From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
'One reason why Suchitra Sen quit acting in the 1970s was the mediocrity that overtook Bengali cinema. Many of the directors she knew well and felt comfortable working with passed away. The scripts offered to her were awful,' Moon Moon Sen talks about her famous mother, the legendary Suchitra Sen, who passed away on January 17.
The 68th National Film Awards saw actors from across India get together for the prestigious ceremony in New Delhi.
Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers her teacher Lalita Lajmi, the artist and painter who passed into the ages on Monday.
Smita has left behind a rich haul of films that showcase her enormous ability to offer us a glimpse into her soul each time she performed a role.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra.
Mithun Chakraborthy on Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and working in his Tahader Katha, for which he won his second National Award.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
There is nothing new that Dark Chocolate highlights about the murder case, says Namrata Thakker!
'Mithun has showed Hindi cinema that a tall, dark man with a charming smile and a great physique can take the world on.'
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
From world cinema to old-fashioned whodunits, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations.
'There's no point making grand plans all our lives when life itself is so fragile.'
If Netflix and the film's producers thought they would bring younger audiences to the master's works, many who might have aversion to decades-old black and white films, they have failed with the experiment, says Aseem Chhabra.
Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in elections.
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.'
Irrfan never stopped being hopeful about the endless possibilities open to actors and film-makers in Indian cinema.
The doodle is designed by Vidhya Nagarajan.
Queen, directed by Vikas Bahl, has picked up an award for Best Hindi film as well.
'I don't know what greater calamities this year has in store.'
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was in the intensive care unit of Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, passed away on Sunday morning. She was 92.
'I never allow myself to look anxiously over my shoulder at what my co-star is doing.'
Manoj Kumar praises Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan... Luv Ranjan's success formula... Check out Subhash K Jha's Bollywood Buzz.
In the letter dated July 23, the celebrities have said that "exemplary punishment" should be meted out "swiftly and surely" in such cases.
'A good pipeline of movies is fuelling this trend of revenge consumption.'
The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
Variety is the spice of life and the greatest USP of OTT platforms. Sukanya Verma points out all the wonderful stuff to choose from this week's mix.
'I joined Hrishida when I was 17.' 'He left me with a lifetime of memories.'
