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  • Reliance MediaWorks enhance the visual appeal of ‘Krrish 3’

    Reliance MediaWorks enhance the visual appeal of ‘Krrish 3’

    MUMBAI: Reliance MediaWorks have done the color grading and digital intermediate for Krrish 3. The most eagerly awaited superhero movie that is expected to sparkle at the box office this Diwali. 

    Krrish 3 is the third in the franchise that began with 2003 hit sci-fi movie Koi…Mil Gaya, Krrish 3 will take forward the story of the superhero Krrish, played by Hrithik Roshan.

    Creative choices of color play was an extremely important role in storytelling, especially for a sci-fi film like Krrish 3 where Hrithik will take on evil mutants and save the world from destruction in his superhero avatar.

    Speaking on the same Reliance MediaWorks CEO Venkatesh Roddam said: “Krissh 3 was not an easy film as it came with a huge legacy. In Krrish 3 it was important to create a consistent look and feel to the story overall. Krrish 3 provided a great opportunity for us to showcase the diverse skills within the businesses and further reinforced our position as a fully integrated high-end facility.”

    The color timing helped define locations and enhance and ensure the mood of scenes worked and that the entire movie flowed. On top of color timing, were added, a lot of little nuances fine-tuning on the image such as enhancing the mutant’s traits like the color of the tongue and the eye’s iris details. But most of the detailing time was utilised to ensure the realistic integration of the VFX. Hrithik and Rakesh took a very active role in the DI process ensuring their high vision was reached.

    Commenting on the same, Krrish 3 producer and director Rakesh Roshan said: “I am thrilled and enthusiastic about Krrish 3. This project has all the insightful and risqué visuals we have come to expect from the franchise. I was very confident that Reliance MediaWorks was the “Go to” place for DI and colour grading.  True to expectation they have made Krrish 3 one of the most memorable movies of all time.”

    Rakesh Roshan’s vision, coupled with stunning visuals, has turned the franchise into a thrillingly audacious mix of grand storytelling and powerful and provocative themes.

    With the advent of technology image quality gets superior and thereby the minutest of details need to be highlighted appropriately, which is where a sci-fi film becomes creatively challenging and demands more techno-creative expertise. Add to it the brand value of the Krrish franchise makes working on the project a fruitful experience.

  • Chinese domestic movie market sees 35 per cent growth

    Chinese domestic movie market sees 35 per cent growth

    NEW DELHI: Even as India continues to produce the largest number of films, China has shown a major growth with total box office revenue for the first nine months of the year at RMB16.4 billion (US$2.7 billion), a year-on-year growth of 34.9 per cent.

     

    With a market share of approximately 58 per cent, domestic films continue to rule the market with RMB9.56 billion (US$1.57 billion) in total revenue, a year-on-year growth of 93.8 per cent, according to China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) in the third quarter box office statistics.

     

    Five of the top ten grossing films of the first nine months of the year are domestic films that include Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (RMB1.24 billion), So Young (RMB 715 million), American Dreams in China (RMB 538 million), Finding Mr. Right (RMB 518 million) and Tiny Times 1 (RMB 488 million).

     

    Opening at the end of September, Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon has already surpassed American Dreams as the third top grossing domestic film of the year. By last week, it had taken RMB 583 million.

     

    Several major releases set for December are expected to further lift domestic films:
    Benny Chan’s The White Storm, Feng Xiaogang’s Personal Tailor, Alan Yuen’s Firestorm, and Ding Sheng’s Police Story 2013.

     

    Foreign films made RMB 6.87 billion (US$1.13 billion) in total revenue, a year-on-year decline of 5.2 per cent. This represents somewhat of a recovery over the summer. In the first half of the year, foreign films were recorded as experiencing a year-on-year decline in box office revenue of 21.3 per cent.

     

    The top five grossing foreign films of the first nine months of the years — three of which were in cinemas during the third quarter are: Iron Man 3 (RMB 751 million), Pacific Rim (RMB 694 million), Furious 6 (RMB 412 million), The Croods (RMB 394.8 million) and Man of Steel (RMB 394.6 million).

  • Raanjhanaa director shake hands with Dhanush for his next film

    Raanjhanaa director shake hands with Dhanush for his next film

    Director Anand L Rai, whose Raanjhanaa generated good response at the box office, is coming up with another romantic film and is currently working on the script.

     

    The making of script is currently under process, and if sources are to be believed by Diwali, Rai will be in a position to talk about the project.

     

    Raanjhanaa was a story of a Hindu Banarasi boy falling in love with a Muslim girl and giving away his life for her.

     

    Rai who thinks that people have lost faith in love, strongly feels that one way of keeping the romance alive is through films. He feels sad (to) see this as love is an integral part of life

     

    ‘Kolaveri Di’-fame south star Dhanush, who made his Bollywood debut with Raanjhanaa, will be working together with Rai again for a film, tentatively from the same genre.

     

    To top it all, his one more project is the sequel to 2011 romcom Tanu Weds Manu. However, Rai did not elaborate on this piece.

  • Hriday responds to Woody Allen’s decision on Blue Jasmine India release

    Hriday responds to Woody Allen’s decision on Blue Jasmine India release

    MUMBAI: Woody Allen directed Blue Jasmine was set to be released in India two weeks ago but in the last moment was called off since the director did not want to comply with anti- smoking regulations of the country.

     

    Now NGO Hriday (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) has responded to Allen’s claim that smoking messages in the movie distracts people. In the letter addressed to Allen, they said that many big movies have complied with the norms and have done well at the box office including The Hobbit, Django Unchained as well as Bollywood production houses like UTV motion pictures and Karan Johar productions also started complying with the rules as soon as they came into effect.

     

    They also said that a study conducted by them showed that youngsters exposed to smoking scenes in movies were twice as likely to try it. They also said that ‘several countries require censor of contents before screening films to confirm to their laws and cultural sensitivities globally’.

     

    Blue Jasmine was to be released by PVR Pictures. The movie has been critically acclaimed regarding Kate Blanchett’s performance. Let’s see whether Allen responds to the mail and consents to release the movie so that Indians don’t have to miss a good one.

  • Albeit crude humour Grand Masti collects Rs 82.6 cr in two weeks

    Albeit crude humour Grand Masti collects Rs 82.6 cr in two weeks

    The past week saw as many as five new releases, all sans face value and due promotions. Of the lot, the only one to show some figures for its three day run is Warning 3D/2D. The film has collected Rs 2.60 crore.

     

    The other four releases, Maazii, Raqt – A Rishta, Prague and Supermodel have all bombed badly leaving no trace.

     

    Phata Poster Nikhla Hero, starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz, will fail to recoup its investment from the box office with the film’s lack of public appreciation showing starkly on its collection figures. The film has collected Rs 28.5 crore in its first week.

     

    The Lunch Box, starring Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur, which had opened with first day collections barely crossing Rs 1 crore, has earned much appreciation translating into revenues as the film ended its first week with figures of Rs 10.25 crore.

     

    Grand Masti is the only film doing well its off-colour humour notwithstanding. The film which did excellent in its first week, has maintained well even in its second week by adding Rs 17.9 crore and taking its total to Rs 82.6 crore.

     

    Shuddh Desi Romance has collected Rs 1.2 crore in its third week thus taking its three week tally to Rs 46.45 crore. 

  • Grand Masti gets a whooping Rs 39.8 crore opening

    Grand Masti gets a whooping Rs 39.8 crore opening

    Grand Masti has a terrific weekend raking in a big moolah at the box office. The film, with huge support from single screens, has collected Rs 39.8 crore for its opening weekend. This is a sequel to the previous adult comedy Masti and the three friends are back together and this time they are coming together at their college reunion. The film stars Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani and Vivek Oberoi.

     

    John Day has not been able to make a mark despite Naseeruddin Shah leading the cast. The film has managed to collect just about Rs 1.7crore for the first weekend.

     

    Horror Story, a grossly under publicised film, has managed to cross the Rs two crore mark in its first three days.

     

    Shuddh Desi Romance has had a good first week. A pleasant love story with a contemporary theme of live-in couple scared to commit through the institution of marriage, the film has collected Rs 35.7 crore for its first week.

     

    Zanjeer, much in news because of its copyrights controversy involving the writers of the original version and the production house, Prakash Mehra Productions, has turned out to be a damp squib, having collected just Rs 13.75 crore.

     

    Satyagraha, which failed to stir up the box office and collected Rs 51.7 crore in its first week, has added Rs 6.9 crore in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 58.6 crore.

     

    Madras Café has collected Rs 1.1 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 40.65 crore.

     

    Channai Express has added Rs 1.1 crore in its fifth week thus taking its six week total to Rs 200.5 crore.

  • Warner Bros to produce new Harry Potter inspired film series

    Warner Bros to produce new Harry Potter inspired film series

    MUMBAI: Starting off her stint as a screenwriter for Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, Warner bros has announced an ‘expanded creative partnership’ with the author. It was a book in the Hogwarts school of Harry Potter series.

    Plans are on to adapt the movie into a video game, consumer products and digital initiatives. Rowling says that the new movie will only be an extension of the wizarding world and not a prequel or sequel. It will showcase the adventures of Newt Scamander about 70 years before Harry was born.
    Warner bros released all eight movies in the Harry Potter franchisee which were a massive box office hit as well as shattered box office release records.

  • Eros International acquires worldwide distribution rights of Grand Masti

    Eros International acquires worldwide distribution rights of Grand Masti

    Eros International, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has acquired the worldwide distribution rights of the highly anticipated comedy Grand Masti. The film releases on 13 September.

     

    The film is a sequel to the 2004 smash hit Masti and features Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Deshmukh reprising their roles from the original and is directed by Indra Kumar.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Eros International MD Sunil Lulla said, “We are happy to continue our long association with Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar. Grand Masti is one of the most eagerly awaited sequels this year and with the huge success Masti enjoyed, we are confident its sequel too will be a winner at the box office. The film promises double the dose of laughter and masti as is evident from the promos and we are anticipating a very encouraging response to the film.”

     

    Producer Ashok Thakeria added, “Grand Masti is a sequel to India’s first adult comedy, carrying forward the tone set in the first part. We are positive the film will deliver what it promises and are very happy to have Eros releasing the film worldwide. Our relationship with Eros goes back a long way with them distributing all our films overseas – from Raja to Masti. This is the first time they are releasing our film worldwide and we couldn’t have asked for a better platform for its showcasing.”

     

    Grand Masti is the story of three married guys Vivek Oberoi as Meet, Aftab Shivdasani as Prem and Riteish Deshmukh as Amar go out on fun experience in their college reunion, finally to be trapped in danger. The film also features Bruna Abdalah, Karishma Tanna,Sonalee Kulkarni, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria and Manjari Fadnis in key roles.

  • Flopped The Lone Ranger to cost Disney $190 million

    Flopped The Lone Ranger to cost Disney $190 million

    MUMBAI: As per the reports, Disney CFO Jay Rasulo has informed that the company is likely to incur a loss of about $160 – $190 million next quarter as a result of The Lone Ranger‘s weak box office run.

    The Gore Verbinski-directed western, which stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, cost at least $215 million to produce but has only earned $175.5 million worldwide (it‘s only opened in about 40 percent of international markets) since its release on 3 July. Domestically, the film has earned $86.9 million – a larger total than Disney‘s 2012 mega-flop John Carter, which topped out at $73.1 million, but an alarmingly low one nonetheless.

    For Disney, the loss hurts, but it isn‘t crippling. The company‘s portfolio now includes cash cows like Pixar, Marvel, and the Star Wars empire, the former two of which already delivered massive returns this summer with Iron Man 3 and Monsters University grossing $1.2 billion and $614 million worldwide. And Disney recognises that its plan to produce fewer movies but make them all tentpoles is a high-risk/high reward business. “This branded tentpole strategy of ours, it‘s 100 percent what we‘re looking to do and what we want to be,” said Disney executive VP of distribution Dave Hollis, following The Lone Ranger‘s disappointing opening weekend.

  • The Wolverine had plenty of bark at the box office, and just enough bite

    The Wolverine had plenty of bark at the box office, and just enough bite

    MUMBAI: The sixth installment of the X-Men franchise clawed its way to $55 million this weekend, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Hollywood.com.

     

    While the debut was plenty to win the weekend – there were no other major newcomers as studios cleared a path for the comic-book adaptation – the opening fell short of analysts’ projections, which called for a bow of at least $65 million.

     

    Still, it snapped the string of high-priced live-action films that couldn’t claim the weekend crown. Last week, the $20 million horror flick The Conjuring opened to $42 million, crushing the $130 million supernatural film R.I.P.D., which debuted to a dismal $13 million. Similarly, Pacific Rim ($37 million), The Lone Ranger ($29 million) and White House Down ($25 million) opened well below projections, falling to cheaper movies and animated films.

     

    While Wolverine’s opening was solid for a sixth franchise installment, analysts wondered whether moviegoers are suffering mutant fatigue. The previous Wolverine film, 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, debuted to $85 million.

     

    But the new film resonated with viewers, which could help its run through a typically arid August at theaters. About 68 per cent of critics gave Wolverine a thumbs-up, and the movie scored an A-minus from moviegoers, says grading site CinemaScore.

     

    Among the holdovers, Conjuring took second with $22.1 million, followed by the animated comedy Despicable Me 2 with $16 million.

    The animated Turbo was fourth with $13.3 million, while Adam Sandler’s comedy Grown Ups 2 rounded out the top five with $11.5 million.