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  • Alt Balaji: Ekta Kapoor casts Rajkummar Rao in Bose biopic

    Alt Balaji: Ekta Kapoor casts Rajkummar Rao in Bose biopic

    MUMBAI: After bringing to life the story of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture on the big screen, Ekta Kapoor is now bringing Subhash Chandra Bose’s life to the digital world, with an all new dimension to the storytelling. The subscription based video-on-demand platform Alt Balaji has announced the launch of a new digital series which essays the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Rajkummar Rao will be seen enacting the role of Bose. The digital show promises to showcase the untold story of his life, – a biopic like never seen before.

    “The unknown side of events, happenings and personalities has always intrigued me, I am drawn to these mysteries! Bose is such a strong character from our history and yet there is so much about him that we don’t know, and that hasn’t been told on any medium before. The unbounded mystery around him is so fascinating and that was my trigger to tell this side of his story on the digital platform. It is edgy, fast paced and it’s everything that you don’t expect it to be!” said Kapoor.

    Rao is spending a majority of his time researching/prepping for the once in a lifetime kind of role.

    Rao added, “I’m extremely excited to explore the unheard journey of Netaji on screen. It’s a great opportunity for me as an actor. I was totally blown away hearing his life story. He is one of the most mysterious and fascinating persons of our history and of course, we all know about his true love for the country and with Ekta and Synergy backing it I don’t have any doubts that our audience will get to witness something never seen before on Indian screen.”

    Kapoor is all set to step into the web world with her new digital foray set to launch in early 2017. The app showcases exclusive, original, and never-seen before digital shows.

  • Alt Balaji: Ekta Kapoor casts Rajkummar Rao in Bose biopic

    Alt Balaji: Ekta Kapoor casts Rajkummar Rao in Bose biopic

    MUMBAI: After bringing to life the story of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture on the big screen, Ekta Kapoor is now bringing Subhash Chandra Bose’s life to the digital world, with an all new dimension to the storytelling. The subscription based video-on-demand platform Alt Balaji has announced the launch of a new digital series which essays the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Rajkummar Rao will be seen enacting the role of Bose. The digital show promises to showcase the untold story of his life, – a biopic like never seen before.

    “The unknown side of events, happenings and personalities has always intrigued me, I am drawn to these mysteries! Bose is such a strong character from our history and yet there is so much about him that we don’t know, and that hasn’t been told on any medium before. The unbounded mystery around him is so fascinating and that was my trigger to tell this side of his story on the digital platform. It is edgy, fast paced and it’s everything that you don’t expect it to be!” said Kapoor.

    Rao is spending a majority of his time researching/prepping for the once in a lifetime kind of role.

    Rao added, “I’m extremely excited to explore the unheard journey of Netaji on screen. It’s a great opportunity for me as an actor. I was totally blown away hearing his life story. He is one of the most mysterious and fascinating persons of our history and of course, we all know about his true love for the country and with Ekta and Synergy backing it I don’t have any doubts that our audience will get to witness something never seen before on Indian screen.”

    Kapoor is all set to step into the web world with her new digital foray set to launch in early 2017. The app showcases exclusive, original, and never-seen before digital shows.

  • Shemaroo Entertainment signs catalogue deal with Spuul India

    Shemaroo Entertainment signs catalogue deal with Spuul India

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has signed another catalogue deal with Spuul, the popular online streaming service for Indian cinema. The companies have come together to create a larger library on the digital platform in order to offer an enhanced viewing experience online.

    Speaking about this new deal, Spuul VP content Girish Dwibhashyam said, “As one of the leading providers of Bollywood content to viewers across India, Pakistan, UK, US and Middle East, we are constantly investing in growing our library by adding new, popular and in many cases, classic titles to our list. Our association with Shemaroo is yet another step in this direction.”

    Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd director Jai Maroo said, “With ever growing number of consumers on the digital platform, we are sure that our association with Spuul will further boost the customer base. We have already been working with Spuul to make our content available through their platform and have seen them grow over the past couple of years. We are glad to be able to work with them and grow this opportunities even further.”

    The two industry giants have been working closely to encourage legitimate consumption of Indian Cinema on digital media. In addition to a large selection of free movies, the platform offers movies with premium subscription option.

    The platform now offers its viewers a wider catalogue that includes contemporary hits from Shemaroo like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, The Dirty Picture, Sarfarosh, Black and evergreen movies like Kaalia, Namak Halal, Shiva, Majboor, Amar Akbar Anthony, Don and Anamika, etc.

     

  • Shemaroo Entertainment signs catalogue deal with Spuul India

    Shemaroo Entertainment signs catalogue deal with Spuul India

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has signed another catalogue deal with Spuul, the popular online streaming service for Indian cinema. The companies have come together to create a larger library on the digital platform in order to offer an enhanced viewing experience online.

    Speaking about this new deal, Spuul VP content Girish Dwibhashyam said, “As one of the leading providers of Bollywood content to viewers across India, Pakistan, UK, US and Middle East, we are constantly investing in growing our library by adding new, popular and in many cases, classic titles to our list. Our association with Shemaroo is yet another step in this direction.”

    Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd director Jai Maroo said, “With ever growing number of consumers on the digital platform, we are sure that our association with Spuul will further boost the customer base. We have already been working with Spuul to make our content available through their platform and have seen them grow over the past couple of years. We are glad to be able to work with them and grow this opportunities even further.”

    The two industry giants have been working closely to encourage legitimate consumption of Indian Cinema on digital media. In addition to a large selection of free movies, the platform offers movies with premium subscription option.

    The platform now offers its viewers a wider catalogue that includes contemporary hits from Shemaroo like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, The Dirty Picture, Sarfarosh, Black and evergreen movies like Kaalia, Namak Halal, Shiva, Majboor, Amar Akbar Anthony, Don and Anamika, etc.

     

  • Shemaroo loads 1000+ movies & TV shows on HOOQ

    Shemaroo loads 1000+ movies & TV shows on HOOQ

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment and video-on-demand service HOOQ have inked a partnership, which will see the addition of more than 1000 movie titles across multiple genres and languages on the OTT platform. 

     

    With a content library of over 30,000 hours, HOOQ will now distribute Shemaroo’s library that includes a mix of classics to super hit films, TV serials and fitness videos. The content catalogue includes titles like Hunterrr, The Dirty Picture, Ishqiya, Don, Kaalia, Khuda Gawah, Mughal-E-Azam, Nukkad, Shilpa’s Yoga and Bipasha’s Fit & Fabulous amongst others.

     

    Shemaroo Entertainment director Jai Maroo said, “We are excited to partner with HOOQ for Indian content. With increasing number of devices and its users, the consumption of content on these platforms will certainly see an upward swing. We believe that services like this will catalyze consumers’ shift towards premium paid services and thus will ultimately benefit content owners like us. The deal affirms our focus to deliver quality content to our consumers on a variety of media and a network of their choice.”

     

    HOOQ chief executive officer Peter Bithos added, “Partnering with Shemaroo Entertainment, one of the largest content houses in the country will no doubt strengthen our ever-growing catelogue. We aim to satisfy the entertainment needs of the Indian consumers by ensuring that they continue to enjoy the largest and best catalogue of Hollywood and Indian content for only Rs 199 per month.”

     

    “We have put the Indian customers at the heart of our design to ensure that HOOQ serves their needs given the various challenges of India and other developing countries. This is evident in the world’s first download feature for Hollywood content, where customers can download up to five of their favourite movies to watch at a later time even when they are not connected to the internet,” he added.

     

    Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros launched HOOQ in India earlier this year and has also inked deals with the likes of Yash Raj Films amongst others. 

  • Shruti Hassan to star opposite Ajay Devgn in Milan Luthria’s ‘Baadshaho’

    Shruti Hassan to star opposite Ajay Devgn in Milan Luthria’s ‘Baadshaho’

    MUMBAI: Milan Luthria has cast Ajay Devgn and Shruti Hassan as the lead pair in his upcoming film Baadshaho.

     

    Luthria, who is known to give his actors a look makeover, be it Vidya Balan in The Dirty Picture or Devgn in One Upon a Time in Mumbai, is working towards doing the same with Hassan.

     

    Another leading lady for the movie is likely to be finalized shortly.

     

    Co-produced by T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar and Luthria’s, Baadshaho is slated to release on 25 March, 2016.

  • Shemaroo IPO opens on 16 September

    Shemaroo IPO opens on 16 September

    BENGALURU: India integrated media content house Shemaroo Entertainment Limited’s 100 per cent Book Built Initial Public Offer (IPO) opens tomorrow. The company has activities across content acquisition, value addition to content and content distribution. The issue sized Rs 120 crore closes on 18 September 2014. The promoters of the Company are Raman Maroo and Atul Maru.

    The face value of each share is Rs 10 in the price band of between Rs 155 to Rs 170. A 10 per cent discount is offered to retail investors. The minimum number of shares per lot is 85 and in multiples of 85 thereafter. The maximum bid for retail customers is Rs 2 lakh. The equity shares will be listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

    Note : 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore.

    The total size of the issue is between 71 and 77 lakh shares. The break up is: Qualified Institutional Bidders (QIB) including Anchor Investors who may be allocated 60 per cent of the QIB portion is 50 per cent of the issue, non-institutional investors 15 per cent and retail investors 35 per cent of the issue size.  The objects of the Offer are to fund, working capital requirements and expenditure for general corporate purposes and achieve the benefits of listing the Equity Shares on the BSE and the NSE and to carry out the sale of 22,555,124 Equity Shares by the Selling Shareholders. 

    Data by Karvy Stockbrokers of the company over a five year period in an IPO note says that the company’s Earnings per share (EPS) has gone up by 20.4 times from Rs.0.69 (PAT Rs 1.26 crore) in FY-2010 to Rs 14.08 (PAT Rs 27.95 crore) in FY-2014. Shemaroo’s revenue has gone up 2.6 times from Rs 103.57 crore in FY-2010 to Rs 264.68 crore in FY-2014. Its net worth has gone up 2.2 times from Rs 79.27 crore in FY-2010 to Rs 177.45 crore in FY-2014. The figures released by Karvy Stockbroking indicate a PE ratio of between 11 (Price Rs 155 per share) and 12 (Price Rs 170) based on an EPS of Rs 14.08 in FY-2014.

    A Shemaroo press release says:

    “ Shemaroo’s Content Library consists of more than 2,900 titles spanning new Hindi films like Queen, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dedh Ishqiya, The Dirty Picture, Kahaani, OMG: Oh My God!, Black, Ishqiya, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Omkara, Dil Toh Baccha Hai, Bheja Fry 2, amongst others. Hindi films classics like Zanjeer, Beta, Dil, Disco Dancer, Mughal-e-Azam, Amar Akbar Anthony, Namak Halaal, Kaalia, Madhumati etc., titles in various other regional languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali among others as well as non-film content.

    Shemaroo is one of the largest independent content aggregators in Bollywood. Currently, the Company distributes content over which it has either complete ownership rights or limited ownership rights.

    The Company distributes its content through various mediums such as (i) television such as satellite,

    terrestrial and cable television; (ii)New Media platforms consisting of mobile, internet, direct to home (“DTH”) and other applications; (iii) home entertainment; and (iv) other media.

    Shemaroo’s recent initiatives include tying up as an official channel partner for Google Inc.’s You Tube where it is managing 32channels. It is also moving beyond providing just content, to providing content management solutions to partners including Reliance Communications Re 1 WAP store and Airtel digital television in connection with an interactive devotional service, namely “iDarshan”.

    Shemaroo’s key strengths include an established brand name; vast, diverse and growing Content Library; diversified distribution platforms; de-risked business model; experienced directors and management team; and strong relationships in the industry. Shemaroo’s overall strategy is structured around its Content Library and its successful exploitation to ensure that it can be monetized through diversified platforms on a worldwide basis and designed to address predictability, scalability and sustainability, ultimately resulting in profitability.”

     

  • Filmmakers resent CBFC decision to stop re-certifying adult films for TV

    Filmmakers resent CBFC decision to stop re-certifying adult films for TV

    MUMBAI: In a move that threatens to derail several top-of-the-line production houses which make a chunk of their profits from the advance sale of satellite rights, the Central Board of Film Certification has decided to stop re-certifying A-rated films for television.

    According to sources, the decision has been taken in accordance with the provisions of the 1952 Cinematograph Act.

    The move is likely to severely affect advance sale of satellite rights on part of the producers or production houses.

    A number of big-ticket films, including Aamir Khan‘s home production Delhi Belly, Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur (parts 1 and 2) and Vikram Bhatt‘s Hate Story, are waiting for CBFC clearance. The satellite rights of many of these films have already been sold to broadcasters amounting to multiple crores.

    For the last several years, the CBFC has been modifying A-rated films, both from India and abroad, through a ‘Form of Conversion‘ that was introduced at the board-level to facilitate the TV telecast of certain movies.

    All this began last month when objections were raised with the manner in which The Dirty Picture had been modified for TV. The CBFC then told the film producers that they should specify to TV channels that all modified ‘A’ rated films should only be shown only after 11 pm.

    Though this suggestion was accepted for The Dirty Picture, Vishesh Film, the producer of Jannat 2, challenged the The Dirty Picture‘s guideline in the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) fearing a loss of revenue in satellite rights.

    The Dirty Picture aired on 26 August on Sony Entertainment Television.

    The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, while ruling in favour of the production house‘s favour, had told CBFC that it could not decide the slotting of films on TV. It was then that matters came to a head.

    Airing his discontentment, filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt groused, "This is a very serious matter. Now, there is no other way but to lock horns with the government. We might require judicial intervention failing which the entire economics of the film industry will go haywire."

    Recent films with an ‘A’ certificate include films like Sahib Bibi Aur Gangster, Shor in the City, Shaitan, Ishqiya, Desi Boys, Love Sex Dhoka, Jism 2, Murder 2, and Ragini MMS.

  • National awarded films of 2011 on show from 1 June

    National awarded films of 2011 on show from 1 June

    NEW DELHI: The short film ‘Red Building where the sun sets‘ in English directed by Revathy and the feature ‘Deool‘ in Marathi directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni will be screened at the opening tomorrow of the public screenings of the recipients of the 59th National Film Awards for 2011.

    While Revathy‘s film has won the award for family values, the Marathi film has won three awards: best film, best actor and best dialogues. Both directors will be present.

    Veteran filmmaker and author Vijaya Mulay and Information and Broadcasting Ministry Joint Secretary (Films) Khurshid Ahmed Ganai will be present at the inauguration.

    The screenings of the other films will be held from 2 to 10 June at Sirifort Auditorium II in the capital.

    The screenings will include the showing of ‘The Dirty Picture‘, which became controversial because of its proposed telecast despite the fact that it had an ‘Adult only‘ certificate. The film will be screened on 8 June at 2 pm.

    There will be three shows every day at 10.30 am, 2 pm and 5.30 pm and most screenings will be one short film followed by a feature, except in cases where the short film is of full length.

  • Ekta Kapoor requests KFCC to withdraw clearance of The Dirty Picture in Kannada

    Ekta Kapoor requests KFCC to withdraw clearance of The Dirty Picture in Kannada

    MUMBAI: The much-touted remake of The Dirty Picture in Kannada by producer Venkatappa seems to have got a jolt after Ekta Kapoor, the producer of the original, filed a complaint against the use of the title.

    In a letter to the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), Kapoor has requested the body to withdraw the permission for the use of the title. She has given them a five-day deadline to do the needful in the matter.

    Incidentally, it was the KFCC that had cleared the title for producer Venkatappa‘s yet-to-be-launched Kannada film.

    On receipt of Kapoor‘s complaint, the KFCC executive committee is considering the issue and has referred the matter to a legal expert from whom they are awaiting a response.

    Meanwhile, the film‘s director Trishul has vehemently said that he won‘t change the title and that he is prepared for a legal battle. “There is no bar on keeping a title of any other language film to be made in a different language. There are several precedents before. We have a Kannada film called Housefull (title inspired by Hindi movie) and Bhadra (Telugu title). We have legally obtained clearance from the KFCC. Why should we change the title now?”, the director has reportedly questioned.

    Apart from the title, there will be no similarity between the two films, opined the director. The film will have Pakistani actress Veena Mallik in the lead.

    With the future of the Kannada film now in the dark, film folks have their eyes trained on Kapoor‘s reaction to the Tapas Pal made Bengali remake of The Dirty Picture.