Can 'Pathaan' bring cheers for Bollywood?
Films, big or small, are failing and the stars, expected at least to bring in initial footfalls, seem to have lost their drawing power
Bringing movies back to villages a way to revive the dying cinema
Cinema was a business of volumes; Now, with exorbitant admission rates, the masses who made a film a hit have been locked out
Cinema documentary era revived for TV channels
Ministry of I&B wants all Indian TV channels to air at least 30 minutes of content of national interest every day! This is to be effective from Jan 1,...
BIS moves in on fraud product reviews: Must include films
After all, a movie is a consumer product and a fraud is a fraud anywhere
Diwali and discounts fail to draw viewers
Cinema viewing is being marketed like most consumer products; Buy one, get one free. Weekly discounted ticket days, flat Rs400 weekdays, and so on
Amitabh Bachchan: A struggler, a megastar, an icon
What has he not been through? Struggle to get into films, success like no one has ever seen, financial disaster. Then leaving it all behind to bounce...
Finally, after a gap of 30 years, Kashmir is back on cinema map
Three decades ago, when there was peace, like rest of India, Kashmiris too enjoyed movie-watching experience. When insurgency began, the idea seemed...
Why aren't people going to the movies anymore?
Cinema-going became even less of a priority than it ever was. And the cinema business failed to read the situation, without realising that the pre-...