MUMBAI: The 22nd Hamedan International Children and Young Adults Film Festival, starting 21 June and terminating on 25 June, is set to screen five Indian films...
MUMBAI: Asha for Education, a San Francisco-based non-profit organisation, is hosting its first annual “India‘s Film Festival of Hope” today. Through this festival, Asha for Education...
NEW DELHI: Four eminent film personalities namely Dilip Kumar, Tapan Sinha, Lata Mangeshkar and Saroja Devi are set to receive the “One Time Award for Life...
MUMBAI: Zindagi Tere Naam, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Rangita opposite each other, is set to release on 11 July. Produced under the Shree Sai Productions banner,...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Group has roped in Sushil Borkar as group vice president, corporate compliance and vigilance. In this new capacity, Borkar’s key responsibilities will include...
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani‘s Reliance ADA Group is set to participate in the biggest gamble yet played by an Indian company in Hollywood. Reliance ADA Group is...
MUMBAI: Michele Garra has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE). In her new...
NEW DELHI: Script writer and director Paul Schrader (Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver) is set to attend the forthcoming Tenth Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released song videos of five Bollywood actresses, each representing their era from the 50‘s to 90‘s. These titles come under Shemaroo‘s ‘Bollywood...
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas is set to release NDTV Lumi?re’s Persepolis on 20 June this year in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore. Based on the graphic novel by...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has named Dan Kolsrud as executive vice president for worldwide theatrical physical production. Kolsrud will join EVP development Cale Boyter and...
MUMBAI: The original ‘yahoo’ star of India, Shammi Kapoor, was felicitated in grand style with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the finale to the two-day Tenth...
MUMBAI: US telecom service provider Verizon Wireless and mobile handset maker Nokia have announced the availability of the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone....
MUMBAI: Riding on the wave of success of its first two Marathi movies Saade Maade Teen and De Dhakka, Zee Talkies has announced its plan of...
NEW DELHI: Filmmakers from Romania would like to shoot films in India if India ‘opens its doors to us’, Romanian ambassador to India Vasile Sofineti said...
MUMBAI: Even as filmmakers, writers, and artists feel they should have freedom of creativity, the average citizen cannot be denied the right of protest as long...
MUMBAI: Even as filmmakers, writers, and artists feel they should have freedom of creativity, the average citizen cannot be denied the right of protest as long...
NEW DELHI: Filmmakers generally agreed that institutional support was necessary for creative cinema to flourish, and state intervention of some kind was also needed.The filmmakers were...
MUMBAI: The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) is set to release Arindam Nandy’s Via Darjeeling on 27 June this year. The film will be...
MUMBAI: The original ‘yahoo‘ star of Indian cinema, Shammi Kapoor, will be honoured and 21 feature and non-feature films will be screened in a two-day preview...
MUMBAI: Cinemax India has launched a three screen multiplex in Nagpur.The property, which is open to public from today, opens with the screening of Ram Gopal...
MUMBAI: Balaji Motion Pictures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms, is set to release C Kkompany on 1 August this year. Produced by Ekta Kapoor...
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have obtained the motion picture rights to the Smurfs from Lafig Belgium via producer Jordan Kerner. The parties will...
MUMBAI: Steven Spielberg aims to raise over $1billion in third-party financing to recreate DreamWorks as a separate company that reacquires ownership of films. Spielberg wants to...
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films (YRF) has stitched a joint venture deal with Dubai Infinity Holdings (DIH), an investment enterprise to erect a “large scale” YRF Entertainment...
NEW DELHI: The Films Division is set to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee with festivals of its films in different parts of the country. The celebration will...
NEW DELHI: A 20-member women-farmers‘ collective from Andhra Pradesh‘s Community Media Trust has stunned the Delhi filmmakers with 12 video films tracing the experience of women...
MUMBAI: Bollywood dominated the 54th National Film Awards with as many as 13 awards. Rajkumar Hirani‘s Lage Raho Munnabhai swept the National Film Awards for 2006,...
MUMBAI: NDTV Lumi?re is set to showcase five “select” films to the Indian audiences that did well at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival 2008. NDTV...
MUMBAI: The high-voltage Idea IIFA 2008 concluded in Bangkok with Chak De India notching awards for best film (Yashraj Films), best actor (Shah Rukh Khan) and...
MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has entered into an agreement with CBS Films to do a remake of the classic musical My Fair Lady. The film will be...
MUMBAI: AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) national committee has voted in favour of the uncertain primetime/TV agreement reached with the Alliance of Motion...
MUMBAI: The music of Apoorva Lakhia’s upcoming film Mission Istaanbul was launched at the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Bangkok. The music of...
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) is tapping the niche segment of viewers with a rollout plan of 50 movies over five years. The films will be...
MUMBAI: National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is releasing Ashim Ahluwalia‘s John and Jane on 6 June. As part of the distribution programme ‘Cinemas in India‘, NFDC...
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has downsized its art-house division Paramount Vantage (formerly known Paramount Classics). Paramount seeks to combine the marketing, distribution and physical production operations. Paramount...
MUMBAI: Sahara One Motion Pictures has inked a five-film deal with producer Boney Kapoor, out of which three are already under production. While Wanted (a tentative...
MUMBAI: Wizcraft International Entertainment is set to unveil “The Unforgettable Tour” on 18 July. Conceptualised and promoted by Wizcraft, the tour (explained to be “an extravaganza...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros Pictures India is entering the animation genre, setting in process its aggressive movie plans in India. Warner Bros will fund, market and distribute...
MUMBAI: Eros International has announced the release dates of two of its forthcoming films God Tussi Great Ho and Drona. While Rumi Jaffery‘s comedy God Tussi...
MUMBAI: US film studio Lionsgate has reported revenues of $1.36 billion and a net loss of $74 million for its fiscal year ended 31 March, 2008....
MUMBAI: The Telugu film industry has banned multilingual film actor Prakash Raj because of his “unprofessional attitude”. The Telugu Film Producer‘s Council of Andhra Pradesh has...
MUMBAI: Bollywood film-maker Sanjay Gupta is set to adapt the book Vine of Desire into a film. The book is a sequel to the bestseller Sister...
MUMBAI: Cinema Systems magazine is set to start the eighth successive Cinema India Expo (CIE) on 5 June this year. CIE, an international exhibition and a...
MUMBAI: iDream Productions, which was lying low for almost three years after their home production Naina bombed at the box office, has swung back into action....
MUMBAI: PVR Ltd has been granted the cinema operating license for its new multiplex PVR Ambience situated at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon. The multiplex starts operating from...
MUMBAI: Universal Studio has acquired the distribution rights of Toonz Animation‘s feature film Mostly Ghostly. The film is based on the eight-book series by children‘s author...
MUMBAI: PVR Pictures plans to release 20 films, both Bollywood and Hollywood, by the end of this year. The company recently inked a distribution deal with...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 1.28 billion for the year ended 31 March, 2008. During the year, the company’s...
NEW DELHI: Mashhoor Amrohi, grandson of the legendary Kamal Amrohi of Pakeeza fame, is venturing into film acting and direction with Hum Sey Hai Jahaan. The...

