According to Variety, Dreamworks is developing an animated musical called Monkeys of Bollywood. While CinemaBlend states that it’s the studio’s first animated musical, Dreamworks’ film record shows that the first two animated movies the studio made,The Prince of Egypt and The Road to Eldorado, were big budget musicals. Monkeys of Bollywood will feature music from A.A. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (mostly associated with Disney films like Enchanted, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame), and will be based on the Hindu epic tale, The Ramayana. In the Bollywood-style film, two monkeys will team up to stop a demon from taking over the world. Also behind the film, according…

Eros Entertainment just sent us another brand new promo trailer for the upcoming family film “Aladin” directed Sujoy Ghosh, Producer Sunil Lulla and Sujoy Ghosh and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez. Synopsis: From the land of myths and legends – India – comes a fantasy adventure for the entire family. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, ‘Aladin’ is a modern re-imagining of the classic tale of ‘Aladin and The Magic Lamp’. Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh) lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacquiline Fernandes) gives him a magic lamp…

Eros Entertainment sent us this exclusive movie trailer for the upcoming family film “Aladin” directed Sujoy Ghosh, Producer Sunil Lulla and Sujoy Ghosh and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez. Synopsis: From the land of myths and legends – India – comes a fantasy adventure for the entire family. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, ‘Aladin’ is a modern re-imagining of the classic tale of ‘Aladin and The Magic Lamp’. Aladin Chatterjee (Riteish Deshmukh) lives in the city of Khwaish, an orphan who has been bullied since childhood by Kasim and his gang. But his life changes when Jasmine (Jacquiline Fernandes) gives him a magic lamp – because…

The horrific attack in Mumbai sent shock waves throughout India’s Bollywood film industry, a majority of it located in that city which was once known as Bombay. Many film productions shut down as well as the Bollywood.com website, saying, “No one is in the mood to return to work. Bollywood is in no mood to forgive, forget and move on.” Ironically, the attacks concluded on the day a British film, which takes place in Mumbai, won the top prize at the British Independent Film Awards. Slumdog Millionaire won for best director (Danny Boyle) and best newcomer (Dev Patel). Actor Sir Ben Kingsley, known for his Oscar-winning role as Indian leader…

London, 1 September 2008: Eros International, the leading integrated studio within the Indian media & entertainment sector, announced today that it has signed multi-film content licensing deal with Rupert Murdoch owned Star TV, one of the leading entertainment channels in India. The deal encompasses a selection of catalogue films from Eros’ strong content library of over 1900 titles, including Salman Khan’s Tere Naam and Hrithik Roshan’s Naa Tum Jaano Naa Hum. Sameer Rao, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Commercial, Star India Pvt. Ltd said, “It gives us immense pleasure to associate ourselves with a globally acclaimed studio of Hindi Cinema, Eros International. For us it’s a commencement of a…

London, 21st July 2008: Eros International, the leading global player in the Indian media and entertainment industry, announced the release of Money Hai Toh Honey Hai starring superstar Govinda in a rib-tickling performance with Aftab Shivdasani, Manoj Bajpai, Upen Patel, Archana Puran Singh and Celina Jaitley. Directed by Ganesh Acharya and produced under Big Screen Entertainment banner, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is about this eventful and whirlwind journey of Bobby (Govinda) along with 5 losers, a failed businessman, an honest copywriter, a wannabe model, a struggling fashion designer and an aspiring actress. Govinda plays the role of smooth talking, fast spending, good for nothing, spoilt and only son of…

Mumbai / London / New York / Los Angeles: 7th April, 2008: Eros International, the leading company in the Indian media and entertainment sector announces an unprecedented line-up of films for 2008 by an Indian studio. Following a highly successful 2007 with some of the biggest blockbusters including Namastey London, Partner, Heyy Babyy and Om Shanti Om, Eros has further raised the stakes by releasing an unrivaled line-up of more than 35 releases this year including many groundbreaking Tamil films. Eros is highly focused on its blockbuster releases this year which include the Eros International-Rose Movies co-production Drona, a never before seen visual treat for audiences to be released over…

Mumbai / London, 3rd April, 2008: Eros Internationall plc, the AIM-listed leading company in Indian film entertainment and media, today announced that it has signed a three year content licensing deal with Aksh Optifibre Ltd on an upfront fee plus revenue share basis. Through the agreement, Eros’ Bollywood content will be distributed on A-Tel, Aksh-MTNL’s IPTV platform. A-Tel currently has 150 channels accessible to its subscribers. This collaboration aims to bring Bollywood entertainment to A-Tel subscribers through an Eros branded video-on-demand service giving them access to Bollywood content from the comfort of their homes. Eros has a library of over 1900 films and will provide a service showcasing its content…

London, 10 March 2008: In a major mainstream DVD distribution breakthrough, Eros International announced its collaboration with the retail giant, Wal-Mart, to sell Bollywood content through Wal-Mart’s distribution network in Canada. Eros DVDs will be available in 27 Wal-Mart stores in Canada to start with. The distribution will subsequently be extended to the entire Canadian Wal-Mart network. AIM, London Stock Exchange listed Eros is one of the leading players in the Indian media and entertainment sector. Over time, Eros will make available through Wal-Mart a large number of titles from its catalogue of over 1300 titles as well as its 30-40 new releases every year. The Eros-Wal-Mart tie-up will give…

Mumbai, 29th January 2008: Mauj Mobile, one of India’s leading wireless solutions providers, in association with Eros Multimedia Pvt. Ltd has unveiled exciting mobile content for the movie ‘Sunday’ across the country. With this film, Mauj continues its association with all films produced by Kumar Mangat. ‘Sunday’, is a part of Mauj’s ongoing relationship with Eros Multimedia Pvt. Ltd that gives the company Worldwide Telecom Rights for the film. Mauj Mobile in their signature style has developed highly creative and attractive mobile content based on the film’s visuals and catchy sound in the form of video animations, wallpapers and video ring tones of the movie. Speaking on the occasion, Mr….