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Salman Khan With YRF AgainThe first time this lethal combination worked together, they produced a huge success in Ek Tha…
3D Film For Salman KhanHe’s not signed a film that will be shot in 3D but Salman Khan is toying with converting a film…
First Half Of Disney UTVAt the end of the day, it’s the numbers that count, right? And judging by the numbers, Disney UTV…
Rajkumar Santoshi To Direct Ghayal 2It’s no news that Rahul Rawail is no longer part of Sunny Deol’s Ghayal 2. When this happened,…
Blessing In DisguiseShe made her foray into filmdom with a disaster, Teen Patti, and everyone said her career was over.…
Blockbuster ExpressIt would be no exaggeration to call her ‘blockbuster actress’ as the collections of her films…
Fukrey Lukewarm; YJHD Continues Winning StreakThis week, Hollywood release Man Of Steel has taken over our box office counters, leaving behind…
I actually think I can be an action hero: SRKWhen Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) meets the media, expect to be entertained. Wearing his trademark sense of…
Tag Archives: Delhi Belly
“I’d rather wait and make a meaty Bollywood debut”
He stumbled into the Tamil film industry quite by chance in 2005. And after tasting success from his very first release Arinthum Ariyamalum, South star Arya has never looked back. Famous for his roles in films like Pattiyal, Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Vettai, the brawny actor is now all set ...
Posted in Desi Tadka, Interviews
Tagged Arinthum Ariyamalum, Arya, Asin, Delhi Belly, Disney UTV, Fox Star, Genelia D?Souza, Jeeva, Mumbai, Raja Rani, Sameera Reddy, Settai, Tamil Nadu, UTV, Vettai
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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 ...
Posted in Interviews, Main Story
Tagged A Wednesday, ABCD, Abhishek Kapoor, animation, Anurag Basu, Anurag Kashyap, Arjun: The Warrior Prince, Barfi, Box Office India, Chennai Express, Delhi Belly, Dev.D, Disney, Disney UTV, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Ghanchakkar, Gippi, Himmatwala, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Life in a... Metro, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, Paan Singh Tomar, Pritam, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Rowdy Rathore, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Udaan, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
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Kahaani Wins Best Screenplay
During the South Asian Rising Star Film Awards at New York, USA, Sujoy Ghosh’s film Kahaani featuring Vidya Balan, won the award for Best Original Screenplay. Ghosh bagged the award for the best screenplay amongst nominees like Anurag Kashyap for Gangs Of Wasseypur, Akshat Verma for Delhi Belly, Juhi Chaturvedi ...
Posted in Straight News
Tagged Anurag Kashyap, Best Original Screenplay, Delhi Belly, Endemol \, Gangs Of Wasseypur, Kahaani, Kushal Gada, Nawazuddin Siddhiqui, Saswata Chatterjee, South Asian Rising Star Film Awards, Sujoy Ghosh, Vicky Donor, Vidya Balan, Vishal-Shekhar, Yash Raj Films
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Cut And Thrust
The Censors’ ban on A-films for TV viewing has dealt the business of filmmaking a body blow. Is there a way out?
The Censor Board has done it yet again. Last Sunday, just when the filmmakers breathed a sigh of relief with the Government green signaling the telecast of ...
Posted in Features
Tagged Censor Board, Delhi Belly, Jannat 2, Jism 2, Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt, The Dirty Picture
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The Big Tease
The first trailer of a film has become closely linked to its commercial success. Experts tell you what it takes to make the perfect cut
In times when competition is razor-sharp, it could take just 30 seconds or 2 minutes to decide the fate of a film. And that’s ...
Posted in Features
Tagged Akiv Ali, Amit Chandrra, Anurag Basu, Asif Ali Shaikh, Balaji Motion Pictures, Binny Padda, Bodyguard, Bunty Nagi, DAR films Distributors, Delhi Belly, Disney UTV, Gauri Shinde, Huzefa Lokhandwala, Jaspal Dhingra, Murli Chhatwani, No one Killed Jessica, Ra.One, Rajesh Thadani, Reliance Entertainment, Rockstar, Rudrarup Datta, Sameer Chopra, Shabdita Shrivastav, Shikha Kapur, Singham, Soumita Sengupta, Tanuj Garg, The Dirty Picture, Trigger Happy, Viacom 18
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Sense-r Board
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
John Ruskin
Our fraternity, this publication included, is quick to take offence and rave ...
Posted in Take One
Tagged Delhi Belly, Gangs Of Wasseypur, Singham, The Dirty Picture
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UTV Goes to the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu produced by UTV and Dharma Productions and directed by Shakun Batra, Dhobi Ghat produced by Aamir Khan Productions and directed by Kiran Rao and Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told produced by UTV and Shekhar Kapur and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff ...
Posted in Straight News
Tagged 15th Shanghai International Film Festival, A Wednesday, Aamir Khan Productions, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Chillar Party, Delhi Belly, Dharma Productions, Dhobi Ghat, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Hrithik Roshan, Jeff Zimbalist, Jodhaa Akbar, Kiran Rao, Mumbai Meri Jaa, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Paan Singh Tomar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shekhar Kapur, UTV Motion Pictures, Welcome To Sajjanpur
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UTV Motion Pictures To Remake
UTV Motion Pictures will remake the 2011 movie Delhi Belly in Tamil. The film, produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions, was directed by Abhinay Deo in English and dubbed in Hindi.
The Tamil version will be directed by R Kannan, who earlier directed Jayamkondan and Kanden ...
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Tagged Abhinay Dev, Delhi Belly, R Kannan, Tamil, UTV Motion Pictures
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UTV Motion Pictures to remake Delhi Belly in Tamil
UTV Motion Pictures will now remake the 2011 movie Delhi Belly in Tamil. The film produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions was directed by Abhinay Deo in English and dubbed in Hindi, and now the Tamil version will be directed by R. Kannan (who earlier directed Jayamkondan ...
Posted in Straight News
Tagged Aamir Khan, Abhinay Deo, Anjali, Arya, Chennai, Delhi Belly, Hansika, Jayamkondan, John Mahendran, Kanden Kadhalai, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Naseer, Pongal, Premgi, Sachien, Santhanam, Tamil, UTV Motion Pictures, Vettai, Vijay Raaz, Vir Das
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Telly Underbelly
The fiasco over The Dirty Picture’s telecast has made channels nervous about broadcasting ‘adult’ films. Will the controversy impact these films’ satellite rights?
Every child strives for a straight ‘A’ in school. But, not filmmakers! Getting your film certified for viewing by the Censor Board can be nerve-wracking for ...
Rock Our World
Siddhartha M Jain, the man in the news for introducing new-age marketing, in conversation with Shabdita Shrivastav
You introduced the concept of announcing 11 films at one go. What was your motto behind exhibiting a bouquet of films?
The philosophy of iRock is that we create what we ...
Posted in Interviews
Tagged 3 Idiots, Bloody Veer, Delhi Belly, Disco Valley or Jaa Chudail Jaa, IROCK, Kinky Aur Pinky, Ragini MMS, Size Zero, Twilight
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Aamir Khan’s Next Production
A few months ago, we broke the news that Aamir Khan was producing a film and has signed on the writers who are currently putting the final touches to the script. More on this. The said film is expected to go on the floors towards the end of this year ...
Aamir Khan And His Style
This is NOT the first time Aamir Khan did something like this. He all but shocked the film trade by postponing his next film Talaash from June 1 to November 30.
Prior to this, Khan did the same with Delhi Belly. DB was to release before Peepli [Live] and ...
Posted in Trade Gup
Tagged Aamir Khan, Delhi Belly, Dhobi Ghat, Peepli Live, Reema Kagti, Style, Talaash
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Cutting Edge
In times of instant entertainment and clever story telling, a film editor’s role assumes crucial importance. An insight into what goes into the final cut and how it impacts on a movie’s run time
Attention, attention, attention! That’s the hardest thing to capture for filmmakers. And with urban lifestyles ...
Posted in Features
Tagged Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akiv Ali, Amitabh Shukla, Anand Subaya, Ashmit Kunder, Asif Ali Shaikh, Bela Sehgal, Biren Mohanty, Black, Bodyguard, Chak De! India, Chandan Arora, Company, Delhi Belly, Devendra Murdeshwar, Don 2, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Haunted, Hemanti Sarkar, Hrithik Roshan, Huzefa Lokhandwala, Jodha Akhbar, Jodi Breakers, Kahaani, Kuldip K Mehan, London Paris New York, Manish More, Murder 2, Namrata Rao, PEEPLI[Live], Phas Gaya Re Obama, Raj Kumar Santoshi, Sally Salgaonkar, Sandip Singh Bajeli, Shah Rukh Khan, Shor In The City, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, The Dirty Picture
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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 ...
Posted in Ticket Window
Tagged Bodyguard, Box Office India, Delhi Belly, Don 2, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Ra.One, Ready, Rockstar, Singham, The Dirty Picture, Zindagi Na Mile Dobara
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Biggies Between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011
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Posted in Ticket Window
Tagged Bodyguard, Delhi Belly, Don 2, Double Dhamaal, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Murder 2, Ra.One, Ready, Rockstar, Singham, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Zindagi Na Mile Dobara
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UTV bags 37 Nominations
UTV Motion Pictures has received a stunning 37 nominations at the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards, which will be held in Mumbai on January 14. Delhi Belly scored 20 nominations while setting a trend of women-centric films, No One Killed Jessica bagged 9 nominations. Along with these two blockbusters, the ...
Posted in Straight News
Tagged Delhi Belly, No one Killed Jessica, UTV Motion Pictures
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Twin Trouble
Satellite TV and the box office are like chalk and cheese. But does success on one platform spell doom on the other?
What happens if rush-hour traffic or personal commitments mean you miss a hit film on the big screen? Logic dictates that a box office hit would later, ...
Search Me!
Katrina Kaif still No 1 as Bollywood continues to rule Google India
It’s a one-stop shop for anything under the sun: local politics, information on the Lok Pal Bill and Aadhaar cards, news on the Japan tsunami and Osama Bin Laden’s death. In other words, if you can’t find ...
TOP 10 DELHI-UP CIRCUIT LIFE TIME 2011; TDP @ 10
TOP TEN DELHI UP CIRCUIT - Life Time
Sr. No
Movie
Collections
1
Bodyguard
30,80,29,905
2
Ready
26,00,00,000
3
RA.One
22,23,93,945
4
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
18,70,50,000
5
Singham
15,65,00,000
6
...
TOP 10 MUMBAI CIRCUIT LIFE TIME 2011; TDP @ 6
TOP TEN MUMBAI CIRCUIT - LIFE TIME 2011
Sr. No.
Movie
Collections
1
Bodyguard
46,72,28,950
2
Singham
46,25,00,000
3
Ready
44,00,00,000
4
RA.One
42,47,17,015
5
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
33,06,00,000
6
...
Red FM Launches Superhits Top 30
In association with T-Series, Red FM has announced the simultaneous launch of 93.5 Red FM Superhits Top 30, across its network. Unveiled on October 26, this Superhits CD boasts of a compilation of the Top 30 songs from Bollywood movies released this year. With the launch of the music CD, ...
2001 Se 2011 Tak
The decade that rewrote many rules in Hindi film industry
The last decade in Indian cinema we have seen changes in the content, structure and the box office dynamics. 2001: The year immediately brings to mind two movies—Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan.
They were diametrically opposite in ...
Posted in Columns
Tagged Delhi Belly, Indian cinema, N R Pachisia, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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UTV’s Yet Untitled
Writer Akshat Verma who shot to fame with this year’s hit, Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures’ Delhi Belly is all set to mark his directorial debut with UTV Motion Pictures’ next. The film scripted by Akshat Verma will be a comic thriller.
Delhi Belly In Different Avatar
We were the first to carry an exhaustive article on how producers and directors wanted scripts that were ‘satellite friendly’. Keeping the television viewer in mind, the satellite version of the adult-rated Delhi Belly is being currently shot in Mehboob Studios, Bandra.
Our source says, “Sahara has bought the ...
Rock Your World!
It’s been a musically dry six months but the second half of 2011 is all set to strike a chord.
The year so far has been spectacular for the Hindi film industry, with a string of movies raking in the moolah at the box office. The audience ...
Posted in Features
Tagged Delhi Belly, Murder 2, Ready, Rockstar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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Delhi Belly
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Posted in Hindi Film Trailers
Tagged Delhi Belly, Delhi Belly trailer, Delhi Belly trailers, trailer
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Ticket counters are rejoicing!
The ticket counters are rejoicing with Ready, DD, BHTB and DB
(This column has been faithfully tracking films in the news, whether good or bad. However, we’ve been receiving torrential feedback and suggestions to also track films that could potentially set the box office on fire. So, from last ...
Its Murder 2 versus Chillar Party at the Box Office this week!
Of the movies released last Friday Delhi Belly moves in to the second week quite strongly. The word of mouth for the movie has been very good and the audience build-up will continue for another four weeks. Buddha...Hoga Tera Baap does not have the audience to see it through for ...
Posted in Film Trac
Tagged Buddha...Hoga Tera Baap, Chillar Party, Delhi Belly, Emraan Hashmi, Murder 2, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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Fantastic Five
Musically, the year so far has been a disappointment. With the exception of one strikingly original album (Delhi Belly) everything else has been routine Bollywood fare. A few soundtracks (Ready, Tanu Weds Manu, 7 Khoon Maaf, Murder 2) did stand out for various reasons but none of them are likely ...
Posted in Music Reviews
Tagged 7 Khoon Maaf, Bhaag DK Bose, Character dheela, Darling, Delhi Belly, Dhinka chika, Murder 2, Ready, Rekha Bharadwaj, Sadi Gali, Tanu Weds Manu, Usha Uthup
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Eros Announces Financial Results
Eros International Media Limited (Eros Internation...
Eros International Media Limited (Eros Internation...
Bodyguard Strengthens Position
The estimated FTI of Aarakshan was 24 last week an...
The estimated FTI of Aarakshan was 24 last week an...
Murder 2 on Max
Hindi movie channel Max will premiere Vishesh Film...
Hindi movie channel Max will premiere Vishesh Film...
A Good Time Pass: Jo Hum Chahein
Jo Hum Chahein seems to be an urban coming-of-age ...
Jo Hum Chahein seems to be an urban coming-of-age ...
TOP 10 DOMESTIC FIRST WEEKEND 2011; Rockstar @ 4; The Dirty Picture @ 6
TOP 10 DOMESTIC FIRST WEEKEND 2011 Sr...
TOP 10 DOMESTIC FIRST WEEKEND 2011 Sr...
Top 10 Songs Of The Year
This has been the year of the BIG chartbusters – l...
This has been the year of the BIG chartbusters – l...
Oh Womaniya
Box Office India picks three outstanding female si...
Box Office India picks three outstanding female si...
Soul Searching
Special 26 The opening song Tujh sang lagee (KK...
Special 26 The opening song Tujh sang lagee (KK...
Zila Ghaziabad
Zila Ghaziabad is an action-drama starring Sanjay ...
Zila Ghaziabad is an action-drama starring Sanjay ...
Murder 3
Murder 3 is the third instalment of the successful...
Murder 3 is the third instalment of the successful...
Commando: A One Man Army
Vidyut Jamwal, the leading man of the action-thril...
Vidyut Jamwal, the leading man of the action-thril...
Shootout At Wadala
Sanjay Gupta’s multi-starrer Shootout at Wadala (S...
Sanjay Gupta’s multi-starrer Shootout at Wadala (S...
