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From theindianentertainment.com Volume No: I-5 pickle Oct 28-Nov 03, 2006 New Delhi 7 films gross over Rs 491 crore in collections

Lage Raho Munnabhai Kabhi Alvida Nah Kehna

Rs 66 cr + Rs 21 cr + Rs 46 cr Rs 44 cr Rs 64 cr Rs 18 cr Top Grossers in 2006

indi films has had an impres- However, the box office collections for sive box office collection in 2006 is a Super Indian movies continue to be tilted in 2006. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hit year for favour of domestic collections, except Lage Raho Munnabhai leads KANK. While Yashraj's Fanaa did a busi- Hthe race in the domestic box office col- Cinema. Major ness of Rs 53 crore in India, its overseas lections with around Rs 66 crore (still collection was Rs 28 crore. Likewise, the growing). However in the overseas chunk of the box 's market, the Sanjay Dutt starring office collections Krrish has done a business of Rs 64 Gandhigiri movie did not make even crore in the domestic collections and 50% of this year's biggest overseas have around Rs 18 crore in overseas market. Indian blockbuster -- Karan Johar's UTV's grossed Rs 51 Kabhi Alvida Nah Kehna. KANK did a come from the crore in India and Rs 20 crore in the business of Rs 44 crore, two crore less multiplex screens overseas market. These figures are in than what it grossed in India. New sharp contrast to Hollywood, where releases UTV's Don , Yashraj's overseas revenue has become the Dhoom 2 (Nov 24) and Maniratnam's Rang de Basanti primary contributor to their box office Guru (Dec 22) are likely to be enter receipt. Pirates of the Caribbean, the the league of big hits. dead man's chest, the biggest hit of the 2006 has been a turnaround for studios has grossed an overseas col- Hindi films. In 2005, Rajnikanth's lection of $638 million compared to $ Tamil film topped the 421 million it grossed at the US box box office charts with Rs 60 crore fol- office. Da Vinci Code has overseas col- lowed by another Tamil film lection of $535 million and its domes- (Rs 57 crore), directed by S Shankar. In tic collection is $217 million. Ice Age 2 2005, Bunty Aur Babli grossed Rs 44 Rs 51 cr Rs 20 cr + grossed $461 nillion overseas and crore and No Entry Rs 42 crore. $195 million in the US. DOMESTIC COLLECTIONS OVERSEAS COLLECTION FIGURES COLLATED FROM INDUSTRY Fanna Omkara Phir Hera Pheri

Rs 53 cr Rs 28 cr Rs 22 cr Rs 10 cr Rs 40 cr Rs 9 cr

1 pickle ● October 21-28 ● 2006 ● New Delhi● India Film Bazaar is integral part of the IFFI

Goa Film Bazaar Getting into from November 24 Film Bazaar IN ORDER to get entry into the Film Bazzar, you have to Opportunity to network and showcase products get accredition at the International Film Festival of oinciding with the 37th those providing services in the India, Goa. The fee for the International Film Festival entire value chain of the business festival accreditation is Rs of India at Goa, process of movie making. 200. It is open to people Confederation of Indian This year the Bazaar will have a engaged with cinema, show- CIndustry will be organising Film buyer-seller lounge, space for inde- biz and film institute stu- Bazaar 2006 in co- pendent film makers dents. There will be be no ordination and sup- lounge, locations separate badge for the port of the Ministry of lounge for states, the Bazaar. However if you want Information & Finance Club and a to participate in one-to-one Broadcasting, technicians lounge. meetings and be part of the National Film Parallel to the networking at the lounges Development Bazaar , a series of you have to register after Corporation, seminars and work- obtaining the festival badge. Directorate of Film shops will be organ- For online registration log on Festivals, Indian Film ized focusing on co- to www.iffi.nic.in. Exporters Association production treaties, and the interactions with glob- Entertainment Society of Goa. al sales agents and scripting. The five day Film Bazaar will Film Bazaar is not just trading begin from November 24 to 28, area to buy or sell a finished 2006 at the Kala Academy lawns. product. It will provide a great The Film Bazaar is positioned as an opportunity to discuss ideas, scripts ideal networking platform where and semi developed projects. Some participants can showcase and pro- of the principal corporate financing mote their services, products, firms and banks will be present explore new biz opportunities and to evaluate your projects. It will Workshops at FB partnerships. The Bazaar will have also open up new opportunities around 13 stalls and five lounges. for co-producing future film THERE WILL be workshops The Film Bazaar also provide projects. all through the five days at business opportunity to production For more details contact: the Film Bazaar. Film tourism houses,technology companies and [email protected] states, post production companies, technicians, script writers, financiers, inde- pendent film makers, sales agents will make presenta- tion during the Film Bazaar. Buyer Seller lounge Representatives from China, Argentina, Italy, France, South Africa, Iceland, to facilitate meetings Germany among others will be participating at the home WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THE FILM BAZAAR grown film market. Networking at FB

Showcase Films, products THIS LOUNGE is pitched as a trading hub at the Film Buy and sell movies Bazaar. Buyers from non- Promote and market shooting locales traditional markets will engage with domestic Showcase new technologies content owners, acquisition executives, distributors, Network, develop new business contacts exhibitors of films as well as professionals active in the Negotiate business deals areas of video/DVD and mobile entertainment. This Exchange ideas buyer seller lounge is facili- Discuss scripts projects and pitch for finance tated by CII, NFDC and Indian Film Exporters Strike meaningful partnerships Association.

2 pickle October 21-28 2006 New Delhi India Emmy Award Camera spreads D-Cinema The Future is Digital Panasonic AJ-HDC 27 F Varicam High Definition camera rocks in India. It has emerged as a favorite in movie and documentary production

here is an increasing demand also select tungsten or daylight type for the Panasonic Varicam HD lighting. camera which has won the The competition for Panasonic is EMMY AWARD for producing Sony Cine Alta camera, but not many Ttonal quality of film and bringing commercial movies are made from films natural shading and rich col- this Camera in India. oration to the HD camera. Whether Also reasons for this Panasonic HD episodic television, independent camera becoming popular is its most films, music videos, commercials or reliable and economical system where new media projects Panasonic is ush- cost of stock is drastically low. Since ering in a new era of High Definition recorded in the digital domain ,is an abroad and now creating waves in advantage for movies using special India . effects .46 minutes non stop recording HD MOVIES The Panasonic AJ-HDC27F Varicam gives the cinematographer freedom to allows Cinematographers to capture roll on long takes. Recorded results P C Sreeram's Vaanam Vasapadum film style 24 frames HD Progressive which are monitored is exactly what Bobby Bedi's American Daylight scanned images and able to emulate you get so one is confident of ultimate Mahesh Manjarekar's Life Ho To Aise the "under cranking" and "over quality on the spot. BB Mukherjee's Curfiew cranking" technique of film camera to Possible to view under cranked and Sunnel Deep Khosla's Ashikonko slow down and speed up images. The over cranked clips on the spot via Cheran's Dhavamai Dhavamirundhu 35mm cine ultra prime film lens can the frame rate converter .Ramping Kallo Sen's Kabhi Soocha Bhi Na Tha be used with the cine lens adapter to possible from 4 to 60 frames and vice PANASONIC HD EQUIPMENTS give a great depth of field. The ISO versa. Instant offline editing possible Supporting Panasonic HD post produc- 640 equivalent sensitivity which sur- on day to day basis and ready for E- tion are Prime Focus, Rajtaru , passes even film camera- combines Cinema after online where digital Digiquest ,DG2L and Pixion. Panasonic with brightness and superior picture projection retains same quality even HD-D5 Mastering VTRS also with Prime quality to produce an essentially after unlimited shows. Interval focus, Famous Studios ,E-FX "grain less, high -sensitivity film" recording from 2 sec. to 24 Hrs and Studio,Pixion, Shemaroo,and Kodak. effect. Just as a film camera, you can one shot recording for animation. RFID tags on Movie DVDs Using Radio Frequency Identification tags, researchers are developing new form of piracy protection to prevent unauthorized copying of movie DVDs

any leading experts transmitter chips which will allow mon man is still further away. The believe that technology the major movie studios to remote- impact it will have on markets like holds the potential to ly track individual discs as they India is that to be able to play protect the intellectual travel from factories to retail these high quality DVDs one would Mproperty of music companies, film shelves and to consumers' homes. have to purchase compatible DVD studios, gaming and software com- The chipped DVDs will then be players and probably even com- panies. Radio Frequency Identific- examined by home DVD player to patible TV and computers which ation (RFID) is step towards prevent- make sure pirated movies are not the radio chips would be able to ing the unauthorized use and copy- being played and the movie is identify. The conversion to this for- ing of movie DVDs. The technolo- being played in the correct geo- mat would have major cost impli- gy would provide a secure way to graphical region. The cations.Protagonists distribute movies so that copyright studios hope this tech- of technology feel owners would be able to feel nology, which can be The studios hope that it is the key to confident about distributing DVDs used for Blu-Ray and bringing piracy down of movies as they're released in HD DVD discs as well that using RFID to manageable levels theaters. as normal DVDs, will tags will prevent where as the antago- Embedding of RFID tag on to a prevent unlawful copy- nist tend to dismiss it DVD is presently on the drawing ing and pirating of unlawful copying as an expensive board stage. The tagged DVD their films. experiment which will would have to be played in a DVD Induction of RFID and piracy of be cracked by pirates player with hardware for reading technology is still far their movies before it is full induct- the information in the tag. DVDs away and making it ed into the market. will soon be embedded with radio affordable to the com- Anil Nayar

3 pickle ● October 21-28 ● 2006 ● New Delhi● India Market Indicators PICKLE DIGEST Overview

The global entertainment industry is projected to touch a whopping $1.8 trillion by 2015. Around $800 billion would be in the Asian region and India could possibly account for $200 billion. If this happens, the entertainment sector would be larger than the IT serv- ices industry. Media and Entertainment stocks are the most loved among the investors. The overall industry is growing at 18%. Profit margins are set to go up at many of the largest producers of movies and TV shows. Media Analysts believe that many of the enter- tainment stocks traded at the BSE are cheaper and enrich your portfolio in the coming months. Media & Entertainment Companies traded in Karan Charm Germans the Bonbay Stock Exchange (value in Rs) After Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Naa Ho's success in all parts of Germany, the filmmaker Karan Company name Sept 27, 2006 Oct 27, 2006 Johar is an indisputable star among Germans. The Adlabs Films 345.35 362.40 Germans showered him with applause, appreciation Balaji Telefilm 137.00 140.20 and even a few handmade mementos before the Cinevista Ltd 23.00 22.20 screening of Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna at Hamburg. He Crest Animation 115.70 129.35 was undoubtedly the star at the Frankfurt book fair Cyber Media 80.00 111.85 where he caused a virtual a stampede when he 481.30 638.15 arrived for a signing session. Karan made a warm ETC Networks 43.15 45.20 speech before KANK's screening and had the audi- ENT Network India 244.70 245.65 ences eating out of his palms when he promised to Galaxy Entertainment 202.40 221.60 bring their favourite stars and Kajol HT Media 581.90 665.40 to Germany on his next trip. Inox Leisure 153.65 148.95 JagranPrakashan 292.05 316.25 30,000files removed K Sera Sera 29.50 31.50 Mukta Arts 55.95 57.30 US-based video-sharing Web site YouTube has recent- NDTV 214.25 224.40 ly deleted over 30,000 files over copyright concerns PVR 255.10 241.95 after being asked by the Japan Society for Rights of Sahara One 317.00 334.65 Authors, Composers and Publishers. This group found Saregama India 185.85 184.00 the files posted by users without permission from Shringar Cinema 46.90 58.55 copyright holders. The Copyright activists in India Sun TV 1244.10 1203.55 could use similar strategy to remove unauthorised TV 18 602.00 705.60 Indian film content in websites. TV Today Network 75.85 74.45 TIPS Industrie 28.20 23.00 Play Don Online UTV Software 179.25 178.20 Zee Telefilms 302.25 303.00 Hungama Mobile and Excel Entertainment, the pro- ducers of DON, have launched Mobile Games on the Sharukh Khan starring movie -- the first ever multi- player online Game for any Hindi movie on the gam- ing portal, www.gaminghungama.com. This is the first Contact Information time a game will be launched on the Internet and in a multiplayer gaming environment. Hungama Mobile Send your letters, views, suggestions to is the largest aggregator of Indian Entertainment con- The Editor tent globally. It has exclusive worldwide rights to PICKLE India's largest music label T-Series and in addition has Business of Filmed Entertainment over 100 content alliances with companies as diverse From theindianentertainment.com as Warner Bros, Sony Pictures among others. email: [email protected] Hungama Mobile distributes content across networks such as Apple, iTunes, MSN Music, amazon.com Designed by [email protected] among others. Hungama has relationships with over 50 operators in 20 countries such as US Uk, Canada, South Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. BY THE NUMBERS has bagged a Rs 35 crore deal and signed a three-film contract with Adlabs. With this, the Dhoom star has become the high- est paid actor in Hindi films (around Rs 12 crore). But, Rajnikant is reportedly the highest paid actor in India at Rs 19 crore a movie today.

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