'My career is made on independent films, and maybe the occasional mainstream film, which was trying to do something different.'
Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like, but what works at the box-office is a mystery as always.
'Everybody is losing money as interest costs keep piling up.' 'Some films will wait for a theatrical release and some won't, keeping their profit and loss situation in mind.'
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
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Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.
LG extends the technology to a range of devices like laptops and mobile phones.
The merger of the big screen experience with the OTT platform seems to be getting surer than ever.
The superstars will be seen together in the same frame as they appear for a special photo shoot to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema.
'The audience wants to see some solid action on screen; I think I am up to it.'
'Depicting the genocide of 3 lakh #KashmiriHindus cannot be called vulgar.'
'I don't see any light in the near future. This is the best I can do to survive.'
'I have been hearing this for the last four generations, that this is the last generation of superstars.' 'We will not leave it for the younger generation to take it easily.' 'We will not hand it over to them.'
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
'They are waiting for the kind of experience they had in the film, the kind of emotion they felt in the film.'
As of December 2021, Netflix India stood at an estimated 5 million subscribers against 46 million for Disney+Hotstar and 19 million for Amazon Prime Video.
Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
'The blockbusters are unlikely to be launched in 2020.' 'They will move into the 2021 cycle when confidence level among people will be higher.'
'The fun of laughing with everyone and getting scared with everyone is something you cannot recreate anywhere else.'
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.' 'That's why these films are running in theatres.'
'In India the box office numbers are insane. It released with 7 other films It still did 70 crores during pandemic times. 'To have your second feature film in Telugu create this kind of impact is a dream come true.'
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
'Stop showing off your star power because there is nothing called star power.' 'The power is only in the script.' 'If you are getting a good script, 'Chup chaap le lo!''
Sachidanandan's Ayyappanum Koshiyum released just before the COVID-19 outbreak and was a smash hit.
'I've seen Akshay Kumar and several A-listers shooting on the streets of UP while unmanageable crowds jostle to see them, touch them.'
Make way for Anya Singh and Aadar Jain!
The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'I will miss you, dear Venu. You reached the pinnacle with your talent,' recalls K Kunhikrishnan who knew the legendary actor well.
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