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Tag Archives: Viacom 18
Ajit Andhare Joins Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd. announced the appointment of Ajit Andhare, as the Chief Operating Officer of its films business – Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Joining today, Andhare will be responsible for the growth and profitability of Viacom18 Motion Pictures and will be reporting to Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO – Viacom18 Media ...
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Tagged Ajit Andhare, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Chashme Badoor, COO, Madras Cafe, Viacom 18, Viacom18, Wheel Smart Shrimati
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Going Regional
They came and conquered! Now the winning team is all set to spread their wings further into the regional space. Here are the three pillars of Viacom18 Motion Pictures – Vikram Malhotra, Chief Operating Officer; Rudrarup Datta, Head Of Marketing and Operation and Jayesh Muzumdar, Director - Commercial and Regional ...
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Tagged Jayaesh Muzumdar, Kahaani, Neeraj Pandey, Rudrarup Datta, Tamil Telugu, Viacom 18, Vikram Malhotra
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Another Innovation From Viacom 18
Time and again, the marketing team at Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has proved their mettle when it comes to promoting a film. So expect something really unique for the promotions of their forthcoming release Kangana Ranaut’s Queen.
For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, the corporate ...
Viacom 18 Expands
Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd is expanding the Nickelodeon franchise in India with the launch of Nick Jr, which is aimed at pre-school kids and moms. With world-class content on-air, backed by a comprehensive consumer products range at retail, Nick Jr aims to become the preferred destination for kids from ...
It’s All About Marketing
When it comes to marketing movies and positioning them, the team at Viacom 18 is ultra-cautious about the details. For instance, they’ve been planning to reveal the first look of Inkaar being directed by Sudhir Mishra and featuring Arjun Rampal and Chitrangda Singh, but the audience will have to wait ...
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Tagged Arjun Rampal, Chitrangada Singh, films, Inkaar, Talaash, Viacom 18
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Viacom 18-John Team Up
We all know Eros International and John Abraham had issues with each other and decided not to work together even though Vicky Donor was such a success. But, Eros International’s loss has turned out to be Viacom 18’s gain.
Abraham has tied up with the studio, which will co-produce ...
Colors Launches Online Game
Colors has launched an online game which allows viewers to be part of its dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Designed by BBC Worldwide Productions India, the game will allow the user to choose a professional dancer and also empowers them to create a customised dance routine with the option ...
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Tagged BBC Worldwide Productions India, Colors, Jhalak Dikhala Ja, Salman Yusuf Khan, Viacom 18
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Thumbs Up For Golu Pappu
Everyone who’s watched the rushes of Viacom18’s Golu Pappu being directed by Kabir Sadanand, is raving about the film. The corporate house producing it has faith in the project and has therefore decided to release the film during the IPL in May next year. We’re told the movieis on the ...
Comedy Central Launches New Property
Viacom18’s comedy channel, Comedy Central, is looking to nurture home-grown comic artists through its new property Comedy Central Presents, which is a tie-up with select stand-up artistes and comedy groups to promote their shows on-air, and in the digital space. The show will promote everything that is comic and some ...
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Tagged Comedy Central, The Ultimate Hahathon at Counter Culture, Viacom 18
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Diwali Tadka
Yash Raj Films plans to carpet bomb their film Ek Tha Tiger across the largest-ever number of screens in India, and follow the same strategy for Yash Chopra’s next directorial during Diwali. Will there be any screens left for Ashwni Dhir’s Son Of Sardaar, which is also releasing during the ...
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Tagged Aja Devgn, COO, Rafiq Ganjee, Shah Rukh Khan, Son Of Sardar, Viacom 18, Vikram Malhotra, Yash Chopra's Next, Yash Raj
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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 ...
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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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New Release Date For English Vinglish
When one film is postponed, it has a domino effect on other filmmakers. Now since Heroine is expected to release on September 21, Eros International is thinking of postponing their next release English Vinglish.Earlier, the studio was planning to release the film on September 21 followed by another film Chakravyuh ...
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Tagged Aiyya, Ajab Gazabb Love, Chakravyuh, English Vinglish, Eros, Viacom 18
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Debut On June 16
Colors, the Hindi general entertainment channel from the Viacom18 stable, will premiere the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on June 16. Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit and Remo D’Souza are the judges. In its fifth season, and first on Colors, the celebrity dancing reality show will air every Saturday and ...
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Tagged Colors, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit, Remo D’Souza, Viacom 18
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Short Takes
• There’s a strong rumour that Shahid Kapoor will be doing a film with Prabhu Deva which is a South remake, and Viacom 18 will be producing it. But, we’re told, this is nothing more than a rumour.
• Director Soham Shah and Hiren Gandhi of Shree Ashtvinayak Cine ...
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Tagged Hiren Gandhi, Prabhu Deva, Shahid Kapoor, Shree Ashtvinayak Cine Vision, Soham Shah, Viacom 18
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Sameer Goswami Joins
Viacom18 has appointed Sameer Goswami as Vice-President and Head of Business Operations, North America. He will be responsible for managing and expanding the company’s broadcast operations across the continent.
Goswami joins Viacom18 from Vision Asia – Australia and New Zealand, where he was CEO. He will report to Viacom18 ...
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Tagged Gaurav Gandhi, Sameer Goswami, Sun18 COO- North, Viacom 18
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Movie On Gender Politics
Ever since Sudhir Mishra announced his next Inkaar (tentatively titled) featuring Arjun Rampal and Chitrangda Singh and backed by Viacom 18, the film has been in the news for its subject. Rumour has it that the film is about sexual harassment at the workplace a la Disclosure.
However, our ...
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Tagged Arjun Rampal, Chitrangda Singh, Inkaar, Sudhir Mishra, Viacom 18
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Calling The Shots: Vikram Malhotra
Once a corporate house signs a deal with a reputed filmmaker to co-produce a film, they usually do not dabble in the creative aspect of the project. However, sources in Viacom 18 tell us that Vikram Malhotra, their COO, is making it a point to be involved with each and ...
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Tagged Department, Item number, Ram Gopal Varma, Sanjay Dutt, Viacom 18, Vikram Malhotra
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Jackpot For Viacom 18
He did two films with Yash Raj Films and is now working on his second with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. No other production house was able to repeat Ranbir Kapoor but Viacom 18 has done it.
Kapoor is doing not just one but two movies with this corporate house. ...
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Tagged Abhinav Kashyap, Anurag Kashyap, Anushka Sharma, Bombay Velvet, Dharma Productions, Karan Johar, Viacom 18, Yash Raj Films
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Tickle The Audience – New Mantra Of TV Channels
Comedy genre has taken over the saas bahu melo drama on TV channels, latest entrant being Viacom 18 ‘s Comedy Central.
Comedy genre seems to be the flavour of the season with comedy shows being telecast on all the television channels. And the ratings indicate the same too. So ...
Boom Bang-la Boom
Going by the growing budgets, it is evident that the Bangla film industry is going places
The Indian film industry churns out almost 200 films a year, out of which Hindi films undoubtedly enjoy the major market share. As far as the regional films are concerned, it is the ...
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Tagged Abhomaan, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Aparajita Tumi, Aparna Sen and Aniruddha Roy Choudhury., Arijit Dutt, Data Bazaar, Dev, Etv Bangla and STAR Ananda, Himanshu Dhanuka, Iti Mrinalini, Janla, Kaushik Ganguly, Mahendra Soni, Nispal Singh, Noble Chor, Nouka Dubi and Aparajita Tumi, Paglu, Rana Sarkar, Reliance Entertainment, Rituparno Ghosh, Ritwik Ghatak, Ronnie Lahiri, Royal Bengal Rahashya, Satyajit Ray, Shatru, Shob Choritro Kalponik, Subhash Ghai, Utpal Acharya, UTV, Viacom 18, Zee Bangla
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The Devil Inside To Release
Paramount Pictures and Viacom 18 will be releasing The Devil Inside on March 2. The horror film is directed by William Brent Bell stars the Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth and Suzan Crowley.
A documentary-style found footage film; The Devil Inside is a tale of a woman who becomes involved in a series of exorcisms ...
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Tagged Paramount Pictures, The Devil Inside, Viacom 18, William Brent Bell
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Buy Buy, Baby!
Pre-selling a film de-risks the odds for producers but is the guessing gameworth it for corporate houses
Kishore Lulla of Eros Internationalhad invested an astronomical sumby acquiring the rights of ShahRukh Khan’s dream venture, RA.One. In an interview to Box Office India, KingKhan had remarked, “It was a huge ...
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Tagged Bol Bachchan, dabang, Fox Star Studios, Ghayal 2, Kishore Lulla, krissh 3, Ra.One, Shah Rukh Khan, Son Of Sardar, UTV Motion Pictures, Viacom 18
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Sonic To Launch New Show
Viacom 18’s brand new channel for the action-loving generation SONIC has launched a new digital show for the new young adult called Techno SONIC. It is an exclusive weekly show available online at the channel’s official website. Techno Sonic will showcase ‘grownabes’ - Subiya and Rishabh who will discuss new ...
I Am Notorious For My Creative And Marketing Inputs
Vikram Malhotra, COO, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, shares his strategic vision and the goals his company wants to achieve, with Sagorika Dasgupta
On Viacom 18 Motion Pictures’ Line-up
We have got a structured slate that covers domestic films releasing next year, films that are under production and will ...
Loot To Release In Bihar On The Occasion Of Chatt Pooja
Viacom 18's forthcoming film Loot, hit's the screens across India on Friday Nov,4th but the production house has planned to release the film in Bihar on the auspicious occasion of Chatt Pooja. Loot will release two days prior to its national release on Wednesday Nov, 2nd 2011 in Bihar.
The film ...
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Tagged Chatt Pooja., Govinda, Javed Jafferi, Loot, Mahakshay., Rajneesh Thakur, Suniel Shetty, Viacom 18
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Garima Thakkar Joins Viacom 18
Garima Thakkar has joined Viacom 18 as Associate Creative Director for non-fiction programming for the soon-to-be-launched Colors movie channel. She has over eight years’ experience, spanning news, entertainment and non-fiction programming. Thakkar pioneered daily entertainment news programming with the launch of Bollywood news shows Khabar Filmy Hai on Star News, ...
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Tagged Associate Creative Director, Colors movie channel, Viacom 18
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Players In November?
A few weeks ago we had said that leading man Abhishek Bachchan had advised Viacom 18 to choose another date to release their film, Players. Apparently, Bachchan didn’t want Players, an action-thriller, to clash with SRK’s Don 2 (Christmas week), which is also an action-thriller.
Now we hear that ...
Airtel digital TV & Colors Partner
Airtel digital TV is partnering with Viacom 18-Colors to launch its first subscription service called Superhitz for 24x7 movie and video content. Superhitz will be available via subscription to all Airtel digital TV’s customers across the country. With this, customers can watch a collection of Hindi blockbusters on Channel 159 ...
Shaitan
The Digital Intermediate for Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Anurag Kashyap Films’ Shaitan is underway at Prime Focus Studios. Produced by Anurag Kashyap and co-produced by Tipping Point Films and directed by Bijoy Nambiar, the film features Arshad Warsi, Kalki Koechlin, Jackie Shroff, Rajit Kapoor Shiv Pandit, Rajeev Khandelwal and ...
Tanu Weds Manu
Right from the word ‘GO’ till the theatrical promos of the film, Tanu Weds Manu has been in news. From the first look itself, it was understood that this would be a complete family entertainer and it is. To begin with, it’s a very well made film, indeed, but the ...
Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Have you ever enjoyed a film which has left you st...
Have you ever enjoyed a film which has left you st...
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Transformers 3 is a Hit. However, Hindi version of...
Transformers 3 is a Hit. However, Hindi version of...
DI of Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster in Progress
The Digital Intermediate of Brandsmith and Tigmans...
The Digital Intermediate of Brandsmith and Tigmans...
Tezz
The VFX for Venus Worldwide Entertainments’ Tezz i...
The VFX for Venus Worldwide Entertainments’ Tezz i...
Boom Bang-la Boom
Going by the growing budgets, it is evident that t...
Going by the growing budgets, it is evident that t...
Movie On Gender Politics
Sudhir Mishra's next is about sexual harassment at...
Sudhir Mishra's next is about sexual harassment at...
Chutki Bajaa Ke
The film has nothing to offer and fails in every d...
The film has nothing to offer and fails in every d...
Gangs Of Wasseypur
Despite being promoted smartly, the film took a no...
Despite being promoted smartly, the film took a no...
Krrish 3
The VFX of Film Kraft Productions’ Krrish 3 is in ...
The VFX of Film Kraft Productions’ Krrish 3 is in ...
Shootout At Wadala
The Digital Intermediate of Balaji Motion Pictures...
The Digital Intermediate of Balaji Motion Pictures...
Race 2
Race 2 doesn’t fully impress
Race 2 doesn’t fully impress
Sona Spa
The film fails to impress with what seems like awk...
The film fails to impress with what seems like awk...
