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  • Ishaan Khatter suits up as the next big face in Boss global campaign

    Ishaan Khatter suits up as the next big face in Boss global campaign

    MUMBAI: Behold the new Boss move Indian star Ishaan Khatter has officially joined the cast of Hugo Boss’ Fall/Winter 2025 campaign, Be the Next, putting a bold spin on the brand’s iconic “be your own boss” platform.

    Khatter, who recently dazzled at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival with his Hollywood breakout Homebound, is now fronting the campaign as one of its global faces, alongside English actor (and future DC superhero) Aaron Pierre, K-pop megastar S.Coups of Seventeen, tennis ace Taylor Fritz, and fashion’s fastest-rising model, Amelia Gray. Together, the eclectic line-up embodies the campaign’s mantra of ambition, individuality, and rewriting the rulebook.

    The campaign film charts Khatter’s symbolic walk through a tunnel towards a radiant light mirroring his own artistic journey from Mumbai’s indie films to the global stage. Styled in rich textures and sleek tonal layers from the Boss FW25 collection, he embodies the modern Boss: risk-taker, rule-breaker, and legacy-maker.

    Speaking about his new role, Khatter said:“It’s about staying true to yourself, pushing boundaries, and constantly striving to grow. For me, it’s not just about success but about the journey and the stories we create along the way.”

    With its global cast, the campaign will hit the streets (and screens) through a 360-degree blitz billboards lighting up major world cities, high-traffic outdoor spots, and a digital push across platforms. The collection itself will roll out in Boss stores worldwide, online at boss.com, and through wholesale partners.

    For Khatter, hailed as Bollywood’s “It Boy” gone international, this campaign cements his place not just as a rising actor but as a global style force. For Boss, it’s another step in reframing power dressing for a generation that’s hungry to own its narrative.

  • A new, premium fragrance to mark the 25th anniversary of BOSS Bottled

    A new, premium fragrance to mark the 25th anniversary of BOSS Bottled

    Mumbai: To celebrate, The 25 anniversary of a fragrance icon, the original BOSS Bottled Eau de Toilette. The occasion in spectacular style, BOSS Fragrances is unveiling its latest launch: BOSS Bottled Elixir. The newest olfactive chapter within the BOSS Bottled family, BOSS Bottled Elixir is an elevated interpretation of modern masculinity.

    With one bottle sold every four seconds worldwide, the original BOSS Bottled is a quintessential fragrance in men’s grooming routines. This iconic, timeless scent is a tribute to innate sophistication, designed for the many facets of the contemporary man.

    The most highly concentrated BOSS Bottled composition to date, BOSS Bottled Elixir makes a luxurious addition to the BOSS Bottled family. With elegant refinement, it encourages you to find your inner light and be your BOSS.

    BOSS Bottled: An exquisite fragrance crafted with fine ingredients

    Propelling this admired signature scent into the premium realm, BOSS Bottled Elixir sees an icon newly interpreted with a vigorous statement promising unmatched intensity and an immersive wearing experience that inspires confidence, courage, and ambition.

    Intensity at its utmost

    The new Elixir is captivating, with a high concentration of opulent ingredients. Top notes of incense and cardamom essences emit a warm, vibrant impression while a heart of vetiver and patchouli entices with an earthy imprint. BOSS Bottled Elixir develops to reveal a base of cedarwood essence and labdanum absolute, serving a strong, woody charisma and a burst of bold masculinity.

    This new fragrance, crafted by the legendary master perfumer Annick Menardo – creator of the BOSS Bottled signature scent – in close collaboration with Suzy le Helley, celebrates the reinvention of a modern classic.

    Find your inner light

    The unique BOSS Bottled glass flacon highlights this new chapter, as its deep black lacquer gives way to a gleaming light in the centre, capturing the concept of BOSSes finding their inner light. A radiant ceramic finish and a brushed icy-gold cap further elevate the elegance of this new creation within the BOSS Bottled story.

    For 25 years, BOSS Bottled has inspired driven men to take on every challenge while staying true to their core values of honesty, integrity, and authenticity. Multi-talented Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, the global face of the BOSS Bottled franchise, stars in the new BOSS Bottled Elixir campaign. Internationally acclaimed, yet always humble, he is defined by much more than his success on the big screen. A multifaceted, inspirational archetype of the modern BOSS, Hemsworth makes for the perfect face of this iconic fragrance family’s next chapter.

  • Worldline launches ‘Business Success Stories of Buland Bharat’ campaign

    Worldline launches ‘Business Success Stories of Buland Bharat’ campaign

    Mumbai: Worldline (Euronext: WLN), has unveiled a digital campaign called ‘Business Success Stories of Buland Bharat’ featuring the unsung heroes of small and medium enterprises like Kirana stores, Groceries, Supermarkets, Electronics, Mobile, White goods, Bakeries, Quick Service Restaurants, Departmental Stores, Stationery and Pharmacies to embrace digital transformation using Worldline’s smart business solution available for Android POS – BOSS – Business Ka One Stop Shop. The new application will empower merchants with beyond-payment features to grow their profits and business.  

    The campaign will feature a series of films of business owners from Bharat. The first two films take us through the journey of two business owners – Atul Kumar from Patna, who has been running his Kirana store for the past 15 years, and Jaya Shetty from Mumbai, who just took over her Udupi restaurant started by her grandfather. The two films dive into the day-to-day life of running their business and the challenges they face to grow their business and profits. It also highlights how using BOSS has helped them to overcome the challenges.

    In the films, you can see how Atul Kumar grew his grocery business using the feature Khaata book and simplified reconciliation to manage his day-to-day financial tracking. On the otherhand, Jaya Shetty has grown her profits for the restaurant by opening up a new channel with the feature online menu and order management, all available on their Worldline Android PoS machine.

    Conceptualised by Altian Solutions and produced by Kadmus Showbiz, the film captures the core of Bharat and showcases business owners looking to manage their day-to-day business needs – seamlessly, securely, and quickly in a hassle-free way.

    Worldline  Senior vice president and head of marketing – India Rahul Sethi

    “With the launch of our ‘Business Success Stories of Buland Bharat’ campaign, we are excited to showcase real business owners of Bharat. The campaign aims to highlight the zeal and passion of these business owners in managing their day-to-day functioning with existing challenges. It is also a tribute to their willingness to appreciate and endure the digital transformation to grow business and profits.

    At Worldline, we have consistently worked towards empowering business owners. We proactively work towards identifying challenges and support them with innovative solutions to overcome them. The launch of the BOSS application, which is available on our smart Android PoS terminals, is a testament to address the real problems of business owners like Atul and Jaya.”

  • Flipkart Fashion announces first-ever ‘Best of Season Sale’ with the best offers from top brands

    Flipkart Fashion announces first-ever ‘Best of Season Sale’ with the best offers from top brands

    MUMBAI: Flipkart Fashion, India's largest online fashion store, has announced its flagship sale, the Best of Season Sale (BOSS), starting on the 20th and running until the 24th of December, offering the best of fashion brands and the latest selection of styles. The first edition of BOSS will showcase over 50 lakh styles from 1000+ brands that are offering discounts of 50 to 80%. There will be an additional 10% off only on Day 1 and an additional 10% off on payment with SBI debit cards on purchase of Rs1500 and above. BOSS will feature the best offers from all leading brands across categories including footwear, clothing, accessories and sportswear.
     
    Flipkart Fashion is also offering Flipkart Plus members an additional 10%-15% off over and above the sale prices by using Flipkart Plus loyalty coins. Customers can redeem 10% discounts using 10 Flipkart Plus coins and 15% discounts using 15 Flipkart Plus coins. Customers can also redeem 25% discounts using 25 Plus coins. 
     
    “As India’s fashion capital, Flipkart Fashion offers variety of brands that cater to varied customers, from premium products to those looking for value purchases. We want to be representative of what India is buying and we have focused on offering an unmatchable selection on our platform, to address the aspirations of all our fashion-conscious customers.
    This year, in the first edition of our flagship sale, BOSS, we are offering the best in fashion to millions of shoppers and are expecting over 10x growth in unit sales on the platform. Also with close to 50% customers transacting from tier II/III cities, we are sure the compelling offers from leading brands will help drive new customer acquisition for Fashion business & Flipkart, further cementing us as India’s true fashion capital.” said Rishi Vasudev, VP, Flipkart Fashion

    Top offers to look out for:

    a)    Flat Rs1000 off on shopping of Rs5000 and above, Flat Rs500 off on shopping of Rs3000 and above & Flat Rs200 off on shopping of Rs1500 and above

    b)    Buy 1 Get 3 Free, Buy 1 Get 4 Free

    c)    Best Offers on Premium Brands –

    1.    Marks &Spencer’s-  FLAT 50% off
    2.    Tommy Hilfiger – Min 50% off
    3.    Aldo- – Min 50% Off
    4.    Fossil – Up to 40% Off
    5.    Ducati – Min 50% Off
    6.    Nike – Min 40% Off
    7.    Michael Kors – Min 50% Off

    d)    Biggest Discount Store of the country
    1.    Flat 80% Off on 2 lakh + styles
    2.    Flat 70% Off on 8 lakh + styles
    3.    Flat 60% Off on 15 lakh + styles
    4.    Factory Price Store – Up to 90% Off

    e)    Offers on Fresh Collection
    1.    US Polo Assn  – Min 40% off
    2.    Reebok – Min 40% off
    3.    Forever 21 – Min 40% off
    4.    W – up to 50%
    5.    Van Heusen – up to 60% Off
    6.    Casio – up to 40% off  – & many more

    f)    Budget Buys this season
    1.    Casual Shoes Under 999
    2.    Men’s T-shirts Under 499
    3.    Watches Under 699
    4.    Handbags Under 999

    g)      Lowest Prices Guaranteed
    1.    Miss CL Handbags – Min 70% off
    2.    Provogue shoes, wallets, belts – Min 60% off

    h)    Best Seasonal Offers
    1.    Winter Store – min 50% Off
    2.    Travel Store, Gifting Store, Wedding and Festive Store, Party store – up to 70% off

    Boss of all Deals to look out for

    1.    Saara, Divastri Sarees – min 80% Off
    2.    Safari Trolley bags Flat 75% off
    3.    Flying Machine, LEE, Wrangler, Numero Uno Mens Jeans Rs. 799- 849/-
    4.    Arrow, Van Heusen Shirts Under 699
    5.    Peter England Pack of 2 Shirts @ 999
    6.    Watches Under 699- FastTrack, Timex and Maxima
    7.    Asics, Nike at Rs.1999 (MF+WF)
    8.    Min 60% off on AT & Skybags- Backpacks & Luggage
    9.    Carlton London, Lavie Women’s Footwear’s Min 65%
    10.    FastTrack Sunglasses Under 499
    11.    Crocs Min 70% Off – kids footwear
    12.    Under 799 Diana Korr Exclusive Handbags
    13.    Libas Min 65% Off
    14.    UCB, Jack & Jones T-shirts Under 449
    15.    Puma Shoes min 60% Off
    16.    Bata Shoes Under 899
    17.    UCB, Levi's, VANS Shoes at Min 70% Off
    18.    Trolleys Starting 999: Provogue, Safari, Police
    19.    Pepe Jeans, Wrangler, Lee, United Colors of Benetton Jackets & Sweatshirts-Min 60% Off.
    20.    FastTrack, Titan, Casio Min 20% Off
    21.    Liberty Sandals & Slippers Starting at Rs 199
    22.    Newport Women's Jeans at Rs.199
    23.    UCB KIDS T-shirts under 299
    24.    Woodland Min 40% Off
    25.    Vero Moda, Only,Forever 21 Min 60% Off

  • ‘Mickey Virus’ director Saurabh Varma signs 2 new films

    ‘Mickey Virus’ director Saurabh Varma signs 2 new films

    MUMBAI: After a quirky take on cyber-crime, the writer-director of Mickey Virus, Saurabh Varma has now signed two films with the upcoming media house Krian Media.

     

    His next flick Meet The Patels, whose cast has not been finalised yet will also be a comedy revolving around two roommates Tom Patel and Jerry Patel. The storyline will focus on the two protagonists, who will do anything to save their love except grow up. On the other hand, his second film, titled Faster, will be a new-age action suspense thriller.

     

    While Meet The Patels will go on floor in a month and release in April 2015, the second film will release in last quarter of 2015. Both the films will target at the urban youth and family audiences. 

    The producers Krian Media had recently distributed GI Joe Retaliation 3D in India and Akshay Kumar’s Boss in foreign markets.

     

    Released last October, Saurabh Varma’s Mickey Virus, was a thriller-comedy starring Manish Paul, Dean Alexandrou and Elli Avram.

     

     

  • Krrish 3 continues its strong run at the BO

    Krrish 3 continues its strong run at the BO

    MUMBAI: Ram Gopal Varma’s attempt at cashing in on the title of his earlier film – Satya – with Satya 2, fails badly. The film is a nonstarter. A poor fare sans face value, the film has been generally ignored by the moviegoer. The film barely managed to cross the one crore mark for its opening weekend.

     

    Krrish 3 makes the most of its one time watch appeal and solo festival week release despite reports not being in its favour. The film’s collections peaked to a high of Rs 31 crore on Monday once the dull period of pre-Diwali and Diwali were over. The film has gone on to collect Rs 120 crore. The open second week is expected to give the film a good follow up looking at the second weekend which has crossed the Rs 30 crore mark.

     

    Micky Virus has added just Rs 50 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 7.9 crore.
    Boss has collected Rs 40 lakh in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 52.1 crore.

  • No audience, No show status this week

    No audience, No show status this week

    MUMBAI: With five releases last Friday, most without face value, it was ‘no audience, no show’ status at many cinema houses. Wake Up India, Delhi Gang, Ishk Actually and Sooper Se Ooper were the ones to suffer.

     

    Micky Virus is the one that survived the opening weekend with figures of Rs 4.25 crore. The going will be tough as the new week starts. This film also marked the debut of Manish Paul on the big screen.

     

    Boss collects Rs 47.2 crore in its first week (Nine days). The Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha starrer film released on 16 October and
    Shahid has collected Rs 3.1 crore in its first week.

     

    War Chhod Na Yaar has added Rs 45 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 6.7 crore.

     

    Exhibition trade is facing its dullest period of the year as pre-Diwali is always a bad time for new releases. Theatres have very poor footfalls and are now resting their hopes on the Rakesh Roshan – Hrithik Roshan brand, Krrish 3. Exhibitors have paid high MG for this film and anticipation is high.

  • Boss collects only Rs 38.2 crore

    Boss collects only Rs 38.2 crore

    MUMBAI: The mid week release to cash in on a festival has backfired on Boss (second film to suffer so in recent times after Besharam). Released on Eid day (Wednesday), it opened to lukewarm response earlier to consolidate by evening shows at single screens. However, the first day figures barely managed to touch Rs 12 crore. The Basi Eid was expected to help maintain steady collections but that did not happen as the collections dropped by nearly Rs 5 crore. The film went on to collect Rs 25 crore for the first three days and close its five day weekend at Rs 38.2 crore.

     

    Shahid found the appreciation but has not yet backed it up with the collections. This Mumbai-centric film faced opposition from the 15th Mumbai Film Festival as film buffs who would love such a film were drawn to the film fest. The film collected about Rs 2 crore in its first weekend.

     

    War Chhod Na Yaar has managed to see the week through. The film has collected Rs 6.25 crore for its first week.

     

    Besharam drops to less than 10 per cent of its first week figures. The film has collected Rs 4.35 crore in its second week (16 days) to take its two week total to Rs 54.65 crore.

     

    The Lunch Box has collected Rs 85 lakh in its fourth week taking its four week tally to Rs 20.25 crore. It was revealed during the 15th Mumbai Film Festival that the Irrfan Khan starrer will also be releasing in France on 11 December this year.

     

    Phata Poster Nikhla Hero has added Rs 55 lakh in its fourth week taking its four week total to Rs 35.95 crore.

     

    Grand Masti has collected Rs 60 lakh in its fifth week, just about ending its eventful run at the box office and taking its total to Rs 91.8 crore.

  • THE BOSS MEETS ETV VIEWERS

    THE BOSS MEETS ETV VIEWERS

    NEW DELHI : ETV and Honda created a platform for the viewers of ETV to personally meet the Bollywood superstar, THE BOSS : Akshay Kumar along with the other star cast of the movie today, at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi.

    ETV partnered with Viacom 18’s movie BOSS, to promote the movie through a customized contest designed for it’s viewers to participate and win couple movie tickets, as well as a chance to meet Akshay Kumar in person. The initiative was presented by Honda Dream Neo.

    The BOSS contest, that was aired on ETV Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, ETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, ETV Rajasthan and ETV Bihar/Jharkhand, created an excitement among the viewers to meet Akshay Kumar. An aggressive participation was seen during the contest.

    10 winners were selected at the end of the contest. Sanjeev Srivastava, from Kota, Sridhar from Dehradun, Yogendra from Noida, Bhagat Aggarwal from Gorakhpur were the winners to name a few. Akshay Kumar was present at the event to meet these winners personally in order to congratulate them, get pictures clicked and sign autographs for them. Immense excitement and nervousness was seen among the winners as it was a dream come true experience for all of them.

    Senior representatives from ETV, Honda and Viacom 18 were present at this do.

    Honda and Viacom 18 expressed their gratitude and congratulated ETV to have initiated this activity like never before and mentioned about their willingness to associate in the future too.

    Akshay Kumar talked about the upcoming Grand Finale of ETV Rajasthan Ke Superstars, scheduled for 16th October, 2013, in Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur and congratulated ETV to have created a platform with such a noble cause of honoring the ordinary people, for doing something extraordinary for the society.

    The BOSS star interviews and clippings of this meet and greet show, will be aired in this week, only on ETV! Keep watching…

    ETV Network offers enriching infotainment via 12 regional channels; ETV has its strong foothold in over 10 states of India- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Apart from being present in all the state capitals, ETV provides unmatched regional coverage with specialised dedicated teams for small towns and districts. With its own Earth Station for up-linking and expediting timely transmission of news, ETV is among the country’s biggest satellite TV operations. For more information, visit www.etv.co.in 

  • Not so bossy after all

    Not so bossy after all

    MUMBAI: Boss reminds you of a brand of hand mixer of the same name. It is a blend of similar films from 1970s and 80s with two brothers, a principled father and a misunderstanding where brothers are parted. Traditionally, one takes the illegal route while the other is the father’s blue-eyed boy. The brothers come together to prove blood is thicker than water a decade and a half later. How is the film contemporary? In those days, a mother slapped her elder one and threw him out, here it is done by the father; the hero does not have a childhood sweetheart pining and waiting for him to return; the music is louder and lyrics make no sense most of the time and mainly, the fight is over the villain’s sister.

    The film starts in an old-fashioned way, trying to set the pace of the film with action by various artistes for the first 40 minutes before it introduces Akshay Kumar with yet another action sequence, a greedy one because it refuses to end! The only action hero of yore who does not have a fight scene is Mithun Chakraborty.

    Akshay Kumar, who has been banished from his home in Banaras by his father, Mithun, ends up in Haryana in nick of time to save the local don and Big Boss, Danny. Seeing honesty mixed with anger in the young lad, Danny takes him under his wing to make him his heir, and names him Boss. Big Boss’s front is as the owner of a transport fleet but otherwise he is a supari contractor. On the other side is a policeman, Ronit Roy, who wants to be the commissioner of police and to achieve this, he handles the dirty deals department for the wannabe CM, Govind Namdeo.

    Producer: Ashwin Warde
    Director: Anthony DSouza.
    Cast: Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Ronit Roy, Shiv Pandit, Aditi Rao Hydari, Johny Lever, Parikshit Sahni, Govind Namdeo, Sanjay Mishra

    It is time to work on a family story and to absolve Akshay of his childhood act which led to his ouster from home. Akshay’s kid brother, Shiv Pandit, is romancing Aditi Rao Hydari, the sister of Ronit. Ronit wants her to marry Namdeo’s son in exchange for the Commissioner’s post. Namdeo wants an outsider to kill Shiv so fingers don’t point at him. The contract to kill him is given to Akshay. At the same time, Mithun gives a contract to save Shiv to Akshay. The brothers combine to foil all the evil plans of the villains through expected twists and turns with no pretence of logic or justification. It is supposed to be old-fashioned entertainment after all!

    A remake of the 2010 Malayalam movie, Pokkiri Raja, the film maintains its south flavour in treatment and even the choice of fighters and junior artistes. It also sticks to south style of action and stunts which is too much in vogue with Hindi films lately. Action and light banter of Akshay is what the film counts on to entertain the viewers. Direction is fair. The photography is good. Some one-liners are funny, some flat. Music is a lot of noisy stuff which makes following the lyrics tough. Akshay is his usual self in the roles he plays on regular basis now; a carefree character with unbeatable energy and fighting power. Shiv gets scope to showcase his action prowess and also his romantic side. Aditi Rao Hydari is okay. Mithun seems miscast in an Alokenath kind of role. Parikshit Sahani’s presence in the film is unexplained since he just has to hang around Mithun. It is nice to see Danny on screen after a long time. Ronit makes a perfect villain against Akshay. Johny Lever and Sanjay Mishra are okay with their comic input. Govind Namdeo is the usual villain like his many such roles before.