Dilip Kumar’s father wanted him to enrol in the civil services and earn the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a high honour during the British Raj. He saw cinema as a degeneration of social values.
In 2018, Khattar govt launched a policy to promote Haryanvi cinema. This was amended in 2022 to include subsidy of up to Rs 2 cr to filmmakers incorporating culture content related to state.
Begun by two cousins in the 1990s, SVF has its fingers in many pies from film and TV to OTT platform Hoichoi. It has also constructed almost 20 theatres across West Bengal.
A report on the most-watched genres found that drama, action, animation & comedy programs were popular across the globe while war, romance and thrillers were the least preferred.
Of the thousands of film directors in India from the 'golden era' to the present days, only a few have been honoured by the government and received national & international awards.
Bong Joon-Ho was right, once you overcome subtitle barriers, the world of movies opens up. Pushpa is a masala box-office hit but not in the traditional sense.
India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.
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