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{{Infobox magazine
|title = Cine Blitz
|image_file = Cine Blitz.jpg
|image_size = 140px
|image_caption = An issue of Cine Blitz featuring [[Sonam Kapoor]] on the cover
|editor_title = Editor
|staff_writer =
|frequency = Monthly
|circulation =1 million
|headquarters = [[Mumbai]]
|category = Film Magazine
|company = Blitz Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
|publisher =
|firstdate = December 1974
|country = India
|based = [[Mumbai]]
|language = [[English language|English & Hindi]]
|website = {{URL|http://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.<ref name="Bowcher2012">{{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}}</ref> Started in December 1974, as of 2006, it was one of the top three film magazines in India.<ref name="Kasbekar2006">{{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}}</ref><ref name=ht/>

''Cine Blitz'' belongs to Blitz Multimedia Pvt Ltd. It was originally started by Rifa Publications, headed by [[Russi Karanjia]] and publishers of the popular political weekly ''[[Blitz (newspaper)|Blitz]]''. His daughter Rita Mehta was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine.<ref name="ht profile">{{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}}</ref><ref>
{{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]] }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==History==
''Cine Blitz'' was launched by Russy Karanjia's Rifa Publications in December 1974,and his daughter Rita Mehta became the first editor-in-chief of the magazine. 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 [[streaking|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.<ref name=ht>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name=ht/><ref name=afaqs/> 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.<ref name=afaqs>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Vijay Mallya to buy Cine Blitz magazine|publisher=[[Rediff.com]], Reuters | url = http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/oct/23mallya.htm| access-date = 2014-07-30}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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 | access-date = 2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2003/cineblitz_relaunch.htm Bollywood gossip mag ''Cine Blitz'' is relaunched] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731124137/http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/news/2003/cineblitz_relaunch.htm |date=2009-07-31 }}</ref> And in 2006, Rita Mehta was replaced as editor-in-chief by Nishi Prem, the former editor of ''[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]]''.<ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2014}}[http://movies.indiainfo.com/newsbytes/cineblitz-280206.html Cine Blitz celebrates 32nd anniversary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715065725/http://movies.indiainfo.com/newsbytes/cineblitz-280206.html |date=2009-07-15 }}</ref>

In 2009, to mark its 35th anniversary,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> the magazine released a coffee table book about history of [[Bollywood|Hindi film industry]], ''Love & Longing in Hindi Cinema'' by editor Nishi Prem.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Covers and coffee|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091213/spectrum/book7.htm |date=13 December 2009| access-date = 2014-07-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chairman of UB Group Vijay Mallya, actor Aamir Khan.. |publisher=Hindutan Times|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/dec12009indiainpics/Article4.aspx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054552/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/photos-india/dec12009indiainpics/Article4.aspx |url-status = dead |archive-date = 8 August 2014 |date=1 December 2009| access-date = 2014-07-30 }}</ref>

Since May 2020, Cineblitz launched an exclusive digital only edition and in June 2020 Cineblitz announced its Annual Awards.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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==
* [http://www.cineblitz.in/ Official website]

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