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China Blocks IMDB Movie Website

China Blocks IMDB Movie Website
Amazon owned IMDB.com, a hugely popular web database of movies and actors, is no longer accessible from China. They blocked IMDB due to a film on Tibet.

Movie Downloads Coming to YouTube

Movie Downloads Coming to YouTube
You could always download streaming videos from YouTube using hacks but now you can legally download a full-length movie from YouTube for a fee.

Play an online video game based on Ramayan

Play an online video game based on Ramayan
After bringing out Ramayan 3392AD, a comic in late 2006, Virgin Comics is bringing out an online video game based on the mythological epic in partnership with Sony Online Entertainment. The game would be available worldwide and would be a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game capable of simultaneously handling thousands of players online, and would offer a fresh change to the games based on Tolkien mythology, which are much prevalent globally.

Watch Chak De India for discount

Watch Chak De India for discount
In what may be a first of its kind promotional strategy, Bigtree Entertainment (owned by Web18, a TV18 Group company) is offering 25% discount on movie tickets for Chak De India booked through BookMyShow.com.

The ‘Sivaji’ Effect – Boon for Companies

The ‘Sivaji’ Effect – Boon for Companies
Rajnikanth’s ‘Sivaji’ opened globally today to unprecedented bookings. The movie is the most expensive made in India with budget of Rs. 60 crores with Rajnikanth itself raking 20 crores, making him the highest paid Indian star.

Disney-Yash Raj Films to make animated films

Disney-Yash Raj Films to make animated films
After Virgin-TV18 deal, another tieup in the animation space has happened.  Walt Disney Co. and Yash Raj Films are forming a JV to make animated films with voice by Bollywood stars to get a bigger pie of India’s growing media and entertainment market.