Domestic and international distribution rights for Bollywood's hottest films under production and slated for release this year, have been pre-sold at record-breaking prices to media and film companies.
Real estate major DLF, Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries, cinema production and distribution company Eros International, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Videocon Industries are believed to be readying to bid for team ownership rights in the Indian Premier League.
The Baahubali hitmaker is, however, busy with the blockbuster's sequel.
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Eros Pictures is all set to make a sequel of Sujoy Ghosh's Aladin even before its release this year.
Global OTT players are late to the party. Indian players like Hotstar and Hungama Play have surged ahead with customisations tailored for the Indian viewer.
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai seem to have become an inseparable onscreen couple after marriage. After Guru and the upcoming Sarkar Raj, they will be seen together in Rajeev Menon's new film, Dhun. It will be produced by Eros Entertainment.
Shah Rukh Khan and writer-director Farah Khan exceeded the wildest forecasts as they not only beat the Tom Cruise, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep starring political drama Lions for Lambs over the weekend outside America but also propelled their Om Shanti Om into world movie history.
The two-film rally by Sony Pictures and Eros International - Saawariya and Om Shanti Om - has set the cash registers ringing. Diwali day usually does not have audience flocking in large numbers, but this Diwali has brought prosperity to multiplex owners with over 85 per cent occupancy on Friday. All leading theatre chains are running to packed houses on Saturday and Sunday.
Hundreds of sellers of eBay have called for a global boycott of the online auction giant on May 1 over payment, pricing and feedback changes which they allege will hurt their profits. The sellers, for instance, are distressed that they can no longer give buyers negative feedback, and that eBay will increase the fees that are paid as a percentage of the final sales price. Their angst has spilled over social networking sites and forums like Myspace and Delphiforums too.
The film will go as an independant entry.
Bollywood film distribution company Eros International, which raised Rs 189.6 crore (Rs 1.89 billion) through equity placement in the UK, listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
'What Yash Raj is doing is to prove that they are even more persistent and relentless against piracy than the culprits.'
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Forget about going to a movie hall, or buying a VCD to see your favourite Bollywood blockbuster. You can now do so sitting in the comfort of your home by downloading them to the PC or your television set through the net.
Market players said a big upmove by the market will depend on policy action by the government to revive economic growth and corporate earnings revival.
Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
'There will be two to three months of containment, and when there is normalcy, the risk is a relapse and a return to lockdowns.'
So far in September, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has gained nearly 3 per cent as compared to a modest 0.2 per cent dip in the S&P BSE Sensex.
New software will ensure that anyone with more than one election ID has to surrender the other cards.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Tamil film industry.
Two days back, the judges had asked the Centre and the Central Board of Film Certification to file their replies on a petition filed by a serial blast accused against the release of movie.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, the leading luxury hotel group of Asia Pacific, opened their first-ever hotel in India on Wednesday in collaboration with India's Eros group in the heart of New Delhi.
More Indians are watching films across screens, TV, online and other platforms than ever before. Whether it is by tackling costs, processes or revenues, the trick is to find a way of making money from all of them, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Sairat is the first Marathi film to cross Rs 100 crore.
'Art Deco was the last of the truly international styles.'
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At Rs 21 crore, the film recorded the lowest Eid release opening figures for the star since 2012.
'While they are a long way off from the box office muscle that the Khans enjoy, a host of young stars are entering the Rs 100 crore club that was earlier the reserve of the seniors. This year will see a lot of young stars in action.'
Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the commercial launch of 4G services in 296 towns across India after testing the market in select cities.
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Rambo Rajkumar will no longer release on the same day as Bullett Raja.
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Everyone should believe in something, she says and she believes in.
A Catholic priest from India-- who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota -- was deported on Wednesday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
'I had anger management issues, but I would like to believe that I worked on myself to make sure that I am a slightly better version of myself.'
