Mythology is Big Business in India

Sony Playstation plans to launch a Hanuman game for PS2, Ramayana on NDTV Imagine propels the network to top 3 status, Star Plus is about to launch a hip and cool version of Mahabharata and now Bollywood is about to embark on its first Mega 250cr Epic. Following in the footsteps of Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, the Indan Film industry – not to be outdone of course – is about to produce its first “Mega” mythological epic – and you should have guessed it – its going to be the Ramayana! The film, scheduled for release in 2010, is being produced by UK NRI Group Pyramid Saimira Group and directed by our very own Raj Kumar Santoshi (Halla Bol, Khakee and Bhagat Singh.) Good news is that lots of new jobs coming up for CGI experts, fashion and set designers, actors, musicians, extras and marketing types. More details here.

Its 2014. Google wins the Media Wars!

OK. It’s 2014. Google and Amazon have amalgamated to form Googlezon – Google owns cloud computing with the Google Grid and the New York Times and all newspapers are obsolete. Then Google launches EPIC…you have to see this great short film from the Museum of Media ….EPIC.