A new look Chakpak.com: A hangout for Indian movie fans

Bangalore, Karnataka, July 22, 2007 - Chakpak.com, first launched in October last year, has been an encyclopedic source for information on Indian cinema. With active contribution from members of the site, Chakpak.com has grown to be a live and growing repository for information on thousands of movies and actors.

A feature-rich site, Chakpak offers Indian movie enthusiasts a plethora of information on movies and movie personalities. Some of the site offerings include wallpapers, videos, news, discussion forums and quizzes.
The site was recently re-launched with interesting new features and cutting-edge technology. It is the sole Bollywood site powered by the Web 2.0 technology. With the new, user-centric site, the user has a role to play everywhere. It offers users the ability to discuss, evaluate, rate, review and preview movies and movie personalities through its open forum. Users can rate a video as a favorite, recommend a wallpaper to a friend or even create a quiz !

The site features concepts like ‘friends’, ‘recommendations’, 'request a movie review' and ‘compliments’ through which users can connect, share and seek opinions from other users. It’s unique and powerful phonetics-based search now takes care of common spelling mistakes.

Promoted by Gaurav S. Kushwaha and Nitin Rajput of Chakpak Media Private Ltd, Chakpak.com started off with a vision to be the primary hangout for Indian movie fans. It is today not only a source of authentic information, but also a forum for discussions, sharing of information and a way to connect with other fans.

Profile of the Founders
• Gaurav S Kushwaha holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from IIT Delhi. He has 6+ experience in developing enterprise software and internet scale web services. Previously he has worked in Tavant, and Amazon.com

• Nitin Rajput - holds a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science and engineering from IIT Delhi. He has 5+ software development experience in fields of SCM software, ad management software, and web recommendation & search systems. Previously he has worked in Manhattan Associates, and A9.com/Amazon.com

For more information contact:
Nitin Rajput
n.zamana@gmail.com
Chakpak Media PVt Ltd
#21/1-1, Nawab Towers,
Cunningham Road,
Bangalore - 560 052.

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