Real estate developer Today Homes and Infrastructure Private Ltd will invest about Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) to set up shopping malls and multiplexes in the state.
There is action, drama, emotion, comedy -- everything in equal measure and lots of stylish sequences featuring Rajinikanth. Clearly, Darbar is a visual treat for fans, says Divya Nair.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Unidentified persons on Wednesday created a ruckus at the South Mumbai office of former Mumbai sheriff Nana Chudasama, to protest his 'anti-Marathi' banner.
Property buyers fund the project cost and the entire debt and entire equity servicing, and yet, have no locus standi in the IBC process, points out Debashis Basu.
PVR Cinemas, India's leading chain of multiplexes, is set to enter Chennai with a 1800 seating capacity facility at the upcoming fully-integrated shopping-cum-entertainment mall, 'Ampa Centre One' in the heart of the city.
The takeover battle for Fame India further heated up with financial services provider Religare Securities on Monday hiking its stake to 5.82 per cent in the multiplex chain operator on behalf of some its clients.
The International Cricket Council said it had banned United Arab Emirates-based coach Irfan Ansari from all cricket for 10 years after he was found guilty of corruption.
'The Maharashtra government diktat is another meddling example in an industry where politics or language has no role to play.' 'Cinema has a universal language. Filmmakers are divided across regions, but united in their passion for films,' says director Suparn Verma.
Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
Many multiplexes and theatres in Gujarat refrained from screening Mahesh Bhatt's Tum Mile following a demand by the Mahagujarat Janta Party (MJP) for state-wide ban on it, while at other places party workers forced closure of the film shows.
Multiplex operator, PVR Limited, on Thursday said that there might be a spurt in ticket prices by 8-10 per cent this year.
Thackeray also said that while taking the decision, excise rules have not been touched and pubs and bars will close as usual at 1.30am.
Scrabble's unique business model gives a new direction to India's digital cinema market.
The collection of the Tamil and Telugu versions of the film are weaker than the Kannada version.
The fight is between Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the producer of 3 Idiots, and multiplexes.
After a miserable two years of flopping films and stagnant revenues, what has changed for the film industry?
Given that this is a Prakash Jha film, drama does knock on the door, observes Joginder Tuteja.
And the reason has everything to do with box office collections, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Given the school break, this is the peak travel season and companies catering to the 'friends and family' segment are expected to gain.
With the Maharashtra government ordering closure of all multiplexes and theatres in Mumbai till August 16 due to fast spreading swine flu, the film exhibition business may incur an overall financial loss of at least Rs 25 crore from the upcoming long weekend holiday on account of Janmashtami and Independence Day.
The film is slated to release on October 28.
In turn, the multiplex owners have replied that they will not agree to the revenue arrangement proposed by the producers.
'There is nothing objectionable about the film.'
These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
Shopping malls, multiplexes and top retailers in Pune are seeing as much as a 70 per cent drop in business owing to the swine flu outbreak in the city.
Heckling, confrontation and strong-arm tactics don't come to him easily, reveals Aditi Phadnis.
The state government announced a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the victims' families, Guntur district Collector Kantilal Dande said.
Many multiplexes are banking on promotional offers and schemes, like a 20 per cent discount on ticket prices, free popcorn, etc, for those booking tickets online. Around 70 per cent of the total revenues of multiplexes come from ticket sales, 20 per cent from food and beverages and the remaining from on- and off-screen advertisements. While footfalls have dropped 20-35 per cent, consumers' discretionary spend has stopped as far as movies are concerned.
He said the government is also trying to find those officers, who had been reportedly sent to Israel to study the snooping software then.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
Looking at the red carpet star arrivals of the Kochadaiiyaan trailer launch.
The mantra to live a healthy and extensive life is to stay happy, says Dr Manjusha Agarwal.
The weekend lockdown will start from 8 pm on Fridays and last till 7 am on Mondays. Besides, prohibitory orders will be in force during daytime on weekdays, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.
Multiplex chain operator PVR is planning to invest up to Rs 400 crore over the next three years to set up 250 screens across the country. The expansion would be funded through a mixture of debt, equity and internal accruals.
A few members of the Indian cricket team including skipper M S Dhoni watched Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Om Shanti Om' at a multiplex in Chandigarh on Friday while Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar visited an orphanage.
Saawariya is seeing brisk ticket sales, while Om Shanti Om distributors are still negotiating the film's release in multiplexes.
'There are no multiplexes, not a single cinema hall and no malls.' 'Because the government in Delhi constantly cuts off mobile services, there is no app-based economy in Srinagar.' 'There are 403 news channels in India, but there is none in Kashmir,' notes Aakar Patel after a journey to the Kashmir valley.
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