Last weekend seemed to be dedicated to awards for style and talent.
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
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.
Joginder Tuteja finds out if audiences love his villainous avatars by looking back at his negative roles.
'Just the fact that the biggest language at the box office was Telugu and not Hindi is startling.'
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.
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
'I'm glad that now we have so many opportunities to tell all kinds of stories, be it cinema or on OTT.'
'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.'
Even as Ponniyin Selvan: I arrives on OTT to enjoy a whole new audience after its theatrical release, its director Mani Ratnam threw a party.
The stars make their presence felt at the sixth edition of the Lokmat Most Stylish Awards 2022.
'But hey, even lone wolves howl at the moon every now and then, right?'
'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.'
'This kind of love from our audience shows that our music is working.'
Film-makers seem to think a modern woman has to adopt the worst traits of men, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Joginder Tuteja looks at actors with the most movies in the pipeline.
When the temperatures start soaring, it's the perfect excuse for our celebs to go on a summer holiday.
The world's most popular source for movie content, IMDB, has released its list of the Top 10 Most Popular Indian Stars of 2022.
The Overseas collection for Laal Singh Chaddha is better than that of India.
There are as many as nine Hindi movies arriving in theatres in July.
How films under the YRF banner have fared at the box office in the last five years.
There is no plot, no central story line or theme. It appears Atlee felt if he put a Shah Rukh Khan (there are two of them actually!) on screen doing just about anything, the film would sell, sighs Nitin Sathe.
If in the current streaming age, audiences can watch the originals, why would they spend their money on second-hand content? Is it possible that mainstream Hindi filmmakers have lost the pulse of their audience, asks Deepa Gahlot.
Sonakshi's excited... Madhuri's Maja Ma... Soha's Diwali-ready...
Saluting the people who saved scores of life, YRF announced this project on the same day that the tragedy struck Bhopal 37 years back.
A start has been made to the Chakravyuh franchise and it is quite satisfying, notes Joginder Tuteja.
'I try to spread positivity in whatever way I can.'
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at the films, and the ladies he will be romancing in them.
Kuttey, on the other hand, did not open well.
'I am working with him for the first time in Vikram.'
Bollywood turns up to watch Laal Singh Chaddha.
Cinema screens bring in over 60% of the Rs 19,100 crore that Indian films earned in 2019. The reception a film gets in theatres impacts the price of every other revenue stream -- TV, OTT, overseas. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar explains why the theatre business is not doomed and why OTT won't become the first window of release.
'The July 30 theatrical release seems next to impossible.'
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
The authority has received over 10 lakh (1 million) petitions.
There's a lot of entertainment coming your way on OTT and in theatres in August.
