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Amazon eyes potential stake in Indian film, media biz; Inox denies report

Amazon.com Inc's India arm is in talks with several domestic players in film and media distribution including cinema chain Inox Leisure Ltd for a potential stake, the Indian Express newspaper reported

Best of BS Opinion: Making of BJP's social rules, Covid-19 vaccines & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Hard knocks for soft power

The state is tightening its control over what we read, watch, hear or laugh at, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Why not facilitate our soft power instead of clamping down on its strengths?

Pandemic has broken film music's hold over biz: Universal's Devraj Sanyal

Till the pandemic struck in March 2020, film music was over 70 per cent of the market. The restrictions around Covid meant that not many new films or music were released

Remembering Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor, who has bowed out at 98

Dilip Kumar was Indian cinema's first and most influential Khan - an extraordinary force that inspired generations of actors

Big screen battles

Book review of Bollywood Does Battle: The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination

Best of BS Opinion: DHFL resolution, the collapse of Indian cinema & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

The collapse of Indian cinema

More than two-third of Indian cinema's revenues were wiped out last year

The Covid effect: Pandemic has enhanced creative output of Indian cinema

As they try to figure out what is possible and what isn't, Indian filmmakers, writers, technicians and actors are pushing the boundaries of their craft.

Scrapping of FCAT: Film industry gets another blow amid Covid-19 pandemic

The five-member statutory body set up in 1983 has for 37 years been the voice of reason that read badly worded CBFC orders and tried to create a middle ground where filmmakers and babus could meet

Big screen goes blank: Five movies delayed as Covid-19 lockdown curbs grow

Maharashtra has localised lockdowns and night curfew in place; and restrictions are increasing in states such as Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi as the daily caseload increases

A regulatory trap for storytellers

Since streaming video had no constraints, it offered storytellers phenomenal creative freedom. That is what got in the viewers, got them to subscribe and kept them there

Making a show of outrage, once again

The controversy over Bombay Begums makes one thing clear: India desperately needs transparent regulation for streaming services

Rising Covid-19 cases likely to delay biz recovery of PVR, Inox Leisure

Permission to operate at full capacity, healthy content pipeline fuel optimism

Film industry marks landmark Monday with govt nod to 100% occupancy

The film industry was battered by the pandemic-induced lockdowns

100% occupancy will be allowed in theatres from Feb 1: Prakash Javadekar

Adequate physical distancing, mandatory face masks and sanitisation of auditorium after every screening are among the latest SOPs issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday

Montage of a Bollywood legend

Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life

Unfair to judge Guru Dutt by today's standards, says Yasser Usman

Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story, speaks to Chintan Girish Modi on Guru Dutt's life

We are trying to capture the emerging narratives in cinema: IFFI director

The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa today

2020, the year that was: A gloomy picture for the entertainment industry

Decimation of film business, redrawing of the video map, and possible break-up of big tech firms could be dominant trends in 2021