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A regulatory trap for storytellers

Since streaming video had no constraints, it offered storytellers phenomenal creative freedom. That is what got in the viewers, got them to subscribe and kept them there

Making a show of outrage, once again

The controversy over Bombay Begums makes one thing clear: India desperately needs transparent regulation for streaming services

Rising Covid-19 cases likely to delay biz recovery of PVR, Inox Leisure

Permission to operate at full capacity, healthy content pipeline fuel optimism

Film industry marks landmark Monday with govt nod to 100% occupancy

The film industry was battered by the pandemic-induced lockdowns

100% occupancy will be allowed in theatres from Feb 1: Prakash Javadekar

Adequate physical distancing, mandatory face masks and sanitisation of auditorium after every screening are among the latest SOPs issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday

Montage of a Bollywood legend

Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life

Unfair to judge Guru Dutt by today's standards, says Yasser Usman

Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story, speaks to Chintan Girish Modi on Guru Dutt's life

We are trying to capture the emerging narratives in cinema: IFFI director

The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa today

2020, the year that was: A gloomy picture for the entertainment industry

Decimation of film business, redrawing of the video map, and possible break-up of big tech firms could be dominant trends in 2021

Best of BS Opinion: Fifty shades of media, digital dangers, and more

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

Centre of excellence in the works for gaming, visual effects: Javadekar

IIT Bombay to collaborate with govt on the project, I&B ministry has identified animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) sector as sunrise industry

No big releases in 2020 as uncertainty remains over cinema hall attendance

Most blockbusters have been pushed to 2021

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

Cinema beyond biases

India's film industry is one of the best things to come out of the country, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne reveals its line-up for 2020 edition

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne unveiled its programme for its ninth edition, with special tributes being planned for late Bollywood stars Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput.

Shooting at UP Film City to begin in 3-4 months, officials inspect site

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had recently approved a proposal to set up the Film City in 1,000 acre of land along the Yamuna Expressway, near Noida

Land identified, two proposals to set up film city sent to UP govt

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has earmarked 1,000 acres and the Noida Authority has identified 500 acres

Bollywood welcomes govt's SOPs for film shoots amid Covid-19 pandemic

Govt's SOPs include measures such as social distancing and mandatory use of face cover or masks for cast and crew, except for actors in front of the camera

A sombre 2020 for entertainment world: Celebrities we have lost amid Covid

The year 2020 has seen the demise of many luminaries in quick succession, much to the shock and sorrow of fans