Theatre In India

Are Hindi films struggling due to quick OTT releases? Aamir Khan thinks so

Aamir Khan said the current business model in Hindi cinema was flawed, as filmmakers urged audiences to watch their films in theatres but made them available on OTT within eight weeks if they did not

Theatre stampede: Allu Arjun appears before court virtually, files for bail

Top Telugu actor Allu Arjun, an accused in the case booked over the death of a woman in a stampede here during the premiere of his latest film 'Pushpa-2', appeared through a video conference before a local court on Friday. Allu Arjun, who was named as accused no 11, also filed a regular bail petition in the court which may come up for hearing on December 30. The actor, who was arrested on December 13 in connection with the incident, was produced before the Nampally court, which remanded him to a 14-day judicial custody which ended today. He was to present himself before the court as part of further proceedings and he appeared through video conference. Shortly after Allu Arjun was shifted to jail, the Telangana High Court granted him interim bail for four weeks (from December 13) and he was released from the jail on December 14. A 35-year-old woman died and her eight-year-old son was injured on December 4 during a stampede-like situation at the Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad when fans

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama to re-release in theatres this October

Celebrated animated movie Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama is set to make its debut in theatre at Indian theatres on October 18, 2024 in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu

Theatre groups criticise new 'burdensome' MCD rules for performing in Delhi

A new set of rules by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which requires performing art groups to go through a lengthy paper trail in addition to a licensing fee of Rs 1,000 for each performance, has directors and performers rattled for the entailing financial and procedural burden. The recently launched unified online portal for eating, lodging and boarding establishments in the national capital also asks event organisers for dance, theatre and music to submit clearance from municipal corporations, Delhi fire service, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, and Delhi Police, apart from the licensing fees of Rs 1,000. Faced with this new financial burden, theatre directors and groups called out the MCD for the illogical and unethical rules and demanded that these expenses should be borne by auditoriums. Terming the rules an attempt to curb freedom of expression, theatre director Arvind Gaur of Asmita theatre group said that it will put a financial burden of nearly Rs 40,000-45,000 on a

PVR Inox's food and beverage revenue outpaced ticket sale in FY24

The theatre chain's F&B sales generated Rs 1,958.4 crore in FY24, up from Rs 1,618 crore last year, whereas movie ticket revenue was Rs 3,279.9 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 2,751.4 crore in FY23

India's largest theatre festival 'Bharat Rang Mahotsav' begins in Gujarat

The Bharat Rang Mahotsav is a 21-day cultural event featuring over 150 plays, workshops, and discussions

World Theatre Day 2023: History, Impact, theme, messages to theatre lovers

The International Theatre Institute sets the theme of world theatre day 2023 i.e."Theatre and a Culture of Peace"

PVR, M3M India in agreement to set up 8-screen multiplex in Gurugram

Movie theatre company PVR on Friday signed an agreement with real estate firm M3M India to set-up an 8-screen multiplex at 65th Avenue

Businesswise, we are hopping across boundaries of the box: PVR CEO and MD

The film fraternity continues to believe in the theatrical business - not just for emotional reasons but also for economic ones, says PVR Chairman

Ode to an era

Book review of Enter Stage Right: The Alkazi / Padamsee Family Memoir

Fifty shades of media

India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians and put them off its national pride, cinema

Father of Indian theatre and connoisseur of arts Ebrahim Alkazi dies at 94

Alkazi, who was the longest serving director of the National School of Drama and mentored generations of actors, produced plays such as Girish Karnad's "Tughlaq" and Dharamvir Bharati's "Andha Yug"

The show must go on: Performance artists struggle as gigs go online

Due to the lockdown, artists are turning to online shows but the concept of online concerts are still at a nascent stage making survival difficult for many

Raghubir Yadav's mellow dramatic journey from theatre to web series

Ranjita Ganesan traces Raghubir Yadav's journey, from a travelling theatre company to television, cinema and his first web series

Veteran thespians take to the stage at the Delhi Theatre Festival

The third edition of the festival will present the classic and the avant-garde with big-ticket names, writes Amrita Singh

It's been 40 years of Motley, a group that shaped theatre in the country

Motley has been a considerable influence on contemporary Indian theatre over the years

Theatre Olympics offering a national stage to indigenous theatrical forms

The heightened interest in vernacular theatre has also spurred research on the various forms - insights from these are further fuelling experimentation and dialogue.