Cine Blitz
{{Short description|Hindi and English film magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox magazine
|title = Cine Blitz
|logo = Cine Blitz logo.png
|image_file = Cine Blitz.jpg
|image_size =
|image_caption = An issue of Cine Blitz featuring Jacqueline Fernandez on the cover
|editor_title = Editor
|staff_writer =
|frequency = Monthly
|circulation =1 million
|category = Film Magazine
|company = Disney Star
|publisher =
|firstdate = December 1974
|country = India
|based = Mumbai
|language = English & Hindi
|website = {{URL|https://www.cineblitz.in}}
|issn =0971-9970
|oclc = 18389308
}}
Cine Blitz is a Hindi and English film magazine published every month from Mumbai about Bollywood, Hindi cinema.{{cite book|author=Wendy L. Bowcher|title=Multimodal Texts from Around the World: Cultural and Linguistic Insights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrE4m9NPmvcC&pg=PA179|year= 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-25163-2|page=179}} Started in December 1974, as of 2006, it was one of the top three film magazines in India.{{cite book|last=Kasbekar|first=Asha|title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA119|date=January 2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-636-7|page=119}} Currently Cine Blitz belongs to Disney Star.
History
Cine Blitz was launched by Russi Karanjia's Rifa Publications in December 1974, and his daughter Rita Mehta became the first editor-in-chief of the magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/protimastory.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021222201414/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/protimastory.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2002| title=Cine Blitz profile|work=The Hindustan Times|access-date=27 July 2014}}
{{cite web | title = 'Blitz' founder Karanjia dead | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Blitz-founder-Karanjia-dead/articleshow/2749918.cms |author=Bachi Karkaria|authorlink=Bachi Karkaria|date= 2 Feb 2008| access-date = 2014-07-30 | work = The Times of India }}{{cite web | title = R.K. Karanjia: Living through the Blitz|work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/rk-karanjia-living-through-the-blitz/article1194134.ece|date=6 February 2008| access-date = 2014-07-30 }} The first issue of December 1974, had Zeenat Aman on the cover. To give the new magazine "a flying start", Rita Mehta approached Protima Bedi and asked her to streak across Mumbai, first at Flora Fountain and then at Juhu Beach. Pictures of it would be carried in the inside pages of the inaugural edition.{{cite web | title = Protima's naked run: Cine Blitz Profile|publisher=Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/protimastory.shtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021222201414/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/protimastory.shtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 December 2002 | access-date = 2014-07-30}}{{cite web| title = CineBlitz Film Magazine| publisher = VJM Media| url = http://www.vjmmedia.com/cineblitz.html| access-date = 2014-07-30| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140922001922/http://www.vjmmedia.com/cineblitz.html| archive-date = 22 September 2014| url-status = dead}}
The ensuing controversy forced the magazine to then (falsely) claim that the naked run was actually shot in Goa and later superimposed on images of Mumbai. However, the goal of popularising the new magazine was achieved and Cine Blitz went on to become one of India's leading film and gossip magazines for years to come. Its attitude was reflected in its rather tongue-in-cheek tagline of "C to Z of Hindi Films - Everyone covers AB".
For the subsequent three decades Cine Blitz continued to be a leading film magazine. However around 2000, the magazine sales stagnated for three years and in 2001 it was acquired by UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya under groups by VJM Media Private Limited, though Rita Mehta, its previous owner continued as editor-in-chief of the magazine.{{cite web | title = Business houses and publishing: Is there a synergy? | url = http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/3453_Business-houses-and-publishing:-Is-there-a-synergy |author=Alokananda Chakraborty|publisher=afaqs!|date=30 October 2001|access-date = 2014-07-30}}{{Cite news |title=(India's) Vijay Mallya to buy Cine Blitz magazine |url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2001/oct/23mallya.htm |access-date=2014-07-30 |location=Bombay |via=rediff.com |id=Factiva [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&an=lba0000020011023dxan00pbq&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.lba0000020011023dxan00pbq&cat=a&ep=asi lba0000020011023dxan00pbq] |agency=Reuters}}
The acquisition lead to the revamp of the magazine, and in 2003 Cine Blitz launched its international editions, US and UK editions catering to the Asian diaspora, with launch function in London.{{cite web | title = International edition of Cineblitz launched in London|publisher= Economic Times| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-09-10/news/27554279_1_new-edition-vijay-mallya-uk | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140812233544/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-09-10/news/27554279_1_new-edition-vijay-mallya-uk | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 August 2014 | access-date = 2014-07-30 }}{{Cite news |date=10 September 2003 |title=Bollywood gossip mag 'Cineblitz' is relaunched |url=https://redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2003/cineblitz_relaunch.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731124137/http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2003/cineblitz_relaunch.htm |archive-date=2009-07-31 |work=Redhotcurry}} And in 2006, Rita Mehta was replaced as editor-in-chief by Nishi Prem, the former editor of Stardust.{{Cite news |last=Punn |first=Goher Iqbal |date=February 28, 2006 |title=Cineblitz celebrates 32nd anniversary |url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/newsbytes/cineblitz-280206.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715065725/http://movies.indiainfo.com/newsbytes/cineblitz-280206.html |archive-date=2009-07-15 |work=Indiainfo.com |department=Movies: Scoop: Full Story |publisher=DB Corp Ltd.}}
In 2009, to mark its 35th anniversary,{{cite web | title = Coffee-table book 'Cine Blitz Gold' launched in Mumbai |publisher=Daily News & Analysis, DNA | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-coffee-table-book-cine-blitz-gold-launched-in-mumbai-1318902 |date=1 December 2009|access-date = 2014-07-30 }} the magazine released a coffee table book about history of Hindi film industry, Love & Longing in Hindi Cinema by editor Nishi Prem.{{cite web|title=CineBlitz Gold book launch with Vijay Mallya, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif & Karan Johar|url=http://www.firstpost.com/vijay-mallya/video/cineblitz-gold-book-launch-with-vijay-mallya-aamir-khan-katrina-kaif-karan-johar/4rSdl-2E4bi441001A11.html|publisher=First Post|date=2009|access-date=2014-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808170934/http://www.firstpost.com/vijay-mallya/video/cineblitz-gold-book-launch-with-vijay-mallya-aamir-khan-katrina-kaif-karan-johar/4rSdl-2E4bi441001A11.html|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |date=13 December 2009 |title=Covers and coffee |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091213/spectrum/book7.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810114649/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091213/spectrum/book7.htm |archive-date=2014-08-10 |access-date=2014-07-30 |website=The Sunday Tribune |publisher= |publication-place=Chandigarh, India |agency=IANS |department=Spectrum}} Relevant content from: {{Cite news |date=1 December 2009 |title=Aamir, Katrina launch coffee table book on Hindi cinema |work=Indo-Asian News Service |publisher=HT Media Limited |location=Mumbai |id=Factiva [https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&an=HNIANS0020091201e5c10004n&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.HNIANS0020091201e5c10004n&cat=a&ep=asi HNIANS0020091201e5c10004n]}}{{cite web |date=June 13, 2012 |title=Chairman of UB Group Vijay Mallya, actor Aamir Khan, Guru Dutt's son Arun, actress Katrina Kaif and filmmaker Karan Johar during the launch of Cine Blitz magazine's new book Love and Longing in Hindi Cinema in Mumbai. |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/dec12009indiainpics/Article4.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054552/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/dec12009indiainpics/Article4.aspx |archive-date=8 August 2014 |access-date=2014-07-30 |website=Hindustan Times |publisher=HT Media Limited |department=December 1, 2009: India}}
Since May 2020, Cineblitz launched an exclusive digital only edition and in June 2020 Cineblitz announced its Annual Awards.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|author=Nishi Prem|title=Love and Longing in Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW83YAAACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=VJM Media}}
External links
- [https://cineblitz.in/ Official website]
Category:1974 establishments in Maharashtra
Category:English-language magazines published in India
Category:Hindi-language magazines
Category:Film magazines published in India
Category:Monthly magazines published in India