Uxbridge, London (PRWeb UK) October 15, 2009

Blockbuster’s list of 100 essential Bollywood movies includes audience-pleasing Hindi classics well worth making a song and dance about. Films blending comedy, drama, romance, adventure, music and everything else you fancy are available for DVD rental online at Blockbuster.co.uk.

The gathering of families for the celebration of Diwali on 17th October provides the ideal setting to watch some family comedies and drama on DVD. With children’s entertainment in mind the list contains “Blue Umbrella” about a young girl from a small Indian village who finds an exotic blue umbrella and is instantly smitten with it, and “Bunty Aur Babli” a musical which follows the escapades of Bunty and Babli as they search for the means in which they can achieve their dreams.

Top of the list is “Namesake”, a family drama spanning two generations about two clashing cultures and two very different ways of life that crash into each other only to become lovingly intertwined. Jumping between the equally colourful and vibrant cities of Calcutta and New York, `The Namesake` is about a very different kind of contemporary American family: the Gangulis, who came to the U.S. from India in order to experience a world of limitless opportunities – only to be confronted with the perils and confusion of trying to build a meaningful life in a baffling new society.

Another film high on the list is “Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke”. Made in 2002 it is about Rahul who has to look after his sister’s three children after her death. The children, Muni, Sunny and Vicki are very badly behaved and Rahul struggles to cope. On a visit to the local fair they come across a runaway named Vayjanti and they decide to help her which leads to all sorts of complications.

“Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” is about Raj, a young man from London who takes a Euro rail holiday with his friends. Whilst away he meets with Simran and eventually the pair fall in love and Raj must persuade Simran’s parents that he is a worthy suitor! Starring Shah Rukh Khan it is an entertaining film.

Also on the list and starring Shah Rukh Khan is “Swades, We The People” which is story about a scientist who returns to India intent on tracking down his childhood nanny.

Other films in the list include “Sarkar” directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan and “Virasat” directed by Priya Darsan and starring Anil Kapoor, Tabu and Pooja Batra.

“Sarkar” is a story about Priyamvada Veer Pratap Singh, who is caught in the tension between caring for the needs of her family and taking part in political power games. “Virasat” is the story of the son of a landowner who returns to the rural village in which he was born after having been away and educated in the city. He finds himself becoming entangled with life in the village and finds it difficult to leave.

The list would not be complete without the inclusion of “Lagaan” a movie involving the national sport of “cricket”. Champaner a town in India is hit by a terrible drought so the villagers get together to ask the authorities for a halt to their taxes, which are called ‘Lagaan’. Unfortunately for the locals, a decision is made to raise the taxes unless the villagers can beat the local army platoon at a game of cricket. The problem is no one in the village can play cricket, will the villagers manage to win against all odds?

More information on all of these movies can be found at Blockbuster.co.uk. The Essential Bollywood collection is part of a brand new section called Blockbuster Essentials, available exclusively at Blockbuster.co.uk. From Essential Action films to Essential Drama, TV, World Cinema and beyond, Blockbuster has made it easy to find unmissable movies for your rental list.

Sign up for DVD rental and rent DVDs by post. Unlimited or light user rental packages are available with no delivery charges; choose from our list of exclusive new DVD releases or buy online for high definition Blu-ray.

Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI and BBI.B) was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1985 and is a leading global provider of in-home rental, retail movie and game entertainment.

In 20 years, Blockbuster has grown from a single video rental store to become the biggest rental company with stores in many companies around the world.

The first Blockbuster store in the UK opened in March 1989 (Walworth Road, London) and the UK is now the largest Blockbuster business outside the US.

Blockbuster’s goal is to be the destination of choice for movies, games and home entertainment both in-store and online. The company is continually looking for ways to offer its customers more value, choice and convenience. To this end, in September 2002, Blockbuster UK introduced its online DVD rental service. This service has grown and now allows customers to have access to almost every DVD and Blu-ray disc available in the UK.

Blockbuster.co.uk provides the latest releases and also gives its customers much more choice from classic titles, foreign films, music DVDs, interactive game DVDs, language DVDs and popular TV series.

Through its links with the major film studios, Blockbuster also feature exclusive DVD rentals that you cannot rent or buy anywhere else at the time of launch. Past exclusives have included Gran Torino, The Mist, Saw V and the box office smash Taken.

In 2009, Blockbuster.co.uk launched Online Xtra, a selection of new online rental plans that have the distinction of also including Blockbuster store rentals as part of the same Blockbuster rental package. These plans are exclusive to Blockbuster, and combine the range and convenience of online rental with the flexibility of being able to pick up rentals in-store whenever members like. With Online Xtra Blockbuster customers can get the best of both the online and offline worlds.

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Keynote Panel from the 14th Wharton India Econmic Forum

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 11, 2011

The student leadership committee of the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) announced today that the 15th WIEF will be held at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia on April 22, 2011. The Wharton India Economic Forum is among the oldest and largest student run conferences focusing on Indian business and economy.

The committee invites the public to gain insights from some of the world’s top business leaders including prominent speakers: Robert O. Blake, Jr. (Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asia Bureau, U.S Department of State), Varun Gandhi (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha), Bunty Bohra (CEO Goldman Sachs India), Vinod Dham (Co-inventor of the Pentium Chip), Anoop Prakash (Managing Director, Harley-Davidson India), and C. P. Gurnani (CEO of Mahindra Satyam). Registration is available at http://www.whartonindia.com.

The theme for the conference is: “India: Gaining Momentum.”

The conference will bring together leaders from around the world to highlight India’s key strengths – from innovation and business to arts and culture, while opening up for debate the issues India must overcome to continue its upward trajectory and remain competitive in today’s global environment. Panelists will participate in numerous panels, a few of which are Finance, Infrastructure, Energy, and Luxury Retail.

At the previous year’s conference, over 800 attendees dissected the theme: “India: Breaking Boundaries”, gaining an appreciation for the strides the Indian economy has made recently. Keynote speakers included dignitaries such as Praful Patel (Minister of Heavy Industry) and Sachin Pilot (Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India), businessmen such as Aditya Puri (MD, HDFC Bank) and Atul Punj (Chairman, Punj Lloyd), and entertainers such as Anil Kapoor, and Vidya Balan. For an in-depth report of last year’s conference, please visit NDTV’s coverage of the 14th Wharton India Economic Forum.

For further information regarding the conference, please visit us at our Twitter and Linkedin or contact Kabir Singh Bedi, via phone at +1(443)-996-0747, or via email at kbedi(at)wharton(dot)upenn(dot)edu.

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SNCR 2011 Excellence in New Communications Awards

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 08, 2011

The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR), a global nonprofit research and education foundation and think tank focused on the latest developments in new media and communications, announced the winners of the 2011 SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards at the 6th Annual SNCR Symposium & Awards Gala held at Harvard University’s Faculty Club on November 3-4, 2011.

These prestigious awards honor the work of corporations, governmental organizations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, media outlets and individuals who are innovating the use of social media, ICT, mobile media, and collaborative technologies in the areas of business, media, and professional communications, including advertising, marketing, public relations, corporate communications, and CRM, as well as entertainment, education, politics, and social initiatives.

Awards were granted in six divisions: Corporate, Government, Media, Nonprofit/NGO, Academic, and Technology Innovation, and in ten categories. The top winners include:

Crowdsourcing Category: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with OHO Interactive, Non-Profit/NGO Division.

External Communications & Communities Category: Recyclebank with the Bateman Group, Corporate Division; Daylife, Technology Innovation Division; Murder 2 (Bollywood Movie) with Avignyata Inc., Media Division.

Influencer Relations Category: Jarden Home Brands with 360 Public Relations, Corporate Division.

Internal Communications & Communities Category: Pennsylvania State University, Academic Division; PepsiCo, Corporate Division; Air Force Medical Service with Booz Allen Hamilton, Government Division; Goodwill Industries International, Inc., Non-Profit/NGO Division.

Online Reputation Management Category: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Corporate Division.

Social CRM Category: Dell, Corporate Division; Next Principles, Technology Innovation Division.

Social Marketing Category: ExactTarget with Dittoe Public Relations, Corporate Division; National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), Non-Profit/NGO Division.

The Society’s Fellows also honored:

IBM as Organization of the Year for its use of social media to encourage employee engagement and innovation, and for its “Smarter Planet” initiative, which utilizes the Internet of Things and the System of Systems to build a better, more sustainable, and smarter world.

Google+ as Innovation of the Year for bringing new ideas to the process of connecting people and ideas in a new way. Google+ is a collaborative online platform that allows people to share links, photos, games, videos and documents.

charity: water as Humanitarian Organization of the Year for its effective use of social media tools and technologies such as online video, Twitter, and Facebook to raise awareness and inspire support. charity: water has given more than two million people in 19 countries access to clean water.

Steve Jobs was also honored in a special tribute at the Awards Gala as Visionary of the Year for revolutionizing the way we use computers, phones, and mobile devices and revolutionizing the way people use and relate to information, ideas, content, media and communications -– and for making content available from any device at any time.

In addition to the top award winners in each division and category, Commendations of Merit and Commendations of Excellence were presented to nearly 25 other organizations that submitted case studies in the awards program. In its six-year history, SNCR has honored nearly 200 organizations and individuals through this prestigious awards program and all the winning case studies will be published on http://sncr.org.

About the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR):

The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) research and education foundation and think tank focused on the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society. For more information, visit http://sncr.org.

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(PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Netizens decide if they want to do business with a website in the first few seconds of their visit. An intuitive and attractive website helps stand out amongst competition and multiplies business many fold.

WordPress Website Development company PizzaCMS is celebrating the launch of its new look website with a fabulous offer – a custom branded Facebook page with every website ordered.

What’s in the DNA of websites that work? This is the question that Bhaskar Thakur, the founder of PizzaCMS (Pizza Content Management System) started out with before he combined his two great loves – pizza and website development. PizzaCMS, the WordPress Website Development service, that debuted in June this year has revamped its look and feel to super simplify the process of owning professional websites that work.

Bhaskar had developed this website with the aim of making website development simple, affordable and efficient. He says, “A good and attractive website is very important to stand out among the thousands of websites springing up each day. Shabby websites are a complete turn-off. WordPress has made the task of building and maintaining a high quality website quick and easy. We want to leverage WordPress to make top notch websites for our customers – websites that work!”

According to Tyson Fenech, most entrepreneurs have that essential vivacious approach to starting up a business. The truly successful ones maintain that level of excitement to help cultivate a healthy and steady growth. A website can help establish one’s business as a serious contender or just another hole in the wall. While surfing the net, it is amazing how many tired looking websites one comes across. If a business is web based then their website is the face of the company. It is through the website that most customers will interact with the company. In today’s Internet driven market, it doesn’t matter if its just a tiny bakery on the corner or a high-end boutique hotel in London. In that sense, websites are the great leveler.

Explaining the technology behind PizzaCMS, Mr. Ashish Anand, chef at PizzaCMS said,”Wordpress is the most widely used publishing platform which automates content management and is simple to use. WordPress is based on PHP and that helps reduce costs and time for development. It is also easy to add, modify and remove features (Toppings as we call in PizzaCMS) as and when required making it easy to build a great, customized website.”

Talking about PizzaCMS, Bhaskar adds, “At PizzaCMS we have adopted the principles of baking pizza to build websites. We start with standard web templates that we have developed for various industries and categories and add toppings to make every website unique. The website is designed by experts, looks professional and works for your business!”

PizzaCMS has come up with a simple 5 step process to make it easy to order a WordPress Website. Ordering a website is like ordering a pizza – first the Base (category that best suits the business needs), then the Size (small, medium and large), Toppings (content, optimization etc.), Dine-in or Take Away(website hosting options) and after selecting preferences, the final step of confirming the order.

To celebrate the launch of the version 2 of the website, PizzaCMS is currently offering a special package wherein when one orders a website they will get a Branded Facebook Page free! This offer is valid till Christmas this year.

To avail of this offer, Order a website today or simply Tweet contact details to @PizzaCMS.

About PizzaCMS

PizzaCMS, the world’s first website pizzeria, offers a super simplified experience of owning websites that work. They bake websites pizza style – Basic website plus Toppings to order. They start with basic templates and add toppings (features) to make every website unique. The website is designed by experts, looks professional and works for the business!

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Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) November 06, 2011

The Hindi movie Ra.One is picking up international attention. Ra.One is a science-fiction superhero film directed by Anubhav Sinha. Dr. Gladwin Gill is hosting the star Shahrukh Khan at a private screening tonight in Beverly Hills. Ra.One also stars big Bollywood names Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. The film was supposed to be release summer 2011, but extensive postproduction work pushed in to release across India on October 26, 2011.

The Story is about “a father trying hard to ‘fit-in’ in his son’s badass world a son trying hard to ‘dude-up’ his dad from ‘aiiiyyyo’ to‘yo!’ and a mother lost in translation between her husband’s ‘ingeva’ and her son’s ‘in’ it!’ while Shekhar was trying every trick in the book to woo his son, get ‘dude-ified’ and ‘up his coolness quotient’ his son had given up on him.. Just when the father-son duo hit a deadlock; Shekhar strikes gold when he designs one hell of a game. Finally it all starts falling in place…as the family comes Together……only to find themselves in the middle of a crash….. Not just a hard drive crash but also a crash that would drive them to a disaster and make their lives goes – kaboom!!! … All hell breaks loose when the game that was meant to be played with… starts playing them…” (Source: Raonemovie.com).

Entrepreneur Dr. Gladwin Gil has built an empire in the medical field and is turning his passion for film to a core business under his holding company. Ra.One is being released throughout India on October 26th in both 2D and 3D.”Dr. Gladwin Gil will be in talks and negotiations with Dr. Gladwin Gill to star in a film based on Dr. Gills American Dreams story (his life). No one knows the story yet but it must be good if Shahrukn Khan wants to be a part of it. We can only wait and see what will be the turnout will be on this,” says Giselle, Dr. Gill’s Executive Assistant. Dr. Gladwin Gill announced that over the next two years his is developing more film and television projects that will be released in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

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Actor Anil Kapoor To Produce and Star in FOX’s ’24′ India

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 09, 2011

Following the worldwide success of the Academy Award-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, actor Anil Kapoor (Millionaire host Prem) has finalized a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to make an all new, Indian version of the Emmy-winning Fox hit series ’24.’

Kapoor plans to reprise the lead role made famous by actor Kiefer Sutherland in the Emmy-winning Fox drama. He will also produce using his team at Anil Kapoor Films Company with pre-production set to begin mid-2012 in India.

Kapoor notes, “It will be a great honor for me to play Jack Bauer. Kiefer has created an iconic character which has inspired me to bring the franchise to India. This will be my first foray to Indian television and I look forward to duplicating the standard of excellence Fox has so successfully created.”

Kapoor made his American TV debut in the original series’ final season, playing the middle eastern leader Omar Hassan who comes to the U.S. on a peace keeping mission.

“Anil’s passion for the series goes back to his time as a guest star on the show, and we’re excited to enable him to realize his vision of creating a new version of the series for his native India,” commented Fox International Television President, Marion Edwards. “We hope this will pave the way for many more local versions of this brilliant series in other international territories.”

As one of the most versatile and successful actors in Hindi Films, Anil Kapoor has entertained audiences for over 25 years. His talent and professionalism have set the benchmark for young and upcoming actors. He has performed in nearly 100 Hindi movies and won innumerable awards over the years. These include four “Filmfare” Awards (Indian equivalent of the Oscars®) and the much coveted “National Award” for PUKAR which he also produced.

Kapoor plays a supporting role as Brij Nath in the upcoming blockbuster Mission:Impossible- Ghost Protocol, set for release December 21st 2011.

‘24’ starred Kiefer Sutherland as the heroic Jack Bauer and was nominated for a total of 68 Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006. Over the course of eight seasons, Sutherland garnered seven Emmy nominations and one win for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series.

Premiering November 6, 2001, 24 employed a pioneering split-screen, fast-paced format with complex interweaving storylines as viewers followed anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer through 24 pulse-pounding episodes, each covering one hour and presented in real time. Subsequent seasons combined the show’s unique and trend-setting format while delivering compelling new elements and attracting talented actors and guest stars, including the Emmy Award-winning Cherry Jones (President Allison Taylor) and Kapoor himself.

Created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, 24 was a production of 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television in association with Teakwood Lane Productions.

Twentieth Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corporation. News Corporation’s diversified global operations include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television programming; television, satellite, cable and digital media broadcasting and transmission, the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; the production and distribution of promotional and advertising products and services; the development of conditional access and subscriber management systems.

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323.965.8887            

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20th Century Fox TV    

310.369.2733    

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Navbharat Times aka NBT is the largest circulated as well as largest read Hindi newspaper of Delhi & Mumbai. From the stable of Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd which also publishes other dailies like The Times of India, The Economic Times, Maharashtra Times and also magazines like Filmfare & Femina. NBT is one of the oldest product of the group.

With a circulation of 4.23 lac odd copies (Source: JJ-10, ABC India) in Delhi and a strong readership of 19.7 lac readers; NBT rules the roost. Hindi being the fourth language in Mumbai; NBT circulates to 1.3 lac copies in the Greater Mumbai area (source JD-10, ABC India) and attracts 4.7 lac NBT readers according to latest popular benchmark in the industry – Indian Readership Survey. (Source: IRS Survey R4, 2010). NBT has been the number one newspaper in the respective cities since inception.