MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video and Games and PVR Home Entertainment has released the Blu-ray, DVD and VCD of Dibakar Banerjee?s critically-acclaimed film Shanghai.

The film is the story of a small town somewhere in India that is poised to become the next Shanghai. Billions of dollars are being poured into an upcoming International Business Park there.

On the eve of its launch, a drunk truck driver mows down a prominent social activist. A lone girl believes it to be a murder, supported by a porn filmmaker who claims to have the proof that will bring the government down. Following a lot of cry from the locals, a high ranking bureaucrat is brought in to investigate the accident.

"Shanghai is a political thriller that looks at how politics - the tools of power- is remote controlled by the governing class over the poor, uneducated masses in India. This is the background to the Indian adaptation of the story loosely adapted from the book Z, written in 1966 to reveal the facts behind the assassination of a prominent Greek Liberal MP in 1963.

It is the story of State oppression and collusion in crime - a theme I think very relevant to contemporary India. The protagonists of Shanghai, instead of being all good, or all bad are a mix of courage and cowardice, ego and desire, ambition and conscience - normal Indians, trying to get by with the bewildering challenges of modern India," says Banerjee.

The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin among others.

Shanghai will be available on Blu-ray (Rs 799), DVD (Rs 299) and VCD (Rs 115). All formats will be available across all major home entertainment stores in India.

MUMBAI: CNN?s Piers Morgan will be live on location broadcasting from London for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, airing globally on CNN International and in the United States on CNN/U.S. CNN?s primary live location in London is a panoramic view of Olympic Park and Olympic Stadium. With a reach of more than 200 countries, CNN International will expand its Olympic Summer Games coverage with ?World Sport?, which airs live several times a day. Former Olympic Gold Medalist Linford Christie will contribute to CNN?s coverage of the Olympic Summer Games.

Online, CNN Digital will live blog the Games, post results and medals in real-time, and feature original content all on www.cnn.com/olympics. Coverage will also include daily photo galleries, an interactive showing the evolution of the Olympic athlete since 1896 and a special franchise called ?Human to Hero?, which profiles Olympic athletes. CNN iReport, the network?s global participatory news community, is launching two projects for the Games. The first is an Open Story, which places photos and videos from iReporters and CNN journalists into an interactive map and timeline. iReport is also taking submissions for the Sports Photography Master Class, where users can share their best sports photography, and the most compelling images will be featured in a photo gallery on CNN.com. Online content will also be available via CNN?s mobile platforms, including CNN?s mobile website and on CNN apps for iPhone, iPad and Android phone.

MUMBAI: Celebrating the spirit of direct / interactive marketing ? innovation, collaboration, creativity and services, DMAi has initiated the DMAi Hall of fame. DMAi‘s Hall of Fame will honor direct marketing professionals, outstanding career contributions to the practice, growth, and stature of the direct marketing process. Modeled along the lines of DMA Hall of Fame which is the most prestigious award bestowed in the direct marketing community, DMAi Hall of Fame will be felicitating the lifetime achievers who have made significant contributions, and raised the standards and level of professionalism in marketing. The recognition will be in two categories living & posthumous and as many as 4 individuals can be inducted every year.

Lifetime achievement in Direct Marketing just doesn?t end in excelling but also constantly inspiring and mentoring future generations and encouraging them to strive for excellence. It will all be at DMAi global convention 2012! This global convention is the only event that will bring together thousands of practitioners and other experts from the entire marketing continuum to discuss solutions and best practices in direct marketing that leads to measurable results.

Subrat Pani, Co-Founder at OneAssist Consumer Solutions Pvt Ltd, Nand Kumar R. Head - Corporate Communications at ACC Limited, Ramakrishnan, Group CEO Polycab Wires, Ajay Chandwani of Percept Limited, Winnifred Knight from Member Global advisory board DMA US have all come together on the committee as the selectors for the DMAi Hall of fame. On the committee of selectors will also be Sanjiv Swarup, Founder Director, DMAi , Vatsal Asher, CEO, DMAi & Shelly Singh, Director, DMAi.

Talking about the initiative, Mr. Vatsal Asher, CEO, DMAi says ?In line with our continuous efforts to create recognition for marketers who have made a difference in the way brands communicate with customers, we have initiated the DMAi Hall of Fame which will recognize scholars, marketers, creatives and entrepreneurs for the knowledge of the history of the direct/ interactive community. While the Hall of fame has been initiated late in our journey, it?s always better late than never?

This initiative comes just days away from the commencement of India?s first-of-its-kind global convention for direct marketing, to be hosted by DMAi at the Leela, Sahar in Mumbai from 1st to 4th August. Poised to be a single platform for all multichannel marketing including traditional, interactive and futuristic channels; this global convention will give out the trends, latest news, best practices and industry insights from global participants.

The global convention by Direct Marketing Association: India will be the first ever conclave that will feature global learning in strategic marketing with special focus on direct marketing including traditional, interactive and futuristic channels; with a participation from over 100 global and Indian companies.

Mumbai: Watch ?Total Recall?, a science fiction action thriller about reality and memory starring Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine and Bryan Cranston absolutely FREE at PVR Juhu on August 03, 2012 at 10 am. PIX Movie Club is a special initiative by the channel to encourage students to watch the latest Hollywood movies at absolutely no cost.

Total Recall directed by Len Wiseman is a remake of the 1990 film of the same name starring the ever so famous Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a futuristic political setting of 2084, after being devastated by war, Earth is divided into two superpowers, Euroamerica and New Shanghai. In this world lives Doug Quaid, a factory worker suffering from violent nightmares. Dissatisfied with lowly existence, Quaid visits Rekall, a corporation that provides its clients with implanted artificial memories of the lives they would like to have. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man as he finds himself on the run from the police. He returns home to his wife Lori who, after trying to kill him, reveals that he really is a secret agent and she is not really his wife.

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MUMBAI: BookMyShow.com, India?s largest entertainment ticketing portal, witnessed record breaking opening weekend sales of more than Rs 560 million for Hollywood blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises. The film was released on 20 July.

Speaking on this joyous occasion, BookMyShow.com founder & CEO Mr. Ashish Hemrajani said, "Being the last sequel of the blockbuster, the excitement amongst the audience for the movie was thrilling from the first day onwards. The Dark Knight Rises was almost houseful on Friday and over the weekend too, we experienced the enthusiasm amongst the people."

Dark Knight Rises has broken all the records of Hollywood biggies such as The Avengers and Avatar.

Mumbai: The latest campaign rolled out in Maharashtra circle highlights Tata Docomo?s latest tariff plan where all local calls would be charged at only 20 paise per minute, making it the most unique offer in town. The campaign tag line ?Ab Baaton ko lag gaye pankh?, communicates that Tata Docomo now gives you the wings of freedom to talk endlessly without worrying about the tariff charges. Milestone Brandcom innovatively conveyed this message by adding dynamic flapping 3D wings on billboards in a synchronized motion. The innovation was executed in Pune & Nagpur.

Mr Anupam Verma, COO, Tata Docomo, Maharashtra Circle said, ?The communication objective was to communicate the offer in the most unique way to attract maximum eyeballs & mindshare. The gigantic wings flapping on the billboard indeed created talking points for the brand and communicated the offer in the most attractive way, breaking through the clutter.

About Milestone Brandcom

Milestone Brandcom is the fastest growing Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising & media company with operations in 42 cities across India providing services in over 1000 towns. The company offers through the line advertising solutions for brands nationally across multiple OOH media touch points. From creating brand awareness to delivering brand experiences & customer engagement programs with brand promotions & events, in addition to providing consistent brand behaviour right up to the last mile in the retail environment.

With a turnover of 250 crore in 2 years of operations with 150+ people on board and having 42 network offices, Milestone Brandcom is already the largest OOH agency and the most awarded agency in India. Set up with a vision ? ?To be the best integrated OOH brand solutions agency in India and bring about a healthy and positive change through strategic planning, innovative technology and creative solutions?, Milestone Brandcom has already set a couple of benchmarks in the industry, being the first to bring skies airship advertisement in India & also the first to bring into India the concept of live projections on a billboard.

Milestone Brandcom currently executes OOH media duties for 75 established brands in India including key accounts like Tata Photon- Docomo, COLORS, McDonalds, Binani Cement, Axis Bank, L?Oreal, HDFC Mutual Fund, Dish TV, DSP Blackrock and Franklyn Templeton. To know more visit www.milestonemedia.in