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  • Sony Music Entertainment announces digital deal with Zee Music Company

    Sony Music Entertainment announces digital deal with Zee Music Company

    MUMBAI: Global music giant, Sony Music Entertainment India and Zee Music Company today announced a strategic world-wide digital deal where in Sony Music will manage all digital assets for Zee Music’s upcoming Bollywood releases. The tie up further extends to exploring Publishing for Zee Music’s assets for the rest of the world through Sony/ATV. Apart from the Zee Music releases, Sony Music will also be working on also other tent pole films with leading production houses including Vishesh Films, Dharma Production and Fox Star Studios. This deal will cumulatively grow Sony Music’s digital market share by 15%.

     

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited had recently announced its foray into the music label space with its venture, ‘Zee Music Company’ and acquired the music rights of over 20 major motion pictures. With this announcement Sony Music will have access to all of Zee Music’s releases including Holiday, Bang Bang, Bombay Velvet, Humshakal, Hawa Hawaii to name few.

     

    Commenting on the same, Sanujeet Bhujabal, Marketing Director Sony Music India said, “In the past we have worked with leading content creators like YRF and Disney.  This strategic association will provide a global foot print to all the prestigious releases. This is a huge opportunity and together we believe we will be able to provide the best of music entertainment to fans.”

     

    Further adding on Anurag Bedi , Head Zee Music Company said, “We’ve had a great relationship with Sony Music in the past, and are excited to have them as the digital partner for some of our forthcoming films. Partnering with Sony Music will be mutually beneficial as we have a robust slate for this year which includes about 20-25 films, all of which are produced by leading production houses.”

    The soundtrack of Holiday featuring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha will see Pritam collaborate for the first time with A. R. Murugadoss ad the songs are already creating ripples! Humshakals with  Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh who will be seen in a triple role Sajid Khan promises to be a laugh riot with some crazy music by the effervescent Himesh Reshammiya. While Bang Bang the action thriller film directed by Siddharth Raj Anand and featuring nations heartthrob Hritik Roshan and Katrina Kaif will have music by the magical duo Vishal –Shekhar. The much talked about Bombay Velvet feature Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in lead roles while Karan Johar  plays the primary antagonist features Music director Amit Trivedi who began working on the soundtrack after the release of Dev D and adds that the music of the film reflects the age of 1960s Jazz era of Bollywood. The lyrics are being written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

  • BigFlix gets into licensing agreement with Vishesh Films

    BigFlix gets into licensing agreement with Vishesh Films

    MUMBAI: BigFlix customers have a reason to rejoice and why? Well, the movie-on-demand service by Reliance Entertainment Digital, in order to strengthen its Bollywood offering has formed a licensing agreement with Vishesh Films. The agreement will allow users to stream as well as download several movies produced under the banner over the years.

    With this alliance, BigFlix continues to tie up with leading entertainment companies, thereby acquiring internet rights of some of the best titles of the industry.

    The catalogue that is now live on BigFlix, offers some highly acclaimed movies from the past produced by Vishesh Films like Sadak, Ghulam, Sir etc. The recent releases of the production house that included movies like Jannat, Kalyug,Murder and Jism series are also being offered.

    What’s more? One can enjoy these movies minus ads and at the time and space of their convenience by just logging into BigFlix on the smart device – PC, mobile or tablet by just single login.

    Commenting on the addition in the catalogue, Reliance Entertainment Digital CEO Manish Agarwal said in a release, “Vishesh Films has been amongst the most popular banners in Bollywood for 25 years now. Home to veterans like Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, the banner has given Bollywood a variety of films – from intense and hard-hitting subjects, to romantic musicals and commercial films based on para-science. Having these films is a definite value addition for BigFlix subscribers.”

    The move will benefit over one million registered users and over 100,000 subscribers of BigFlix. The movies can be streamed or downloaded and watched offline using the newly launched ‘download’ feature, at no additional cost.

    ‘Vishesh Films has been a banner that represents a very diverse, powerful and identifiable library of films and we are glad to have bought it to the finger tips of our audiences with the emergence of platforms like BigFlix,” said Vishesh Films producer and director Vishesh Bhatt.

  • T-Series and Vishesh Films Aashiqui 2 to release 26 April

    T-Series and Vishesh Films Aashiqui 2 to release 26 April

    NEW DELHI: The Mohit Suri-directed ‘Aashiqui 2‘ musical produced by T-Series and Vishesh Films is slated for release on 26 April.

    While the musicial drama that released over two decades ago starred Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal in career changing roles, the new installment stars Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor in the lead.

    Says producer Mahesh Bhatt, "The franchise continues… the film is a completely brand new product with an extraordinary story. We will take the brand, not the story forward with an out-and-out love story."
     
    Contrary to the reports, ‘Aashiqui 2‘ is not a sequel to ‘Aashiqui‘, Suri clarified. "It‘s a new story. The only similarity is the music and the love story. There are seven to eight songs in the film. It‘s a musical."

    Talking about what can be expected from the film, producer Bhatt said, "It‘s a contemporary love story dealing with mature emotions. All three actors have extremely challenging dramatic roles. It is not a film about only looking good, singing and dancing. These are performance-oriented parts, and we are convinced that ‘Aashiqui 2‘ would do for Shraddha, Aditya and Shaad what the first ‘Aashiqui‘ did for Rahul, Anu and Deepak Taijori."

    Keeping with the brand of the film, the music will remain a highlight with the first song Tum Hi Ho already making waves. According to producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, "We have already recorded many songs for ‘Aashiqui 2‘ and we are confident that the audience will enjoy them. But people insisted we bring back at least one song from the original. Whatever the outcome, the music will not disappoint."

  • Murder 3 to release on 15 February next year

    Murder 3 to release on 15 February next year

    MUMBAI: After delivering hits like Murder 2, Jannat2 and the latest Raaz 3, Vishesh Films is back with another installment of its super hit franchise Murder.

    Like all the previous films, this film is again a thriller and is currently under production.

    The production house is making all round efforts to release Murder 3 around Valentine Day next year on 15 February.

    The film ought to be a special one for the Bhatts as Mukesh Bhatt‘s son Vishesh is to make his directorial debut with this film. The film has Bhatts‘ favourite Randeep Hooda teamed up with Aditi Rao Haydari.

    While Hooda impressed everyone with his last two outings in Jannat 2 and Jism 2, Aditi Rao got appreciated for her work in London Paris New York.

  • Blood Money collects Rs 56.8 mn in opening weekend, says Viacom18

    Blood Money collects Rs 56.8 mn in opening weekend, says Viacom18

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Vishesh Films’ Blood Money, has collected Rs 56.8 million in its first weekend, according to its co-producer and distributor Viacom18 Motion Pictures.

    The film garnered another Rs 10.1 million on Monday. Co-produced along with Vishesh Films, Blood Money has also garnered Rs 4.5 million overseas, Viacom18 said.

    Said Mahesh Bhatt, “Viacom 18 Motion Pictures understood the content well and marketed it equally interestingly and effectively , from the music launch at the yacht, to focused promotions of the movie in B -towns and smaller markets.”

  • Jannat slated for release on 4 May

    Jannat slated for release on 4 May

    MUMBAI: Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studios‘ crime thriller Jannat 2 is slated for release on 4 May.

    A sequel of the 2008 hit Jannat, the film is directed by Kunal Deshmukh, and produced by Mukesh Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt under the Vishesh Films‘ banner.

    Jannat 2 is a story about a single man‘s immense desire to make it big in life by any means. Arjun Dixit, the character played by Emraan Hashmi in ‘Jannat‘, was a small time gambler turned into a big shot bookie; this time he highlights the issue of illegal arms in Delhi.

    The film stars Emraan Hashmi and introduces model turned actress Esha Gupta.

  • Blood Money release postponed to 13 April

    Blood Money release postponed to 13 April

    MUMBAI: Producers Vishesh Films and Viacom18 have postponed the release of their Kunal Khemu, Amrita Puri-starrer, Blood Money.

    Earlier scheduled for release on March 23, the movie will now release on 13 April.

    The producers had to delay the film taking into consideration the severe competition their film would have faced had it released along with Priyadarshan’s Tezz and Saif Ali Khan’s Agent Vinod.

    The film is the journey of a man who seeks external wealth. Through the process of life, he comes out a richer man from the inside.

    Meanwhile, Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studio’s next action thriller, Jannnat 2, will release on 11 May.