It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Sukanya Verma looks at what's looking hot on the OTT menu this week.
'I am a spontaneous actor. I follow what works for the character.'
Another week and a spate of OTT shows and movies to watch. Here's what Sukanya Verma recommends.
Long distance love, heroic doctors, murderers masquerading as witnesses, pet-friendly robots, Sukanya Verma gives you your OTT fix of the week, take your pick from this eclectic menu.
Oscar winners, festival favourites, massy entertainers, all-time classics, Sukanya Verma offers plenty to pick from on OTT this week.
Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly now with the DMK, or remain with the AIADMK. Recapturing this constituency would have helped Vijay's political launch and the GOAT script and dialogues could have gone a long way in helping out. But the kind of script and screenplay and the unusually and equally unnecessary long run-time (3 hours, 3 minutes) that GOAT offers takes the film experience over the heads of those that are not familiar with secret agents and uranium theft in Tamil cinema, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Netflix is very happy with me. Mamla Legal Hai has opened the big bazaar in the heartland for them.'
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.
Local superheroes and villains, award winners and hopefuls, a fan favourite from a galaxy far, far away and wizards and witches of Hogwarts regale and rejoice on OTT this week.
Popcorn entertainment returns to your living rooms with quite a bang on OTT this week.
'The 2024 election results will lead to much intense targeting of Modi, more intense debates, many more breakdowns in Parliament and many more movements on the streets.' 'The results have hit Modi's standing, and the politics of the Opposition parties will be sharply focused to ensure that Modi doesn't get back his charisma of being 'invincible' with help of State power.' Sheela Bhatt looks at the political situation through the prism of 2024 Lok Sabha election results.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
DC superheroes, Marvel superheroes, sleep science, scandals, Sukanya Verma brings you all you catch on OTT this week.
Legendary radio personality Ameen Sayani passed into the ages on Tuesday, leaving the entertainment industry in a state of mourning.
Shubman Gill will lend his voice to Indian Spider-Man in the upcoming animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
As Election 2024 hurtles towards result day in a medley of mangalsutra, mujra, mutton, machli and other barbs, these may sound like character names from Hindi comics of yore. Instead, these are the mocking, sometimes vicious monikers given by political rivals to each other.
As Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara gets ready for release, we take a look at female directors who have aced it.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the releases which did a minimum lifetime business of Rs 20 crore. Unfortunately, the list is not very long.
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
'Sanjayji is so spontaneous that you come to know immediately whether the dialogue or the script has touched him or not.'
'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.
'While Rocky Aur Rani is a good film, there is nothing compelling in the content for which viewers would be ready to pay a premium.'
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 popular Mani Ratnam films that you can watch on streaming platforms.
'The number of films released in cinemas in 2022 was closer to 1,200. It could cross 1,500 in 2023, since nearly all big stars in Hindi and regional languages have films lined up this year.'
'He has emerged as a formidable leader who cannot be ignored anymore, who cannot be mocked.'
'I didn't want to do a highlight reel with greatest hits of Yash Raj Films.' 'I wanted to do an actual story.'
CM Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences and directed DGP Sulkhan Singh to immediately follow up on the investigations to nab the culprits.
The Congress has been in the crosshairs after demeaning remarks on Ranaut and Mandi were posted on the social media handles of its leaders Supriya Shrinate and H S Ahir.
'I'm even bald in the film, so that's something I'm never ever going to be in my life.'
The Samajawadi Party will honour its Maharashtra unit president and newly elected legislator Abu Asim Azmi for taking oath in national language despite being assaulted by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena legislators inside the Maharashtra Assembly.
For those hoping for the third part of the KGF franchise with Kannada superstar Yash, here is the bad news and the good.
'When I came to India a year ago, all I knew were two words: 'Accha' and 'Namaste'.'
'Just the fact that the biggest language at the box office was Telugu and not Hindi is startling.'
Another song has that has been pepping up the athletes is called 'Non Political'.
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