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  • Zoya Akhtar to pay tribute to Bollywood in next

    Zoya Akhtar to pay tribute to Bollywood in next

    MUMBAI: After being lauded for her last film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar will be working on two assignments: one would be her next feature film and the other a 25-minute short film that will pay a tribute to the Indian film industry that is to complete its century next year.

    Others who are contemplating to pay a homage to Bollywood in its centenary year include R.Balki, known for his films Cheeni Kum and Paa and Dibakar Banerjee, known for his film LSD and the up for release Shanghai.

    “We’re really proud of her. She’s been burning the midnight oil to give the short film its desired shape and colour. It would be unfair if my partner Farhan (producer-director-actor-singer-writer Farhan Akhtar) or I gave away the actual content of her movie. But we can promise that it’s a beautiful film that pays tribute to one of the biggest and oldest film industries in the world. It’s a beautiful story woven around filmmaking,” producer Ridesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment said.

    Meanwhile, the production house is working on a couple of films of which one each would be directed by Akhtar, Abhishek Kapoor and Abhinay Deo. The announcement would be made shortly.

  • Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara romps home with the Black Lady, Aruna Irani Gets Lifetime Award

    Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara romps home with the Black Lady, Aruna Irani Gets Lifetime Award

    NEW DELHI: Thespian Aruna Irani who has achieved fame as an item girl, heroine, vamp a comedienne, and a producer-director, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Filmfare Awards held in Mumbai.

    ‘Zindagi na milegi Dobara‘ won the best film award and its director Zoya Akhtar was named best director with her brother Farhan Akhtar bagging the best supporting actor award for males in the popular awards. The film was also voted best film by the Critics Jury.

    ‘Rockstar‘ by Imtiaz Ali bagged awards for actor Ranbir Kapoor in both the popular and critics categories. This year‘s Idea Filmfare Awards held a special significance as the 2500th trophy was presented at the award ceremony, to maestro AR Rahman for ‘Rockstar‘. Irshad Kamil also bagged the best lyric award for the song ‘Nadaan Parinday‘ and Mohit Chauhan won it for singing the song ‘Jo bhi mein‘ in this film.

    Vidya Balan got the best actress award for essaying the role of Silk Smitha in the film ‘The Dirty Picture‘, while ‘No one killed Jessica‘ won awards for supporting actor (female) for Rani Mukerji.

    ‘The Dirty Picture‘ also got awards for best costume for Niharika Khan, and Idea Sony Scene of the Year.

    ‘Delhi Belly‘ got awards for best debutante Director Abhinay Deo, art direction for Shashank Tere, editing for Huzefa Lokhandawala, and best screenplay for Akshat Verma.

    ‘Don 2‘ won awards for best sound design for Nakul Kamte, best action to Action Concepts, and Best Special Effects to Red Chillies VFX.

    ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara‘ also got the cinematography award for Carlos Catalon, the choreography award for Bosco Caesar, and best dialogue to Farhan Akhtar.

    Best debutante male and female awards went to Vidyut Jamal for ‘Force‘ and Parineeti Chopra for ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl‘.

    The RD Burman award for Upcoming talent in field of music went to KRSNA for ‘Tanu Weds Manu‘ while the best background score went to Ranjit Barot for ‘Shaitan‘.

    Sanjay Chouhan got the best story award for ‘I am Kalam‘, while the Special Jury Certificate for Outstanding Talent went to Partho Gupte for the film ‘Stanley ka Dabba‘.

    The Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 held at the Reliance MediaWorks Studios in the Film City in Goregoan. The Awards ceremony was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, and the recording will be telecast on Sony Entertainment Television on 19 February.

  • Ormax Media study ranks Singham top favourite in 2011

    Ormax Media study ranks Singham top favourite in 2011

    MUMBAI: The Rohit Shetty directed Singham is the top favourite film of Bollywood audiences in 2011 while the Zoya Akhtar film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and the Imtiaz Ali directed Rockstar take the next two positions respectively, according to a recent study.

    The next three positions are occupied by Salman Khan’s Ready and Bodyguard just a notch ahead of Shah Rukh Khan’s Don 2, according to Ormax Media’s consumer-based yearend report titled ‘Front Page 2011’.

    The latter half of the chart consists of more experimental films that lacked a big star. In particular, No One Killed Jessica performs creditably at No. 7. It is the only film in this list that had an opening weekend of less than Rs 150 million and yet found appreciation on the strength of its content.

    Commenting on the results, Ormax Media CEO Shailesh Kapoor said, “There are various award shows that give away Best Film awards. However, this ranking is based on structured consumer data from more than 32,000 cinegoers across India. There can’t be a bigger award than this!”

    The ranking of the top ten favourite Bollywood films of 2011 was derived on the basis the ‘Word of Mouth’ (WOM) score of the film, using data collected through consumer research throughout the year. The WOM score represents the percentage of audiences who liked the film enough to recommend it strongly to their friends.

    While box office business is heavily influenced by the opening weekend of a film, the WOM score reflects the audience feedback on the content alone, irrespective of the marketing or the distribution of the film.

  • Zoya Akhtar set to make a short film with children

    Zoya Akhtar set to make a short film with children

    MUMBAI: After having debuted with Luck By Chance and seconded by Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar is set to direct a short film with children.

    Akhtar has been auditioning children for the film and if all goes according to plans, she will start shooting during the summer vacations this year.

    The film will be shot in Mumbai.

    Incidentally, Akhtar’s second film Zindagi Na Mile Dobara that starred Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin, was well received by critics and turned out to be a huge box office success.

  • Eros Q2 net skids 41.5% to Rs 266.7 mn

    Eros Q2 net skids 41.5% to Rs 266.7 mn

    MUMBAI: Eros International Media, the pure play movie production company, has posted a consolidated second-quarter net profit of Rs 266.7 million, down 41.5 per cent from Rs 455.9 million it had posted in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.


    The company‘s total income fell 6 per cent to Rs 1.75 billion for the three-month period ended September (from Rs 1.87 billion).


    Eros‘ earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the quarter was at Rs 407.4 million, down 27.7 per cent from Rs 563.6 million in the earlier year.


    Ebit margins stood at Rs 23.2 per cent, compared to Rs 30.2 million a year ago.


    During the first half of the current fiscal, consolidated net profit fell 16.9 per cent to Rs 500 million, as against Rs 601.4 million in the first half of FY‘11. Total income was at Rs 3.38 billion compared to Rs 3.13 billion in the earlier year.


    In the first half, Eros has released 42 films of which majority were in Tamil. Among the Hindi films, the company released Ready, Chalo Dilli, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Murder 2 and Mausam.

  • Spanish govt to offer incentives to Indian filmmakers

    Spanish govt to offer incentives to Indian filmmakers

    MUMBAI: The Spain Tourism Board has decided to offer incentives to attract Bollywood filmmakers.


    The Spanish government will offer tax deduction of 18 per cent of the total production cost of the films that are shot there. The decision was taken after the success of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara that was completely shot in Spain.
     
    The Spain Tourism Board has also invested $1 million to promote the country in India.


    The success of the film has sparked Indian tourists‘ interest in traveling to Spain and so far 53,000 Indian tourists have visited Spain this year, showing a growth of 35 per cent.


    Spain Tourism Board is targeting 80,000 Indian tourists this year.

  • Flops rule the box office

    Flops rule the box office

    MUMBAI: The latest movie releases – Chitkabrey, Yeh Dooriyan, Stand By and Shabri – add to the list of recent flops.


    Chatur Singh Two Stars has raked in a measly Rs 26 million in its first week.


    Sahi Dhande Galat Bande has managed just Rs 6.5 million in its first week.


    Aarakshan has taken its two-week total to Rs 329 million, having collected Rs 89 million in its second week.


    Singham continues to do steady business by adding Rs 30 million in its 4th week. The four-week total now stands at Rs 988.5 million.


    Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has added Rs 23 million in its 6th week, taking its six-week total to Rs 855 million.


    Murder‘s seven-week collection stands at Rs 489 million.

  • Aarakshan nets Rs 240 mn in first week

    Aarakshan nets Rs 240 mn in first week

    MUMBAI: The box office disaster for new releases continues. Not A Love Story, Chatur Singh Two Star and Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande have proved duds. The biggest sufferer is Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande, a film sans face value.

    Meanwhile, for Aarakshan, the controversy, media hype and Gokulashtami holiday worked in its favour. However, the ban in Uttar Pradesh, late release in Punjab and Ramzan month along with lack of appreciation restricted the first week box office collections to around Rs 240 million.

    Singham collected Rs 66.5 million in its fourth week; its tally now stands at Rs 958.5 million.

    With figures of Rs 37 million in its seventh week, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara‘s total stands at Rs 832 million.

    I Am Kalam collections after two weeks total up to Rs 8.5 million, while Chala Musaddi Office Office collected Rs 15.3 million after two weeks.

    Murder 2 box office figures after six weeks is Rs 486.2 million, while Delhi Belly netted Rs 559 million after seven weeks.

  • Inox launches second property in Vijayawada

    Inox launches second property in Vijayawada

    MUMBAI: Inox Leisure has launched its second multiplex in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The new property has four screens with a total seating capacity of 1,198.


    With the launch of this property, Inox now has five multiplexes in the state with 23 screens. Nationally, Inox has 41 multiplexes and 155 screens across 26 cities.


    Inox Leisure CEO Alok Tandon said, “We at Inox take pride in bringing the best movie-going experience once again to our patrons of Vijayawada with the launch of our second multiplex at LEPL Icon, Patamata.”


     
    The multiplex will screen a mix of Telugu, Hindi and English movies. Some of the movies that will be screened this week are Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, Chatur Singh: Two Star, Not A Love Story, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Mugguru Maha Maayagallu, Urimi, Aarakshan, Kandireega, Dhada, Naa Peru Shiva and Kanchana.

  • Singham races to Rs 767 mn in two weeks

    Singham races to Rs 767 mn in two weeks

    MUMBAI: The three films released on Friday – I Am Kalam, Chala Mussaddi Office Office and Agaah-The Warning – have fared poorly.


    Singham has continued to hold its own in the second week by collecting Rs 251 million, taking its two-week total to Rs 767 million.
     
    Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has performed well to add another Rs 121 million in its third week. The film has mopped up a total of Rs 735 million in its three-week run.
    Murder has taken its tally to Rs 481 million in four weeks. Delhi Belly, on the other hand, has collected Rs 549 million in five weeks.