Disneys The Jungle Book Bags biggest Hollywood opening of 2016 with Rs 9.76 Crores on Day One!!

Disney's TheJungleBook collects 9.76 Crores Net on day 1 and sets a new benchmark in India! . 

A true Family entertainer and absolutely perfect way to start Summer Vacations for Kids. Mowgli hits the right chords with Kids, youngsters and Family audiences and Kids enjoying the 3D experience and the visual treat of The Jungle Book. The movie has bagged the Biggest Day 1 for  Hollywood release in India for 2016. It scores the 3rd Biggest day 1 for any Hollywood movies ever in India after Fast & Furious 7 & Avengers Age of Ultron.

It is also the 2nd biggest opening across Hindi and Hollywood releases in India after Airlift. This feat is commendable as the film only had a Digital cinemas release.

Disney’s all-new live-action epic adventure has been truly unique for the local audience. Disney on boarded top actors from B-town to dub for the film. Priyanka Chopra lent her voice to the mysterious python Kaa, Irrfan is the voice of the friendly bear Baloo, Nana Patekar lent his voice to the Bengal tiger Shere Khan, Shefali Shah is the voice of the wolf Raksha and Om Puri lent his voice to the black panther Bagheera.

India got to watch The Jungle Book on April 8th, a week before US release.

About The Jungle Book

Directed by Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, “The Jungle Book” is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he’s ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery, guided by panther-turned-stern mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley), andthe free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray). Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who don’t exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (voice of Scarlett Johansson), a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the man-cub, and the smooth-talking King Louie (voice of Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to theelusive and deadly red flower: fire. The all-star cast also includes Lupita Nyong'o as the voice of the fiercely protective mother wolf Raksha, and Giancarlo Esposito as the voice of wolf pack’s alpha male Akela. “The Jungle Book” seamlessly blends live-action with photorealistic CGI animals and environments, using up-to-the-minute technology and storytelling techniques to immerse audiences in an enchanting and lush world. 

Meet Bros take their stardom to the next level

The romantic track 'Ijazat' from One Night Stand, rendered by Arijit Singh has topped the charts on YouTube. Ijazat has already hit 5 million in 3 days. 

The musical duo who have always been known for their quality music and their impeccable image of "perfect husbands", have found themselves in a much talked out One Night Stand. But, before you jump to any conclusions, let us clarify that the "One Night Stand" in this context is an upcoming film. Manmeet Singh and Harmeet Singh who have been touted as the hit machine of 2015 and 2016, have done it yet again. The 'ishq da soota' travk from ONS is already the talk of the town. The USP of this track is their reunion with their lucky mascot Sunny Leone. The actress and the musicians have churned out hits like Baby Doll and Pink Lips in 2014 and Mastizaade in 2016. The impeccable package will be seen grooving to the track of 'ishq da soota'. "To be featured in the song with Sunny Leone was the producers idea. After the series of awards and the subsequent hype, the brothers visibility in the song will be an added asset," says close sources. The video of the song will be out on the 12th April. 

MaestroMaestro Bickram Ghosh merges rhythms of India with world percussion in a 100-artiste T20 World Cup Finale Performance

India's leading percussionist-composer and show-designer Maestro Bickram Ghosh, has been finalized to put together a breath-taking seven-minute act for the world- cup final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 3.

Conceived, composed, performed and presented by Maestro Bickram Ghosh, the show is a colourful, high-energy extravaganza which simultaneously showcases the folk arts of West Bengal as well as the famous and age-old Dance forms of India.
The music is a blast of rhythms from around India merging with world percussions performed at super- fast tempo creating an adrenalin rush appropriately replicating the incredible rush of passion that accompanies a World Cup Final!

The dance forms of Thang Ta, Dhol Cholom, Manipuri, Kathakali, Cchau, Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Kathak and the Shankar Technique of New Dance are showcased along with multiple percussionists performing with Tablas, Manipuri Drums, Madals, Dholaks, Djembes, Daraboukkas, Frame-drums, Punjabi dhols, Mridangam et al.

"At every step, my idea has been to keep the sound rooted to India and her incredibly diverse rhythmic cultures, yet mounting them on an international platform interspersed with sounds from across the globe. I am honoured to collaborate with India's topmost Dance choreographers for this act. I am grateful to Sourav Ganguly for giving me this opportunity to present this performance at so important an occasion ."

While the Choreography and Dance will be by Tanusree and Sreenanda Shankar Preeti Patel, Sharmila Biswas, Jaya Seal Ghosh, Madhumita Roy, Kalamandalam Gautam, Chaau dancers from Tunta Aneshya Chhow Academy, with Drummers are Maestro Bickram Ghosh, Pt.S.Sekhar – Mridangam, Pt.Shankar Ghosh Foundation Drummers, Gokul Dhaaki and Team, Purulia Dhamsa and Madal team. 

Colour Yellow Productions, Eros International and Jar Pictures launch the trailer of Nil Battey Sannata!

Colour Yellow Productions (Aanand L Rai), Eros International and Jar Pictures’ upcoming family entertainer Nil Battey Sannata featuring Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Ria Shukla and Pankaj Tripathi is a lighthearted and fun-filled entertainer.

The trailer of Nil Battey Sannata was launched amidst a packed house by producer Aanand L Rai (Colour Yellow Productions), director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and the cast Swara Bhaskar and Ria Shukla (dressed in school uniforms), Pankaj Tripathi (dressed as a school headmaster). The gathered media had a fun-filled classroom session with head teacher Pankaj Tripathi and classmates Swara and Ria.

Says producer Aanand L Rai, “During my growing up years, my father used to tell me – Always listen to your heart and not your mind. I associated with Nil Battey Sannata straight from my heart and I’m feeling very proud of the film.”

Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari says, "For a very long time in my advertising years i have been telling stories in 30 seconds. I realised that if those stories resonate like the KBC girl child film, it was time for me to bigger stories to reach a wider audiece. Nil Battey Sannata is a simple story developed over a year with my team of writers with all the insights i have closely watched in our country." 

Swara Bhaskar says, “When Ashwiny offered me Nil Battey Sannata, I thought it would be career suicide to play a mother of a 15 year old on screen. But when I read the script, I realised the potential of the role and also that no decision based on fear is a good decision. I think accepting this film was among the better decisions of my life. Ashwiny extracted the best performance out of me as an artist. It's a beautiful film which will resonate universally.”  

Produced by Colour Yellow Productions and Jar Pictures and directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Nil Battey Sannata stars Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Ria Shukla and Pankaj Tripathi. The film will be presented in India by Eros International and it’s scheduled to release 22^nd April 2016.

Vishal Bhardwaj, Gulzar and Disney India unite to bring back memories of the Jungle Book India grew up on!

How do you separate Mowgli and the stories of Jungle Book that we grew up watching every Sunday with the joyous track “Jungle jungle pata chalaa hai..”?

You don’t! And that’s what Disney India is doing next. Bringing this memory back! In a very special collaboration with Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar, the studio is releasing a reversion of the original track composed by the duo 23 years ago!

"Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai…’ was not only my first successful song but, more importantly, it was my first collaboration with Gulzar saab.  We were under a huge time constraint when we first made the song and didn't even have a moment to process what we were doing. We could never have imagined how popular it would be! After 23 years it's been an absolute delight to revisit the song. Gulzaar saabs lyrics are as stunning as ever. He is truly at his best when he writes for kids. One could say that Gulzar Saab is, in fact, the oldest kid in the film industry! He is not jaded by age and so his lyrics rejoice in the innocence of childhood and pure wonder for the world! What greater joy is there for a composer than to have such a masterful lyricist to work with?" says Vishal Bhardwaj.

“Jungle Jungle… is the childhood anthem of everyone in the 90’s generation. For them, they have grown up on this song, it’s a song that every Indian knows, loves and remembers, so we thought it would be great to revive it for our upcoming release The Jungle Book. We also feel that it was time that this legendary song was revitalized for the new generation to carry it forward as fondly as most of us have. We are very glad to have got both Gulzar ji and Vishal ji agree to recreate this for many existing and innumerable new fans in India,” says Amrita Pandey, Vice President-Studios, Disney India.

To make the film unique and special for India, the Studio has already roped in stellar voice talent – Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan, Nana Patekar, Shefali Shah and Om Puri – to lend their voice for the principal characters of the movie. In the Hollywood version, Scarlett Johannson, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o and Ben Kingsley have dubbed for the respective characters.

Disney’s The Jungle Book is one of the most-anticipated films of recent times and the Indian audience will get to watch it on April 8, a week before US release.