All sorts of box office figures have been thrown around, so we decided to investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, Sam Bahadur is fighting to find a place for itself.
Mutliplexes want the gap between a film's release in theatres and on OTT to be doubled from 4 to 8 weeks.
'Banning Bollywood films will mean a paucity of content to keep the multiplexes and theatres running profitably.'
We saw Judwaa 2, Golmaal Again and Secret Superstar drive box office collections. Now, watch out for Padmavati and Tiger Zinda Hai in December.
'If you have only one hit out of 100 movies in a year, it is death for Bollywood.'
February is a slow month when it comes to original Hindi content on OTT.
If people make films like Baahubali, which has Indian content, it will always be a hit. But nobody makes it nowadays.
The Liger actor looked sultry in a Pankaj and Nidhi creation at the Lakme Fashion Week.
Thugs of Hindostan may not have as easy a run at the box office as previous Hindi films did during Diwali.
Yet another week of Hollywood movies doing very well at the Indian box office.
About Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million) was required over the second weekend to register good numbers. But the film did even better and registered Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million), resulting in an estimated Rs 213 crore (Rs 2.13 billion)
Tiger 3's seven day collections are the second highest ever after Pathaan.
Positive reviews ensure a rise in collections for Guru.
Meera Nandan talks about her debut in Kannada cinema and what it means to work outside her home state.
'As an actor, I am very greedy. I feel my film should get good word of mouth, the critics must like it and it must get good box office collections.'
The Apprentice is a keenly observed and entertaining biopic about the making of a man who is mostly responsible for all that has gone wrong with current American politics, observes Aseem Chhabra.
No Bollywood release nor any holdover release from last week were pitted against James Cameron's sci-fi action drama.
It was a very good weekend for Salman Khan's latest release Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan as Rs 68 crore* were accumulated at the box office.
The actor arrived in Lucknow on Friday night for the screening of his film 'Jailer'.
'He doesn't need to play eye candy or a boy next door. He has found his mark.' 'Brands like him because he understands them and he emotes appropriately for them.'
'Since childhood we've said 'tumhare mu mein ghee shakkar'.' 'That's why I am moving away from sweet sweet films and concentrating on films like Tiger.'
So far, only one major series and another original film have been announced for release. Rest are all digital releases of films that have already arrived in theatres.
The film generates about Rs 20 crore in first weekend at the box office.
Sukanya Verma looks at how the 33 year old has fared in her decade-long career.
Gadar 2 has entered the Rs 500 Crore Club (Rs 5 billion), which brings it into a super elite list that comprises of only two movies so far: Pathaan and Baahubali: The Conclusion [Hindi].
The year was a good year for cine-goers and ended with biggest blockbuster Hindi cinema has ever seen so far.
Trade pundits claim that Rockstar is an important film in Ranbir's career.
'A look at the winners and losers tells us that the topic of the film is but one factor in ensuring success.'
Director Vyshakh tries to do a Dappan Koothu on Bhangra beat and virtually falls on his face.
Aseem Chhabra picks out the best sequences from 2012 Bollywood films.
The actor talks about his new film Talaash and whether it has met with his expectations.
'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.'
The Vin Diesel film had the best collections amongst all the movies in the running across the country.
Social media teams ensure there is something new around the movie every few days and as the release date nears, every few hours.
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.
As a part of it's Zeitgeist survey for 2011, Google
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