Page 6 - Cinemas

Veteran star Asha Parekh to be conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke award

Veteran actor Asha Parekh will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020, the highest recognition in the field of Indian cinema, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said on Tuesday. The 79-year-old actor, best known for films such as "Dil Deke Dekho", "Kati Patang", "Teesri Manzil", and "Caravan", is considered one of the most influential actresses of all time in Hindi cinema. Also a director and producer, Parekh had helmed the acclaimed TV drama "Kora Kagaz" in the late 1990s. Last year, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 was conferred on Rajinikanth.

Hope ad revenue to recover fully to pre-Covid level by Q4: PVR CEO

Brahmastra has done well for the cinema industry. It has put the Boycott-Bollywood movement to rest.

Movie buffs celebrate silver screen's return to Kashmir after 3 decades

The inauguration was followed by a screening of the Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chadhha, viewed by an audience that included media persons, officials, guests and local residents.

Multiplex Association of India postpones National Cinema Day to Sept 23

Multiplex Association of India (MAI) on Tuesday said that the National Cinema Day, which was earlier scheduled to be celebrated on September 16, will now be held on September 23. Over 4,000 screens at multiplexes from across the country, including PVR, INOX, Cinepolis, Carnival, and Delite, have teamed up to offer "celebratory admission price" of Rs 75 to mark the National Cinema Day. The MAI said the commemoration of the National Cinema Day was postponed "on request from various stakeholders and in order to maximize participation". "The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) and Cinemas across India, welcome moviegoers to spend a day at the movies with a celebratory admission price of Rs 75 to mark National Cinema Day. "The National Cinema Day was previously announced to be held on 16th September, however, on request from various stakeholders and in order to maximize participation, it would now be held on 23rd September," the national multiplex trade body said in a statement. The .

Brahmastra makes it big at the box office but is there any profit?

The most expensive Hindi film ever made has to share 55 per cent of the revenue with exhibitors

Brand Aamir struggles amid Laal Singh Chaddha's tepid box office collection

Bollywood lead losing Midas touch, even as overseas markets shore up Laal Singh Chaddha's collections to nearly Rs 130 cr

Bollywood needs a superhero to rescue it; revenue still 38% down

Analysts blame industry woes on lockdowns, lack of new content, and growing competition from streaming and over-the-top platforms

Movie tickets at just Rs 75: India to observe National Cinema Day on Sep 16

Various companies like PVR, INOX, Cinepolis, Carnival, Miraj, Citypride, Asia, Mukta A2, Movie Time, Wave, M2K, and Delite have agreed to be a part of the celebrations

Plummeting Bollywood, sinking endorsements?

Brand owners are starting to get jittery after a series of flops by Bollywood heavyweights

Come September, cinema returns to Kashmir after 32 years of intermission

INOX to open a three-screen multiplex in Srinagar, its first

Advertising in movie halls: From still cards to experiential marketing

While in-cinema advertising is yet to reach pre-pandemic levels, multiplex operators are making the next big leap to lure brands. Will it revive the market?

Inox Leisure reports Q1 profit of Rs 57 cr on rising footfalls at cinemas

Its revenue from operations during the quarter under review was at Rs 582.26 crore, up multi-fold in comparison to the low base of the corresponding quarter of the previous year

Multiplexes to post strong revenue growth in Q1, broadcasters to be muted

Q1 marks a full quarter of operations post pandemic for cinemas. This will reflect in financials of these firms, with likely revenue growth at 65-70% for PVR and Inox sequentially

Big-budget blockbusters from southern India outdo Bollywood in power shift

Streaming with subtitles has changed the game for some of the regional movies, said Anupama Chopra, a film critic and director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival

Filmmaker, producer Nikkhil Advani on why 'content is definitely king'

Drawn to real-life events, Advani tells Shine Jacob that the pandemic has made people more selective, so content will be the star of cinema

Beijing opens up restaurants, cinemas as China eases Covid curbs

Public transport will resume in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to the office and restaurants to start dine-in services, local authorities said

OMA cinemas of France announces India rollout plan with PVR cinemas

Oma Cinema was designed by renowned French architect Pierre Chican, who has designed some of France's most avant-garde cinemas over the last 30 years

'RRR' smashes box office records, earns Rs 233 cr worldwide on Day 1

Director S.S. Rajamouli's magnum opus 'RRR', featuring actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR in the lead, has shattered records at the box office to emerge as India's biggest blockbuster

Cinemagoers throng halls for Alia Bhatt starrer 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'

PVR said with the southern states allowing 100 per cent seating capacity, there has been a surge of cinemagoers

Lost another gem from music industry: Celebs remember Bappi Lahiri

The 69-year-old had been admitted to the hospital for a month and was discharged on Monday