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Nimbus forays into film distribution with ‘Kalyug’
MUMBAI: Nimbus Motion Pictures has entered an alliance with movie distribution entrepreneur, Rajesh Thadani,to enter film distribution.
With its eye on an ultimately nationwide network exploiting the fundamental monetary mechanisms of acquisition of rights, print publicity and advertising, Nimbus Motion Pictures has announced its role as distributor for Mukesh Bhatts Kalyug.
Nimbus Motion Pictures group consultant, Viveck Vaswani ,said, “Kalyug is our first foray into the motion pictures distribution segment. We strongly believe that Kalyugs content and our efficient corporate distribution model make for a winning combination. We are upbeat about our aggressive target of distributing 12 movies per annum over the next fiscal year.”
The cast of Kalyug includes Kunal Khemu (the child artist in Aamir Khan – Juhi Chawla starrer Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke), Smily Suri, Deepal Shaw and Emran Hashmi. The movie is produced by Mukesh Bhatt and directed by Mohit Suri.Vaswani added, “I am very upbeat about Kunal Khemu. I genuinely feel that he is the face of future.
Announcing the deal, Mukesh Bhatt said, “It is a socially relevant film, based on factual incident rampant all over the country. It is about technology, multimedia and the survival of the fittest – one mans exploitation is anothers entertainment. Kalyug cinematically takes the war against pornography across borders into Zurich and Amsterdam taking the bull by the horns.”
Kalyug is about a young and vulnerable couple who get trapped in a web of violence, intrigue and sleaze when an MMS is shot of them on their first night together. Trapped in the pornographic mafia, it is the story of Kunal’s journey to hell and back.
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Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
