Gujarat VHP withdraws protest against SRK's Pathaan

The Gujarat unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday withdrew its protest against Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan, a day before its release, expressing satisfaction over the removal of......

Rajput outfits run riot a day of ahead of Padmaavat release

As violent protests against the release of film Padmaavat burgeoned, the Multiplex Association of India said on Wednesday its members would not screen the period drama in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya......

12 MNS workers held for protesting against 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'

A dozen workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena were on Wednesday arrested for protesting against the upcoming release of filmmaker Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil Hain Muskhil' as the party rejected his......

Padmaavat opens under security cover, cinegoers defy threat of violence

The show must go on. And it did on Thursday as Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much debated Padmaavat unspooled in single and multiplex screens across the country under the shadow of security......

Why outside food is giving 'indigestion' to multiplexes

In a competitive market, pricing is the management’s business. The consumer has so many choices -- single screens, multiplexes, TV, online streaming or DVDs. Nothing forces him to go to a......

Coronavirus spread: Retailers, multiplexes, mall owners spar over rentals

Retailers and multiplex operators want mall owners to either forgo rent for the period of the shutdown or lower rent in the event the mall is open but footfalls are low. Differences have begun to......

Will drive-in theatres replace the multiplex?

PVR Cinemas is in the process of building one at the Jio Center in Bandra Kurla Complex. This theatre will be on the top of the mall and should be able to accommodate 300 cars, and is expected to......

How Pepsi, Coke plan to quench India's thirst

PepsiCo has tie-ups with KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Burger King, and Subway in India, while Coca-Cola has a partnership with McDonald's only When Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo’s new chief executive......

Multiplexes's Coming Clash With OTT

Mutliplexes want the gap between a film's release in theatres and on OTT to be doubled from 4 to 8 weeks.Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: Cinema-lovers watch a show at a PVR theatre. Photograph:......

Why 2023 Box Office Will Be BIGGER

IMAGE: Vijay in Varisu. Ka-ching. If that sound returned to the Indian box office in 2022 after two lacklustre years, in 2023, it will only get louder. Cinemas are expected to see higher occupancy......

Hindi Box Office Collects Rs 1,716 Crores!

'The second half of 2022 definitely looks stronger for Bollywood.' Photograph: Kiara Advani and Kartik Aaryan in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. The show goes on in the Hindi film industry: It is steadily......

Will Southern Cinema Defeat Bollywood in 2023 Too?

2022 will go down as a year when the real star was the Next Big Idea. IMAGE: Thalapathy Vijay in Varisu, which will release during Pongal next month. A two-year slump and a slow start to 2022......

Cricket on the big screen means green tills for Inox, PVR

IMAGE: The Inox-PVR merger plans to serve fans a big screen cricket bonanza. Photograph: Inox Twitter Cinema and cricket, the two 'religions' of the country will play out on the big screens on......

Tokyo Olympics: Inox to be official sponsor for Team India

Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters The INOX group will be the official sponsor of the Indian team for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced on Thursday. The......

Kolkata turns pink for day-night Test

Kolkata sheds its white-blue nocturnal hue with pink ball day-night Test.Avishek Rakshit reports from Kolkata.   Kolkata has discarded the white-blue colours it had come to be identified......