What makes a Bollywood blockbuster Mumbai: If you want to see what a "hit" Bollywood film looks like, you might have to make the trip to the rundown Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai. For more than 15 years now, the theatre has played a matinee show of the same film -- Aditya Chopra's 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. The film, which was released in 1995, still enjoys an uninterrupted run at the theatre, and is considered...  
11:54 AM, Aug 08, 2011

Norway attacker's remote Varanasi connection
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Varanasi: Norway's mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, whose bombing and shooting spree in Oslo left atleast 76 people dead, has a remote Indian connection. The combat badges of the 32-year-old's militant outfit were supplied by a weaver in Varanasi. Breivik, a self-proclaimed anti-Muslim fundamentalist, placed an order for preparing an embroidered insignia for his militant outfit 'Justiciar Knight' through the internet with a weaver in the narrow bylanes of Pathani...  
11:31 AM, Jul 27, 2011

Norwegian killer's manifesto supports Hindutva New Delhi: Anders Behring Breivik, the confessed killer of 76 people in the July 22 bomb and gun attacks in Norway, has praised the Hindutva movement and warned that "India will continue to wither and die unless the Indian nationalists consolidate properly and strike to win." The 32-year-old Breivik devotes a significant portion of his rambling 1,500-page manifesto posted online shortly before the massacre to the rise of the Indian...  
02:48 PM, Jul 26, 2011

Digvijaya stepney to Rahul Gandhi: Uma Bharti Lucknow: BJP leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday said though the party has faith in Hindutva and the Ram temple issue, they would not be its political agenda for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled for early next year. "I have faith in Hindutva and Ram. We want Ram Rajya here. The issue of Ram temple is of faith but it's not the party's political agenda for the state. We will...  
01:07 PM, Jun 22, 2011

UTV targets international TV networks, signs multiple deals
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UTV Motion Pictures have a five-film deal with a leading media firm in Seoul for exclusive terrestrial TV rights for films like "Jodhaa Akbar" and "Wake Up Sid". "The fact that a few Indian films have performed well at the (South) Korean box office, and that the Korean broadcast networks are looking for good Indian films across genres like emotional dramas and love stories, indicates that there is a surging...  
08:56 AM, May 26, 2011

Live concert to promote Salman's 'Ready' Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is all set for the release of his upcoming film 'Ready'. A new jacket with a fresh pair of diamond studded glasses and Salman khan is ready to promote his next release. The actor made an appearance at a suburban hotel in Mumbai to talk about a live concert organized to promote the film. "I heard this song 'ringa ringa' in south I liked it...  
05:41 PM, May 22, 2011

'Chillar Party' profits for charity: Salman Khan
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Actor Salman Khan, who has donned the producer's hat with children's film Chillar Party, has said that the profits from the movie will go to his Being Human charity. "I'm co-producing 'Chillar Party' in association with UTV and we will release it July 8. Whatever money that we make out of this film will go into the Being Human charitable trust. The profits will not come to me or to...  
11:21 AM, May 21, 2011

Many family movies in the pipeline
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Movie production majors UTV Motion Pictures and the Walt Disney Company in India Thursday announced a creative alliance to co-produce a slate of films for family audiences. While Disney and UTV will share creative responsibilities for these films, UTV will manage the production, marketing and distribution aspects. "Together with UTV, our goal is to produce films that have a direct connection with the dynamic and expanding India audience and that...  
02:14 PM, May 19, 2011

Jaitley must apologise to the nation: Sibal New Delhi: A day after WikiLeaks exposed Arun Jaitley's comments on hindutva, Telecom minister Kapil Sibal has slammed the BJP for using it as an opportunistic issue. Sibal capitalised on the WikiLeaks revelations on BJP leader Arun Jaitley to target the main opposition party. He said the leaked US cables have exposed the BJP's opportunistic stand on hindutva. He said, "Jaitley's statement smacks of double speak. Jaitley should apologise to...  
12:54 PM, Mar 27, 2011

The Short film contest: UTV world movies

UTV world movies announces the first ever short film contest for aspiring film makers. ...
08:44 PM, Feb 23, 2011

Good news for young filmmakers... UTV World Movies is providing a platform to ‘budding talent’ from across the country. It has introduced ‘Premier - The Short Film Competition’ to recognize, handpick and showcase some upcoming talent in the short film segment. The contest is open to amateur and professional film makers alike to create a short film and get a chance to showcase it on-air on the movies channel. The contest will be judged by...  
11:45 AM, Feb 23, 2011

Ranbir to star in biopic of Kishore Kumar
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Mumbai: Fans of Kishore Kumar and Ranbir Kapoor have a reason to celebrate. If all goes well Ranbir Kapoor will soon be seen playing the legendary singer on the big screen as a Kishore Kumar biopic is on its way. Ranbir Kapoor has been exercising his vocal chords singing the famous Mohammad Rafi number 'ehsaan tera hoga mujh par' and with good reason. The actor has been signed on to...  
10:24 PM, Aug 13, 2010

Court rejects CBI plea to conduct narco tests Two accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast in Hyderabad refused to undergo narco tests. ...  
06:23 PM, Jul 14, 2010

Underworld haunts Bollywood See the Bollywood celebrities who became victims to the terror of the underworld ...  
09:06 PM, Apr 12, 2010

Let us build Ram temple: BJP chief to Muslims

Indore: It was an action packed day one of the BJP's national council and BJP president Nitin Gadkari said it all from attacking dynasty politics of the congress to cracking the whip on indiscipline along with the party's emphasis on its core issue: Building of Ram mandir at Ayodhya. After two successive Lok Sabha defeats, Nitin Gadkari is now working on a two pronged approach to boost the BJP's morale, ...
10:38 PM, Feb 18, 2010

BJP's appeal is not religion: Gadkari BJP president tells CNN-IBN development comes ahead of Hindutva. ...  
09:15 AM, Jan 24, 2010

BJP let down the Hindutva cause, says Sadhvi

On the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, a special report. ...
01:20 AM, Dec 07, 2009

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna taken off theatres This is UTV's latest movie to be removed from multiplexes. ...  
01:45 PM, Oct 23, 2009

Anurag Kashyap clinches three-year deal with UTV

He will reportedly direct four to five movies with the production house. ...
01:33 AM, Oct 16, 2009

No battle within the BJP, says Rajnath Singh The BJP President finally broke his silence over the crisis in the party. ...  
02:31 AM, Sep 01, 2009