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How an inherently collaborative film industry will adapt to the time

Many in the business of cinema are cautiously excited as the industry receives the green signal to restart work.

'Chhoti Si Baat' director, veteran filmmaker Basu Chatterjee dies at 93

Some of Chatterjee's best known works are "Us Paar", "Chitchor", "Piya Ka Ghar", "Khatta Meetha" and "Baton Baton Mein"

Reboot-III: Big-screen entertainment six feet apart in age of Covid-19

As Unlock 1.0 sets the balls rolling for theatres, single-screen and multiplex, to reopen in its third phase, which is estimated to be around the second week of July

World Environment Day: Amitabh Bachchan pledges to be 'climate conscious'

The World Environment Day, which is observed on June 5 annually, is taken as an opportunity to encourage and raise awareness about various environmental issues

Wishes pour in as Hardik Pandya announces fiance Natasa's pregnancy

India head coach Ravi Shastri was one of the first to wish the duo and he wrote in the comment section: 'Congratulations Hardy and Natasa.'

Singer-composer Wajid Khan, of Sajid-Wajid fame, dies; Bollywood mourns

Wajid did playback for Salman in chartbusters like "Mera He Jalwa", "Fevicol Se" and for Akshay Kumar in "Chinta Ta Chita Chita" from the film "Rowdy Rathore", among others

#RanbirKapoor trends on Twitter as 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' clocks 7 years

Kapoor does not have an official social media account. However, his character in the film, Bunny, has sent Twitterverse into a state of excitement

Akshay Kumar refutes reports of him booking a charter flight for sister, kids

Breaking his silence, the Bollywood actor tweeted: "This news about me booking a charter flight for my sister and her two kids is FAKE from start to end."

Team management to budget, Bollywood gears up as new normal sets in

I assume budgets will be reworked and the allocation might increase in some areas. It's not easy for production executives and producers, says filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

From script to marketing, 'Ponmagal Vandhal' is a mediocre melodrama

Tamil prejudice against North Indians, caste and class discrimination, and honour killing are other stock paraphernalia touched upon, to set up this 'realistic' film

Meet Jaideep Ahlawat, the disillusioned cop of crime thriller Paatal Lok

After a decade of waiting in the wings, actor Jaideep Ahlawat is making waves with his first lead performance as a disillusioned cop in Paatal Lok, writes Ranjita Ganesan

'Betaal' review: The Netflix series that forgot to put up 'a scary show'

There are zombies, creepy dark scenes and ominous sounds, besides the standard gore quotient expected from a story of this horror sub-genre, but it is too formulaic in presentation

Crime Patrol actress Preksha Mehta commits suicide at her Indore residence

She worked in television serials in Mumbai and was staying with her family amid lockdown, said SHO Hiranagar Police station

Coronarvirus intermission? More than 80% of film audience miss theatres

That and more is what 'Back to the Theatre', consulting firm Ormax Media's report on the 'Expected theatre-going behaviour in India post Covid-19,' states

Who'll watch it? Prasar Bharati CEO recalls reactions before Ramayan re-run

Ramayan's four episodes a day format was based on the assumption of a 15-day lockdown

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam

Under Loughlin's plea deal, she will also pay a $150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service; Giannulli has agreed to pay a $250,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service

Kids shows draw record viewers but fail to cheer advertisers

Of the top 10 kids networks almost all - Viacom 18, WarnerMedia, Disney, Sony Yay, Discovery Kids, and Sun Network - have seen a rise of 20-100 per cent in viewership.

Bollywood dancers in Delhi left at wits' end, struggle to feed families

A freelance dancer Rahul said that most of the artists depend only upon stage performances for their survival.

The show must go on: Performance artists struggle as gigs go online

Due to the lockdown, artists are turning to online shows but the concept of online concerts are still at a nascent stage making survival difficult for many

Karan Johar to Rohit Shetty, big film producers say no to OTT release

Sources say the top four multiplex chains in the country - PVR, Inox, Cinepolis, and Carnival - are asking big producers to wait rather than rush to release their films on OTT platforms.