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TopicDisney Hotstar

Topic: Disney Hotstar

Other victories of Indian women cricketers this world cup—fans, viewership & ‘sold out’ stadia

TV & digital viewership for 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup was all-time high for women ICC events. Stadiums also witnessed record turnouts, with the India vs SA final being ‘sold out’.

Disney nears $10 billion deal to sell India operations to rival Reliance, reports Bloomberg News

Reliance values Disney's India assets, which comprises the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service and Star India, at between $7 billion and $8 billion, the report said.

Disney+ Hotstar offers free streaming of cricket tournaments for mobile users

The decision to lift the paywall comes after Hotstar lost the streaming rights for IPL cricket tournament to Reliance Industries’ Jio Cinema earlier this year.

Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo is not your average crime drama – it’s family politics on steroids

The raw and unapologetic action sequences with women thrashing men make for some of the web series’ defining scenes.

Sharmila Tagore makes powerful comeback in Gulmohar—riveting family drama on Disney+ Hotstar

The writers do not desperately weave a happy ending by speeding up the climax, rather allowing the Batra family to find beauty within the cracks.

The Night Manager review: Indian adaptation of le Carré is held up by Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy

Creator Sandeep Modi of Aarya fame utilises his strengths to The Night Manager's advantage — the eclectic cast and the screenplay.

‘Cuttputlli’ is among the worst of Akshay Kumar’s career, which takes some doing

Cuttputlli, loosely based on Soviet serial killer Anatoly Slivko, is a lesson in what not to do with a crime drama.

Quirky, delightful—Janhvi Kapoor’s Good Luck Jerry is a power-packed remake with few misses

From Deepak Dobriyal to Sushant Singh, industry veterans with on-point comic timing help Good Luck Jerry stand on its feet.

Hotstar’s Shoorveer has the best aerial dogfight scenes on Indian TV. Rest is half-baked

Samar Khan's Shoorveer could have been 'the' Air Force show. It lands the aerial dogfight scenes perfectly, but the rest is a parachute-less jump.

‘Asia a great proxy for other markets’ — Netflix on fixing its subscription crisis

Streaming platform to curb spending, while maintaining investments in Asian market, producing local films and creating partnerships with wireless operators to reach potential customers.

On Camera

Naxalism was on decline under Manmohan Singh. Modi govt moved in at the time of consolidation

In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.

Saudi Arabia raises price of main oil grade to Asia to a record high premium

Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia, still less than what traders anticipated.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.