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After Aishwarya Rai, another actress of Bollywood is going international. Celina Jaitley, Miss India Universe, has recently signed an international film. It's a New Zealand - Australian co-production, "Love Has No Language". This production house has already created a sensation making the trilogy "Lord Of The Rings". Not only this, the technical advisor of that trilogy - Mr. Ken Kahn - will be directing the film. Celina will be portraying the character of a NRI girl who is born and brought up in New Zealand opposite Australian actor Ben Mitchell. She is not only excited about working in an international project but about the role she will be playing. Here she has a chance to prove her mettle as an actress without doing only the dancing and singing sequences. The shooting will be starting in the middle of this month. May it be a glamorous or non glamorous role Celina does it beautifully. In this project she will be playing a character that is glamorous but totally Indian. She has that Indian values but her view point of looking towards life is different from her parents. According to Celina she is very happy because the international door has opened for Bollywood and every actor will be getting the chance to do an international project. We are also hopeful with this New Zealand- Australian venture "Love Has No Language" where people will get to notice Celina's acting talent.
International 'Konnection' for SINGH IS KINNG
The soundtrack of the keenly anticipated film, Singh Is Kinng, which releases this weekend on Junglee Music, is turning increasingly international. First there was news about top British-Asian band, RDB, and legendary rapper, Snoop Dogg, being a part of the film's title track. Now we have news that two renowned international DJs have been roped in for remix versions of three tracks on the album. The Talli Hua track, composed by Pretam and rendered by Neeraj Sridhar, Labh Janjua and Style Bhai, has been remixed by Jay Dabhi, North America's greatest South-Asian DJ. The Queens native (a.k.a. Little Jay) first shot to fame with his top selling remix album, NY's Finest Lil Jay. Meanwhile, Bhootnike, rendered by Daler Mehndi, and Bas Ek Kinng by Neeraj Sridhar, Mika Singh, Ashish Pandit and Hard Kaur, have remix versions by comprising the Glasgow-based brothers, Raj and Pops, who call themselves Tiger Style and are amongst the biggest DJs of bhangra, reggaeton, dance hall and punjabi music. Remarks Pretam, the film's music composer, "I heard Tiger Style and Jay Dabhi's stuff and really liked it. I got in touch with Raj and Pops for a collaboration through my friends who know them really well. Meanwhile, Style Bhai put me in touch with Jay Dabhi, who is based out of New York." Singh Is Kinng, the film, is out worldwide on August 8 with previews at select locations on August 7. It is an Indian Films - Studio 18 worldwide release.
International recognition for 'Jodhaa Akbar'
With superb performances from the lead actors and an excellent director making the decisions 'Jodhaa Akbar' set new standards in the craft of movie making in Bollywood. The grace of this remarkable period film is still lingering on and is spreading its fragrance in far away places. 'Jodhaa Akbar' has won the Grand Prix Award at the International Film Festival of Muslim Cinema Golden Minbar in Kazan, Russia. And adding to the glory is the award for the best actor in the festival that has gone to the best looking Indian actor Hrithik Roshan for his role as the Emperor Akbar. The B-Town movie shared the honors with an Iranian film 'M for Mother'. The jury at the festival selected the final winners from a group consisting of 35 films from around the world.
Eros International Announces Deal with ANYTIME
Eros International plc ("Eros" or "the Company"), the leading Bollywood studio announces an investment deal with Singapore-based, ANYTIME. ('ANYTIME"), Asia's leading supplier of Video-on-Demand (VOD) Hollywood entertainment and a company whose shareholders include 4 major Hollywood studios and Intel. Subject to final due diligence and agreement of full terms, Eros will take a minority stake in ANYTIME and a seat on ANYTIME's board. As part of the deal, it is intended that an Eros-branded Bollywood VOD service showcasing Eros' library of over 1300 titles will be launched in the 14 Asia Pacific countries where the ANYTIME service has a license to operate. A major part of the deal - following completion of due diligence and agreement of full terms - will involve the companies launching a fully integrated joint venture to license and distribute Hollywood content for VOD in India, with Eros as the majority shareholder. The joint venture will provide fully programmed and customized premium Hollywood content services to local service providers as well as to consumers over the open internet. ANYTIME is the leading Video-on-Demand Channel over IPTV, Broadband and Digital Cable Networks in Asia and the Pacific. With four of Hollywood's major studios and Intel as its shareholders, ANYTIME has an extensive library of current and library titles available on demand. Commenting on this Mr. Kishore Lulla, CMD , Eros International said, "ANYTIME's Hollywood digital entertainment services, world-class technical programming and marketing expertise complement Eros' strategic vision for expanding choice for consumers in India. Working with ANYTIME will help us further expand the reach of our extensive Bollywood film library." Craig Zimbulis, President and CEO of ANYTIME stated, "ANYTIME is excited about the tremendous value this partnership with Eros International brings to our shareholders and consumers by expanding ANYTIME's Hollywood on demand entertainment to a massive Indian market and taking Eros' premium Bollywood content on VOD to the Asia Pacific region"
EROS International Celebrates 30th Anniversary
(Cannes, London,New York,India): Eros International, the leading vertically integrated media company which is part of the $10 billion Indian entertainment sector, officially began celebrations of its 30th anniversary at the Cannes Film Festival by unveiling its special anniversary logo as well as announcing a series of further content alliances. Having played a pivotal role in taking Indian cinema to global audiences, Eros International became the first company within this sector to list on the AIM London Stock Exchange in July 2006. Eros unveiled the 'first-look' of Goldie Behl's Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra starrer, 'Drona' which is Eros's first co-production with Rose Movies. Drona, a major production mounted on a lavish scale, will take audiences to a land of fantasy with Hollywood style special effects. The film defines Eros's commitment to raising the bar of Indian cinema. Another 'first-look' was Big Screen Entertainment's John Abraham starrer, 'No Smoking' which will be released globally this summer. Eros acquired 64% of Big Screen Entertainment last year. 'Partner' , a Sohail Khan Production starring Salman Khan and Govinda which will be released worldwide this summer by Eros, was also showcased. This film comes through the major output deal signed by Eros with K Sera Sera last year. Eros announced an exclusive output deal with Anil Kapoor Film Company. The first film under this umbrella to be globally presented and distributed by Eros is Feroz Khan's 'Gandhi My Father' (English & Hindi), a film with genuine crossover potential to discerning mainstream audiences, scheduled to release worldwide this August. Eros announced a major exclusive output deal with established producer Sajid Nadiadwala who has produced several hits like Judwaa, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and Jaaneman. The next film under the deal, 'Heyy Babyy', starring Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan & Ritiesh Deshmukh is slated for a global release this summer. Finally, Eros announced a significant joint venture tie-up with one of the most distinguished film makers in the Indian film fraternity, Abbas Mastan. Renowned for his big star cast thrilling blockbusters, Abbas has given several hits such as Aitraaz, Humraaz, Ajnabee, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Baadshah, Soldier, Daraar and Baazigar, most of which already form a part of the Eros library. Abbas will now exclusively make films through the joint venture company with Eros. These major announcements follow the previously announced tie-ups with K Sera Sera, Big Screen Entertainment, Rose Movies, Venus Productions, Soham, Anurag Kashyap, E Nivas, AR Rehman, Manish Jha, Samir Karnik and Jeeva, sealing Eros's firm intention to lead the consolidation of the highly fragmented but lucrative Indian film industry. Eros films are likely to dominate the screens in the summer of 2007 and beyond. Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO, Eros International Plc commented, 'The Indian film industry is going through an explosive growth phase. Our goal is to consolidate content, talent and global distribution in the first phase so that we can catapult the business to the next level. By consolidating the fragmented industry we are looking to give it the scale and muscle it deserves to be recognised seriously on a global platform. We are very excited about the possibilities and delighted to see our strategy taking tangible shape and thank the entire film fraternity for their continued support and faith in Eros'.
Eros international honoured at the 2007 yorkshire IIFA awards
Eros international honoured at the 2007 yorkshire IIFA awards for taking Indian cinema global Eros International, the AIM-listed leading integrated Indian media and entertainment company, was awarded the IIFA Honour for Promoting Indian Cinema Internationally at this year's Idea International Indian Film Academy Awards which took place on 9th June 2007, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena. The award was presented to Kishore Lulla, Chairman & CEO of Eros International, by Tessa Jowells, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport and veteran filmmaker JP Dutta in recognition for Eros International's contribution to Indian cinema and popularising Indian films within global markets to diverse audiences. Speaking about the award, Kishore Lulla said: "Special thanks to my family, the whole Eros team, my friends, associates and audiences and, most important of all, the entire film industry in giving us the opportunity and empowering us to take Indian cinema global.' Eros International uniquely powered the entire IIFA Weekend by showcasing some of its forthcoming films during the IIFA programme and driving key forums and panel discussions designed to give wider access to the Indian film industry. Eros International also recently won the coveted Business of the Year Award at the prestigious Asian Business Awards. Also at this year's IIFA Awards, Eros International's films Omkara and Lage Raho Munna Bhai collectively scooped six awards including Best Story and Best Director (Rajkumar Hirani for Lage Raho Munnabhai) and Best Performance in a Negative Role (Saif Ali Khan for Omkara).