After enthralling audiences in India, Sridevi’s 300th film MOM will now release in 30 theatres across Russia under the title MAMA.

Megastar Sridevi, producer Boney Kapoor and their younger daughter Khushi were welcomed by the Indian Ambassador in Moscow Pankaj Saran as they arrived for the premiere of the film in the Russian capital.

The film premiered at a theatre packed with an audience of 400 Russian delegates and cinema aficionados and was received with a warm reception. The audience there continues to fondly remember Sridevi as shouts of “Chandni Chandni” echoed across the auditorium.

Says Sridevi, “It was overwhelming to witness the audience’s reaction to the film. It felt like I was watching it for the first time because there was so much energy in the room.”

Producer Boney Kapoor recalled how his cult film Mr.India directed by Shekhar Kapur released in Russia exactly 30 years ago and how the Hindi film industry’s bond with Russia continues to grow stronger.

Says Boney Kapoor,“It’s freezing right now, too cold to walk, but the locals are celebrating our cinema. While the influx of Hindi films had slowed down in the last few years, we seem to be back with a bang. This is the time for an Indo-Russian collaboration”

Ekta Kapoor celebrates the 1000th of yet another one of her hit shows

Having produced, directed and written some of the most iconic television shows that became and continue to become part of the Indian households, Ekta Kapoor has yet another engaging TV serial, Kumkum Bhagya that will be completing 1000 episodes on the 21st of December 2017 The Czarina of TV had arranged for a huge celebration to mark the 1000th episode of the hit TV show, which turned into a glamorous affair with Shabbir Ahluwalia, Karan Patel, Sriti Jha, DivyankaTripathi, Anita Hassanandani, Deepak Dhoopar and Krystal D'Souza on the coveted guest list. The bash was not only for the show’s success but also a celebration of Balaji Telefilms' massive contribution to entertainment that has impacted audiences on a cultural level. With Ekta’s foresight and creative inputs, the soap opera has become hugely popular with the viewers, being easily relatable  and given its contemporary treatment. The story began with Pragya (Sriti Jha) and Bulbul and their mother Sarla's hope to see them married, but as time went by, the show moved towards a love story angle between Pragya and a musician, Abhi (Shabbir Ahluwalia) .

The show has won maximum number of television awards such as the 10th Star Guild Awards for the Best Upcoming Drama Series, 10th Boroplus Gold Awards for Best TV Show of the Year and Zee Rishtey Awards for Favourite Dharavahik.

Vikram Bhatt's horror installment '1921' trailer gets 10 million views in a week

Horror is one of  the most loved genre in our country. And filmmaker Vikram Bhatt has always presented horror films which have always left the audience spooked.  And the trailer of his upcoming film 1921 too has set the expectations high.

The audience too is eagerly waiting to watch the film in theaters and that can be gauged from the views that the trailer has received.  Very few horror movies have received much love and gratitude from fans. With its unique storyline and periodic setting, the film has already created anticipation among the horror film fans in the country.

The 1921 trailer has received a whopping 10 Million views in a week's span and will see a massive growth in numbers in the next few days.

The film features Karan Kundrra in his first lead role along with Zareen Khan.

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Eros International signs four film co-production deal with Drishyam Films Kaamyaab starring Sanjay Mishra goes on floor

Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a leading global film company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced a four-film co-production deal with leading production house, Drishyam Films.Drishyam has over the years made a mark by producing content driven films that have received worldwide acclaim including Masaan, Rukh, Kadvi Hawa and India’s entry to the Oscars in the Foreign Film category this year, the highly celebrated Newton. In 2018, Eros and Drishyam will jointly produce four films to pave way for presenting a new wave of cinema that the companies have come to stand for.The first of the four projects, titled Kaamyaab starring Sanjay Mishra along with Deepak Dobriyal and directed by National-Award winning filmmaker Hardik Mehta has already gone on floor and commenced shooting on November 25.  The human drama is based on an interesting premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for which he shall be remembered forever. 

Speaking on the alliance, Jyoti Deshpande, Group CEO, Eros International said, “We feel the kind of cinema Drishyam makes and the agenda we have for the next five years at Eros perfectly match. At Eros, we believe that our future slate should have a mix of blockbusters like Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Bajirao Mastani as well as beautiful stories made on smaller budgets like Aligarh, Nil Battey Sannata and Newton. We’ve already started our relationship with Drishyam by distributing Newton, Rukh and Kadvi Hawa and with this new co-production slate, we are hoping to present some very compelling stories to our audiences worldwide”. 

Manish Mundra, founder of Drishyam Films added, “We are very excited to associate with a leading studio like Eros who are backing our kind of content-driven cinema, and happy that our stories have found a home here. It’s heartening that they have come forward to not only distribute our films but also create a vision to tell stories together. We at Drishyam have built a brand of cinema that we are very proud of and we hope the association with Eros will take our films to a much wider audience”. 

About Eros International Media Ltd

Eros International Media Ltd. (BSE Script Code: 533261; NSE Script Code: EROSMEDIA) is a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry that acquires, co-produces and distributes Indian films across all available formats such as cinema, television and digital new media. Eros International is part of Eros International Plc, which became the first Indian media Company to raise capital and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Eros International has experience of over three decades in establishing a global platform for Indian cinema. The company has a competitive advantage through its extensive and growing movie library comprising of over 2,000 films, which include Hindi, Tamil, and other regional language films. Eros International has built a dynamic business model by combining the release of new films every year with the exploitation of its film library. For more information please visit: www.erosintl.com 

About Drishyam Films 

A company born out of love for cinema, Drishyam Films aims to build a platform for unique voices of Indian independent cinema and create global content with rich Indian flavours. Our filmmaking journey started with the award-winning film Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor. Its success was followed by Umrika directed by Prashant Nair, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2015 and bagged the Audience Choice Award. Soon after, Dhanak directed by Nagesh Kukunoor won the Grand Jury prize at Berlinale 2015, and Masaan directed by Neeraj Ghaywan picked up two big awards at Cannes 2015. Waiting directed by Anu Menon, premiered at the prestigious Dubai International Film Festival 2015. 

Their biggest hit this year is the critically and commercially acclaimed Newton directed by Amit Masurkar, starring Rajkummar Rao which was also selected as India's entry to the Oscars 2018. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival winning the CICAE Art Cinema Award followed by the Hong Kong International Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize for Best film. The film also had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The success of Newton was followed by Atanu Mukherjee's Rukh, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Adarsh Gourav in the lead roles. Their latest film Kadvi Hawa is by National Award Winning director Nila Madhab Panda. It won the Special Mention at National Awards this year and is the only Indian film on climate change.They have an array of films in production, including Kamyaab to be directed by National Award-winning director Hardik Mehta, starring Sanjay Mishra and Deepak Dobriyal in the lead roles. For more information please visit: www.drishyamfilms.com

Gippy Grewal's next Single 'Nai Shad Da' is out now

Actor and celebrated singer Gippy Grewal released another chartbuster single “Nai Shad Da” featuring himself and gorgeous Natasha (DJ wale Babu Fame), the songs written by Jaani, music by Jassi Katyal (Jay K) and Video Directed by Vinil Markan. This is his third song under his own company “Humble Music”. “Nai Shad Da is a dance number which is full of energy on high musical notes with loads of dhol and beats, keeping the Urban and Punjabi audience in mind. People who enjoyed Oscar and Angrezi beat will surely love this song. The theme of the song is about a girl asking her boyfriend to quit his drinking habits and he is responding to her in Nai Shad Da style, this will be a New Year gift for my fans and I believe everybody will like it,"says Gippy. Gippy started “Humble Music” in August 2017 and receiving encouraging response. The channel is getting popular day by day, the reason behind starting his own music label to promote and give chance to new talent. Till now Eleven (11) songs had already been released under Humble Music, Nai Shada is the promising 12th song on humble Music library. You will also be seeing him acting in his next upcoming movies Subedar Joginder Singh, Carry On Jatta 2 and Manje Bistre -2. 

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