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  • Unlimited from Arvind lifestyle brands launches campaign ahead of festive season

    Unlimited from Arvind lifestyle brands launches campaign ahead of festive season

    MUMBAI: Capitalising on the onset of the festive season, Unlimited, the family fashion store from Arvind Lifestyle Brands, has launched its new campaign – Fashion is Unlimited – through its first ever television commercial.

    The central thought of the campaign is that fashion is different for different consumers but also a very vivid expression of individuality for every consumer.

    The television commercial for the campaign is based on a very human insight, that the process of dressing up is as important as the result. The TVC takes the viewer through real moments of life like getting ready together as a family for festivals, getting ready for work and getting ready to spend time with friends. Each moment in the TVC captures people across age groups, wearing the extensive range that Unlimited houses. The film translates the campaign thought through messages like fashion is ageless, fashion is looking special on festive days, fashion is looking great, effortless and fashion is for all.

    Arvind lifestyle brands MD and CEO Suresh J says, “We aim to cater to the evolving fashion needs of Indians, shopping for value fashion; and through this campaign, we want to drive home the message that Unlimited is the place where everyone can find their style. The film, with its basis on the insight of how the process of dressing up comprises a set of very meaningful moments for the Indian consumer, beautifully highlights the truly ‘Unlimited’ range of fashion choices. The brand is equipped to delight its audience with its offerings, ranging from formal wear, festive wear, traditional outfits, casual work-wear, to kids wear. The TVC reflects our offerings in terms of apparel, offers and fashion to showcase #FashionIsUnlimited.”

    Directed by Harshik Suraiya, Vanilla Films, the film beautifully captures the characters’ emotions. The right casting, locations and acting put together, brings alive the emotion and fashion quotient of each film and strikes a chord with the audience.

    The TVC launch coincides with a special Dussehra offer for shoppers, to make their festive season an exciting one. Customers can now shop for Rs 3,000 to get a Ruggers duffle bag worth Rs 499 free and for Rs 4,000 to get a Colt/Sugr Gym bag worth Rs 699 + a face towel worth Rs 69.

    Unlimited has a network of over close to 91 power format stores spread across 46 cities/towns in India. Over the last two years, Unlimited has forged ahead and further strengthened its brand portfolio by offering both private and international apparel brands.

  • Judwaa 2 hopes to entertain

    Judwaa 2 hopes to entertain

    *Judwaa 2 came after a long gap that was filled by mediocre and non-entertaining films. There were no films in the last few months which could draw out the families from home to watch a film.

    Two weeks before Diwali was not the right time to release a film but, to counter that, there was also a long holiday weekend with Dussehra on Saturday and Gandhi Jayanti holiday on Monday.

    The film rode on the brand equity of the 1997 original, Judwaa, starring Salman Khan in dual role. Salman even helped promote Judwaa 2 through its promos. The film took a decent opening last Friday with Rs 155 million as Saturday improved by bounds as expected, and so did Sunday as the film put together Rs 579 million for its opening weekend.

    Gandhi Jayanti holiday may have have proved to be a major boost to the film’s collections.

    *Sanjay Dutt’s comeback film, Bhoomi, has flopped. The film could add little to its opening weekend, and had just made about Rs 95 million for its first week.

    *Haseena Parkar proved to be another disaster. One wonders at the choice of such subjects to make films! Films and Rani Laxmi don’t work but someone somewhere thought a film on Haseena Parker will work? The film managed to collect Rs 63 million in its first week.

    *Newton proved to be surprise packet as its choice as the Indian entry for the Foreign Language Oscar coincided with its Friday release. Two other films to release on the same Friday, Bhoomi and Haseena Parker, being way below par, Newton got a boost as the people’s first choice. The film, which was poor on day one, picked up to end its first week with collections of Rs 112 million.

    *Lucknow Central managed to add just about Rs 75 lakh in its week two to take its two week total to Rs 110 million.

    *Simran added Rs 13 million in its week two to take its two week total to Rs 158 million.

  • Big Magic & Big FM to launch comedy show

    Big Magic & Big FM to launch comedy show

    MUMBAI: After launching an integrated satirical comedy show called Fakebook with TV actress Kavita Kaushik, Reliance Broadcast Network’s entertainment channel Big Magic and 92.7 Big FM will be launching yet another integrated series.

     

    The series called Comedy Ka Rocket will be presented in a completely fresh, upbeat and contemporary avatar; designed for viewers to embrace the weekend with variety comedy entertainment.

     

    The first few episodes of Comedy Ka Rocket will be around Dussehra (23rdOctober), Indian weddings (30th October) and Diwali (6th November) on BIG Magic at 9 pm and every Sunday at 12 pm on 92.7 BIG FM.

     

    Sharing some insights on the new series, Big Magic creative director Bimal Unnikrishnan said,”In sync with our viewers preferences and new programming strategy, we have conceptualised Comedy Ka Rocket, a series which will appear every Friday with optimal comedic content and an amalgamation of all genres of comedy. We are aiming to take entertainment a notch higher, with new innovations in content designing and programming. We are sure our viewers will enjoy the show and will see this as one of the best ways to embrace the weekend.”

     

    The show will have three hosts namely Karan Tacker, Vishal Singh and Gaurav Khanna, who will take audiences on a rib-tickling riot. They will be joined by different celebrities every week, adding to the fun quotient.

     

    Big Magic will celebrate the festive season through a #FullOnLoL feast of sketches, spoofs, song parodies, mimicry, candid content, stand-up acts, dances, fun interactions with celebrities and lots more. The Dussehra special episode Bollywood Ke Villain will features popular villain Shakti Kapoor as a special guest. 

     

    Taking a cue from the essence of this festival, villains will take centre stage this time round instead of the heroes. They will be celebrated and their importance in the life of a hero will be showcased in full splendour.

     

    Celebrating the Wedding season, Sana Kapoor of Shaandaar fame will be seen as the celeb walk-in and the event will focus on the madness that surrounds a bollywood themed Indian wedding. The audience will witness a glimpse of the hilariously chaotic moments that leads up to a Big Fat Indian wedding. Celebrating Diwali with Bollywood Ke Patakhe, Sana Saeed and Natasa Stankovic will enthral audiences with their dance performances.

  • Zee Classic celebrates the spirit of Good over Evil this Dussehra!

    Zee Classic celebrates the spirit of Good over Evil this Dussehra!

    MUMBAI: The festive season has begun and Zee Classic, India’s only Classic Hindi Movie Channel, is all set to entertain its viewers with an exciting line-up of movies from the timeless era of Hindi cinema this Dussehra, Friday, 3 October starting from 7:30 AM in the morning. Celebrating the grand message of ‘The victory of good over evil’, the movie line-up will star some of Bollywood’s iconic villains giving audiences that extra pinch of masala combined with thrill, drama and the ultimate heroic act of saving the day.

    Celebrated villains and evil masterminds of Indian Cinema – Pran, Ajit, Kanhaiyalal, Ranjeet, Kadar Khan, Jeevan, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri and the infamous Kulbhushan Kharbanda aka Shakaal – come together this Dussehra in a series of movies back to back all day!

    Speaking of creating innovative programming for their viewers, ZEEL deputy business head, Hindi movie channels Ruchir Tiwari stated, “Keeping the festive season of Dussehra in mind, we will showcase a fascinating line-up of movies that show heroes conquering the villains. We are hopeful that our audiences of all ages will love some of the best villainous movies of all time in Hindi cinema.”

    Kick-starting Dussehra with Brahmachari starring Shammi Kapoor up and against Pran, the festival line-also airs Kalicharan featuring an inspector – criminal duo played by Shatrughan Sinha and Ajit. While movies with male leads exhibit Ram’s victory over Ravana, Mother India showcases the victory of Goddess Durga over Demon Mahishasur with Nargis standing up and tall with Sunil Dutt against Kanhaiyalal, a prominent villain of the evergreen times of Indian Cinema. Geraftar starring some famous evils of all time like Ranjeet, Kadar Khan, Jeevan and Shakti Kapoor also features popular actors Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth, Satyendra Kapoor along with leading ladies Madhavi, Poonam Dhillon and Nirupa Roy and showcases Lord Ram and Goddess Durga fighting. Shaan starring Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor and Shatrughan Sinha against Kulbhushan Kharbanda aka the very popular Shakaal along with Hum Paanch featuring an all-star cast Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover and Amrish Puri will also be aired during the day to entertain the viewers.

    All in all, viewers will be in for a fun day in front of their television screens as they watch some of the best villainous movies of all times with a captivating line-up of good over evil.

     

    The movie line-up is stated as below:

  • DD Bharati commences cultural and religious season

    DD Bharati commences cultural and religious season

    NEW DELHI: The public broadcaster Doordarshan’s channel DD Bharati has slated several programmes to establish its identity as the television channel reflecting the art and culture of the country.

     

    Jewels of Hindustani Classical Music, a programme specially curated from the archives of stalwarts of Hindustani vocal and instrumental musicians who are alive and are virtually legends is commencing this evening.

     

    The first telecast at 9.00 pm with repeat telecast at 5.00 am and 1.00 pm features Begum Parveen Sultana of the Patiala Gharana followed by Vidushi Kishori Amonkar of the Jaipur- Atrauli Gharana. The legendary Pt Jasraj will be featured tomorrow at the same time.

     

    The programme, especially curated by Kumud Diwan and Yatindra Mishra, delves into their gharana, their musical genius, and their musical journey etc.   

     

    Coinciding with Dussehra and Diwali next month, DD Bharati will commence telecast of Ramayana from 27 September at 10.30 pm with repeat the next day at 6.30 am and 2.30 pm. It will be a series of presentation of ballets and documentary on the Ramkatha traditions prevalent in India.

     

    The Ramayana or Ramkatha tradition is pervasive not only in India but throughout South East Asia. Stories revolving around Ram, Sita and Lakshman penetrate through rural and urban, mundane and religious, sacred and secular domains. They defy categorization of art as folk or classical, rural or urban, textual or oral. Literary, oral, kinetic and pictorial aspects intermingle to generate multiple renditions of the text in different locales and contexts; each rendition with unique local flavour and linguistic distinction. The performative aspect of the text makes it fluid, accessible and adaptable. It accounts for its preservation, survival, transmission and mobility, cutting across boundaries of time and space. Every region has its own particular form and style of singing and reciting the story.

     

    Earlier this week with the start of Mahalaya, DD Bharati in association with the Girnar Kendra of Doordarshan presented ‘Maa Ni Chundari Lehrai’ from its rich collection of archives. A series of Garba presentation especially done and performed during the Navratra Festival was telecast with repeats the next day.

     

    DD Bharati also presented Devi Darshan from 24 September at 10.30 pm through a series of dance ballets and documentary celebrating the festivities of Durgaostav. Durga Puja festival is a 10-day long festival that starts off on Mahalaya (the day of the new moon) – the first day when Goddess Durga is believed to come into the world to destroy the evil.  The festival ends up in Dashumi- the last day when the Goddess Durga is believed to go back to her heavenly home, leaving behind the trails of happiness, goodness and purity. This is the day of the Lord’s victory over evil and is celebrated as Vijay Dashami or Dussehra. The salient ritual of Durga Puja spans a five days period Maha Sashti, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Vijaya Dashami.

  • Baat Bann Gayi comedy on doubles being released with double holidays

    Baat Bann Gayi comedy on doubles being released with double holidays

    The romantic comedy Baat Bann Gayi, directed by Shuja Ali and starring among others Ali Fazal and Anisa with Gulsan Grover and Amrita Raichand, is to be released on a gazette holiday, 11 October when Dussehra and Eid-Ul-Azha coincide.

     

    With the punch line, ‘Double Trouble, Double Mazaa’, producer Sayed Asif Jah said his film is being released on this date as no other filmmaker has dared to release his film at that time.

     

    “Anil Sharma’s Singh Sahab The Great has joined this league as they have shifted their release date from11 October to November end. Incidentally, Balaji Films has postponed the release of Ragini MMS 2 from this given date thus paving way for Baat Bann Gayi to be a clear winner,” he added.

     

    He said, “The year 2013 has been Bollywood’s most successful year so far, which have had many films shifting their release dates to hit the silver screen on a suitable week. Almost every week there have been four to five new releases and in some weeks the numbers have gone to as high as ten. Picking a good release date has been a big task for corporate houses and movie makers.

     

    Considering the mammoth success of Chennai Express was released on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and is still running to packed houses. “We have decided to release our film, Baat Bann Gayi, on 11 October, as there are two events Dussehra and Bakri Eid – and we would like to capitalise on this opportunity as well,” he added.

     

    Baat Bann Gayi is presented by Jaypeeco India and Vibhu Agarwal. The movie is produced by Sayed Asif Jah and Megha Agarwal and is directed by Shuja Ali. The film is a production of Jaypeeco Infotainment in association with ASR Media. Baat Bann Gayi, stars Ali Fazal, Gulsan Grover, Anisa, Amrita Raichand, Razzak Khan and Akshay Singh.

     

    As in Gulzar’s 1982 film ‘Angoor’, Baat Bann Gayi is based on Shakespeare’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ enriched with the classical plot of ‘duals’, depicting the comic situations when lookalike of characters encounter each other. Unexpected, hilarious and utterly humorous situations arise because of mistaken identity. Lots of trouble and confusions turn the flow of narrative into a hilarious, thriller goof-filled with madness, surprises, and stomach aching humorous situations.

  • Nayanthara starrer Anaamika slated to hit the Big screens this Dussehra

    Nayanthara starrer Anaamika slated to hit the Big screens this Dussehra

    Mumbai, July 9, 2013 –Sekhar Kammula’s latest bilingual venture Anaamika is planned to release in Tamil and Telugu this Dussehra..The director plans on completing this saga by mid July and is currently filming with the cast at a fast pace across Hyderabad at real locations amidst the chaos of Murgi Market, the famous Choodi Bazaar, Sultan Bazaar, iconic Charminar and Begum Bazaar.

    Anaamika marks the debut of critically acclaimed Telugu Director Sekhar Kammula in Tamil cinema. Kammula’s first film, Dollar Dreams was a critical success, and won him the National Film Award for best debutant director, he has also bagged six Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards and in 2011 and was among the director‘s delegation to represent Indian Cinema at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s music and background score is composed by National Award winning music director M.M Keervani, who has given chart topping tunes to over 200 films.

    Excited about the project, Nayantara comments, “It’s an honor to have worked with a critically acclaimed and award winning director like Sekhar. I am thrilled to be a part of this project which gave me an opportunity to play the lead protagonist of a strong female character. With a completely new look in Anaamika I hope that the audiences would appreciate the film and my role.”

    Commenting on his latest venture, Sekhar adds, “My love and passion for movie making gets bigger and better with a film like Anaamika. This adaptation in design and appearance of the characters is completely different and I hope it excites my audience. It’s always challenging to make interesting movies and Anaamika is a challenge I have thoroughly enjoyed.

    Anaamika marks the debut of Viacom18 Motion Pictures in the Telugu and Tamil market and is being Produced by Endemol India, Logline Productions Pvt. Ltd and Select Media Holdings. Catch Anaamika, the thrilling bilingual adaptation this festive season at a theatre near you.

  • Neil Nitin Mukesh to play a cop’s role in ‘Dussehra’

    Neil Nitin Mukesh to play a cop’s role in ‘Dussehra’

    MUMBAI: Neil Nitin Mukesh, who played the role of a retro gangster in his previous film, will be seen essaying the role of an IPS officer in his forth coming film ‘Dussehra‘.

     

    Starring opposite Mukesh is actress Tena Desae who plays the role of senior IPS Officer. This is the first time for both Neil Nitin Mukesh and Tena Desae will be playing the role of a police.

     

    An excited Neil says, “It‘s a very unique storyline and am thrilled to be a part of this film. Ever since I heard the story line, I have ardently been researching life of bureaucrats, to give more depth to my character in the film. I have the utmost respect for our Indian Bureaucrats.”

     

    Dussehra is a political thriller based on a true story of crime and politics. It is a story of a genuine cop who gets stuck in adverse circumstances. The film evolves from the backdrop of a politically destabilised state.

     

    Dussehra, which goes on floor on 11 March, is being produced by Aparna Hoshing under the banner of Rash Productions, and is being directed by Manish Vatsalya, whose previous work includes ‘Jeena Hai toh Thok Daal‘ under Rash Productions. It is slated for release this Dussehra.

  • Student Of The Year pulls young audiences

    Student Of The Year pulls young audiences

    MUMBAI: Student Of The Year found its main following in youth at multiplexes to make Rs 257 million in its first weekend. SOTY‘s collections on Saturday were Rs 10 million higher and on Sunday about Rs 20 million more, than on Friday.

    The film has maintained steady collections as the new week began and weeklong Dussehra vacations till 29 October in Delhi and NCR and the Dussehra holiday in general on Wednesday will give the collections some boost.

    Aiyyaa proved to be a debacle with just Rs 65 million to show for its first week. Bhoot Returns flopped at the Box Office and Makkhi did poor.

    English Vinglish was steady in its second week. The film collected Rs 94 million taking its two-week tally to Rs 304 million.

    OMG Oh My God! continued to enjoy a tremendous run at the box office as it added Rs 127 million for the third week thus taking its total to Rs 686 million (excluding figures from the Eastern Circuits).

    Barfi! managed to collect a reasonable Rs 17 million in its fifth week taking its total collection to Rs 1.08 billion.

  • Zee Cinema celebrates Dussehra with’Bollywood’s Most Wanted’

    MUMBAI: In keeping with the core theme of Dussehra where’Good triumphs over Evil’, Zee Cinema is currently treating its viewers to a 10-day movie festival that celebrates the villains of Hindi Cinema -‘Bollywood’s Most Wanted’.

    Zee Cinema will air at 9 pm movies such as Sholay (20 October), Agneepath (21 October), Zanjeer ( 22 October), Shahenshah (23 October) and Ram Lakhan (24 October).

    The’Bollywood’s Most Wanted’ festival has so far aired Mr. India, Karma, Shaan, Vishwatama and Laawaris.

    As a part of the promotional campaign for the’Bollywood’s Most Wanted’ festival, Zee Cinema has created an application on Facebook that allows users to morph their friends’ pictures and give them an interesting’Ravan’ look.

    According to the channel, in three days the fan base of Zee Cinema’s Facebook page shot up by more than 40,000 followers, crossing 1,00,000 users.