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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  “Relian...

 'Flying Dutchman' Opera at Kennedy Center,  Why We Love It Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" opens this month at the Kennedy Center and tickets are up to $129 off for two weekday performances next week The opera is the retelling of the nautical legend, about a captain condemned to wander the seas in search of unconditional love Grammy-winning star Eric Owens is the genre's "reigning and arguably most versatile bass-baritone" (Chicago Sun-Times)

CINEPLAY FELICITATES DR. MOHAN AGASHE AS THE ICON OF THE YEAR *** Mumbai, March 3rd, 2015:   As the lights dimmed in the auditorium at Mumbai’s art-house center Matterden CFC, signaling the first screening at the month-long CinePlay Festival ’15 Act 1, audiences were filled with a newly-kindled overwhelming respect for one of India’s most-esteemed actors - Dr. Mohan Agashe. Dr. Agashe’s expansive filmography and never-ending theatre credits span over 4 decades and include some of the best that the Indian theatre and film circuits have had to offer - ranging from  Aakrosh  to  Ghashiram Kotwal , and Train to Pakistan  to  Rang De Basanti . A Padmashri awardee, the versatile multilingual actor is as comfortable in front of the camera as he is on a stage in front of thousands. PHOTO CAPTION #1 Dr. Mohan Agashe being felicitated by Distinguished Director, Govind Nihalani, who presented him with the CinePlay Icon of the Year Award ...