Industry Stalwarts to Push Entertainment Blockbuster Growth at FICCI–Frames 2008

FICCI FRAMES 2008, Asia's biggest global convention on the business of entertainment which opens on March 25, 2008 in Mumbai will witness stalwarts pointing the way to sustain and make the industry's the current bull run even bigger. Their exuberance is not misplaced either. With the entertainment & media industry clocking a robust 17% growth in 2007 over the previous year, the mood amongst the players of the Rs 50,000 crore plus industry is, not unsurprisingly, one of optimism and expectancy.

Watch the real stars of the industry in action on Day One - Amit Khanna, Chairman, Reliance Entertainment; A P Parigi, MD & CEO, ENIL, & Director, Bennett & Coleman Group; Peter Mukherjea, Chairman, INX Group; Yash Chopra, Chairman, FICCI Entertainment Committee & Yashraj Films, the banner that has held the movie going public in its spell during the past decade and more and, hold your breath, Subhash Ghai, filmmaker & MD, Mukta Arts, the name that become synonymous with big-budget blockbusters - as they go on an overdrive to analyse the challenges and opportunities in the entertainment sector, including film entertainment.

Discussing a topic that touches the lives of all - Is news entertainment? - will be today's news and media moghuls. Barkha Dutt, Managing Editor, NDTV; Rajat Sharma, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, India TV; Vinod Dua, Newscaster & Consultant; G Krishnan, CEO, TV Today Network; Clarke Cooke, Head, Media Distribution, Bloomberg LP, New York; Philippe Cayla, CEO, Euronews, France and shepherding them will be the affable Vishnu Som, Associate Editor, NDTV. These celebrity news persons will discuss the present scenario of 'news' and future trends as the delivery of news and content changes and the thin line between news and entertainment becomes even slimmer.