All In The Family In The Name Of Politics

With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......

TV journalists have become politicians!

India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.   IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational......

Reliance, Disney merge to form Rs 70,000-cr JV

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has completed the merger of its media assets with the India business of global media house Walt Disney and formed a joint venture with a valuation......

Can Uday Shankar Recreate At Reliance-Disney What He Did In Star TV?

As vice chairman of the Reliance-Walt Disney JV, Uday Shankar is expected to create a content engine that feeds both digital and TV and push up the value. IMAGE: Uday Shankar, president, FICCI,......

Disney-Star & RIL JV will see loss of $400 mn on $3.5 bn revenue next FY

Both sports and digital will drag down the healthy operating margins that entertainment television continues to make. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

IPL Final Mints Money For Pubs, Restaurants

The cricketing extravaganza became a business opportunity for everyone, from five-star hotels to cafes to street vendors across the country on Sunday. IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain Pat......

Shyam Benegal, Movie Legend, Dies At 90

'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.' Photograph: Rediff Archives Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

'I Wanted Waheeda Rehman For Ankur'

'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.' IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Ankur. Shyam Benegal started his film career with the brilliant Ankur. The 1974 film not......

Just How Did The Class Of 2024 Fare?

It was a testing ground for the new actors who stepped into the limelight this year. Some emerging faces, some who had never acted before, this new crop of actors made the industry sit up and take......

In Dubai, Beating Pakistan Takes Precedence

The fervour for the India-Pakistan match is so intense that for many beating Pakistan in Dubai seems even more important than winning the Champions Trophy itself, observes K R Nayar, the veteran......

India at Paris 2024: Your Complete Guide

  Photograph: Paris Olympics 2024/X Get ready to cheer on a record-breaking Indian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics! With 117 athletes competing across 16 sports and 69 medal events,......

IPL 2024 Auction Buzz: Who will win the bidding war?

Photograph: Kind Courtesy IPL/X As anticipation builds for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, slated to be played between March 22 and the end of May, there's a unique twist – the......

IPL Auction: GT's Hardik replacement quest and more...

Photographs: Kind Courtesy IPL/X The mini auctions of IPL have always been intriguing because of high demand-short supply ratio of players, especially, quality Indian talent. There could be some......

Punjab Kings face uphill task against Mumbai Indians

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians are placed sixth in the points table. Photograph: BCCI Perennial slow starters Mumbai Indians have found their mojo and will be favourites against a faltering Punjab......