Women have played vital roles to make the media and entertainment industry a great success.
Women's Day is coming up on March 8 and we're marking the occasion with a series on India's women achievers across entertainment, business, sports, politics and fashion. Today, we look at the forerunners in the world of Indian cinema. Vote for your favourite!
After repeatedly drawing the ire of Sri Lankan-musician MIA, along with several other stars, now Gaga's upset the top comedian.
Also seeks removal of excise duties on set top boxes for free to air transmission, and removal of service tax for broadcasters.
There's more to anchoring shows than just smiles and glamour.
Various events, award functions, interviews, shooting schedules have been called off in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Not directly connected to the stars, who have their own security, they are part of the unregulated work force that keeps the engines running smoothly in the showbiz industry.
'She has no airs, no celebrity trappings,' says choreographer Ahmed Khan.
Both advertising growth and investments into the business have been lackadaisical. It, therefore, seems to be a good time to look at the pattern of investments into the M&E industry over the last three years.
The WIPO Copyrights Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, collectively termed as Internet Treaties, were negotiated in 1996 under the auspices of WIPO. But India is yet to sign them.With Internet, web piracy is also fast gaining grounds in the world.
The sexy starlet was bestowed an honourary citizenship by the city of Los Angeles.
The Rs 2,200-crore (Rs 22-billion) STAR India is one of the big employers in broadcasting this year. It has already put in place a new management team and is hiring in large numbers (that it refuses to share), say consultants.
Ronnie Screwvala, the chairman and CEO of UTV Software Communications, opens the door of his plush Breach Candy apartment himself. Once seated in the comfortable surroundings, Screwvala makes no attempt to brush off the fact that the media and entertainment industry in which he operates has been hit by the slowdown.
'Mr Narendra Modi and Smriti Irani should have spoken up long back.' 'Now when the matter has escalated out of hand, there is still time for them to speak out.' 'Better late than never.' Shatrughan Sinha tells Subhash K Jha.
Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi may have created ripples in the political circles by floating a new party, but the actor suffered a blow on his home turf when his panel was defeated in the elections to the Movie Artistes Association. The elections to the representative body of the Telugu film industry, conducted biennially, are considered prestigious by the fraternity.
The ninth edition of Mijwan was a night to remember.
Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay firmly believes that Khadi movement alone can offer solutions to two knottiest problems of the present times: global warming and economic meltdown.
Hailing Mumbai as a symbol of new India's hope, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that terrorists wanted to destroy the dream of transforming Mumbai into a truly global city but they will never succeed.
Bobby Bedi who is currently producing a three-film series on the epic Mahabharat, at an estimated $70 billion budget, has complained to the United States Congress that enforcement authorities have been lax in dealing with peddlers of counterfeit Indian movies.
The constraints of managing funds that invest in a select few sectors can often prove to be demanding for fund houses. As a result, it isn't entirely uncommon to find a sector/thematic fund changing/expanding its investment objective/style in due course. This bears testimony to the intrinsic inadequacy of a sector/thematic fund in terms of sustainability over the long-term. Nonetheless sector/thematic funds continue to be launched at regular intervals.
'As an actor, I think about the beauty of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.'
Bhushan Kumar, chairman and managing director of the Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) Super Cassettes Industries, the country's leading music company that owns the T-Series label, spoke to Shuchi Bansal on the challenges facing the music industry and his company's initiatives to keep its head above water.
In what would be a significant boost to the domestic entertainment industry, the United States has been roped in as the partner country for the 2009 Ficci Frames - the annual global convention on the entertainment and media industry that is partly sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It will be the tenth year of Ficci Frames next year.
Wondering where most of them disappeared?
Starting this September, Boman Irani, Tabu, Anupam Kher, and Urmila Matondkar will teach at the first Bollywood acting school in Britain. The school will be based in the Ealing Institute of Media in the west London borough of Ealing.
In one of the biggest splits in the media and entertainment industry, Star India, one of India's leading broadcasters, will soon part ways with Balaji Telefilms, known for its saas-bahu serials. Star, which holds 25.99 per cent stake in Balaji through Asian Broadcasting, is looking at selling its stake. Sources close to the developments said the exclusivity contract between the two firms may not be renewed.
The new proposals, presented to the British Parliament by Minister of State for Borders and Immigration Liam Byrne, provides for a maximum six-month stay for those visiting Britain and also has special visas for businessmen, sportsmen, members of the entertainment industry and participants in cultural events. The sponsors, who will be given identity cards, will have the duty to ensure that their visitors comply with the terms of their visas.
The government will soon announce a slew of tax incentives for infrastructure and technological upgrade in the TV and entertainment sector.
Following the heart-wrenching defeat in the first ODI in Pune on Sunday, England pacer Jake Ball has insisted that his team would try to ruin India's party when the two sides meet in the next game in Cuttack on Thursday.
'The power of love is the greatest power in the world.' 'Add a smile and you can conquer the world,' Bengali actor June Maliah, the Trinamool Congress's candidate for the Medinipur constituency, tells Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com.
Getting a ringside view of the action were Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Indian Premier League commissioner Rajiv Shukla, Olympic champion boxer MC Mary Kom, star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, cricketers Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.
The actress will represent her husband at the Diwali celebrations at home.
'He taught mathematics in his spare time. I would often see him solving mathematical problems in between shots.'
'Nine out of 10 women I know have been groped, touched or harassed in some way or the another. We never speak about it. We are embarrassed and ashamed that society will judge us.'
The entertainment industy has always worried about piracy, but now it is concerned about the good quality of pirated DVD's or CD's. Now the pirated DVD/VCDs are of the highest quality rather than shot secretly in a movie hall. According to a report by US-India Business Council, the Indian media & entertainment industry worth close to $6500 mn is losing a little over $4000 mn per year due to piracy. Experts feel govt should implement some stringent laws on copyright violation.
The Janata Dal (S)-BJP coalition government in Karnataka is under fire for banning women from working on the night shift.
An attempt to unravel the method in Anil Ambani's madness as he hopes to build leadership in entertainment.
She is already prepping to be a part of the industry.
