Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, managing director (MD) and joint MD of media firm Balaji Telefilms have failed to obtain requisite votes on resolutions pertaining to their remuneration. According to stock exchange disclosure made by the company, the two separate special resolutions on setting their salaries for the next years got 56.77 per cent and 55.45 per cent 'against' vote.
Jeetendra and his family-backed Balaji Telefilms is focusing on expanding the content slate on its streaming platform Kutingg through micro dramas and long-format binge shows after the recent ban on its subscription-based video-on-demand platform ALTT due to obscene content.
They are venturing into allied businesses, which range from starting talent management agencies to music labels to tap into every possible monetisable opportunity to appeal to investors.
The principal promoters of Balaji Telefilms, actor Jeetendra, his wife Shobha, daughter Ekta and son Tushar, have decided not to buy Star India's 26 per cent stake in the television software company because of the sharp erosion in its share price.
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'Ekta Kapoor has already sent an SMS saying: 'We will see to it by next year you will be nowhere.''
Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif have been approached to play Emraan's love interest in Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor's joint venture.
According to reports, Star TV has sent a notice to Balaji Telefilms, asking them to terminate the show by November 10. On the other hand, Balaji feels that the termination is in breach of contract, and has taken the matter to court.
Balaji Telefilms owner Ekta Kapoor becomes the target of a mob claiming to be members of the Rajput community for depiction of the historical figure of Jodha in her on-air serial titled Jodha Akbar. Sanchari Bhattacharya reports
Ekta Kapoor's son Ravie turned two on January 27.
Sleuths from the department swooped down on seven locations across Mumbai city, including Jeetendra and daughter Ekta's residences.
Star had picked up stake in August 2004; transaction took place on the Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India
Balaji Telefilms on Tuesday said it is ending a four-year old association with Star group under which an associate company of Rupert Murdoch-led global media conglomerate has been holding nearly 26 per cent stake in TV celebrity Ekta Kapoor-run entertainment content provider.
Harvard, age and experience have changed Ekta Kapoor in ways that will stand her in good stead as she attempts the biggest transformation Balaji Telefilms has seen.
'If Kapoor sees something in a film, or an idea, she will ensure it reaches the most eyeballs -- by any means necessary,' points out Raja Sen!
Performances by Nimrat Kaur and Amol Parashar make the rather unimaginative show watchable, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Ekta Kapoor's erratic schedules and ways have created a fantasy world where nothing is what it seems.
Their next film together will be action musical, produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms.
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Gautami Kapoor, on the latest developments going on, on the sets of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
The actress will kick off Ekta Kapoor's new TV series, Ek Thi Naayka, this weekend.
Star India is close to forming a joint venture with Kerala-based television broadcaster Asianet to launch a bouquet of regional channels. The deal comes after the failure of Star's joint venture with Ekta Kapur-controlled Balaji Telefilms to operate regional channels last April to get off the ground. Sources at Star said the broadcaster will hold a majority stake in the joint venture.
Ekta Kapoor's new TV show Jodha Akbar premieres on Zee TV on June 18.
It will be curtains for the popular Hindi TV serial 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kahi Bahu Thi' this Thursday after the Bombay High Court on Monday declined to stay the termination notice served by Star TV to the producers of one of India's longest running soaps on the small screen.
Ekta Kapoor on her new show Tere Liye.
Selected to play Dushyashan in the epic series Mahabhaarat, Ajaz Khan is a newcomer who has managed find a toehold in the Balaji.
Jay Bhanushali, aka Neev from Kayamath on Star Plus, is likely to quit the show.
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'I connected with the respective companies and requested them not to go ahead with the concept. But they turned a deaf ear.'
'I have never been scared of playing the grey, and so it is exciting for me to come back to where I started.'
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The Akali Dal is convinced that Waris Punjab De and Amritpal Singh are part of a bigger plan to create a law and order problem in the state, leading to the imposition of central rule and even the exclusion of Punjab from the Lok Sabha polls as was done in 1991.
'I got a very simple one-line brief from Ekta Kapoor that this character is like the Ramayan's Ram -- ideal husband, son and maryada purushottam.'
Back on the small screen after quite a while, actress Pallavi Kulkarni relates the many unlikely adventures she experienced during her time away from the spotlight.
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