| Bombay Blues | 19-SEP-09 |
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| James A Levine follows Mumbai’s seedy underworld life convincingly in new book, finds out Vikram Johri. |
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| UTV Bindass: When prince plays the pauper | 08-SEP-09 |
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| Taking a cue from the success of Slumdog Millionaire, television channel UTV Bindass is launching a reality show titled The Big Switch. The show revolves around 12 youngsters picked from affluent backgrounds who will live with 12 slum kids. They will have to perform tasks like selling trinkets and other wares at traffic signals or polishing shoes at the railway station. Of course, they will also have to do the regular household chores of a slum kid as well. Finally, each will help the slum child realise his dream as well. |
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| Novartis: Puppy power | 08-SEP-09 |
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| The puppy has come to life. Calcium Sandoz, the 40-year-old calcium supplement brand for kids from Novartis, has long been synonymous with its cute ‘puppy’ packs. The company has now rolled out a television commercial which for the first time features the puppy in action — it helps a kid do his everyday tasks and activities with ease. |
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| "One way to cut risks is to pre-sell some rights" | 28-AUG-09 |
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| Fox Star Studios (FSS) has been in the limelight because it acquired the worldwide rights for the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, ‘My name is Khan’ for a reported Rs 100 crore. FSS’ second release, Quick Gun Murugan, hits the theatres today after Slumdog Millionaire made over Rs 40 crore at the box office last year. Vijay Singh, CEO, FSS tells Shobhana Subramanian that in its new avatar, the joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and Star will co-produce half a dozen films a year. |
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| Slumdog Millionaire producers sued for Rs 5 cr, HC issues notice | 18-AUG-09 |
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| Slumdog Millionaire, the Oscar-winning movie, faces a Rs 5-crore defamation suit. The high court here has issued notices for a hearing on September 9. A Nakul Singh Nepali has sued its makers for allegedly wrongly crediting the 'Darshan do Ghanshyam' song to the blind poet Surdas. |
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| Jai Ho to be screened in LS | 24-JUL-09 |
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| After the Budget, it’ll be time for some Bollywood entertainment in Parliament. The Lok Sabha secretariat has arranged for a special screening of Danny Boyle’s highly-acclaimed film, Slumdog Millionaire, on August 3 for the MPs. |
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| Slumdog Millionaire most successful movie in UK | 21-JUL-09 |
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| The multiple Oscar winning film which took in 32 million pounds on the box office emerged on top of a list of 2009 superhits compiled by the Cinema Advertising Association, reported Mirror online. |
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| Slumdog Millionaire author invited to Capitol Hill | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Advocacy group, USAsian has commended globally acclaimed author Vikas Swarup for receiving the US-India Business Council’s 34th anniversary award and for being invited to the Capitol Hill by the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans. |
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| Cathay Pacific Airways hosts the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire | 06-JUN-09 |
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| Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Sheikh and Rubina Qureshi, the three child stars of the Oscar winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire travelled on Cathay Pacific Airways for a charity fund raising event in Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific Airways sponsored the tickets, which is in keeping with Cathay Pacific’s continuous efforts in working with charitable organisations to support their causes. |
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| Not just punditry | 14-MAY-09 |
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| Most remember Y V Reddy, fondly or otherwise, for what he did with interest rates. But RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan pointed out various other facets of Reddy’s personality. Reddy, he said, was fond of giving visitors books to read each time they came to his room. But they weren’t all tomes on finance or economics. Long before the movie makers discovered what was later to become Slumdog Millionaire, it was Reddy who gave him Vikas Swarup’s Q&A to read; indeed, long before the glam-set began talking of Adiga, it was Reddy who gave him White Tiger to read. Truly a Reddy-Reckoner, going by Mohan’s spiel. |
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| Rahman launches 'Jai Ho' world tour with musical extravaganza | 04-MAY-09 |
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| It was perhaps an experience of a lifetime for over 40,000-music lovers as Oscar winning music maestro A R Rahman launched his worldwide 'Jai Ho' tour here, holding them enthralled with a range of popular hits from Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam movies. |
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| Smug morality, slippery stings | 25-APR-09 |
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| A few weeks ago in this space I mentioned a wag who had suggested that serial child-collector Angelina Jolie might wish to adopt the entire cast of Slumdog Millionaire as they stood on the Oscar stage. Now the darker side of that possibility is upon us with the News of the World “scoop”, which alleges that the father of Rubina Ali, one of the film’s child stars, was ready to sell her to a sheikh from Dubai (or rather, a tabloid reporter masquerading as a sheikh from Dubai). |
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| Slumdog trust hires social worker for Rubina | 22-APR-09 |
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| A British tabloid News of The World had on Sunday claimed that Rubina's father Rafiq had tried to sell the nine-year-old to their reporters, who were posing as the agents of a wealthy Arab Sheikh during a sting operation. |
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