The year has just begun, and the industry must recover the lost viewer confidence and recoup the losses. Everything hinges on how well we set the stage for screening films in the safest manner possible.
The crusades that journalists take up in the interest of the larger common good, inspirational stories of upright journalists who overcome many hurdles to shed light on truth have been successful. So were the films that expose the nexus between journalism and politics or between journalism and the business.
Thrust on augmented reality, drive-in cinemas, 5G networks and growth of OTT platforms will redefine the way entertainment works in the years to come.
The number of OTT platforms burgeoned in the past 10 months to nearly 50. What's more, it has grown to be an Rs 5000 crore industry in the country.
When no Korean film releases in Indian theatres, a Korean arthouse director enjoying a huge fanbase in a small state down south of India is an incredible feat.
The courtroom drama released on Netflix gives a worm’s eye view of the trial of eight anti-war activists for allegedly inciting riots and violence in front of the 35th Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968
After a long wait. Netflix has released the investigative docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires after a legal battle that prevented the airing of the part on the Satyam Computers boss Ramalinga Raju.
The entertainment industry has often been under fire for doing much damage to the dignity of women through their stereotypes of women and normalising of sexual violence by adhering to old school value system.
Legend has it that SPB bumped into Raja in a recording studio and told him that he was also a singer and why is he not being called to sing any of his compositions. Raja responded saying he will record a song with him the next morning.
The 1980 Telugu film 'Sankarabharanam' catapulted S P Balasubrahmanyam, popularly known as SPB, to international glory and earned him his first national award.
With a wafer-thin plot around a love triangle spotlighted on a woman, Ram Gopal Varma presented an entertainer that became a landmark in the post-liberalisation era.
One of the advantages of viewing films online is that we get to read a lot of details about the film, its makers, cast, genre, duration, rating and so on before we click the Play button.