MUMBAI: PIX-the premium English movie channel from Multi Screen Media Ltd. formerly known as Sony Entertainment Network celebrates the television premiere of ?Bobby? as PIX Super Movie of the Month. Directed and written by Emilio Estevez, the award winning movie has been slated for telecast on Friday, October 30 2009, 9pm.

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Sharon Stone, Ashton Kutcher amongst others. The movie nominated for 2 Golden Globes was the winner of Hollywood Film Festival 2006 for Ensemble of the Year, PFCS Award 2006 for Breakout Performance of the Year-Behind the camera and Venice Film Festival 2006 for Biografilm award.

?Bobby? is a powerful drama that showcases hope, anger, and confusion that gripped the U.S. in the late 1960s.

The movie is based on the story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 near the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It recreates the ambiance of the era and invokes the hopes inspired by Kennedy through the use of actual newsreel footage.

Bobby highlights the life of 22 people in the hotelintercut with dramatic sequences whose lives were never the same. Estevez uses the day June 4th, 1969, assassination of Kennedy as the means to take a snapshot of the problems facing the country as the 1960‘s came to an end.The hotel is a microcosm of class and race, with fictional characters bouncing off each other until the violent conclusion.

The Tagline, ?He saw wrong and tried to right it. He saw suffering and tried to heal it. He saw war and tried to stop it? sums up the plot.

Experience non-stop entertainment, tune in to ?Bobby? ? PIX Super Movie of the Month this Friday, October 30 2009, 9pm only on PIX.

MUMBAI: Aftab Shivdasani‘s Rising Sun Entertainment has tied up with Zapak.com to create the official website of its forthcoming film Aao Wish Karein releasing in November.

Movie-based websites have been common to all new releases but this is one with a difference. Not being an ordinary film-based website, this site has no information regarding the movie, instead it is a wishing website which requests one to make a wish.

What one has to do is, log on to www.aaowishkarein.com and make a wish. This wish can then be circulated on social websites where his/her friends and dear ones give good wishes for the wish to come true.

The interactive nature of online movie promotion, both, in terms of providing instant response and eliciting responses, is a unique quality of the medium. 

Says Shivadasani, "Being the producer of the movie, I was involved in all decisions associated with it. Internet is a very important medium to reach out to all movie lovers and I wanted to do something different in this space. With Zapak we have created a very novel movie website and I want to ask everyone to check it out and post their wish. As I really believe that wishes do come true."

Avers Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd Chief Marketing Officer Arun Mehra, "The format of aaowishkarein.com is very interesting, it offers novelty and an engaging activity for the users. It helps them to interact with the characters in this fairy tale film alongside film information. Zapak.com, now, is increasingly becoming a preferred partner for digital strategy and internet marketing needs of today‘s movie marketers."

MUMBAI: Ben Stiller and his waxwork pals return for more museum-bound mayhem in this sequel to the 2006 smash hit comedy, Night At The Museum.

Ben Stiller returns as hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley in this anarchic fantasy comedy sequel. When the Museum Of Natural History is shut for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into storage at The Smithsonian in Washington DC ? the world?s largest museum. Once again, they spring to life at night, this time including Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), General Custer (Bill Hader), Albert Einstein (Eugene Levy) and Oscar the Grouch. Helmed by Shawn Levy, the movie also stars the original cast including Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais. 

Synopsis: History is larger than life and twice as funny in this monumental comedy sequel that? seven more fun than the original. Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast (including Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria and Robin Williams) as Larry Daley, a former night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come alive after dark. But now Larry?s nocturnal friends are being retired to the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, luring him back for a hilarious, all-out battle against a cranky Egyptian Pharaoh who plans to take over the museum...and the world!

Bonus Features: ? The Curators of Comedy: Behind the scenes ? Historical confessions ? Primate Prime Donnas

The DVD & Blu-Ray will be available in all leading stores for Rs. 499.00 and Rs. 1,199.00 respectively and the Combo DVD Pack of both the parts for Rs. 599.00

MUMBAI: To recreate the magic of Michael Jackson, CNN-IBN, IBN7 &IBN Lokmat has tied up with Sony Pictures to bring a special ?Michael Jackson?s This is It Contest? .For the contest fans just have to answer a few simple questions about Michael Jackson and the movie ?Michael Jackson?s This is It? . Moreover CNN-IBN will bring a one of its kind show ?This is It? that will showcase exclusive clips from the movie and will chronicle the last 3 months of MJ?s life as he prepared for his sold out ?This is It? series of concerts. The show will also feature exclusive interviews with the Director Kenny Orcega, Music Director Michael Bearden and Travis Pain the Choreographer of the movie ?Michael Jackson?s This Is It.? The special half hour show will air on October 27 at 8:30PM.

To participate in the special contest fans can log on to a specially created microsite www.IBNLive.com/thisisit, answer a few simple questions about Michael Jackson and the movie ?Michael Jackson?s This is It? and win exciting prizes including movie tickets and exclusive movie merchandise.

The movie ?Michael Jackson?s This Is It? will bring for Jackson?s fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind the scenes look at the performer as he developed and essentially provides an insight to the last three months of Michael Jackson?s life as he prepared for the sold out concerts that would have taken place in the Summer of 2009.

Speaking about the contest, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor- in-Chief, IBN18, said: Michael Jackson was one of the greatest music icons and a key influence on the world of pop music in the last 25 years. The contest and the show ?This is It? is a tribute to the King of Pop and an opportunity for the fans to reconnect with their late idol.?

Mr. Kercy Daruwala, Managing Director ? Sony Pictures India said, ?Through our partnership with CNN-IBN, IBN7 &IBN Lokmat on ?Michael Jacksons This Is It? we seek to provide Michael Jackson?s fans across India a peek into the mind of a creative genius..Fans will essentially discover the man they never knew.?

MUMBAI: NDTV Profit today announced the winners of the prestigious NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2009 at a special award ceremony at Taj Lands End, Mumbai graced by Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. The award now in its 4th year has emerged as the most credible and distinguished platform for the recognition of exceptional business performance and entrepreneurial abilities in India. The award night brought together the best business minds and bureaucrats of the country under one roof, including Kumarmangalm Birla, Sanjeev Aga, Rajiv Dubey, Nandan Nilekani, Tulsi Tanti, Dr. Tarun Das and Harsh Mariwala amongst others.

Inaugurating the award ceremony, Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, said, ?It?s not only because of the stimulus packages or policy initiatives but because of the spirit of accepting challenges which have made India weather the international financial crisis. I appreciate the sprit of business leaders and the young entrepreneurs, who recognized the gravity of the situation, took courage and faced the challenges.?

Dr. Kiran Karnik, Dr. Tarun Das, Deepak Parekh, T N Manoharan, C Achuthan, Mr. S B Mainak who represented Team Satyam that won the Business Leadership Team Award for navigating the company out of troubled waters, expressed that the success achieved would not have been possible without the extensive support that was received from the regulatory bodies and the government of India. They added that the government recognized Satyam scam as a nation?s cause and acted in a creative and speedy manner helping the team to not only find able takers for Satyam but also help them re-gain employee and customer confidence.

Mr. O P Bhatt, Chairman, SBI who won the Inspiring Business Leader in a Crisis Award, when quizzed on his plans for financing the housing sector for the low and middle earning segments, said, ?Low interest rate schemes on home finance have resulted in increased production of steel and employment mainly in infrastructure sector. Our assumption is that the economic activities have revised in the quarter ended June 2009. The demand in large Infrastructure projects have increased, IPO and QIP have picked up in the last quarter resulting in increase in economic activities across all sectors. The growth this year may not be 9% but will be more wide spread, more inclusive and sustainable.?

Mr. Nandan Nilekani, who won the Hope & Inspiration Award on being complimented by Finance Minister, said: ?I would like to thank Mr. Mukehrjee and the Government for finding me capable of executing the Unique Identity Card Project. Each resident of India will be issued a unique identity number that will be registered in a central database allowing the residents to authenticate their identity anywhere in India. This project will help transform public services and help government to reduce losses. These unique numbers will give an identity to especially the poor population giving them access to all the public services and help them participate in inclusive growth of the country?.

Winning the Indian Business Women Leadership Award, Ms. Shikha Sharma, Managing Director & CEO, Axis Bank when quizzed on what prospects they foresee for year 2010, said, ? I feel last year (despite the downfall) was very good for the Indian economy. The year gave us an opportunity to take stock, companies focused on leveraging their resources much better and India stands stronger today with the economic support that the government has extended. If India treats this as an opportunity to grow the Indian infrastructure, India will witness dramatic growth for years to come. I thank government for the policies implemented last year that have helped India come through so brilliantly.?

Winning the award in the same category Ms. Chanda Kochhar, CEO, ICICI Bank added, ?The year 2010 is already showing signs of revival. In the years that have gone by we have seen that domestic consumption has been a growth driver for India, however in the coming years it will be both investment and domestic consumption that will drive the growth of Indian economy. For the year 2010 the manufacturing companies are seeing increased domestic consumption and gradually the confidence levels of individuals and the corporates have come back. The financial year 2010 marks the beginning of the recovery process which will bring us closer to the targets that the government has set up of double digit growth.?

Mr. Brij Mohanlall, Chairman, Hero Honda, the Lifetime Achievement awardee, said, ?Without the support of all the shareholders, employees, bankers, loyal customers? Hero Honda would not have won this accolade and on behalf of the entire team. I accept this award with many thanks.?

Extensive research was carried to determine the nominees and the winners under the discerning and experienced guidance of the jury that comprised of eminent personalities like Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI; Shanti Ekambaram, Group Head-Wholesale Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank; TN Ninan, Editor and Publisher, Business Standard; Rajiv K Luthra, Founder and Managing Partner, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices and Dr. Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV. The jury for CSR Awards included Justice Leila Seth, Former Chief Justice Himachal Pradesh; Dr. N.C. Saxena, Poverty Commissioner and Dorab R Sopariwala, Consultant, NDTV Profit.

NDTV Profit partnered with HIIRCO as their presenting sponsors; Birla Sun Life Insurance, Blocal, ASK, Fly Kingfisher, IBM as the associate sponsors and Grant Thornton International as Business Process Advisors for the awards this year.