Krrish spawns 4 animated films

Krrish spawns 4 animated films

Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram: Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan's Filmkraft Productions has partnered with Turner International India and Kerala-headquartered Toonz Animation to create four animated movies based on the Bollywood movie Krrish.

The movies will be created between 2013 and 2014, the first of which titled Kid Krrish will be aired on Turner International India-owned Cartoon Network July 14 this year, said an official release from Toonz Animation.

The official announcement of the project will be made in Mumbai on Monday, it added.

These movies follow the childhood adventures of Krishna (a character in the Filmkraft Productions' Krrish), who discovers that he can help people and save the world with the special powers bestowed upon him by Jadoo (another character from the movie Koi Mil Gaya).

"The animated Krrish franchises are fun films that are guaranteed to be a visual treat with mass appeal. It is not every day that 11-year-olds get to be superheroes. We are thrilled about partnering with Rakesh Roshan and Cartoon Network. This is a huge milestone as far as Toonz Animation is concerned," said P. Jayakumar, chief executive of Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd.

Roshan said he has always pushed the limits by making different kinds of films and planning new strategies to promote them.

"Since Krrish 3 will be ready for release this Diwali. I wanted to revive the memory of Krrish among children who may have not seen Koi Mil Gaya or Krrish," Roshan said.

"I am happy to have collaborated with Turner, the oldest and most popular children's channel in Asia and Toonz Animation, who are the best in creating animated content in Asia, to make this first-of-its-kind animated film series for television," he added.

"Cartoon Network will now be home to Bollywood's biggest superhero in a whole new animated avatar. We are certain that they will be enthralled and excited to watch this adaptation of their superhero on Cartoon Network," said Siddharth Jain, managing director (south Asia), Turner International India Pvt. Ltd.

Emraan Hashmi version of (Ek Thi Daayan) song released

Emraan Hashmi version of  (Ek Thi Daayan) song released

No Emraan Hashmi film is complete without the star passionately wooing his lady-love with beautiful songs and kisses and Ek Thi Daayan will not disappoint his fans!


When Yaaram, the first song from Ek Thi Daayan released on air, it won huge compliments from music lovers for its stunning vocals (by Sunidhi Chauhan) and Vishal Bhardwaj's stellar composition. But it also caused an outcry from Emraan Hashmi fans the world over, demanding that his part of the duet (rendered by Clinton Cerejo) be shown in the promos.

Paying heed to his fans, producers Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj have released Emraan Hashmi's version of Yaaram, which will hit the television and Net from later this week.

Ek Thi Daayan is slated to release on April 19th, 2013.

An Absolute Thriller!!!

An Absolute Thriller!!!

All Michael Jackson and producer Quincy Jones were hoping for was that they’d be able to come up with something that would prove to be greater than or at least equal to the 8 million unit sales of Jackson's prior solo outing, ‘Off the Wall’.

However, what they ended up with eight months later became the biggest-selling album in history. And 30 years since, there has been almost nothing to match up to its achievements. In an interview in 1983, Michael Jackson had stated that "No matter what you do, you are competing against your previous product and everybody expects more”.

Musically, “Thriller” was quite the perfect album, a set of songs which brought everyone to the yard, a pop record which swings and sounds remarkably fresh even today. At the center of all the madness was a slick, entertaining, collection of pure pop music that produced seven No.1 hits including "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "The Girl Is Mine," "Thriller," "Beat It," "Billie Jean," "Human Nature" and "P.Y.T.” But it also gave Jackson the relevance that endures to this day. He was nominated for 12 awards at the 1984 Grammys, and won eight, including album of the year and record of the year for "Beat It." Aside from the awards, those nine songs recorded with Jones made Jackson the total package, and it showcased his power as a songwriter. However Thriller's legacy goes far beyond its own sales, awards and accomplishments. It also changed MTV forever, breaking down the cable network's racial barriers and raised the bar for video quality. Once the channel found success with Michael Jackson, videos by other black performers quickly appeared on the playlist. This was a huge development that reintroduced black music into its mix and recognised the talents of many other black artists who had been sidelined. In fact many historians appreciate Michael Jackson to be a remarkably progressive force in helping to reintegrate a fragmented popular culture and bring black music to forefront. Never has it been pushed back since then. In fact, the current era is all about black music, if you may please.

And let’s not forget the way it also set a new benchmark for blockbusters that changed how the music business promoted and marketed superstar releases. When we think of “Thriller,” what instantly comes to mind is the video which was released a bit earlier than the single itself. The long video that it turned out to be, became something no one could have ever predicted. The video presented a visual feast of magic and surprise. With dancing ghouls and ghosts mixed into a plot line involving MJ as a jock and his cute love interest, model Ola Ray, doubling as the “girl in distress,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video was a masterpiece.

At the end of it, Thriller reminds us of Michael Jackson in his heyday. We remember the advent of videos and when artistry was a mandate if an artist was to reach pop icon status. The album encapsulates all that was special about Michael Jackson and 30 years later, we are still in awe.