PVR Ltd, India’s largest cinema chain, became even bigger today with the opening of a 5-screen multiplex at Vellore near Chennai, taking the total screens to 630. The latest property has been opened at Velocity, Silk Mill, Gandhinagar and has a total seating capacity of 906 and an area of 24,000 sq. ft.. Vellore is […]
Eros International Media announced its next film Haathi Mere Saathi, a remake of the 1971 film of the same name starring Rajesh Khanna. It will be shot on a large canvas in three languages — Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, and directed by Prabhu Solomon of Kumki and Mynaa fame. “With shooting commencing in Thailand in […]
Two of India’s top satellite-based cinema feed providers, UFO Moviez and Qube Cinema Technologies, have decided to merge to take advantage of higher scale. The merger ratio and valuation will be 63.6% for UFO and 36.4% for Qube Digital. Currently, UFO supplies its movie feeds to around 4,000 screens while Qube provides its feed to […]
In one of the biggest film acquisitions in recent times, NFAI has added 162 films to its collection. The entire collection came from Famous Cine Laboratory in Mumbai. NFAI or the National Film Archive of India is aimed at preserving Indian film heritage. “We thank them for depositing these films at NFAI,” said Prakash Magdum, […]
InoX Leisure Ltd said it launched a new multiplex cinema theatre at Mouje Nana Mava at Rajkot Gujarat today. The multiplex theatre has three screens with 411 seats. “By this new venture Inox is now present in 57 cities pan-India with 112 multiplexes. These multiplexes have 439 screens and total seating capacity of 1,12,444 seats,” […]
Multiplex theatre group InoX Leisure Ltd said it has launched its new multiplex cinema theatre at Rangoli mall at Howrah, West Bengal today. The multiplex theatre has three screens with 830 seats. “By this new venture Inox is now present in 57 cities pan-India with 110 multiplexes. These multiplexes have 432 screens and total seating […]
Film production house Eros said it will release Malayalam drama Olappeeppi starring Biju Menon on September 23. The film portraits the story of various impacts and the socioeconomic changes that occurred in the state of Kerala due to the execution of the Land Reforms Act in 1970. The film especially focuses on the turmoil created […]
UFO Moviez India Limited, India’s largest digital cinema distribution network and in-cinema advertising platform in terms of number of screens, said its Q1 revenue rose by 23.3% to Rs.1,306 million in Q1FY16. PBT for the quarter stood at ₹183 million, up 43.8% compared to Rs.127 million in the corresponding quarter last year. The Company’s PAT […]
PVR has opened its 106th Multiplex today at VED Trans Cube Plaza, Vadodara, Gujarat. The theatre complex will support 3D technology with 7.1 audio, and offers a “wide range of food options”. Spread across an area of 49,600 sq ft, the multiplex is equipped with a seating capacity of 1,239 seats, the cinema company said. […]
Debt-laden DLF group has sold its cinema chain, DT Cinemas, to the biggest operator in the space – PVR Ltd – for Rs 500 crore. In a statement, PVR said the acquisition of DT Cinemas would add 29 screens and 6,000 seats from 8 properties in the National Capital Region and Chandigarh. Over the next […]
English Vinglish, the story of a meek Indian housewife who finds herself at sea in the US, seems to have hit a chord with audiences in Japan. The Sridevi starrer, continued to rake in the moolah in the Asian nation, with $1 million (Rs 6 crore) and still counting. It has become the second highest […]
Eros Entertainment said Ajay Devgan starrer Singham Returns has collected 7.5 lakh dirhams in the UAE on Thursday, its opening day in the Arab country. The weekend begins on Thursday evening in the Gulf countries as Friday is a weekly holiday for them. Total weekend collection overseas was $2.4 million or about Rs 14.5 crore, […]
