Vanita Kohli Khandekar

Nana lived in grey spaces where some of cinema's richest characters reside

Amarjit Singh Batra, general manager for South Asia, Middle East & Africa and managing director of Spotify India talks about what the brand is up to

How industry support is adding muscle to the writing process

Thirty-five years on, India's media & entertainment industry still accounts for less than one per cent of GDP

Whenever infrastructure has been incentivised - like multiplexes were - the making and of watching movies has improved and grown

From Star TV and Zee's satellite revolution to Netflix and JioStar, India's media industry has evolved into a ₹2.8-trillion digital and entertainment powerhouse

In 2019, over 210 million Indian homes had a television set - an audience size of almost 900 million

Subhash Chandra says India's media industry has become a ₹2.7-trillion powerhouse, expanded the country's global cultural influence and created millions of jobs since liberalisation

Shergill speaks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about balancing high-quality programming with mass-appeal content to drive subscriber growth and why she views 'creative risk' as essential in entertainment

Sony Pictures Networks India is shifting from a television network to a broader entertainment company with OTT, sports and regional content driving growth

Tickets sold rise for the first time in over 2 years

With all elements of the music business coalescing, the industry is changing for good

Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga turned a weak opening into a hit, proving that authentic audience engagement can outperform conventional film marketing

Specialised investment funds are bringing institutional capital into Indian cinema, treating film IP and movie portfolios as a new alternative asset class

Ekta Kapoor says short-form content may grab attention, but enduring entertainment businesses will be built on strong intellectual property and loyal audiences

Across the world, streaming brings in 70 per cent of revenues, with the next-largest chunk, 16.6 per cent, coming from physical sales, which saw a growth rate of 8 per cent last year, thanks to boomin

Amazon Music launches standalone plans and a free ad-supported tier, betting on rapid growth in India's paid music streaming market

PVR INOX reported a strong FY26 recovery led by blockbuster films, rising footfalls and expansion into low-cost cinema formats across smaller cities

For the free-falling news business, The Devil Wears Prada 2 offers a glimpse of the solution to keep good journalism alive

Globally, we have 837 mn individual subscriber accounts in 2025 up from 750 mn in 2024. It's (largely) US, UK, although the US numbers are little slower than we were used to say 20 years ago, she said