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October 15th, 2009 All-New ‘Diamond Collection’ Premiered on October 14, 2009! Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly opened the vault, releasing ‘The One That Started It All,’ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. To be released in India for the first time ever, on DVD.

October 7th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha Rakhi Sawant is appalled and angry by the way her mother is being treated on Bigg Boss. She wants revenge.

October 1st, 2009 By Subhash K Jha While shooting Ravi Kissan through the lens of his camera in the wilderness of Chalakudy in Kerala for Mani Ratnams Raavan, Santosh Sivan decided to cast Ravi Kissan who plays Abhisheks brother in Manis film, as Varanasi ka chokra who falls in love with a visiting Italian girl. Says Santosh reluctantly, "It's too early to talk about this project at this juncture.

September 15th, 2009 Uday Benegal, the man behind the rock band, Indus Creed, is in plans to make a movie on music. He feels that the best movies in the world are non-English.

September 5th, 2009 Neha Marda aka Gehna of Sphere Origins Balika Vadhu goes down the memory lane and fondly remembers her school days and her favorite teachers on Teachers’ Day. I did my schooling from Birla’s Sunshine School in Kolkata.

August 26th, 2009 Nimisha Vakharia aka Putlibai of Shree the soap opera on Zee TV is based on false notion and black magic. In this show the actress reveals her mind-set about temperament in the serial that makes her go petrified.

August 26th, 2009 Ad filmmaker Kitu Ghosh is going the whole hog and is busy paving his way to B-Town. He has already started working on his mega-project with a huge star cast.

August 17th, 2009 Jab We Met is all set to get a Tamil remake. Tamil director Kannan is planning to remake Jab We Met as Kanden Kadhalai.

July 23rd, 2009 With a weekend collection of Rs 2.3 crores on just 67 prints, the film has got the ‘highest opening for any animation film in India’, beating the 2005 super hit Hanuman, which had an opening of Rs.1.5 Crores on 150 prints! Fox Star Studios India’s ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur’ is undoubtedly the ‘coolest’ hit of the year as it wins hearts of kids and adults! The exceptional 3D effects in the film further enhanced the movie-watching experience of audiences. Says Mr. Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios India, “Even though Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur released with the hugely hyped Kambakkht Ishq, it has managed to get one of the highest openings for an animated film in India; even better than ‘Hanuman’.

June 22nd, 2009 The seeming deadlock over the release of the much-hyped Kites is now over. Producer Rakesh Roshan and director Anurag Basu have agreed on how different the English and Hindi versions of  the film would be.

June 17th, 2009 One fine day Mr. Ghuggi said to his wife, “Let’s make a trip to New Zealand”.

May 29th, 2009 Today all over India Hollywood film, Angels and Demons starring Tom Hanks has released. But the release has been mostly restricted to single screens and no big multiplexes.

May 26th, 2009 A few days before the matter of Ram Gopal Varma’s revisionist version of the national anthem goes to the Supreme Court, Ram Gopal Varma and his co-producers Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar have  prepared cds of the their Jana gana man music- video and sent them off to all the members of parliament in the country. Explains Mantena, “We did this so that the people who lead the country would have a  clear idea of what we’ve done.

May 21st, 2009 Did anyone in  India know who Barbara Mori was until the Roshans brought her over for Kites? And now after Cannes,Barbara is being recognized on an international podium. It’s not just fame that Kites has brought Ms Mori.She also  knew no English before she started shooting for Kites.

May 3rd, 2009 It was a great evening at Firangi Paani-Chembur on 7th April 09 as the known personalities graced the launch party of Firangi Paani in Chembur. The team and jury members of Dance India Dance (reality dance show on Zee TV) were seen having a merry time together.