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  • Reliance Entertainment plans Namastey London sequel

    MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment has green lighted a sequel of Namastey London that starred Akshay Kumar. It has been confirmed that Akshay, who has delivered back to back hits in 2012, has been roped in for the project.

    A source, on conditions of anonymity has said that there has been a flurry of meetings between Kumar and the Reliance team and that the sequel has finally been locked.

    To be directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the leading lady of the film has not been finalised yet.

    Initially, it was reported that Reliance had roped in AR Murugadoss to direct a film for them. Now it has come to light that the studio is talking to several other big directors too to make films for them.

  • Eros Intnl’s music downloads on Apple iTunes, Real Rhapsody

    Eros Intnl’s music downloads on Apple iTunes, Real Rhapsody

    MUMBAI: Eros International, an integrated media and entertainment Company,announced that tracks from its recent Bollywood music albums- Omkara, I See You, Kudiyon Ka Hain Zamana and Namastey London will now be available for download on Apple’s iTunes on a worldwide basis and on Real Network’s Rhapsody for North America.

    Eros International Plc chairman & CEO Kishore Lulla said, “This is a significant milestone as far as our new media distribution is concerned. We remain focused on identifying and securing strategic distribution partners to showcase our Bollywood content to a wider audience.”

    He further added, “The Mauj Telecom deal for mobile content license announced this January and now the iTunes and Real Rhapsody deals make our recent move into music publishing all the more exciting. We remain positive about the opportunities presented by new media in this digital era.”The original sound tracks from Eros’s forthcoming film Eklavya, a Vinod Chopra Films Production, releasing in cinemas on February 16 will also be available for download.

    Eros launched the Bollywood video on demand services with cable giants Comcast and Rogers cable and has online movie download services with Movielink and RTL.
     

  • Eros Intl acquires global distribution rights for ‘Namastey London’

    Eros Intl acquires global distribution rights for ‘Namastey London’

    MUMBAI: Bollywood media and entertainment firm Eros International has acquired the global distribution rights for Namastey London.

    It has been directed and produced by Vipul Shah and co-produced by Ad Labs.

    The film stars Akshay Kumar as Arjun, a tough but fun loving farmer from Punjab who is trying to make a success of his arranged married to sophisticated English Rose Jasmeet Singh. Jasmeet, aka Jazz, played by the beautiful Katrina Kaif, is determined to cherish her love for her British boyfriend Charlie Brown.
    Namastey London is an emotional drama told in a light vein is love about giving or taking? Will Indian values surrender to Western upbringing and whether Jazz or Jasmeet will prevail?

    Eros’ first co-production Waqt – A Race Against was also a Vipul Shah directorial venture.

    Eros will also release the soundtrack for Namastey London as well. It has 18 tracks including lounge remix versions. Music director Himesh Reshammiya has given music to the film.

    Eros will release the film globally on 9 March, 2007. After the success of the Othello inspired Omkara, Eros has three global releases in the run up to March 2007 – Salaam-E-Ishq, Eklavya and Namastey London.

  • Eros Intnl acquires global distn rights for ‘Nishabd’

    Eros Intnl acquires global distn rights for ‘Nishabd’

    MUMBAI: The global distribution rights for the soon to be released movie Nishabd has been acquired by Eros International. The movie is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and co-produced by Ad Labs.

    Apart from Omkara and the recently released Salaam-E-Ishq and Eklavya, the other global releases that Eros has in the pipeline include Nishabd, Namastey London and the Aishwarya Rai starrer Provoked. All these movies are likely to be released by April 2007.

    Nishabd stars Amitabh Bachchan and new comer Jiah Khan in the lead roles. Aftab Shivdasani, Revathi and Rukhsar also star in the film in supporting roles.

    Eros will release Nishabd globally on 2 March.

    A global player in the Bollywood arena, Eros operates on a studio model producing as well as distributing films across formats globally via cinemas, home entertainment, television formats and new media.