8 crore.