By means of these terms and condition set forth herein
(hereinafter
referred to as Terms and Conditions), Zee
Entertainment Enterprises Limited (hereinafter
referred to as Company) is conducting a promotional activity / platform for Screenplay
writers to showcase their talent of writing screenplay. The writers needs to share their story and
screenplay with us through prescribed mediums in the contest named Talkies
Kathayan, which is an initiative by 'Zee Talkies' channel which brings/provides a platform
to the aspiring screenplay writers to showcase his/her best content ideas
for Satellite TV/Ground TV / films / digital / live -
movie by way of submission of contest for screenplay writers and this would be promoted
as Talkies Kathayan. The writers needs to share their
story, and screenplay script through
prescribed mediums. The Company is providing
an opportunity to the interested participant (hereinafter referred to as Participant) to submit their entries on the Company's email id: talkieskathayan@zee.com (hereinafter referred to as Entry
Platforms) and get a chance to showcase their talents in their respective
fields of screenplay writing and
to win
prizes in different categories (as
defined hereunder) (hereinafter referred to as Activity) on terms more
particularly described herein below which you agree to be unconditionally bound
by:
I.
PROCEDURE FOR PARTICIPATION AND SELECTION
1.
In
order to the participate (to participate) in the Activity, each Participant
shall be required to follow the mechanism defined herein under
:
(i)
make
himself/herself to participate through designated platforms via email during
the Activity Period.
(ii)
register
themselves by submitting their entries via email, along with their personal
details more particularly being
(a) name
(b) surname
(c) Age,
(d) City /Town,
(c) email id and
(e) mobile number /alternate
contact number
(iii)
Modalities:
STEP
1
'Entry Submission' process will be initiated from 15th August, 2024 promotion for the same will be initiated via on-air and digital channels which will continue till the end of step 2.
STEP 2
Participants needs to submit the story (not more than 2000 words) along with a detailed screenplay story by 15th October'2024 in PDF format on the contest Email address talkieskathayan@zee.com. It is made abundantly clear that the Story and screenplay need to be in Marathi along with Genre as specified under this terms and conditions. This to mention here that a participant can submit multiple entries.
STEP 3
Internal team will
go through each story & screenplay and post primary checking, it will be
shared with an external jury. External jury will select final 5 winners of the
contest by 10th January'2025.
STEP 4
1st and 2nd winning entries will get INR 3,00,000/-
Lacs and INR 2,00,000/- Lacs respectively while 3 consolation prize winners
will get INR 50,000/- each.
|
Winners |
Amount in Rupees |
|
1st Winner |
INR 3,00,000/- |
|
2nd Winner |
INR 2,00,000/- |
|
3rd
Winner |
INR 50,000/- |
|
4th
Winner |
INR 50,000/- |
|
5th
Winner |
INR 50,000/- |
The Participant Winners agree and acknowledge that the
winning Screenplays shall not be pitched to any other
company for 2 years from the date of winning, and the Company shall be at
liberty to use/exploit the Screenplays for its purposes while giving writing
credit to the winner. In an event the Company fails to use/exploit such
Screenplays within 2 years, the Winners shall be at liberty to use the same. -
2.
Entry
shall be accepted from 12 am IST on 15th August,
2024 and continue till _11:59:59 IST on 15th October, 2024 (hereinafter
referred to as Entry Period/ Activity
Period). Entries can be accepted from current date till _15th October, 2024_
3.
The
Company may promote this Activity through the medium of the Company's channel,
Website, print media (newspapers), television (promos, astons,
bugs etc.), on ground promotions, Activities for promoting Talkies Kathayan and (including Mumbai), sms, radio, digital media/ online and any
other manner as shall deem fit by the Company, at its sole discretion, stating
the mechanism in which the Participant(s) can participate in the Activity.
4.
It is further clarified that
the details of the Entry may be publicized on the Company's FB/Insta/Twitter
page being https://www.instagram.com/zeetalkies
and Facebook page being https://facebook.com/zeetalkiesofficial/_( hereinafter referred to as Platform) owned or operated by the Company and /or any other platform/medium other
than the Entry Platforms.
5.
For purposes of the Activity, receipt of the Entry shall
be considered by the Company only when the Entry submitted by Participant(s) is
received by the Company (in the specified format) and visible on the Entry
Platforms.
6.
For the purposes of the
Activity, a complete and valid Entry will constitute of
(i) logging onto the
Entry Platform;
(ii) registering
themselves by sending email to talkieskathayan@zee.com. and
(iii) If the Participant(s) fails to make the Entry in the manner as
stated in Clause I(1) and hereinabove and/or has
violated any guidelines published by the Entry Platforms, then his/her Entry
shall be considered incomplete and the Participant(s) shall not be eligible for
the Gratification. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that by
submitting the Entry, the Participant(s) is representing that the Entry or
contents thereof are not confidential or comprise any sensitive personal
information.
7.
Each
Participant shall be allowed to submit multiple Entries on the Entry Platforms
in accordance with Clause I (1) during the Activity Period. Entry received from
the Participant(s) which is contrary to the terms mentioned above on the Entry
Platforms during or after the Activity Period shall be considered null and
void.
8.
The
Participants shall ensure that the Entry submitted is decent, in
compliance with applicable laws, and is free of all and any liens, claims or encumbrances
whatsoever and is not immoral, defamatory, abusive, offensive, insensitive, libelous
or blasphemous to any person, religious sect or section of the society, or infringe the rights of any third party
including intellectual property and/or moral right of a third person . and/or shall not be copied, wholly or in
part from any other work / or based upon any other work. and shall not infringe or violate any copyright, or any other right, of
any nature, of any third person and the
Participant shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update
or share any information that —
(a) belongs to another person and to which the user does
not have any right;
(b) is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory,
obscene, libelous,, slanderous, pornographic, paedophilic, libelous, invasive
of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable,
disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise
unlawful in any manner whatever;
(c) harm minors in any way;
(d) infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other
proprietary rights;
(e) violates any law for the time being in force;
(f) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of
such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or
menacing in nature;
(g) impersonate another person;
(h) contains software viruses or any other computer code,
files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer resource;
(i) threatens the unity,
integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with
foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any
cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any
other nation.
(j) will
violate or infringe including but not limited to any trade-mark, trade-name,
copyright, patent, registered design, title, literary, performance,
merchandizing, artistic, property, privacy statutory rights, common law rights
and personal rights etc. of any person, firm,
corporation, association or entity whatsoever and/or any other right of
any person and that neither any part of the Entry including but
not limited to literary, dramatic and/or attract contempt of court and/or breach of contract
and/or breach of privilege, violation of any provisions of the statute, nor
hurt the sentiments of any religious group/s and/or breach or be against any
declared public policy of any nation or state
For avoidance of doubt, the Participant(s)
agrees that the Company in addition to the rights and remedies available to the Company under the
laws of the land has the right to remove any such
material/Post which may not be in consonance with applicable law.
In event, any claims are raised against the Company due to use of such Entry by the Participant,
the Participant
shall indemnify the Company and shall ensure to resolve all such claims at its sole
cost and expense, without any recourse from the Company in any manner
whatsoever.
9.
The
Company shall not be responsible in the event Entry is not received due to any technical
error and/or connection failure and/or electricity failure and/or for any reason
whatsoever.
10. At the end of the Activity Period, on the
basis of the Participant(s) having made a valid Entry on Entry Platform(s), the
Company at its sole discretion shall select
as many numbers of Participants with
the best creative ideas for (this will be a movie, which may have theatrical or
satellite release) TV / films / digital / live, who shall receive a credit for their
write up as and when their write up is used by the Company in the content
produced by the Company, as the gratification towards shortlisted in the Activity (hereinafter referred to as Gratification). Notwithstanding
anything contained herein these Terms and Conditions, the Company shall have
the sole discretion to choose and finalize the form and/or value and/or brand
of the Gratification and the Participant shall have no claim in any manner
whatsoever in this relation and the Participant waives all his / her rights in
this regard. The Participant understands and agrees that the Company shall have
full discretion, without informing the Participant, to change the form of
Gratification and the Participant shall abide by the Company's decision to this
effect.
11. For avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that the Company's decision and prerogative in regard to the
selection and declaration of the shortlisted candidates shall be final and
binding. It has been made
abundantly clear to the Participant that under no circumstances participation
in the promotional activity / mere submitting an
Entry on the Entry Platform entitles
the Participant to win any award and/or confirms his/her elevation in the next
round / next stage of the promotional activity and such decisions are solely
based upon the discretions of Judges, Special Judges and/or any other person as
may be deem fit and proper by the Company from time to time in its absolute
discretion during the subsistence of this promotional activity. The Company at
any time during or after the expiry of the Activity Period shall at it sole
discretion increase or decrease the number of shortlisted candidates to be
selected by the Company at its absolute discretion, however only the winners
will be entitled to receive the certificate(s).. For
the sake of clarity, it is made abundantly clear to the Participants that mere
submitting an Entry on the Entry Platform does not entitle the Participant(s)
to receive the certification.
12. On selection of the
shortlisted candidates by the Company, they shall be intimated by the Company and /or by any other agency on
behalf of the Company by directly emailing on the email address provided by the
participants while participating and submitting on the Entry Platform (hereinafter
referred to as Intimation Email).
The shortlisted candidates will be required to connect with the Company on the
contact number/email id that shall be mentioned in the Intimation Email within
2 (two) days from the delivery of Intimation Email on the email id.
13. In case the shortlisted candidates fails
to revert to the Company within the aforesaid timelines, the selection of that particular
candidate shall be invalidated and the Company at its sole discretion may
select another candidate from amongst the eligible Participants. The Company shall not be responsible or liable for any technical
disruption and/or failure and/or any other difficulties of such nature, due to
which the Participant is un-reachable, due to which the Company is
unable to intimate the Participant.
14. In case the shortlisted candidates reverts
to the Company in a manner as said forth in Clause I (13) above, the Participant
shall be required to adhere to the verification process of the Company which inter alia shall include sharing
(i) the personal information (PI) of theParticipant such as
name, contact number, email address, age, gender, name of parents, residential
address etc. and
(ii) identification
documentation such as age proof, residence proof, their nationality proof
(i.e., Adhaar card, cancelled cheque of the active savings bank account, pan
card, driving license, passport, election card, electricity bill, ration card).
The above referred activity is only allowed to the Indian nationals who are
residing in India only. (hereinafter referred to as Documents).
For the sake of clarity, such Intimation Email
received by the candidate from the Company does not entitle the
candidate to receive certification unless the Participant completes the entire
program and furnishes all requisite PI and
the Documents in a form and manner desired by the Company. Post receiving the
PI and Documents of the Participant , the Company shall verify the necessary PI and the Documents at its end.
15. Once the PI and/or the Documents have been
verified by the Company, the Company and /or any other agency on behalf of the
Company shall inform the Participant about the selection as for the main
Activity.
16. The certificate
given to the shortlisted Participant by the
Company is non-transferrable and non-exchangeable. Each shortlisted candidates agree and
undertakes that no cash equivalent or alternative / opportunity will be given
to the shortlisted Participant and theParticipant cannot
exchange the opportunity given for any kind of gift with value. Further, the opportunity given to each shortlisted Participant s is personal
in nature, hence the shortlisted
candidates cannot transfer the opportunity to any other person and that he/she shall not appoint any
person as its proxy/replacement to fulfil the obligations as undertaken herein.
17. The shortlisted candidate shall not in any
circumstances make any claims against the Company entities arising out of or
relating to any and all costs, injuries, losses or
damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury,
due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly or any related activity, to the
extent permitted under law. If the Participant is found to be ineligible, or if
he or she has not complied with any of the Terms and Conditions, the
corresponding Entry will stand disqualified and such decision shall be final
and binding.
18. Employees and / or members of their
immediate family of the company and their group companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, holding companies are not eligible to participate in the
activity.
19. The Company may in its sole discretion
exclude a Participant from participation in the program, including without
limitation for the following reasons:
(i)
circumstances
which, in the Company's view, renders the Participant unfit to participate therein;
(ii)
inability
to produce documentation specified by the Company proving the identity of the
Participant.
(iii)
Dishonest
practice adopted by the Participant
(iv)
non-confirmation
to comply with the rules and regulations as specified herein by the Participant
(v)
if the
Participant has acted in any manner be detrimental to the reputation of ZEE
(vi)
for any
other reason as the Company may deem fit and proper in its absolute discretion
20. No dispute shall be entertained with regards
to the selection criteria. Decisions of the Company shall be final and binding on
the Participant(s).
21. The shortlisted candidates hereby agrees to
release and discharge the Company from all Gratification and Activity related
obligation on the Company delivering/ handing over the Gratification to the .
22. All PI and Documents (if asked by the Company)
requested by and supplied to the Company by each Participant must be truthful,
accurate and in no way misleading, failing which the Company reserves at its
sole discretion the right to disqualify any Participant from availing the
opportunity to participate in the Activity.
23. The Participant states
and declares that he / she shall not commit any act which might prejudice or damage the reputation of Zee Talkies.
24. Further, except for incidental,
non-derogatory references, the Participant will not grant or publish any
interviews, news articles, or issue any other kind of publicity concerning the
Participant's participation in relation to this promotional activity without
the Company's prior written consent in each instance.
25. By
participating in the Activity, it is construed that the Participant(s) has read
and understood these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy including the General
Terms and Conditions stated below and Participant(s) act of participation in
the Activity will be deemed acceptance to abide by the same and the Participant represents that he/she has agreed to voluntarily participate in this
promotional activity without any compulsion and
coercion after understanding these Terms
and Conditions, including the General
Terms and Conditions stated below.
26. The Company in its absolute discretion
reserves the right to add, alter, modify, change or vary all or any of these
Terms and Conditions, wholly or in part, at anytime at its absolute discretion without giving any prior
notice and without assigning
any reason whatsoever and the participant/winner agrees to abide by such
additions, alterations, modifications and changes.
II.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.
Age
limit for the participation is 18 years and above, who must be medically fit
and have no criminal conviction or an arrangement or a contract with any third
party that prevents the Participant(s) from participating in the Activity.
Documents pertaining to medical fitness must be furnished by the Participant on
demand.
2.
The Participants must enter the details on
their own behalf and Entry(ies) by proxy will not be
accepted, even for their family members.
3.
The
Company reserves all rights to make amendments to the existing Terms and
Conditions or withdraw the Activity without giving prior notice. It shall be
the sole responsibility of the Participant(s) to check the Terms and Conditions
of the Activity on Company's Website and the
Participant shall not indulge in any kind of acts of deviation to such Terms
and Conditions and will always agree and adhere to such modifications without
raising any objection for any reason whatsoever.
4.
The
Participant hereby undertakes, warrants and guarantees to the Company that he /
she has the full legal capacity to participate in the Activity in accordance
with law and also these Terms and Conditions.
5.
The
Participant represents and warrants that he/she is free to enter into this
Agreement and that he/she is the sole, absolute, unencumbered legal and
beneficial owner of all rights granted to the Company in respect of the Entry
submitted by him/her under this Terms and Conditions, and that the Participant
is not under any disability, restriction or prohibition, legal or otherwise,
which might prevent him/her from performing or observing any of the obligations
provided in this Terms and Conditions. The Participant further represents that
he/she is competent and suffers from no disqualification under the laws of
India
6.
The
Participant undertakes not to indulge in any activity or participate in any
transaction or a promotional activity which is intended to or is reasonably
likely to jeopardize, restrict, or diminish the completion or marketability of
this promotional activity or is likely to adversely affect this a promotional
activity.
7.
By
participating in the Activity, the Participant represents that he/she is
medically fit and does not have present or past psychological problems. If in
the past he/she has had any psychological problems or have been under
medication for any psychological, anxiety, hypertension, depression or any
other medical problems, the same shall be disclosed to the Company in writing
along with a copy of the certificate from a qualified medical practitioner
declaring him to be fit for participation in the Activity .
8.
The Participant
shall not be eligible as a Participant for the Activity if he/she is suffering
from any critical health related issues.
9.
The Participant
represents that he/she has not been accused or convicted or is otherwise
involved in any criminal offence and/or is not under inquiry or trial by the
police or judiciary which has not been disclosed to the Company in writing.
That the Participant(s) is /are not required to be present before any authority
including police or any court of law for a term of twelve (12) months from the
date of registration and has no other disability which would prevent or impede
his/her participation in the Activity (if selected/shortlisted).
10. The Participant acknowledges that he/she
has voluntarily chosen to participate in the Activity out of his / her own
accord / at his/her free-will and is willing to bear all risk, costs (including
but not limited to food, travel,
incidental costs etc.) and consequences arising from such participation
in the Activity.
11. The Company makes no representations,
warranties nor provides any undertaking to any of the Participant(s) that any
or all of the Participants will be able to qualify for
receiving the opportunity to participate in the Activity.
12. The Company shall not be liable /
responsible for any lost opportunity, damages, losses, costs, expenses or
otherwise suffered / incurred by any of the Participant(s) in
the event that the Company is not able to permit the Participant to take
part in the Activity in accordance with any of the foregoing provisions.
13. Notwithstanding any other provisions
mentioned herein, the Company may, at its sole and absolute discretion, to cancel
the Activity and/or reschedule the Activity dates.
14. At no point of time will the Company be
obliged to notify unsuccessful Participant(s) of its decision.
The Participant(s)/
shortlisted candidates of the Activity agrees that he/she
shall make himself/herself available from time to time and co-operate with the
Company and participate in any activity and/or campaign relating to the
Activity (hereinafter referred to as Promotional
Activity) of any nature whatsoever without any money payable to the
Participant and/or shortlisted candidates. Further, the shortlisted candidates shall
at no point of time refuse or disagree to participate in any such Promotional Activity
for any reason whatsoever. The Participant(s) gives his/her consent to the
Company and/or any other agency on behalf of the Company to make the footage of
the participation in the Promotional Activity. The shortlisted candidates in
consideration of being afforded an opportunity to take part in the Activity,
agrees that the footage of any nature with regard to the shortlisted candidates
shall vest with the Company, including but not limited to all intellectual
property rights and any other rights for worldwide and in perpetuity and the Company may exploit the same in any
manner and in any media whatsoever at any time throughout the world. The Company, as first and
exclusive owner, shall have the sole and exclusive right to exercise all rights
comprised in copyright in the stories of the participation in the Promotional Activity. The Participant
further specifically assigns to the Company any and all right, title, interest
in any Performer Rights relating to the entries submitted by him/her and all
other rights of any nature whatsoever including but not limited to the right to
broadcast or communicate such Entries to the public; reproduce the Entries to
feature in any audio and audio video content, by the Company and/or its
assignee, or for unrestricted commercial use, issue copies of the
15. The Entries received from the Participant
by the Company may be used in any form in future if found appropriate.
16. The Participant(s) shall hold harmless and indemnify, its affiliates,
its group companies, their employees, officers, directors or any other person
from and against any injury/damage/harm/loss/death/mental or emotional trauma
suffered by the Participant(s) and/or the
in connection with the Activity and/or the Gratification and also to the
extent possible under law, waives all rights to file in person/ through any
family member and/or third party any applications, criminal and/or civil
proceedings in any courts or forum in India to claim any damages or reliefs.
17. The shortlisted candidates /Participant(s) shall hold harmless and indemnify the Company, its
affiliates, its group companies, their employees, officers, directors and/or any other person from and against any
suit/litigation/injury/damage/harm/loss suffered by the Company in connection
with any act of the Participant(s)/ and/or the Activity and/or post and/or Entry
and/or any third-party rights claims with respect to the material submitted by
the Participant(s)/ . The Participant further agree to indemnify and hold the Company
harmless from and against any and all claims, threats, suits, penalties,
liabilities, damages, costs and disbursements incurred, suffered or expended by
or threatened against the Company by reasons of or arising out of any claim
pursuant to any event or action arising out of his/her non-conformity to the
rules, regulations or laws of the land or of the instructions and guidelines
given by the persons authorized by the Company.
III.
OTHER TERMS
1. If any provision of these Terms and
Conditions is held by any court or other competent authority to be void or
unenforceable in whole or part, the other provision of these Terms and
Conditions and the remainder of the affected provisions shall continue to be
valid.
2. These Terms and Conditions shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and subject to
exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Courts in Mumbai to the complete
exclusion of all other courts.
3. The Company is empowered to take a decision
on any case not covered by the present Terms and Conditions.
4. Each provision of this Terms and Conditions
shall be considered severable, and if for any reason any provision(s), or the
application of such provision(s) to any person, entity or circumstance, shall
be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision(s) shall be ineffective to the
extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, or the application of the affected provision to
persons, entities or circumstances other than those to which it was held
invalid or unenforceable.
IV.
NO LIABILITY
1. The Company is in no manner whatsoever
responsible and/or shall not be held liable, for any physical injury, death,
mental trauma caused to any Participant in any manner whatsoever, in relation
to participation in the Program.
2. The Company, shall be under no liability
whatsoever to the Participants, in respect of any loss, damage suffered by the
Participant arising from or pursuant to the Activity or for any and all loss,
damage, cost, expense or injury to life or property sustained by the
Participant at any stage of the Activity whether or not caused by
(1) the Participant's participation in the
Activity, or being selected or disqualified;
(2) as a result of
the decisions of the Company; and/or
(3) any printing, typographical or
technological errors in any materials associated with the Activity.
Notwithstanding
the generality of the foregoing, the Company expressly excludes liability for
all direct, indirect and consequential loss or damage, including but not
limited to loss or damage to property or for loss of profit, business, revenue,
goodwill or anticipated savings pursuant to participation in the Activity. In
no event will the measure of damages include, nor will the Company be liable
for, any amounts for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages
of any party, including third parties; or for damages attributable to the
Participant; or circumstances beyond the Company's reasonable control.
3. The Participant/ shortlisted candidates agrees
that he/she shall hold harmless the Company, their affiliates, subsidiaries,
group companies, their respective employees, officers, sub-contractors or any
other person in connection with the Activity including but not limited to
persons connected to the selection procedure for the Activity.
4. The Company or any of its affiliates will
not be liable for any loss of earnings, employment or otherwise caused to the
Participant and arising as a result of his/her
participation in the Activity.
5. The Company shall not be held
accountable/liable for any disruptions/stoppages/ interruptions or cancellation
of the Activity on account of any force majeure factors or otherwise.
6. The Company shall not be held responsible
or accountable for any expenses, loss, injury or any other liability which may
arise, for the to
receive the Gratification.
7. The Company reserves the right to cancel or
discontinue or terminate this promotion at any time or to accept or reject any
or all entries at its absolute discretion without giving any prior notice and
without assigning any reason whatsoever.
8. This promotional activity is open only to
Indian Nationals residing in India.
9. The decision of the Company will be final
and binding with regard to any dispute arising out of
this promotion and is non-contestable
10. The Participant hereby agrees to indemnify
the Company or its affiliates against any claims that might arise from his/her
actions or omissions while participating in the Activity or due to any
representations, misrepresentations or concealment of material facts by the
Participant.
11. Other conditions apply.