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TMS, Ep 20: Revival for aviation and cinemas, markets, and fuel-cell EVs

Is the Indian aviation sector showing clear signs of recovery? Is this the rebirth of the film industry after a pandemic pause? How are fuel-cell electric vehicles different from EVs? Get all answers

Film industry set to take off after pandemic pause: 100 movies in 4 months

India's film industry is set to take off after covid-19 pandemic with more than 100 film releases slated over the next four months. Let us take a look at what is playing in the industry's favour

Covid-19 spells disaster for film industry, but boosts digital media: KPMG

During the lockdown period, TV, gaming, digital and OTT platforms are seeing consumption growth

Bollywood's reflection of tastes

Have Bollywood movies, in terms of genres, been changing as well? Or is Bollywood still churning out a standardised masala mix product

Return of movie mania: Silver screen set to hog the limelight once again

About 100 films to release in four months; industry expected to hit 2019 box office revenues by next year

Bollywood seeks to move past Covid-19 with $135 million film deal

Record label and Bollywood major T-Series, along with tycoon Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop more than 10 features over the next 36 months

YRF conducts second phase of vaccination for film industry workers

Yash Raj Films has initiated the second phase of the vaccination drive that will have thousands of workers from the Hindi film fraternity get their first and second jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine

Saira Banu hospitalised due to low BP, doctor says doing fine now

Veteran actor Saira Banu was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital here earlier this week following complaints of low blood pressure and is doing well now, a hospital official said

Kolkata: What makes the City of Joy a favourite shooting destination

The City of Joy is currently busy hosting back-to-back shooting schedules of films with actors from different parts of the nation.

Amazon eyes potential stake in Indian film, media biz; Inox denies report

Amazon.com Inc's India arm is in talks with several domestic players in film and media distribution including cinema chain Inox Leisure Ltd for a potential stake, the Indian Express newspaper reported

Best of BS Opinion: Making of BJP's social rules, Covid-19 vaccines & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Hard knocks for soft power

The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?

Pandemic has broken film music's hold over biz: Universal's Devraj Sanyal

Till the pandemic struck in March 2020, film music was over 70 per cent of the market. The restrictions around Covid meant that not many new films or music were released

Remembering Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor, who has bowed out at 98

Dilip Kumar was Indian cinema's first and most influential Khan - an extraordinary force that inspired generations of actors

Big screen battles

Book review of Bollywood Does Battle: The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination

Best of BS Opinion: DHFL resolution, the collapse of Indian cinema & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

The collapse of Indian cinema

More than two-third of Indian cinema's revenues were wiped out last year

The Covid effect: Pandemic has enhanced creative output of Indian cinema

As they try to figure out what is possible and what isn't, Indian filmmakers, writers, technicians and actors are pushing the boundaries of their craft.

Scrapping of FCAT: Film industry gets another blow amid Covid-19 pandemic

The five-member statutory body set up in 1983 has for 37 years been the voice of reason that read badly worded CBFC orders and tried to create a middle ground where filmmakers and babus could meet

Big screen goes blank: Five movies delayed as Covid-19 lockdown curbs grow

Maharashtra has localised lockdowns and night curfew in place; and restrictions are increasing in states such as Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi as the daily caseload increases