Dil Bekaraar is watchable, but not quick-witted enough to binge watch, feels Sukanya Verma.
Disney-Star generated advertising revenue of over Rs 27 billion for IPL 2020.
Gulabo Sitabo was made with a budget of Rs 40 crore to Rs 45 crore. Amazon Prime bought the streaming rights for Rs 60 crore to Rs 65 crore, helping the producers make over Rs 20 crore.
'Succession is a great show that inspires me to push the boundaries of creativity.'
'My definition of a true star is when they enter a room, the energy of the room changes.' 'She has the aura of a true star.'
'Working with Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure again has been a dil bekaraar moment.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
What was meant to be a toast to life and its many gifts suddenly became Sushant Singh Rajput's last hurrah, a this-is-it, a tearful goodbye, feels Sukanya Verma.
MasterChef Australia Season 13 winner Justin Narayan speaks about his Indian roots.
Deepa Gahlot lists the most popular Yash Chopra films -- the ones he directed, not produced (yes, so that means no DDLJ) -- that can be watched on OTT.
Shooting is underway for Amitabh Bachchan's Goodbye, Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, Salman Khan's Tiger 3 and Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan's Adipurush among other films.
Promising plot falters in execution, observes Namrata Thakker.
A scene of a play and a conversation between two key characters were snipped from the first episode Tanashah, a day after the cast and crew of the nine-part starry political saga on Amazon Prime Video once again apologised and said they had decided to implement changes to address the concerns raised.
Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 10 international films that mattered to him, stories that he connected with and characters that gave him a better understanding of the human condition.
'There is so much you learn on a Mira Nair set.'
'When it has to be a simple girl's role, somehow people feel I cannot do it.'
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.'
Between phony philosophical musings and Abbas-Mustan level of believe-it-or-not twists, Sadak 2 dodders towards its dead end destination, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Ruksana affected me very deeply.' 'It was the circumstances around her that changed her in various ways.' 'Of course, I carry her back home, hoping and praying from the bottom of my heart that nobody ever has to be in this situation.'
Kudos to Akki for taking up such a hatke role and playing it with confidence, notes Namrata Thakker.
Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.
'If you perform well, if you do your best, it stays with the viewer. That's how you grow.'
'I went through a phase of disillusionment but took things in my stride -- the good and the bad.' 'In this profession, it's more magnified because we are in the public eye all the time.'
'In the climax, if you see, Manoj Bajpayee and I engage in a fist fight.' 'It had to be shot in a single take so either of us couldn't make any mistakes.'
'It is difficult to speak about Sushant in the past tense.'
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
'That it is happening in the second half of the year, during the festive season, will only encourage many to step up advertising.'
The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair.
'If you look at the Number 1 film in India this year across Bollywood and other regional film industries, it is Avengers: Endgame.'
Companies like Amazon Prime Video are also temporarily lowering bit rates -- a measure of how much data is being transferred -- to ease pressure on telecom network infrastructure.
'Amitabh Bachchan Sir said some nice and encouraging things about the trailer, the way I directed it and, of course, about Abhishek's performance.'
Zee and Star, the two largest media companies in India, are undergoing some radical ownership changes. What could it mean? Vanita Kohli Khandekar attempts an answer.
Google is going ahead with a policy revision mandating 30% charge on in-app purchases across all apps on Play Store. This has left developers' community worried about tighter squeeze on their earnings, says Yuvraj Malik.
The government will soon issue guidelines for regulation of OTT (over the top) platforms that will address issues such as sensitive content, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Recently, Apple did two things differently. First, it entered video streaming sector with cheaper options and second it has opened up its OTT service for non-Apple users too.
If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
"If telecom changed the game for how business was done in India, then we need 20 more of those systemic game-changers to take us to the next level," Ronnie Screwvala tells Pavan Lall.
The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious. Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.
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