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 An issue of Cine Blitz featuringJacqueline Fernandez on the cover | |
| Categories | Film Magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 1 million |
| First issue | December 1974 |
| Company | Disney Star |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Mumbai |
| Language | English & Hindi |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0971-9970 |
| OCLC | 18389308 |
Cine Blitz is aHindi and English film magazine published every month fromMumbai aboutBollywood, Hindi cinema.[1] Started in December 1974, as of 2006, it was one of the top three film magazines in India.[2][3] CurrentlyCine Blitz belongs toDisney Star.
Cine Blitz was launched byRussi Karanjia's Rifa Publications in December 1974, and his daughter Rita Mehta became the first editor-in-chief of the magazine.[4][5][6] The first issue of December 1974, hadZeenat Aman on the cover. To give the new magazine "a flying start", Rita Mehta approachedProtima Bedi and asked her tostreak across Mumbai, first atFlora Fountain and then atJuhu Beach. Pictures of it would be carried in the inside pages of the inaugural edition.[3][7]
The ensuing controversy forced the magazine to then (falsely) claim that the naked run was actually shot inGoa and later superimposed on images of Mumbai. However, the goal of popularising the new magazine was achieved andCine 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.[3][8] However around 2000, the magazine sales stagnated for three years and in 2001 it was acquired byUB Group chairmanVijay Mallya under groups by VJM Media Private Limited, though Rita Mehta, its previous owner continued as editor-in-chief of the magazine.[8][9]
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.[10][11] And in 2006, Rita Mehta was replaced as editor-in-chief by Nishi Prem, the former editor ofStardust.[12]
In 2009, to mark its 35th anniversary,[13] the magazine released a coffee table book about history ofHindi film industry,Love & Longing in Hindi Cinema by editor Nishi Prem.[14][15][16]
Since May 2020, Cineblitz launched an exclusive digital only edition and in June 2020 Cineblitz announced its Annual Awards.