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  • Gattu and Don 2 to feature at Berlin Intl fest

    Gattu and Don 2 to feature at Berlin Intl fest

    MUMBAI: Rajan Khosa’s Gattu has become the second film chosen to be screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in the Generation Kplus segment. Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Don 2 will also feature in the festival.

    Produced by the Children Film Society of India (CFSI), Gattu has been acclaimed at other fests too.

    The Shah Rukh Khan film will screen for two reasons: the film, being financed by the German government, would attract viewers there; besides, in the process, it would have its German premiere.

    A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14-plus competitions. Two of these films will be screening out of competition.

    Members of the International jury are- Scottish documentary filmmaker, Mark Cousins, author and festival programmer, Rasmus Horskj?r from Denmark, film commissioner for children and youth at the Danish Film Institute Frieder Schlaich, German filmmaker cum producer and distributor Marité Ugas from Peru, director of the film El Chico Que Miente, Maxine Williamson from Australia, and artistic director of the Asian Pacific Screen Academy.

    The festival will be held from 9-19 February.

  • Chaalis Chaurasi nets Rs 13.5 mn at BO

    Chaalis Chaurasi nets Rs 13.5 mn at BO

    MUMBAI: Chaalis Chaurasi has done fair business at single screens and collected Rs 13.5 million over the opening weekend.

    Ghost has netted Rs 14 million during its first weekend while Sadda Adda‘s collections remained poor.

    Players, the first of the three-film structural deal project between Viacom18 and Wave, has proved a debacle all around. Though Rs 360 million had been paid till the film’s delivery by Wave, the cut off recovery target was set at Rs 260 million with the balance amount to be treated as advance. Wave is said to have recovered about Rs 90 million by selling circuits excluding Delhi-UP, Punjab and Bombay.

    The heist film has been able to collect a mere Rs 216 million in its first week. As things stand after the film’s poor show, Viacom 18 is reported to have offered Vidhya Balan starrer Kahani to Wave for nil consideration as compensation.

    Don 2 has added Rs 50.5 million in its third week to take its total to Rs 1.08 billion.

    Ladies Vs Rikcy Bahl‘s collections at the end of five week reached Rs 342 million.

    The Dirty Picture collected Rs 50 million in its sixth week to take its total to Rs 830 million.

  • Don 2 helps 2011 end on a positive note

    Don 2 helps 2011 end on a positive note

    MUMBAI: The last week of 2011 has ended on a positive note with moviegoers flocking to watch Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan who had a less successful year than Salman Khan.

    The SRK starrer Don 2, a sequel of the earlier hit, benefitted with Christmas holidays to brave unfavourable reports. The movie, which collected Rs 753 million in its first week, added another Rs 192 million in its unopposed second weekend to take its 10-day tally to Rs 945 million.

    The collections include Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions.

    Kya Yahi Sach Hai, the solo release of the week, went haplessly unnoticed.

    Pappu Can’t Dance Saala collected about Rs 1 million in its second week; its two-week total stayed a paltry Rs 4.1 million.

    Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl added Rs 9 million in its third week, taking its net collections at the box office to Rs 333.5 million.

    The Dirty Picture rocked steady, collecting Rs 15 million in its fourth week; its net collection stood at Rs 809.5 million.

    Desi Boyz, the Hindi comedy drama, has netted Rs 414 million afer its five-week run, while Rockstar took its total collections to Rs 603 million in seven weeks.

  • Dirty Picture voted best film, Vidya Balan best actress

    Dirty Picture voted best film, Vidya Balan best actress

    MUMBAI: The Eighteenth National Media Network Film and TV awards, instituted by National Media Network and Akhil Bharatiya Swatantra Patrakar Evom Lekhak Sangh (an association of freelance journalists and writers), has named the winners of this year’s awards.

    As expected, Ekta Kapoor‘s The Dirty Picture has been adjudged the best film and Vidya Balan the best actress for the same film. In the absence of any good performance from the A listers, Ajay Devgn has been named the best actor for Singham.

    Farhan Akhtar will be conferred with best director award for Don 2 – The King Is Back, at the awards ceremony scheduled for January 21, while Anil Kapoor will be conferred the hero of all-time hit award.

    Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy, veteran lyricist Gulzar and Film Federation of India chairman T.P. Aggarwal will be given lifetime achievement awards.

    Ekta Kapoor will be honoured for being a successful film and TV producer.

    On the television front, NDTV has been named the best Hindi news channel while the Asian Academy of Film and TV has been named the best institute for film and TV.

  • Don 2 nets Rs 488.5 mn at BO

    Don 2 nets Rs 488.5 mn at BO

    MUMBAI: Don 2 being the solo Christmas-weekend release registered its best figure on Sunday with over Rs 180 million. It opened at little over Rs 150 million on Friday and Saturday, though Saturday showed a slight drop over Friday.

    The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ended its first weekend with a net box-office collection of Rs 488.5 million. The collection figures include Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions.

    However, negative word of mouth may start showing its effect today onwards.

    Pappu Cant Dance Saala collected just about Rs 4 million during its first week run. Meanwhile, Jo Hum Chahein, another faceless film, got a poor Rs 2.7 million in its first week.

    Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl did reasonably steady business in its second week, collecting Rs 75 million, taking its two week tally to Rs 324.5 million.

    The Dirty Picture is the dream film of the year for its producers, distributors as well as starved cinema halls; collected Rs 74 million in its third week with three week figure standing at an impressive Rs 794.5 million.

    Desi Boys total stood at Rs 413 million at the end of four week run.

    Rockstar collections, after six weeks, tally up to Rs 601.5 million.

  • Don 2 to screen at Berlinale on 23 December

    Don 2 to screen at Berlinale on 23 December

    MUMBAI: The Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don 2 will have a special screening at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival today.

    Don 2, an Indo-German co-production, directed by Farhan Akhtar, has been partly shot in Berlin, also stars a Berlin actor Florian Lukas who plays a German detective. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead.

    The other films to be screened at Berlinale Special are: documentary film Marley from Great Britain and the USA, the Spanish film La chispa de la vida, Keyhole from Canada and documentary series Death Row from the USA.

  • HC refuses to stay the release of Don 2

    HC refuses to stay the release of Don 2

    MUMBAI: The Mumbai High Court has denied the stay on the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don 2 in the legal suit filed by Nariman Films alleging infringement of copyright against the makers of Don 2.

    The suit, filed by Nariman Films and the Irani family (the makers of original 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Don), had alleged that the new Don 2 had violated the copyrights by adopting the Don‘s signature tune, songs of the original Don and also copying its script, characters and music without any prior intimation. It further stated that the rights of the said script were given only for the remake and not for the sequel.

    However, Justice SF Vajifdar denied to stay the release of the film, citing the absence of theatre owners at the time of hearing and also taking into consideration that the release dates of the film (21 December overseas and 23 December in India) for which advance booking was already underway.

    With regards to damages of Rs 2 billion claimed by the complainants, the Court is yet to decide on the matter but it ordered the makers of Don 2 to maintain and preserve all the accounts relating to the film till the matter is finally disposed.

  • Don 2 to release in UK on 21 Dec

    Don 2 to release in UK on 21 Dec

    MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment will release Excel Entertainment‘s Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Don 2 across the UK on 21 December, two days before its India release on 23 December.

    The film will not only be released before anywhere else, it will also be presented in the 3D format.

    Reliance Entertainment UK head Prakash Bakrania said, “We‘re very pleased with the way Don 2 is shaping up and believe in its potential to deliver what the audience expects from this much awaited sequel.

    “With Farhan Akhtar directing and Shah Rukh Khan leading the huge ensemble cast, the cherry on this cake is the 3D version which we‘re also releasing. We‘ve kept in mind the festive Christmas mood, the holidays and Shah Rukh Khan‘s huge UK fan base as we gear up to open the film here from Wednesday 21st Dec 2011.”

    The second sequel to the 1978-made original, directed by Farhan Akhtar, stars Shah Rukh Khan along with Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani and Kunal Kapoor among others.

  • South African Tourism launches new ad campaign

    South African Tourism launches new ad campaign

    MUMBAI: South African Tourism has launched its annual advertisement campaign in order to promote the destination in India.

    The 60 seconds ad film captures various activities, destinations and travel experiences that one look can forward to in South Africa and is being screened across leading multiplexes and cinema halls.

    The nationwide campaign is being undertaken across seven key markets in India for a period of six weeks. The ad will be featured during Bollywood movies like Ladies Vs Ricky Behl, Agneepath and Don 2.

    South African Tourism country manager Hanneli Slabber said, “Given the fact that Bollywood movies are one of the strongest consumer influencers and attention drawers, it is the best time to leverage the medium to launch an advertising campaign. It is also an appropriate time to start an annual campaign of this scale, with the New Year round the corner a time when people are planning to go on holidays or keep aside a budget for summer holidays.”

    “South Africa as a destination is a complete family package, the nation provides various forms of activities and travel experiences for every age group. Our advertisement has been able to brilliantly capture the same. We are confident that the advertisements will definitely tempt the Indian audience to consider a holiday in South Africa”, he added.

    According to the official communiqué, South African Tourism has witnessed an exceptional 22 per cent increase in Indian tourist arrivals to the country between January-July 2011. The month of July witnessed a total of 8,609 Indian travellers visiting the nation compared to 7,043 in July 2010. There has been an overall increase of 38.2 per cent in Indian arrivals between January-July of this year vis-?-vis the previous year with 52,588 Indians visiting the country.

    South Africa saw more than 8 million tourist arrivals in 2010, compared to just over 7 million in 2009.

  • Excel Ent defends itself from Nariman Films’ legal poser

    Excel Ent defends itself from Nariman Films’ legal poser

    MUMBAI: After Nariman Films, the makers of the the Amitabh Bachchan‘s 1978 hit Don sent a legal notice to Excel Entertainment a few days ago, the legal counsel of the former has stated that the production house has not infringed the copyright of the original film by producing Don 2.

    Further, the production house has also stated that it is the bona-fide author and owner of copyright of Don – The Chase Begins Again (Don 1) that has been confirmed by Nariman Films in writing earlier.

    Excel is also the owner of the copyrights of Don 2, says the counsel. In 2005, Nariman Films had given rights to Excel Entertainment, in perpetuity, for making
    Don – The Chase Begins Again, while Don 2 is a sequel of it.

    The entire story and dialogues of Don – 2 is written by Farhan Akhtar and other team members of Excel Entertainment, the title has been approved by AMPTPP in favour of Excel Entertainment.

    Excel Entertainment has also clarified that there has been no undue influence on persons of Nariman Films. It also says that Nariman Films, with their malafide intention and having an ulterior motive to extort unjustified and unearned monies from Excel Entertainment, has sent the legal notice, which is baseless and devoid of merits.

    The production house has vociferously stated that it shall defend itself and shall not permit Nariman Films to hamper the release of Don-2 under any circumstances whatsoever as its making of Don 2 has been in the public domain since 2009.