Mumbai: Onir couldn't have asked for more. First he won the National Award for 'I AM' and now the director has received an official invitation from Cannes to be part of the film festival's Producers Network. "I am on seventh heaven right now. With all this good news coming my way, I feel rejuvenated once again. First, the award and now this, it's overwhelming. It still has to sink in....
09:35 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Los Angeles: 'The Artist' followed its Golden Globe win by taking top honors at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, as the silent film continues its unlikely run toward Oscar night. Producer Thomas Langmann received the award handed out at the Beverly Hilton by the Producers Guild of America, as 'The Artist' beat out George Clooney's family drama and another Oscar favorite, 'The Descendants'. 'The Artist' won best musical or...
12:34 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Chennai: With a view to ensure that small film producers find screens for their movie, the Tamil Film Producers' Council has announced that big films should be released only on five festive occasions, beginning this Pongal. The permitted dates of release for these films include Pongal, Tamil New Year, May Day, Independence Day and Deepavali. Announcing this at a press briefing on Tuesday, president of the producers council SA Chandrasekaran...
04:56 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Kochi: The recent crisis that has gripped the Malayalam film industry deepened on Tuesday with the Kerala Film Producers' Association (KFPA) deciding to stick to their decision not to produce movies until the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) took steps to curb the escalating production cost. "We will not cooperate with FEFKA. They had violated the contract on daily wages. And they are not ready to take any steps...
03:35 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Film shooting in the Malayalam film industry continued despite the strike called by State Film Producers Association, as work on few films were to be completed on schedule before 'pack-up.' Shooting of around 12 films, for which the work was on, went on uninterrupted yesterday, Industry sources said. The Producers Association, however, said the producers had only been given time for two days for finishing works and the decision...
05:35 PM, Nov 13, 2011
The Malayalam Film Industry has come to a stand still as three film associations are on an indefinite strike. ...
08:40 AM, Nov 13, 2011
New Delhi: The three year ban imposed on Kannada actor Nikita Thukral by the Kannada Film Producers' Association for allegedly causing a rift between actor Darshan and his wife Vijayalakshmi has been lifted. The association in an apparent change of heart said on Thursday they realized it was wrong to ban Thukral from signing any film for the next three years. A relieved Thukral told CNN-IBN that she was thankful...
01:57 PM, Sep 15, 2011
Bangalore: Popular Kannada actor Darshan, arrested for allegedly assaulting and threatening his wife Vijayalakshmi, on Wednesday filed bail application before a Sessions Court in Bangalore. First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh Hulagi had on Tuesday rejected his bail plea stating that he did not have jurisdiction to handle the case filed under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder). Darshan's attempts to secure bail suffered a setback despite his wife retracting...
12:06 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Bangalore: He is supposed to be in jail, but Kannada actor Darshan has been shifted to a hospital temporarily for asthma. And if Darshan thought he could walk without jail time, a trial court rejected his bail application. Which means Darshan will have to stay in jail at least till September 21. The trial court's order rejecting bail came after glaring contradictions in Darshan's wife Vijayalakshmi's statement. While she had...
09:24 AM, Sep 14, 2011
Bangalore: Kannada Film Producers' Association imposed a three-year ban on actress Nikita Thukral for her alleged role in creating problems between Darshan and his wife Vijayalakshmi. Speaking to reporters, Soorappa Babu, secretary of the Association, said that the decision was taken in the interest of Kannada film industry and Vijayalakshmi on humanitarian grounds. "Everyone is aware of her alleged role in creating problems for Vijayalakshmi. We do not want heroines...
04:23 PM, Sep 12, 2011
Kollam: India on Sunday join a select band of titanium sponge producers with Defence Minister AK Antony inaugurated a 500 tonne-capacity plant at Chavara near here. A select group of nations like the US, China, Japan and Britain have the technology for industrial-scale production of titanium sponge. Titanium and its alloys are used in strategic fields like aerospace, armour plating, naval shipbuilding, missiles and nuclear power plants. They possess high...
04:40 PM, Feb 27, 2011
New Delhi: For the first time ever, the Film Producer's Guild has claimed that it is open to resolution in the ongoing debate over sharing of royalties between producers and musicians-lyricists. But, the guild does not want to involve the government. Popular Bollywood songs could soon earn their composers and lyricist big bucks. But the proposed amendment to the copyright bill, which will secure royalty share for them, has the...
07:40 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Government has intervened in the battle between Shiv Sena and multiplex owners, with state home minister RR Patil having met the Marathi producers and theatre owners. ...
09:28 PM, Aug 24, 2010
Apparently the censor board have not objected to any scenes but cancelled the screening entirely ...
02:54 PM, Jul 15, 2010
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