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Tata Elxsi creates advertising 'buzz' for Kellogg
Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd and one of the leading studios in the animation and visual communications industry has successfully delivered special effects in the television commercial (TVC) for Kellogg's' latest offering in the market-Honey Loops.
Directed by ace ad film director, Mintoo Singh of Classic Films, the TVC shows a cute little honeybee as the central animated character along with a little girl who takes the viewers through the process of manufacturing 'Honey Loops'. The entire commercial is set inside a beehive and is a take off on the hugely popular song from the movie Billu Barber, "Hit Hit Soniye", with a swarm of bees grooving to it in the background.
VCL designed one huge set with various levels, each to depict the separate stages of the manufacturing process. Once the set was designed and built, the choreography was shot by Mintoo and then reproduced in animation.
Speaking about the creation of the commercial, Mr Suhael Merchant, Animation Director Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd said, "The use of animation in children's advertising is not uncommon. However, with it comes the challenge of creating something unique and interesting in order to build that connect and get them captivated to the ad and thereby the product."
"Our FX team worked out some super yummy looking honey which would be flowing from various levels. This was a crucial element of the film and one that we had to get right. Lighting wise everything was needed to look warm and honey like, as well as cute and clean," Merchant added.
"All in all our team really pulled off all the requirements beautifully- be it the set creation or the various textures and even the lighting and SFX of the honey. The choreography of the complicated dance steps was challenging. Mintoo Singh's input on every detail at every step of the commercial was crucial to achieving what we have in this beautiful commercial. He worked closely with us to make sure that we achieved exactly what the brief was and I am very happy to say that the end result outdid our expectations!"
VCL won the FICCI BAF award this year for executing outstanding visual effects in Himani Fast relief TVC in the category of "Best VFX in a commercial". VCL has also worked on projects for Sony Pictures Imageworks, Lions Gate, MGM and Digimation and Bollywood films including Rab ne Bana di Jodi, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par and 3D animation film Roadside Romeo.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 26 Aug 2009 | 7:43 am "Phhir is based on a 'man' whose wife goes missing" - Adah Sharma
Adah Sharma can be termed as Bollywood's most enviable entrant. She has everything, beauty, talent, success, a happy home life, her mentors: her mother and
father, a boyfriend and her second Vikram Bhatt film Phhir. Adah, not so freakishly scary after all, proves to be warm, intelligent company and maybe slightly more quirky than you'd
imagine. Beautifully groomed, with her curly black hair pushed back and mischievous eyes, she comes over as a cross between a 'woman of conviction' and a
'woman of convention'. UK's Harrow Observer columnist and Bollywood Hungama's London correspondent Devansh Patel caught up with the 'getting busy'
unconventional beauty for a quick fired interview on her upcoming delayed film Phhir. Better late than never!
From playing a female lead in your debut film to a second fiddle in your next, would you tag Phhir as an easy way out film?
I play the female lead in Phhir just as I did in 1920. While 1920 was based on a 'woman' who gets possessed, Phhir is based on a
'man' whose wife goes missing. Just like in 1920, you won't see me for the first twelve or fifteen minutes of the film. Don't worry Once I'm on screen
you'll be seeing me till the end credits. You must watch the film before you take my word for it though (laughs). Choosing films as a carrier option for me
was like choosing a slightly complicated way. But if you enjoy what you are doing, easy and difficult are secondary. And of course, in films, there is no
easy way out.
Phhir is based on a 'man' whose wife goes missing
When do we start seeing you do a full on commercial fun caper?
Phhir and 1920 were both commercial films. I don't think you have a barrier anymore between art and commercial cinema. Any film that is
successful is commercial now. If you mean commercial and fun as a comedy film, then to answer your question, my next after Phhir is a comedy.
If given a chance, would you work in a horror film directed or produced by RGV and why?
I have just begun my journey in films and I'm keenly desirous to work with everybody. Why? Because I don't create any unfavorable opinion towards anyone in
the industry without knowledge thought or reason.
What fascinates you towards cinema as a person and as an actress?
When you watch or participate in a film, you experience so many things that you don't or can't in real life. You get to be legally schizophrenic. Being so
many people, living so many lives and going through so many emotions, and some I didn't even know exist, enthralls me.
Do you think the delay in releasing Phhir might back fire just because Vikram Bhatt is more keen on releasing Three?
We released 1920 during the 'shraad' period which is said to be a terrible time to release a film. Apparently theatres stay empty. But just the
opposite of that happened. I really don't know what backfires. No matter how forward with the various aspects of filmmaking we go and how much ever immense
our knowledge grows, I think, no one in the industry will be able to answer questions about the fate of a film.
We released 1920 during the 'shraad' period which is said to be a terrible time to release a
film
What change do you see in your co-actor Rajniesh Duggal from his previous film?
Every cell in the human body goes through changes by the second. So it would be wrong to say that Rajniesh has not changed. He came across as more confident,
self assured, hard-working, absolute and as good looking as he was in his first film. We both started off together and have seen each other grow.
Any recent film you've seen and you've liked. Why?
Revolutionary Road, I thought Kate Winslet was fabulous and a few of her actions even gave me goose bumps and Shadow, because 'namumkin ko
mumkin karne ke liye log arjun sherawat ko muh maangi keemat detey hai' (laughs).Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 26 Aug 2009 | 7:38 am Megan Fox to play Catwoman
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With the arrival of festive season, everyone is busy worshipping Lord Ganesha! If so much is happening everywhere, then, can Bollywood be far behind?
As all good things come to an end, Lord Ganesha too will have to say 'Alvida' to everyone in the form of 'visarjan' but a few days later from now. But in the case of Shreyas Talpade, who is also the lead hero of Aage Se Right, it seemed that he preferred to do the 'visarjan' a bit early in the day. That explains the reason as to why he has decided to do aâ¦hold your breathâ¦'Gun Visarjan' today afternoon! You heard it right; aapla mulga Shreyas will submerge his gun at Juhu Beach. Since gun is a symbol of all evil things, Shreyas will prayed to Ganpati Bappa and give his gun to ward of evil stuff from the city. Atta' boy, Shreyas!
For starters, Aage Se Right is a story of a cop who has lost his gun and what follows after that is a series of adventures and the weird mishaps amidst which he is set to find the gun. You can check out Shreyas Talpade's antics on Sept 4, when the film releases.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 26 Aug 2009 | 6:15 am Rourke not in sequel to The Wrestler
Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 26 Aug 2009 | 5:12 am "Ranbir-Konkona is a pair that no one would imagine" - Ayan Mukerji
Ayan Mukerji's film has been flashed in the first blurbs as the story of a younger handsome man and an older not-so-good-looking woman. Ayan is appalled. And not only because his leading lady Konkona has not taken kindly to this description at all.
"I don't know where that came from. All I can tell you is that this marketing pitch didn't come from me or Karan. You think I'd dare to call my heroine who I think is awesome, not good-looking?," Ayan asks angrily. And then without waiting for a reply continues, "It came from a Facebook Wake Up Sid fan club started on the website. Someone just saw Ranbir and Konkona together and decided to draw their own conclusions on their physicality. To me, Konkona is at the moment the most gorgeous woman I've met. In fact my last shot was with her, and I just couldn't stop gawking."
So is Wake Up Sid about an older woman in love with a younger man? Ayan hems and haws and then relents. "Yes, Konkona's character Aisha is a few years older than the guy. But it's not Summer Of 42, please! Nor is the age-difference concealed here as it was between Ranbir and Bipasha in Bachna Ae Haseeno. What happened was we wrote in the age difference because I wanted only these two to be in my film. When I saw Ranbir in Saawariya, I knew this was my Sid. He was young energetic and hungry to seize life. He was like me. You've to admit Ranbir and Konkona together are a pair that no one would imagine. I liked that challenge. And I also saw Konkona was around in the industry longer than Ranbir. So, I conveniently turned the character into a slightly older woman."
Clever, you tell Ayan. So doesn't he plan to work with his fabulous cousin Kajol? Sighs Ayan, "The thought didn't strike me for my first film. I wrote Wake Up, Sid as this young new-age Dil Chahta Hai. It's about today's youngsters. Kajol? Yeah. Maybe in my next filmâ¦if I'm allowed to make another film."
At the moment Ayan is worried about how the audience would take up to the title. "But it had to be Wake Up, Sid. It's a wakeup call for this rather laidback hero who meets an unusual woman. It's a real film with no lip-sync songs. You think audiences in Patna would like it?"
On the night of completion Ayan got dead drunk. "I was very sad that it had ended. Now everyone will move away. It's a heartbreaking process. I don't know how Karan goes through it over and over again."Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 26 Aug 2009 | 4:50 am Sohail Khan plays Manoj Kumar from Upkaar in upcoming film Kissan
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It may not be official. But there is more in common between Manoj Kumar's 1967 paean to patriotism Upkaar and Sohail Khan's Kissan than the song 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti' for which Sohail has officially taken the rights from Manoj Kumar.
The two films share a common theme as well, so much so that the basic plotting of the two films is almost identical.
Take a look. Upkaar is about a mother Radha (Kamini Kaushal) from an agricultural family in a village. She can only afford to send one son for education to the city. While Bharat (Manoj Kumar) grows up as an uneducated patriotic son of the soil, his brother (Prem Chopra) returns from the city burdened with corrupt idea of progressive living with no respect for the mother land.
Cut to Kissan where Kamini Kaushal's character is replaced by farmer- father Jackie Shroff who can afford to send only one son for education to the city. Prem Chopra from Upkaar transforms into the city-bred son Arbaaz Khan in Kissan while Sohail Khan is the son who stays back in the village to be a farmer with his father.
'Till' debt do us part.
How does Sohail feel playing Manoj Kumar? The young actor is quite flattered to have elements from Manoj Kumar's Upkaar coming into his film. Says Sohail, "Upkaar, Mother India, Deewaar...now Kissan. They're in the same mould. Emotional drama about a family torn by ideology. I'm being asked why I've chosen to produce a film that has a village and a farmer family at its background. It seems our filmmakers have forgotten that a majority of India still lives in the villages. I'll be proud of Kissan for as long as I'm a filmmaker."
Let's hope Manoj Kumar who took great offence to the way he was portrayed in Shah Rukh Khan's production Om Shanti Om will be pleased with this neo-Upkaar produced by SRK's arch-rival Salman's younger brother.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 26 Aug 2009 | 4:44 am Big B not working with SRK in Happy New Year
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:37 am Live Chat: Aftab Shivdasani on August 27 at 1600 hrs IST
He is one of the very few boys-turned-men, who, after, being successful as child actors have managed to replicate the same success even as Bollywood heroes! He is Adorable, Funny, Talented, And Bindaas! If you are still wondering as to whom we are addressing to, then, stop scratching your head and simply take the initials of the above term and thou shalt get the name of that person, whom the whole of Bollywood looks upto as a 'complete package'! For the
still-so-lazy, he is none other than A-F-T-A-B Shivdasani, the same dude, whose mere smile is enough for even the Swiss chocolates to get a huge inferiority complex!
Having started his career as a 'Master' blaster in Mr. India, Aftab became an instant household name with films like Mast, Deewane Hue Pagal, Hungama, Dus Kahaniyaan, Aloo Chaat...to name a few! Bollywood Hungama gives you a lifetime opportunity of spending some candid moments with this star on 'Celebrity Chat', that will happen on: Thursday, August 27, at 1600 hrs IST.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:35 am Kourtney Kardashian can't wait to become motherThe news is doing the rounds that Kourtney Kardashian and her boyfriend Scott Disick just can't wait to become parents though the pregnancy wasn’t planned. It is said that the couple are set to start a family.Sources said that bothSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:31 am Now listen to bird calls on CDNow it won't take a sweaty, tiring, mosquito-bitten stakeout in the Western Ghats forests to hear the song of birds like the Drongo Cuckoo, the Pompadour Green Pigeon or the Grey-headed Bulbul.Source: Entertainment News | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:30 am Now listen to bird calls on CDNow it won't take a sweaty, tiring, mosquito-bitten stakeout in the Western Ghats forests to hear the song of birds like the Drongo Cuckoo, the Pompadour Green Pigeon or the Grey-headed Bulbul.Source: Entertainment News | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:30 am Ajay Devgan drops A off his nameAjay Devgan is now Ajay Devgn. Yes, he has dropped the letter 'A' from his last name, as evident in the promos of his next production — All The Best. This is a first of sorts, as in the past, actorsSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:27 am SnippetsAugust 24, 2009Fans of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Bachchan managed to crash her cell phone by sending her 'get well soon' messages. The actress said that as soon as some news channel broadcast the news of her having flu like symptoms herSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:26 am Irrfan plants a surprise kiss on Diya's lipsIrrfan Khan is known to be a thorough professional. He is pretty serious about his job and will do whatever it takes to make his role look perfect. But recently, this dedication took an interesting course. During the shoot of AcidSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:25 am Giselle Monteiro destined for IndiaBrazilian beauty Giselle Monteiro has been winning accolades for her role as Harleen Kaur in Love Aaj Kal. Her Indian looks have won her fans galore as well. Giselle says she was destined to come to India and play a role.Source: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 26 Aug 2009 | 3:19 am Sonam Kapoor is a Gaga Fan - Press Trust of India
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 Aug 2009 | 12:10 am Here come table mats in soft steelIt's steel, it's for your dining table and it's not a utensil. A lifestyle brand has launched a collection of table mats, runners and coasters that fuses steel yarn with fabrics like organza and silk.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 11:02 pm No Hrithik or Abhishek yet for 'Agneepath' remake: Karan JoharThere have been speculations about who will play the male lead in the remake of the 1990 hit 'Agneepath'. While the names of Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan popped up, filmmaker Karan Johar clarifies that no one has been finalised to play the part Amitabh Bachchan immortalised in the original.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 10:00 pm Ken Ghosh's next is finally titled 'Chance Pe Dance'After a musical chair of titles that ranged from 'Star' to 'Yahoo', director Ken Ghosh's next film, which has Shahid Kapoor in the lead, has finally been titled 'Chance Pe Dance'.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:30 pm Internet a tool to connect films with youth: Sharmila TagoreModern-day communication tools like internet can enhance the interaction among movie buffs across the globe, said film actress Sharmila Tagore here today.Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 2:05 pm New soap brings capital's popular haunts to TVKarol Bagh, Delhi University, Bengali Market and India Gate - all these popular locations in the capital - will now be part of a new TV serial called "12/24, Karol Bagh", which is about conflict of values between parents and youngsters.Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 1:59 pm Shilpa to launch readymade meal chain in BritainAfter dabbling in cricket and spas, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is now venturing into the F and amp;B segment with a chain of readymade meals in Britain.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 12:30 pm Dhara's jalebi boy grows up!Parzan Dastur, the little Sardarji, who counted stars in Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai eleven years ago, admits he cracks up whenever he sees the film or even the Dhara advertisement wherein he ran away from home looking for jalebis.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 11:21 am Time to hang upBollywood reacts as the Malayalam film industry faces a ban on mobile phones during film shoots. Rajesh Ahuja tells more.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 11:19 am ‘Mind it’, we sayThe promos of the Shashank Ghosh’s upcoming release Quickgun Murugun, don’t seem to have gone down well with the Capital’s South Indian community.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 11:17 am Priyanka seeking inspiration from Balika Vadhu!After Kareena Kapoor got to play a typical Balaji Telefilms character in Golmaal Returns, it's Priyanka's turn. The actress is all set to play a role inspired by Anandi of Balika Vadhu.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 10:35 am Who's Ajay Devgan aping in London Dreams?You would soon see Ajay Devgan strumming a guitar in his upcoming flick London Dreams. And he would be copying none other than...Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 10:30 am Sanjay Suri hopes more films can be made in KashmirBorn and brought up in Kashmir, actor Sanjay Suri, who returned to the Valley after 18 years to shoot Sikandar, says more filmmakers should go to the state as it will boost "employment" and "prosperity".1Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 9:56 am Bollywood on self-healing path with four hitsEnergetic openings to Bollywood's four recent releases, New York, Kambakkht Ishq, Love Aaj Kal and Kaminey, have succeeded in getting the business perk up.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 9:07 am Bollywood veterans set to weave magic with their filmTwo of the most popular Bollywood actors of their time, Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore, are all set to fascinate hearts with their forthcoming film.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 9:01 am Internet a tool to connect films with youth: Sharmila TagoreModern-day communication tools like internet can enhance the interaction among movie buffs across the globe, said film actress Sharmila Tagore here Tuesday.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 9:00 am Zeenat Aman to do a Chura liya encoreYesteryears actress Zeenat Aman won a million hearts when she strummed the guitar in the evergreen song Chura liye hai tumne in Yaadon Ki Baraat. Now she is set to relive the act in a new film titled Dunno Y... Naa Jaane Kyon.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:57 am FIR filed against Kaminey director, producerA first information report (FIR) was filed Monday against the director and producer of Kaminey for allegedly denigrating Lord Jagannath in the film.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:55 am Jackie Shroff debuts in Marathi cinema with Renuka Shahane's Rita
Actress Renuka Shahane has debuted as a director and is all set with her first Marathi film titled Rita. This is the first time one will see Jackie Shroff in a Marathi flick, playing the role of a mentor. The movie is adapted from a Marathi novel, 'Rita Welingkar', which is written by Renuka's mother and eminent critic Shanta Gokhale.
Renuka is excited about her first release. She says, "I chose my mother's novel because it lends itself as a beautiful screenplay for a film. The characterizations were so well edged. And the essence of the main protagonist Rita works very well cinematically. Pallavi Joshi plays the central character and it is about her life span from the age of 8 to 40 and
I play the role of her best friend."
Renuka initially started writing for a Hindi movie screenplay. She says, "Initially, I started with a Hindi movie screenplay but something was missing and it wasn't fulfilling and living up to expectations. I decided to go back to my roots and experiment something in Marathi. That's when my mother's novel, which I had read in 1993, struck me and I decided to translate the novel into a film. I spoke to my mom and she was shocked at first. I then began writing my screenplay in May 2007 and finished it by August 2007. My mother read the screenplay and her approval gave me the impetus to go
ahead."
Didn't she think to cast her husband Ashutosh Rane for her directorial debut? She says, "The character required a 15 years age difference and needed to look old. No matter how much make up I would get on Ashutosh, he wouldn't live up to the character. Jackie Shroff suited the role aptly."
The Hum Aapke Hai Kaun actress can't stop raving about how Ashutosh played a perfect husband by sitting at home all this while. She adds, "He played a very good husband and a father while I was busy with shooting. He didn't take up any assignments. He also gave me various inputs with regards to the screenplay and direction of the film."
Renuka also plans to make a movie in Hindi and cast her husband. She says, "I have two scripts ready one in Hindi and the other in Marathi. The Hindi script has my husband playing the most important role."
The movie is produced by Pooja Shetty Deora's Walkwater Media and is due to release on September 4.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:49 am New soap brings capital's popular haunts to TVKarol Bagh, Delhi University, Bengali Market and India Gate - all these popular locations in the capital - will now be part of a new TV serial called '12/24, Karol Bagh', which is about conflict of values between parents and youngsters.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:31 am Siddharth Anand's Ranbir-Priyanka starrer titled Anjaana Anjaani
After successfully directing three films namely Salaam Namaste, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Bachna Ae Haseeno for Yash Raj Films, director Siddharth Anand is all set to start his next venture this time for producer Sajid Nadiadwala's banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The film is titled Anjaana Anjaani, and will star Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles.
Bollywood Hungama spoke to Siddharth to confirm the same. "Yes my next film is called Anjaana Anjaani. It's a romantic comedy starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. We start shooting in October and the film would be shot in New York, San Francisco and Las Vegas."
Music of the film has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar who have incidentally composed the music for all of Siddharth's past three films.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 25 Aug 2009 | 8:17 am Sanjay Suri hopes more films can be made in KashmirBorn and brought up in Kashmir, actor Sanjay Suri, who returned to the Valley after 18 years to shoot "Sikandar", says more filmmakers should go to the state as it will boost "employment" and "prosperity".Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 7:33 am Three actresses booked for employing child labourIn the wake of growing abuse of domestic help and minors, the Maharashtra government Tuesday filed cases against three actresses - Bollywood star-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi and television stars Laxmi and Uma Khan - for allegedly employing child labour.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 7:31 am 'Leave India' order to supermodel's British hubby haltedThe Supreme Court Tuesday suspended a government order cancelling the Person-of-Indian Origin (PIO) card given to supermodel Ujjwala Raut's British husband and asking him to leave India.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 25 Aug 2009 | 7:00 am Ajay's act in 'London Dreams' modelled on BonoAjay Devgan as a rock star strumming away the heated strings on stage is a hard act to swallow.Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 5:51 am L Subramanyan steps down as Chandamama CEO
It's piping hot, and as always, it's first on Bollywood Hungama.
L Subramanyan (Subu), the veteran IT journalist who had joined the legendary comic house Chandamama in 2007 after the publication's acquisition by Mumbai-based technology major Geodesic, has now stepped down as the company's CEO. During his stint with Chandamama, the company achieved several milestones including the magazine's robust entry in digital and mobile space.
Subu will now be looking at an entrepreneurial venture. "I am considering the digital and mobile space," Subu told Bollywood Hungama.
After this development, Prashant Mulekar, Executive Director - Geodesic will be taking care of the company's operations. "I will be taking over Subu's profile and will be involved in overall operations," said Mulekar, who has more than 15 years of experience in finance.
Vishwanath Reddi, Chairman of Chandamama shared, "Subu introudced Chandamama to various platforms including mobile and digital. His attempt to take Chandamama in digital ecosystem will help the successors to take the publication forward in the right direction. Prashant Mulekar has overtaken Subu's role as the editor and publisher of the magazine."
We tried contacting Geodesic CEO and MD Kiran Kulkarni, but he was unavailable at the timing of filing this story.
Prior joining Chandamama, Subu was with Jasubhai Digital Media, where he was the CEO and Editorial Director managing properties such as Digit, The CTO Forum, Skoar! and Industry 2.0. Subu was also the Chief Editor of Dataquest and the associated B2B titles of Cyber Media and has served as the founding CEO of IPF Online Limited.
Chandamama is also eyeing the big screen. Toonz Animation India is producing a full-length animated film based on a prime property from the library of Chandamama.Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 25 Aug 2009 | 5:02 am FIR filed against 'Kaminey' director, producerA first information report (FIR) was filed on Monday against the director and producer of "Kaminey" for allegedly denigrating Lord Jagannath in the film.Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 4:49 am Akki floors Hollywood director! - Hindustan Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 Aug 2009 | 4:28 am Zeenat Aman to do a 'Chura liya' encoreYesteryears actress Zeenat Aman won a million hearts when she strummed the guitar in the evergreen song "Chura liye hai tumne" in "Yaadon Ki Baraat".Source: Entertainment News | 25 Aug 2009 | 4:13 am Piyush Jha's next titled Door; wants Aamir Khan to play lead role
Piyush Jha whose film, Sikandar, based on Kashmiri militancy has just opened to substantial critical acclaim is all set to start his next film.
Entitled Door (distant), Piyush's next project will take a deep penetrating look at the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
Aamir Khan is the director's first choice for the protagonist's part. "It's the role of a man of the masses. I can only see Aamir in the role," says Piyush.
The Sikandar experience has made the director realize the importance of A-listers stars in the cast. "I now understand the star hierarchy. This is just what my next film has to say. Before bridging the gap between the haves and have-nots we need to understand that chasm."
Says the director, "In the cities you see this huge disparity between the way the various classes of people live. But move away from the city and go into the non-metropolitan and semi-rural areas...the disparity between how the upper crust and the rest lived is even more glaring. That's what Door is about."
Piyush is baffled by some of the reviews for Sikandar. "Some have even commented on how spick and span Madhavan playing an army man looks. Arrey, I come from an army family. My father Hiralal Jha retired as a Major in the army. I know how he lived and how much cleanliness and orderliness meant to him. His shoes were polished for an hour every morning and his uniform had to be creaseless."
Going by the critical response to his film, Piyush is unsure about what is required of him. "Should I make the film that critics want from me? Should I make what I think the audience would like? Or should I just do what comes naturally to me? I think I'll just go by my instincts."Source: BollywoodHungama.com News | 25 Aug 2009 | 3:46 am
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