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  • Sajid Nadiadwala developing Judwaa franchise

    Sajid Nadiadwala developing Judwaa franchise

    MUMBAI: Sajid Nadiadwala has plans to develop an entire Judwaa franchise, with every subsequent chapter featuring a different leading man.

    Confirming the news Nadiadwala said, ” I will indeed be making a series of Judwaa films. But the whole idea is to have different actors playing double roles every time. Like after Salman in Judwaa, it is Saif in Judwaa 2. Similarly, I will have an actor who havsn‘t played double roles before in Judwaa 3 and so on.”

    Word is going around that Ranbir Kapoor has agreed to play the lead in Judwaa 3.

    Explaining as to why did he take so long to come up with the sequel of the Salman Khan-starrer, Nadiadwala said, “”After Judwaa, I waited for a long time for the same Salman-David Dhawan team to come up with a winning sequel. That was a tactical error and the franchise got stuck in a creative deadlock until Sajid decided he would carry the ‘Judwaa’ concept forward.”

    Sajid Khan will direct Judwaa 2 that is expected to go on the floors later this year.

  • Salman Khan’s Kick to roll mid-year

    Salman Khan’s Kick to roll mid-year

    MUMBAI: After hobnobbing for a while, Sajid Nadiadwala has announced that his Salman-Khan starrer actioner Kick will roll on time.

    Kick is a remake of the 2009 Telugu film of the same name that starred Ravi Teja and Ileana. Salman Khan would reprise the role of a character who gets a ‘kick’ out of doing things differently and dangerously.

    The film, directed by Shirish Kunder, will start rolling in the latter half of the year as Khan’s date diary is chockfull with projects like Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2 and Sher Khan. Sonakshi Sinha will play the female lead.

    Confirming that Kick will finally roll, Kunder said, ““All rumours about Kick being postponed etc is bullshit. The film is definitely happening in the 2nd half of 2012. Release date will be announced by producer Sajid Nadiadwala.”

    Incidentally, Kunder directed Salman Khan in his first outing, Jaaneman.

  • Sajid Nadiadwala ties up with Korean tourism

    Sajid Nadiadwala ties up with Korean tourism

    MUMBAI: Sajid Nadiadwala has tied up with the Korean Tourism Board to help promote the country through his upcoming ventures.

    On his recent visit to Thailand, Nadiawala received an invite from the President of the Korean Tourism Organisation. He met the officials there to discuss possibilities of a tie-up between his banner Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainmnet (NGE) and the Korean Tourism Board.

    Showing interest in Nadiawala’s film, the Korean Government expressed its interest to promote their country through Bollywood.

    Averred Nadiadwala, “It‘s a huge achievement for NGE. We‘ve explored some really good places in Korea like Seoul, Busan and Jeju Island. It‘s a beautiful country.”

    In July, Nadiadwala had received a letter from the Korean Prime Minister‘s office inviting him to visit the country.
     

  • UFO Moviez aims to reach 500 screens by Diwali; to make international foray

    UFO Moviez aims to reach 500 screens by Diwali; to make international foray

    MUMBAI: United Film Organizers (UFO) Moviez a pioneer in digital cinema and with 400 theatres across 14 cities in India having its installations, has plans to increase the figure to 500 by Diwali.

    UFO moviez has tied up with producer Sajid Nadiadwala for his forthcoming film Jaan-e-mann for brand building promotion and to create awareness about digital cinema.

    “Our association with Jaan-e-mann is a joint promotional and brand building exercise. UFO will showcase the film in its 400 theatres across India and Jaan-e-mann will carry the branding of UFO in their print and optical media,” said UFO Moviez vice chairman and director Raaja Kanwar at a media briefing yesterday.

    UFO executive director and CEO Sanjay Gaikwad added, “By the time the film releases in Diwali, we will achieve our target of 500 theatres. And as per UFOs’ roll out plan we are to achieve a target of 1000 theatres by March 2007 and 2000 by March 2008.”

    With an objective to revolutionise the distribution and exhibition system in cinema, UFO was officially launched in November 2005 and within less than a years time, plans a foray into the international market.

    This initiative has been taken by UFO after acquiring the rights to Mpeg 4 Digital Cinema Solutions from DG2L Technologies Pvt Ltd.

    “The response that we have got from India is helping us to take this leap in the international market, say Middle East and European nations, where Bollywood films are popular. And with Mpeg 4 digital cinema solutions, the task will become easy. This technology will provide greater flexibility, effieciency and cost savings,” added Gaikwad.

    Digital screening of films through the technology offered by UFO not only reduces the cost of prints but also helps the distributors and exhibitors, who have to pay a nominal amount for acquiring the print of the film and showing it in theatres.

    “The distributer pays Rs 250 for a single print and the exhibitor pays Rs 275 for the same as compared to the Analog print for which they have to spend something between Rs 16,000 – Rs 17,000. Moreover, the server in the UFO system installed at the theatre can store upto 15 films, which gives flexibility to the exhibitors to play different films at different times of the day,” said Gaikwad.

    This technology is proving beneficial for the distributors and exhibitors in B and C cities where films would hit the theaters two-three weeks after its release, which would in return hamper the box office collection. But with digital cinema installations in these cities, audience are getting to see the films in the very first week of its release.

    UFO Moviez had recently announced that it will invest Rs 1.5 billion in the next three years to digitise 1,000 movie halls of Chennai-based Pyramid Saimira Theatres Ltd. As per a tie-up agreement between the two companies, UFO Moviez would provide end-to-end digital cinema solutions for these 1,000 theatres.