Producers strike cost Bollywood Rs.3 bn

August 17th, 2009 In recent times, Tamil films remade in Hindi are witnessing grand success in box office. It’s more illustrious with Bollywood blockbusters ‘Ghajini’ (remake of Tamil film ‘Ghajini’) and ‘13B’ (Yaavarum Nalam).

August 14th, 2009 The Kerala Film Producers' Association (KFPA) has come up with five rules to cut down the cost of making films and to ensure the discipline on the sets. The rules as decided on Monday are- A Malayalam film should not cost more than Rs.3.5 crores No Malayalam film should be shot longer than 45 days.

August 12th, 2009 After the recent spate of films depicting Sanju Baba in his iconic ‘Bhai’ avatar, here is a complete overhaul of the original ‘Khalnayak’ of Hindi cinema. Come Diwali, Sanjay Dutt is all set to scorch the silver screen with what seems to be one of his most powerful roles of the decade– that of ‘Ringmaster’.

July 24th, 2009   The successes of Ghajini have attracted Bollywood producers in watching more of Tamil flicks and remake the same in Hindi. This surely has opened the doors for many talented Kollywood directors to step into the world of Bollywood.

June 11th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - After almost a year of talks in Hollywood the actors union have finally agreed to a new pay deal, avoiding a threatened strike. The previous agreement between around 120,000 film actors and the large Hollywood studios expired last July.

June 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Hindi film industry was hit badly by the stand off between producers and multiplex owners and lost about Rs.300 crore, says Amit Khanna, chairman of Reliance Big Pictures, who was one of the architects of the 12-hour meeting between the two parties. But he adds that the row had brought about more cohesiveness among filmmakers.

June 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A slew of Bollywood biggies are lined up for release with the row between producers and multiplex owners having ended. Multiplex owners are now doing a re-think on whether to go ahead with the proposed screening of T20 World Cup matches, especially after the "exorbitant" fees for telecast rights.

June 6th, 2009 Now that the ongoing strike between the producers and multiplex owners is finally over, fans of Bollywood films should now get prepared for a rush of new releases that were put on hold because of the strike. The onslaught begins with Vashu Bhagnani’s Kal Kissne Dekha to be the first film to release post end of strike.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heaving a sigh of relief after a 14-hour meeting that Friday resolved a crippling four-month dispute between Bollywood producers-distributors and multiplexes, United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF) chairman Mukesh Bhatt said that he was glad to have finally achieved "fair rights for Friday nights". "We are so happy that that we have achieved what we had set out to achieve - fair rights for Friday nights," Bhatt told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Post the extended dry spell at the box office owing to the stand-off between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing, production houses have announced, beginning June 12, the release dates of some of the most awaited films slated hit the screens in the coming months. The row between producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing began in February.

June 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - The row between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing came to an end as the two parties reached a deal here early Friday, industry sources said. After about four months of negotiations, the two parties reached a consensus over the rationalisation of revenue sharing for forthcoming films, the sources said.

May 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A seven-week-old strike by Bollywood film producers that has brought India's multibillion-dollar film industry to a halt has also cast a long shadow on small ethnic movie theatres in the US. The Eagle Theatre, a little cinema hall in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York, is shut tight, its steel burglar gate pulled down and its marquee blank, battered and dark, the New York Times reported.

May 28th, 2009 Saif Ali Khan is all set to promote his debut film as a producer, Love Aaj Kal at the coming ICC world Twenty 20 2009 cricket tournament. The film, directed by Jab We Met fame Imtiaz Ali stars Saif alongside Deepika Padukone.

May 14th, 2009 Though there is still some more time to go before the tumultuous phase at Bollywood comes to an end, there is little respite in store with the arrival of a new movie at the least. It is Kunal Khemmu and Soha Ali Khan starrer '99' which would be seeing a release at single screens as well as multiplexes.

May 3rd, 2009 By Joginder Tuteja Even though Kunal Khemu's '99' is arriving at the time when there is still no clarity around the stand off between producers and multiplexes seeing some sort of resolution, the actor insists that 'personally', he supports the strike. "If you ask me, then honestly speaking I support the stand that the producers have taken.