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Reliance Home Video & Games Releases Shoojit Sircar’s  PIKU: Motion Se Hi Emotion  on Home Video Mumbai, 9th July, 2015:– Reliance Home Video & Games, in association with MSM Motion Pictures, Saraswati Entertainment and Rising Sun Films released one of 2015’s biggest hits, Shoojit Sircar’s family comedy drama, Piku: Motion Se Hi Emotion  on the Home Video format. The well attended launch function was held at Crossword located in the tony suburb of Juhu, Mumbai. Vivek Krishnani, Senior Vice President, Revenue & Marketing, MSM Motion Pictures  kick started the event welcoming everyone.  As a Studio that backed Shoojit Sircar’s heartwarming tale, he said,  “Piku is a really special film for us and this DVD release will give people an opportunity to bring  ‘PIKU’  in to their lives once again and relieve this journey many times over” Sweta Agnihotri, COO, Reliance Home Video & Games,  said  “Reliance Home Video and Games are pleased to bring the

Anupam Kher’s theatre production Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha is a resounding success Mumbai,  Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha , the play    with Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta in the lead roles, has had a smashing run of 16 houseful shows across the country and abroad, since its Mumbai premiere on  March 8 .  In fact, all the shows held so far have been pre-sold, without the box office counters being opened. Its international debut was in Singapore’s scenic Esplanade on 29 th  May 2015 and the play is set to storm the US and Canada with 25 shows on the anvil across 25 cities. Requests are pouring in from event managers across the world to host the show in their respective territories. So overwhelming has been the response to   Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha   that avid theatregoers cannot recall such a record breaking welcome accorded to any other production in recent times. Kher has been deluged with endorsements for the production from the media, celebrities and theatre buffs wherever the s

Reminiscing the Bhangwadi days of Gujarati theatre Manoj Shah in conversation with Utkarsh Mazumdar - eNatya Chaupal: Friday, 17th July 2015 ============================== ============================== ========== Once in Mumbai, in bustling, old Kalbadevi, there flourished a Gujarati theatre, now nostalgically referred to as the Bhangwadi theatre. The theatre, first and foremost, derived its name from the place in which it was performed and whose grand entrance gates can still be seen in Kalbadevi, though now just a shadow of their former glory. One of the more famous strands of the Bhangwadi theatre was the musical that featured live musicians who would not tire of delivering encores. These became so famous that Gujarati theatre history has claimed a musical tradition called Bhangwadi. In practice, the Bhangwadi theatre must have been a versatile theatre, even bordering on grand spectacles. It was enterprisingly run by the Gujaratis and the Parsis. It was a den of art and addict