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Certification delays remain a chronic headache for producers, cinema owners

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- The censorship trials of Tamil films Jana Nayagan and Parasakthi show that not only is the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) understaffed, but the revising committee, ta... Read More


Nostalgia is the vibe: Gen Z hits play on '70s-'90s blockbusters

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Films from the 1970s, '80s and '90s are finding a cultural afterlife among younger millennials and zillennials, who are rediscovering yesteryear blockbusters-particularly for the... Read More


Micro-drama platforms shift to consent-led ads under DPDP Act

New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- Micro-drama platforms, despite being relatively young in India, are moving away from surveillance-like targeting in favour of consent-driven, contextual advertising to comply wit... Read More


New rules, new ads: Micro-drama platforms say privacy first

New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- Micro-drama platforms, despite being relatively young in India, are moving away from surveillance-like targeting in favour of consent-driven, contextual advertising to comply wit... Read More


JioStar Q3 revenue rises on strong subscription and digital ad growth

New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- JioStar, the Reliance-controlled media and entertainment company, reported a higher sequential revenue from operations in the December quarter, driven by strong growth in subscri... Read More


Dhurandhar to Chhaava: How 90s stars are winning Bollywood's second innings

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Bollywood stars of the 1990s may no longer be playing the hero, but they are still stealing the spotlight. The return of actors such as Akshaye Khanna and Bobby Deol, now cast as... Read More


Rohit Jain takes charge of Lionsgate Play in Starz Asia reset

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Canadian-American entertainment company Starz Entertainment Corp., formerly Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, has sold Lionsgate Play-its streaming platform in South Asia and... Read More


Pan-India promise, patchy payoff: Why many southern Hindi dubs are failing

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- For as long as movie buffs can remember, Salman Khan has been the undisputed king of the Eid box office. In 2015, however, a week before the release of his cross-border emotional... Read More


Small-budget regional films face streaming challenges despite increased demand for content

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The surge in regional-language content on streaming platforms hasn't really benefited small-budget films in languages other than Hindi, such as Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punja... Read More


Drop in single-screen cinemas, uneven multiplex growth shrink scope for movie-goers

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The decline of single-screen cinemas and the concentration of multiplexes in the top metros are narrowing options for India's movie-goers and hurting box-office collections of fi... Read More