Film composer Ravi dies at 86

Bollywood composer Ravi Shankar Sharma, whose tune "Darshan do Ghanashyam" was utilized in "Slumdog Uniform," died March 7 inside a Mumbai, India, hospital where he was accepted after two cardiac arrest. He was 86.Ravi, who passed his name, composed music in excess of 70 Hindi films too for numerous regional photos. An obscure number in 1957's "Narsi Bhagat" acquired notice if this was utilized in "Slumdog" among the questions the protag needs to answer. Pic wrongly credited 15th century poet Surdas using the song, a well known fact not lost on many Indians.One of many hits that Ravi composed music for were tunes in "Chaudhvin ka chand," "Humraaz," "Waqt," "Phool aur pathar" and "Neel kamal."The self-trained music performer was destitute as he is discovered by composer Hemant Kumar in a stop in Mumbai in 1952. Hired on being an assistant, he continued to compose music for Malayalam and Hindi films and also got his large burglary 1960 with Guru Dutt's "Chaudhvin ka chand," whose breathtaking tunes, such as the titular number, assisted result in the pic a success.He gave a brand new dimension to thrush Asha Bhonsle, noted for sensuous tunes, using the philosophical "Tora guy darpan" in 1965's "Kaajal" and increased the location of singer Mahendra Kapoor.Ravi was absent in the creating scene for quite some time starting in 1972 1980's "Nikaah," using its "Dil ke armaan," introduced him to Mumbai as "Bombay Ravi." After 1984's "Mehndi," he drifted to Malayalam films.Scribe Raju Bharatan, author of "An Outing Lower Memory Lane" along with other books on Bollywood, stated, "That results in only Khayyam from the Grand Old Order," mentioning to composers of the era when music ruled Hindi films.Children incorporate a boy, Ajay, and daughter-in-law, thesp Varsha Usgaonkar. Contact Shalini Dore at shali.dore@variety.com

Telemundo adds senior V . p . in news

Telemundo is constantly strengthen its national news operation while using appointment of Sylvia Rosabal as senior V . p . of network news. Rosabal joins the NBCUniversal-possessed broadcast internet after greater than 2 decades just like a news professional at Univision. In their new publish, she'll oversee all network news editorial content including online characteristics. Telemundo has pledged to step-up the quantity of their local and national news programming beneath the new Comcast-introduced regime at NBCU. Situated in Miami, Rosabal reviews to Alina Falcon, who grew to become part of Telemundo as professional veep of news and alternative programming from Univision late a year ago. Rosabal "features a deep understanding of Hispanic America together with an established history in journalism excellence that will strengthen the text with this particular audience and let us drive growth across our network news characteristics," Falcon mentioned in announcing the appointment. NBCUniversal Boss Steve Burke has reported Telemundo just like a prime growth prospect for your Peacock. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Mamie Gummer Lands The Lead In CW Drama Pilot First Cut

EXCLUSIVE: A week after her mom won her third Oscar, Mamie Gummer has landed her first pilot starring role. Gummer, daughter of acting great Meryl Streep, has been cast as the lead in the CWs Jennie Snyder Urman medical drama pilot aka First Cut. The project, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Emily (Gummer), a newly minted doctor who, glad to leave her nerdy past behind for a fresh start in the adult professional world, discovers that, sadly and comically, life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school. Gilmore Girls alumna Urman wrote the script and is executive producing with Dan Jinks. Bharat Nalluri is directing. Gummer’s previous series regular role was also on a medical drama, ABC’s Off The Map. She has recently recurred on CBS’ The Good Wife. At the CW, Gummer joins two other offspring of movie icons, Gregory Peck’s grandson Ethan Peck, who co-stars in the pilot The Selection, and Steve McQueen’s grandson Steven R. McQueen, who co-stars on hit series The Vampire Diaries.

Poster Premiere: Ron Perlman Goes Transgender in Frankie Go Boom

Although some marketing efforts have to have a close read, others allow no margin for misundertanding what they're, where they are available from, or the things they portend. Take author-director Jordan Roberts's comedy Frankie Go Boom, which premieres a few days ago at South By Southwest with perhaps the very best tagline associated with a festival film ever and also the commitment of Ron Perlman entirely transgender mode. Get the first consider the poster - along with a tagline translation - following the jump. Perfect! Now in British: Frank Bartlett continues to be tortured, embarrassed and humiliated by his brother Bruce - usually on film - his entire existence. Since Bruce is finally off drugs and it has switched his existence around, things ought to be different. They aren't. And why might that be? Another bit in the synopsis distributed around Movieline: While attempting to remove a compromising video from the web, two siblings (Charlie Hunnam and Chris O'Dowd) go to a brilliant computer hacker named Phil (Ron Perlman). However when they make it happen, they uncover that Phil has become Phyllis... ...and she or he doesn't have aim of helping them for "free." The relaxation will stay a mysterious until Frankie Go Boom unspools the very first time Saturday evening in Austin, where Movieline's own Jen Yamato is going to be available for any look. Uphold for your and much more from SXSW. And please form an orderly queue until these one-sheets are for sale to the house, work, and beyond. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Vatican grows programs

What's in the Vatican application?Until recently the Holy See's high-tech endeavors -- for instance iBrevary, Pope2You, as well as the JPII application -- are actually about hopes and pontiffs.In a departure, a completely new Vatican application, Lux in Arcana, continues to be dedicated to Giordano Bruno, the 16th century heretic friar burned alive in Rome. It features graphics of Giordano's pyre on Rome's Campo de' Fiori square and what remains in the legendary free-thinker's Inquisition file inside the Vatican Secret Archives.The Accenture-developed application, being launched Feb. 29, also provides multimedia links to Bruno's existence and works also to other Vatican Secret Archives files displayed the first time in the Rome exhibition. The unequalled disclosure, paradoxically, comes similar to the Vatican indicates while using so-referred to as Vati-leaks scandal over leaked documents, plus a memo going for a chance of a plot to eliminate the present pope.Vatican techies started veering in the strictly religious late a year ago when the Vatican Library as well as the National Geographic Funnel launched a Michelangelo application featuring sketches and documents with the Renaissance great.Nowadays, religion-related programs created by outsiders will be the bane in the Holy See. Captured the Vatican lashed out against "Confession: A Roman Catholic Application" created by Indiana-based Little iApps. He reminded Roman Catholics that you can't really confess their sins utilizing a smartphone. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

Tuner version of 'The Bodyguard' set to bow

Heather Headley will play the Whitney Houston role in a stage tuner version of the 1992 Kevin Costner movie "The Bodyguard," opening at London's Adelphi theater in the fall. Houston's recent death might look like the spur to the production but the tuner has been in the works for some time. Produced by David Ian ("Grease," "The Sound of Music") and Michael Harrison, it was originally skedded to open this spring at the Aldwych Theater with Alexandra Burke, winner of TV's "The X Factor" in the Houston role. Thea Sharrock ("Equus") will direct the show, which will have a book by Alex Dinelaris ("Zanna, Don't") and additional songs from Houston's back catalog. The show marks the U.K. stage debut for Grammy winner Headley, who also won the Best Actress Tony for her perf in Disney's "Aida." Further casting has yet to be announced. Although dates have yet to be confirmed, the production will follow the strictly limited engagement of the transfer of the Chichester Festival Theater's SRO production "Sweeney Todd." Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

Roberts, Povinelli on 'Hot' streak

Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on since the male leads inside the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Menopause Flashes," starring Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim. Principal photography began Monday in New Orleans. Film continues to be produced by Nina Henderson Moore, Kaira Hennig and Seidelman, with Laurie Lacob professional creating. "The Menopause Flashes," composed by Hennig, concentrates on an unlikely team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former secondary school champs, who challenge the current arrogant secondary school girls' condition champs to enhance money for breast cancers prevention.Roberts may have the estranged husband in the lead character referred to by Shields Povinelli will be the team's cranky coach.Shields plays the Flashes' team captain while Hannah shows a closeted lesbian fighting to manage inside the small Texas town. Griffith shows a five-time divorcee who joins they to have the ability to get even using one of her ex-husbands, your brain coach in the competitors. Sykes might be the mayor and merely African-American inside the small Texas town Manheim is certainly an an overweight teammate getting an idea for cannabis-laced desserts.Lightning Entertainment is handling worldwide sales. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com