Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Reliance and its affiliates will hold 63.16 per cent in the combined entity while Disney will hold the remaining 36.84 per cent, the companies said in a statement.
Suparn Verma's Web series, The Trial, adapted from the American show The Good Wife has been getting rave reviews.
Joginder Tuteja looks at films which have explored taboo subjects in an entertaining manner.
Satyaprem Ki Katha remains the first choice of theatre audiences even in its second week of release.
'A very emotional connect has happened.'
'Now when I look back on the sequences where his character Manny is preparing to die, asking his best friend if he will miss him, I feel it's eerie.'
Yet again, it's a Hollywood film that's scoring in Indian cinemas this season.
Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Nayanthara's Koko is so different from Janhvi's Jerry. Janhvi is a newcomer, just four films old.'
Netflix hosted a get-together for all its stars in Mumbai, and they turned up looking fashionable and gorgeous.
'The pandemic time has disturbed the audience mentality.' 'If they don't like the trailer, they will not go to the theatre no matter who is in it.'
It was a disappointing weekend for Bollywood as Selfiee didn't do well at the box office.
'This kind of love from our audience shows that our music is working.'
In the industry for over 25 years, it's good to see how Rani Mukerji is continuing to spearhead films as the lead and still bringing in audiences.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali will direct the first episode of Netflix's Heera Mandi.
Kajol gets ready for her OTT Debut, The Trial: Pyaar, Kaanoon, Dhokha.
'People go through lifetimes without speaking about what they've gone through as kids.' 'And that colours their entire lives, their choices, their bosses, their friends, their lovers, the way they are with their children.'
By the time, Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been. But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.
'If you work hard, persevere and have patience, every setback becomes an opportunity.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at the films, and the ladies he will be romancing in them.
'That innocent viewer, who would meekly lap up anything you served him, does not exist any more.'
Making a blatant mockery of the great religious epic, Adipurush showcases the worst side of today's Bollywood, declares Sumeet Nadkarni.
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
As 2022 draws to a close, a lot of movies and Web series are readying for release.
ZEE5 has launched a short film festival. Joginder Tuteja tells you what's on offer.
Reliance Entertainment will release its pending films -- Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi and Kabir Khan's '83 -- only in theatres.
How many of these films will actually go on to have the next installment? Let's check out.
Prominent regional platforms are giving competition to mainstream players Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Disney+Hotstar.
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
'The only way to bring the audience back is to give them stories that come from the heart.'
'They have so much to battle every hour but they still have a smile on their faces. At times, they stumble and fall but they get up and continue their struggle. Their resilience is what I love about them. That's what inspires me as an actor to keep moving. They don't stop. Neither do I.'
'I went to meet him and he asked me, "Are you Maharashtrian?" and I said yes.' 'He said you are absolutely different in Batla House, but when I meet you, there is this freshness about you.'
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
If reliable sources are to be believed, S S Rajamouli's big-screen spectacle RRR may go to OTT after all, but with conditions.
'...it didn't make sense to me.' 'If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.' 'The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for the fame and money.'
Looking at Bollywood's Class of 2023 Directors.
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
