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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicGujarati film industry

Topic: Gujarati film industry

Not Saiyaara or Dhurandhar, but the small Gujarati film Laalo was the biggest hit of 2025

Released in October 2025, Laalo made history by becoming the first Gujarati film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office.

Bengal’s top film producer moves to Gujarat with ‘Jai Kanhaiyalal Ki’

The movie will be headlined by Siddharth Randeria, known for his plays and live performances. Hitu Kanodia of ‘Vash’ fame will also be a part of the project.

A Gujarati horror movie is such a big hit that the sequel released in Hindi

Gujarati films weren’t much on the radar for National Awards. But with Pan Nalin’s ‘Chhello Show’ and Yagnik’s ‘Vash’, the awards committee too seems to have an eye out for the industry.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.