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  • &Pictures partners ‘Dil Dhadakne Do;’ acquires Excel movies’ telecast rights

    &Pictures partners ‘Dil Dhadakne Do;’ acquires Excel movies’ telecast rights

    MUMBAI: Hindi movie channel &Pictures from the Zee stable, has partnered with Excel Entertainment for the promotion of its upcoming movie – Dil Dhadakne Do, which is slated to release on 5 June.

     

    Additionally, &Pictures has also exclusively acquired the telecast rights of Excel Entertainment’s previously released films namely Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Don and Don 2.

     

    Adding an innovative take on their partnership for Dil Dhadakne Do, &Pictures has created a platform for audiences to meet the movie’s stars namely Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, and Farhan Akhtar.

     

    As part of the promotions, &Pictures will invite viewers to share the fun side of their families via the ‘Crazy Family Contest.’ Viewers have to take crazy and funny family pictures and Whatsapp it to the &Pictures number (08879763807) along with their name and the city they hail from. Shortlisted winners will get a chance to hang out with the Dil Dhadakne Do star cast as they tour Indian cities for the promotion of the film.

     

    Chopra said, “We are coming to your city to meet your family.”

     

    Excel Entertainment’s Ritesh Sidhwani added, “The contest is an interesting integration aimed towards finding families who are as much fun as our Mehra family. Also, this will be our first association with & Pictures and we look forward for many more in the future.”

     

    Directed by Zoya Akhtar, Dil Dhadakne Do is produced by Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar and is a comedy-drama set on a cruise ship.

  • Indian films in Festival of India in Lao PDR and 3 other south east Asian countries

    Indian films in Festival of India in Lao PDR and 3 other south east Asian countries

    NEW DELHI: Selected films from Bollywood are part of a three-day Festival of India in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic inaugurated today by the Lao Minister for Information, Culture and Tourism Dr. Bosengkham Vongdara and Indian’s Culture Secretary Ravindra Singh in the capital city of Vientiane at the National Cultural Hall. 

    Speaking on the occasion, Singh said the Festival of India in Lao PDR would encourage people to increase India’s cultural ties with the south east Asian countries and deepen the historical bonds. He thanked the Lao Authorities for contributing towards the development of the Nalanda University. The South Zone Cultural Centre is the nodal agency for conducting the event. 

     

    Official level delegation talks were also held on a wide range of subjects between the two countries. The Indian side was led by Singh while the deputy prime minister and foreign minister Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith led the delegation of Lao PDR. 

    Indian Ambassador to Lao PDR Gururaja Rao said that the talks were cordial and constructive and India and Laos would seek to sign the Cultural Exchange Program in the coming days as also enhance people to people contact efforts. 

     

    Selected films of Bollywood would also be presented in the Festivals of India to be held in Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar.

     

    The films include Jodha Akbar, Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam etc. The film festival would be presented by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

     

    They will be part of the Festival being organised by the Culture Ministry. The Festivals of India in Cambodia would be held from 14 to 19 February. The Festivals of India in Vietnam will be held from 6 to 15 March and in Myanmar from 17 to 21 March.

     

    The Indian delegation to the Festivals of India led by Culture Secretary Ravindra Singh will have artiste delegation of 75 artistes.

     

    The two festivals would also comprise a Dance Festival of Classical Dance on Ramayana; a Buddhist Exhibition Dhamma Darshan presented by the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara; a Buddhist Mahotsava by the Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies in Dahoo, Arunachal Pradesh; a Food Festival by the Tourism Ministry; and aMehendi Art and Yoga festival by artists from the South Zone Cultural Centre and Yoga teachers from the Department of Ayush.

  • Channel [v] to present a special on Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy on 29 December

    Channel [v] to present a special on Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy on 29 December

    MUMBAI: Channel [v] will be airing a Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy special presentation on 29 December at 5 pm.

    This half hour special on the band who have created compositions for films like Dil Chahta Hai, Don, Bunty Aur Babli, Kal Ho Na Ho will take the viewers through the journey of the trio’s life.

    The band will talk about their secrets of success, career and future plans. This is another initiatve taken by channel [v] after the recent launch of Dance with [v] calender.