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  • The new series is all about making new friends: Susumu Fukunaga

    The new series is all about making new friends: Susumu Fukunaga

    Mumbai: The Pokémon Company (TPC) has announced the launch of ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series,’ a new animated series which is currently airing on Hungama. For the first time in Pokémon’s history, the series stars a female lead named Liko, who, alongside her partner Pokémon Myaoha, embarks on adventures in the vibrant Pokémon world with fellow trainer Roy.

    Pokémon has captivated children’s imaginations for over two decades and remains a beloved entertainment choice, solidifying its place as a pop-culture phenomenon. Hungama has been the home of Pokémon since 2014, engaging millions of fans and amassing 87 million views across Disney Kids Channel in India last year alone.

    In this series, viewers encounter new characters like Liko and Roy, along with fascinating groups such as the Rising Volt Tacklers and the Explorers. The series introduces numerous new Pokémon, each showcasing unique abilities. Captain Pikachu leads daring voyages across sea and sky, adding thrilling adventures to the storyline.

    The Pokémon Company’s collaboration with Vishal-Sheykhar to produce original songs for the series in India highlights its commitment to establishing a strong presence in the Indian market and nurturing partnerships with local artists and enterprises. This initiative not only enriches the series with a local flavor but also celebrates the diverse appeal of Pokémon to fans worldwide.

    Indiantelevision.com reached out to The Pokemon Company’s Susumu Fukunaga where he briefly touched upon some insights about the show and more…

    Edited excerpts

    On the creative process behind developing the storyline and characters for the new series

    Our intent has been to create a new story that appeals to the new generation. If you watch the episodes you will realize that many elements in the story are very contemporary and reflect the day and age we live in.

    On the new series integrate elements of adventure, friendship, and teamwork, which are central themes in the Pokemon universe

    The new series is all about making new friends by going on an adventure and taking on challenges. The journey becomes more enjoyable and difficulties appear to be simpler when everybody comes together and supports each other as a team.

    On Pokemon anime receiving criticism for being too simplistic, repetitive and bland from a storytelling perspective even from a kids genre point of view

    We appreciate all feedback. We are grateful to our audiences across the globe for supporting us for all these years and we hope to remain relevant in the future as well.

    On conducting the first ever Pokemon VGC event in India, since online gaming industry in this country is booming

    We cannot disclose future plans at this point, but we are working on new initiatives and hope to make strides in the Indian market with a variety of content.

  • Ajay Kapoor’s experience will benefit our film venture: Wadhawan Group

    Ajay Kapoor’s experience will benefit our film venture: Wadhawan Group

    MUMBAI: The Rajesh Wadhawan Group, with interest in finance, real estate, hospitality, and sports, is now entering Bollywood with their foray into film production. The Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan-led group’s new venture will take shape under the able leadership of T- series’ former director Ajay Kapoor.

    Rajesh Wadhawan Group vice chairman Dheeraj Wadhawan said, “His wealth of experience and the body of work till date makes him a major force to reckon with in the industry. We hope Ajay’s vision and leadership skills will create strong foundation for our production house.”

    Starting a new chapter of his career, Kapoor felt it was time he took up new challenges. “Over the years, T-Series has given me a lot of love, strength and recognition in the market. It was time I took the experience I have gained and make use of it for exploring newer and bigger opportunities. I share the vision of this group’s foray into film production business and hope to make a difference together as envisioned.”

    At T-Series, Ajay was famous for having produced box-office hits like Ready, Tum Bin, Bhool Bhulaiya, Roy, Bhootnath Returns, Baby, Airlift and Hate Story among other. He worked with T Series Group for over 15 years.

  • Ajay Kapoor’s experience will benefit our film venture: Wadhawan Group

    Ajay Kapoor’s experience will benefit our film venture: Wadhawan Group

    MUMBAI: The Rajesh Wadhawan Group, with interest in finance, real estate, hospitality, and sports, is now entering Bollywood with their foray into film production. The Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan-led group’s new venture will take shape under the able leadership of T- series’ former director Ajay Kapoor.

    Rajesh Wadhawan Group vice chairman Dheeraj Wadhawan said, “His wealth of experience and the body of work till date makes him a major force to reckon with in the industry. We hope Ajay’s vision and leadership skills will create strong foundation for our production house.”

    Starting a new chapter of his career, Kapoor felt it was time he took up new challenges. “Over the years, T-Series has given me a lot of love, strength and recognition in the market. It was time I took the experience I have gained and make use of it for exploring newer and bigger opportunities. I share the vision of this group’s foray into film production business and hope to make a difference together as envisioned.”

    At T-Series, Ajay was famous for having produced box-office hits like Ready, Tum Bin, Bhool Bhulaiya, Roy, Bhootnath Returns, Baby, Airlift and Hate Story among other. He worked with T Series Group for over 15 years.

  • Hot Star takes to cinema advertising to reach younger TG : Feb ’15 CAM report

    Hot Star takes to cinema advertising to reach younger TG : Feb ’15 CAM report

    MUMBAI: Being the newest entrant on the bloc, Star India’s digital baby Hot Star has managed to create the necessary buzz around it. The digital app, in a bid to reach a wider segment of young audiences, has chosen cinema advertising as part of its mega marketing campaign. 

     

    Using the movie Roy as a case study, the CAM report for the month of February 2015 found that out of the 200 screens, they were present in 32 per cent of the screens, which is close to 65 screens. “This number is more than the category that four wheeler and mobile phones undertake for their campaigns,” said Interactive Television CEO Ajay Mehta.

     

    According to industry experts and estimates, Hot Star undertook cinema advertising because of the demographics to reach out effectively to their TG i.e young audiences. The campaign for cinema advertising undertaken across the eight metros could have cost Star India close to Rs 50 – 70 lakhs. Such campaigns are usually undertaken for a period of four weeks. In the past, apps such as Free Charge, Viber and Hike have used cinema advertising extensively in similar patterns. 

     

    The report also found that during the same period, a total of 297 brands were active. Banking and Finance have emerged as the top category spending with State Bank of India topping the list. F&B followed with beauty and Personal care coming third in the hierarchy. 

     

    “There has been a three per cent increase in the number of brands active on cinema with the movie Roy in February 2015 round as compared to the earlier round,” adds Mehta.

     

    There has also been a major increase in spending of clothing/apparels category from 45 per cent in January 2015 to 79 per cent in February 2015. The automobile category has increased from 34 per cent to 57 per cent during the same period. Online portals too increased their spending from 21 per cent to 48 per cent for the same period. Choc On has the highest recall with 24 per cent present in 152 screens followed by Syska LED with 20 per cent present in 136 screens.

  • Jacqueline Fernandez gears up for a power packed 2015

    Jacqueline Fernandez gears up for a power packed 2015

    MUMBAI: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is Bollywood’s busy girl these days. 

     

    The actress, who was seen in Kick opposite Salman Khan last year, spoke about her future plans and hectic schedule in a candid chat. During the chat, she revealed her love for acting and how stardom, no matter at what stage she may have achieved it, still affects her in some ways.

    The long-legged Sri Lankan beauty had a very slow 2013 with almost no offers, but having passed that phase, she is now happy and grateful to Sajid Nadiadwala and Salman Khan for giving her the opportunity of a lifetime with Kick.

     

    The actress said, “Last year I finished a Hollywood film, Definition of Fear, a Sri Lankan movie, According to Matthew and a cameo in Bangistaan. I’ve been shooting for Brothers since.”

     

    Brothers is produced by Karan Johar and directed by Karan Malhotra, where for the first time she plays the role of a wife and young mother alongside Akshay Kumar. “For the first time, I was bringing something to the table. It was liberating to finally bag a meaningful role,” confessed Fernandez.

     

    Not only that, after a busy 2014, this year also the actress has loads to look forward to with Dhishoom opposite Varun Dhawan, which goes on floors next month and Turbanator with Tiger Shroff, followed by Sajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull 3. “I’m greedy and trying to squeeze in one more movie in 2015,” she exclaimed with a smile.

  • ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ opens weak at the BO

    ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ opens weak at the BO

    MUMBAI: Dum Laga Ke Haisha opens weak due to lack of promotion and Ayushmann Khurrana’s dropping popularity thanks to his last couple of films but, the film, being a simple and sincere theme and handling earns some good word of mouth.

     

    This shows on its collections on day two, Saturday, when the collections doubled while on Sunday they were two and half times of day one. However, all these in a lower range ending the opening weekend with Rs 6.08 crore.

     

    Ab Tak Chhappan 2, an attempt to ride the sequel wave, fails badly: the subject is outdated this being a sequel to an 11 year old original. Also, the subject and its lead players are no more relevant. And, to top it all, the content is poor and lacks imagination. The film fails to draw audience facing no show status at many theatres. The film’s collections remain as low on Saturday as on the opening day with a negligible rise on Sunday to collect Rs 4.4 crore for the first weekend.

     

    Badlapur sustains to an extent thanks to Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqi fans and the positive media hype as well as reviews. The film ended its first week with Rs 35.8 crore and may add some more as the week has poor oppositions in its second week.

     

    Roy suffers a huge drop in its second week collecting just about Rs 2.45 crore to take its two week total to Rs 35.85 crore.

     

    Shamitabh has added Rs 60 lakh in its third week taking its three week total to Rs 21.1 crore.

     

    Baby has added Rs 1.15 crore in its fifth week to take its five week tally to Rs 79.25 crore.

  • Box Office: ‘Badlapur’ delights critics

    Box Office: ‘Badlapur’ delights critics

    MUMBAI: Badlapur: Don’t Miss The Beginning gets much acclaim from critics. A noir film with black shades, there is little relief for seekers of entertainment. The fact that greatly cuts down on the expected footfalls at the cinemas. While the ‘A’ certificate keeps a lot of youth away, the genre does so to the ladies and family audience. It had an indifferent opening day of little over Rs 7 crore with Saturday doing only slightly better. On the other hand, collections remained stagnant on Sunday. The film managed opening weekend collections of Rs 23.6 crore.

     

    Qissa (Punjabi) was not expected to do much at the box office but has certainly earned rave reviews.

     

    Roy was a film beyond comprehension for a lot many people. A pretentious film, it gets some fair opening figures thanks to Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in top billing. However, poor word of mouth keeps its first week limited to Rs 33.4 crore.

     

    MSG: The Messenger figures don’t matter since the tickets were booked en masse by the makers and whatever figures are released to the media are also by the same source (crossed Rs 100 crore according to them!)

     

    Shamitabh adds Rs 2.9 crore in its second week to take its two week tally to Rs 20.5 crore.

     

    Baby has collected Rs 2.8 crore for its fourth weeks to take its four week total to Rs 78.1 crore.

     

    Khamoshiyan has collected Rs 12 lakh in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 6.62 crore.

     

    PK has added Rs 10 lakh in its ninth week to take its ten week total marginally up at Rs 330.05 crore.

  • ‘Roy’ fails to grab eyeballs at the BO

    ‘Roy’ fails to grab eyeballs at the BO

    MUMBAI: Roy does not quite go well with the moviegoer; a confusing film moving at snail’s pace with nothing happening through its lengthy trudge, the film had fair collections on the opening day thanks to names of Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the cast.

     

    The film maintained about same figures on Saturday but suffered a huge drop of about 50 per cent on Sunday because of India Pakistan World Cup match. The film managed weekend collections of Rs 24.9 crore.

     

    Controversial film MSG: The Messenger fails at the box office.

     

    R Balki’s experiment of a ventriloquist played by Amitabh Bachchan landing his rich baritone to an aspiring mute actor, Dhanush, fails to catch the audience’s fancy. While Bachchan may still be a media star, casting him in such a film is tricky business, Dhanush has little to charm the Hindi audience. Shamitabh does not add much to its already deficient weekend, ending its first week with a figure of Rs 17.6 crore.

     

    Baby continues to make the most of a run of poor oppositions over last three weeks. The film adds a reasonable Rs 6.5 crore in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 75.3 crore.

     

    Khamoshiyan has collected Rs 75 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 6.5 crore. Forced horror film sans content don’t work. A disappointing outcome for the investor.

     

    PK has added Rs 20 lakh in its eighth week. The film has put together Rs 329.95 crore in eight weeks.

  • ‘Roy’: Shot in the dark

    ‘Roy’: Shot in the dark

    MUMBAI: The title often shows a lack of imagination and is an indication of what is to follow. Roy, as it turns out after eons through the film, is the name Ranbir Kapoor goes by. Roy looks like a film inspired by watching a lot of the last century’s Hollywood and European films.

    Arjun Rampal is a film maker, who is on his third version of a series, Guns III, having earlier made two very successful versions. His inspiration comes from a suave robber, Ranbir Kapoor, who steals antiques and paintings. Having bumped into Ranbir once, he puts Ranbir’s exploits on screen.

    This once, Rampal is stuck for ideas and keeps working on his antique typewriter but nothing comes across on paper that he can go with. He realizes he needs inspiration. He proceeds to Malaysia without a script and starts shooting the film at random. No wonder then that what he comes up with through the Roy’s first part looks like a film to promote Malaysian tourism.

    Soon, Rampal finds his inspiration in Jacqueline Fernandez. She is in Malaysia to shoot a short film. Rampal makes her a part of his story. Roy is out to steal a part of a portrait of which the other part is with his handler. There is a huge offer if both the parts are available together to complete the portrait. Rampal manipulates his story idea where now the part of the portrait is in Jacqueline’s possession from where Ranbir will steal it. For this purpose, he also finds an actress who is Jacqueline’s lookalike.

    Producers: Divya Khosla Kumar, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar
    Director: Vikramjit Singh
    Cast: Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Frenandez, Ranbir Kapoor, Anupam Kher (guest role), Shibani Dandekar

    As in most of the film, what happens thereafter is beyond understanding. The job is made easy for Ranbir as the actress has lured Ranbir to her bed and he just has to pick up the portrait hanging on the wall and make an early departure. Actually, it is all quite confusing.

    This is a film of whims and fancy. There is no script and a thin line about a thief inspiring film stories, which qualifies as cock and bull stuff. The director has no clue what he wants to make and seems to think that shooting low light dark scenes makes one a genius. The film, however, has excellent visual value backed by a good background score. Mumbling passes as dialogue and is not easy to catch. Songs are good but orchestra overpowers the lyrics.

    There is little in this film for actors: Rampal is lovelorn but hardly looks it. Ranbir Kapoor sleepwalks through his brief role. Jacqueline emerges the most sincere of the lot. Anupam Kher has a brief role, which is irrelevant.

    Roy is a waste of lot of resources with no hope of returns.

     

     

     

    ‘MSG: The Messenger’: Of self-gratification

    Having gained some recognition through media because of his numerous controversies, Sant Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, as he calls himself, decides to use his film watching hobby to help promote him and his cult, Dera Sacha Sauda, on a national level. The result is MSG: The Messenger, a film for the janata.

    Producer: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan

    Director: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan

    Cast: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan

    And, no he does need stars to project him on screen; he can do it himself. So the Insan plays himself as a pure hearted person who is clean of thoughts and deeds, full of energy and preaches others to be like himself.

    Insan does all the things NGOs around the world do: organises de-addiction programmes, blood donation camps, cleans streets, plants trees, rescues women from prostitution and also resettles eunuchs.

    Insan also has a cure for his followers’ ailments through his ‘Ruhaani jaam,’ which is his own concoction. Insan also fights the evils of the world as he can fly, throw a mean punch and do all the stunts seen in Hollywood and Indian films.

    The film, all of its 190+ minutes has Insan, each and every frame of it. What else would you expect? His costumes are garish and loud but that he has been seen to wear even in his real life.

    Insan has done everything in this film from producing, directing, scripting, cinematography et al.

    To make further sure his ‘hard work’ pays, Insan has also bought out tickets worth crores to make sure his followers don’t miss it!

  • Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Roy’ music exclusively on Hungama.com

    Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Roy’ music exclusively on Hungama.com

    MUMBAI: Hungama.com will be launching the music and videos of Ranbir Kapoor’s upcoming movie Roy, exclusively for all its users in India and abroad, who will then be able to access the music through Hungama’s web, WAP or mobile applications.

    Roy’s music and videos will be available on Hungama’s platforms across devices. On the Hungama mobile applications, users will see a splash screen on the launch of the album and receive push notifications. On Hungama’s WAP platform, users will be given options to download individual singles from the movie along with an exclusive showreel of videos from Roy.

     

    Produced by T-Series, the music of the movie has been given by Pritam and Ankit Tiwari.

     

    Commenting on the release, Hungama.com CEO Siddhartha Roy said, “Roy is one of the most anticipated movies of 2015, and it gives us great pleasure to be the first to bring their music to our consumers. With our long-standing partnership with T-Series, we will continue to introduce several such launches in 2015 for our users.”

     

    In order to make it simpler and easier for users to find songs from the upcoming movie, Hungama has categorised the film’s music under various sections including Editor Pick’s, New Releases, etc. The music will also be added to the playlists for the stars like Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arijit Singh. The music from Roy will also feature in artist radio sections across Hungama’s platforms. 

     

    Given the initial buzz around the song ‘Sooraj Dooba Hain Yaaron’ sung by Arijit Singh, Hungama will also be adding to song to the categories – ‘Top Song’ and ‘Bollywood Top 40’ playlists. 

     

    As a part of the promotions of Roy’s music in the digital space, Hungama will be communicating to its users with email campaigns as well as connecting with its highly engaged social media community of fans such as on Facebook and Twitter.