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Celebrate The Best of 2006 on HBO this December
Mumbai, November 28: It’s time to bid goodbye to another fantastic year on HBO. Recollect all the fun and entertainment that you had on HBO this year with special blocks that will keep you glued to the television sets all through the month. HBO presents a superhit Hollywood movie on `Blockbuster of the Month’ and a brand new premiere every Saturday night on `HBO Saturday Nights’. Reminiscing the excitement of 2006, HBO presents `Best of Blockbuster of the Month’ and `Best of Romance Blockbuster’ to revive the thrill all over again.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! Celebrate this Christmas with the Krank family in HBO’s Blockbuster of the Month `Christmas With The Kranks’ starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd on December 22 at 9 pm. The Kranks have always celebrated a picture-perfect Christmas. But with their only daughter away from home on her Peace Corps assignment, Nora (Golden Globe® winner Jamie Lee Curtis, The Kid & I, Freaky Friday) and Luther (Golden Globe® winner Tim Allen, The Shaggy Dog, The Santa Clause 2) are suffering from empty nest syndrome and decide to skip Christmas in favor of a Caribbean cruise. Just as the Kranks are preparing for their Christmas Day departure, they get a call from their daughter, who announces that she is coming home for Christmas. Suddenly, hilarity ensues as the Kranks scramble to put together their annual Christmas Eve party and a normal, highly festive holiday in just a few hours.
Usher in 2007 with a Hollywood treat with HBO’s `New Year’s Eve Treat: The Spider and The Cat’ starting 10:45 pm on December 31. Start the party with `Spiderman 2’ starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and others. Catch Halle Berry as sexy superhero in `Catwoman’
Relive old memories as we bring you the biggest movies of the year in `Best of Blockbuster of the Month’ every Thursday at 9 pm. Watch a prince’s love story that leads the entire kingdom to war in `Troy’ on December 7, starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom. Watch the final part of Peter Jackson’s masterpiece `Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King’ on December 14.
The stellar cast of Ocean’s Eleven returns with its thrilling sequel Ocean’s Twelve. Meet your favourite stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones and Matt Damon in this cool crime caper on December 21.
The deadly Anaconda fights back in order to protect its nesting ground from the explorers in `Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid’ on December 28.
Cozy up with your loved one in front of the TV this December as HBO presents the `Best of Romance Blockbusters’ every Monday right after the 9 pm movie. Jennifer Garner stars in the hilarious comedy `13 Going on 30’ about a girl too eager to grow up. Watch this pre-teen girl grow up to be a 30 year old, in love with her childhood friend on December 25.
On December 18, meet Lucy who suffers from a short-term memory loss that causes no trace of what she did the day before in her memory. Find how her love Henry woos her everyday and helps her reconnect with her past in `50 First Dates’.
Jack Ryan’s (Owen Wilson) life brings him to a stage where he has to choose one among woman, money and the honorable path. Follow up with his dilemma of life in `The Big Bounce’ on December 11
What happens when your boss is half your age and falls for your own daughter? This causes an uneasy friendship between Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace in `The Good Company’. Enjoy this blockbuster on December 4
HBO guarantees loads of fun and excitement with a brand new premier every Saturday night at 9 pm with `HBO Saturday Nights’ featuring `Adventures of Shark Girl and Lava Girl’ on December 2, `XXX: The Next Level’ on December 9, `Kicking And Screaming’ on December 16 , `Two Brothers’ on December 23 and `King’s Ransom’ on December 30.
HBO brings the best of Hollywood by premiering the top blockbuster movies on television first in South Asia through exclusive licensing deals with four major Hollywood studios – Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia/ TriStar), Universal and Warner Bros.
Prime time viewing on HBO includes HBO Blockbuster Of The Month, a special television event that premieres a mega blockbuster movie every month, HBO Saturday Nights, which premieres a new box office hit each week throughout the year; HBO Sunday Super Hits, which showcases the blockbuster hits, star-studded hits, favourite genre hits, Asian hits, highly acclaimed hits and so much more. In addition, HBO features at least 3- 4 new movie showcases every month to offer viewers an interesting mix of Hollywood movies based on exciting themes.
For further information, please contact:
Manisha Manchanda, HBO Asia
Tel: 0124 – 4028888
E-mail: manchanda_manisha@hboasia.com.sg
Nimisha Bhargava, CMCG India
Tel-fax: 022 – 24450991 – 6
Email: nimisha.bhargava@cmcgindia.com
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Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat Premieres 14 Feb on Zee
Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat world TV premiere 14 Feb at 8pm passion meets politics.
MUMBAI: Cupid’s arrow just got a plot twist and it’s heading straight for your TV screen. This Valentine’s Day, Zee Cinema is turning up the heat with the world television premiere of Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, a raw, rule-breaking romantic drama that proves love doesn’t always come wrapped in roses.
Set to air on Saturday, 14 February at 8pm, the film stars Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa, directed by Milap Zaveri. It dives headfirst into obsession, heartbreak, and the kind of unconditional love that leaves scorch marks. Rane plays Vikramaditya, a powerful politician whose all-consuming passion for actress Adaa spirals into chaos when his feelings go unreturned unleashing a storm of emotion, misunderstanding, and life-altering consequences.
The timing couldn’t be sharper. Audiences are clearly craving intense love stories over sugar-coated ones, and this film taps straight into that vein. Harshvardhan Rane already has a loyal fanbase from his cult hit Sanam Teri Kasam, which cemented his status as the go-to guy for heart-wrenching romance especially among younger viewers who keep the film on repeat.
Milap Zaveri captured the film’s beating heart, “This film is about love that doesn’t follow rules. With Valentine’s Day being a time when audiences gravitate towards romantic narratives, the television premiere of Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat on Zee Cinema felt like the perfect fit. The continued love for intense romances shows there is a strong emotional appetite for such stories.”
Rane himself called it a story rooted in messy, honest emotion, “Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat explores love in its most intense and vulnerable form where emotions are messy and deeply human. It’s a story that doesn’t shy away from passion or pain on Valentine’s Day making it even more special as it reflects the many shades of love people experience.”
Sonam Bajwa added her take, “Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat is not a conventional love story, it’s raw, intense and emotional. Valentine’s Day is usually associated with happy romance but this film explores love in its most vulnerable form.”
So if your Valentine’s plans include more than chocolates and clichés, tune in to Zee Cinema at 8pm on 14 February. Because sometimes the most unforgettable love stories aren’t the ones that end neatly, they’re the ones that leave you questioning just how far passion can push before everything changes.
