Warner Bros continues Bollywood journey with a 500 crore deal

September 19th, 2009 The most expensive actor of the industry, Amitabh Bachchan is getting pricy with an astronomical rise in the amount that he will be getting for Big Boss 3. He is the highest paid actor on small screen now, beating the Khans and Kumars of Bollywood.

September 11th, 2009 The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor to release his film Wanted, starring Salman Khan on September 18 after he deposited a security of Rs Two crore by September 16. Kapoor had run into a legal dispute over an advance of Rs 10 crore he had taken from financer LMB Holdings, a B4U group company.

August 23rd, 2009 Saif Ali Khan has hit a sixer with his maiden production. He has managed to do what no other actor turned producer has succeeded in doing before him.

August 9th, 2009 If our industry sources are to be believed then the deal between producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Indian Film Company for 3 Idiots has been called off before the official formalities were to be completed. Despite that fact that both the parties are tight-lipped about what went wrong, our industry source reveals that both Indian Film Company and Chopra had an oral agreement between them about the Aamir Khan - Kareena Kapoor starrer 3 Idiots' worldwide rights.

August 1st, 2009 Two back-to-back big budget flops in Kidnap and Luck, and Imran Khan has suddenly become a thanda actor from being a hot property that he was post his debut film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’s release. Otherwise what else would explain for A list heroines rejecting his romantic comedy Seven Days in Paris? But that’s not all; the kind of hype that had been created around Imran, post his debut film’s stupendous success is rapidly waning amongst Bollywood trade circles.

August 1st, 2009 Finally filmmaker Ravi Chopra is breathing easy. After all he has managed to reach an out of court settlement for his upcoming comedy, Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai starring Govinda, Lara Dutt and Tabu.

July 23rd, 2009 One can recall the producers going on a two month strike to meet their demands few weeks back. Now after the strike has got over with their demands met, Yash Raj Film’s latest hit New York is the first film to get the benefit under the new terms that were agreed on between producer and distributors and the six national multiplex chains.

July 23rd, 2009  Few months back we were the first ones to report about BIG Pictures giving up on the rights of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dulha Mil Gaya produced by Viveck Vaswani. The long in the making film is now finally complete and has finally managed to get a buyer in a big SRK fan.

July 23rd, 2009 Box office Bonanza for Kabmbakkht Ishq, as the film rakes in over 19 crores on its opening day. Gross Collection Worldwide (first day): 4.5 million USD (19 crores) 2.4 million USD India (12 crore) 1.4 million USD overseas (7 crore) Film heats up box office across Pakistan as well with 15 prints and all shows out.

June 17th, 2009 There is recession around everywhere in the world and every business person and even a lay man is trying to cut costs as much as possible. But in Bollywood despite films flopping left right and center and two months delay of big projects due to the producers v/s multiplex stand off, for some producers, recession seems to be thousand miles away.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - If reports are to be believed, singer Peter Andre has signed a million-pound Bollywood movie deal. The Australian crooner, who received a standing ovation at the prestigious IIFA awards in Macau, China, was reportedly offered 1.1million pounds to appear in a new film, reports The Mirror.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Australian singer Peter Andre has signed a million-pound Bollywood movie deal. After his performance at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in Macau, the singer was offered 1.1 million pounds to appear in a new film, themirror.co.uk reported.

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.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The two-month-long standoff between the producers-distributors and multiplex owners over revenue sharing, which was resolved Friday, has led to a whopping Rs.300 crore (Rs.3 billion) loss to the industry. The strike has cost the Indian film industry over Rs.3 billion, Mukesh Bhatt, United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF) chairman, told IANS over phone from Mumbai Friday.

May 7th, 2009 If the buzz has to be believed in not just Punjab but also in overseas centers such as UK and Canada then Jimmy Shergill is all set to deliver yet another super duper hit in the form of his Punjabi film Munde UK De. The Punjabi film is all set for a release in Punjab and many overseas centers on May 8th.