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  • Colors Bangla to air new show ‘Indrani’ starting 18 July

    Colors Bangla to air new show ‘Indrani’ starting 18 July

    Mumbai: Colors Bangla has announced a new show Indrani that depicts an unconventional romance between an older woman with a younger man. Produced by Shashi Sumeet, special partner Dear Lotteries, Indrani will go on air from 18 July every day at 8 p.m on the channel.

    The show features Ankita Chakraborty and Rahul Ganguly playing the lead roles. It also boasts of a stellar starcast including Soma Chakraborty, Bikash Bhowmick, Sambhabi, Sumanta Mukherjee and Arijit Chowdhury amongst others.

    Colors Bangla business head Sagnik Ghosh said, “We have always strived to create narratives that are very different and fresh in comparison to what our audience gets from other channels. In our society, even today, for a man to fall in love with a woman who is older than him comes with its own set of challenges. Our new show Indrani not only highlights that but also etches a beautiful and unconventional love story of Aditya who takes the brave step of shattering the prejudices by falling in love with a woman who is much older than him. I am glad to bring in such an impactful concept and I am sure that the show will make a place for itself in the hearts and minds of viewers. “

    The channel has planned a robust marketing campaign for the launch of the show across television, radio, and print. It will also involve high-impact properties in multi-system operator (MSO) networks and activate social media through interest-based targeting, enabling content engagement with the core Bangla general entertainment channel (BGEC) audience. There will also be multiple on-ground engagement activities, along with artist integration, to amplify the concept and drive in the show’s key messaging.

  • Channel V to air ‘Ishq Unplugged’ from 7 March

    Channel V to air ‘Ishq Unplugged’ from 7 March

    MUMBAI: Channel V is planning to launch a new fiction show titled Ishq Unplugged. 

    The youth show is a love story between two contestants of a singing reality show. Scheduled to release on 7 March 2016, it will air from Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm.

    The romance between two completely opposite characters plays out on the backdrop of the reality show, which they want to win for their own reasons.

    Main leads of the show are played by Mohit Gaur and Shruti Prakash who essay the roles of Mandy and Antara respectively. Mandy’s character hails from a middle class background from Delhi. Even though he is an exceptional singer, Mandy faces opposition from his family to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a famous singer in the entertainment world. Although Mandy is deserving of success, his notions to achieving stardom is rife with trying any means to get what he wants, by hook or by crook.

    Antara, on the other hand, faces a different circumstance. Daughter of a very famous singer, she is also blessed with a beautiful voice. Her Mother wants Antara to follow her footsteps rather than create her own identity. This competition is the stage to launch her career.

    Speaking about the show, a Star spokesperson said, “Like dance, music and reality shows are a big pull for the youth; this is the first time we have a fiction show, which is a potent combination of music and romance on the backdrop of a reality show. With a fair share of singing and performances along with drama, this unique offering is going to something fresh for the youth to savour and enjoy.”

    The channel has chalked out a marketing strategy to support the show with high decibel promotions across multiple platforms.

  • Channel V to air ‘Ishq Unplugged’ from 7 March

    Channel V to air ‘Ishq Unplugged’ from 7 March

    MUMBAI: Channel V is planning to launch a new fiction show titled Ishq Unplugged. 

    The youth show is a love story between two contestants of a singing reality show. Scheduled to release on 7 March 2016, it will air from Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm.

    The romance between two completely opposite characters plays out on the backdrop of the reality show, which they want to win for their own reasons.

    Main leads of the show are played by Mohit Gaur and Shruti Prakash who essay the roles of Mandy and Antara respectively. Mandy’s character hails from a middle class background from Delhi. Even though he is an exceptional singer, Mandy faces opposition from his family to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a famous singer in the entertainment world. Although Mandy is deserving of success, his notions to achieving stardom is rife with trying any means to get what he wants, by hook or by crook.

    Antara, on the other hand, faces a different circumstance. Daughter of a very famous singer, she is also blessed with a beautiful voice. Her Mother wants Antara to follow her footsteps rather than create her own identity. This competition is the stage to launch her career.

    Speaking about the show, a Star spokesperson said, “Like dance, music and reality shows are a big pull for the youth; this is the first time we have a fiction show, which is a potent combination of music and romance on the backdrop of a reality show. With a fair share of singing and performances along with drama, this unique offering is going to something fresh for the youth to savour and enjoy.”

    The channel has chalked out a marketing strategy to support the show with high decibel promotions across multiple platforms.

  • Box Office: ‘Katti Batti’ takes poor opening with Rs 15.5 crore

    Box Office: ‘Katti Batti’ takes poor opening with Rs 15.5 crore

    MUMBAI: It all started with Hollywood film, Love Story (1970) based on a bestseller novel of same name by Erich Segal about a couple madly in love only to realise one of them is terminally ill. The Rajshris followed it up with its Indian version in the musical hit, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978) while Hrishikesh Mukerjee used the theme again, albeit, with no similarities with the two in Anand (1981), which went on to become an all-time classic. Since then, quite a few attempts have been made to use a terminal illness and, except Kal Ho Na Ho in (2003), none seem to have worked.

     

    Katti Batti takes this theme and brutalises it badly. And, pays for it at both, the media as well as the box office. Besides poor merits, the film cuts corners heavily on supporting star cast. Having taken a poor opening, the film could not better its Friday collections on Saturday or on Sunday. All the film had to show for its opening weekend is Rs 15.5 crore.

     

    Meeruthiya Gangsters fails to find an audience. 

     

    Hero, an attempt to recreate the magic of the 1983 musical hit of the same name, proves disastrous. After a low opening weekend, the film closes its first week with Rs 29.2 crore not being able to sustain during the week days.

     

    Welcome Back did reasonable business in its first week but started losing steam thereafter despite poor new releases to affect its business. The film managed to add about 25 per cent of its first week total collecting Rs 17.5 crore in second week to take its two week total to Rs 90.6 crore.

     

    Phantom emerges a loser at the box office managing to add just about Rs 60 lakh in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 50.5 crore.

     

    Manjhi: The Mountain Man collects Rs 18 lakh in its fourth week to take its four week total to Rs 12.88 crore.

  • Francis Lai to receive lifetime achievement award

    Francis Lai to receive lifetime achievement award

    NEW DELHI: Renowned French composer Francis Lai is all set to receive the world Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th World Soundtrack Awards’s focus on France.

     

    The 14th World Soundtrack Awards and Concert will take place on October 25 at Kuipke in Ghent on the concluding day of the 41st Film Fest Gent which will begin on October 14 and will focus on France. 

     

    Francis Lai (born in 1932 in Nice) became world famous with A man and a woman (1966) which is his first score for a film by Claude Lelouch, for whom he went on to compose over 30 scores during the next four decades.

    The Oscar winning film A man and a Woman launched the career of Lelouch and made Lai a celebrated French film composer with an international career. Thanks to the ‘chabadabada’ tune, the music of A man and a woman topped the music charts. In this film, as well as in the follow-up Live for Life (1967), he introduced the authentic use of both English and French chansons sung by Pierre Barouh and Nicole Croisille, which became an innovative, refreshing and romantic sound in French film music.

    In 1970 Lai scored his biggest international hit with the soundtrack of the phenomenal blockbuster Love Story (1970) by Arthur Hiller. He achieved his biggest cult success with the film Bilitis (1977) by softcore sex photographer David Hamilton. Other acclaimed films for which he composed the music are Rider on the Rain by Rene Clement, Anima Persa by Dino Risi, My New Partner by Claude Zidi and Dark Eyes by Nikita Mikhalkov.

    During the WSA concert a selection of his work will be performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé.

    In addition, Jeff Neve’s captivating music for the prestigious Flemish drama series In Flanders Fields will also be receiving some deserved attention that evening. With this score, Jef Neve proved that he is not only a gifted jazz musician but also a very inspiring composer of many talents. He will be performing a selection of the music he wrote, accompanied by footage from the series.

    Confirmed central guests and performers at the World Soundtrack Awards are American composer Cliff Martinez (Drive, Only God Forgives, Contagion and Spring Breakers) and 2013 WSA Discovery Award winner Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild).

  • ABP News brings the second season of one of its most successful series- ‘Love Story’

    ABP News brings the second season of one of its most successful series- ‘Love Story’

    MUMBAI: ‘Love Story’ season-2 airs every Saturday at 8pm on ABP News.

     

    After the very successful season 1, ‘Love Story’ season-2 will again be hosted by the Khan Sisters’ and ‘Me Na Bhoolungi’ fame actress Nigaar Z. Khan. Nigaar had also hosted ‘Jaane Bhi do’ with ABP News. In the special series- Love Story season-2, Nigaar Khan will talk about some untouched, unheard love stories of Bollywood superstars.

     

    According to the host of the show- Nigaar Z Khan, “I have worked with a lot of reality shows and TV serials…but working on ‘Love Story’ on ABP News has been special”. Nigaar says that the second season  of ‘Love Story’ will bring in a lot of untouched interesting stories, woven around with an amazing treatment to the content and in-depth research.

     

    ‘Love Story’ season-2 revolves around the real stories of the superstars. The editorial team of ABP News has worked for around six months on the research of the stories. For the insights and substantiating documents, the team has taken a lot of inputs from the credible and reliable sources- active as well as inactive- in Bollywood. An in-depth research and homework about the untouched aspects of the unheard stories is the biggest strength of the show.

     

     ‘Love Story’ season-2  is an interesting journey into the lives of your favourite stars from Bollywood.

  • Essel Vision releasing its musical love story

    Essel Vision releasing its musical love story

    MUMBAI: After an epic and record-breaking release – Duniyadaari, Essel Vision is all geared up for its upcoming release – Time Pass (TP). The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav – who has given three continuous block buster films in a row – Natarang, Balgandharva and Balak Palak (BP).

     

    Along with Essel Vision, Ravi Jadhav’s Time Pass (TP) has been produced with Athansh Communications productions and Zee Talkies. It is a that will be a special treat for the viewers.

     

    “We have created various benchmarks in Marathi industry. In fact the last film Duniyadari broke all the records at the box office collection of last 80 years in Marathi Cinema. Now, the film is entering in its the 25th week on 3 Jan, 2014when even our new venture Time Pass will hit the screens in Maharashtra. With Time Pass, we take this trend to another level as we are releasing TP in 200 plus theatres across Maharashtra, Goa, Belgaum etc. And this becomes our 5th film set to release on the eve of New Year which in itself is another unique trend for Marathi cinema,” says Essel Vision Productions Business Head Nikhil Sane.

     

    TP is a love story of Dagadu and Prajakta set in the 1980s. It is a light hearted, innocent story of teen age love, sacrifice, passion and values.