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Weaving Magic Private Limited (Wmpl) today announced the launch of their new movie production house – “Weaving Magic”. It aims to be the pioneer of digital content production and will produce, market and distribute around 20 movies every year completely through the digital medium, supported by specialized and innovative digital technology workflows. Weaving Magic is the result of the convergence of ambitious media professionals with long term strategic vision and creative talent with a fresh and innovative outlook towards the movie business. Weaving Magic has already initiated a high profile content tie up with Surendra Mohan Pathak, India’s premier fiction writer

Girish Menon, who heads Weaving Magic, has more than 10 years of experience across various industry segments with a specialization in the media sector. Sunny Bhambhani, a protégé of Subhash Ghai, is one of the Creative Producers and also heads Talent Management for Weaving Magic. An alumni of Whistling Woods, Sunny...

These are busy days for Om Puri. Last month he had three back-to-back films to his credit - West Is West, Love Express and Bin Bulaye Baraati. Now this weekend he would be seen in a pivotal role in Khap, a film which deals with honor killing. Though he is happy to be doing quite a few films, he strongly believes that in Bollywood not many filmmakers are making sensible films, hence resulting in actors like him suffering from lack of meaty roles."See, we may not agree to this... Read More...

These are busy days for Om Puri. Last month he had three back-to-back films to his credit - West Is West, Love Express and Bin Bulaye Baraati. Now this weekend he would be seen in a pivotal role in Khap, a film which deals with honor killing. Though he is happy to be doing quite a few films, he strongly believes that in Bollywood not many filmmakers are making sensible films, hence resulting in actors like him suffering from lack of meaty roles."See, we may not agree to this b...

Why do you name a film Cycle Kick? Because the first half of the film deals with cycle and the latter half with football! And that is not the only bit where the film disappoints. It is Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves rendered in an Indian milieu; where the father-son story has been transposed on two orphaned brothers living in a village by the river-side. Much to the dismay of the viewers, the writer lacks originality to the point that one of the professions of the elder brother is putting up Bollywood posters around the village, for which a bicycle would be vital. Only if my brother had a bicycle, he could put up 50 posters everyday instead of 25, the younger brother wishes.

Indian stories cannot be devoid of miracles. Here, the protagonist doesn’t need to pawn bedsheets to buy a bicycle; the two brothers find a bicycle one...