Entertainment

Paisa Bolta Hai: ‘Samrat Prithivraj’ Is Slow-Starter, ‘Anek’ Is Disaster

BENGALURU: Akshay Kumar’s mega-budget movie ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ took an exceedingly insipid start at the ticket windows on Friday in almost all circuits. As the day progressed, the collections picked up at a few places such as Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh but the numbers in big cities of other states remained on the lower side. […]

10 Times ‘Mr Perfectionist’ Aamir Worked In Hollywood Rip-Offs

  BENGALURU: The trailer of Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ has elicited howling derision and an array of contemptuous memes from a large section of netizens. An official remake of the 1994 Hollywood classic ‘Forrest Gump’, starring Tom Hanks, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is directed by Advait Chandan. A lot of people feel that […]

EXC – ‘RRR’, ‘Pushpaa’ Got Us Back; 18-Month Closure Can’t Stop Cinema: INOX CEO

BENGALURU: Is the box office back to pre-pandemic levels? Have the cinematic choices of people changed? Why is the INOX on the expansion spree when the obituaries of the exhibition sector are being written? What are the challenges exhibitors and owners of cinema halls are facing in India? In an exclusive interview with The New […]

Did Overcrowded Venue Lead To KK’s Death?

NEW DELHI: Hours after he sang his famous song ‘Pal’, Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, passed away in Kolkata. While the nation mourned the shocked demise of one of the most versatile voices in the Indian music industry, Kolkata Police is leaving nothing to chance as New Market police station took suo moto cognizance […]

‘Oh Sita, Hey Rama’ Song Is A Timeless Melody: Singer SPB Charan

BENGALURU: Early this month, the makers of ‘Sita Raman’, starring Dulquer Salman, Mrunal Thakur and Rashmika Mandanna, released the first song ‘Oh Sita, Hey Rama’ which is composed by Vishal Chandrashekar and sung by SPB Charan in Telugu and Tamil. Recently, while talking to the media, SPB Charan spilled the beans on choosing to sing […]