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Priyanka Chopra opens up on experience of watching films in theatres amid OTT rise
1 week ago

Priyanka Chopra opens up on experience of watching films in theatres amid OTT rise

India Today  

Actor Priyanka Chopra recently opened up on the ongoing OTT vs theatre debate. In an interview, the actor, who is reportedly set to return to Indian cinema with SS Rajamouli and Mahesh Babu's SSMB 29, highlighted the unique charm of watching a film in a darkened theatre, surrounded by a room full of strangers. Priyanka Chopra spoke highly of the …

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Aamir Khan defends Laapataa Ladies amid 'backward mentality' claims before Oscars
1 month ago

Aamir Khan defends Laapataa Ladies amid 'backward mentality' claims before Oscars

India Today  

Actor Aamir Khan defended his production Laapataa Ladies against criticism of a 'backward mentality’. While talking to BBC Asian Network, the Dangal actor commented about Laapataa Ladies promoting a 'backward mentality' and feeding into the idea of 'poverty porn,' stating, “Not all the films we make are set in villages. I don’t think people have misconceptions about what India is …

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Amid Adipurush backlash, a look at 8 Bollywood films that will make you cringe
1 year, 6 months ago

Amid Adipurush backlash, a look at 8 Bollywood films that will make you cringe

India TV News  

Adipurush, Om Raut's magnum opus, landed in the soup after its worldwide release on June 16. Featuring Anil Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Kriti Kharbanda, Pulkit Samrat, and Saurabh Shukla in the lead roles, the alleged comedy film is loosely based on Nirav Modi, the businessman to escaped from India after fraudulence with banks. Humshakals With songs like …

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Hit and recover amid COVID-19: China rises as world's largest film market
3 years, 6 months ago

Hit and recover amid COVID-19: China rises as world's largest film market

China Daily  

The index also reveals the following sets of data. The top 10 cities in terms of per capita box office were Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Haikou, Changsha, and Lhasa. ByteDance created a brand new mode of movie showing, making "Lost in Russia" the first movie to skip theaters to premier on an OTT platform amid the COVID-19 …

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Cinema in Lockdown: Swedish Nurse Wins a Week of Isolation, Films Amid Pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

Cinema in Lockdown: Swedish Nurse Wins a Week of Isolation, Films Amid Pandemic

News 18  

Scandinavia’s largest film festival is exploring the social isolation resulting from COVID-19 by setting up a temporary cinema-for-one on a desolated island in the North Sea with the only companionship the events’ entire movie selection and enough food to last the week. An emergency ward nurse from Sweden with a passion for film, Lisa said the isolation would give her …

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Disney indefinitely postpones release of ‘Black Widow’ amid coronavirus crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Disney indefinitely postpones release of ‘Black Widow’ amid coronavirus crisis

LA Times  

Faced with the mass closure of movie theaters across the globe, Walt Disney Studios is indefinitely delaying the release of one of its biggest summer films, the Marvel superhero film “Black Widow.” As the coronavirus pandemic continues to shake Hollywood, the Scarlett Johansson film, which had been set to open May 1, follows Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II,” Universal’s …

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Amid trade tensions with America, China is showing old war films
5 years, 7 months ago

Amid trade tensions with America, China is showing old war films

The Economist  

T HERE IS A lot for Americans to dislike in the Chinese propaganda film “Shangganling”. It is based on a real battle in late 1952, during which American and South Korean forces failed to take a mountain ridge from more lightly armed Chinese troops, who suffered terrible casualties. The weeks-long campaign came near the end of the Korean war of …

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