[icernet] Will 2003 be Bollywood's worst year?

[Arul Selvan]

Reason: April, which usually sees the big releases, has turned out to be 
a bummer, thanks to the deadlock between Bollywood distributors and 
producers. Problems erupted between the two when satellite television 
channels went on a movie rights buying spree from distributors and 
started airing the latest films on television, sometimes even before 
they finished their theatrical run.

Four major producers associations in Mumbai -- the Indian Motion Picture 
Producers Association, Western India Film Producers Association, 
Association of Motion Pictures and Television Programme Producers and 
the Producers Guild -- retaliated by withholding new Hindi releases, 
beginning April 1, for an indefinite period. The associations want a 
nine-month, post-release gap before Hindi films are aired on satellite 
channels. They also want distributors to guarantee they will 
take delivery of prints on time and not withhold money they had agreed 
to pay on delivery.

Source:
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/16bolly.htm