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Dead Set

Team Go Goa Gone – producer Dinesh Vijan, director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and leading man Kunal Kemmu – in a free-wheeling conversation with Box Office India about making India’s first ‘zom-com’ BOI: Finally, Illuminati is making the kind of film you and Saif (Ali Khan) always ...
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“At UTV, we have a very action oriented approach”

Siddharth Roy Kapur, MD – Studios, Disney UTV in conversation with the Box Office India team How was the last year for Disney UTV? 2012 was a great year for us. We had an interesting mix of films across diverse genres, like Barfi!, Paan ...
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SRK Launches TOIFA Awards

Actor Shah Rukh Khan has launched a new set of awards, the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA), which will recognise excellence in Hindi cinema and also celebrate the centenary of Indian cinema starting this year in collaboration with British Columbia. Choreographer Shiamak Davar, which was also present at the event, will ...
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“Har film ki aukaat hoti hai, uska ek darja hota hai”

Diwali 1998 Se Diwali 2012 Tak On the eve of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’s (KKHH) release, I couldn’t believe a film of mine was releasing. Today, I feel old. I was very disconcerted by the numbers even though I had grown up reading trade magazines. I have always ...
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“Being professional is good but the industry has lost its soul”

Promotion Time I’ve been running around for the promotions of my film Son of Sardaar (SOS) in the best possible way. Today, promotions have become really important so I am trying to do just that. Diwali is a lucrative period for the film industry, so we are ...
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Reliance Entertainment On A Roll

  Last week, in this column, we revealed that Reliance Entertainment was all set to produce more movies, after keeping a low profile for a while. Last week, we also reported that the corporate house had roped in AR Murugadoss to direct a film for them. Now we ...
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1st Week Collections Of Cocktail: Saurashtra

First week collection of Cocktail in Saurashtra are as follows: Cinemax Rajkot - 12,44,636 Big Cinemas Rajkot - 12,44,816 Cosmoplex Rajkot - 13,25,752 Galaxy Rajkot - 4,25,686 Top 3 Bhavnagar - 10,13,568 Mehul Jamnagar - 5,65,152 Review Jamnagar - 2,26,672 Madhuban Gandhidham - 1,86,184 ...
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Something About SRK-Yash Chopra’s Next

Several looks of the leading protagonist of Yash Chopra’s next yet untitled have been revealed and these stills have only raised curiosity levels in the trade as well as among the aam janta. We’re told the wait is over and the first teaser of this film will be launched in ...
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Son Of Sardaar Trailer Outstanding

One look at the trailer of Son Of Sardaar and it’s difficult to stop talking about it. You’ll know what wemean when the trailer releases with The Dark Knight on July 20. The film is scheduled to release during Diwali and the trailer reveals why the film makes for ...
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Ranbir Kapoor Versus Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh’s next film Lootera was scheduled to release at the end of the year but he suffered a sore back, which postponed the shooting. The new release date is March 29, 2013. But that coincides with the release of Karan Johar’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, which features Ranbir Kapoor ...
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Russian Rendezvous

A little-known Russian republic presents a delightful locale, with an interesting  juxtaposition of the old and the new The two most well-known cities in Russia are Moscow, its capital, and St Petersburg, its second capital. But Russia also comprises many lesser-known districts and republics. The Republic of Tatarstan is ...
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1st Week Collection Of Bol Bachchan – Ajmer

First week collection of Bol Bachchan in Ajmer are as follows: GLITZ - 11,26,050 MAYA MANDIR -6,12,590 MRIDANG - 5,10,910  
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BOI Welcomes BO

An alliance between someone who is over 92 years old, and someone who just celebrated their second anniversary a few months ago would seem an unlikely one. More so, if they are separated by a physical distance of almost 13,000 kilometers. However, a shared commitment to quality, credibility and, ...
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Raj TV Digitises Movie Library

Gearing up for the impending digitisation in metros, Raj Television Network has digitised its entire library of Tamil movie rights as part of a pilot project. The company owns the rights to 3,000 movies. Raj TV sees potential for revenue generation by exploring movie rights by way of digitisation in ...
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Khayyam To Turn 85

Veteran music composer Khayyam turns 85 on February 18. Known for his super hit films like Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan and Trishul, he is a living legend. Khayyam is close to the Bhosle sisters, especially Asha Bhosle, who has sung many songs with the composer, who believes that music can ...
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Catch It If You Can

It’s all about the money, dearies! That’s what any filmwallah, down the food chain, will tell you. After all, isn’t the ultimate goal of any filmmaking venture the product’s profitability? You see, the greater the profits, the greater the investments to keep churning out celluloid dreams, right? Now the ...
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‘Leading’ Men

We all know that filmmaking is a team effort and as the cliché goes, even a spot boy can make or mar a film. True. However, what is also true is that in almost all cases, it is the star cast – particularly the leading man ...
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No Kidding

On Monday, November 14, India will celebrate Children’s Day like it does every year. With my kids having the day off, the battle lines have been drawn at home over which film they should watch – my daughter insisting on Dolphin Tale and my son threatening a Anna-esque ...
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As The Crore Flies

  3 Idiots, Bodyguard, Dabanng, Ready, Ghajini, Golmaal 3, Singham…and now RA.One joins the elite club of films that have crossed the Rs 100-crore mark in Nett Domestic Box Office Collections (NBOC). The fact that the oldest of the films on this list – 3 ...
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Shah Rukh Khan Unveils Box Office India 2nd Anniversary Issue

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Happy Birthday 2 Us!

Super on screen: ‘September 19, 2009’ Fade-in to a busy industrial floor. Steadicam towards a gleaming printing machine. It is spewing out sheets of glossy, printed paper at a rapid pace. Zoom-in to one such sheet. It reads, ‘Box Office India’. Cut To Super on screen: ‘Two ...
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20th August, Issue #101

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Trade Trac- 20th August

The Month of August has begun with a big release Aarakshan. Aarakhan din't do well at the box office. This week there were films that released. Sahi Dhande Galat Bande, Chatur Singh Two Star and Not A Love Story. All the three films, dint receive much audiences ...
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My Name Is G.One

Shah Rukh Khan discusses G.One, the name of his character in his next film Ra.One, and also why he’s not revealing Ra.One, the character Arjun Rampal plays in this film. He also discusses what made him begin the promotion of the film nine months in advance. In short, ...
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Perfect 10!

It doesn’t get bigger than this: unleashing the Top Ten films to look forward It doesn’t matter how many tons will be hit during the IPL final this evening. There are bigger innings in store at the ticket counter. After Salman Khan returns with Ready, directed by Anees ...
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