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  • Deepika Padukone, Taurani patch up for Race 2

    Deepika Padukone, Taurani patch up for Race 2

    MUMBAI: After two days of negotiations, Deepika Padukone has finally decided to jump back on board for Ramesh Taurani‘s ‘Race 2‘, though she has set some conditions.

    It is being said that after meeting Taurani yesterday, Padukone realised that it wouldn‘t be in her best interest to contest the filmmaker on monetary grounds.

    Though the official CINTAA (Cine and TV Artistes‘ Association) meeting was called off 30 minutes before its scheduled time on Wednesday, the actress did end up meeting CINTAA general secretary Dharmesh Tiwari who asked her to stay away from monetary hassles and say ‘yes‘ to Taurani.

    The conditions that Padukone has set are that she will not allot fresh dates to ‘Race 2‘, as she will be busy with Rajinikanth‘s ‘Kochadaiyaan‘ and the Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Jawaani Diwani‘. She has asked both Taurani and director Abbas-Mustan to not work with middlemen; she will only work with her chosen set of designers, hair stylist and makeup artist; she wants the makers to consult her for the release of their film because she wants no misunderstandings during the promotional phase of the film; and in case of a foreign schedule, the actress wants to be informed a month in advance.

  • Eros Q3 net jumps 48% to Rs 651 mn

    Eros Q3 net jumps 48% to Rs 651 mn

    MUMBAI: The pure play film producer and distributor company Eros International has reported a 48 per cent jump in consolidated net profit (before minority interest) on the back of commercially successful movies like Ra.One and Rockstar for the third quarter ending 31 December 2011.

    Eros has posted a net profit of Rs 650.9 million in the quarter, as against a net profit of Rs 439.9 million in the year-ago period.

    Total income during the quarter under review went up 44.8 per cent to Rs 4.12 billion, compared to Rs 2.84 billion it had posted in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

    Eros’ Ebit for the quarter stood at Rs 1.03 billion, up 57.1 per cent, compared to Rs 653.5 million a year ago.

    Eros International Media MD Sunil Lulla said, “Eros International has performed well for Q3 FY2012 on account of successful releases such as ‘Ra.One’, ‘Rockstar’ and ‘Desi Boyz’.”

    We are continuing to enhance our existing film slate by further adding new films such as Kochadaiyaan starring Rajinikanth, Yohan Adhayam Ondru starring Vijay, Go Goa Gone to name a few to our existing film slate which includes ‘Housefull 2’, ‘Cocktail’, ‘Khiladi 786’, ‘Hum Se Pyar Kar Le Tu’ and many others that also include regional language releases, thus maintaining a leadership position in this rapidly evolving sector.

    Eros has announced that it has over 50 films on its slate which will be released during 2013 and 2014. It expects to release 7-8 Hindi movies in the next six to nine months, prominent among them being Agent Vinod, Khiladi 786 and Housfull 2 among others.

    “We continue to focus on making advances towards regional movie releases including Tamil and Punjabi movies in order to widen the overall product portfolio by adding a few Tamil movies on global scale. With regards to this, we recently announced a co-production deal with Media One for Kochadayiaan starring Rajinikanth and Photon Kathaas Productions for a Tamil film titled ‘Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru’ starring Vijay.”

  • Dhanush-starrer 3 to be dubbed in Hindi & Telugu

    Dhanush-starrer 3 to be dubbed in Hindi & Telugu

    MUMBAI: Tamil star Dhanush-starrer 3 will be dubbed in Hindi.

    The movie will be released in Tamil, dubbed versions of Hindi and Telugu while for its overseas release, the film would be subtitled in English.

    Dhanush is known for his song Kolaveri Di that has till now recorded more than 25 million views on YouTube. According to the star, who is the son-in-law of Tamil star Rajinikant, there would be some delay in the film‘s release because they are planning a global release.

    Directed by wife and debut director Aishwarya Dhanush, the film stars Dhanush and Shruti Haasan in the lead. The film is being produced by Dhanush‘s father Kasthuri Raja.

    It may be interesting to note that Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pokutty is the sound engineer of 3.

  • Railways pose new hurdle to Mausam

    Railways pose new hurdle to Mausam

    MUMBAI: Looks like the path to the release of Pankaj Kapoor’s Mausam has been laid by hurdles.


    After crossing the Censor Board hurdle and the IAF one, the film has now been hit by another obstacle. The Railway ministry has objected to a scene where Shahid Kapoor is shown in a car speeding across a level crossing in front of an approaching train.
     
    Stunts in and around trains is a common phenomena in our films these days. Aamir Khan did it in Ghulam, Rajinikanth in Robot and recently Salman Khan in Bodyguard.


    The makers of the film are yet to respond to the new issue.