Unidentified persons on Wednesday created a ruckus at the South Mumbai office of former Mumbai sheriff Nana Chudasama, to protest his 'anti-Marathi' banner.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggest March releases in the last decade.
Restaurants with 50 per cent capacity, weekly markets and religious places will reopen in Delhi from June 14, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday, saying the COVID-19 situation has significantly come under control in the city.
'The Maharashtra government diktat is another meddling example in an industry where politics or language has no role to play.' 'Cinema has a universal language. Filmmakers are divided across regions, but united in their passion for films,' says director Suparn Verma.
Many multiplexes and theatres in Gujarat refrained from screening Mahesh Bhatt's Tum Mile following a demand by the Mahagujarat Janta Party (MJP) for state-wide ban on it, while at other places party workers forced closure of the film shows.
Analysts say large firms in these segments don't need loan recast due to the efficient manner in which many of them operate.
Multiplex operator, PVR Limited, on Thursday said that there might be a spurt in ticket prices by 8-10 per cent this year.
Scrabble's unique business model gives a new direction to India's digital cinema market.
'This is not like a one quarter hit; it will take time.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big hits in the decade gone by.
As fresh Covid-19 cases continued to increase, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced reintroduction of curbs like permission only for 50 per cent seating capacity in cinemas and ban on select activities effective April 10, to help prevent the spread of the virus.
There is action, drama, emotion, comedy -- everything in equal measure and lots of stylish sequences featuring Rajinikanth. Clearly, Darbar is a visual treat for fans, says Divya Nair.
The fight is between Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the producer of 3 Idiots, and multiplexes.
The collection of the Tamil and Telugu versions of the film are weaker than the Kannada version.
'Spends are likely to increase from the current levels because recovery is yet to fully be over.'
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday allowed cinema halls and theatres to operate with more people while swimming pools have been permitted for use by all in fresh COVID-19 reopening guidelines.
The International Cricket Council said it had banned United Arab Emirates-based coach Irfan Ansari from all cricket for 10 years after he was found guilty of corruption.
For audiences who love gangster dramas, there is a lot of fun in store, promises Joginder Tuteja.
With the Maharashtra government ordering closure of all multiplexes and theatres in Mumbai till August 16 due to fast spreading swine flu, the film exhibition business may incur an overall financial loss of at least Rs 25 crore from the upcoming long weekend holiday on account of Janmashtami and Independence Day.
And the reason has everything to do with box office collections, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
In turn, the multiplex owners have replied that they will not agree to the revenue arrangement proposed by the producers.
After a miserable two years of flopping films and stagnant revenues, what has changed for the film industry?
Shopping malls, multiplexes and top retailers in Pune are seeing as much as a 70 per cent drop in business owing to the swine flu outbreak in the city.
Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
The film is slated to release on October 28.
Many multiplexes are banking on promotional offers and schemes, like a 20 per cent discount on ticket prices, free popcorn, etc, for those booking tickets online. Around 70 per cent of the total revenues of multiplexes come from ticket sales, 20 per cent from food and beverages and the remaining from on- and off-screen advertisements. While footfalls have dropped 20-35 per cent, consumers' discretionary spend has stopped as far as movies are concerned.
Thackeray also said that while taking the decision, excise rules have not been touched and pubs and bars will close as usual at 1.30am.
The state government announced a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the victims' families, Guntur district Collector Kantilal Dande said.
Given the school break, this is the peak travel season and companies catering to the 'friends and family' segment are expected to gain.
'There is nothing objectionable about the film.'
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Property buyers fund the project cost and the entire debt and entire equity servicing, and yet, have no locus standi in the IBC process, points out Debashis Basu.
Given that this is a Prakash Jha film, drama does knock on the door, observes Joginder Tuteja.
Looking at the red carpet star arrivals of the Kochadaiiyaan trailer launch.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
He said the government is also trying to find those officers, who had been reportedly sent to Israel to study the snooping software then.
Multiplex chain operator PVR is planning to invest up to Rs 400 crore over the next three years to set up 250 screens across the country. The expansion would be funded through a mixture of debt, equity and internal accruals.
These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
