Kolkata: Legendary Filmmaker Yash Chopra Wednesday requested the central government to take steps to end the menace of piracy. "Whenever a film releases, the first to get benefit out of it are film pirates. Our existence is at stake due to this. The center needs should do something," Chopra said. Chopra regretted that most of the government officials don't know how to use the law for dealing with the people...
10:29 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Even though the FICCI Frames Conclave is a convention of the business of the entertainment industry on the whole, the major focus of the three-day event was on the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry. The event that started on 23rd March did have sessions on the television industry, journalism, animation, radio and advertising, but the thrust was on Bollywood, the world's most prolific cinema industry. Various sessions had speakers like Kiran...
07:07 PM, Mar 26, 2011
Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman is in India and he was the guest of honour at a Mumbai media event alongwith Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar. The actor was at his charming best and impressed everyone with his quotable quotes. ...
05:15 PM, Mar 26, 2011
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a big fan of Hugh Jackman, yesterday said the Australian star's X-Men series inspired him to make sci-fi superhero movie Ra.One. "I wanted to do something different for the kids, so I watched all the X-Men movies, cartoons, read comics and honestly the X-Men series inspired me to do Ra.One," Shah Rukh said at the closing session of the 12th FICCI-Frames where he shared the...
01:06 PM, Mar 26, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh of Band Baajaa Baraat fame says the casting couch does exist in the Hindi film industry as small time casting directors and agents try to exploit newcomers. "Unfortunately the casting couch exist in our industry. I don't think it exists in the high rung studios because the stakes are too high, the money involved and the people involved are too professional," the 25-year-old told reporters here....
05:02 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Mumbai: Yash Raj Films has given its whole library to a new venture which is making available a selection of famous Bollywood and international movies for downloading and streaming by movie buffs. "We are very much delighted that Intel is debuting their newest technology with Yash Raj Library. We are very happy with the association. Now the audiences would have all the films of their choice at their fingertips," Yash...
02:02 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai will present a memento to Hollywood star Hugh Jackman at the FICCI-FRAMES 2011 annual convention on the business aspects of the entertainment and media industry here March 23-25. The 37-year-old star will honour Jackman on the final day of the event, a press statement said. Aishwarya, an internationally known actress, was asked by FICCI and its entertainment committee's co-chair, filmmaker Karan Johar, to attend the function...
10:18 AM, Mar 19, 2011
Also catch the glimpses from the FICCI frames 2009. ...
01:48 AM, Feb 22, 2009
Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore were awarded the Living Legends of Entertainment award. ...
04:03 AM, Feb 21, 2009
FICCI Frames 2009 has finally come to an close. ...
12:30 PM, Feb 20, 2009
The filmmaker made a daring if obvious confession at FICCI Frames. ...
03:51 AM, Feb 19, 2009
The FICCI frames is a three-day long convention. ...
11:23 PM, Feb 17, 2009
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