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Bokade
attempts suicide
Producer Sudhakar Bokade who made a big name for himself
in the ’90s, attempted suicide by consuming an overdose
of sleeping pills. He was rushed to the Leelavati Hospital
and was released after timely treatment.
Kaho Naa... goes silver
Rakesh Roshan and Film Kraft’s blockbuster Kaho Naa...
Pyar Hai enters its 25th jubilee week in 80 cinemas across
the country. Starring Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel, the
film has music by Rajesh Roshan.
Papa The Great on July 28
Gulshan Kumar’s Papa The Great, a Super Cassettes
presentation directed by K Bhagyaraj, will be released on
July 28. The film starring Kishan Kumar and Naghma has music
by Nikhil-Vinay.
Creative Eye launches next
Creative Eye is now launching another mythological series,
Jai Jai Shree Ganesh from July 10 at Film City. Art director
Ratnakar Phadke has erected sets depicting swarglok and
brahmlok at Film City. Directed by Dheeraj Kumar, the serial
has script by Darshan Laad and Vikas Kapoor and music by
Sharang Dev.
Deham, first sci-fi complete
Deham (Body), in English and Hindi will be the first
futuristic sci-fi film, set in 2020, declared Govind Nihalani
who has completed the film. Funded by Ford Foundation, the
film is based on an award-winning English play, Harvest
by Manjula Padmanabham. The film which has only a 100-minute
running time, stars Kitu Gidwani, Joy Sengupta, Ali Khan,
Surekha Sikri, Mohan Kapoor, Sahila Thatte and Saloni Mehta.
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Rajendra Malone
Rajendra Malone, the veteran cinematographer, who made headlines
recently due to his pathetic financial and physical condition,
finally died in Mumbai last week. The cinematographer who
worked in some of the biggest films in ’60s and ’70s
is survived by his daughter, Mridula.
Walter Matthau
Actor Walter Matthau, who rose to stardom playing loutish
sports writer Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, has died
at age 79. He died early morning on Monday, near Los Angeles
and the cause of death was reportedly a heart attack.
He made over 45 films, including The Front Page, The Sunshine
Boys and The Bad News Bears. He won the academy award for
best supporting actor for Billy Wilder’s 1966 comedy
The Fortune Cookie.
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 Bobby
Deol --
Keeeping a
good man down for ever
Bobby Deol is five years and eight
films old in the film industry. His star son status and upbringing
in filmdom may have guaranteed a red carpet welcome in the movies,
but the journey hasn’t been exactly smooth. Despite the initial
hype and his careful selection of films, there was a lull in his
career. But as they say, it’s hard to keep a good man down
for too long. The undying sincerity and earnestness, coupled with
a cooperative nature that formed the backbone of his father’s
three-decade career, has more than percolated into Bobby’s
person. With Guddu Dhanoa’s Bichchoo ready for release and
Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee on the verge of completion, 2000 may
yet be Bobby Deol’s year. Excerpts from a chat with Deol
Jr...
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Subhash
Ghai releases public issue
 Notching
up a first in Bollywood history, Shubash Ghai’s motion picture
and film production house will step into the open market over
the next two weeks.
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Of
89 releases, only a dozen recover costs
Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa... Pyar Hai has emerged as the lone
smash hit in the first half of 2000, providing the film industry
with a fresh lease of hope and a new, promising superstar, Hrithik
Roshan.
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ABCL
tees off restructure bid
 The
shahenshah of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan has returned dues
to all creditors, except Doordarshan, and is now working to put
his beleaguered dream venture Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd
(ABCL) back on track.
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AMPTPP
to ban singers of cover versions
The film producers are up in arms against the singers of cover
versions, and the music labels dealing with them. AMPTPP was to
meet on July 5 to discuss the matter threadbare and set rules.
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JP
raided on eve of Refugee premiere
 BOLLYWOOD
biggie JP Dutta was raided by the income-tax authorities on Thursday,
a day before the release of his much-awaited new film, Refugee
while the distributor of the film, superstar Ajay Devgan, was
‘surveyed’.
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Celeb
Chat
 AMISHA
PATEL -- Gadar’s special, very very special
She
wasn’t the first choice to play the heroine in Kaho Na.. Pyar
Hai. But the role fell into the lap of the pretty grand daughter
of barrister Rajni Patel.
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Tribute
 VASANTA
CHOUDHURY --
AN INSTITUTION
BY HIMSELF
One of the most
prolific actors of the Bengali screen and stage, Vasanta Choudhury
passed away on June 20. With his demise, an era of the most classic
icons of Bengali cinema.
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UTV
to supply programming for CNN’s South Asia feed
Satellite
news channel CNN International, has appointed Mumbai-based United
Television to produce programmes for its South Asia feed.
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CMM
launches two channels via Thaicom-3
Kirit
Mehta, one of India’s largest copper importers who promoted
Creative Media Magic, has launched two channels in Mumbai via
the Thaicom-3 satellite.
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Zee
set to launch sports channel despite setback
The
setback on the ICC cricket rights front notwithstanding, Zee Sports
is determined to go on air on October 1, according to Zee Sports
deputy CEO Satish Menon.
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ETC
goes all out to woo Punjabi viewers
Amongst
the mushrooming Punjabi channels, ETC Punjabi, which was started
from June 3, has beaten the R. Basu promoted TARA (Punjabi) and
Alpha (Punjabi) by lapping up Gurbani from Golden Temple.
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 Richard
Clayderman--
Magic
in his fingers
Nancy
Reagan bestowed on him the title ‘Prince Of Romance’
enthralled by the very romantic musical pieces played by the deft
movement of his fingers on the piano.
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Ibraheem
Ashk -- It’s
all in the pen
The
country presently knows him as the man who penned the lyrics for
songs like Kyon chalti hai pawan, Sitaron ki mehfil mein and the
title song.
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 Sound
Waves -- A
musical treat in store
Music
lovers have been given an occasion to rejoice by Magnasound. The
music company has just released an album titled Kabhi To Nazar
Milao.
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Diamond,
Iomega show off new MP3 players
S3’s
Diamond Multimedia division and Iomega both unveiled new digital
music players last week at the PC Expo in New York, where news
about actual PCs has been relatively scarce.
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Adlabs-IMAX
to set up Dome Theatre in Mumbai
 Adlabs
Films, one of India’s leading motion picture processing laboratories,
has recently signed an agreement with IMAX Corporation - Canada,
for the setting up of an IMAX Dome Theatre in Mumbai.
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 After
Man On The Moon, Carrey
returns to comedy with ...Irene
Bombarded with two weeks of heavy action flicks, moviegoers in
the US got a break as Jim Carrey returned to comedic form in Me,
Myself & Irene, which opened at number one two weeks back.
Vignettes
 STONE
AGREES TO BASIC SEQUEL
Sharon Stone has signed an eight-figure deal to reprise her role
as icepick-wielding, seductive murder suspect Catherine Tramell
in Basic Instinct 2.
Big
buzz for The Perfect Storm -- Will it sink Titanic’s record collections?
Everything
about the chilling Warner Bros.film The Perfect Storm is big.
The Time Warner unit is betting that the $120 million special-effects-filled
film, starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, along with heart-stopping
100-foot waves.
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