'Every Indian who is concerned about the unity, integrity and the map of India should be worried about this growing divide.'
'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.' The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business is the nub of what is bothering Indian cinema.
In the five years in politics Priyanka Gandhi has undeniably emerged as a thorn in the BJP flesh, notes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. It is time that this thorn is twisted a wee bit more when the elections have become far more uncertain than what it was when the Election Commission announced the poll schedule.
'The government wants to ban surrogacy and take away women's fundamental right to do what she wants with her body.'
'It's only in the last seven years, I have taken acting seriously.'
>Rohini Acharya, Lalu Yadav's daughter who donated her kidney to her father in December 2022, is on her introductory campaign trail in the constituency that has been represented by her father four times.
The controversy-ridden film, which registered a bumper opening at the box office only to witness a major drop in collections as negative word of mouth spread on social media, is now screening in theatres with altered dialogues.
As Agneepath enters the Rs 100 crore club, we take a look at movies that are already part of this elite club.
'Two in three creators in India who earn money from YouTube agree that YouTube is their primary source of revenue.'
'Be it Khan highlighting the issues with a rigged system, or schooling accountability from the government, or stressing the power of the vote, or that baap/beta line -- this is a kind of swashbuckling that Hindi film audiences haven't seen from their heroes for many years,' notes Mayur Sanap.
'An important dimension that shone through was the enormous pride in India, a general belief that as Indians we are starting to count globally and we are at the forefront of the world.'
Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as Chitthi Ayee Hai and Aur Ahista Kijiye Baatein, died in Mumbai on Monday, February 26, 2024, after a prolonged illness.
As Ayodhya readies itself for the glittering, much-awaited consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir on January 22, and as millions of pilgrims and devotees pour into the holy city for the momentous event, companies are rushing to do their bit and be a part of the mega celebrations. Some are offering a part of their profits as donations, telcos are beefing up the number of cellular towers to ensure better connectivity, and there are those distributing jalebis and food platters.
'If OTT platforms had not come in, we would not get this second lease of life.'
Meet the youngsters who rule India's social media.
'We should not underestimate the power of Hindutva.'
Now, she fears that she will not be able to return to her humble home after officials told them that their shanties were "illegal".
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
'In the beginning, I used to get scared, but now I have been dancing in the ladies compartment for more than a decade.'
95 per cent of advertising inventory has been sold on television and 18 on-air sponsors have been signed up so far, the highest for any season.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
If you're a big fan of Bread Pakoda, you'll definitely love this chatpata snack with a cheesy centre too.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at 10 small-scale films which made big bucks.
More than ever before, women voters can make or mar a political party's electoral fortunes.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
'All the parts that I have played till now, I have got them only through auditions.' 'I auditioned my a** off.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
It's great to win election after election on the strength of Modi's charisma and voter appeal, but the larger the Modi myth grows, the more the BJP diminishes, notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
Beti ho to Rohini Acharya jaisi," Giriraj tweeted in Hindi.
There are hundreds of fan clubs -- in Jalgaon, Beed, Chennai, Kolkata, Akola, Yavatmal, Bengaluru, Sitamarhi, New York, Canada, Nigeria etc. Every Indian city/town or a major country has a fan club for the man whose fan base has been estimated at 3.5 billion by Time Magazine.
Quite a few Hindi films have taken up issues related with sex, and managed to shine the torch on some pertinent issues.
'At a time when there's a lot of conversation happening around how AI has made art directors and production designers jobless, we will simply say that if your work speaks for you, you will never be out of work.'
Members from several TV unions came together on April 15 to register their protest against the trend by popular TV channels to telecast dubbed Hindi and Korean serials.
Disney-Star generated advertising revenue of over Rs 27 billion for IPL 2020.
There are a lot many gems he produced long before Naatu Naatu became a worldwide Oscar-nominated (and winning in all likelihood) sensation.
'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.' 'That's why these films are running in theatres.'
Avatar: The Way of Water did double the business of Cirkus on Friday and then tripled it on the weekend.
In the industry for over 25 years, it's good to see how Rani Mukerji is continuing to spearhead films as the lead and still bringing in audiences.
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