MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video and Games has released the home video of the biggest blockbuster of 2012 Rowdy Rathore.

Speaking about the success of the film, Akshay Kumar spoke about his love for action films, "I am looking for such opportunities in the future as I love doing action and it is my favorite genre". He also kept the option open for the possibility of a sequel of Rowdy Rathore, should the producers come up with something.

On her part, Sonakshi Sinha spoke about her experiences while shooting the film and the fact that media and fans had started identifying her as Akshay?s lucky charm now that they had a couple of movies together.

Reliance Entertainment CEO Sanjeev Lamba spoke about the good relations with UTV Motion Pictures and how Reliance Home Video & Games had launched some of the most successful movies featuring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha.

Siddharth Roy Kapoor spoke about the successful association with Reliance Home Video & Games and briefed the media about their forthcoming plans.

The customers shopping at Crossword has a delightful experience of interacting with Akshay & Sonakshi, who graciously fielded various questions about their lives.

Viewers can now enjoy the film on Blu-ray, DVD and VCD. While the Blu-ray costs Rs 799, a DVD costs Rs 299 and VCD costs Rs 125. All formats will be available across all major home entertainment stores in India.

MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video and Games and PVR Home Entertainment has released the Blu-ray, DVD and VCD of Dibakar Banerjee?s critically-acclaimed film Shanghai.

The film is the story of a small town somewhere in India that is poised to become the next Shanghai. Billions of dollars are being poured into an upcoming International Business Park there.

On the eve of its launch, a drunk truck driver mows down a prominent social activist. A lone girl believes it to be a murder, supported by a porn filmmaker who claims to have the proof that will bring the government down. Following a lot of cry from the locals, a high ranking bureaucrat is brought in to investigate the accident.

"Shanghai is a political thriller that looks at how politics - the tools of power- is remote controlled by the governing class over the poor, uneducated masses in India. This is the background to the Indian adaptation of the story loosely adapted from the book Z, written in 1966 to reveal the facts behind the assassination of a prominent Greek Liberal MP in 1963.

It is the story of State oppression and collusion in crime - a theme I think very relevant to contemporary India. The protagonists of Shanghai, instead of being all good, or all bad are a mix of courage and cowardice, ego and desire, ambition and conscience - normal Indians, trying to get by with the bewildering challenges of modern India," says Banerjee.

The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin among others.

Shanghai will be available on Blu-ray (Rs 799), DVD (Rs 299) and VCD (Rs 115). All formats will be available across all major home entertainment stores in India.

MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video and Games is all set to release the critically acclaimed and enchanting film ?THE ARTIST? on home video. The recipient of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Musical Score and Best Costume Design, the movie releases today on DVD and VCD in India.

Declared "a love letter to the movies" by The Los Angeles Times, The Artist is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards -- more than any other picture -- including Best Comedy, Best Actor and Best Score. The film also took home the top prize for Achievement in Directing in a Theatrical Release from the Directors Guild of America, and Oscar Winning Best Actor (Jean Dujardin) won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.

Uggie, the film?s surprise breakout star and 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier, also took home the top honor from the first annual "Golden Collar Awards." Set in 1927, The Artist tells the story of film superstar George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) who is about to be banished from the movie business by the advent of talking pictures. With the introduction of "The Talkies," as movies with sound were known at their onset, came the abrupt end to the careers of many silent film stars, including George?s screen persona, which soon falls into oblivion. For young, movie extra Peppy Miller (B?r?nice Bejo), the sky?s the limit, and major movie stardom awaits.

Starring Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) and B?r?nice Bejo (Peppy Miller), The Artist also features dynamic performances by: John Goodman (Al Zimmer); James Cromwell (Clifton); Penelope Ann Miller (Doris); Malcolm McDowell (the Butler); and 10-year-old Uggie the dog, most recently featured in Water for Elephants, barking opposite Robert Pattinson. The film also includes an all-star lineup of filmmakers, including: writer/director Michel Hazanavicius; producer Thomas Langmann; director of photography Guillaume Schiffman; and production designer Laurence Bennett.

?THE ARTIST? will be available on DVD & VCD. The DVD will be priced at Rs. 599, VCD for Rs. 299. These DVDs will be available across all major home entertainment stores in India.

MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video & Games has released Blu-ray and home video of Stephen Daldry?s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father?s belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open.

A year after his father died in the World Trade Center on what Oskar calls ?The Worst Day?, he is determined to keep his vital connection to the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears.

Now, as Oskar crosses the five New York boroughs in quest of the missing lock - encountering an eclectic assortment of people who are each survivors in their own way - he begins to uncover unseen links to the father he misses, to the mother who seems so far away from him and to the whole noisy, dangerous, discombobulating world around him.

The film has been directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Stephen Daldry from a screenplay written by Academy Award winner Eric Roth and based on acclaimed best-selling novel from author Jonathan Safran Foer.
The film, produced by Scott Rudin, stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock along with newcomer Thomas Horn in the role of Oskar.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture while Max von Sydow was nominated for his second Academy Award for his moving silent performance as The Renter. The film also stars Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright and Zoe Caldwell.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is available on Blu-ray (Rs.1,299), DVD (Rs.599) and VCD (Rs.299).

MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video & Games has released the Blu-ray and home video of Guy Ritchie?s action-packed mystery Sherlock Holmes:A Game of Shadow.

Around the globe, headlines break the news: a scandal takes down an Indian cotton tycoon; a Chinese opium trader dies of an apparent overdose; bombings in Strasbourg and Vienna; the death of an American steel magnate... no one sees the connective thread between these seemingly random events-no one, that is, except the great Sherlock Holmes, who has discerned a deliberate web of death and destruction. At its center sits a singularly sinister spider: Moriarty.

Holmes? investigation into Moriarty?s plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany and finally Switzerland. But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead, and moving perilously close to completing his ominous plan. If he succeeds, it will not only bring him immense wealth and power but alter the course of history.

The film stars two-time Academy Award nominees Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law along with Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry and Noomi Rapace.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is available on Blu-ray (Rs.1299), DVD (Rs.599) and VCD (English - Rs.299 and Hindi - Rs.115).

For fans of the franchise, the Sherlock Holmes Collection (Sherlock Holmes 1 & 2) can be picked up on Blu-ray (Rs.1999) or DVD (Rs.899).

Also available with the Blu-ray is the free Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Movie App specifically for the iPad.

MUMBAI: Reliance Home Video & Games has released the Blu-rays and DVDs of New Year?s Eve.

New Year?s Eve celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts with intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

Ingrid (Pfeiffer) is a woman looking for her purpose in life, helped along the way by Paul (Efron). Tess (Biel) and Griffin (Meyers) are in a race against the clock to have the first baby of the New Year. Randy (Kutcher) and Elise (Michele) are trapped in an elevator, one desperate to get out and one not eager to leave. Claire (Swank) is the in-charge of making sure the Times Square ball drops at midnight but she runs into a major problem.

Following the converging stories of dozens of characters, "New Year?s Eve" tells these stories and more, showcasing love, hope, excitement, sadness, joy, laughter and sorrow on the most exciting night of the year.

Produced and directed by Garry Marshall, the film stars Halle Berry; Jessica Biel; Jon Bon Jovi; Abigail Breslin; Chris "Ludacris" Bridges; along with Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel; Zac Efron; Hector Elizondo; Katherine Heigl; Ashton Kutcher; Seth Meyers; Lea Michele; Sarah Jessica Parker; Michelle Pfeiffer; Til Schweiger; Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara.

New Year?s Eve is available on Blu-ray at Rs.1299 each, DVD at Rs.599 each and VCD at Rs.299 each.