Media & entertainment industry grows near 13% in 2017: FICCI

At the FICCI Frames meet in Mumbai on Monday during a Q & A with Karan Johar, the I & B Minister Smriti Irani was asked by Johar why the film industry was made a soft target for attacks. To this Ms Irani reacted, “Now that you recognize me as an insider, ...

Interview: Pooja Shetty Deora, director, Adlabs Entertainment With its balance sheet recast well underway, Adlabs Entertainment is scripting a new growth path as the company brings down its debt through asset sales and infusion of fresh capital from ...

The 'Tanu Weds Manu' actor was speaking at a session at the FICCI Frames in Mumbai

Renowned film producer Siddarth Roy Kapur on Sunday evening shared some of the challenges affecting the growth of Indian entertainment industry in the international market.Speaking at the 19th edition of Ficci Frames 2018, Siddarth, who is also the Co-Chair, ...

Will the warning shots fired by giant advertisers Unilever and P&G break the dizzying speed of growth of digital? Viveat Susan Pinto finds out. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com  Two of the world's top advertisers, Unilever and Procter & Gamble (P&G), have recently said that they will rein in digital advertising expenditure across markets in a bid to cut costs and improve return on investment. Cincinnati-based P&G has already taken the lead in this regard, ...

New Delhi March 31 (IANS) Actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna and film and television personality Ekta Kapoor will be honoured with FLO Icon Award at the 34th Annual session of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) here.President Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief ...

The four southern languages and the Marathi regional industry have found success, but regional cinema, in general, still grapples with basic issues.Urvi Malvania reports. IMAGE: Prabhas in Baahubali: The Conclusion. With films such as Sairat (Marathi, 2016) and Baahubali: The Conclusion making a mark at the box office, the regional film industry has got a boost over the past few years. According to a report from FICCI on media and entertainment, most regional film industries clocked ...

Netflix and Amazon Prime are raising their stakes in the game, commissioning original shows and going all out to acquire regional films for their libraries.Urvi Malvania reports. IMAGE: Raima Sen's Hello is a thriller on Hoichoi. Regional content, be it films or documentaries, comedy or music, has been firing up the Internet in India for a few years now. Cheap data viewers for regional content have multiplied as have the platforms that offer such content. There are local digital platforms such ...

With regional Indian films gaining increased visibility in India and abroad, filmmakers feel they deserve to have a proper budget in place for professional subtitling for better global reach.At the Ficci Frames 2018 here on Wednesday, filmmakers Ishaan ...