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  • Trailer Park Group names Tamagna Ghosh as managing director APAC

    Trailer Park Group names Tamagna Ghosh as managing director APAC

    Mumbai: Entertainment marketing and content production company Trailer Park Group has announced the appointment of Tamagna Ghosh as managing director for Asia Pacific and China (APAC) on Wednesday.

    It has rolled out the next stage in its APAC expansion strategy. It has also appointed Gina Grosso as SVP of global production as well as made a significant investment in state-of-the-art technology.

    In his new role, Ghosh is charged with driving the firm’s bold expansion strategy across the APAC entertainment and the gaming market landscape, including organic growth as well as M&A activities to scale Trailer Park Group’s on-the-ground presence and offering in the region.

    Ghosh joins Trailer Park Group from Amazon in Mumbai, India, where he spent six years as head of creative marketing for Prime Video, leading marketing and original music creation efforts for the most popular IN Original titles including The Family Man, Mirzapur, Paatal Lok, and Made in Heaven. A veteran in the media and entertainment sector, Ghosh has held previous creative leadership positions in Walt Disney Studios, where he introduced India localized theatrical marketing strategies for iconic franchises like such as Avengers and Star Wars, Jungle book.

    “We could not be more excited to announce this next phase in our growth plan for the APAC region, and to welcome Tamagna and Gina to the Trailer Park Group leadership team,” said Trailer Park Group CEO Rick Eiserman.

    He added, “APAC is one of the world’s largest growth markets and our investments in this region are crucial to meet our clients’ global demands. Both Tamagna and Gina’s impressive backgrounds and deep industry experience make them exceptionally well-qualified to help us grow our business throughout the region.”

    “I’m honored and energized to partner with Trailer Park Group during this exciting time of growth and innovation in APAC and lead the charge for its next level of growth in this region,” said Tamagna Ghosh on his appointment.

    “I have watched the creative economy boom in India and APAC for more than a decade, and yet its full potential is still untapped. I am excited to join forces with White Turtle Studios, bring in industry leading partners like Art Machine and Trailer Park, and can’t wait to build a world-class creative powerhouse to nurture and amplify the region’s creative talent and open up opportunities to be a part of the global creative workforce,” he added.

    In addition to Ghosh, Trailer Park Group has appointed Gina Grosso as SVP of Global Production, a newly created role that will see Grosso streamlining the production integration and workflow between all of Trailer Park Group’s global operations and connecting its network of studios globally for clients. Prior to this, she was with Publicis Groupe where she held the role of Head of Production and Operations for North America, Grosso is an experienced production and operations lead with a demonstrated history of leading five production studios simultaneously across North America, while connecting and aligning multiple studios across Latin America, and Europe.

    On her new role, Gina Grosso commented, “My goal in this role is ambitious, yet simple: create seamless and scalable workflows across offices and territories so our teams around the world can create, with flawless execution, more of the exceptional, award-winning content our clients expect. I look forward to partnering with Rick, Tamagna, and the rest of the Trailer Park Group leadership team as we transform the company into a 24/7 content, creative, and production network, and tap into the best talent globally.”

    Trailer Park Group, which works with many of the world’s largest media and technology companies, networks, studios, and streaming platforms such as Amazon, Disney, HBO, Netflix, and Xbox, has long been committed to providing an industry-leading security and technology infrastructure. As the company broadens its reach in locations around the globe, it has invested significantly in high-speed, global asset management technology and point-to-point workflow options—for even the most secure projects.

  • Star World Premiere HD to air drama show ‘Bosch’ on 19 March

    Star World Premiere HD to air drama show ‘Bosch’ on 19 March

    MUMBAI: Star World Premiere HD is geared up to premiere season 2 of the drama show Bosch. The show will air from 19 March 2016 at 8 pm. Based on Michael Connelly’s line-up of Harry Bosch novels, this season will delves deeper into the personal and professional lives of LAPD detective Harry Bosch played by Titus Welliver. The second season of the hit cop drama will bring in the heavy hitters from the books for its fans and audiences.

    The seamlessly executed upcoming season 2 will see the idiosyncratic and jazz-loving LAPD detective back in the field and deeply engrossed in an all new case that may just prove to be his biggest, most dangerous challenge yet. As the case trails through treacherous conspiracy and sizeable corruption that shadows the police department, Bosch’s relentless pursuit of the truth leads him to situations involving family treason, desert safe houses, rogue cops, North Vegas brothels, domestic tension and some very dark truths.

    As Bosch tries to uncover the case with resonating dynamism, he receives a call from a LA reporter who claims to know something about the unsolved murder of Bosch’s mother from 40 years ago. With an engulfing plot line, Season 2 of Bosch will see Harry juggle between his professional and personal issues and dilemma.

    The star cast of the season 2 includes eminent artists like Titus Welliver with Jamie Hector as Bosch’s partner, Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lieutenant Grace Billets, Lance Reddick as deputy chief Irvin Irving and Sarah Clarke as Eleanor Wish.

  • Star World Premiere HD to air drama show ‘Bosch’ on 19 March

    Star World Premiere HD to air drama show ‘Bosch’ on 19 March

    MUMBAI: Star World Premiere HD is geared up to premiere season 2 of the drama show Bosch. The show will air from 19 March 2016 at 8 pm. Based on Michael Connelly’s line-up of Harry Bosch novels, this season will delves deeper into the personal and professional lives of LAPD detective Harry Bosch played by Titus Welliver. The second season of the hit cop drama will bring in the heavy hitters from the books for its fans and audiences.

    The seamlessly executed upcoming season 2 will see the idiosyncratic and jazz-loving LAPD detective back in the field and deeply engrossed in an all new case that may just prove to be his biggest, most dangerous challenge yet. As the case trails through treacherous conspiracy and sizeable corruption that shadows the police department, Bosch’s relentless pursuit of the truth leads him to situations involving family treason, desert safe houses, rogue cops, North Vegas brothels, domestic tension and some very dark truths.

    As Bosch tries to uncover the case with resonating dynamism, he receives a call from a LA reporter who claims to know something about the unsolved murder of Bosch’s mother from 40 years ago. With an engulfing plot line, Season 2 of Bosch will see Harry juggle between his professional and personal issues and dilemma.

    The star cast of the season 2 includes eminent artists like Titus Welliver with Jamie Hector as Bosch’s partner, Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Lieutenant Grace Billets, Lance Reddick as deputy chief Irvin Irving and Sarah Clarke as Eleanor Wish.

  • Strengthening Bollywood & Hollywood ties to be discussed at Regional Pravasi Divas in LA

    Strengthening Bollywood & Hollywood ties to be discussed at Regional Pravasi Divas in LA

    NEW DELHI: The significant media, cultural and entertainment engagement between India and the United States will be one of the primary subjects of discussion at the ninth Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Los Angeles next month.

     

    Ways of strengthening ties between Bollywood and Hollywood would also be discussed in the meet to be held on 14 and 15 November.

     

    The RPBD will be organised by the Consulate General of India in San Francisco and the India Embassy in Washington DC in collaboration with the major community organisations of People of Indian Origin in the USA and the Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry.

     

    Various official forums for India-US collaboration will also participate in the RPBD.

     

    The RPBD Los Angeles will celebrate the presence of the single largest population of overseas Indians in any one country and strengthen the social, economic and political bonds between India, the USA and the Indian Diaspora.

     

    India and the USA share a growing partnership in almost all sectors vital to their economies. Indian Americans have made a significant impact in IT, medicine, academia, banking, hospitality, science and technology and also as entrepreneurs engaged in thriving businesses. The RPBD Los Angeles will focus and build on these synergies and collaborations, through seminars and discussions involving major stake holders on both sides.

     

    The concept of Pravasi Divas, which is to be held from 8 to 10 January in New Delhi next year, was given by a committee set up by then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to cement ties with the Diaspora. The date was chosen since it was on 9 January that Mahatma Gandhi emigrated from South Africa to India to lead the freedom struggle in the early part of the last century. 

  • ‘Miss Lovely’ bags the top prize at 11th IFFLA Fest in LA

    ‘Miss Lovely’ bags the top prize at 11th IFFLA Fest in LA

    NEW DELHI: Ashim Ahluwalia‘s feature Miss Lovely bagged the Grand Jury Prize while Nitin Kakkar‘s Filmistaan received the top Audience Award at the 11th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).

    Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi received Honourable Mention from the Grand Jury for features in the concluding ceremony, which ended with the screening of the Los Angeles premiere of Deepa Mehta‘s Midnight‘s Children based on Salman Rushdie‘s novel.

    The short film Tatpaschat by Vasudev Keluskar also won an Honourable Mention from the Grand Jury.

    The documentary Beyond All Boundaries by Sushrat Jain and the short film Unravel by Meghna Gupta not only won the best Grand Jury awards in their categories, but also the Audience prizes.

    This year, the festival showcased more than 35 film features, documentaries, and short films at ArcLight Hollywood, home of IFFLA since its inception. "The awards are always bittersweet for all of us in the programming team as we truly believe in the exceptional talent and relevance of each film which has been so carefully chosen," said lead programmer Terrie Samundra. "That being said, we wholeheartedly share the enthusiasm of the audience and our prestigious jury. A huge congratulations to the winners!"

    The 2013 feature film jurors were International Director of the Feature Film Programme at the Sundance Institute Paul Federbush, director/editor/writer Kanika Myer (Halo, Heart of India), and assistant curator of Film Programmes at Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bernardo Rondeau.

    The Best Documentary Award was decided by The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times film critic Sheri Linden, Senior Programmer at Film Independent Maggie Mackay, and Producer Nadine Mundo (Chelsea Settles).

    Judging the short films were filmmaker and IFFLA alumni Prashant Bhargava (Patang), film curator and director of Industry Programming at Palm Springs ShortFest Kathleen McInnis, and actress Sheetal Sheth (ABCD, Looking for comedy in the Muslim World).

    Miss Lovely, described as the "most hard-hitting film in the festival" by feature jury spokesperson Rondeau, is the story of two brothers caught in the grimy world of sub-Bollywood soft porn in the 1980s.

    Beyond All Boundaries follows three cricket players from poor backgrounds whose love of the game becomes a microcosm of India‘s national obsession with the British import.

    Filmistan is the story of a Hindu man, accidentally taken prisoner in Pakistan, who forms a bond with his captors based on a shared love for Bollywood music dramas.

    Christina Marouda, who founded this festival eleven years earlier and is now working as director of development at New York‘s Museum of the Moving Image, also credited the mentorship of older independent stalwarts such as director Anurag Kashyap, whose gangster drama Gangs of Wasseypur opened the festival last week, and supportive producer Guneet Monga, honoured this year along with cable television executive Bela Balaria at the Festival‘s Sixth Annual Industry Leadership Awards.

    In addition to the many independent films on view, the festival this year also screened the blockbuster Tamil-language fantasy film Eega and the animated adventure Arjun the Great, a co-production between India‘s UTV and The Walt Disney Co.

    Although the festival has become an essential stop for producers and directors of challenging personal films, one of its most popular features always has been the "Bollywood by Night" sidebar, an ongoing tribute to mainstream Hindi music dramas. This year, "Bollywood by Night" was a five-film tribute to the late producer director Yash Chopra, who died in 2012.

  • Anupam Kher honoured with a City Proclamation in LA

    Anupam Kher honoured with a City Proclamation in LA

    MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who was recently seen in Oscar winning film Silver Linings Playbook, was honoured by Los Angeles City Council president Herb J. Wesson, Jr and 4th District council member Tom Labonge with a City Proclamation at Los Angeles City Hall on 26 February.

    The actor was much appreciated in Bend It Like Beckham and went on to do Bride & Prejudice, The Mistress of Spices, American Blend, Hope and a Little Sugar, Midnight‘s Children and appeared on the medical drama series ER in the role of Parminder Nagra‘s (Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the show) father.

    Kher said, "It is a big event because I am being honoured as an actor, and not only as an Indian actor. The Proclamation from the City of Los Angeles would be an endorsement of the fact that Asian actors are not seen as peculiar phenomena on a global platform. Of course, most of my films are Indian and I am an Indian actor. It was given to me on the same day as they gave it to the Legendary Dick Van Dyke."