Bollywood: Formulas flopped, content was king in 2016
By Arundhuti Banerjee
Mumbai-- Star or no star, big screen or the computer screen -- it was film and digital content backed by good and...
Demonetisation, piracy result in average box office for Bollywood in 2016
By Uma Ramasubramanian and Sandeep Sharma
Mumbai-- Only eight out of the approximately 230 Hindi films released in 2016 surpassed the glorified Rs 100 crore...
Don’t drink and drive around New Year’s Eve, urge SRK, Akshay Kumar
Mumbai--Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar on Wednesday urged individuals and their fans to not drink and drive around New Year's Eve.
While...
BJP’s social media cell campaigned against Aamir Khan, claims new book
New Delhi-- Following actor Aamir Khan's comments on "intollerance" in November 2015 at an award ceremony, the BJP social media cell organised a campaign...
UP hands out Rs 9.41 crore subsidies to 21 films
Lucknow-- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday gave away subsidies worth Rs 9.41 crore to 21 films under its Film policy.
Giving away the subsidy,...
Actor Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha
Kolkata--Bollywood superstar and Trinamool Congress leader Mithun Chakraborty on Monday resigned from the Rajya Sabha on health grounds.
Trinamool sources said Chakraborty handed over his...
10 South Indian films that wowed in 2016
By Haricharan Pudipeddi
Chennai-- Out of the 600-odd films released in four southern languages -- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam -- there were some which...
Star-studded South Indian cinema reaped gold in 2016
By Haricharan Pudipeddi
Chennai-- From superstar Rajinikanth's Tamil gangster drama "Kabali" to Mohanlal's Malayalam action-drama "Puli Murugan", southern cinema thrived on the business made by...
Two landmarks on Rafi’s 92nd birth anniversary
Mumbai-- Legendary singer, the late Mohammed Rafi, will get two new landmark memorials on the occasion of his 92nd birth anniversary on Saturday, in...
Salman overtakes SRK as top earning celebrity
Mumbai-- Superstar Salman Khan has topped the 2016 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List with estimated earnings of Rs 270.33 crore, driven by the success...
