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  • MTV’s Ryan Mendonca signs with BANG BANG as Director

    MTV’s Ryan Mendonca signs with BANG BANG as Director

    MUMBAI: Armed with over a decade of experience in the world of advertising, Mendonca started his filmmaking career at MTV, where he was National Creative Head until last month, leading the team at MTV and MTV Beats, pushing creative boundaries with branded communications across digital and branded content. Prior to this, he was Group Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather, where he developed iconic campaigns for Unilever, Cadbury, BCCI and more and rose rapidly to Group Creative Director.

    His experience has earned him many accolades like Copywriter of the Year and Social Thinker of the Year by The Advertising Club of India. His other laurels include winning at Cannes, The One Show, London International, Spikes Asia, Promax Asia, WARC, Effies (India and Asia), AMEs, Kyoorius, and Young Guns to name a few.

    Speaking on the signing, Ryan Mendonca says, “Goes without saying I’m excited to be partnering Roopak and the team at BANG BANG. The plan is no different from what it’s been so far– to try and tell big stories, beautifully. Except this time around I’ll be directing them as well. Can’t wait to start.”

    Roopak Saluja, Founder & Chief Executive Officer – The 120 Media Collective, comments, “Sometimes you just know someone's going to make a kickass Director; they tend to exude a special storytelling ability and a keen eye for detail. I've known Ryan over the years and have always been a fan of his abilities. He's definitely that guy. Watch out world, here comes Ryan Mendonca! "

  • BANG BANG launches new avatar

    BANG BANG launches new avatar

    MUMBAI: Launched in 2006 by Roopak Saluja, BANG BANG disrupted the Indian commercials production industry by introducing international directorial talent to the market. Additionally, BANG BANG was also the first to introduce standard global processes like detailed transparent costing, etc.

    With an initial focus on visual storytelling, BANG BANG cornered the beauty and automotive advertising market by significantly raising the bar for production values in Indian advertising. Subsequently, it expanded its repertoire by serving as a home for iconic Indian directors like Dibakar Banerjee.

    Over the years, BANG BANG has produced iconic spots for brands like IKEA, Google, Pepsi, L’Oréal, Sony, Unilever, Indigo, Netflix and dozens of others with Ogilvy, JWT, Lowe Lintas, Dentsu Taproot, Wieden + Kennedy, BBH and many other agency partners.

    BANG BANG launched its new avatar earlier this year, working with Dentsu India on a mammoth production to deliver IKEA’s iconic India launch campaign, being rolled out across media over the coming months.

    To announce its #Production2020 mission and evolution, BANG BANG released this high-octane video last week across social media channels.

    BANG BANG founder and managing director and group CEO of The 120 Media Collective Roopak Saluja said, “It’s hard to overstate the extent of flux our industry has seen in recent years. But wait, there’s more coming. The world needs a recalibrated production model to cater to the needs of 2020. We at BANG BANG have been ramping up to this reality for years and are delivering it here and now in 2018, with commercials at the core but augmented capabilities, backed by a vast body of work, across content, photography, digital, interactive, gaming and more. The one constant is storytelling but there are now a thousand ways to get there.”

  • Zee Music Company acquires music rights of UTV-Disney & Balaji’s films

    Zee Music Company acquires music rights of UTV-Disney & Balaji’s films

    MUMBAI: Zee Music Company (ZMC), which completes a year of operations, has acquired the music rights of UTV-Disney and Balaji Motion Pictures’ upcoming movies for the year 2015-16.

     

    ZMC will be releasing the music for Disney’s ABCD2, UTV’s Fitoor and Katti Batti and Balaji Motion Pictures’ Flying Jatt and Kya Super Kool Hai Hum 3.

     

    ZMC head Anurag Bedi said, “It has been a phenomenal year for us and we are very happy with our decision to enter the music space. We are elated to be associated with two of the finest studios – UTV Disney and Balaji Motion Pictures – who have consistently delivered successful movies and music over the years. Meanwhile, we continue to work towards a fantastic year ahead with an exciting line-up of movies starting this summer. Among our new titles are Gabbar is Back, Piku, Kuch Kuch Locha hai, Bombay Velvet, Ishqedarriyaan, Singh Is Bling, Tina And Lolo, and Jazbaa. In addition to that, 30 new projects will be announced soon.”

     

    Disney India VP and head, marketing and distribution studios Amrita Pandey opined, “We are happy to associate with Zee Music Company on our movies. Our upcoming slate has highly anticipated movies, like Disney’s ABCD 2 and UTV’s Fitoor and Katti Batti and with these movies we will deliver on our promise of providing audiences with great stories and music.”

     

    Balaji Motion Pictures group CEO Sameer Nair added, “Music is a key driver for audiences across, as a studio we believe this creative synergy will be productive. The aim has always been to entertain, entertain and only entertain. We’re looking forward to this enthralling journey with Zee Music Company.”

     

    Last year, ZMC bagged the rights to films like Holiday, Mary Kom, Humshakals, Bang Bangand Shaukeens amongst others. In all, the company acquired music rights to more than 40 Hindi movies from studios like from Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Fox Star Studios as well as 15 Marathi films in 2014.

  • ‘Kick’, ‘Bang Bang’ and ‘Action Jackson’ to vie for worst films of 2014 at Golden Kela awards

    ‘Kick’, ‘Bang Bang’ and ‘Action Jackson’ to vie for worst films of 2014 at Golden Kela awards

    NEW DELHI: While ‘Kick’ and ‘Bang Bang’ are among the nominees for the worst of Bollywood in 2014, Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi and Sonam Kapoor also feature in the nominations for the seventh annual Golden Kela Awards.

    Given on the lines of the Razzies (Raspberry) awards in Hollywood, this year’s awards will be presented on 14 March in Delhi.

    The nominations have been announced and Voting opens tomorrow at www.goldenkela.com.
    Like in previous years, there will be some Special Awards other than the mainstream awards, like Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award, Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent, Khooni Dracula Award for the Most Creatively Named Horror Film and the Shakti Kapoor Award for Misogyny in Film. These awards will only be announced at the official awards ceremony.
    Claiming these to be the most honest and truthful awards, Golden Kela founder Jatin Varma said, “This just keeps getting better every year! Bollywood never ceases to amaze, and we at Golden Kela actually look forward to the bizarre imagination of some of our filmmakers!” 

    “After having to sit through the excruciating screenings of the likes of Jai Ho, Humshakals, Action Jackson and Xpose amongst many others, we got to the fun part – having a good laugh and listing the nominations for the crappiest movies of the year!” Varma said.

    Interestingly, Rani Mukherjee features in the worst actor male category for her role in Mardaani.
    The nominees for the 7th Annual Golden Kela Awards:

  • A boring week for box office

    A boring week for box office

    MUMBAI: Shaukeens, the remake of 1982 Basu Chatterjee film, Shaukeen, starring old stalwarts Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt and AK Hangal is below the mark. The three characters being re-enacted by Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor and Piyush Mishra are no patch on the veterans they replace. Plus, the script has been mutilated badly in an attempt to better it (old classics can’t be bettered).  The film opened low despite a weak opposition. And, the film has managed to collect just Rs 13.5 crore for its opening weekend.

     

    Rang Rasiya, an attempt to sell some nudity in the name of an artistic biopic about a celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma, has not worked. Biopics about known recent heroes don’t work with our audience and this film working was a long shot. The film fares poorly, missing a first day crore by miles and going onto end the weekend with a poor Rs 2.1 crore.

     

    Super Nani fails at the box office. The subject, despite Rekha enacting the protagonist, is outdated and treated badly. The film has managed to collect a meagre Rs 2.75 crore in its first week.

     

    Roar, a rare film on human vs man eater tigers in a game of survival offered some novelty value which was not enough to save it at the box office. Laden with heavy special effects, which costs dearly, the film has managed just Rs 7.85 crore in its first week.

     

    Happy New Year, despite its negative reports, gets the advantage of poor oppositions and does better than merited in its second week. Even while on decline after its opening day, the film manages to collect Rs 32.4 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs 162.4 crore.

     

    Haidar has added Rs 10 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 40.5 crore.

     

    Bang Bang has collected Rs 15 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 145.75 crore.

     

     

     

  • ‘Happy New Year’ continues its successful run

    ‘Happy New Year’ continues its successful run

    MUMBAI: Rekha on screen after a long gap does not quite manage to attract the audience in Super Nani. Her fans, old as well as those who grew up on her legend did not quite fancy her in the role of a suppressed grandmother. The film has had a very poor opening despite limited screenings. The film has collected Rs 1.4 crore for the opening weekend.

     

    Roar, with its curiosity value and effective promos, has opened fairly well despite a theme with appeal mainly limited to young audience and has managed to put together a face saving Rs 4.7 crore for its first weekend.

     

    Happy New Year collection figures vary from one media to another as in most cases they are guess estimates and according to loyalists since the figures are being released to media only by the producers with other sources having been blocked.

     

    However, according to numbers  put together with inputs from circuits, the first week total for the film is expected to be from Rs 128 – 130 crore. While the opening day collections were huge, the gap between the opening day and the days between days that followed started widening each day. The film faces poor opposition from two new releases, Super Nani and Roar which will help the film with decent figures in its second week.

     

    Haider has added Rs 45 lakh in its fourth week to take its four week tally to Rs 40.40 crore.

     

    Bang Bang has collected about Rs 1 crore in fourth week to take its four week total to Rs 145.65 crore.

  • ‘Happy New Year’ collects Rs 95 crore at the opening weekend

    ‘Happy New Year’ collects Rs 95 crore at the opening weekend

    MUMBAI: Being a solo release with a festival weekend to back it up, Happy New Year took a bumper opening day as expected. The film was well promoted and a big hype was created around it before its release. Although the film did not enjoy positive public reports, such a big film would hardly be affected on its opening day, especially considering the release period.

     

    However, the film’s collections started dropping from day two. The collections given out to the media are controlled by the producers, Red Chillies, while distributors have been instructed not to reveal figures to media. The figures put together from sources come to around Rs 95 crore. The collections have shown a bigger drop as the new week begins and the long weekend of holidays is over. 

     

    Mumbai 125KM collects Rs 1.5 crore in its first week. Sonali Cable fails to cross even the crore mark in its first week collecting just Rs 85 lakh. Ekkees Topon Ki Salaami fared badly in the first week and totally sank in the second week managing to collect just Rs 10 lakh. Its two week total rounds up to Rs 1.65 crore. Tamanchey, another wasted effort, collects Rs 10 lakh in its second week and its two week collections total up to Rs 1.35 crore. Haider adds Rs 3.5 crore for its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 48.95 crore. Bang Bang has collected about Rs 8.05 crore for its third week taking its three week total to Rs 144.65 crore. 

  • ‘Bang Bang’ continues to rule at the BO

    ‘Bang Bang’ continues to rule at the BO

    MUMBAI: Though fairly well promoted, Sonali Cable fails to draw enough footfalls and opens to very poor response. Coming as it does during the dullest period of the year, pre-Diwali, and lacking face value showed on the public response. The film has remained limited to less than the four million mark for the opening weekend which is disastrous.

    Mumbai 125KM, a horror film with poor promotion facing dull release period, is a loser. The film has just about managed to reach the one crore mark for its first three days.

    Ekkees Topon Ki Salaami has managed to scrap together Rs 1.55 crore in its first week. Tamanchey manages to cross a crore mark with Rs 1.25 crore to show for its first week. The other two releases of the week, Jigariya and Spark, were lost without a trace.

    Bang Bang has collected Rs 21.3 crore in its second week to take its two week tally to Rs 136.6 crore.

    Haider has managed to collect Rs 10.3 crore in its second week mainly on support at multiplexes to take its two week total to Rs 45.45 crore.

     

  • ‘Bang Bang’ continues to thrill the BO

    ‘Bang Bang’ continues to thrill the BO

    MUMBAI: The week saw four small-time films release in Spark, EkkeesTopon KI Salaami, Jigariya and Tamanchey. None had the face value, or could draw crowd. Also, each film catered a regional subject with scant identification for universal audience.

     

    Of the lot, EkkeesTopon KI Salaami had the best prospects and was a sincere attempt; however, it lost out balancing itself between a satire and a melodrama.
    Bang Bang opened to good houses as expected. However, the reports about its mediocre content caught up with it and the collections started dropping in a free fall. The fall which started a day after release got more pronounced as the new week began. The film, which had collected Rs 80 crore for its first five days (having opened on Thursday) managed to end its eight day week with Rs 115.3 crore.

     

    Haider has met with an indifferent response with only a few caring to talk about it. A pretentious film with a script penned on whim and fancy, it fails to identify with any sort of audience. It is as unreal as a cinema can get. The film continued to collect on the lower side of average throughout the week despite holidays to end its eight day week with Rs 35.15 crore.

     

    Daawat-e-Ishq has added just Rs 10 lakh in its third week taking its three week total to Rs 25.66 crore.

     

    Khoobsurat has added Rs 70 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 24.65 crore.

     

  • ‘Bang Bang’ shoots ahead of ‘Haider’ at the Box Office

    ‘Bang Bang’ shoots ahead of ‘Haider’ at the Box Office

    MUMBAI: The last minute tug of war for screen time domination between Bang Bang and Haider to cash in on a five day holiday weekend starting Thursday did not help much as these holidays fell during, what is known as the dull period. Both the films could not manage to collect what was expected.

     

    Bang Bang opened with inflated admission rates which its content did not justify. The film catered action for the sake of action with the main villain being kept out through most parts of the movie. While the film registered a two figure drop the next day of its release, on Saturday the drop was more significant with around 30 per cent and not making much on Sunday either. The film collected Rs 80 crore for the first five days.

     

    Haider which also released on Thursday with the long weekend in sight, opened to an average collection and remained steady on the lower side through the weekend. There is little of universal appeal in the film. While there are not many takers on Kashmir’s terrorism, this film however binds a bunch of family members with terrorism with each one bending back over backwards to betray the other. The film managed to put together Rs 23.3 crore for the first five days.

     

    Desi Kattey was poor and collected Rs 3.1 crore in its first week while 3 AM is a loser with Rs 1.9 crore to account for its first week.

     

    Daawat-e-Ishq did average in its second week by collecting Rs 5.1 crore to take its two week total business to Rs 25.56 crore. On the other hand, Khoobsurat has managed to do well in its second week by collecting Rs. 7.5 crore to take its two week tally to Rs. 23.95 crore.

     

    Finding Fanny added Rs 65 lakh for its third week to take its three week total collection to Rs 27.70 crore. The biopic Mary Kom has added Rs 80 lakh for its fourth week taking its four week tally now to Rs. 56.55 crore.