Currently, the film stands at Rs 324 crore and reaffirmed that big budget Hollywood action entertainers have a set market in India.
'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his life.' 'There is no looking back at the past, for his only motto has been 'Tomorrow belongs to us'!'
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of our best ruling the roost of Hindi cinema right now.
Ranbir, Rashmika, Raveena, Vic, Nic, it's raining movie stars on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
'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.
Sumanth Ashwin talks about his film Right Right and how he prepared for the role of a conductor.
Comfort and chemistry go hand in hand, so Tabu's versatile vigour and Devgn's brooding intensity has regularly complemented their working styles in solidarity and conflict.
Star journalists, spies, super dogs -- end the year with a bang binge watching all the latest offerings on OTT this week.
The Drishyam remake begins shooting on February 20 in Kerala.
Nishkant Kamat passed into the ages too soon, at just 50, but he left behind a repertoire of films which will carry on his legacy.
Here's what is new in the Malayalam film industry.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Quite a few big movies are coming your way in theatres this November.
The superstar will be seen in the remake of Malayalam hit film Drishyam.
If you thought you loved Mohanlal and that you could watch him do anything for 120 minutes, Alone is your chance to put your love to the test, observes Mayur Sanap.
Check this space for updates on the PK remake!
The actor is currently working on his next film Papanasam.
Pranav is currently assisting director Jeethu Joseph in Papanasam
Sukanya Verma lists the best mystery movies this past decade.
'Just the fact that the biggest language at the box office was Telugu and not Hindi is startling.'
'I thought either Rajnikanth or Kamal Haasan should do Papanasam. Rajni sir liked it but was not sure about how his fans would accept certain scenes, if he were to do it. Like the scene where he is beaten up by a cop. Kamal sir loved the film and agreed to do it. Later, Rajni sir was willing to take it up but by then, the project was already on with Kamal sir.' Director Jeethu Joseph discusses his well-reviewed film.
The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead inspires you more and more to perform out of a small puddle, observes Sreehari Nair.
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Mammootty should sign up for an OTT series because he's too charismatic to let this be our last memory of the CBI diaries, suggests Divya Nair.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
There are hundreds of fan clubs -- in Jalgaon, Beed, Chennai, Kolkata, Akola, Yavatmal, Bengaluru, Sitamarhi, New York, Canada, Nigeria etc. Every Indian city/town or a major country has a fan club for the man whose fan base has been estimated at 3.5 billion by Time Magazine.
Calendar 2022 will go down as a year when the real star was the Next Big Idea.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.' 'Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.'
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malyalam film industry.
The OTT treasure is brimming again with tons of treats in various genres and languages. Sukanya Verma suggests what you can catch this week.
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
Hindi films like Oh My God and Aashiqui-2 are being remade in Telugu.
As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
