RSVP plans to make movies on Sam Manekshaw and Ram Jethmalani.
The marketing spiel for the Hindi version has been around Shah Rukh Khan's inclusion as Pride Rock's patriarch and his son Aryan Khan's debut as Simba's voice.
As many as 80 brands are riding the digital and television broadcast this year.
The India-Australia series comes at the end of the calendar year, in a quarter when most brands are close to the end of their advertising budgets.
Urvi Malvania reports on the restructuring expected at Disney India under new MD Mahesh Samat.
Without the captaincy, can the cricketer keep his place at the endorsement table?
Analysts believe the film should cross Rs 120 crore over the four-day weekend.
100 commentators, across languages, will bring this season's games to viewers's homes in India and across the world.
he battle has moved to the small screen and guess who's winning? Urvi Malvania reports.
Don't go by the number, Ranveer Singh says, he is picky when it comes to endorsements. There are some brands he will never endorse. Fairness creams, for example, but he does not turn away from cola and alcohol brands.
'Perhaps there is a greater understanding of small town India amongst our stars today than earlier.'
The film marks the second-most successful opening for leading man Shahid Kapoor after Shaandaar.
'It was a rare year when all three Khans -- Shah Rukh, Aamir, and Salman had a release each -- failed to deliver.' 'The performance of their films at the box office reflected the dwindling magnetism of the star when it came to getting people to the theatres.'
The Trai order is expected to change how consumers pay for cable or DTH services. This will result in disruption within the TV viewing market.
'Fan has become the highest opening-day grosser for the year so far.'
YRF may come out of the debacle fairly unscathed financially. The exhibitors and smaller distributors will take almost 75% of the hit.
Five years into retirement, the little master is the third highest paid sports endorser. How did he script his return to relevance?
The PNB ambassador is Virat Kohli, Priyanka Chopra and Siddharth Malhotra are the faces of the Nirav Modi label, Kangana Ranaut, Kriti Sanon and others endorse the family of brands under the Gitanjali Group.
Cricket still leads when it comes to sponsorship, but other sports are bridging the gap at a fast clip, says Urvi Malvania.
'A look at the winners and losers tells us that the topic of the film is but one factor in ensuring success.'
While it is difficult to put a number on how much the impact on the ad sales tally could be, it is quite possible the broadcaster will not be able to make its Rs 2-billion target, says Urvi Malvania.
The growing interest in alternative sports is encouraging Ronnie Screwvala to extend the U Mumba brand from kabaddi to football and volleyball.
Milk booths by Amul and Mother Dairy, a Kumbh phone by Reliance Jio, Dabur's toothpaste dispensers are among the many initiatives by brands steadying for a stint on haloed ground.
He may or may not have changed, but one thing is certain: his friends and fans are going to stick by him
Given the recent spate of commercial flops, has Bollywood become immune to star power?
'For the first couple of years, it is about building the league.' 'We are positive that the quality of matches will attract eyeballs.'
The channel has begun forensic investigations into the leak of the next episode, which was put up on Reddit three days before the official release.
Its worldwide gross is already a staggering Rs 1,250 crores.
The Pro Kabaddi League will now have 12 teams, over 130 matches and 13 weeks of competition.
Sony eyes a 2 billion payoff from telecasting the Fifa World Cup.
Among the A-listers, only Aamir and Akshay consistently deliver hits. They have also been most active is doing projects that go beyond romance or action stories.
The Olympic silver medalist could charge between Rs 75 lakhs and Rs 1 crore per endorsement.
A scroll through Akshay Kumar's Instagram feed shows numerous posts and stories promoting Gold. Sonakshi Sinha, on the other hand, posts stories from her shoots and events to drive home the message of an upcoming release. In both cases, the film in question gets much-needed attention.
The four south Indian languages grew by 7% while regional languages within the Hindi speaking markets (such as Bhojpuri, Bangla, Marathi, etc) grew by 26%.
Urvi Malvania reveals STAR India's big plans for IPL-11.
Teams play safe, retain star players, total purse at Rs 148 crore versus Rs 198 crore last year
Airlift may turn out to be Akshay Kumar's best-performing film, surpassing Rowdy Rathore
Dangal has the potential to surpass the Rs 340 crore mark set by PK.
Netflix and Prime have decided that rather than only buying the rights to Bollywood blockbusters to expand their reach in India, producing original content would be a better idea.
'The Marvel Cinematic Universe is 9 franchises that have been combined together.' 'It's like running a relay race, only we are handing over characters instead of batons to each other.'