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Jugal Hansraj Drops Jaws In His New Look From Suniel Shetty & Pooja Bhatt Starrer Upcoming Thriller(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Indian actor Jugal Hansraj was once a heartthrob because of his boyish charm, but his latest look from the Lionsgate action thriller, also starring Pooja Bhatt and Suniel Shetty, has left us gaping for air. It is the complete opposite of what we have seen over the years. Keep scrolling to see Jugal’s new look from the project.

Jugal started his film career as a child artist with Shekhar Kapur’s Massom, which starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. He is best known for his role in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Yrf movie Mohabbatein. He also ventured into directing and served as writer and director for Roadside Romeo. He also made Pyaar Impossible with Priyanka Chopra and Uday Chopra. He swooned us with his Chocolate Boy image back in the day,...

Jugal Hansraj best remembered for his roles as a child actor in Masoom, Karma and Sultanat, later featuring as the lead actor in films like Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Papa Kehte Hai, Mohabbatein and others. In 2008 Jugal made his debut as a director - producer with the animated film Roadside Romeo that was co produced by Yash Raj Films. Now we hear that Hansraj whose last directorial venture was the 2010 film Pyaar Impossible has teamed up with Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. Interestingly though Jugal will not be directing a film for Dharma, but will be on the production house's creative team. Sources close to the production house confirm the development saying, "Jugal has joined our creative team, in essence he will now be part of the team that assists in the selection and development of film scripts for our future projects."...

Samar Shaikh’s directorial debut, Bobby Jasoos, is a unique thriller exploring the gender struggle in the old city area of Hyderabad.

Starring Vidya Balan in the lead as Bilkis Ahmed/Bobby, an aspiring detective with the ambition to be number one in the city, the director promises the film to “set a new benchmark for the thriller genre in Indian cinema.” Brimming with exciting twists and turns the film is not just a combination of a classic thriller story with comedy, but is anticipated to explore some of the complex issues surrounding equality.

Samar Shaikh’s previous work includes Fanaa, Dhoom, Dhoom 2 and Dhoom 3 (storyboard artist) and Badmaa$h Company, Dhoom and Roadside Romeo (assistant director).

Bobby Jasoos is co-produced by Bollywood actress Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha under their production banner Born Free Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment and is set for Release in Cinemas 4th July 2014.

Shaikh speaks...

Jugal Hansraj is fondly remembered even today for his role in Maasoom. He was a part of Mohabbatein and also Aaja Nachle as an actor, after which he turned director with Roadside Romeo and Pyaar Impossible.

The actor will now reportedly return back to acting after a gap of 6 years. Jugal will be seen on a television show called ‘Yeh Hai Aashiqui”, where he is playing a badminton coach and a girl falls in love with him.

Jugal told Pti, “I am really excited to be apart of Yeh Hai Aashiqui since I will be facing the camera after a while now. I have been behind the camera and directing films for sometime. So I decided to take it up because its a very popular show among the young audience. The love story I am doing is really nice and my character is of a badminton coach,” Jugal said.

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When the horror film The Orphanage opened big in its home country of Spain in October 2007, distributor Warner Brothers wanted director Ja Bayona to know he was loved. "We call him Jota," says Richard Fox, executive VP of international at Warner. "He's an amazing Superman fan, and I had a piece of kryptonite from the Bryan Singer version sent to my hotel in Barcelona. After this huge opening weekend, we went to a fish restaurant on Monday night to celebrate. I got there early, so I was sat there with my box of kryptonite, looking at the portraits on the wall: Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Zinedine Zidane. When Jota arrived, I gave him the kryptonite, and a guy took a photo. We sat and had a three-hour dinner. When we left,...

Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel is the latest among the Bollywood beauties to walk the Cannes red carpet on Day 7. She looked elegant in a Manish Malhotra’s coral lehenga with pale gold long choli and dupatta. This is Ameesha's debut Cannes appearance and she tried her level best to look graceful. She poses with Puja Gupta. She was at Cannes for her forthcoming movie, ‘Roadside Romeo’. She was spotted with former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Puja Gupta at the screening of ‘All Is Lost’. Ameesha’s outfit was eye-catching but her make-up was too heavy. She had a minimal make-up and kept her hair open. Puja Gupta opted for G...

Jugal Hansraj, who directed Yrf's first animation film Roadside Romeo, will be delivering a masterclass on animation at the Indian Film Festival Melbourne.

Jugal will be sharing his knowledge and understanding of the resources available in animation scenario and will also discuss the scenario of animation in Australia and India.

The Pyaar Impossible director is already ready with three scripts- a serious mystery, a romcom and a comedy. He is currently in talks with various producers for these films. Jugal is also open to acting and is fine doing character roles.

When you think of animation films in India, most likely what comes to mind is the cartoons for children, or perhaps the fun animation in Hum Tum. There has also been the full length feature films like Toonpur Ka Superhero and Roadside Romeo. However, those mostly have been geared towards kids. Well, now Disney, Utv Motion Pictures, and director Arnab Chaudhari are looking to change this perception and create a new world and genre with Arjun – The Warrior Prince. Based on the greatest Indian Epic, the Mahabharat, it tells the legendary tale of Arjun. The epic animated feature is the heroic journey of a young prince from the days of his youthful innocence to his emergence as a valiant hero who single handedly took on an entire army in the battle for justice and peace. Three years in the making, this action film features the voice talents of Yudhveer Bakoliya,...

This Friday, May 25th, Disney and Utv are taking another stab at the Indian film market with the 2D CG animated epic, Arjun: The Warrior Prince. The film has been in the works for several years, and I recall seeing promo trailers as much as three years before this release. However, this time the film is actually going out into the world for real.Regular readers will know that this is not the first Disney production on Indian shores. This is, in fact, the second animated feature, and fifth major feature co-produced by the house of mouse over the last five years. The last animated feature we saw was the charming, though rudimentary, Roadside Romeo, which tanked at the box office in spite of the...

The trailer for Utv Motion Pictures first animated feature since their acquisition by Disney is set to release and we have the trailer here.

Arjun: The Warrior Prince is a mythological action adventure where we follow Arjun from a young boy to the legendary warrior that he became.

A teaser was released a few months ago but this is the first full trailer we get to see and funnily enough the character design seems very similar to that other religious animated movie by rival animation studio Dreamworks. The movie seems to be a mix of 2D styled characters on a 3D background which seems to feel a bit of an odd sense but usually these shots get refined closer to release (Remember how weird the first shots of the Hulk were in the first Avengers trailer?)

Directed by Arnab Chaudari and music by the awesome duo of Vishal Shekhar, there...

The AmérAsia Film Festival is proud to announce the five principle subcategories – Asian Treasures, Animation Spotlight, WeDistribute, Québécois Special and AmerAsia(AA) Shorts – for this third edition of Montreal’s premiere festival celebrating the latest Asian and Asian-Canadian cinema, taking place on the first two weekends of March.

Asian Treasure

The full line-up of blockbuster Asian films that will screen over the course of the festival has been chosen from the best of the continent’s creative talent. Oscar-nominated Chinese blockbuster Aftershock, the international premiere of Kyung-soon’s “Red Maria”, funny and moving major festival selection ”The Day He Arrives“ by director Hong Sang-soo, the Cannes award-winning ”Arirang – Movie” by renowned Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk, Best Newcomer nominee at the 2012 Asian Film Awards I Wish, and Vietnamese director Cuong Ngo’s captivating personal portraits in Pearls of the Far East will all feature.

Also included is 24th Tokyo International Film Festival selection Power of Two,...

The AmérAsia Film Festival has announced the five principle subcategories for its third edition of Montreal’s premiere festival celebrating the latest Asian and Asian-Canadian cinema, taking place on the first two weekends of March. There are plenty of titles to get excited about including Arirang by renowned Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk, Jiro Dreams of Sushi and the Oscar-nominated Chinese blockbuster Aftershock. Here is the full press release.

Asian Treasure

The full line-up of blockbuster Asian films that will screen over the course of the festival has been chosen from the best of the continent’s creative talent. Oscar-nominated Chinese blockbuster Aftershock, the international premiere of Kyung-soon’s Red Maria, funny and moving major festival selection The Day He Arrives by director Hong Sangsoo, the Cannes award-winning Arirang by renowned Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk, Best Newcomer nominee at the 2012 Asian Film Awards I Wish, and Vietnamese director Cuong Ngo’s...

Us-Indian co-productions have performed dismally – but Bollywood's need for global expertise could reverse the trend

When WikiLeaks went public with diplomatic cable 248355 last April, it revealed that even the Americans weren't too optimistic about their chances of breaching one of the last bastions against them: "Unfortunately, all of the joint Hollywood-Bollywood productions released thus far have been unsuccessful at the box office, signalling that a successful entry into Bollywood is not easy," some unsparing bureaucrat had written. Perhaps there was also a note of admiration there, for another country with a formidable popular cinema (about a 90% share of its own market), and a deep resistance to watching anything foreign.

But Hollywood isn't quitting yet. This week sees the release in India and the UK of the latest Hollywood wolf in Bollywood clothing, 20th Century Fox's Ekk Deewana Tha. A glossy-looking romantic drama with a pair of extremely winsome leads in...

From the makers of Roadside Romeo, renowned animation and VFX house Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs (Vcl) has launched India's first ePuppet, an innovative marketing tool for the Magic Iris vehicle for Tata Motors. The ePuppet is an interactive animated model, of the Magic Iris vehicle that reflects the actions and the emotions of the user behind the scene. This is the first of its kind to host an automobile launch in Mumbai, this innovative product launcher presented various product features in a live environment with an audience where it talked, moved, and answered questions about itself. Pankaj Khandpur, Creative Director of Vcl said that, animation has become an integral part of the marketing and advertising industry today, and that the concept of using an ePuppet was designed to break the monotony of amongst typical vehicle launches. The ePuppet was developed by the team at Vcl using a 3D model of the vehicle,...

From the makers of Roadside Romeo, renowned animation and VFX house Tata Elxsi's Visual Computing Labs (Vcl) has launched India's first ePuppet, an innovative marketing tool for the Magic Iris vehicle for Tata Motors. The ePuppet is an interactive animated model, of the Magic Iris vehicle that reflects the actions and the emotions of the user behind the scene. This is the first of its kind to host an automobile launch in Mumbai, this innovative product launcher presented various product features in a live environment with an audience where it talked, moved, and answered questions about itself. Pankaj Khandpur, Creative Director of Vcl said that, animation has become an integral part of the marketing and advertising industry today, and that the concept of using an ePuppet was designed to break the monotony of amongst typical vehicle launches. The ePuppet was developed by the team at Vcl using a 3D model of the vehicle,...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

Deepika Padukone, who had expressed her desire to work with Salman Khan, may play his female lead in Kabir Khan's next under Yash Raj banner. The Break Ke Baad girl has left behind Katrina Kaif in the race. How did Deepika land up with the role? "They needed a young A-lister opposite Salman for the film. So it had to be Katrina, Deepika, Kareena or Priyanka. Kareena and Priyanka are not in the running anymore. After the misunderstanding over the promos of Roadside Romeo, Yrf is not too keen on Kareena. As for Priyanka, though she had patched up with Salman, ...

New Delhi -- Multimedia design, animation and VFX player Tata Elxsi and Los Angeles-based children's entertainment company A Squared Entertainment (A2) announced a joint venture memorandum of understanding to “create, develop and distribute original brands, including animated entertainment and digital gaming.”

Owned by the $70 billion Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate, Tata Elxsi's credits include its 3D animation services for Disney's first Indian animation feature, 2008's Roadside Romeo, co-produced with veteran Bollywood banner Yash Raj Films.

Tata Elxsi’s Visual Computing Lab has been associated with award-winning animation and VFX projects for motion pictures, television programs and TV commercials offering multi-site production capabilities via studios in India and Los Angeles. Tata Elxsi also brings game development experience across multiple platforms.

Created by co-presidents Andy Heyward and Amy Moynihan Heyward in 2009, A2 Entertainment is a full-service brand entertainment company that creates, develops, produces, programs, markets, merchandises and distributes content across all channels.

India's animators are hoping that a film starring two of Bollywood's biggest stars will revive the sector's fortunes, after earlier efforts to popularise the cartoon genre fell flat.Ajay Devgn and his wife Kajol appear in "Toonpur Ka Superrhero" (eds: correct) (Toontown Superhero), whose combination of real-life actors and cartoon characters recalls the Oscar-winning film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" from 1988.Box office success for the film, which is released on Friday, Christmas Eve, could spur more studios to finance home-grown animation projects, analysts say."The coming of mainstream actors in Bollywood is a big boost to the industry," said Andrew Gonsalves, from Animation Reporter magazine. "This will help the industry a big way as more projects will now take off."Indian-made animation feature films were touted as the next big thing in 2005, as studios looked to utilise a vast pool of technical...

The House of Mouse has been poking its tail into various international markets for years now, but only very recently has India become a place of interest.  In 2008, Disney co-produced Yash Raj's computer animated Hindi film Roadside Romeo, which was not a tremendous hit, but proved to be the best that Indian animation had produced until that point.  Earlier this year, Disney tried out the Hindi market again with Do Dooni Chaar starring 70's Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor and his wife Neetu.  The film was well received by critics, however, it too died a quiet death at the box office.  Earlier this year we previewed yet another Hindi film, the child superhero film Zokkomon, which was due to release in May, but has completely disappeared off of the radar, and all I can find is that it was still shooting back in June.  So far, Disney are 0 for 3, but...

After several years of co-productions and joint investment, the two most prominent global film industries have come together for the signing of an historic declaration between the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, CA. As part of the declaration, the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry, represented by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India and the Film Federation of India, agree to develop and strengthen motion picture production, distribution, technology, content protection and commercial cooperation between the two filmmaking communities. The two parties also support the creation of the Los Angeles-India Film Council to increase Indian film production in Los Angeles. Speaking at the event, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said: "This declaration reinforces our city's commitment to attracting international production. In the past year, we have already seen Hindi movies such as My Name is Khan...

After several years of co-productions and joint investment, the two most prominent global film industries have come together for the signing of an historic declaration between the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, CA. As part of the declaration, the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry, represented by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India and the Film Federation of India, agree to develop and strengthen motion picture production, distribution, technology, content protection and commercial cooperation between the two filmmaking communities. The two parties also support the creation of the Los Angeles-India Film Council to increase Indian film production in Los Angeles. Speaking at the event, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said: "This declaration reinforces our city's commitment to attracting international production. In the past year, we have already seen Hindi movies such as My Name is Khan...

I love Rajni.  If you click on my byline, that should become obvious.  I did not know until recently, however, that his talents are genetic.  About 3 years ago Soundarya Rajnikanth, the Superstar's daughter, began work with Dad on Sultan: The Warrior, a 3-D animated period epic starring a CG version of the big guy and scored by frequent collaborator, A.R. Rahman, who is currently touring the USA.  There isn't a whole lot of info on this movie out there.  They've been working on it for a while, but the failure of Disney/Yash Raj Films Roadside Romeo made all of the studios wary of putting big budget animated films in cinemas in India.  Apparently, that wariness is wearing off.

Sultan is billing itself as India's Biggest 3D Animated Feature Film.  They wear that title with honor.  The latest news is that Soundarya, who has previously worked in much smaller capacities...

One of last years great independent film stories was Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues, which is a modified retelling and exploration of the Ramayana, one of Hinduism's sacred texts.  While that was made almost exclusively by one person, a remarkable feat especially considering the output, it has taken a team of animators 5 years to create this more faithful retelling of the classic story of Rama, Sita, and Ravana.  Ramayana: The Epic is also an animated feature, and probably one of India's most ambitious projects in this realm.  Following the tanking of Roadside Romeo in 2008, tons of animated projects were shelved in favor of more profitable masala offerings.  According to Business Standard, films like Avatar, Ice Age 3, and other animated features have gotten a great response in India, and as such, they've shot back onto the money men's radars. 

While the animation of this project may look crude to...

The Walt Disney Company is set to release its first Hindi live-action film in October, titled 'Do Dooni Chaar,' starring veteran actors and real-life husband-and-wife Rishi and Neetu Kapoor.

'Do Dooni Chaar,' a family drama, will mark the first time in nearly three decades that the Kapoors, a popular onscreen pair in the 1970s, will star opposite one another. (They made a brief appearance together in 2009's 'Love Aaj Kal.') Their son Ranbir Kapoor is a rising Bollywood star.

Disney previously released a Hindi animated film, 'Roadside Romeo,' co-produced with Bollywood's Yash Raj Films, in 2008. The film featured the voices of Rishi Kapoor's niece, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, and her real-life significant other, actor Saif Ali Khan. It failed at the box office.

Disney is working on another Hindi live-action film, 'Zokkomon,' a superhero adventure starring child actor Darsheel Safary...

Indian animation, visual effects and gaming convention festival and convention, Cgtexpo 2010 was as grand an affair just like the previous editions. Held at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai, the event had a grand run with organiser R.K. Chand and team roping in international studios like LucasFilms Singapore to share their success formulae! Seema Gopalakrishnan, who has worked on the legendary television series Star Wars: Clone Wars represented LucasFilms. "The biggest challenge in Star Wars: Clone Wars was maintaining the numerous characters in the huge sets that took part in the battles. Another part besides the characters are as you've seen are a lot of ships these ships have a lot of detail and a lot of mechanisms. There are a lot of battles where characters are cut with the light-sabers the slice tool plug-in is super smart, wherein animators can choose how to cut a character mesh in half,...

Indian animation, visual effects and gaming convention festival and convention, Cgtexpo 2010 was as grand an affair just like the previous editions. Held at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai, the event had a grand run with organiser R.K. Chand and team roping in international studios like LucasFilms Singapore to share their success formulae! Seema Gopalakrishnan, who has worked on the legendary television series Star Wars: Clone Wars represented LucasFilms. "The biggest challenge in Star Wars: Clone Wars was maintaining the numerous characters in the huge sets that took part in the battles. Another part besides the characters are as you've seen are a lot of ships these ships have a lot of detail and a lot of mechanisms. There are a lot of battles where characters are cut with the light-sabers the slice tool plug-in is super smart, wherein animators can choose how to cut a character mesh in half,...

After winning a National Award for his directorial debut, animated feature film Roadside Romeo, Jugal Hansraj returns to acting - but only for a cameo on the small screen. The 38-year-old, who began his career as a child artiste with Masoom in 1983, will feature in two episodes of Rishta.com on Sony. "Yes, I am in the next two episodes of Rishta.com. Faced the camera after long. Hope you all enjoy," Jugal posted on his Twitter page on Friday. His first film as a full-fledged actor was Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994). Two years later, he featured in Papa ...

New Delhi, April 16 – After winning a National Award for his directorial debut, animated feature film ‘Roadside Romeo’, Jugal Hansraj returns to acting – but only for a cameo on the small screen.

The 38-year-old, who began his career as a child artiste with ‘Masoom’ in 1983, will feature in two episodes of ‘Rishta.com’ that comes on Sony.

‘Yes, I am in the next two episodes of ‘Rishta.com’! Faced the camera after long. Hope you all enjoy,’.

Tokyo Disneyland. Disneyland Paris. And now, according to ABC, an Indian Disney film. Following the success of Disney’s 2008 Hindi animated movie, Roadside Romeo, Mickey’s mega-corporation announced plans to further its world domination by filming an action film in India. Using the southern Indian dialect of Telugu, the company is hoping to strengthen its relationship with the Asian nation....

Roadside Romeo won the Special Children’s International Jury Prize for Animation Films at The Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2010. Especially judged by the children jury members, the award was received on 11th March, 2010 by the Indian Ambassador to Egypt, H.E. Mr. R. Swaminathan on behalf of India. The award was handed over in India to film’s producer Yash Chopra on 19th March, 2010 by the Advisor and Representative of The Cairo International Film in India, Mr. Gaurang Jalan.

The 20th Cairo International Film Festival For Children took place from March 4th to 11th in Egypt. Roadside Romeo had been awarded the National Award for Best Animation Film, The Golden Cursor Animation (Gca) Award in 5 categories, the Screen Award for Best Animation Film, the 24 Fps Animation Award for the Best Animated Feature Film and the coveted Ficci Baf Award for the Best Animated Feature Film earlier.

Directed by...

Yash Raj Films’ and Disney’s Roadside Romeo does it again! After being awarded The National Award for Best Animation Film, The Golden Cursor Animation (Gca) Award in 5 categories, the Screen Award for Best Animation Film, the 24 Fps Animation Award for the Best Animated Feature Film and the coveted Ficci Baf Award for the Best Animated Feature Film, Roadside Romeo recently won The Special Children’s International Jury Prize for Animation Films at The Cairo International Film Festival For Children 2010. Especially judged by the children jury members, the award was received on 11th March, 2010 by the Indian Ambassador to Egypt, H.E. Mr. R. Swaminathan on behalf of India. The award was handed over in India to Mr. Yash Chopra on 19th March, 2010 by the Advisor and Representative of The Cairo International Film in India, Mr. Gaurang Jalan.

Directed by the talented Jugal Hansraj and featuring the voices of Bollywood...

The Walt Disney Company is increasing its Indian film production. According to news reports, Disney plans to make 14 new films in India for the Indian market, and it's branching out beyond Bollywood with its next release—a Telugu-language fantasy-adventure film, scheduled to hit theaters early next year.

Disney is one of several Hollywood studios trying to tap the enormous Indian movie market. About four billion movie tickets are sold annually in India, a country of 1.2 billion people. Since Hollywood films capture as small a market share in India as foreign films do in the U.S., American studios have tried beating Bollywood at its own game by opening production houses in India and making their own Hindi-language films with local directors and actors. Those efforts have largely failed, critically and commercially, including Disney's animated 'Roadside Romeo' (2008), Sony's 'Saawariya' (2007), and Warner Brothers' 'Chandni Chowk to China'...

Roadside Romeo Selected For Cairo International Film Festival For Children 2010: Two names - Yash Raj Films and Disney - that are synonymous with quality and success, add yet another feather to their caps with the selection of Roadside Romeo - India's first fully animated 3D film recognized as being at par with Hollywood productions - at one of the most important children film festivals in the world - The Cairo International Film Festival For Children, which takes place from March 4th to 11th this year.

The idea of establishing the Cairo International Film Festival for Children was born in the General

of Arab Artists and the Cairo International Film Festival, both guided by the great writer the Late Saad El Din Wahba and it is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. The festival draws countries from across the globe to take part every year with their...

Roadside Romeo selected for Cairo International film festival for children 2010: Two names - Yash Raj Films and Disney - that are synonymous with quality and success, add yet another feather to their caps with the selection of Roadside Romeo - India's first fully animated 3D film recognized as being at par with Hollywood productions - at one of the most important children film festivals in the world - The Cairo International Film Festival For Children, which takes place from...

Four films of Yashraj production will be screened at various films festivals this year. Roadside Romeo, India’s first fully animated 3D film will be screened at the Cairo International Film Festival for Children. This festival will be held in Cairo from March 4-11. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, the highest grossing Yashraj film till date will be screened at the Okinawa International Movie Film festival which will be held in Japan from March 20-28. Kabir Khan’s New York will enter the Off Plus Camera Film Festival which will be held in Krakow from 16-25 of April. Director Kabir Khan has been invited to attend the festival.

Anurag Singh’s Dil Bole Hadippa will show at the Tiburon International Film Festival on March 24th and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in the competition section. It will also be a part of Indian Film Festival 2010-Bollywood and Beyond which will screen at Sydney,...

While I was looking up High School Musical: China on the interweb, it soon dawn on me that Walt Disney has been tapping into the global market through localized produced films in other foreign countries as well.  The Mouse house has already extend its reach over at Russia with Kniga Masterov (aka The Book of Masters), China with The Secret of the Magic Gourd and India with Roadside Romeo.  For Disney India's second outing is Zokkomon, an upcoming Hindu live action flick with a superhero theme starring child actor Darsheel Safary in the lead and Satyajit Bhatkal in his directorial debut. 

"Zokkomon" is an action adventure film about an ordinary boy who rises to meet extraordinary challenges. Kunal, played by Darsheel

Safary, is an orphaned boy, who discovers how cruel life is when he is abandoned by his heartless uncle. Left to fend for himself, Kunal discovers the hero...

Anyone remember Roadside Romeo, the 2008 Bollywood animated musical from Disney featuring anthropomorphic animals and the typical boy-meets-girl-and-falls-in-love story?  Well, it's deja-vu all over again. From Dharma Productions and Prana studios comes Koochie Koochie Hota Hai, an upcoming animated version to the hit romantic comedy Kuch Kuch Hota Hai that stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, along with Rani Mukherji, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Anupam Kher, Uday Chopra and Simi Garewal in supporting roles.  After 12 years since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was released, the original cast will return to provide their voices but the difference this time around is that their made up of various animals. 

This is the story of Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali (Kajol) who studied in St. Xavier's College. Anjali being a tomboy got along very well with Rahul and the other boys - Rahul being her best friend. Being so close to each other,...

Bollywood actor-director Jugal Hansraj, whose Roadside Romeo was adjudged the best animation film at the 56th National Film Awards, says producer director Aditya Chopra gave him the idea to write and direct an animation film. "I have written the story and directed the film but the idea that I should write an animation film and direct it was given to me by Adi (Aditya). He encouraged me to write and direct the animation film. He wanted to produce it," Jugal told Ians. Jugal said he feels happy and honoured to receive the award not only for ...

The winners of the 56th annual National Awards, which is for films released in the year 2008, have been announced. Nine films from the Hindi film industry took home the prestigious award with a total of 13 wins. Fashion, Rock On!!, A Wednesday!, Roadside Romeo, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Firaaq, Jodhaa Akbar and Thanks Maa were among the films that took home the prestigious award. Not only was the industry honored with awards in the animation, performance and of course film categories but also had wins in the technical categories like editing and art direction, choreography, and music. Of course the National Awards don't just cover the Hindi film industry, there were also awards given to the Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu, Marathi, Assamese, and Kannada film industries.

Fashion was honored with two awards: one for Kangana Ranaut as Best Supporting Actress and then Priyanka Chopra won Best Actress for...

Mumbai, Jan 23 (Ians) Bollywood actor-director Jugal Hansraj, whose ‘Roadside Romeo’ was adjudged the best animation film at the 56th National Film Awards Saturday, says producer director Aditya Chopra gave him the idea to write and direct an animation film.

‘I have written the story and directed the film but the idea that I should write an animation film and direct it was given to me by Adi (Aditya). He encouraged me to write and direct the animation film. He wanted to produce it,’ Jugal told Ians.

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She's the size zero babe of bollywood. Known for her curves and hot-affairs, Kareena Kapoor will be seen in a new avatar in the film Ra-one starring Shahrukh in the lead. Buzz is that Kareena Kapoor will be seen in an animated avatar in the film. This will be for the first time that Kareena Kapoor will don an animated look in any film. Earlier, Bebo had lent her voice to the animated characters in the film Roadside Romeo. The film Ra-one will be directed by filmmaker Anubha...

New Delhi, Dec 28 (Ians) Hollywood studios seem hell bent on carving a niche in India. Despite collaborations like ‘Saawariya’, ‘Chandni Chowk To China’ and ‘Roadside Romeo’ biting the dust at the box office, Us-based production houses are willing to invest in Bollywood projects because it will help them find a firm foothold here.

‘We’ve recognised that the Hollywood studios are very.

By Joginder Tuteja

Yash Raj Films has never been known for getting aggressive when it comes to the promotion of their films. However, they changed their strategy in 2008 when they heavily promoted ‘Tashan’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ followed by ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’. While ‘Tashan’ tanked (for all the right reasons), the other two went on to be successful at the box office. In the same year, Yash Raj Films also had ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’ and ‘Roadside Romeo’. Perhaps the production house was aware.

Believe it or not but in his only release of the year so far, Saif Ali Khan has delivered a box office disaster. Incidentally this is his fourth box office failure in a row over last 12 months, what with Roadside Romeo (where he did the voiceover), Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic and Tashan being mighty flops in themselves.

Ok, so let’s reveal the suspense. This film in question is Sanam Teri Kasam, an age old project featuring Saif Ali Khan in lead along with Saif Ali Khan, which was revived a few days back and has expectedly went completely unnoticed. In fact majority of cast and crew members.

Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Pictures' Roadside Romeo - India's first fully animated 3D film created on par with Hollywood productions - has been selected for The Shanghai Film Festival in the Panorama Section. The Shanghai Film Festival runs from 13th June to 21st June. The film has also earned a place in The Seoul Film Festival, Korea, in the Invitation Section Out Of Competition. The Seoul Film Festival takes place from 19th August to 25th August. Roadside Romeo releas...