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Ramoji Rao, founder of Ramoji Film City, passes away
Ramoji Rao News: Rao was the head of the Ramoji Group, which includes the globally renowned Ramoji Film City, the largest film production facility in the world. His media empire also encompasses the Eenadu newspaper, the ETV Network of television channels, and the film production company Usha Kiran Movies.
PVR, Inox merger was the only way to strengthen balance sheet: MD Ajay Bijli
A key priority for PVR-Inox is improving margins through better capital and operating expenses, says MD Ajay Bijli. In an interview with Vinod Mahanta and Javed Farooqui, Bijli talks about the contours of the deal to merge the two firms that has created the world's fifth-largest multiplex chain, and the way ahead. Edited excerpts:
Baahubali Budget! FM Sitharaman gave 3 reasons for Nifty bulls to cheer
Sitharaman gave a major boost to the consumption economy by increasing the income tax rebate for individuals from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh in the Budget. Analysts said this will free up more funds for spending and boost consumption which will have a multiplier effect on the economy.
Budget 2023: It’s a Bahubali budget; FM shot multiple objectives with one arrow, says Nilesh Shah, Kotak AMC
“Credible numbers are giving confidence that the Budget presented by the FM is reliable, steady & growth-oriented. The estimates are fairly conservative. 6.5% real GDP growth, some amount of inflation and tax buoyancy, 11-11.5% revenue estimates looks fairly conservative just like last year. The divestment targets which are set, can easily be achieved.”
The end of 'regional' super-hit cinema
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies dubbed in Hindi, not Bollywood, are getting people all across India into theatres.
‘Adipurush’ teaser panned by netizens for ‘cartoonish’ visuals, memes flood Twitter
Netizens are thoroughly disappointed with the poor visuals in the Prabhas-starrer.
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Teaser poster of ‘Adipurush’ launched, Prabhas transforms into Lord Rama in Om Raut film
‘Adipurush’ is one of the most anticipated films this year.
Mission Gaganyaan: Better safe than starry
Gaganyaan was announced by Narendra Modi on August 15, 2018. But no one at the time saw the Covid pandemic coming less than two years later, with scientists and aerospace engineers realising that going ahead with a manned mission, a complex endeavour with a life at stake even at the best of times, was not something to be rushed.
View: Can the box office foretell poll results?
Our political science lecturer, himself a man with a real political background, Satya Rao Master as everyone called him.
Nilesh Shah on how to deal with crude sensibles
“Airline companies cannot go on preferring losses to profit and pricing power may return”
International collections increasing for Indian movies, from US to China
Revenue from 'overseas theatricals', as a part of overall film industry proceeds, has risen from Rs 760 cr in 2012 to nearly Rs 1,100 cr in 2016, as per KPMG report.
Karnataka Budget 2017: Movie tickets to be capped at Rs 200 to save Kannada films from competition
In 2015-16, non-Kannada movies earned Rs 109 crore in entertainment tax collection in Bengaluru alone and the figure has been steadily rising year after year.
'Bahubali' & 'Kabali' contributed Rs 9 crore each in entertainment taxes from Bengaluru
In 2015-16, Bengaluru contributed about Rs 109 crore in entertainment tax collection, Hindi films not far behind.
NFDC’s Film Bazaar becomes indie cinema’s go-to place for funds
The Indian indie movement is poised at a critical moment, and the NFDC should push the envelope.
Meet the revolutionaries of Kannada cinema who are challenging the traditional
The industry responded with protectionist instincts, by enforcing an informal ban on dubbing any visual content and allowing it to be isolated.
Large number of 'spectacle' films becoming money-spinners for multiplexes
The March 2016 and June 2016 quarters are expected to generate high revenue growth given the strong line-up of big-budget English-language spectacle films.
Regional films do well at box office, while English peers stagnate, shows data from PVR, Inox Leisure
Box office receipts from regional films have been increasing at a healthy clip and have surpassed that of English movies in the past four-and-a-half years, analysts’ estimates show.
Bahubali of midcaps! 50% stocks still trade above 5-year PE after correction
The S&P BSE Sensex has plunged a little over 6 per cent so far in 2016 while the S&P BSE midcap index is down about 8 per cent in the same period.
India stands tall like Bahubali, Budget 2016 should only boost it: Gautam Adani
While public spending is certainly welcome, a stronger wave of job creation and income growth can come from broadbased industry-led capital expenditure, he said.
OTT is the future of entertainment; Eros Now will rewrite rules of content consumption: Jyoti Deshpande, Eros Intl
"If you download the Eros Now app on your Android or i-Phone today, you could create a free registration and not have to pay anything at all."
Bahubali kicks off pre-release storm with black marketing of tickets
In AP, it is learnt that exhibitors and distributors have planned special shows in order to raise money for the state 'capital fund' .
Beleaguered Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi meets Governor, asserts he can prove majority on house floor
"I told the Governor that I can prove majority on the floor of the House whenever he asks me," Manjhi told reporters emerging from Raj Bhavan after the meeting.
I have a never-seen-before role in 'Tevar': Manoj Bajpayee
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee today said his role in Amit Sharma-directed 'Tevar' is something people have never seen before.
Why Indian startup's device Gecko sees pre-order surge
Gecko is a low-powered bluetooth device that can be attached to valuable items such as wallets, bikes, suitcases, and you can trace them through your phone if they go missing.
UP election diary: Air scam, ultra cheap tomatoes, 14 mn new voters & the Rahul Gandhi question
Mayawati's defence against all graft charges is to blame everything on upper caste 'outsiders' she allowed into the party, who let her down.
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