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‘Reliance, Walmart eyeing Malayalam film industry’

June 23, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Another controversy is brewing in the Malayalam film industry with the MACTA Federation on Monday alleging that Reliance, Walmart and Tatas have signed up at least three top actors, including Mamooty and Mohanlal, besides 10 reputed film directors, for their coming films.

This will destroy the industry and the directors, including Priyardarshan, Fasil, Siddiq, Joshi, Lal Jose, who broke away from the Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA) should withdraw from any agreement they have reached with the companies, Federation Treasurer, Baiju Kottarakara, told reporters here.

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Anil Ambani betting big on Hollywood

June 23, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Big Entertainment is betting big on Hollywood. His company is signing none other than Steven Spielberg for producing Hollywood movies for the company.

It is now not a secret. Anil Ambani’s entertainment dreams are not just limited to Indian shores. He is in the process of creating an entertainment behemoth unheard of in the Indian market so far.

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Why India’s Reliance Is Going Hollywood

June 19, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Over the past 18 months, executives from Hollywood studios have been reaching out to their Indian counterparts in Bollywood, Mumbai’s answer to Tinseltown. Studios such as Walt Disney (DIS), Sony Pictures (SNE), and Paramount have signed deals with ambitious Indian entertainment companies eager to take advantage of the booming Indian economy.

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Himesh’s Karzzz sold for Rs 350 mn

June 18, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Reliance BIG Entertainment (RBE) has acquired theatrical and other rights of T Series’ much talked about film Karzzz for Rs 35 crore.

RBE bought the world theatrical, satellite and Internet rights of Karzzz and Apparently, this is the highest price a movie starring composer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya has got so far.

The movie is shot at a lavish scale and reportedly T Series spent Rs 28 crore on its production. Karzzz is the first of the three-movie deal Reshammiya had recently signed with the company for an undisclosed amount.

Apart from the Rs 35 crore, T Series is expected to earn at least another Rs 25 crore.

Karzzz is a re-make of Subhash Ghai’s hit movie of the same name which was released in the early 1980s. Indra Kumar, who had himself given a number of hits in the late eighties, has directed Karzzz and his daughter, Shweta Kumar, makes her debut in it, playing the female lead opposite Reshammiya.

The cast includes Urmila Matondkar, Danny Denzongpa, Gulshan Grover and Raj Babbar.

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

Reliance may launch Big TV this month

June 11, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

With the direct-to home race hotting up, Anil Ambani’s Big TV has decided to launch in haste. The company is planning a June 24 launch, said industry sources, with teaser campaigns hitting televisions four days before the launch. Abhisekh Bachchan may be used as a brand ambassador sources added.

Big TV’s entry, this month may intensify the action in the DTH space that is seeing a fierce price-war. Big TV already serves 50,000 customers who are part of its pilot launch and are its employees and customers of associate companies. According to the 2008 Ficci-PwC report on Indian entertainment and media industry, DTH households are expected to grow from 4 million in 2007 to 25 million by 2012.

When contacted, a Big TV spokesperson said, “Reliance Communications is in advanced stages of launching Big TV DTH services. Big TV DTH service aims to be the most preferred option for home entertainment solutions across customer segments. Like in case of all offerings from Reliance ADA Group, customers using Big TV DTH services would be able to avail of better service quality, enhanced features and wider offerings at prevailing price points”.

The company may launch its services across 6000 towns this month itself. Actor Abhishek Bachchan will be the brand ambassador for Big TV, sources said. Tie-ups with television companies to make LCD television sets available with a Big TV connection at subsidised costs are in final stages. The pricing details are not known. The annual packages offered to employees came at a monthly subscription fee of Rs 325 with Rs 100 worth of pay per view content free. The installation charges were Rs 1000.

Existing DTH services providers such as Tata Sky and Dish TV, which share about 5 million subscribers between themselves have of late, been busy wooing consumers with offers at reduced prices and attractive packages.

Industry sources point out that both of them are bleeding with losses of over Rs 1000 crore but experts feel that the market has a great potential and that initially there is a subscriber acquisition cost, that has to be incurred.

Source: hindustantimes.com

Reliance set for DTH foray in July

June 4, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · 1 Comment 

Big TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) service of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (ADAG) is all set for a nation wide launch in July, sources in Reliance Communications (RCom) told Business Line.

As a precursor to the launch, the Big TV homepage ( www.bigtv.co.in), which had gone live earlier this year, says: “For as little as under Rs 100 a month, you can get over dozens of digital as well as pay-per-view channels and much more.”

A spokesperson for RCom refused to comment on the development.

According to recent media reports, customers will have to pay only Rs 1,000 upfront for a Big TV connection, making it the cheapest DTH player in the country.

Read more: http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/reliance-set-for-dth-forayjuly-/09/10/340967

Reliance to produce film for Girish Kasaravalli

May 29, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

It is no wonder that when the Anil Ambani owned Relaince Entertainment thought about producing a film in Kannada, the first name that came to their mind is Girish Kasaravalli. The director who has earned four Swarna Kamals is obviously one of the brilliant brains in Kannada and his reputation has spread all through India as one of the most noted film makers.

A well known figure in the arena of parallel cinema, Girish Kasaravalli entered the film field by directing the film Ghatashradha in 1977. It instantly launched him on to the level of talented and serious film makers and won him his first Swarna Kamal. The second one came in the form of Tabaran Kathe in 1987. 10 years later he came up with Thaayi Saheba which won him his third Swarna Kamal in 1997. He won his fourth Swarna Kamal for the film Dweepa starring late actress Soundarya . In total Girish Kasaravalli has directed 11 films and a teleserial.

The International Film Festival of Rotterdam held a retrospective of Girish Kasaravalli’s films in 2003.

For his new film Girish is considering two of his short stories which had won him Kendriya Sahitya Academy awards, one of which will be made as the debut film of Reliance Entertainment in Kannada. The film will start shooting in August.

By teaming up with Girish Kasaravalli in Kannada and Shaji N. Karun in Malayalam, Reliance Entertainment has made it clear that they are here to represent and promote serious films. Shaji N. Karun’s film Kuttishranku is intended begin shooting in June when the monsoon sets in Kerala.

Read more:http://www.smartmoney.com/breaking-news/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20080524-000010-0445

Reliance ADAG scheduled to foray into amusement industry

May 29, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Reliance Entertainment, a division of the Reliance Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has tied up with the Great Wheel Corporation, Express TravelWorld has learnt. A high level source from the Great Wheel Corporation requesting anonymity confirmed, “We have tied up with the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group for a project similar to the Singapore Flyer and the London Eye as we think they are the right partners with the right mindset and a position to build a project like this.”

The Indian counterpart of the project will be constructed in Mumbai and Delhi, and the ‘partners’ are surveying for appropriate land and venue for the project, mentioned the source. The source however refused to comment on the budgets and timeframe associated with the projects.

The Great Wheel Corporation owns the patents and knowledge to engineer, build, operate and maintain the ferris wheels which includes - Singapore Flyer (world’s largest observation wheel) and the London Eye. Its upcoming projects include The Great Wheel in Beijing (project started in May 2006 and yet to be completed), Ferris Wheels in Orlando, Qingdao and Dubai.

Read More: http://www.expresstravelworld.com/200805/market01.shtml

ADAG gears up for a global launch during Cannes Film Festival

May 12, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

ADAG gears up for a global launch during Cannes Film Festival
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE), the entertainment company owned by ADAG, is gearing up for its global launch during the forthcoming Cannes Film …

Adlabs Films to operate cinema chain in Malaysia

May 5, 2008 · Filed Under Reliance Entertainment · Comment 

Adlabs Films to operate cinema chain in Malaysia
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
There is a lot of potential there,” Anil Arjun, Senior Vice President, Reliance Capital said on Monday. Adlabs and Reliance Capital are part of the Anil …