'For me, the real victory is when people buy a ticket, sit in a theatre, and connect with the story.'
Virender Sehwag of Delhi Daredevils is currently the best performing captain. Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals and V V S Laxman of Deccan Chargers offer the next best value for money, partly because they carry smaller price tags than the other captains.
'For many years, people were telling me to do a massy film.'
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present the IPL's Most Valuable Player Index after 44 matches.
The most expensive player in IPL history, the English all-rounder showed why he is worth every rupee of the Rs 16.25 crore (Rs 162.5 million) spent on him by his franchise.
It's interesting to compare IPL performances in 2008 and 2009, and rediff.com's paisa vasool index allows us to make objective comparisons.
After IPL 2021, which players offer the best value for money?
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Kudos to Ayushmann for taking the risk and going by the trailer it's seems he has nailed the character to perfection. Guess we won't be surprised if he rules the award shows this year.
Here is a list of cricketers who are not offering value for money so far in the second season of the Indian Premier League. We must note, however, that a couple of good knocks or good spells can quickly change numbers.
His breathtaking knock included a dozen sixes and 13 boundaries as he literally toyed with the opposition bowlers.
The paisa vasool index (PVI) first appeared on Rediff.com last year - although variants with the same name also appeared later in other publications. As IPL2 prepares to take off, the PVI, with all its associated statistical analysis and charts, will take off too.
AB de Villiers is leading the Paisa Vasool Index at IPL-11 ahead of Indians KL Rahul and Ambati Rayudu.
Mayank Markande tops the Paisa Vasool Index at IPL-11. Who are the others?
The most paisa vasool Indian players in IPL-5 in the list of the 50 most valuable players are: Mandeep Singh (PVI of 51; received $51 for every run scored), Ajinkya Rahane (75), Mayank Agarwal (80), Parvinder Awana (144), Ambati Rayadu (198) and Rajat Bhatia (216).
The comedy is clean, simple, silly. Yet you long for more. And it keeps coming. Remember Andaz Apna Apna?
'Embracing comes naturally to us; we embrace everything and everyone, but it takes a master to extend it to a firm hand-shaker like Trump, and to literally bend him to your method.'
After Week 4 in the IPL-11, which players offer the best value for money?
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2026 after Game 24.
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It's Pawan Kalyan all the way in this brotherly film.
Not exactly meant for family audiences, Main Tera Hero is a refreshingly unpretentious, says Paloma Sharma.
Velayudham doesn't take itself seriously and doesn't expect you to either, says Pavithra Srinivasan
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji analyse Week 1 in Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.
While it is very difficult to ascertain the total number of such screens across the country, a study, commissioned by a film company, projects an annual revenue loss of Rs 436 crore (Rs 4.36 billion) to the film industry from just 500 such screens, which charge only Rs 15 a ticket.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was crowned the Most Valuable Player of the 2026 IPL season, achieving an unprecedented MVPI of 1071, significantly ahead of his closest competitor, Shubman Gill. His exceptional strike rate of 236 was a key factor in this achievement, making him only the third player in IPL history to surpass an MVPI of 1000 in a single season.
Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Chris Morris has 12 wickets, at a better-than-par economy rate of 6.6 (the par economy rate is 8 runs conceded per over), and scored 74 runs at a staggering strike rate of almost 240 (the par strike rate is 133 runs in 100 balls).
Haunted 3D: Echoes Of The Past has no real scares, no real acting, no real sets, no real drama, no real crows and no real 3D effects, sighs Sreeju Sudhakaran.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2026 after Game 29.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2026 after Game 62.
A passable fare but not fluffy or cheeky enough to warrantee a repeated viewing.
The most valuable player index (MVPI) is computed by adding up every player's batting, bowling and fielding points -- expressed as a run equivalent.
The IPL pricing so far has been extremely irrational, and one expects franchise owners to correct this in subsequent years.
As the IPL second season reaches its half-way mark, it's time to take our own strategic break and identify every team's best and worst performers so far.
Surprisingly, Salman's acting doesn't look too dramatic, feels Namrata Thakker.
