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IIFA Awards 2010 announces Technical Awards winners

Best Screenplay Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots) Best Cinematography C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots) Best Dialogue Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots) Best Background Score Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots) Best Editing Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Sound Recording Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots) Best Song Recording Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots) Best Sound Re-recording Anup Dev (3 Idiots) Best Choreography Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal) Best Costume Designing Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal) Best Art Direction Sabu Cyril (Aladin) Best Special Effects (Visual) Charles Darby - Eyecube Labs (Aladin) Best Action Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey) Best Make up Artist Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa)

Gulzar gets unique gift from Mani Ratnam, Raavan gets new song in return

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Mani Ratnam's Raavan has just been given a new song, thanks to that poet par excellence Gulzar who saw the film and suggested the embellishment. The director, always open to fresh ideas from his team, readily agreed. Composer Rahman was informed and that's how Raavan got a new song. Gulzar Saab, who just back from Goa after participating in the stage rendition of four of his plays, says the song was almost a gift he owed Mani Ratnam for gifting him something that he, Gulzar, had never received in his entire 47-year old career as a lyricist. Mani sent the poet-lyricist a note after the release of the Raavan music congratulating Gulzar Saab for the songs. Says Gulzar Saab, "In my entire career I've never received such a heartwarming endorsement of my work. I received a note from Mani Ratnam congratulating me and saying he's very proud of the music. And look at the humility of this genius. No filmmaker has ever sent me a note like this. Mani is

Priti Shahani to join Reliance Big Pictures

Priti Shahani is joining Reliance Big Pictures as Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. She will be a key member involved in planning the overall strategy of the company along with handling the worldwide marketing campaigns of all films Reliance Big Pictures releases. She will start in her role in mid-June. Priti recently resigned from Studio 18/The Indian Film Company, where she was Sr Vice President Marketing, Distribution & Syndication. During her tenure here, she oversaw the aggressive marketing and distribution campaigns for blockbuster films such as WELCOME, SINGH IS KINNG and GHAJINI and also unlocked hidden revenue for films by introducing the Satellite Rights syndication model with JAB WE MET [the first Hindi film to be syndicated across channels], which has now become the norm within the industry.

Dia Hindi Movie Announced

Banner Pics India Status Under Production Color C Release Date 2010 Language Hindi Genre Shooting Studios Filmcity Producer Tarun Dhanrajgir Executive Producer / Co-Producer Shashikant Mehta Director Tarun Dhanrajgir Star Cast Shital Shah...... Dia Sujata Kumar...... Nirmala Devi (Sharad's mothter) Bikramjeet Kanwarpal...... Inspector Abhay Bhargava...... Anand Saxena (Sharad's Lawyer) Vikram Sahu...... Judge Pavan Sharma...... Sharad Radhapriya Dhan...... Asma Music Director Abid Shah Cinematography Prasann Jain Art Raashid Rangrez Screenplay Abid Shah Tarun Dhanrajgir Sound Manas Chaudhary Costume Nyla Masood Imtiaaz Media Relations Vijay Grover Firoza Kapadia Story / Writer Abid Shah Tarun Dhanrajgir

Udaan Release Date Confirmed

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Click Here to get Complete Updated info on Udaan Banner UTV Motion Pictures Status Completed Color C Release Date July 16, 2010 Language Hindi Genre Family Drama Producer Anurag Kashyap Ronnie Screwvala Sanjay Singh Executive Producer / Co-Producer Deven Khote Zarine Mehta Aarti Bajaj Siddharth Roy Kapur Vikas Bahl Director Vikramaditya Motwane Star Cast Rajat Barmecha Ronit Roy Aayan Boradia Ram Kapoor Manjot Singh Anand Tiwari Suman Mastkar Raja Hudda Varun Khettry Shaunak Sengupta Akshay Sachdev Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya Music Director Amit Trivedi Cinematography Mahendra Shetty Editor Dipika Kalra Sound Kunal Sharma Story / Writer Anurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane

Help Hindi Movie Release Date Confirmed

Click Here to get Complete Updated info on Help Hindi Movie Banner M/s Rupali Aum Entertainment Pvt.Ltd Status Post-Production / Ready for Release Color C Release Date July 9, 2010 Language Hindi Genre Horror / Thriller Shooting Locations (City & Country) Mumbai (India) Mauritius Shooting Studios Filmcity Producer Sanjay Ahluwalia Vinay Chowksey Director Rajiv Virani Star Cast Bobby Deol...... Vic Mugdha Godse...... Pia Sophia Handa Cinematography Dhimant Vyas Choreography Rajeev Surti

Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun Release Date Confirmed

Click Here to get Complete Updated info on Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun Status Under Production Color C Release Date July 2010 Language Hindi Genre Romance Director Sanjay Sharma Star Cast Aryan Vaid Kapil Sharma Maradona Rebello Hazel Zeenat Aman Helen Rituparna Sengupta Asha Sachdev Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal Parikshat Sahni

Stepmom Remake Release Date Confirmed

Click Here to get Complete Updated info on Stepmom Remake Banner Dharma Productions Sony Pictures Status Under Production Color C Release Date October 1, 2010 Language Hindi Genre Drama / Romance Shooting Locations (City & Country) Australia Producer Karan Johar Director Siddharth Malhotra Star Cast Kareena Kapoor Kajol Arjun Rampal Cassettes and CD's on Sony Music Story / Writer Karan Johar Siddharth Malhotra

Delhi Belly Release Date Confirmed

Click Here to get Complete Updated info on Delhi Belly Banner Aamir Khan Productions Status Under Production Color C Release Date January 2011 Language Hindi Genre Shooting Studios Filmcity Producer Aamir Khan Director Abhinay Deo Star Cast Imran Khan Shenaz Treasuryvala Rahul Pendkalkar Vir Das