MUMBAI: The 46th New York Film Festival is set to open on 26 September in North America. The festival, which ends on 12 October, will open...
MUMBAI: Hyde Park Entertainment Group is set to remake Blake Edwards’ 1979 comedy 10. The company has secured the film’s rights from Blake Edwards, who will...
MUMBAI: Main Aur Mrs Khanna, co-produced by UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures and Sohail Khan Productions, is scheduled for a December release. The film is being directed...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures, the worldwide distributors of Kismat Konnection, a Tips production, is set to release the film on 18 July across 900 screens. Produced...
MUMBAI: Kiran Rao, who has assisted husband Aamir Khan on various projects like Taare Zameen Par and Lagaan, is ready to make her directorial debut with...
NEW DELHI: Joymoti, an Assamese film by the late Jyotiprasad Agarwalla, was a film far ahead of its times when made in 1935 and was inspired...
NEW DELHI: The Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema has introduced a new section for short films called Short Cuts. The section includes 43 short...
MUMBAI: In a move that enhances its slate of theatrical motion pictures, Showtime Networks in the US has entered into an exclusive seven-year film distribution arrangement...
MUMBAI: MGM Motion Picture Group has roped in Pam Silverstein as director of development. Prior to this appointment, Silverstein was with Scholastic Media in New York...
NEW DELHI: Rajiv Virani‘s The Whisperers, which bagged two major awards at the 40th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, was screened at the ongoing Osian‘s-Cinefan film...
NEW DELHI: Pakistani film Ramchand Pakistani, directed by Mehreen Jabbar, has been selected for the competition section of the Tribeca Film Festival. The film will also...
NEW DELHI: Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis believes that it is quite unavoidable to make films in West Asia today without some kind of political element. “It...
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures’ plan of a $450 million film financing deal with Deutsche Bank has collapsed. Had the deal taken place, Deutsche would have funded 25...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company (PPC) has roped in Rohit Arora as chief operating officer (COO), feature films. Prior to this appointment, Arora was with Sri Adhikari...
MUMBAI: Vikram Bhatt’s next directorial venture 1920 is a period horror film, produced by ASA Productions and Enterprises. The film marks the debut of the lead...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released its home production animated film Ghatothkach – Master of Magic on home video in Hindi and English. The Ghatothkach VCD will...
MUMBAI: After contesting a strong bid against various domestic and international multiplex chains, Adlabs Cinemas has finally stitched a deal with Phoenix Mills to build the...
MUMBAI: Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch is all set to direct a Bollywood flick starring Mallika Sherawat as the protagonist. Titled Naagin -The Snake Woman, the film...
MUMBAI: Fame India Ltd (formerly Shringar Cinemas Ltd) has commenced operations of its new multiplex at Fame Raghuleela, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, with effect from 11 July....
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company has joined hands with Bhandarkar Entertainment to co-produce Jail, the shooting of which will begin from October. Slated to release on 1...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company (PPC) is ready to release Nandita Das‘s directorial debut Firaaq… In Such Times in October. The film, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuvir Yadav,...
MUMBAI: Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision is investing Rs 9 billion for production of 20 films which will include its foray into regional language cinema. A producer...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira, the worldwide distributors of Rajinikanth’s Kuselan, has postponed the release date of the film to 1 August. The bilingual film (Tamil and Telugu),...
MUMBAI: Hancock, Will Smith‘s latest release that tells the story of a grubby superhero, has grossed $66 million over the holiday weekend at the US box...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into an exclusive multi-year, first-look deal with Charles Roven and Atlas Entertainment. Roven, along with Atlas producer Richard Suckle, are...
NEW DELHI: Manoj Srivastava, who until recently was deputy director in the Directorate of Film Festivals, has taken over as the chief executive officer of the...
MUMBAI: PVR has launched PVR Centra, its four-screen multiplex in Chandigarh. The property, with a sitting capacity of 1141 seats, will be open to public from...
NEW DELHI: The Osian‘s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema is set to give away the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Cinema, a newly introduced...
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has announced that Indiana Jones, the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise, and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has crossed the...
MUMBAI: Cinemax has joined hands with Mam Movies, organizers of the ‘I Am The Change’ film project, wherein the multiplex chain operator will premiere and host...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd (PSTL) is set to raise up to $450 million by issuing shares to qualified institutional buyers. The board has given its...
MUMBAI: UTV‘s channel World Movies, which showcases films from across the globe, has tied up with the French Embassy and Alliance Francaise de Delhi for a...
NEW DELHI: The 10th Osian‘s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, which begins on 10 July, will open with the Hong Kong film Sparrow while it...
MUMBAI: US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) has mailed Foreign Language Film award entry forms to 96 countries, facilitating their submissions for the...
The Marathi movie market is set to enter into a new phase of growth as Star, Reliance ADAG and the Sakaal Group plan to launch general...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has tied up with Aamir Khan Production Pvt Ltd for their two forthcoming films. The first is Delhi Belly, an action comedy...
NEW DELHI: The G P Sippy banner has announced the launch of 15 films to be completed within the next two years, with Sunill Khosla of...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures has acquired April Blair’s comedy pitch Still You. The film will be jointly produced by Aline Brosh McKenna, writer of The Devil...
MUMBAI: Home video in the US generated $15.9 billion in sales and $8.2 billion in rentals in 2007. Nearly nine million high-definition discs were sold in...
MUMBAI: Turner has announced two key appointments for its theatrical venture in India. Cartoon Network Enterprises executive director Jiggy George has been given additional charge to...
MUMBAI: The Anil Ambani group has sewed a joint venture deal with the Bachchan family wherein the family will work together in movies, live shows, TV,...
MUMBAI: Seventymm, a movie DVD/VCD rental company, is planning to invest $15 million (around Rs 637 million) over the next five years as it targets a...
NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Yash Chopra has been named for the award of Officier de la Legion d’Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) by the French...
MUMBAI: Eros International has posted a gross profit of $63 million for the year ended 31 March 2008, up 57 per cent from $39.9 million in...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures has acquired comedy spec script Le Car from Wayne McClammy and Will Burke with McClammy attached to direct. The announcement was made...
MUMBAI: Koffee Break Pictures, the producers of animation film My Friend Ganesha, has set up an animation studio in Mumbai. Equipped with both hardware and software...
MUMBAI: The 10th Osian‘s-Cinefan Film Festival has announced the members of the six juries who will judge the competitive sections this year. The festival, which commences...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo entertainment, along with the local distributor and SIFAM (Stitching Indian Films & Music), has seized 50,000 DVDs at Brussels Airport. Of these 50,000 DVDs,...
MUMBAI: Independent film company Lionsgate continues to expand and diversify its musical repertoire, adding Grammy winner Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to its roster in a distribution deal...
MUMBAI: Star TV and engineering and construction major Era Group are reportedly in talks to enter into the multiplex management business. Era will see the construction...

