Melodrama is too much in, pace is too slow and second half is unbearable.
As many as 80 brands are riding the digital and television broadcast this year.
YRF may come out of the debacle fairly unscathed financially. The exhibitors and smaller distributors will take almost 75% of the hit.
The film is set to release next Friday, June 17, but the makers of Udta Punjab are busy fighting the censor board.
The growing interest in alternative sports is encouraging Ronnie Screwvala to extend the U Mumba brand from kabaddi to football and volleyball.
Dangal has grossed four-and-half times PK's overseas business.
The entire series consists of the shorter format of cricket, which draws more audiences.
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.
Salman has just launched Pranutan Bahl and Zaheer Iqbal in Notebook. Urvi Parikh looks at other talents who have bloomed under his care.
Simmba is a dhamaka from the start till the end.
Made at a budget of Rs 75 crore, the film needs to make Rs 150 crore to break even and book profits.
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.
'Women's cricket just had a huge boost with the way our team performed in the World Cup.' 'Why not take advantage and lay the groundwork to launch a women's IPL?'
The former Team India captain, who has invested in entertainment company Flickstree, in conversation with Romita Majumdar & Urvi Malvania.
Analysts believe the film should cross Rs 120 crore over the four-day weekend.
'For the first couple of years, it is about building the league.' 'We are positive that the quality of matches will attract eyeballs.'
'Producer Sajid Nadiadwala and Director Ahmed Khan wanted Tiger to look different.' 'We did a lot of research for his hair and finally narrowed down to his current look.'
While Zee managed single-digit growth in revenue, HT Media's income dipped marginally, reports Urvi Malvania/Business Standard.
he battle has moved to the small screen and guess who's winning? Urvi Malvania reports.
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.
Urvi Malvania reports on the restructuring expected at Disney India under new MD Mahesh Samat.
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%.
Without the captaincy, can the cricketer keep his place at the endorsement table?
'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.'
Sony eyes a 2 billion payoff from telecasting the Fifa World Cup.
The actor launched the Paani Foundation, which has participation from businessmen like Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata, Kumar Mangalam Birla.
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.
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.
Cricket still leads when it comes to sponsorship, but other sports are bridging the gap at a fast clip, says Urvi Malvania.
Given the recent spate of commercial flops, has Bollywood become immune to star power?
Trailers are key to the way an audience perceives a movie and hence a big part of the lifecycle of a movie.
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.
'We wanted people to love Stree and that has happened.' 'It is a unique, one-of-a-kind movie.'
The film marks the second-most successful opening for leading man Shahid Kapoor after Shaandaar.
'Only when I lose the girl, the story moves ahead.'
'I have stood there and boosted morale but I haven't changed a diaper yet! Right now, I just hold her and put her to sleep.' Kunal Kemmu is enjoying fatherhood.
Its worldwide gross is already a staggering Rs 1,250 crores.
'Fan has become the highest opening-day grosser for the year so far.'
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.
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