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SOUTHERN CINEMA TRENDS
India’s brandy boom still feels uncool. Liquor cos want to give it a makeoverBrandy, a spirit deeply entrenched in South India's culture and cinema, is now undergoing a national makeover. Despite being India's second...
South cinema shift: Content-driven films outperform big starsSmall-budget southern films are outperforming big-star movies. These productions, made for under ₹10 crore, are delivering impressive retur...
Why Dhurandhar 2 shows are getting cancelled in Tamil Nadu? Theatres reply on ticket refund after Ranveer Singh's blockbuster release troubleRanveer Singh starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge, directed by Aditya Dhar, has commenced its theatrical run with strong box office performance...
Southern films' pan-India dreams come to naughtSouthern films across India are struggling at the box office, particularly as their share of Hindi film revenues sees a sharp decline. Anal...
SonyLIV leans into Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam as OTT competition intensifiesIn a recent interaction, Danish Khan, head of Sony LIV, said the company is applying the same core content philosophy used in Hindi-speakin...
The South is eating OTT’s lunch — Bollywood isn’t the main course anymoreIndia's streaming economy has shifted south, with southern states now driving growth and creative bets. Once Bollywood-centric, platforms a...
PVR-Inox on edge as Karnataka caps movie ticket prices at Rs 200The Karnataka government's proposed Rs 200 cap on movie ticket prices across all theaters, including multiplexes, is poised to significantl...
Southern films struggle in Hindi: Poor marketing, weak stories to blameHindi dubbed southern films are not performing well. 'Thug Life' and other films failed to impress Hindi audiences. Experts cite poor marke...
Bollywood vs South cinema: Ram Gopal Varma says Amitabh Bachchan was why Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi became starsIn a recent interview, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma highlighted how the South Indian film industries rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s ...
Are South Indian films really the game changer they've been made out to be?Recent failures of high-budget southern films in the Hindi market challenge the perception of their dominance. Producers are now questionin...
#25 For 2025: Can we have unique content for everyone, everywhere, all at once?Audiences will shape the future of entertainment by choosing how to consume content with new technology and flexible viewing options. Despi...
Indian box office scripts a blockbuster in 2022, rakes in over Rs 10,000 croreThe gross box-office collection of ₹10,637 crore, according to a GroupM-Ormax Media report, was next only to ₹10,948 crore in the pre-pande...
In search of a 'good' film: What do frequent Southern remakes convey about Hindi cinema?Here's a break-up of what's working for southern films and what's not for Hindi movies.
Bollywood will never be finished because southern films are doing well at box-office, says Rohit ShettyThe film-maker said that this is not a new trend, and had been happening for a while.
Bollywood delays releases as Maharashtra shuts multiplexesMumbai producers have pushed the release dates of their Hindi films after Maharashtra completely shut down multiplexes till April end, resu...
Vijay-starrer 'Master' stirs box office; 25% shows houseful on Day 1The film has also been receiving a phenomenal response from many cities.
2018: Hunt for newer markets saw interesting crossovers in Indian cinema2018 was a remarkable year in this regard as Akshay Kumar, the quintessential Bollywood hero, traded his charm to play a villain in a Rajin...
Tamil film industry continues to influence state politicsA clear attempt by the party leader to add some star power to his political clout in Tamil Nadu, where BJP has stitched a mega alliance wit...
- Bollywood film-makers vie for larger screen pie
Bollywood has begun following Hollywood way of bombarding cinema halls with maximum screens.
- Dasavatharam to hit screens with 1,000 prints
Distributors are expecting to rake in about Rs 5 cr at the box office from compared with Sivaji, which grossed about Rs 2.5-3 cr. Movie Rev...