MICKEY & FRIENDS CREATED “DISNEY MAGIC” AT THE OBEROI MALL

- Celebrations featured live performance by Mickey & Friends on Disney and Bollywood songs -

Disney and Oberoi Mall made this summer holiday season a memorable one for all Mickey and Friend’s fans, by bringing Disney Magic to Mumbai beginning June 2nd to June 9th at the Oberoi Mall, Goregaon. The world’s most loved characters, Mickey Mouse along with Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy travelled to Mumbai to perform live at the Disney Magic event. Fans also got an opportunity to meet and greet with the characters and create some truly magical memories. 

The characters entertained kids and families over two days (on June 5 & June 6) with their lovable antics and a whole lot of singing, dancing, storytelling, fun activities that families participated in. Mickey also had a special Bollywood surprise in the show that got kids and families to shake a leg themselves! Mickey and friends danced to popular Bollywood hits such as “All is Well”, “Disco Deewane” and “Auntyji”.  

“Mickey and friends are loved by fans across India much like they are loved all over the world. Through Disney Magic we areproviding kids and families in India an opportunity to experience our stories and engage with our characters first hand. We also added the local flavour in an interesting manner as Mickey and Friends danced to the popular Bollywood songs”, said Roshini Bakshi, MD, Licensing and Retail, Disney UTV. “We are constantly working towards making our characters and stories a part of our fans day-to-day lives by giving them an opportunity to experience these across multiple platforms”, she added. 

Mr. Nirzar Jain, Vice President, Oberoi Mall said, "We are delighted to see so many happy faces at the Disney Magic event. Through this eight-day extravaganza, kids and families got an opportunity to meet their favourite Disney characters. It was a privilege to provide our Mumbai shoppers a special experience by bringing them close to Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and also offering one lucky family an all expenses paid trip to Hong Kong Disneyland. We look forward to entertain and engage our patrons with more such fun-filled events in the future as well." 

Right through the eight day celebrations, Disney is creating magical experiences for fans through a gamut of activities that are sure to keep them hooked. Disney has created various zones including Mickey Mouse & Friends Main Stage area, Disney Princess Zone with Princess makeovers and nail art sessions, Disney Pixar Cars Zone with PS3 video gaming and Disney Pixar R.C. Championship and Disney the merchandize Zone. 

In India, Disney has a range of products available in the market to give our Mickey & Friends fans an opportunity to bring home the magic of Disney.

Apparel & accessories: Kids and Adult apparel, Scarves, Footwear, Sunglasses, Watches, Umbrella, Innerwear, Infant Range and Raincoats

• Home & Infant: a line of home electricals, ceramic tableware, Melamine tableware, Wall Décor, fans, bed linen, door mats, storage, bathroom accessories, tiles.
• Publishing: Comic books, colouring & activity books, and novelty books, storybooks, learning aid books, learning charts and digital e-books
• Toys & Electronics: Plushes, Scooters, Board games, Puzzels, Bi-cycle, Outdoor sports, musical instruments and electronics
• Home Entertainment: Mickey Mouse Club House set of DVDs has been recently launched and will be given out along with an activity book
• Back to School: Stationery products, lunch boxes, water bottles, backpacks, trolley bags, compass boxes, sipper bottles, art and craft and lunch bags
• For those who want to relive Mickey & Friends stories can watch, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Have a Laugh Series and movie specials such as ‘Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers’ on Disney Channel or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, movies such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Adventure, Mickey Mouskersize on Disney Junior 

The cities and schedule of the Disney Magic event:

City	Date/ venue	Activity	Show Timings
Mumbai	June 2-9, 2013 OBEROI MALL, GOREGAON	Disney Magic 8 Day celebration	Starting 12 noon to 8 p.m.
	June 5-6, 2013 OBEROI MALL, GOREGAON	Mickey & Friends performance	2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm and 8 pm
Bangalore	May 31-June 9, 2013 FORUM VALUE MALL, WHITEFIELD RD	Disney Magic 10 Day celebration	Starting 12 noon to 8 p.m.
	June 8-9, 2013 FORUM VALUE MALL, WHITEFIELD RD	Mickey & Friends performance	2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm and 8 pm
Chennai	June 7-16, 2013 FORUM VIJAYA MALL, ARCOT RD, VADAPALANI	Disney Magic 10 Day celebration	Starting 12 noon to 8 p.m.
	June 15-16, 2013 FORUM VIJAYA MALL, ARCOT RD, VADAPALANI	Mickey & Friends performance	2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm and 8 pm

For further information, please contact:

Namita Jadhav | Corporate Communications |+91 22 98205 47660 |namita.jadhav@disney.com

Kanika Maheshwari | Perfect Relations |+91 9867046827| kmaheshwari@perfectrelations.com

Tulika Alva | Perfect Relations |+91 9820501507| talva@perfectrelations.com 

About the Oberoi Mall:

The Oberoi Mall is located at Goregaon-east on the Western Express Highway and offers almost 5.52 lakh square feet of Fun, Food, Fashion and Films. It has occupied a significant position in the minds of customers and retailers. By reflecting and enabling customers’ lifestyles and delivering affordable luxury with a philosophy of ‘customer first’, the Mall has distinguished itself as something truly special on the retail landscape. Pioneered by the real estate development company, Oberoi Realty Ltd. (popularly known as Oberoi Constructions) Oberoi Mall has found a unique niche amongst quality conscious and discerning customers and offers facilities that include two levels of basement with a parking capacity for approximately 1,000 cars, a large central atrium with natural light, elevators and escalators for internal circulation, central air-conditioning and an integrated building management system. 

About Disney Consumer Products:

Disney is the largest retail character licensor in the world with US$37 billion in character merchandising retail sales globally in 2012. Disney’s Consumer business include: Toys; Fashion & Home; Food, Health & Beauty (FHB); Consumer Electronics; Stationery; Publishing and Retail Sales and Marketing the Consumer business plays a critical role in providing Indian consumers a chance to bring a piece of the Disney magic home through a wide range of creative and locally-appealing merchandise.

Today, Disney products are available across over 100,000 retail touch points in India. Disney Consumer Products (India) continues to focus on broadening its distribution by expanding product reach beyond large cities through existing licensees and retail relationships. Working with over 140 licensees across categories, Disney’s retail presence, such as the unique “store-in-store” concepts in prominent retail outlets such as Lifestyle and Hamleys in Mumbai, Sapphire in Bangalore, Landmark stores, deliver a broad range of products and continue to reach more and more consumers across the country. 

In an endeavour to provide consumers with the best choice, the greatest convenience and flexibility, Disney and Net Distribution Services launched www.shopatdisney.in, extending Disney’s reach beyond large cities and making Disney merchandise collection available online and just a few clicks away. Disney Consumer Products has also leveraged the growing e-commerce market in India, by making Disney branded products available across all the key online portals such as Flipkart, Snapdeal, First Cry etc. 

Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), also the biggest publisher of children’s books in the world, has over 500 titles published through local licensees and runs a growing direct distribution business with over 120 titles. In 2012, the publishing division sold over 4 million books in India to children who continue to engage with their favourite Disney stories in print.

Sachiin J Joshi’s quest to create Olympians

Actor Sachiin J Joshi believes in staying fit. Says he, “Fitness is an integral part of me. It is as good as eating food. If you have time to eat, you should have to time to exercise and keep fit too. When I am not working, I gym, play a sport, exercise, do yoga… but there is one activity I make time for, every day.”
Interestingly, unlike other hotbods who simply believe in flex appeal, Sachiin believes in making his country proud.  The young turk has actually taken his passion a step forward.  He is the main patron who supports a sports academy in Pune. “We aspire to create Olympians that will bring India proud. We also support cricket and various other sports. But the dream is to have the Indian flag fly high,” says Sachiin who

Is also the force behind Viiking Fitnesss, Mumbai’s only 24-hour gym. “The gym also houses Kriya spa and offers you both salon and spa within the same property. And as these are linked to our gym, it is a complete 360 degree fitness and relaxation experience,” elaborates Sachiin, and avid sportsman who besides playing circket and football, has also been the sponsor for the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010 in the IPL and the Tollywood T-20 cricket tournament with top Tollywood celebrities among others.

How does he manage to be an entrepreneur, a sportsman and an actor rolled into one?

Says Sachiin, “I dedicate half my day to work and the other half to my passion. I work 16 hours and eight of these are dedicated to my passion. When you seek anything with a passion, the universe conspires to help you get it.”

‘Ankur Arora Murder Case’ promotion in PVR Plaza, Delhi

 ‘Ankur Arora Murder Case’ is a medical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari; produced and written by Vikram Bhatt. The director and Kay Kay Menon who plays a major role were seen on 6^th June 2013 in a press conference to promote their movie at PVR Plaza.

The film revolves around the urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Kay Kay Menon, Vishakha Singh, Tisca Chopra and Paoli Dam.

When an eight year old boy, Ankur dies due to Dr. Asthana's (Kay Kay Menon) medical negligence, Romesh (Arjun Mathur) realises that a good surgeon is not necessarily a good person.
Together with Ankur's mother Nandita (Tisca Chopra), Romesh sets out on a turbulent journey to fight for what is right.

Speaking about the unique subject of the film, director said, “’Ankur Arora Murder Case' will be an eye opener as it speaks about medical negligence, the challenging part was that there should be a continuity in your mind throughout that a child is dead and that heaviness should be there every time, in each scene" Suhail Tatari also added that it is the first time this issue has been raised and converted into a movie.

Addressing the press Kay Kay Menon said, “The film is based on medical negligence, which is a critical, but true issue. We all face it. Whenever I talk about the issue, everyone has their own story to tell. People will be able to relate to it. I had to read the script a lot and know about medical malpractices to be able to get it right"

Ankur Arora Murder Case is set to release on 13th June, 2013.

YRF Entertainment options “Seducing Ingrid Bergman”

 

Uday Chopra and Grace of Monaco writer Arash Amel have come together again to produce the as yet untold story of Ingrid Bergmen, one of Hollywood’s legendary names. 

YRF Entertainment has optioned Seducing Ingrid Bergman, a novel by Chris Greenhalgh, which dramatizes the real-life affair between the actress Ingrid Bergman and the war photographer Robert Capa. Arash Amel will adapt and will produce with Uday Chopra, as they did together on the Olivier Dahan directed Grace of Monaco, a film being released later this year by The Weinstein Company. 

Speaking about this, Uday said, “There are certain untold stories which on hearing, one realises that not only is it a very moving story of a woman but it also seems to deliver a message which goes deeper than the life of just one woman. It seems to talk about all women through her, creating in her an icon. Ingrid Bergman was just such an icon and her romance with Robert Capa, the legendary war photographer, is a story that needs to be told. 

“I believe that Arash Amel, who also wrote 'Grace of Monaco', is the perfect writer to bring this story to life and I'm very excited to have YRF Entertainment bring it to the world.” 

In Seducing Ingrid Bergman, we have one of the greatest undiscovered love stories of the twentieth century. The epic, star-crossed romance of a real-life Casablanca  between war photographer Robert Capa and screen legend Ingrid Bergman - two legendary figures whom destiny brought together but fate would try to keep apart, in a sweeping love affair from Paris to Hollywood during World War 2, the Cold War and Hollywood's darkest hour of the McCarthy witch-hunts. 

The script is near completion and other details will soon be revealed as and when the Director and Cast are locked. YRF Entertainment’s Head of Development & Production, Jonathan Reiman, will executive produce.

Shemaroo Entertainm​ent released Cartoon Kingdom - A journey to the animation world for Kids

16 Animation Films DVD Pack 

6^th June 2013, Mumbai:  Shemaroo presents a new destination for kids! Shemaroo Entertainment Released Cartoon Kingdom – A journey to the animation world for Kids. It’s a 16 DVD pack which includes 3D and 2D animated movies The DVD Pack included in the pack are   BAL GANESH, BAL GANESH 2, BAL HANUMAN 2, BAL HANUMAN 3 - RETURN OF THE DEMON & THE LEGEND OF DEVI DURGA, BAL HANUMAN 4, SONS OF RAM, SUPER K, PANGA GANG, DELHI SAFARI, PANDAVAS, DASHAVATAR, THE LEGEND OF BUDDHA, GHATOTHKACH - THE MASTER OF MAGIC, OM NAMAH SHIVAY, RAVANA and GREEN CHEEK.

Cartoon Kingdom a unique box-set of animated movies which consist 16 Thrilling, Fun-Filled, Action-Packed, Fantasy,  Adventurous & Mythological Animation films. A perfect gift or a collectible memoire item for every kid celebrating Indian’s Top Animated movies. Cartoon Kingdom not only has a very interesting packaging but also includes Free Board Game & Coloring Book for children’s engagement.

Cartoon Kingdom is economically priced at Rs 1999/- only.

About Shemaroo

Celebrating the golden jubilee, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd is among few entertainment companies that has hallmarked several pioneering efforts with its innovative and out- of-the- box thinking. Founded in 1962, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd is one of the largest Filmed Entertainment “Content Houses”  in the country, active in Content Ownership, Creation, Aggregation and Distribution with a large content library of over 2500 titles.

Shemaroo is engaged in the distribution of content for satellite channels, physical formats and emerging digital technologies like the Mobile, Internet, Broadband, IPTV and DTH among others. With its partnership with the major telecom operators and other digital media platforms, Shemaroo is at the forefront of the digital age. The company has also tied up with many content providers across the country. The “Shemaroo” brand today is synonymous with quality entertainment in the Indian entertainment eco system.