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  • JioCinema partners with The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

    JioCinema partners with The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

    Mumbai: JioCinema, the Indian streaming platform of Viacom18, hosted the Semi-Final Round of Judging for the 52nd International Emmy Awards in Mumbai. The event featured an esteemed panel of industry luminaries, including Tisca Chopra, Ranvir Shorey, Bhavani Iyer, Nitya Mehra, Ranjeet Thakur, Rahul V. Chitella, Suparn Verma, Kirti Kulhari, Sonali Kulkarni, Sameer Saxena, Abhinay Deo, Divya Dutta, Sandhya Mridul, and Oni Sen.

    Commenting on being part of the jury, actor Ranvir Shorey said, “The association with the academy is going to be one of the biggest feathers in my cap. As an actor constantly on the lookout for compelling stories, it’s incredibly rewarding to see deserving content and talent being recognized, no matter their scale. Being part of the esteemed jury panel for the International Emmy® Awards 2024 is an honour, and I’m thrilled to contribute to an association that bridges the gap between local and global storytelling, giving diverse voices a platform to shine.”

    Actor Tisca Chopra added, “As a first-time jury member at the International Emmy® Awards, I am truly honoured to be part of this incredible journey. It’s a privilege to witness the creativity and dedication of such talented individuals and to celebrate their outstanding work. It’s great to see platforms like JioCinema supporting the industry on local and global.”

    Actor Sonali Kulkarni said, “I’m honoured to be a part of the jury for this year’s International Emmy® Awards. As someone rooted in regional cinema, Hindi commercial cinema and international films – I’m proud to see content from across the globe gaining deserved recognition on this prestigious stage. I look forward to contributing to this celebration of excellence and seeing more content shining worldwide.”

    The Semi-Final round of Judging is a key part of the Academy’s annual event which aims to recognize excellence in television produced outside the United States. With categories ranging from Arts Programming to Drama Series, and from Non-Scripted Entertainment to Kids programming, the competition is fierce and celebrated.

     

     

  • ‘Kaafir’ writer Bhavani Iyer to share writing experiences at Vidnet Masterclasses

    ‘Kaafir’ writer Bhavani Iyer to share writing experiences at Vidnet Masterclasses

    MUMBAI: Kaafir writer Bhavani Iyer will be joining the stellar lineup of speakers at the Indiantelevision.com’s Vidnet Masterclasses, being hosted at The Westin, Mumbai, on 4 October. She will be highlighting the important requisites that a writer should keep in mind while writing for web in the session.

    The Vidnet Masterclasses are being conducted by Indiantelevision.com as an extension to its online video and content summit, with the aim to facilitate the creativity of young and aspiring content creators who are willing to leave a mark in the digital world. The Masterclasses will host directors & editors, and writers, who will be talking to the audience directly about the craft of video creation.

    Iyer who has written for all the three media—TV, digital, and films—has been associated with some impressive projects including Hindi films Raazi, Guzaarish, Lootera, Black, and TV shows like 24, Meri Awaaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai.

    Her understanding of complexity, conflict and human relationships and drama comes to life once again with Kaafir, a web-series starring Dia Mirza and Mohit Raina. She is writing season 2 of Breathe series on Amazon, Nikhil Advani’s Mughals on Hotstar and Onir’s Kashmir for Netflix.

    Other speakers at the Masterclasses include Raghav Subbu, Dhruv Sehgal, Puneet Krishna, and Siddharth Mishra.

  • Asia’s largest content creation festival, India Film Project is back with its 9th Season!

    Asia’s largest content creation festival, India Film Project is back with its 9th Season!

    Witnessing enormous growth in building a community of content creators across the varying forms of art since its inception in 2011, Asia’s largest content creation festival, India Film Project marks it’s come back this year with season 9. With an aim to encourage the budding talents and their enthusiasm for 8 years, this season will be a notch higher as the winning titles of 50 hour filmmaking challenge will be premiered across PVR Cinemas in the country and will also be televised on world’s premier youth brand, MTV.

    With an increasing community of 6.5 million filmmakers and content creators coming together on 12th and 13th of October 2019 at Mehboob Studios, Bandra, Mumbai. This year more than 35000+ filmmakers are expected to participate from across 300+ cities, and 22+ countries making 1500+ short films over a weekend. Bollywood bigwigs Abhishek Chaubey, Pradeep Sarkar, Apurva Asrani, Bhavani Iyer, amongst the other have been brought on board to judge the series of challenges.

    The two-day content creation festival at Mumbai will not only have speakers from different fields of art ranging from films, comics, literature, music but also hosts a series of interesting panel discussions, AMAs, workshops and screenings. Apart from eminent juries, speakers and talent, India Film Project has also joined hands with two giants of the entertainment industry, PVR Cinemas and MTV who are on board as sponsors this season.

    Challenging the enthusiasts from diverse spaces, India Film Project brings an exciting line up of contests this year too. With its flagship property 50-hour filmmaking where the participants are challenged to create content from scratch which includes scripting, shooting and post production in a span of 50 hours. This mega challenge is slated to happen from 27th September, 8 pm to 29th September, 10 pm.

    Apart from this, IFP also has other exciting contests ranging from Short Scriptwriting Challenge where contestants are supposed to submit an original script, to a Storytelling Challenge where one is expected to submit an original spoken word poetry, to Poster-Designing Challenge where the budding talents will have to recreate a Film Poster based on the given theme. The entries for these challenges are open till 15th September 2019. Each challenge promises to be distinctive in their own space not only appealing the participants but also the audiences.

    Ritam Bhatnagar, Festival Director, India Film Project, and comments on the announcement of Season 9 “We, at IFP, aim at discovering the creators, valuing and showcasing their creation for the world to see. With this season, we aim to reach out to maximum content creators and make them the part of IFP community. From the beginning, we seek to solely provide a platform where creators can learn, create, network and share content. In this season, we plan to get bigger and better and provide an opportunity for the creators to portray the story to the audiences which they wish to.”

    In association with PVR Cinemas and MTV, the winning titles will be theatrically released in cinemas across Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, and Chandigarh. Furthermore, these movies will also be premiered on MTV over weekends on a prime time slot for 6 months.

    “With this collaboration, we aim to provide a multimedia platform for the emerging content creators. We are looking forward to associating with PVR and MTV for the one of its kind experience for the winners”, signs off Ritam Bhatnagar.

  • Colors’ 24 and Tata Motors to ride together

    Colors’ 24 and Tata Motors to ride together

    MUMBAI: It has been touted as one of the biggest fiction shows to hit Indian television in a long time. Based on the hit Fox series which ran for eight seasons in the US, Colors‘ long-in-gestation 24 series has already created a buzz because of the fact that Anil Kapoor is associated with it as producer under the banner of Anil Kapoor Film Company. Additionally many key names from Bollywood are working on it: right from acclaimed Delhi Belly director Abhinay Deo who is helming it to Rensil D‘Silva and Bhavani Iyer who have been scripting it.

    Colors CEO Raj Nayak saw a lot of promise in the Indian adaptation of 24 when Kapoor approached him and it took barely 20 minutes to decide to put it on his channel. Some of Raj‘s faith in it is bearing fruit. Colors today announced that it has managed to rope in Tata Motors Vehicles as the presenting sponsor.

    Ranjit Yadav believes it to be a good opportunity for the company

    Speaking on the association Tata Motors Vehicles Business unit president Ranjit Yadav says, “This association with 24 offers us an exciting platform to demonstrate the true capability of our dynamic cars, which delivers performance and comes with technology rich features.”

    Brand integration will be visible throughout the series as Anil Kapoor and Tata Motors cars and UVs will be racing in action. Nayak points out: “It takes brand partnerships to another level beyond the conventional 30-second commercial.” Previously, the channel had also experimented with its brands on Bigg Boss where a lot of its sponsors were seen during the show.
     

    The show will be a hit, according to Raj Nayak

    Anil Kapoor who plays the role of Jai Singh Rathod, the Indian version of Jack Bauer explains: “In the show, I will be driving Tata Motors‘ dynamic and exciting vehicles in my adventurous quests across terrains to tackle various security threats.”

    This will be Anil Kapoor‘s first stint on the Indian small screen (he acted in the English version of the series in the US) and will have the pace of a real time narrative. The set which has been developed to look almost like the American version is in Andheri (Mumbai) at Kapoor‘s own studio named Stage 1. Under pre-production and production for more than a year, it was to see the light of day on 1 April. However, Nayak says that everyone had to take care during the adaptation process because of sensitive issues such as religion, terrorism and politics; hence it has taken time.

    “It will be a game changer and I genuinely believe it,” says an optimistic Nayak.