What's plaguing the Indian film industry?

More Indians are watching films across screens, TV, online and other platforms than ever before. Whether it is by tackling costs, processes or revenues, the trick is to find a way of making money......

How Walt Disney plans to strike it big in India

He is the man of the moment as Siddharth Roy Kapur takes charge as managing director of the Walt Disney Company India from January 1. Having joined UTV in 2005, he has handled roles across revenue,......

Disney homes in on developers

For seven-year-old Bhavana, it was a dream come true. Her father had just explained that he was buying a house in a ‘Disney’ land, where she could live, play, study and swim along with......

Oracle's Ellison highest paid CEO in US

With a pay packet of $84.5 million, software major Oracle's Larry Ellison has emerged as the highest paid CEO in the US last year, according to executive compensation research firm Equilar. In the......

Why Bollywood is not growing

'Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan now act in only about one film each year, and made money through advertisements and television.''This meant that many people, even if they had the money......

Review: The Jungle Book: What a fun movie!

The characters drawn for the 2016 film have an edge that wasn't present in the 1967 version. This is perhaps why The Jungle Book has been given an U/A certificate in India.For once, Pahlaj Nihalani......

Review: Saving Mr Banks is a vintage Disney treat

'It's too long, too sentimental, too hacky in bits, but, ultimately, it’s truly chipper in a way most films have forgotten how to be.' 'It might not be......

Manjari Phadnis debuts in Kannada cinema

After Shraddha Arya, Anjana Sukhani, Yuvika Chaudary, Yami Goutham and Vedika, another Hindi film import will launch herself in Kannada cinema.Manjari Phadnis, who played the parallel lead in Jaane......

IPL teams leverage star power

Even though CSK was benched for two years, the popularity of the team, mainly because of the their player line-up and its swashbuckling skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is intact.Urvi Malvania......

Sports Shorts: India out of final race after loss to Australia

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday  IMAGE: India will take on hosts Malaysia in their fourth match on Wednesday. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter A......

Indian hockey finally goes professional

In the first half of last century, when Dhyan Chand's stick was checked for concealed magnets, the Indian hockey team were invincible.They won all six Olympic gold medals between 1928 and 1956,......