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Film legend Soumitra Chatterjee dies in Kolkata hospital at 85

In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee acted in more than 300 films

India's movie buffs are up, close and personal with Hollywood: Study

The study, "Hollywood Is For Everyone", covered a sample of 1,500-plus movie buffs across eight metros and non-metros, including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Indore

Best of BS Opinion: Cinema beyond biases, Tejashwi Yadav's promise & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

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.

Tillotama Shome on 20 years in the charmed world of independent cinema

While the pandemic disrupts the India release of Sir, actor Tillotama Shome talks to Ranjita Ganesan about her twenty years in the charmed world of independent cinema

Rewriting the script: Tech, wider footprint boost multiplexes' growth story

The box office collections in financial year 2018-19 grew by 14.7 per cent to stand at Rs 12,940 crore domestically, while the collections from the overseas markets rose by 16.1 per cent

Iran's love for Indian films in general and Raj Kapoor in particular

Hindi cinema's excesses have occasionally given succour to Afghans

The power of Indian storytelling

The global market for content created by large platforms has liberated Indian creators

When advertising created celebrities

Airtel 4G girl Sasha Chhetri is a better-known face across India than most Bollywood starlets

Futility of purity

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chupke Chupke ridicules the desire for speaking a pure tongue

2018: Best of Indian cinema

Here are the 10 movies 2018 that stayed with me

'Badhaai ho', Indian film industry

The hit parade of well-made films continues, ticket sales are creeping up and OTTs are upping the game in one of the best years for the industry

A lesson from Sanju: Hindi films going with wind of populism, lack spine

Hindi cinema is the richest, starriest business in our popular culture, way ahead of even cricket. Why is it also the most pusillanimous too, and also going with the wind?

Indian cinema scales Chinese wall & it's not just about Aamir Khan films

Spate of successes opens up world's second largest market for films

The Chinese opportunity for Indian cinema

Dangal's success in China opens up the world's second-largest film market for India