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  • Pritish Nandy’s Ogle to be India’s Netflix

    Pritish Nandy’s Ogle to be India’s Netflix

    MUMBAI: Backed by Pritish  Nandy Communications’ digital arm, PNC Digital, Ogle, an upcoming digital platform, promises to bring an array of international and national content to Indian viewers.

     

    From streaming international television shows, Hollywood to Bollywood movies, it also promises to bring international TV shows within 24 hours of them being aired.

     

    According to media reports, Pritish Nandy hopes to give users in India a service similar to that provided overseas by Netflix Inc., Hulu.com and Amazon.com’s Instant Video. It will bring content to viewers irrespective of the device. It can be used on televisions, PCs, tablets and smartphones.

     

    Consumers can access Ogle through any device through a browser or an app. If it’s a Smart TV, the app can be downloaded onto the TV. Otherwise, the company will provide a set-top box to display the content on a traditional TV.

     

    Launching on 22 September Ogle will offer multiple plans to subscribers. The basic plan that offers unlimited access to Ogle’s services on five pre-registered devices, is priced at Rs 500 per month and an additional Rs 1,000 per month (taxes additional) will provide free unlimited access to stream content, as per the reports. Another plan offered is a Rs 1,500 per month plan that also offers a 2 Mbps broadband connection without any limit in addition to the benefits of the Rs 1,000 per month plan.

     

    Ogle promises to carry over 150 international television shows (all seasons) as well as over 500 English movies. It has already lined up Indian content as well as a large library of music from India and across the world to add in the coming months after launch. The company plans to add more genres including concerts, sporting events and probably also become a distribution channel for content that regular distributors are not interested to distribute.

     

    Ogle was acquired by PNC Digital in July from its developer Harshawardhan Sabale, who now leads the business as chief executive of PNC Digital.

  • Balaji joins hands with PNC to produce Shaadi Ke Side Effects

    Balaji joins hands with PNC to produce Shaadi Ke Side Effects

    MUMBAI: Balaji Motion Pictures has joined hands with Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) to produce the sequel of PNC‘s 2006 hit Pyaar Ke Side Effects.

    The sequel titled Shaadi Ke Side Effects stars Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan in principal roles. They are joined by Vir Das, Ram Kapoor and his wife Gautami, singer-actress Ila Arun and singer Hariharan who will play Farhan‘s father in the film.

    Saket Chaudhary, director of the original, would also direct the sequel.

    The iconic characters, Sid and Trisha, come to life in the sequel, now as husband and wife. Sid having beaten his fear of marriage and Trisha having finally gotten around to saying her vows the third time round. Now they must address themselves to the impossible task of coping with each other‘s fantasies and realities. Will they succeed? That is what Shaadi Ke Side Effects is all about.

    Avers producer Pritish Nandy, “We have the hottest stars of 2013 with us in Farhan after Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and the star of the upcoming film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Vidya after The Dirty Picture and Kahaani together for the first time on screen. They make the perfect Sid and Trisha, each fighting for space in their marriage. Shaadi Ke Side Effects is a witty, sexy, hilarious comedy that will warm your hearts and to all you newly-weds, it‘s time to pick a side again in the war of Mars versus Venus.”

    This film will be the second outing of Ekta Kapoor and Vidya Balan together after The Dirty Picture. Observes Ekta, “Shaadi Ke Side Effects is going to be a laughathon and entertainment all the way! It‘s going to be exciting working with Farhan who is extremely talented and of course Vidya Balan who is an actress par excellence and my personal favorite.”

    Shaadi Ke Side Effects goes on floors on 17 February and is likely to release on 6 December, this year.

  • PNC’s sequel of Pyaar Ke Side Effects to have Vidya Balan & Farhan Akhtar

    PNC’s sequel of Pyaar Ke Side Effects to have Vidya Balan & Farhan Akhtar

    MUMBAI: The makers of the 2006 hit ,Pyaar Ke Side Effects, have managed to pull off a casting coup of sorts and have roped in Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar for the sequel titled Shaadi Ke Side Effects.

    The film is a clever take on fascinating ways love works before and after marriage.

    The romantic-comedy will see the actors essaying the role of a married couple who are coping with their issues, much on the comic lines of the first film.

    Talking about the plot, producer Pritish Nandy says that “Vidya will be playing a Delhi girl and Farhan a Bombay boy.”

    The story moves ahead from where Trisha and Sid’s characters (Pyaar Ke Side Effects) left – they get married and the changes that come in their married life, the transformation in their relationship and how they tackle these changes.

    “Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan are the two most successful actors of 2011. We are privileged to have them as the stars of Shaadi Ke Side-Effects and that is why I think this film tops our calendar for the coming year. My belief is that Shaadi Ke Side-Effects has the ability to be 2012‘s most exciting film, wild, wicked and wonderfully, wonderfully entertaining. Mars VS Venus at its best,” says Nandy.

    While the film has an all new star cast, the director Saket Choudhary and music composer Pritam have been retained.