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VFX guru Steve Wright to conduct Nuke workshop at Prime Focus

VFX maestro Steve Wright who has worked on the projects like Ray, Traffic and Air Force One to name a few, is on an India tour and will be conducting a four week Nuke workshop for…

"Indian VFX is on the rise; but faces challenges" - Charles Darby

Charles Darby, the founder of the visual effects house, EyeQube Studios, Mumbai, says that the Indian vfx sector is on the rise. He was speaking at FICCI Frames 2011. "I came to In…

Indian M & E Industry to touch USD 28 billion by 2015: FICCI - KPMG report

In 2010, the Indian Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry registered a growth of 11 percent over 2009 and touched INR 652 billion, says a FICCI-KPMG report. Backed by positive indus…

Frames '11 to focus on film business, co-productions and creativity

Asia's one of the largest conferences on Entertainment Business - FICCI Frames, featuring a number of interactive panel discussions, workshops and celebrity keynotes is scheduled f…

How VFX unhindered 'The King's Speech'

Unlike Tom Hooper, not many filmmakers can say they got an Academy Award for best direction with their second film, but that's exactly what fate had in store for the director with…

CEO N. Madhusudhanan moves on from Geon Studios

Here is a bit of exclusive information and as always, its first on Bollywood Hungama . VFX stalwart N. Madhusudhanan, the CEO, co-founder and VFX supervisor at Mumbai based Geon St…

Manish Agarwal appointed as COO, Reliance Entertainment - Digital business

Reliance Entertainment has announced the appointment of Manish Agarwal as the Chief Operating Officer for its Digital businesses. Prior to this, Manish was the CEO at UTV New Media…

"The only Devils in the world are those arising in our own hearts" - Kireet Khurana

After an encouraging response at theatres, Toonpur Ka Superrhero director Kireet Khurana is all set to voyage into his next project titled Prithvi . Labeled as an epic fantasy, the…

Reliance MediaWorks launches entertainment studio

Reliance ADA group's Reliance MediaWorks Ltd (RMW), India's one of the leading entertainment services companies has announced the launch of its Studio operations. RMW studios compr…

DI veteran Neil Sadwelkar joins Prime Focus

Neil Sadwelkar, a Post-production technology and Digital Intermediate (DI) veteran, who has contributed to the Bollywood industry with his expertise in film DI & editing and six ye…

Broadcast India Show 2010

The 20th edition of Broadcast India 2010 Exhibition is all set to take place on October 21 to 23 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Organized by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibi…

FX School partners with FXPHD

Animation, Film making and Photography training major FX School has entered into an exclusive partnership with FXPHD to offer an advanced visual effects and CG training programme.…

Reliance MediaWorks establishes UK presence; acquires London based Ilabs

Reliance MediaWorks Ltd., film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance ADA group has expanded and strengthened its international presence with the opening o…

Tata Elxsi - VCL expands to the US

Mumbai based Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a part of the Tata Group and one of the leading VFX companies in India, recently announced opening of its new studio in the US. Based in S…

NASSCOM AGS '09: Business of selling Bollywood games on the mobile

Bollywood is a ubiquitous phenomenon in capturing mind and media space like nothing else in India. It's also on your mobile phones in the form of ringtones, caller back tones, wall…

Seshasaye Kanthamraju appointed Director, Mktg, Walt Disney Motion Pictures

Seshasaye Kanthamraju has been named Director, Marketing and Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, India. The announcement was made by Mahesh Samat, Senior Vice Presid…

Adlabs Films to be renamed Reliance Mediaworks

Adlabs Films, a member of the Reliance ADA Group, has announced that it proposes to change its name to Reliance MediaWorks Limited, subject to shareholders' and other requisite app…

Maya Ent. MD & CEO Ronald D'Mello to call it quits?

It seems like a season of churn for the animation, vfx and gaming industry in India, with two top industry chief executives resigning in the past fortnight. Bollywood Hungama has n…

Naresh Malik steps down as Pixion CEO, to join Prime Focus

Naresh Malik, CEO of Mumbai based post-production house Pixion, has put in his papers. After a three stint with Pixion, Malik will now join post-production major Prime Focus as CEO…

Nasscom lowers forecast for Indian animation & gaming

IT-BPO industry body Nasscom has revised its 2012 forecast for animation industry from USD 1060 million to 830 million and for the gaming industry from USD 1163 million to 1000 mil…

L Subramanyan steps down as Chandamama CEO

It's piping hot, and as always, it's first on Bollywood Hungama. L Subramanyan (Subu), the veteran IT journalist who had joined the legendary comic house Chandamama in 2007 after t…

Prime Focus VFX helps elevate G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra

Prime Focus VFX, a division of the India based post production house Prime Focus, has announced that it has contributed 124 visual effects shots for the Stephen Sommers-directed mo…

Calypso Animation to open offices in Bangalore and Chennai

Calypso Animation Studios (CAS) has announced the opening of satellite offices in Bangalore and Chennai. The CAS Bangalore team will help orchestrate outsourced projects in Central…