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  • 75th I-Day: T-Series, Dalmia Bharat Group come together to launch a song

    75th I-Day: T-Series, Dalmia Bharat Group come together to launch a song

    Mumbai: As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, Dalmia Bharat Group & Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series bring audiences a special song dedicated to the unwavering spirit of 136 crore Indians.

    Titled “Mauka Hai“, the music video features some of the most inspiring icons from different age groups and walks of life who have put India on the map including athletes like Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Hima Das, along with the world’s youngest painter Advait Kolarkar, Guinness Book of World Record holder- Tiluck Keisam , gymnast Deepa Karmarkar, the world’s fastest piano player – Lydian Nadhaswaram, young paleontologist – Aswatha Biju, IPS officer – Chhaya Sharma, the youngest writer – Abhijeeta Gupta, gold medalist and world record holder – Pooja Bishnoi, Yatharth Murthy who sang the national anthem of 112 countries, Indian mathematician wizard – Anand Kumar, child shooting sensation – Abhinav Shaw and several others.

    The song is sung by B Praak, composed by Rochak Kohli and penned by Manoj Muntashir and celebrates the achievement of unsung heroes of today from different fields, thereby motivating others to aspire, perspire and achieve their dreams and build India of their dreams by 2047. 

    Speaking on the launch, Dalmia Bharat Group managing director, Puneet Dalmia said, “The ‘Mauka Hai‘ music video is a testament to the youth of our country that salutes their achievements in diverse fields and seeks to inspire every Indian to rise to the occasion with unity and pride. As a ‘young’ nation, our resilience and undying fighting spirit in the face of adversity, clearly shows that we have what it takes to become a global superpower. We are delighted to associate with T-Series for this music video as a tribute to our youth’s unwavering dedication. The song also reflects the unflinching commitment and hard work of Dalmia Bharat Group over the decades towards nation-building.”

    T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar said, “Everyone will feel an immense sense of pride after watching ‘Mauka Hai’. It’s an out-and-out tribute to not only those icons that have inspired us and made us proud but to every Indian who perseveres to do better.”

    Lyricist Manoj Muntashir shared, “Mauka Hai is something every Indian will relate to and be inspired by. It’s about pushing the limits and having a never-say-never attitude which defines the spirit of this country.”

    Composer Rochak Kohli added, “It’s wonderful to collaborate with Bhushan ji and B Praak on this track. We’ve tried to do justice to Manoj Muntashir’s hard-hitting lyrics and make ‘Mauka Hai’ an Independence Day track which is loved and remembered.”

  • ShareChat, Moj sign multi-year music licensing deal with T-Series

    ShareChat, Moj sign multi-year music licensing deal with T-Series

    Mumbai: Mohalla Tech-backed short video app Moj and social media platform ShareChat on Wednesday announced an exclusive multi-year agreement with T-Series. The partnership allows ShareChat and Moj to access an extensive catalogue of the music label’s Indian music library.

    ShareChat and Moj were also the first in the Indian social media and short video landscape to strike a licensing agreement with T-Series last year. Moj and ShareChat COO & co-founder Farid Ahsan said “the partnership drives more value to the industry, supports more artists, and delivers an incredible creative experience to the users across India.”
    “ShareChat and Moj have been a wonderful partner and they are a true long-term partner for us in the Indian short video space,” T-Series, managing director, Bhushan Kumar said. “This long-term license reciprocates both of our intent to support the creator economy and build a robust foundation for the creator-led content ecosystem in the country.”
    Moj and ShareChat together, with a 340 million-strong monthly active user community and over 82 million creator community, represent a significant share of the internet population in India, a statement said.

    “This is an important step forward and sets the standard in the Indian social media and short video space that acknowledges and respects the music industry.” T-Series, president, Neeraj Kalyan said. “With this continued commitment, ShareChat and Moj will bring more innovation and creativity for the Indian short video space an objective we share mutually. We are hopeful this would drive deeper engagements on the platforms and create a mutually benefitting partnership for years to come.”

  • Vinod Bhanushali moves on from T-Series after 27 years

    Vinod Bhanushali moves on from T-Series after 27 years

    Mumbai: Super Cassettes Industries (T-Series) president of global marketing and media publishing Vinod Bhanushali has resigned from the company after serving it for 27 years. He has announced his plans to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams and is setting up a boutique content company.

    “Having literally started my career at T-Series, it’s an emotional moment for me as I leave the company,” he said. “Whatever I know about music and films, I have learnt it all during my sole long innings in this company. I’ll forever be obliged to my mentor, Gulshan Kumar Ji, and Bhushan Kumar.”

    Bhanushali led the marketing of over 1,000 films and was instrumental in making T-Series as India’s largest music company, one of the largest integrated motion picture studios, and creating and building the world’s biggest YouTube channel with over 190 million subscribers.

    As he embarks on an entrepreneurial journey, Bhanushali added, “I’ve always worked like an entrepreneur, taking all decisions which were good for business, growth of the company and also for the people who work there. And BK (Bhushan Kumar) supported all my decisions. I’m excited to start something of my own, which I will announce very soon.”

    Bhanushali had started his career as a clearing and forwarding agent at the Mumbai Customs Docks, before shifting to the entertainment business by joining Sahara Studios as an associate junior worker. A chance meeting with the late Gulshan Kumar in November 1994 became a turning point in his life when he joined T-Series. Since then, Bhanushali has been the driving force of the music company.

    He was also the co-producer on several Bollywood films like ‘Kabir Singh’, ‘Batla House’, ‘Saaho’, ‘Thappad’ and ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’.

  • Bolo Indya temporarily removed from Google Playstore

    New Delhi: Google has temporarily removed home-grown social media app Bolo Indya from Playstore following a copyright complaint made by music giant T-Series. The live-streaming platform has around 70 lakh users.

    Super Cassettes Industries Pvt Ltd, which operates under the brand name T-Series is the largest music record label in the Indian music industry. Last year, the company served an infringement notice to social media and video sharing platforms to pay around Rs 3.5 crore in damages from using its copyrighted contents and “render accounts of all revenues illegally earned” by the platforms from the copyrighted content.

    While most of the companies including Mitron, MX Player’s Takatak, Triller, and Josh have settled the issue with the music company, Bolo Indya has not resolved the matter yet, according to T-Series.

    “We had sent them (Bolo Indya) various legal notices but they continued to infringe our copyrights and, thus, we wrote to Google under applicable laws to take down this infringing app from their app store. We take infringement very seriously and will not shy away from taking more stringent legal action against Bolo Indya and any other such infringing platforms to protect our copyrights,” T-Series president Neeraj Kalyan told PTI.

    Bolo Indya spokesperson said the company is temporarily unavailable from Google Playstore due to some conflicts with T-Series and it is in talks with T-Series and Google to resolve the issue at the earliest and the platform will be back on playstore shortly.

    “We assure our users that all their created content and transaction details for in-app currency purchases are safe and Bolo Indya will be back soon on playstore for them to continue having their friends download the app to enjoy the new features,” said the spokesperson.

  • T-Series joins IPRS, provides big boost to Indian music publishing industry

    T-Series joins IPRS, provides big boost to Indian music publishing industry

    New Delhi: Indian music label T-Series has finally joined the membership of The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), marking a watershed moment in the Indian music industry.

    The latest deal is set to provide a game changing impetus to the IPRS, the registered Indian Copyright Society representing music composers, lyricists and owner publishers of music, who have been persistently making efforts to bring all major music companies onboard.

    Super Cassettes Industries Ltd, popularly known as T-Series, will bring to IPRS a vast music library of more than 200,000 titles, including 50,000 plus music videos, comprising of more than 15,000 hours of music including musical compositions and lyrics forming part of songs/music videos spread across more than 15 Indian languages such as Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya, read a joint statement issued by the company on Friday.

    Terming it as a homecoming for T-Series, IPRS chairman and renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar said, "This is a win-win proposition for T-Series and for our author and music composer members who will benefit tremendously. The entire music industry is united today in its determination that creators, music businesses all will work together for the common cause. I am joined by my fellow directors of IPRS in saying I also look forward to welcoming Bhushan Kumar on the Board of IPRS”.

    T-Series’ presence as a member of IPRS will not only significantly enhance the music publishing ecosystem in India, but improve the ease of doing business for numerous music licensees including broadcasters, digital services, telcos and various other small businesses.

    T-Series chairman & MD Bhushan Kumar said it was a logical progression for the company. "Copyright is in the heart and soul of what T-Series creates. Today the entire industry, creators, music businesses, all united, represent a seamless coalition of stakeholders contributing to our country’s progress and working together in our common interest.”

    Over the years, IPRS has been roping in music publishers, lyricists, and composers as members. Other industry majors including Saregama, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Times Music are already a part of it.

    Universal Music Group, managing director and CEO (India and South Asia), Devraj Sanyal, Managing Director & CEO said it was important for all the major players to band together to push the agenda of fairness, transparency, equitable remunerations for both owner publishers and author composers. "I’m sure we will now see a golden age dawn for creators and copyright owners," said Sanyal.

    In 2019, IPRS was credited by the CISAC as being the fastest growing copyright society in the world. The deal between IPRS and T-Series is momentous because licensing music can now have a single-window clearance process, wherein those seeking rights to use music in a recording or a video or a commercial need to look no further than the IPRS.

  • ShareChat, Moj inks music licensing deal with T-Series

    ShareChat, Moj inks music licensing deal with T-Series

    KOLKATA: Social media platform ShareChat has announced its agreement with India’s largest music label, T-Series to license its music catalogue on the platforms. The collaboration would provide for an enhanced experience on ShareChat and short video platform Moj.  

    Over 180 million active users on ShareChat and Moj would now be able to explore hundreds and thousands of songs from the T-Series music library, and add to their own videos, it added.

    This is ShareChat's first partnership in the music licensing space.

    T-Series managing director Bhushan Kumar said this association sets a fresh beginning between us and the social media platforms.“This moment celebrates the contribution of great music to social media, and we commend ShareChat for respecting the copyrights. It's great to see ShareChat agree with our philosophy.”

    ShareChat director Berges Y Malu said, “Music brings out the best of emotions and nostalgia to our users as they share their creativity on our platform. Our partnership with TSeries would help our community of users to access thousands of songs from the T-series catalogue on ShareChat and Moj to express their emotions and share content in amazing new ways.”

      

  • T-Series and RED FM announce an all-star fundraiser ‘The Care Concert’

    T-Series and RED FM announce an all-star fundraiser ‘The Care Concert’

    MUMBAI: Private radio networks 93.5 RED FM and music label company T-Series have brought a brand-new digital initiative ‘The Care Concert’ on 11 April 2020, 6 pm onwards. While everyone is at home during the 21-day lockdown, both the brands thought of collaborating for an initiative, which helps in raising funds to tackle the current COVID-19 pandemic through the power and sweetness of music. The concert would be streamed on YouTube and Facebook handles of both T-Series and RED FM. Viewers can log in, enjoy the performances with the line-up of 15 plus artists and contribute any amount they wish to the PM CARES Fund through a link provided for the donations.

    The Care Concert comprises a stellar line-up with artists such as Yo Yo Honey Singh, Adnan Sami, Neha Kakkar, Tulsi Kumar, Armaan Malik, Amal Malik, Dhvani Bhanushali, Sachet Tandon, Parampara Thakur, Prakriti Kakkar, Palak Mucchal, Jubin Nautiyal, Aditya Narayan, Akhil Sachdeva, Sukriti Kakkar and Amber Vashishtha among others. All these artists will be coming together on digital platforms to perform from their homes, with one voice, asking viewers to donate while they perform for them. RED FM’s RJ Malishka and RJ Raunac will host the show.

    Speaking about the association, T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar said: “Amidst such unprecedented and uncertain times when the world is grappling to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to spread some cheer and also help everyone to fight this unitedly. Moreover, we saw synergies with RED FM to entertain and engage the audience in a creative format. ‘The Care Concert’ is an initiative to unite all of us together and motivate everyone to stay at home. We hope to bring some positivity in the current scenario through music and also create an opportunity which allows us to do our bit for the society by donating to the PM CARES Fund.”

    Speaking about ‘The Care Concert’, RED FM and Magic FM director and COO Nisha Narayanan said: “COVID-19, without a doubt, has been harsh on the business front with most sectors taking a hit. Yet, it is important to understand every crisis presents a ray of hope and new opportunities too. We are happy to announce ‘The Care Concert’ in association with India’s largest music record label, T-Series to bring forth some of the renowned music artists for a digital concert. People have always found strength and hope in art and music during the crisis and this is a humble effort by RED FM and T-Series to bring together everybody for a common cause.”

  • Eros International to release 4 Hindi films overseas

    Eros International to release 4 Hindi films overseas

    MUMBAI: Eros International Plc, a global Indian entertainment company, has acquired international distribution rights to four bollywod films. The company has announced that it will release four Hindi language films across different genres later this year in several overseas markets including the UK, US and Middle East.

    First to release will be the romantic action film titled ‘Marjaavaan’ on 15 November, directed by Milap Zaveri, starring Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria and Rakul Preet Singh. Produced by T-Series and Emmay Entertainment, the film is a dramatic, violent and action-packed love story.

    The second film to be distributed will be ‘Pagalpanti’, which is scheduled to release on 22 November. The forthcoming film is a comedy caper directed by filmmaker Anees Bazmee and produced by T-Series and Panorama Studios. The story of the film revolves around a group of Indian tourists on vacation that turns into a patriotic mission. The comedy stars Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Ileana D'Cruz and Arshad Warsi.

    Eros International Media Ltd managing director Sunil Lulla said, “Eros continues to be a forerunner in releasing the biggest hits from Bollywood in significant markets across the globe. We take immense pride in taking quality cinema outside of India to maximise its viewership. And with this, we shall continue to forge our own path in the overseas market with the sole objective to delight the Indian diaspora and global consumers seeking fresh content.”

    Closely followed will be two other releases, one titled ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ and the other, ‘The Body’. The two starkly different films are scheduled to release simultaneously on 6 December. The former is a remake of a cult Bollywood film of the same name. Produced by T-Series and directed by Mudassar Aziz, the highly awaited film stars Kartik Aaryan, Ananya Panday and Bhumi Pednekar. ‘The Body’ is a thriller mystery inspired by its Spanish antecedent. Produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, the film is headlined by Emraan Hashmi, Rishi Kapoor, Vedhika and Sobhita Dhulipala. 

  • Celio is apparel partner of soon to be released movie ‘Saaho’

    Celio is apparel partner of soon to be released movie ‘Saaho’

    Celio, the French menswear brand has been chosen to be the apparel partner for the movie ‘Saaho’ scheduled to release on 30th August 2019. Saaho is an Indian action thriller film written and directed by Sujeeth, and produced by UV Creations and T-Series.

    So for all the movie buffs out there, stand a chance to meet Saaho’s lead actor Prabhas by purchasing Celio at any of the brand stores or official retail partners. Details of the contest will be disclosed at the store. Celio will select four lucky winners for an exclusive meet and greet with their favorite superstar.

    So what are you waiting for?! Rush to a Celio store near you to choose from the trendy Autumn Winter 2019 collection and stand a chance to meet superstar Prabhas.

  • T-Series beats PewDiePie to become world’s top YouTube channel

    T-Series beats PewDiePie to become world’s top YouTube channel

    MUMBAI: After a heavy battle of several months, music label and production house T-Series has finally overtaken PewDiePie to become the top YouTube channel. T-Series now has 90.52 million subscribers, a little above the Swedish YouTuber’s 90.49 million. For the last six years, PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg has been the most subscribed YouTube channel. It was around six months ago that the threat from T-Series started to become imminent, leading to a massive anti-T-Series campaign from his followers. A few days ago, T-Series chairman Bhushan Kumar had tweeted an appeal to Indian viewers to increase its subscriber count.

    India’s telecom revolution enabled T-Series to jump from 30 million subscribers at the start of 2018 to where it has reached now.