Category: Movies

MUMBAI: Big Pictures and Puja Entertainment‘s Do Knot Disturb is set to release on 2 October across 1060 screens across the country.

The film starring Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta and Riteish Deshmukh and directed by David Dhawan is said to be a laugh riot based on a comedy of errors.

Reliance Mobile has gone live with special mobile content based on the movie leveraging its VAS platform R-World to allow users to access special content including caller tunes, ringtones, wallpapers and videos related to the film.

Said Big Pictures COO Sunir Kheterpal, “We are pleased to partner RCom in this initiative that will take Do Knot Disturb to RCom subscribers. This will considerably broaden the appeal of the film, across audiences.”

Big Music & Home Entertainment CEO Kulmeet Makkar said, “The film‘s music is fast gaining popularity with audiences, the songs in the album being peppy; something that is loved by all generations and I‘m sure RCom subscribers will enjoy greater interaction with the movie and music.”

MUMBAI: Boney Kapoor‘s Wanted and Yash Raj Films‘ Dil Bole Hadippa, the most- awaited films

that released in the Eid weekend, promised a turn around of the dry spell the industry was facing post the release of Kaminey.

The footfalls at multiplexes and single screens proved that the viewers were starved of entertainment and were awaiting the biggies with bated breath.

While Wanted performed exceptionally well at the box-office, Dil Bole Hadippa fared ordinarily as people turned their back to the film.

Box-office results show that Wanted, in the first week, grossed Rs 111.78 million,
of which Mumbai contributed Rs 47.25 million. The overall total, countrywide, averaged Rs 4,88,395 per print. Incidentally, Wanted is still going strong at the box-office.

On the other hand, the reports of Dil Bole Hadippa were not enthusiastic. The film did an overall business of Rs 62.01 million, of which Mumbai contributed
Rs 30.05 million averaging Rs 3,76,285 per print.

Coming to the last week‘s releases, UTV and Ashutosh Gowariker‘s What‘s Your Rashee and Anjum Rizvi‘s Fast Forward disappointed the audience.

Before its release What‘s Your Rashee had created a big hype with it, having Priyanka Chopra 12 characters. But the hype didn‘t last long. Firstly, the film is 3 hours 20 minutes long and has 13 songs.

It‘s not that long films are boring. If a film has good content, hours don‘t matter; an unforgettable case being Titanic that was 3 hours and 17 minutes long.

But What‘s Your Rashee doesn‘t have any content. It lacks the power to keep one hooked and has turned out to be king-sized disappointment.

Similarly, Fast Forward does have some brilliantly choreographed sequences but doesn‘t have a gripping storyline. The final outcome is that the film falls flat, being a weak product.

Next week will see the release of Vashu Bhagnani‘s Do Knot Disturb and Karan Johar‘s Wake Up Sid.

MUMBAI: The Indian Film Company (IFC) has announced that its film Road, Movie will have its Asian premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival where it will contend for the coveted award -‘Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix‘. The film will be screened at TOHO Cinemas at Roppongi Hills on 21 and 23 October.

Road, Movie is the only Indian film to make it to the final 15 in the competition section out of 743 nominations from 81 countries. The film recently had it first screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim.

Last May IFC signed a deal with international sales agent Fortissimo Films to sell the film outside India. The deal marks Fortissimo‘s first venture in Hindi Cinema.

Said Indian Film Company CEO Sandeep Bhargava, “We are delighted that Road, Movie has been selected by the Tokyo International Film Festival, after its success at The Toronto International Film Festival, which is another endorsement of our successful strategy in financing high quality international cinema.”

Road, Movie tells the story of Vishnu, a restless young man, who rejects his father‘s faltering hair oil business and hits the road with a travelling cinema. Colourful and full of unforgettable characters, the film celebrates India‘s open road and the pure love of movies.

MUMBAI: Producers affiliated to the Motion Picture Producers and Television Programme (AMPTPP) met on Tuesday to deliberate on the issue of piracy that has rattled the lot and forced them to get their heads together.

Said Association of Motion Picture Producers and Television Programme (AMPTPP) senior vice president Vikas Mohan, “Some of us producers met and discussed the matter of piracy.

“Since the time the piracy racket was busted last week when one person each from Adlabs, UFO Moviez, Big Cinemas and Shemaroo Entertainment were arrested, the affected people expressed their desire to meet us to air the views on the same. To be fair with them, we have decided to listen to them only after which will we chalk out our plan of action.”

MUMBAI: PVR Pictures Ltd has taken over the distribution rights of Ajay Devgan Films‘ production All The Best across Mysore and Tamil Nadu.

Said PVR Distribution Head Gaurav Varma, “The production house may have known that we are strong in Mysore and Tamil Nadu abd may that is the reason they gave us those areas for distribution. Like Ashtavinayak thought us fit that we were strong in the North and hence save us the distribution rights of Blue for Delhi, UP and Punjab.”

All The Best that stars Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse and is releasing on 16 October along with Blue.

All The Best is a rib-tickling comedy resulting from mistaken identities and hilarious goof-ups packed in some breath-taking locales, extravagant sets and a carnival of colours.

MUMBAI: Veteran singer Manna Dey was today named as the recipient of the country‘s highest honour in cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for the year 2007.

The award was announced by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry in recognition of Dey‘s contribution to film and classical music spanning more than five decades.

The award has been named after DG Phalke, who made the country‘s first indigenous feature film Raja Harishchandra in 1913 and is, therefore, known as the “Father of Indian Cinema”.

The award announcement for 2007 has been delayed in view of a court case pending in the Delhi High Court relating to the National Film Awards on which the judgment had come early this year.

Prabodh Chandra Dey, born on 1 May 1919 and better known by his nickname Manna Dey, is one of the greatest playback singers in Hindi and Bengali films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.