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  • On Bollywood villains

    Red FM collaborates with HarperCollins to launch podcast

    By Our Staff

     

    93.5 Red FM has launches a podcast titled ‘Main Hoon Villian,’ in sync with HarperCollins. The podcast delves into the world of Bollywood villains, and their journey through the ages.

     

    Said Nisha Narayanan, Director and COO, Red FM, and Magic FM: “From dramatic dialogues to portrayals of nuanced emotions, our villains have gone through it all. ‘Main Hoon Villain’ our latest podcast explores the evolving social fabric over the decades and how it gave birth to diverse villains in Bollywood. As leading podcast curators, we believe it is our prerogative to introduce unique concepts as topics of conversation; joining forces with HarperCollins’ was a collaboration prodigy where we could explore the intriguing world of villains in Bollywood.”

     

    Speaking on the announcement, Aman Arora General Manager, Marketing HarperCollins India added: “Our collaboration with 93.5 Red FM on the ‘Main Hoon Villain’ podcast is a testament to our mutual love for storytelling. We are delighted to share that our beloved author, Balaji Vittal, will be featured in the show to discuss his remarkable book, Pure Evil: The Bad Men of Bollywood. This podcast promises to take its audience on a journey into the intriguing conversations around Indian cinema’s ‘Bad Men,’ and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of this fascinating exploration.”

     

  • Harper Collins India’s ‘Parcel’ gets a selection at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival

    By A Correspondent

     

    The 10th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2020 has announced that HarperCollins India’s short film Parcel is part of the Official Selection. The film has incidentally also been shortlisted for the One Show Awards 2020.

     

    Parcel, produced by HarperCollins in association with Taproot Dentsu is an ode to the art of storytelling. It is a short film celebrating the wonderful power of the narrative. This short tale chronicles its scheme with such detail that it keeps one hooked until the very end.

     

    Added Akriti Tyagi, Marketing Head, HarperCollins India: “Who doesn’t love awards and accolades! Especially when they pour in for something as special as Parcel – our homage to the crime genre. At HarperCollins India, we aim to reinforce the power of a good story and establish new ways of storytelling for an audience that is now consuming stories in all its forms – words, audio and moving images. We hope it wins all the recognition it deserves and reaches many more audiences!”

     

    Added Titus Upputuru, Creative Head, Taproot Dentsu: “This is the highest honour in films in India. And to think that it’s come at a time like this makes me appreciate it that much more. When I began writing the screenplay, I was really excited because of the possibilities that were going on in Ved’s mind. Making the film was quite challenging as it dabbled with the genre of mystery and suspense. Ananth [Padmanabhan, CEO, HarperCollins India] had amazing faith in us. The team at Atrangi Ideas gave wonderful support. The cast and crew worked very hard and this accolade belongs to every one of them.”

     

     

  • The film was launched on the HarperCollins India Platform on November 25, 2019

    HarperCollins’ short film is an ode to the art of storytelling

    By A Correspondent

     

    Parcel, produced by HarperCollins in association with Taproot Dentsu, is a short film celebrating the power of the narrative. With Parcel, HarperCollins India aims to reinforce the power of a good story and establish new ways of storytelling to an audience that is now consuming all its forms – words, audio and moving images.

     

    Said Ananth Padmanabhan, CEO HarperCollins India: “Who doesn’t love a good story that keeps you at the edge of your seat! At HarperCollins, we are constantly thinking of new ways and new platforms to reach audiences through storytelling. Parcel, our direct-to-screen offering, will be a first of many more. As our audiences take to audio visual, so will our stories. Crime fiction has always had an appeal both in the written and visual medium; and, our crime fiction promotion aims to showcase the extraordinary range of stories, of which, we have many to offer. I hope audiences will love this film.”

     

    Added Titus Upputuru, Creative Head Taproot Dentsu and the man who scripted and directed the film, said: “Storytelling is an ancient art form. It is also terribly current with platforms such as Netflix and Amazon streaming some amazing content. I have always been in love with this medium since my literature days. Today, our business of marketing and communication allows us to tell stories every day. HarperCollins India publishes an eclectic mix of stories every season and this film was a great opportunity to celebrate their crime section.”

     

    Parcel is directed by Titus Upputuru and stars Riyaa Arora, Hurmat Ali Khan and Vyom Yadav in the lead.

     

     

  • The book will be launched at the 'ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival', on 21st January 2016

    HarperCollins chronicles Dr Subhash Chandra’s life in new autobiography

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leading publihser HarperCollins India has announced the launch of the autobiography of Dr Subhash Chandra of Chairman of Zee and Essel groups. The book is an unusually candid memoir of a truly desi self-made businessman who came to Delhi at age twenty with seventeen rupees in his pocket. Today, he has a net worth of $6.3 billion and annual group revenues of in excess of $3 billion. Senior journalist Pranjal Sharma helped put the book together.

     

    Dr Chandra, the promoter of Essel Group and Zee, is an unlikely mogul. Hailing from a small town in Haryana, where his family ran grain mills, Chandra has been a perennial outsider, repeatedly aiming high and breaking into businesses where he was considered an interloper Starting work as a teen to pay off family debts, Dr Chandra had to rely on bluff, gumption and sheer hard toil to turn things around. A little bit of luck and political patronage saw him make a fortune in rice exports to the erstwhile USSR.

     

    Always a risk-taker, Chandra then had the vision of getting into broadcasting early, even as established media players failed to see its potential. Zee TV, India’s first private Indian TV channel, changed the rules of the game and tickled the fancy of a public starved of entertainment.

     

    Several gutsy initiatives followed, though not all of them were successful. Chandra’s attempts to launch satellite telephony and a cricket league came a cropper. But the man continues to reinvent himself; he is now also focusing on infrastructure and smart cities.

     

    The book was unveiled by the Prime Minister on Wednesday and then a day later amidst much fanfare at the Jaipur Litfest.