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  • Zee Entertainment to acquire Zee Studios film biz

    Zee Entertainment to acquire Zee Studios film biz

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZeeL) is going to the movies. The company has announced that it is all set to acquire the film production and distribution business of its subsidiary Zee Studios on a slump sale basis over the next two months. It has priced the acquisition on a cash payout of Rs 275 crore.

    Zee Studios generated a revenue of Rs 124.11 crore in FY 2019-20, Rs 299.54 crore in 2018-19, and Rs 165.98 crore in FY 2017-18.

    In a regulatory filing to the BSE, ZeeL has stated that the acquisition of the business is going to result in growth opportunities for it. The company’s board gave the transaction the go-ahead on Thursday.

    Incorporated in 2010, Zee Studios has been behind films such as Gadar Ek Prem Katha, Sairat, Rustom, Mom, Secret Superstar, Raees, Fukrey Returns, Half Girlfriend, Hindi Medium, Veeri Di Wedding, Mannikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, Milan Talkies, Article 15, Good Newz, Uri: the Surgical Strike, Gold, Gully Boy, Dream Girl, among many others. It’s headed by CEO Shariq Patel.

  • Tubelight figures dampen trade

    The failure of Tubelight has affected exhibition trade in two ways. The main one was that — it did not meet the exhibitors’ expectations as the opening day response was disappointing. Peaking of the film on Eid day and Baasi Eid day did not happen.

    In fact, unlike previous Salman Khan movies, which excelled on two days of Eid festivities, Tubelight registered a drop. While Eid day (Monday) figures were below the opening day figures, the next day showed a drop of as much as 40 per cent.

    The collections went downhill from Tuesday.

    The other way how the cinemas suffered was because, when a big star’s film releases, it is expected to carry on for at least 10 to 14 days. In view of a big film release, no other film wants to come in its shadow due to which the following Friday is kept open or, an inconsequential small film gets some limited shows.

    The cinema halls suffered because of Tubelight even in the week following its release. The only release to follow was Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha, an indulgent film made to launch a family scion, Shiv Darshan, by its producer-director Suneel Darshan.

    The first half of the year 2017 has been disastrous for the exhibition trade. Only one small budget film, Hindi Medium, has worked. Though the film is a big hit in relation to investment, it is not the money-spinner that the cinemas crave.

    The film that saved the day for cinemas is Bahubali 2: The Conclusion (Dubbed), South’s gift to exhibitors. Save for these two films besides some English features, it has been a bad first half of the year.

    * Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha met with ‘No audience No Show’ welcome from its day one. The collection figures for the weekend remained below Rs 50 lakh.

    * Tubelight, which entailed big investments from its theatrical distributors, has put them in distress as they are faced with huge losses. The film’s lifetime business is not even expected to match the opening weekend business of Salman Khan’s last two releases, Rustom and Bajrangi Bhaijan! And, this is a huge setback.

    Tubelight ended its first week with a total of Rs 103.7 crore (Rs 1037 million). The second weekend has failed to pull audience registering poor collections of about seven crore (Rs 70 million) rupees.

    * Rest of the recent releases fared poorly.

    * Hindi Medium has come to the end of its good run at the box office.

    * Bahubali 2: The Conclusion just about ends its glorious, record setting run by adding a symbolic Rs 40 lakh (Rs 4 million) in its ninth week.

  • Zee’s former exec Akash Chawla launches Fresh Lime Films

    MUMBAI: Zee Studio’s former executive VP and business head – film division Akash Chawla has launched his own venture. The new venture Fresh Lime Films, a creative studio, has two verticals — digital content creation and feature films. 

    Chawla’s venture is a Fresh Lime endeavor to take Indian stories to the audience across the globe.

    Concluding his 12-year career with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) in February 2017, Chawla moved on — only to start his own venture. Chawla has been the head of marketing for close to 12 channels of Zee. 

    A part of core senior management team in Zee, his last assignment was as the head of the content studio — Zee Studio — focused on creating and monetising content across platforms. In his career, he has headed business across content creation, acquisition and creating/launching brands in the entertainment space. 

    As a studio head,  he set up and led blockbuster and national-award winning films such as Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rustom’. 

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  • KriArj gets into film acquisition & distribution, hires veteran Girish Johar

    MUBAI: After the success of Rustom, Girish Johar has joined KriArj Entertainment, who will be leading its foray into film acquisition for the Indian & overseas markets.

    This association will fully equip team KriArj to not only monetise its own films but will also give them the strength to provide marketing & distribution services to other independent film makers. Additionally, KriArj plans to acquire big films for not only their pan-India distribution but also for the overseas territories.

    A graduate in Economic Honors and an MBA in Marketing and I.T, Girish Johar has worked with leading players like Balaji Motion Pictures, Sony, UTV Disney, PVR & Zee Studios, and has immense experience in marketing, production, exhibition and global distribution of films. During his tenure, he has defined the business and market for films releasing in various languages – Hindi, English, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi. Johar, a young veteran, has an experience of around 20 years in this field and was involved in more than 140 films, in various capacities. Jodhaa Akbar, DevD, A Wednesday, Ragini MMS, The Dirty Picture, Jazbaa, Rustom & many more form part of his repertoire within the industry.

    KriArj has not only taken a strong foothold, within a very short span of time, but have also chalked out major plans for their foray into films acquisition aggressively.

    Fresh from the success of Rustom and the much awaited Toilet-Ek Prem Katha, which is a summer 2017 release with Viacom18, KriArj has announced their association with John Abraham Entertainment for PARMANU The Story of Pokhran with Zee Studios & Kyta Productions , Clean Slate Films PARI (Anushka Sharma’s production banner), Anees Bazmi’s next with TSeries, Fanney Khan starring Anil Kapoor & Aishwarya Rai of a Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra production and also Vishal Bhardwaj’s production. They are also in the final stages for locking other prestigious projects with leading stars, details of which will be announced shortly.

    Confirms Johar: “Films are made with lot of passion, energy & commitment, which I feel, am very lucky to have found in Prernaa Arora & Arjun N. Kapoor, as in their inherent DNAs! Super charged up, at KriArj Entertainment, to make good & economically viable content, not only in Hindi but regional languages too and not only for the BIG screen but Digital too.”

    Says, KriArj chairman Virindrra Arora: “I am confident that Girish Johar’s passion in movies & his experience in business of movies will lead us through to our next stage in expansion. His leadership qualities and strong business acumen is utmost we are confident of. We, all at team KriArj, will not only fuel & streamline our present projects but also our build for our major expansion plans”

  • Cinekorn Entertainment associates with Viacom India for film Ring

    Cinekorn Entertainment associates with Viacom India for film Ring

    MUMBAI: Cinekorn Entertainment, a content house that works on distribution of films on satellite and digital platforms, has announced their association with Viacom India.

    The former has has acquired the Indian theatrical distribution rights of the third instalment of the popular horror franchise: The Ring, which is slated to release in India on 10 February. The film features Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan and Vincent D’Onofrio.

    Cinekorn founder Kalapi Nagada said, “Rings is a bloodcurdling, horrendous horror film and will do strikingly well on the box office since people are waiting earnestly. One of the largest releases with 1100+ no of screens, Rings will be distributed by Cinekorn as one of the biggest Hollywood films in India.”

    Cinekorn has in the past acquired distribution rights for successful Hindi & English films such as Rustom, Udta Punjab, 300, Batman v Superman and The legend of Tarzan, among other. Cinekorn has a big library of Tamil, Telugu & Kannada films dubbed in Hindi.

    The company plans to further expand and import a wide array of Hollywood films for Indian theatrical viewing and satellites across India. Hollywood movies has good potential viewership in India and films such as Jurassic world, 300, Jungle book have delivered excellent numbers on the Indian box office.

  • R-Day Rustom premiere on &pictures at 8pm

    R-Day Rustom premiere on &pictures at 8pm

    MUMBAI: In the late 1950s, India was looking for an answer that only Rustom Pavri had! Did he shoot Vikram Makhija, his wife’s lover? If yes, what made him surrender himself? If no, then who did? The State of Maharashtra was in a legal battle with Naval Officer Rustom Pavri- a case fueled by love and agony. &pictures- Naye India Ka Blockbuster Channel presents on this Republic Day the premiere of a courtroom saga ‘Rustom’ on Thursday, 26 January, at 8 PM.

    Inspired from real life incidents, the film is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and produced by Neeraj Pandey. The film stars the handsome Akshay Kumar in the lead role, along with Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta playing vital characters in the movie. The movie touches upon various stories including exposing the politics of Indian navy, a love story, a thrilling murder mystery and a rollercoaster of emotions.

    Known for his love for uniform and the Indian Military Forces, Akshay Kumar has been a part of around 20 films where he has donned the uniform look, including Rustom. On the occasion of Republic Day, the actor, who shot for Rustom on an Indian Navy Warship said, “I salute the Indian Navy who stays on the ship for 6 months. It is very difficult to walk on the ship. I had to walk bending my back as the height of the walk-ways is not much. But despite all this, our naval officers are agile and carry out all the activities so efficiently. I am thankful that we got the permission to shoot on a warship, it was indeed a great opportunity.”

    The story of Rustom revolves around the Indian Naval Officer Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) and his wife Cynthia (Ileana D’Cruz), who are happily married. One day, Rustom returns home and surprises his wife Cynthia. He discovers his friend Vikarm Makhija’s (Arjan Bajwa) love letters in Cynthia’s wardrobe and leaves his home to confront them. His next step creates a stir in everyone’s life, when he rushes to Vikram’s bedroom and the servants hear three gun shots. They find Vikram’s body in a pool of blood and Rustom walks away without saying a word. What follows is a legal battle in which Rustom surrenders himself but halfway through the hearing, he decides to fight back. Vikram’s sister Priti (Esha Gupta) hires the best lawyers to ensure Rustom is charged for the murder.

    Was it a premeditated murder or an act of self-defense?

  • R-Day Rustom premiere on &pictures at 8pm

    R-Day Rustom premiere on &pictures at 8pm

    MUMBAI: In the late 1950s, India was looking for an answer that only Rustom Pavri had! Did he shoot Vikram Makhija, his wife’s lover? If yes, what made him surrender himself? If no, then who did? The State of Maharashtra was in a legal battle with Naval Officer Rustom Pavri- a case fueled by love and agony. &pictures- Naye India Ka Blockbuster Channel presents on this Republic Day the premiere of a courtroom saga ‘Rustom’ on Thursday, 26 January, at 8 PM.

    Inspired from real life incidents, the film is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and produced by Neeraj Pandey. The film stars the handsome Akshay Kumar in the lead role, along with Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta playing vital characters in the movie. The movie touches upon various stories including exposing the politics of Indian navy, a love story, a thrilling murder mystery and a rollercoaster of emotions.

    Known for his love for uniform and the Indian Military Forces, Akshay Kumar has been a part of around 20 films where he has donned the uniform look, including Rustom. On the occasion of Republic Day, the actor, who shot for Rustom on an Indian Navy Warship said, “I salute the Indian Navy who stays on the ship for 6 months. It is very difficult to walk on the ship. I had to walk bending my back as the height of the walk-ways is not much. But despite all this, our naval officers are agile and carry out all the activities so efficiently. I am thankful that we got the permission to shoot on a warship, it was indeed a great opportunity.”

    The story of Rustom revolves around the Indian Naval Officer Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) and his wife Cynthia (Ileana D’Cruz), who are happily married. One day, Rustom returns home and surprises his wife Cynthia. He discovers his friend Vikarm Makhija’s (Arjan Bajwa) love letters in Cynthia’s wardrobe and leaves his home to confront them. His next step creates a stir in everyone’s life, when he rushes to Vikram’s bedroom and the servants hear three gun shots. They find Vikram’s body in a pool of blood and Rustom walks away without saying a word. What follows is a legal battle in which Rustom surrenders himself but halfway through the hearing, he decides to fight back. Vikram’s sister Priti (Esha Gupta) hires the best lawyers to ensure Rustom is charged for the murder.

    Was it a premeditated murder or an act of self-defense?

  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    MUMBAI: A Flying Jatt a film with Tiger Shroff playing a superhero, aimed at children, gets an average opening response and meets with mixed reactions. Besides trying to imitate Hollywood superhero films, the casting of the gigantic foreign actor, Nathan Jones, as villain also makes the film’s superhero, Tiger look puny in front of him.

    The film, released on Thursday to reap the benefit of Gokulashtami holiday in parts of the country, collects a not so impressive Rs. 6.8 crore on day one. The film drops on Friday, even as the Saturday figures remain almost similar to the opening day while on Sunday, the film does a little better to end its opening weekend with Rs 27.85 crore. The film will find it tough to sustain in remaining four days of the week.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, after a reasonable opening weekend, sustains well through the week in the absence of a major opposition as well as its simplistic and light comedy theme. The film collects 16.9 crore for its first week.

    Rustom continues a healthy trend in its second week. The film, having added to the popularity of Akshay Kumar following a lineup of his purposeful films in recent times, adds Rs. 24.75 in its second week to take its two week total to Rs. 114.8 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro proves to be a box office disaster meeting with a total rejection all over. A poorly conceived and executed film, its second week figures fall to less than 10 per cent of its first week. The film collects a measly Rs. 4.6 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs. 53.8 crore.

    *Budhia Singh- Born To Run adds Rs 1 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 2.16 crore.