Tag Report: ‘bollywood’
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GrapevineStar Media & Entertainment Alert – India Market Outlook
The Indian Media and Entertainment industry continues to grow at a healthy pace. The rising rate of investments by the private sector and foreign media and entertainment (M&E) majors have improved India’s entertainment infrastructure to a great extent.
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Trend Alert – India Population Getting Richer, Per Capita Growth Grows 14.5%
India’s population growth is just part of the story, India’s income growth means that Indians are getting richer and therefore will be spending more on consumer products and entertainment. Read more here…
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DreamWorks Announces First Animated Musical, Monkeys of Bollywood
Composer A.R. Rahman and lyricist Stephen Schwartz have been hired along with husband and wife producing duo Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berge. Rahman scored 127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire, while Schwartz was the lyricist for Broadway’s Wicked and worked on the TV show Glee.
Monkeys of Bollywood, which is set in Mumbai and inspired by the epic Hindu poem, “The Ramayana”
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Hollywood and Bollywood Star Freida Pinto? A Global Drama Queen?
Freida is seen in America as a Bollywood star that has come to Hollywood. The truth is that she has never appeared in a Hindi-language film and has a way to go before she will be embraced by the Bollywood film community and its fans in India.What do you think? Would you like to see Freida Pinto in a Hindi language Bollywwod film.
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Trend Alert – Mumbai, India Jam Rooms Represent the Start of India’s Entry into the Global Rock and Pop Music World
There is no question that the time has come for a globally recognized Indian Rock or Pop band of musicians…..Jacob R Miles, CEO, GrapevineStar Media
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Happy Birthday Aishwarya Rai……37 Never Looked Better!…..from GrapevineStar
Who is the leading lady in Bollywood’s tinsel town, it is not usually a lady over 35. But most certainly in Bollywood it is Aishwarya Rai, who continues to flourish in Bollywood as she turns 37 Monday and has two super star films – “Action Replayy” and ” Guzaarish” – lined up for release.
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No Bollywood for Freida Pinto
Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto has ruled out plans of starring in Bollywood films as she is interested in more real cinema rather than the song and dance routines.
She has been offered several “stereotypical” roles for “a girl from India” since finding fame – but she’s adamant she will avoid parts in all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood movies, contactmusic reports
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Advertising Agency Publishes Magazine in India
Wieden & Kennedy Publishes Magazine in India Unconventional Agency’s Bimonthly Title Motherland Explores Local Culture Posted by Normandy Madden for AdAge The first issue of Motherland follows the theme of freedom — Wieden & Kennedy has never felt restrained by the conventional model of an ad agency. The Portland, Ore., headquarters has a Wieden incubator [...]
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Trend Alert: Shakira and Drew Barrymore Take on Bollywood
Shakira will be a huge success in Bollywood films. Her style, looks and skills as a songstress will present well and further expand her global appeal…….say Jacob Miles, CEO GrapevineStar Media and Entertainment.
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Bollywood in Talks to Buy Hollywood?
India based Sahara India Pariwar has begun exploratory talks regarding acquiring one of Hollywood’s most recognized, legendary studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Could this be the beginning of India’s growing wealth having an impact on its power and influence in the global movie industry. MGM is the home of James Bond among many other big movie brands. [...]
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DQE Signs Co-Finance and Production Nick India
DQE has signed a co-finance and production agreement with Nick India to produce a local animated series for children. The series will begin with 26 high definition half hour episodes. As a part of this deal, Nickelodeon has provided content for this upcoming series, while DQE is executing the production for global distribution and licensing. [...]
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From America to India College Talent Hungry for Opportunities in Films
There is some absolutely unbelievable filmmaking talent on global college campuses.
That revelation, among all the things we have learned during our nine years of running film festivals that empower college students to tell their stories on the big screen, is the one that never ceases to astound us. -
Trend Alert – Dolce and Gabbano, Milan Italy
“Its all about life and it’s story with Dolce and Gabbano who tells a story with their clothing collections. In wearing their clothes you become part of their movie about style”…..Jacob R Miles, GrapevineStar
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Diva Spies – SALT Movie….Angelina Jolie…Bollywood to Hollywood
Hottest on-screen spies By Bollywood Basanti from iDiva.com Of course the best spies are the real ones who have never been discovered but with Salt releasing, where Angelina Jolie plays a CIA officer who’s loyalty is tested when she is accused of being a Russian spy, let’s take a look at the deadliest female spies [...]
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New Media Trend Alert – Bubbly, India’s ‘Twitter for voice’, gaining 100,000 subscribers each week
Bubbly, India’s ‘Twitter for voice’, gaining 100,000 subscribers each week July 19, 2010 | Iris Kuo Bubbly, a rising “Twitter for voice” phone service in India, announced today the service has reached 1.2 million paid subscribers in just six months, and gaining 100,000 more each week. The service, launched in February by the Sequoia Capital-backed [...]
