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  • The King is back!

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 28, 2012

    MUMBAI: After a hiatus of five years, the Don has resurfaced yet again and Zee Cinema is taking viewers along on the action packed chase as Don 2 premieres on the channel this week! With this sequel picking up where the first film ended, the hunt for Don begins in Malaysia, later moving to Europe through the picturesque locales of Thailand, Malaysia, Zurich and Berlin.

    In keeping with the theme of the movie, the channel will engage viewers in a riveting game that has them on the lookout for Don?s hiding place. Through the seven breaks that air during the telecast of the film, viewers will be given a set of clues to find Don in relation to the placement of his enemies and allies on a 3x3 grid. Viewers will have a chance to win 1 lakh in each break with the bumper prize being a trip to Berlin. With a campaign that spans the print, on air, online and radio space, the Baadshah makes his presence felt across all mediums with the small screen lighting up with famous dialogues from the movie as his animated avatar takes viewers into the film.

    The channel has also come up with an addictive game for Facebook called Don 2 ? The Game. The game allows users to don the avatar of Don himself as he makes his way across Berlin on a mission to steal 50 million euros from the bank of Berlin. Highest scorers for the day will appear on the game?s leader board with their own personalized scorecard declaring them the Don of the Day!

    Directed by Farhan Akhtar, Don 2 is a classic action/crime thriller that doesn?t let go, even for a moment. The plot has been finely crafted like a complicated albeit neat jigsaw puzzle, with every twist and turn falling smoothly into place. With a canvas that goes on a cross-country ride the film challenges you to hop aboard its high speed shuttle and attentively follow the exploits of SRK, its glamorous gangster - one with a heady mix of suave roguishness and desi charisma!

    Reprising their roles as Roma, Vardhan and Malik are Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani and Om Puri respectively. The sequel also has some new additions like Kunal Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Aly Khan, Nawaab Shah and Sahil Shroff who play other characters added to make the plot more interesting.

    Don?t miss any of the excitement as the most anticipated film of 2011 makes its debut on Zee Cinema - the only channel that promises you not just movies but masti and magic as well! Ab Don ko pakadna mushkil aur namumkin nahi hoga as he bursts into your homes on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 9 PM only on Zee Cinema with a second telecast on Zee TV on Sunday April 1, 2012 at 5 PM!

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  • UTV Bindass presents ?Bollypedia?

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 27, 2012

    Mumbai: UTV Bindass launches a new weekly show for all the Bollywood buffs- ?Bollypedia- Top 50 Bollywood News?. The show is the ultimate destination to know the latest on Bollywood. Bollypedia will be an encyclopedia about everything Bollywood. 50 rapid looks at the latest happenings be it controversies, gossips, glamorous events and parties of the B town celebrities- Bollypedia will cover it all.

    Keith Alphonso, Business Head, UTV Bindass, ?It?s a known fact that we are a Bollywood crazy nation and more than half of our population is the youth who follow Bollywood trends and the celebs almost like a religion. UTV Bindass, precisely to cater to this segment of the audience of Bollywood lovers introduces ?Bollypedia? and we add to that a streak of humor so that viewing becomes more entertaining for the audiences.?
    This half hour show will showcase Top 50 Bollywood happenings along with candid Bollywood videos and pictures of your favorite stars with an added dose of humor and satire, making it an enjoyable riot to watch! Get the latest Bolly gyaan fastest only on UTV Bindass Bollypedia.

    Your weekend dose of everything about Bollywood only on ?Bollypedia?. Every Friday starting 23rd March, 2012 at 7pm only on UTV Bindass.

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  • Discovery Channel brings two special programmes to mark 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 27, 2012

    New Delhi: On 15th April 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, claiming the lives of two-thirds of those on board. Everyone knows the story of the Titanic: the fifteen hundred passengers and crew who lost their lives when she hit the iceberg, the fatal shortage of lifeboats, and the heroic band that played on as the ship went down. But, how did water made its path of destruction through the ship and how in just under two hours, laid her and its victims to rest on the ocean floor? What happened afterwards?

    To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Titanic?s ill-fated maiden voyage, Discovery Channel brings two special programmes INSIDE THE TITANIC and TITANIC: THE AFTERMATH, recreating the events, using first-hand stories of the survivors. Exploring how the sea water made its way, what happened after 1500 people were left unaccounted for, including the voyage of the ship sent to recover lost passengers, the entirely new forensic system that had to be established to identify the dead, the rarely seen photos taken to aid that identification process, and the impact that echoes through the generations of the victims, the programmes bring new insight into the story. The two-part special will premiere on Discovery Channel on Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th April at 8 pm.

    Commenting on the programmes, Rahul Johri, senior vice president and general manager ? South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, ?Discovery Channel continues to build on its commitment to bring exclusive, topical and engaging content for its viewers. A century after the Titanic disaster, Discovery Channel will reveal unparalleled details of what really happened on the ship before and after its tragic hit with the iceberg. Featuring interviews with the descendants, archive footage, unseen photographs and dramatisations, the programmes will uncover unknown aspects of the Titanic story.?

    The sinking of the Titanic was the biggest maritime disaster in history and continues to fascinate researchers even after 100 years. Now, for the first time, Discovery Channel?s programmes showcase what happened from the point of view of the killer itself: the Water. Airing on Saturday, April 14th, INSIDE THE TITANIC is a powerful and compelling film recounting an unknown aspect of the Titanic story - exactly how does a ship, that?s thought to be unsinkable, drown on her maiden voyage? Inspired by those who were onboard, INSIDE THE TITANIC dramatises the testimonies of people who witnessed the disaster firsthand. The programme follows the water as it bursts through walls, seeps silently under doors and engulfs freezing passengers. Stories are told through action-led reconstruction of eyewitness reports, drama interviews based on transcripts, and the highest quality effects, including the sounds those on board would have heard as the sea surged through the ship. By following the water, this compelling film reveals exactly how the Titanic sank.

    For the families of its victims the impact of the catastrophe resonated down the generations. To air on Sunday, April 15th, TITANIC: THE AFTERMATH provides a gripping account of how families of the Titanic victims found out the truth about what had happened to their loved ones, and how their lives would never be the same again after the sinking. Beginning where other accounts usually end, TITANIC: THE AFTERMATH tells the story of the remarkable mission to recover and identify the bodies of victims. The docudrama reveals how a Canadian team, charged with recovering Titanic?s lost passengers, had to invent a whole new forensics system to identify the dead. Led by Halifax public servant John Henry Barnstead, the team inspired a breakthrough in forensic methodology - a procedure still used in mass disasters today. The experiences of Barnstead, the recovery team and other characters are re-created in exceptional detail in this compelling programme.

    Meeting the descendants of three people on-board, TITANIC: THE AFTERMATH reveals the impact of sinking on the fate of their forbears and what happened next. Jock Hume died playing the violin he loved. His grandson, Christopher Ward, travels to Scotland and to Nova Scotia to find out more. John Jacob Astor was the richest man on the ship who perished after ensuring his pregnant young wife was safely aboard a lifeboat. His young wife Madeleine survived and their granddaughter, Jackie Astor Drexel, follows their story. In 1912, John Barnstead was Halifax?s registrar for deaths whose efficient methodology became the model for modern forensics. Now, his descendent, also named John Barnstead, finds out how John Barnstead Senior created a model for future disasters involving mass loss of life. Featuring emotive drama and unseen photographs of the Titanic dead, this is a powerful and moving record of an unknown aspect of the Titanic story.

    The three central characters came from different sides of the class divide, but died together as the ship sank. Two of them would leave posthumously born children who would thereafter wear the scars of the disaster. The third would be the man responsible for identifying the victims after death, and whose pioneering forensic work, undertaken under the relentless prying gaze of the world?s media, would define how victims of disasters were treated for years to come. The three men are:

    ? Scottish violinist Jock Hume of the Titanic band, who heroically played until the end only to have his family scandalously treated by White Star Line after his death.

    ? Passenger JJ Astor, the richest man on the ship, whose wife and unborn son survived the disaster, only to be ostracised by Astor?s aristocratic family.

    ? Coroner JH Barnstead, who set up a remarkable and influential system for examining and identifying the victims as they were returned to Halifax.

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  • ?Agent Vinod? debuts in 1,027 UFO digital theatres

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 23, 2012

    New Delhi: The Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer ?Agent Vinod? debuts in 1,027 UFO digital theatres while another release ?The Hunger Games? a dubbed Hindi film screens in 81 UFO digital theatres in their first week. `Kahaani? screens in 149 UFO digital theatres in the third week while ?Paan Singh Tomar? screens in 86 UFO digital theatres in its fourth week. `Chaar Din Ki Chandni? released on March 8, 2012, screens in 39 UFO digital theatres.

    Telugu film `Naa Ishtam? releases in 98 UFO digital theatres in its first week while the Malayalam film `The King & The Commissioner? makes its debut in 73 UFO digital theatres. Kannada film `Narasimha?, also making its debut, screens in 77 UFO digital theatres. Telugu film `Poola Rangadu?, released on February 18, 2012, screens in 83 UFO digital theatres. Tamil film ?Maasi? screens in 69 UFO digital theatres.

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  • YRF Home Entertainment releases home video of Antardwand

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 22, 2012

    MUMBAI: YRF Home Entertainment has released its award winning film Antardwand on home video and has also released the film digitally.

    The film is a true story based on groom kidnapping set against the back drop of Bihar. Groom abduction or "pakrauah shaadi" - a widespread phenomenon in Bihar and Eastern UP is touched upon in Antardwand. The film is a peep into the reality that is mofussil India, a feudal India refusing to die, it‘s a story where everybody involved pay a heavy price for the ugly patriarchal power play? it‘s a society rotting while the country surges ahead to be a global power. Antardwand is a film that stokes the sensitive, thinking viewer‘s ire, concern and empathy.

    Since its theatrical release on 27 August, Antardwand has won numerous awards and rave reviews from fans and critics alike. Along with winning the prestigious 55th National Film Award for the Best Film On Social Issues, the film has also won the Best Film Award at The Jagran Film Festival and Best Actress Award at MAMI.

    The YRF Home Entertainment catalogue is the most admired label with the growing popularity of home viewing of films. YRF Home Entertainment products are released and marketed not only in India but all over the world including the UK, USA and UAE.

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  • Discovery Channel decodes the making of Ra.One in Revealed

    Submitted by ITV Production on Mar 21, 2012

    New Delhi: RA.One represents a significant milestone in Indian cinema. One of the most ambitious and expensive science fiction films with world-class visual effects and animation wizardry, it has proved India?s expertise to produce high quality VFX films. Deconstructing the production of one of the most illustrious films in its one-hour special, Discovery Channel will premiere REVEALED: THE MAKING OF RA.ONE, on Friday, March 30th at 8 pm.

    The programme will repeat on Sunday, April 1st at 8 pm. A unique initiative by Discovery Networks, the programme will also simulcast on TLC, Discovery Science and Discovery Channel Tamil.

    A celebration of glorious triumphs in innovation and technology, Discovery Channel will provide unique access to various aspects of filming the movie.

    REVEALED: THE MAKING OF RA.ONE will provide an account of some of the biggest challenges to produce the film including release of all 3500 plus VFX shots on time. A 5,000- strong team from India, UK and the US, including 400 at Shah Rukh Khan?s own company Red Chillies VFX worked in shifts in 14 studios across the world. A testimonial for its accomplishment, the film has also won the National Film Award for best special effects. Achieving the unprecedented, the movie proved the expertise to create cinema at a global scale. The first to use Dolby 7.1 surround sound, RA.One raised the bar of excellence in Indian cinema.

    Commenting on the programme, Rahul Johri, senior vice president and general manger - South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, "Discovery Channel brings signature mix of compelling, high-end production programmes across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, in-depth and behind-the-scenes glimpses to entertain and inform its audiences. Taking viewers on a cinematic journey, the programme Revealed:

    The Making of RA.One will captivate their fantasy about unique filming techniques."

    Shah Rukh Khan expressed, "RA.One is a landmark film. It demonstrates the growing confidence and capability of the Indian talent to produce films of global benchmarks. I am happy that Discovery Channel will decode the path-breaking technology and never-seen-before concepts that were used to create RA.One. Viewers will able to appreciate the entire creative process from the closest distance possible. A must-watch for every Indian movie fan."

    REVEALED: THE MAKING OF RA.ONE will lift the curtain off the science behind production of India?s much acclaimed science fiction film, revealing how this spectacular film has transformed into reality after crossing numerous obstacles. The programme will delve into the designing of highly stylised action sequences, special-effects, the look of the characters and the sets and will explain the challenges faced by VFX team while making the film.

    The experts talk about their experiences through the process, discussing their reactions.

    Director Anubhav Sinha said, "When I started working on the special effects of the film, I had the confidence that we have the talent to visualize it and to execute it. Discovery Channel?s programme attributes the genius and hard work that has gone behind creating one of the most technically advanced indigenous films."

    Sharing his experience, sound designer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resul_Pookutty> Resul Pookutty said, "RA.One raised Bollywood?s bar in sound design by taking it to a whole new level.

    Discovery Channel viewers will appreciate the significance of good sound as a key element in producing a good movie."

    Having an amalgamation of the industry?s best from around the world, RA.One has amazing footage of science in action, stunning photography, realistic imagery and pioneering techniques. Discovery Channel?s programme will admire the visual effects and adulate the Director?s vision.

    The programme will also give an overview of how the time was devoted to designing separate software for the characters and the objects. Designed by experts Robert Kurtzman and Tim Flattery, the superhero suits were further enhanced digitally to create an impact of electricity

    passing through the suits look real. The challenges, to name a few, ranged from the painstaking time slicing procedure to make the protagonist and antagonist fight in mid-air, to a highly stylised car chase with a crash to a bus, to recreating a miniature CST collapsing into mere rumbles, to the elaborate cloning process to create the 10 avatars of RA.One, to the fight-till-death sequence in the gaming arena, never once compromising with quality. Designing of the antagonist?s face, a sequence where RA.One comes back to life through cube formation and takes the form of actor Arjun Rampal took over a year to produce. The entire team spent sleepless hours on re-creating images which looked real whether it?s the cars crashing or the train going out of control, bent on massive destruction.

    Revealed: The Making of RA.One is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment in association with Discovery Channel.

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