Din Tak Dha deals with a rural drama troupe and the existential crisis they face upon confronting the driver of their touring vehicle. The film was one of the five FTII films screened at the 7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival held in Mumbai recently. Meanwhile, Three Of Us, which revolves around a forty-year old disabled protagonist, has earned acclaim at several international film festivals. These include 14th Festival on Wheels, Turkey; 15th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Spain; Le Mois du Film Documentaire, France and the Mill Valley Film Festival, California. The film was also played at the Norwegian Short Film Festival where it won the ‘Grand Prix Grimstad’ honour and the 16th Curtas Vila Do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal where it received the ‘Best Documentary’ award.
Golmaal... year’s biggest grosser
Unlike most sequels, Golmaal Returns has turned out to be the year's highest grosser so far! Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. and directed by Rohit Shetty, the sequel had the biggest opening and is still going strong. Ever since the film released last Wednesday, it has been running to packed theatres. In fact, with Golmaal Returns, Mumbai's Chitra theatre has not only beaten all records of the past nine years, but also has been booked in advance for the next nine days.
According to trade analyst Vinod Mirani, " Both the films that were Diwali releases are doing really well. Though Fashion is faring well with the multiplex audience, Golmaal Returns has broken records of sorts at various theatres across the country." The fact that the films released during the festive season has made a huge impact at the box-office. The Diwali weekend made all the possible difference to the box-office collections.
The film is a super-hit in cities like Punjab, Hoshiapur, and Jammu while theatres in regions like Raipur and Amravati are also packed to capacity. Though both the films are doing well internationally, Golmaal... has managed to make more profits in the overseas collections. Golmaal Returns has collected nearly 40,000 pounds in just a single day in London.
Chandamama all set to get animated
Chandamama India Limited, the Indian magazine group for children, has tied up with Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd. to develop an animated feature film. With a budget of Rs.200 million, Toonz will make the film at Technopark and will take its characters and storyline from Chandamama’s collection of over 15,000 titles. Before this, the magazine group’s stories have been released in print as well as electronic media across 14 languages. Speaking about their new venture, L Subramanyan, CEO, Chandamama, said that the animated film would enable the Group to deliver the age-old message of socio-cultural values through an emerging medium.
Adlabs records 49 per cent growth
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s entertainment arm, Adlabs Films Limited, has witnessed 49 per cent growth in revenue during the second quarter of FY 2008-’09 as compared to the last year. While the cinema division recorded a 119 per cent growth at Rs 80 crore, the film processing and services division contributed Rs 38 crore, courtesy a rise of 75 per cent. Further, the film production and distribution business accounted for trade worth Rs 70 crore while the television content division grew to a whopping Rs 14 crore as against Rs. 1 crore last year.
