Theatre owners claim the audience followed all safety protocols while turning up in huge numbers to lap up the two mid-sized Tamil films that released on Diwali.

On November 26, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) partnered with the Asia Pacific Screen Academy to announce four recipients of the 2020 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund at a slimmed down APSA ceremony on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

The Alliance welcomes policymakers’ efforts in developing a modern regulatory framework to address the spread of illegal content online and upgrade the IP system to ensure better enforcement and promote fair play globally.

In all these years of tracking the Grammy nominations, never has a more feted artist been snubbed the way The Weeknd was on Tuesday.

Not only is this unfortunate, if Netflix and the makers of the series are actually prosecuted it will have a chilling effect on OTT video hosting and streaming services, which represent one of the very few industries that have maintained their vibrancy even in the wake of Covid-19.

The right way forward would be to create a framework of standard practices that would be common to all platforms and settle on a denominator acceptable to all, experts said.

Earlier this month, the government brought OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting by amending the rules of business allocation.

The Film Federation of India has selected Lijo Jose Pellissery’s “Jallikattu” as the country’s representative in the 2020 Oscars’ best international feature category.

Richie Mehta’s acclaimed show stars Shefali Shah as a police officer heading the investigation into the 2012 gang-rape in Delhi.