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  • UTV to release Barfi! on 13 July

    UTV to release Barfi! on 13 July

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has announced that their Anurag Basu-directed film Barfi! will release on 13 July.

    Barfi! is the story of a cute and shrewd young man whom the girls love while the cops hate him. He can’t speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream but he will never listen because he is deaf. Barfi! is all set to usher the Chalu Chaplin of India.

    Barfi! stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileyana in the lead. The film music is composed by Pritam.

    UTV has a slate of films lined up this year that include Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Barfi!, Rowdy Rathore, Heroine, Joker and many more.

  • Kishore Kumar family green lights his biopic

    Kishore Kumar family green lights his biopic

    MUMBAI: After he met the family of Kishore Kumar recently, Anurag Basu has got the green signal to roll out the biopic of the legendary singer. The film was lying in the cold storage for three months.

    Confirming the same Basu said, “They have green lighted the film after they liked the idea of me doing the film.”

    Last month, Basu met the singer‘s family – wife Leena Chandarvarkar and his two sons, singer Amit Kumar and Sumeet Kumar – to discuss the project. Titled Kishore, the film is now finally on track.

    While Ranbir Kapoor will play Kishore Kumar in the film titled Kishore, Amit Kumar will not only sing his father‘s songs but also play a cameo.

    It is understood that Basu would take up the Kishore Kumar project first and then proceed with his next project about mathematician Anand Kumar who made a name for himself after he made use of his knowledge by taking it to the grassroots of Bihar.

  • BIG 92.7 FM unveils reality radio hunt for Bollywood star

    BIG 92.7 FM unveils reality radio hunt for Bollywood star

    MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM in association with Big Screen Entertainment, are inviting entries for Big Break – the national reality Radio hunt – for the main lead actor of a Bollywood film.

    The hunt conducted through BIG 92.7 FM has Raj Kumar Santoshi, Vishal Bharadwaj, Anurag Basu and Ajay Devgan as the judges. BIG 92.7 FM is the exclusive on-air media partner for the search of the new Bollywood lover boy of 2007, asserts an official release.

    The winner of the Radio hunt called Who will be Shekhar? will not be revealed and will only be a voice to the nation until the launch of the film.

    The cities where the contest will run are Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Srinagar, Jammu and Aligarh. Screening of the candidates, interviews with the jury, and announcement of the winner will be conducted exclusively on BIG 92.7 FM.

    Prospective participants can post their applications along with their portfolio pictures by logging on to www.big927fm.com on or before 31 December 2006.

    This film will mark the debut for Amita Mangat, daughter of Kumar Mangat, of Omkara fame with Ajay and Kajol Devgan personally monitoring the script and doing the rounds for the location etc, adds the release.

    BIG 92.7 FM national creative director Vishal Mullays said, “A reality Bollywood talent hunt on Radio is happening for the first time ever. The Radio boom is here and given our huge network of Stations across the country, we are confident to find the right lover boy. Big 92.7 FM is proud to be associated with Big Screen Entertainment and together we want to create history in the hunt for the first ever reality talent hunt on Radio.”