The top 10 films of the year may not be great by themselves but they stand out amidst the other OTT releases.
'While I would never wish for anyone to go through what we are, it has brought out the best in us by making each one of us a better version of ourselves.' 'Being courageous, fighting for freedom, taking the burden of responsibility to help each other...' 'I know hundreds and hundreds of examples where Ukrainians are risking their lives for complete strangers and it is only in moments like this that we truly understand what it means to be human.'
No Bollywood release nor any holdover release from last week were pitted against James Cameron's sci-fi action drama.
The year was a good year for cine-goers and ended with biggest blockbuster Hindi cinema has ever seen so far.
Tiger 3's seven day collections are the second highest ever after Pathaan.
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.
Trade pundits claim that Rockstar is an important film in Ranbir's career.
Director Vyshakh tries to do a Dappan Koothu on Bhangra beat and virtually falls on his face.
The actor arrived in Lucknow on Friday night for the screening of his film 'Jailer'.
Aseem Chhabra picks out the best sequences from 2012 Bollywood films.
'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.'
The actor talks about his new film Talaash and whether it has met with his expectations.
'A look at the winners and losers tells us that the topic of the film is but one factor in ensuring success.'
'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.'
Social media teams ensure there is something new around the movie every few days and as the release date nears, every few hours.
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].
As a part of it's Zeitgeist survey for 2011, Google
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.
Rohit Dhawan's wedding is touted to be one of the biggest celebrations in Bollywood.
Sukanya Verma looks at how the 33 year old has fared in her decade-long career.
Freida Pinto, now a Hollywood A-lister, talks about her film Immortals and her anxieties as an actor.
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.
The Vin Diesel film had the best collections amongst all the movies in the running across the country.
Hrithik Roshan is all set to return as Krrish in the fourth segment of the hit franchise.
Sanju is among the top opening weekend collections of all time.
With an annual box office collection of 160 core last year and only 10 per cent of these being hits, the 72 films made in Marathi don't make business sense for multiplex and cinema owners to screen on peak time, a demand being made by political parties in the state.
'The only way to judge the success of a film in its entirety is through box office collections.' Hrithik Roshan talks about the success of Bang Bang.
Most of India knows Deep Sidhu as the man who planted the Sikh religious flag on Red Fort.
Ash's comeback film and all that Jazz(baa)!
In anticipation of Jeff Bridges taking the trophy, its box office gross went up by 36 percent over the weekend.
Diwali blockbusters Saawariya and Om Shanti Om may not be screened at a multiplex near you. Leading multiplex chains PVR Cinemas, Inox Lesiure, Cinemax India and Fame, which account for 80 per cent of the country's multiplex screens and half the box office collections, have rejected a demand for a higher revenue share by the films' distributors and have threatened a blackout.
Maybe the die-hard fans would enjoy watching Mulder and Scully doing their thing one more time. The rest of us are better off waiting for it to come out on DVD. Or skipping it all together.
Distributors of Hollywood films are lining up English blockbusters, dubbed in Indian languages, in the next few months.
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.
'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.'
After Shah Rukh Khan's successful run with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, it is Aamir Khan who is bringing in all the earnings for Bollywood this year with Ghajini raking in Rs 40 crore in the first four days of release.
Small-budget films seem to be raking in the moolah for production houses. Little wonder that filmmakers like Ghai, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt and Pritish Nandy have over the years stuck to making small-budget films in the range of Rs 10-15 crore (Rs 100-150 million).
'There will be two to three months of containment, and when there is normalcy, the risk is a relapse and a return to lockdowns.'
