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Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences

Ramesh Varma’s film Veera was released in India today [May 20] to high publicity and mostly poor reviews. The film was reportedly set to contain two song sequences shot in Bermuda earlier this year. However, it appears that the Bermudian sequences never materialized – despite two announcements that shooting here would soon commence. The song sequences... Read more of this article

Premier Meets With India’s Largest Travel Company

During the course of the Premier’s recent visit to India, he had the oppportunity to meet with KUONI India, the largest travel company in the South Asian country, with talks centering on the benefits of targeting potential Indian tourists on the Atlantic east coast. KUONI has a sales turnover of $450 million, and employs 2700 men and women across... Read more of this article

Premier & Minister In India: Sign Tax Agreement

Bermuda today [Oct 7] signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India. The signing of the agreement took place at a ceremony at Ministry of Finance in New Delhi, India and was attended by Premier Dr Ewart Brown and Minister of State for Finance, Mr. S.S. Palanimanickam, who signed the agreement for India. Also in attendance was the Minister... Read more of this article

Premier Meets With Indian Delegation

Last week Premier Dr Ewart Brown met with members of a delegation from India that visited Bermuda last week. Pictured below left to right are Ravi Kotti [Senior Director of American Solutions Inc, a global computer software services provider] Dr. Brown and head of the Indian Delegation Ven Subramanian. Related Stories ‘Docs For Dinner’... Read more of this article

Indian Music Videos: Bermuda Backdrops

In addition to Bermuda being the backdrop for part of a Bollywood movie, the island will also be the setting for two Indian music videos. The filmmakers of the movie “Veera” have said they would like to shoot 2 song sequences in Bermuda, and the scenes from the Bermuda portion will also effectively be used as music videos. The crew of approximately 25... Read more of this article

Bollywood Movie To Be Filmed in Bermuda

Part of a Bollywood movie will be filmed in Bermuda in September 2010. The Indian film market, although somewhat unknown in Western society, is one of the largest in the world. As a point of comparison, in 2002 Bollywood sold 3.6 billion tickets and had total revenues [theatre tickets, DVDs, television etc] of $1.3 billion, whereas Hollywood films sold... Read more of this article