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  • MPAA files lawsuit against Pullmylink.com

    MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a lawsuit in the federal court in Los Angeles against Pullmylink.com.


    The MPAA says that the site facilitates copyright infringement on the Internet. Sites like Pullmylink contribute to and profit from massive copyright infringement by identifying, posting, organizing, and indexing links to infringing content found on the Internet that consumers can then view on-demand when
    visiting these sites, the MPAA states.


    MPAA executive VP and director of worldwide anti-piracy operations John Malcolm says, “Pullmylink.com and sites like it are a one-stop shop for copyright infringement. We have filed several other similar suits and will continue to do so in order to hold operators accountable for their illegal activities. Profiting from the theft of other people’s creative works is illegal and we have every intention of shutting this, and sites like it, down for good”.


    Pullmylink and similar illegal sites rely on advertisers to maintain their operations and profit handsomely from a seemingly endless stream of third-party advertising pitches, according to the MPAA. With servers located in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pullmylink averages over 12,000 unique daily visitors who view over 39,000 pages of content per day.


    This is the seventh lawsuit filed on behalf of the Hollywood movie studios against websites like Pullmylink. Previous lawsuits were filed against: peekvid.com, youtvpc.com,
    showstash.com, cinematube.net, ssupload.com, and videohybrid.com.


    The worldwide motion picture industry, including foreign and domestic producers, distributors, theaters, video stores and pay-per-view operators lost $18.2 billion in 2005 as a
    result of piracy – over $7 billion of which is attributed to Internet piracy and more than $11 billion attributed to hard goods piracy including bootlegging and illegal copying.

  • Paramount to release Shyamalan’s Last Airbender in 2010

    MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures, in partnership with Nickelodeon Movies, will be releasing M. Night Shyamalan‘s film The Last Airbender in 2010.

    Paramount Film Group president John Lesher said, “We‘re delighted to be partnering with Nickelodeon to bring M. Night Shyamalan‘s vision of The Last Airbender to the big screen and to audiences of all ages.”


    Based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series, the film is set in a world where human civilisation is divided into four nations: water, earth, air and fire.


    Shyamalan said, “I was drawn to the series because of its influences-one being Hayao Miyazaki. I‘ve always been a huge fan of Miyazaki‘s work. In The Last Airbender I see an opportunity to make a live-action version of a Miyazaki film.”


    Apart from directing, he will also produce the epic action-adventure based on the script that has been penned by him.


    Paramount Pictures vice chairman Rob Moore stated, “Shyamalan‘s exciting vision for a film with the potential of The Last Airbender is another perfect fit for the fourth of July holiday weekend that we have used to launch such blockbusters as War of the Worlds and Transformers.”


    Shyamalan‘s new film The Happening will be released later this year.

  • Adlabs Cinemas debuts in Chattisgarh

    MUMBAI: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has opened its first cinema in Chattisgarh at Durg.

    The cinema under the name of Tarun Adlabs has a total capacity of 597 seats with an aggregate of platinum, gold and silver class seats.


    Adlabs Cinemas COO Tarun Dhingra commented on the launch, “With Tarun Adlabs, we are entering Chattisgarh, a very important market for us. This year has already witnessed much of our strategic expansion with new properties in Kolkata, Noida, Agra among others. We believe that cinema viewing is not just about the movie anymore. We want to give our viewers a fine infrastructure which will make the movie experience more pleasurable, and all at a reasonable value. With Tarun Adlabs‘ convenient location and modern comforts, we aim to revolutionize the movie watching experience in Durg.”

    Adlabs Cinemas presently has 156 screens spread over 58 properties nationwide.

  • Cinemax launches multiplex in Ahmedabad

    MUMBAI: Cinemax India has launched a four-screen multiplex at Dev Arc Mall in Ahmedabad.

    The multiplex will have a seating capacity of 1037 seats. This includes one screen red lounge with 115 recliner seats.


    The multiplex chain will be open to the audiences with movies like KRAZZY4, U Me aur Hum and The Water horse, Cinemax said in a statement.


    With this new addition, Cinemax will have in total 19 theatre properties, 56 screens and 15041 seats operational.

  • Festival to screen BR Chopra films in Delhi

    MUMBAI: Delhi is ready to host a three-day-long film festival showcasing movies made by filmmaker BR Chopra in Delhi starting from 18 April.

    The festival is a tribute to Chopra, whose 94th birthday falls on 22 April.


    Film and Television Producers Guild of India, the organisers of this event, will screen nine of his masterpieces at the festival as part of its initiative “Guild Greats”.


    Co-organised by Assocham, the festival will open with Chopra‘s Insaaf Ka Tarazu followed by his other films like Hamraaz, Waqt, Ittefaq, Baghban, Gumraah, Nikaah, Naya Daur and Chhoti Si Baat.

  • Pyramid Saimira gets nod to invest upto Rs 3 billion

    MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd (PSTL) plans to invest upto Rs 3 billion in the equity share capital of its allied group companies and in Dimples Cine Advertising. Pyramid Saimira Group had late last year announced it was acquiring 51 per cent stake in Dimples Cine Advertising.

    PSTL can invest upto Rs 750 million in Pyramid Saimira Production International Ltd, Saimira Realty, Saimira Premier Theatres and Dimples Cine Advertising. The investment will be funded through internal accruals and debt funds raised through private/public offering of securities.


    The members of PSTL at its Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) have authorised the board to invest upto Rs 3 billion, the company today said.

  • Amitabh Bachchan announces IIFA nominations for 2008

    MUMBAI: IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan has announced the nominations for the Idea IIFA Awards 2008. He also announced the opening of voting lines for the IIFA awards to audiences of Indian cinema across the world.

    The Idea IIFA awards 2008 would be held in Bangkok on 8 June.


    This year, Guru, Chak De India, Jab We Met, Om shanti Om, Life In A Metro and Partner will be fighting for best picture category. For best performance (male) Abhishek Bachchan (Guru), Akshay Kumar (Bhool Bhulaiyaa), Salman Khan (Partner), Shah Rukh Khan (Chak De India) and Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met) are the nominees. Aishwarya Rai (Guru), Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om), Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met), Tabu (Cheeni Kum) and Vidya Balan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa) will fight it out for the best actress award.


    The announcement of the nominations was done as a result of the industry voting for the IIFA awards in March. Results of the industry voting were audited by PriceWatehouse Coopers, the auditing firm for the IIFAs and Oscars.


    Now fans of Indian cinema can cast their votes till the end of May on the official website for IIFA awards.


    Bachchan said, “Nothing celebrates the grandeur of Indian cinema as extravagantly as the IIFAs. It is indeed a great pleasure to announce the nominations for IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 and to open the voting for the coveted awards on IIFA Buzz.com.”


    Idea Cellular chief marketing officer Pradeep Shrivastava said, “IIFA Awards offers us the best platform to demonstrate the true essence of mobile and entertainment convergence. Our customers will have access to specially created merchandise, contests, video and MMS downloads and several other value added services.”

  • Compact Disc to raise $38.8 mn from foreign banks for 2 films

    MUMBAI: Compact Disc India Ltd (CDI) will raise $38.75 million from foreign banks to fund two of its International movie projects.

    The two movies are Soccer, a $20.15 million 90-minute 3D animation movie starring soccer player Ronaldo, and Eternal Love, a $15.70 million animated movie based on a love story revolving around Taj Mahal.


    CDI also expects to raise another $30 million from foreign banks to fund a live action World War II based International movie Playing with the Enemy.


    Compact Disc has already received ‘In Principle’ approval from the banks and funding will be released within 15-20 days time, the company said.


    Funding has been sanctioned at a very competitive pricing of LIBOR plus 75 bps, the official statement added.


    The funding amount will be sufficient to cover two big International animation film projects, under production by the Company’s foreign arm – Media One Ventures Ltd., UK.


    “The Board has approved the terms and conditions for raising $38.75 million. The money will be released in 15-20 days. We expect $30 million funding from another bank in a week for our live action movie ‘Playing with the Enemy’,” said Compact Disc India Limited chairman Suresh Kumar.


    The bank will also lend another Rs 250 million for CDI’s upcoming animation studio at Thiruvananthapuram Special Economic Zone.

  • Sameer Karnik’s Curfew to be built on Rs 150 million

    MUMBAI: Sameer Karnik who last directed Nanhe Jaisalmer with Bobby Deol and is awaiting the release of his next two films, has already started work on a new project. Titled Curfew, the film will have a budget of Rs 150 million.

    Produced and directed by Karnik, the backdrop of the film will be based on a curfew. The star cast is being finalised.


    “The script is interlinked with a lot of storylines. We are working around a multi-starcast and will boast a lot of characters,” says Karnik.


    The film is slated to hit the floors by next month. Karnik plans a 50 day schedule for this plan. Locations would be Mumbai and Delhi. The shooting is intended to be wrapped by October and release will be by the year-end.



    Both Roshan (which stars Bobby Deol and Kangana Ranaut) and Heroes (with Salman Khan and Priety Zinta) will hit the screens sometime in June.


    Eros Multimedia Ltd has bought the distribution rights of Roshan. All three films including Nanhe Jaisalmer have been sent as a nominee to the Cannes Film Festival.

  • BigFlicks drops download price to promote Baisakhi

    MUMBAI: As part of its promotional campaign for Baisakhi, Bigflicks has announced a range of movies for downloads at a discounted price.

    A bouquet of 70 movies will be available for download at $1.49, down from the original price of $4.49.


    Malayalam, Tamil, Punjabi and Bengali films are available for download till 24 April on www.broadband.bigflicks.com, the video-on-demand division of Bigflicks.



    BigFlicks COO Kamal Gianchandani said, “New Year celebrations are one of the auspicious times where all Indians residing across the globe come together to celebrate these festivals with lot of zest and excitement. We at BigFlicks believe in offering the best of entertainment content at all times, especially at such occasions and festivals for all Indians and like minded cinema lovers. These occasions will help enhance and nurture our social culture with happy times together anywhere and everywhere across the world.”




    Some of the well-known movies in the collection are Kaala Pani (Malayalam), Gandhi Nagar 2nd street (Malayalam), Thalapathi (Tamil), Thenali (Tamil), Justice Vishwanathan (Tamil), Aparijito (Bengali), Abhijan (Bengali), Labardarnee (Punjabi) and Guru Manio Granth (Punjabi).