MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to develop the independent comic book The Boys into a motion picture for producer Neal H Moritz of Original...
MUMBAI: Avid Technology has announced that at last week‘s Oscar Awards all of the nominated and award-winning films in the Best Motion Picture, Directing, Film Editing,...
MUMBAI: Sahara One Motion Pictures has roped in Adlabs Films‘ Sharath Pal as the distribution head for films and acquisition of satellite TV rights. Pal has...
MUMBAI: Built on a budget of Rs 60 million, Percept Pictures Company‘s (PPC) first romantic film Rubaru is ready for release on 9 May. Directed by...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner, Inc has consolidated its filmed entertainment businesses, Warner Brothers Entertainment and New Line Cinema. The combination brings together New Line‘s...
MUMBAI: With an aim to open up a space for debates on creative processes and concerns for women, the International Association of Women in Radio and...
Multiplex owners demand uniform entertainment tax MUMBAI: The multiplex owners in India are looking forward to uniformity of entertainment tax in the union budget...
MUMBAI: iLabs Capital, a venture fund which has among other investments a controlling interest in the TV9 chain of channels, has acquired 60 per cent stake...
MUMBAI: After launching in 60 countries, Pan Nalin‘s Samsara is now ready to allure the Indian audience. Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt Ltd, in partnership with Sony Pictures...
MUMBAI: Mirchi Movies Limited is co-producing Robby Grewal‘s Aloo Chaat with Anuj Saxena‘s Maverick Productions. The film starring Aftab Shivdasani and Aamna Shariff (of Kahi To...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has finally emerged victorious in the case against Madhya Pradesh government‘s ban on Jodhaa Akbar. “The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled...
BANGALORE: The Kannada film fraternity has threatened to call for a stoppage of all production work starting 28 February 2008 over the entertainment tax on remakes...
NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) feels that the government should exempt the transactions between film producers and distributors and...
MUMBAI: After chasing it for 11 years, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen have finally won the coveted Best Director Oscar for No Country for Old Men....
MUMBAI: The tenth edition of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image‘s (MAMI) International Film Festival will kick off on 6 March. Presented by Reliance Big...
NEW DELHI: About 30 young aspiring filmmakers from India and neighbouring South Asian countries and Iran will take part in the 5th edition of the Talent...
MUMBAI: The Indian arm of Eros International was awarded the Amity Corporate Excellence Award at Amity International Business School‘s Tenth International Conference – INBUSH (International Business...
NEW DELHI: The first-ever festival of films from countries on the shores of the Indian Ocean got underway here with Minister of State for External Affairs...
MUMBAI: French audiovisual attache Mohammed Bendjebbour is quitting his diplomatic posting. After setting up the Mumbai audiovisual office for the French Embassy, the affable Bendjebbour is...
BANGALORE: The 74th year of Kannada cinema will see two film award ceremonies on back to back Sundays in early March, both at the same venue...
MUMBAI:The problems facing UTV‘s Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer Jodhaa-Akbar are spreading. Madhya Pradesh joined the neighbouring state of Rajasthan in banning the film after demonstrations against...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has claimed that its recent release Jodhaa Akbar has grossed Rs 385 million worldwide in the opening weekend. The company says that...
NEW DELHI: An all-India film society meet is scheduled to be held at Kolkata, the birthplace of the film society movement. This will take stock of...
MUMBAI: Multiplex operator Pyramid Saimira Theatre is planning to invest up to Rs 3 billion in its group companies. The board of directors also decided to...
MUMBAI: The Network18 Group, in association with the Department of Social Communications Media (DSCM) at Mumbai‘s Sophia Polytechnic, organised the second edition of the Network18 Award...
MUMBAI: Delhi is all set to host a two-day film festival ‘We Care Film Fest‘ on the lives of the disabled. Starting 21 February, the film...
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat is slated to play an ascetic who befriends Jesus of Nazareth in a forthcoming US film that centres on a legend...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Film Festival will be held in New Delhi starting 22 February. Inaugurating the event will...
MUMBAI: Reliance ADAG‘s BigFlicks has launched its VCD and DVD movies rental stores in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chandigarh. BigFlicks claims to be India‘s...
MUMBAI: UTV has agreed to take a revenue share of 41 per cent for the second week collections from the multiplex owners, ending the dispute over...
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor and producer Anupam Kher has announced a series of tie-ups with Australian film organisations and individuals. The announcements were made at the end...
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment will shortly release Samsara, the winner of 30 international awards, on DVD. Samsara has grossed above Rs 4 billion the world over. It...
MUMBAI: UTV and multiplex operators have reached a settlement to show Jodhaa Akbar, ending a dispute over revenue sharing terms. The Hritik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer and...
NEW DELHI: Irrespective of which film wins the Oscar this year for Best Picture, it will be an accolade for Kodak Film since all the film...
MUMBAI: Popular Hindi film comedian of the 1960s and 1970s Rajendra Nath passed away on Wednesday evening at the age of 76.The actor, who had been...
NEW DELHI: The Republic of Tatarstan, a region in Russia, is keen to have Indian film artistes.Tatarstan also hosts one week of Indian films every year,...
NEW DELHI: ‘Udedh Bun’, a short film directed by Siddharth Sinha of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has won the Silver Bear in...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker‘s co-production movie Jodhaa Akbar is all set for a mega release across 26 countries in USA, Europe, Asia and...
MUMBAI: PVR has entered into a joint venture with Major Cineplex Group of Thailand to bring lifestyle entertainment concepts to India. As per the deal, the...
MUMBAI: The British period drama Atonement took home the prize for best film at the Bafta Awards.It beat out stiff competition from the likes of No...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company (PPC) and Hyderabad-based DQ Entertainment (DQE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to produce three animated films with a total budget...
MUMBAI: Indian films bagged the top award – the Golden Conch – for best documentary in both the national and international categories – as also four...
MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment‘s online movie service BigFlicks.com is celebrating Valentine‘s Day with the film Jab We Met. One can watch the film on BigFlicks.com, free of...
MUMBAI: Palador Pictures Pvt Ltd has acquired Martin Scorsese-directed documentary film on Rolling Stones Shine a Light.The film, which opened at the Berlin International Film Festival...
MUMBAI: Even the government-run Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune and the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata are now...
MUMBAI: Eros International has acquired the international distribution rights for Ram Gopal Varma‘s yet to release Sarkar Raaj. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai...
MUMBAI: Kabir Khan, the director of Kabul Express which released on 15 Dec 2006, is now all set to direct his next film for Yash Raj...
MUMBAI: With the Oscar fever rising among movie-enthusiasts, multiplex chains like Cinemax and Adlabs are gearing up to cash it with more Academy winner or nominee...
MUMBAI: It’s not very often that you get to see three of the best talent of Bollywood in one film. Naseerudin Shah, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal...
MUMBAI: The technique of animation is one of the best mediums of films for social communication in that it is non-confrontational, transcends cultural, borders or language...