What's plaguing the Indian film industry?

More Indians are watching films across screens, TV, online and other platforms than ever before. Whether it is by tackling costs, processes or revenues, the trick is to find a way of making money......

The digital disruption that is tearing through Indian media

Zee and Star, the two largest media companies in India, are undergoing some radical ownership changes. What could it mean? Vanita Kohli Khandekar attempts an answer. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Why media investments in India have dried up

Poor policymaking, a fractious industry and the cockeyed nature of regulations are to blame, saya Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. A ripple of excitement went through the Rs 115,700-crore Indian media and......

How Avengers stole the Indian box office

'If you look at the Number 1 film in India this year across Bollywood and other regional film industries, it is Avengers: Endgame.'Sohini Das reports. IMAGE: The Avengers Endgame. It was a year of......

Zac Efron, Sami Miro part ways

The latest Hollywood updates. IMAGE: Sami Miro and Zac Efron in Los Angeles, California for the Saint Laurent Los Angeles show. Photograph: Larry Busacca / Getty Images After dating for less......

'Expect things to get normal for multiplexes by Q4FY22'

'Multiplexes will thrive by Q4 if 100% capacity is restored and third Covid wave doesn't happen.' IMAGE: RRR Director S S Rajamouli and PVR Chairman Ajay Bijli reveal a special promotion for the......

The Meteoric Rise Of Pan-Indian Films

'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.' IMAGE: Tovino Thomas in Minnal Murali. How did we get here? Basil Joseph's Minnal Murali (Malayalam) is a sweet, unusual, superhero film. On......