Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group sells multiplex business to Carnival Cinemas.
Though it revisits a terrifying period of Brazilian history, The Secret Agent just skims over the surface of the darkness, not losing its pace, colour, music and a sense of optimism, observes Deepa Gahlot.
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Multiplex chains are rushing to smaller towns
'The second half of 2022 definitely looks stronger for Bollywood.'
Audience turnout is crucial to most exhibitors, since their discussions with film producers hinge on how many people will return to movie halls in the weeks ahead.
And the reason has everything to do with box office collections, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'
'The blockbusters are unlikely to be launched in 2020.' 'They will move into the 2021 cycle when confidence level among people will be higher.'
'A good pipeline of movies is fuelling this trend of revenge consumption.'
Increase in occupancy will pave way for Hindi blockbusters to release, say multiplex operators.
Ahead of his film Selfiee, which releases on Friday, Akshay Kumar broke the Guinness World Record for the Most Selfies taken in three minutes at a promotional event in Mumbai.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
Theatres are finding innovative new ways to increase footfalls, discovers Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'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.
Movie theatres may reopen around the second week of July.
'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.'
'There will be two to three months of containment, and when there is normalcy, the risk is a relapse and a return to lockdowns.'
The Supreme Court turned down pleas by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments and refused to modify an earlier order that cleared the decks for the nationwide release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali flick on January 25.
RCap had proprietary investment book of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) as on end-March and owns stake in a host of companies.
Advertisement revenues will go up in 2016-17 with automobiles and e-commerce being big contributors.
Carnival group buys project in Chandigarh from L&T for Rs 1,785 cr.
Director Anwar Rasheed talks about his new film, starring Mohanlal.
'The festival is supporting only Bollywood and mainstream cinema,' they allege.
Here's how you can make your date feel special.
'Good luck, Chaitanya Tamhane. May the jury system prove better for you than the bench trial did for your protagonist.'
Telangana government is all set for the week-long celebrations to observe Formation Day on June 2, marking one year of formation of the new state.
The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023. Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.
'I wasn't interested in shackling my freedom to a Bollywood actor.' A fascinating excerpt from Lisa Ray's memoir Close To The Bone.
The charm of Kolkata is still alive says Sumit Ganguli.
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
'In Angamaly Diaries, dreams, kinks, small corruptions, cheap lives, and hopes are all given their due and that attitude frees us up to believe that perhaps there is more good than bad in the sum total of us.' 'This is a coming-of-age tale taken straight out of a diary written in blood,' says Sreehari Nair.
...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why.
As Rose Valley resurfaces, Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal's arrests marks the end of the bonhomie between the TMC and BJP.
'It is the regional parties and their leaders who are the ones we have to watch.'
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