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MUMBAI: The cat is out of the bag. Former UTV creative director Monisha Singh, who called it quits at Ronnie Screwvala’s company last month, has joined...
MUMBAI: Star’s Tamil entertainment channel Vijay TV has lined up two primetime shows for August. Daily soap Kanmani will go air from 16 August, while sitcom...
MUMBAI: Hungama TV, the bilingual (Hindi and Tamil) kids’ channel floated by UTV, is now looking at an August-September launch. UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala had earlier...
MUMBAI: UTV creative director Monisha Singh has called it quits. As of today, she is no longer an employee of UTV. The 27-year old Singh put...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Presented below are reactions from a cross-section of the industry to Budget 2004. Zee Telefilms CMD Subhash Chandra: “The 2004 budget...
MUMBAI: Now this is what is called an award function. Hosted at the much suave south Mumbai’s NCPA, India’s lead entertainment channel Star Plus struck the...
MUMBAI: She’s known more for her skill at keeping viewers glued to the TV set through a twist in the tale in the plethora of serials...
MUMBAI: Media software production powerhouse Balaji Telefilms has finally reached India’s most literate shores, the southern state of Kerala. Attempting to woo the Malayalam-speaking audience, Balaji...
MUMBAI: For the financial year ended 31 March, 2003, Balaji Telefilms has posted a net profit of Rs 554.08 million, down from Rs 574.14 million; a...
MUMBAI: Ajay Patadia, former Balaji Telefilms president has taken the entrepreneurial plunge. The 29-year-old has teamed up with Prima Entertainment, a South East Asian media company,...
MUMBAI: Mid-March this year, Balaji Telefilms’ Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat (KHKH) which was originally a one-hour Fri-Sat-Sun show from 8 – 9 pm, became a Fri-Sat...
MUMBAI: Production company K Sera Sera is training its guns on the bigs boys of the production business Balaji Telefilms and UTV. The aim is to...
MUMBAI: Gauri Pradhan and Hiten Tejwani, the duo that strode into the limelight as the star crossed couple in Balaji Telefilms’ Kutumb on SET, are set...
MUMBAI: Popular TV serial actor Smriti Z Iraani aka Tulsi of Balaji Telefilms’ flagship show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi will be the BJP candidate...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms today announced that it would be publishing its audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2004 within three months of the close...
MUMBAI: Move over Balaji Telefilms, here comes BAG Films. The production house’s soap Kumkum – Pyara Sa Bandhan which airs on Star Plus at 1 pm...
MUMBAI: Has Sakshi Tanwar aka Parvati of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii upped and left the long-running hit soap on Star Plus? If yesterday’s (1 April) episode...
Are the days of the subtly portrayed Laajojis on Indian television over? Has physical perfection taken precedence over histrionic talent? Indiantelevision.com speaks to various players in...
MUMBAI: Come 11 March, Sony Entertainment Television will add another ‘K’ serial- Balaji Telefilms’ Kkehna Hai Kuch Mujhko – to their buffet of weekend shows. The...
MUMBAI: The contours of Sony Entertainment Television’s programming strategy for 2004 appear to be slowly taking shape. SET India executive VP, content and response Tarun Katial...
MUMBAI: This time last year, amidst the World Cup euphoria, Sony Entertainment announced five new shows and its plans to launch a couple more every season....
MUMBAI: Clearly, BJP is playing the film-n-telly celebrity card to the hilt. Every day there is a new announcement of this star or that starlet climbing...
If there is a list drawn up of the hottest young television professionals in India, her name will surely figure in it. Coming from a family...
MUMBAI: Now Asians residing in the US will have a television network catering to their needs. ImaginAsian Entertainment has announced that it will provide cross-platform entertainment...
MUMBAI: Come 25 January and leader of the Hindi television roost Star Plus will be incorporating some major changes in its 9-10 pm slot. The band,...
Out with all that is old and in comes all thats new. That‘s how most of the telly celebrities think. Here‘s how the creme de la...
Jack of all trades and a master too… that's what sums up actor, director and scriptwriter Rajesh Joshi. Recognised mostly for his short role as Chirag's...
MUMBAI: What’s with the K soaps and fast forward leap anyways? After the gradual phasing out of Kaun Banega Crorepati on Star Plus,Kkusum created a winning...
MUMBAI: While Star Plus’ claim to fame can be Saas Bahu genre, it’s thrillers that rule the rooster at Sony Entertainment Television. Come October 10 and...
If the formula works, then indulge it. That seems to be Star India‘s motto regarding programming strategies for this quarter. And the name of the game...
If she is not slogging away on the sets to shape up her TV serials, she is seeking divine protection and blessings. “I just returned from...
Her week never ends. You will find the Balaji head in her office on Sundays too. “Now that I have a public limited company in television...
Tent-pole programming — where one or two blockbuster shows are used to hook the viewers and ensure that they stay loyal to the channel just for...
MUMBAI: It could well be the silent winner of the season. Kahiin To Hoga (KTH), the Balaji Telefilms’ show that debuted on Star Plus a month...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has announced the launch of the seventh series of its popular weekend programme, Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat – Karzz. The show premieres...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent; gained 53.92 points (weekly gain) to settle at 3,676.26 as compared to 3,622.34 on...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent; gained 39.28 points to settle at 3,622.34 on Friday (4 July) as compared to...
MUMBAI: “This is our World… And the rest of the World is still in black and white.” A Kodak moment? Not quite. Just the tag line...
The camera pans across a young girl, Jyoti Dhawan, who has spent three of her seven years of marriage locked away in a room;who subsisted on...
MUMBAI: After a fracas with Balaji Telefilms creative head Ektaa Kapoor two years ago, Ketaki Dave made a dramatic exit from Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu....
MUMBAI: It is boom time for ad buyers and media planners who had earlier opted for the current surprise toppers on Star Plus. For the third...
Late into her teens, she was only known as Jeetendra’s daughter. Today, she has her own identity – as Ekta Kapoor, the creative head of Balaji...
MUMBAI: The markets settled above the key resistance level of 3037-3049 on Friday, 16 May 2003 and the 30-stock BSE Sensex was up 43.61 points at...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian government in a much-awaited notification finalised the price of the basic tier of cable service comprising free to air channels,...
Late last year, we (not the viewers but the trade) mourned the untimely demise of Madhuri Dixit‘s Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai on Sony Entertainment Television...
MUMBAI: The Jeetendra Kapoor family’s Balaji Telefilms will be declaring its financial results on 22 May, 2003. The Balaji board of directors will meet on 22...
CANNES: It’s action stations at picturesque Cannes, in southern France, the US-Iraq war notwithstanding. In its fortieth year, the Reed Midem organized MIPTV 2003 is to...
CANNES: It’s action stations at picturesque Cannes, in southern France, the US-Iraq war notwithstanding. In its fortieth year, the Reed Midem organized MIPTV 2003 is to...
MUMBAI: Media scrips dipped today as the finance minister appeared to have ignored the media and entertainment sector. Apart from Zee Telefilms and Cinevistaas, several other...
* Dearth of novel programming on television in 2002 * Production houses eye feature film making as viable proposition * Smaller production houses got platform in...
