- Aa Dekhen Zara The Band Rocks The Party
- MUMBAI, 28th February 2009: In a special showcase of the music of their forthcoming Aa Dekhen Zara, Eros International, the leading London-listed Indian media and entertainment company launched the band ADZ - Rising at Enigma, Marriott in Mumbai last night. In an exciting performance by the band led by the film’s music director Gourav Dasgupta, the lead cast of the film - Bipasha Basu and Neil Nitin Mukesh also joined the band on stage. What followed was a thrilling performance by the band and Neil himself who has sung the title track Aa Dekhen Zara accompanied by an enthusiastic Bipasha grooving to the tunes.
In a unique marketing initiative, Viki Rajani, [...]
- The Biggest Magical Adventure Film Drona Generates Tremendous Advance Booking Rush
- Eros International, the leading company in the Indian media and entertainment sector, announces its next global release, Drona, the first film of its kind, combining state-of-the-art special effects with an engaging magical adventure, which will indulge audiences with a rollercoaster ride of entertainment never experienced before in Indian cinema.
Releasing on 2nd October 2008, Drona has managed to capture the attention of the audience by generating maximum awareness through an all out 360 degree marketing campaign which has translated into tremendous advance bookings across cities in India. Every multiplex chain has reported higher advance ticket sales for Drona over any other film this week. The hype is tremendous complimenting the [...]
- Eros International Presents Biggest Magical Adventure Film Drona
- Marking the dawn of a new era in Indian filmmaking that truly reflects its progressive nature in the new millennium, the wait is finally over as Drona - an Eros Pictures co-production and 2008’s biggest budget Indian epic - unleashes itself in cinemas across the UK and worldwide on 2nd October 2008.
Eros International stands at the forefront of pioneering content production in India and Drona heralds the first film of its kind, combining state-of-the-art special effects with an engaging magical adventure, which will indulge audiences with a roller coaster ride of entertainment never experienced before in Indian cinema.
Drona sets a new benchmark for Indian cinema and will [...]
- Eros Pictures Greenlights Aladin Part 2
- Mumbai, London 10th September 2008: Eros Pictures, the film production arm of Eros International, the London listed leading Indian filmed entertainment studio with a global distribution network in association with Boundscript Pictures is all set to make a sequel of Sujoy Ghosh’s Aladin slated for release this year. Having seen the first cut of Aladin starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh & Jackie Fernandes, Eros is confident of the product and has announced the sequel even before the release of the film.
Speaking on the development, Kishore Lulla, Chairman & Managing Director, Eros International said, “Eros is committed to the Indian film industry and our aim is to make [...]
- EROS and Star TV to Sign Multi-Film Syndication Deal
- London, 1 September 2008: Eros International, the leading integrated studio within the Indian media & entertainment sector, announced today that it has signed multi-film content licensing deal with Rupert Murdoch owned Star TV, one of the leading entertainment channels in India.
The deal encompasses a selection of catalogue films from Eros’ strong content library of over 1900 titles, including Salman Khan’s Tere Naam and Hrithik Roshan’s Naa Tum Jaano Naa Hum.
Sameer Rao, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Commercial, Star India Pvt. Ltd said, “It gives us immense pleasure to associate ourselves with a globally acclaimed studio of Hindi Cinema, Eros International. For us it’s a commencement of a [...]
- Eros Releases Govindas Next Entertainment Packed Comedy Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
- London, 21st July 2008: Eros International, the leading global player in the Indian media and entertainment industry, announced the release of Money Hai Toh Honey Hai starring superstar Govinda in a rib-tickling performance with Aftab Shivdasani, Manoj Bajpai, Upen Patel, Archana Puran Singh and Celina Jaitley.
Directed by Ganesh Acharya and produced under Big Screen Entertainment banner, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is about this eventful and whirlwind journey of Bobby (Govinda) along with 5 losers – a failed businessman, an honest copywriter, a wannabe model, a struggling fashion designer and an aspiring actress. Govinda plays the role of smooth talking, fast spending, good for nothing, spoilt and only son [...]
- Eros announces release date for God Tussi Great Ho
- Mumbai, 2nd June 2008: Eros International, the leading company in the Indian media and entertainment sector has announced the release dates of its key forthcoming releases God Tussi Great Ho and Drona.
Eros is highly focused on its blockbuster releases this year, which includes God Tussi Great Ho on the Independence Day weekend 15th August 2008. Starring Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sohail Khan, God Tussi Great Ho is packed with great music and comedy and is expected to be a huge success this year. The long Independence Day weekend will serve as a perfect weekend bonanza for audiences.
The other exciting release from the Eros stable, [...]
- Eros International Releases Bhoothnath in Pakista
- London / Mumbai / New York, 9th May 2008: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector releases Bhoothnath in Pakistan day and date with the film’s global release. Bhoothnath becomes the first Indian film to be passed by Pakistan Censor Board for a day and date release in its original un-cut version. It is also the first film of Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, the two topmost stars of Indian film industry, to release in Pakistan.
Eros will be releasing Bhoothnath on 9th May across all major cities in Pakistan, including Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujaranwala, Hyderabad and Gujarat, [...]
- EROS Launches Social Networking Community Sites for Bhoothnath
- Mumbai / London / New York, 5th May 2008: Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announced today the expansion of its presence on popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut and MySpace with the launch of Eros branded community sites for the upcoming release of ‘BHOOTHNATH’.
Eros has lined up an exciting array of contests for autographed CDs and posters as well as interactive activities such as polls, discussions and exclusive images and videos for the Bhootnath community sites on Orkut, Facebook and MySpace. Eros’ development of film-specific communities on social networking sites supports the company’s ongoing strategy to connect online with [...]
- Eyeqube Studios powers up with Eros International
- Mumbai, 15th April 2008: EyeQube Studios Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between Eros International Plc and Charles Darby, today announced that the state-of-the-art visual effect studio in Mumbai has commenced operations. The company has officially begun work on the much-awaited films, “Aladin” and “Drona”. A slate of other feature film work will be announced within the next few months.
Meanwhile, EyeQube continues its enormous recruitment drive to help service its vast amount of production work over the coming months and years.
Spread across an area of 20,000 square feet, the studio has one of the best facilities for visual effects in India with the latest state of the art hardware and software. [...]
- Eros announces four picture deal with Sajid Nadiadwala
- Mumbai, 14th April 2008: Following the fabulous box office performance of Heyy Babyy last year, Eros International - the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector and Sajid Nadiadwala once again join hands, this time for a four-film co-production deal.
Eros International has entered into an agreement with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment to co-produce four films out of which the talented Siddharth Anand of Salaam Namaste fame will direct two films. He has also directed the Saif Ali Khan – Rani Mukherjee starrer Ta Ra Rum Pum.
Eros and Sajid Nadiadwala are also producing Kambakht Ishq directed by Saabir Khan with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor [...]
- Eros ties up with AKSH Optifibre to Bring Bollywood to IPTV Subscribers
- Mumbai / London, 3rd April, 2008: Eros Internationall plc, the AIM-listed leading company in Indian film entertainment and media, today announced that it has signed a three year content licensing deal with Aksh Optifibre Ltd on an upfront fee plus revenue share basis. Through the agreement, Eros’ Bollywood content will be distributed on A-Tel, Aksh-MTNL’s IPTV platform.
A-Tel currently has 150 channels accessible to its subscribers. This collaboration aims to bring Bollywood entertainment to A-Tel subscribers through an Eros branded video-on-demand service giving them access to Bollywood content from the comfort of their homes.
Eros has a library of over 1900 films and will provide a service showcasing its content [...]
- Bollywood?s Eros International Ties up with Wal-Mart
- London, 10 March 2008: In a major mainstream DVD distribution breakthrough, Eros International announced its collaboration with the retail giant, Wal-Mart, to sell Bollywood content through Wal-Mart’s distribution network in Canada.
Eros DVDs will be available in 27 Wal-Mart stores in Canada to start with. The distribution will subsequently be extended to the entire Canadian Wal-Mart network.
AIM, London Stock Exchange listed Eros is one of the leading players in the Indian media and entertainment sector. Over time, Eros will make available through Wal-Mart a large number of titles from its catalogue of over 1300 titles as well as its 30-40 new releases every year. The Eros-Wal-Mart tie-up [...]
- Eros International Releases Ajay Devgan and Kajol?s U Me Aur Hum
- London, 12th March 2008: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, announces the release of U, Me Aur Hum starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol.
Produced by Devgan Films and directed by Ajay Devgan, U, Me Aur Hum is a special love story of Ajay (Ajay Devgan) and Pia (Kajol). The first time Ajay saw Pia, she served him drinks. She affected him more than the alcohol, and he found true love. He was a leading psychiatrist, but she messed up his mind. The first time Pia saw Ajay, he had had too much to drink. She watched him make a fool [...]
- Eros International Releases Rakesh Roshan?s Krazzy 4
- London, 13th March 2008: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, announces the release of Krazzy 4 produced by renowned filmmaker Rakesh Roshan and directed by talented Jaideep Sen.
Starring renowned comedians Arshad Warsi, Irfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon in lead roles, Krazzy 4 is a social satire with a soul. It’s a story about four most unlikely candidates becoming the torchbearers for humanity and goodness. Through a package of comedy and laughter, the Krazzy 4 teach us how we can all get together to make the world a better place. Krazzy 4 also stars Juhi Chawla and Dia [...]
- Aladin Exclusive Movie Trailer
- Eros Entertainment sent us this exclusive movie trailer for the upcoming family film “Aladin” directed Sujoy Ghosh, Producer Sunil Lulla and Sujoy Ghosh and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez.
Synopsis: From the land of myths and legends - India - comes a fantasy adventure for the entire family. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, ‘Aladin’ is a modern re-imagining of the classic tale of ‘Aladin and The Magic Lamp’. Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh) lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacquiline Fernandes) gives him a magic lamp - because it [...]
- Eros announces advertising supported free on-demand content
- London, 26th February 2008: Eros International, the London AIM listed leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector, today announced its pioneering advertising supported on-demand catalogue. With this, Eros for the first time will offer consumers free online content including exclusive content from the Eros movie catalogue of more than 1300 titles, 5000 music videos, behind the scenes, & making of movie footage, exclusive short form movie clips and events such as IIFA and more.
The advertising supported Eros on demand platform http://ondemand.erosentertainment.com will remain unique and exclusive with the unparalleled Eros content catalogue. “This is a pioneering model for the Indian film industry and we strongly [...]
- Universal Music and Eros International Announce Joint-Venture
- MUMBAI / December 10, 2008 — Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, has joined forces with Eros International, the leading integrated studio in India’s media and entertainment industry, to launch a joint-venture artist-management agency to groom and promote Indian pop talent locally and globally.
The agreement was announced today by Kishore Lulla, Chairman & CEO, Eros International, and Max Hole, President, Universal Music Asia Pacific Region, and Executive Vice President, Universal Music Group International (UMGI).
The joint venture was officiated with a contractual signing on November 18, and came into immediate effect. Rajat Kakar, Managing Director of Universal Music India, has been appointed the inaugural Chairman of the [...]
- Evilution Movie Review
- Title: Evilution
Directed by: Chris Conlee
Starring: Starring: Eric Peter-Kaiser, Sandra Ramirez, Tim Colceri and Noel Gugliemi
Scores: Technical: 85, Story: 89, Acting: 79, Overall: 85
Evilution… I took one look at the cover art and expected some over the top, b-movie mush that you have playing in the background, while you’re playing Left 4 Dead. But I actually made it through with out being disinterested.
Don’t get me wrong, yes, there are plenty of cheesy parts and acting. But all in all it was pretty entertaining.
Evilution is a story of an Alien substance that seems to take over the host when injected and, turns them into (YEAH!!!) zombies. The government tries to use it [...]
- My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Movie Review
- Title: My Super Psycho Sweet 16
Directed by: Jed Elinoff (The Signal) and Scott Thomas
Starring: Juliana Guill (”Friday The 13th”), Lauren Mcknight (”House of Fear”), Chris Zylka (”Cougartown”) and Matt Angel (”Raising The Bar”).
MTV kicks-off Halloween a little early with the premiere of the original slasher movie “My Super Psycho Sweet 16″ airing October 23, at 10p.m. ET/PT.
The film tells the story of Madison Penrose (Juliana Guill), a spoiled and beautiful high school queen bee, and Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight), the class outcast whose father Charlie Rotter committed a series of grisly murders a decade before the movie’s events. Madison’s plans for the ultimate birthday bash are ruined when Skye shows [...]
- Wet Shave Short Film review
- Scores: Technical: 100, Story: 99, Acting: 100, Overall: 99
A barber, who is getting ready to close up for the night receives an intriguing late minute guest and a curious customer comes knocking on the door, none of them are what they pretend to be, but one thing is certain: it will be an thrilling and surprising experience!
Wet Shave is the award winning short film by Boris Schaarschmidt and starring Bob Franco, Birgit Meyer, and Chris J. Milo was screened on Thursday August 6th at the 1st Annual Carnival of Darkness short film festival.
Boris Schaarschmidt is an up and coming German filmmaker and graduet of the AFI who had the honor [...]
- Couples Retreat Movie Review
- Title: Couples Retreat
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell
Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 80, Acting: 95, Overall: 88
Couples Retreat is a comedy centered around four couples who decide, due to one of the marriages falling apart, that they should go to a tropical-island resort that doubles as marriage counseling for a vacation. While one of the couples is actually there to work on the marriage, the others are there for fun and relaxation but soon realize that participation in the resort’s therapy sessions is not optional.
Starring Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Faizon Love, Couples Retreat was pegged as being another [...]
- Amazing New Set Photos from New Moon
- In this gallery at LA Times, photographer David Strick captured some amazing new behind the scenes set photos from the upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. New Moon stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz.
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Movie Synopsis: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. [...]
- Dark Woods Movie Review
- Title: Dark Woods
Directed by: Michael Escobedo
Starring: James Russo, Tracy Coogan and John Muscarnero
Scores: Technical: 99, Story: 95, Acting: 100, Overall: 99
Dark Woods is the kind of movie that starts out kind of depressing, then gets intriguing, then scary, and back to an intriguing depression.
Dark Woods is the story of a loving husband Henry (John Muscarnero-who also wrote the film) and his dying wife Susan (played to an eerie perfection by Tracy Coogan) who travel far away from the city life into the secluded woods so she can die in peace. Sound depressing enough yet? As Susan drifts in and out of consciousness, Henry, out for a jog stumbles across a [...]
- White On Rice Movie Review
- Title: White On Rice
Written and Directed by: Dave Boyle (”Big Dreams Little Tokyo”)
Starring: Hiroshi Watanabe, (Letters from Iwo Jima), Mio Takada, (Late Night with Conan O’Brien), Lynn Chen, (Saving Face) and Justin Kwong.
Produced by: Duane Andersen, Dominic Fratto, and Michael Lerman
Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 95, Acting: 100, Overall: 95
Director Dave Boyle both writes and directs the comedy “White on Rice”, a fish-out-of-water love story chronicling the comedic life of Jimmy (Watanabe), an somewhat strange yet charming 40-year-old immigrant as he tries to make it in America. Jimmy lives in his sister Aiko’s and his brother-in-law Tak’s (Takada) basement. Unfortunately Jimmy falls for Tak’s beautiful niece Ramona (Chen) and [...]
- Body of Work Movie Review
- Title: Body of Work
Scores: Technical: 98, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall: 99
Written by Shayla Beesly & Alex Bram (Alex also directed and produced the film along with Renee Pezzotta & Leah Cevoli) Body of Work premiered at the Carnival of Darkness Film Festival at the Crest Theater in L.A. on August 8th along with some other great short films.
The film opens with Vogler, a deranged artist, who hires models to pose for his paintings, and then he kills them and finishes the painting with their blood. After the brief, but splatter-satisfying intro, our story begins ten years later and follows a husband and wife, who have moved into [...]
- Worlds Greatest Dad Movie Review
- Title: World’s Greatest Dad
Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Robin Williams (The Prince of Providence, August Rush), Alexie Gilmore (Descent), Daryl Sabara, Geoff Pierson, Henry Simmons and Mitzi McCall.
Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 100, Acting: 100, Overall: 99
Oh man… I just saw World’s Greatest Dad. This film is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. It follows no formula and pushes the limits to well beyond any normal sense of decency. This is one of the most unbelievably amazing movies I have ever seen.
First off, the trailers that I have seen DO NOT do the film justice. Most trailers show the best parts of the movie just to get [...]
- Acolytes Movie Review
- Title: Acolytes
Directed by: Jon Hewitt
Starring: Danny Baldwin, Holly Baldwin and Joel Edgerton.
Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 95, Acting: 99, Overall: 96
Every now and then I come across a movie that gets no marketing and flies in under the radar. Most of the time, that’s a good thing. Sometimes, it is sad because a film deserves to be seen. Acolytes really needs to be seen.
Acolytes is a tale of 3 high school teens who intertwine themselves in a plot for revenge. When one witnesses a body being buried they all decide to hunt down the killer and blackmail him. After all, there is a bully/rapist who needs to be taken care of. [...]
- Homecoming Movie Review
- Title: Misery The Beginning…oops, I mean Homecoming.
Scores: Technical: 80, Story: 50, Acting: 85, Overall: 65
When Mike (Matt Long) returns to his hometown with his new girlfriend Elizabeth (Jessica Stroup), they are welcomed with open arms from everyone, except for Shelby (Mischa Barton) who still thinks she’s Mike’s true love. When Shelby tries to make a move on Mike, and finds out he has another girlfriend - she snaps. Shelby hits Elizabeth with a car one night, and holds her hostage in her home while trying to work her way back into Mike’s life.
Why do I call it Stephen King’s: Misery the Beginning? Sure, the movie has it’s differences; the “jilted [...]
- Bruno Movie Review
- Title: Bruno
Directed by: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 90, Acting: 100, Overall: 95
The thing I love about Sacha Baron Cohen is that he is not racist or biased, he will work with anyone. But most of all, he doesn’t make people look stupid. He doesn’t have to.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest movie is about a very flamboyant Austrian fashionista named Brüno who, after getting fired from his hit show in his homeland, decides he wants to be famous and takes his show to America. His path takes him to a few different places including; a preacher who can make him “ungay”, an outrageous interview with politician Ron [...]
- The Red Machine Movie Review
- Title: The Red Machine
Directed by: Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm
Starring: Lee Perkins (Carnies), Donal Thoms-Cappello, Meg Brogan, Mo Byrnes and Eddie Lee
Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 98, Acting: 100, Overall: 99
I watch a lot of independent films… I mean a lot. So when I started watching The Red Machine, I thought I was in for another mediocre story with sub-par acting and a whole lot of disappointment. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of indy films are really good, then there are the ones that could be good with the right budget, and we can’t forget the terrible ones. Obviously some are great… I give you The Red Machine.
The Red [...]
- Humpday Movie Review
- Title: Humpday
Directed by: Lynn Shelton (My Effortless Brilliance)
Actors: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard and Alycia Delmore.
Scores: Technical: 75, Story: 95, Acting: 95, Overall: 88
Forget what you think you know about “bromances” from major studio movies, such as Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Hangover, even though it was number one at the box office for two weeks. Humpday, the new comedy that was written, produced and directed by Lynn Shelton and is part of the independent mumblecore movement (movies that usually focus on personal relationships between twenty-somethings, have improvised scripts and feature mostly non-professional actors), was expertly made to show what old, partying college friends really do when they get back together.
The [...]
- Land of the Lost Movie Review
- Title: Land of the Lost
Directed by: Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Cast: Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Blades of Glory), Danny R. McBride (East Bound and Down, The Foot Fist Way), Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) and Jorma Taccone.
Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 95, Acting: 99, Overall: 98
Going in to Land of the Lost I was reminded of my childhood… Sleestaks were one of the most terrifying creatures on television. I was hoping they could pull off taking a dramatic TV show and make it a relevant comedy.
Thanks to great acting, and a humorous script, they did.
WILL FERRELL (Step Brothers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) stars as has-been [...]
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