''Cinema Express'' was an Indian

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published from

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. It was a part of

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, which also publishes ''

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'' weekly as well as '' Dinamani'' and ''

Kannada Prabha ''Kannada Prabha'' is a morning daily jointly owned by Jupiter Capital a company founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of parliament and ''The New Indian Express'' Group, is a major Kannada newspaper in Karna ...

'' newspapers. The ''Cinema Express'' brand is now used for the film industry coverage of ''

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'' regardless of language. ''Cinema Express'' also honoured artistic excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry through the

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. The published version was discontinued in February 2016, in favour of an online magazine.

History

''Cinema Express'' came out with their first issue on 10 January 1980 and had the last on 16 February 2016. The magazine was priced at Rs.15 when publication ceased. Afterwards, The New Indian Express Group used the name ''Cinema Express'' for the online magazine that publishes information related to cinema.https://www.facebook.com/pg/XpressCinema/about/?ref=page_internal

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