Tag: Ott

New Delhi: The festival season is here and it is time to embrace Yuletide spirits. With cinemas yet to draw audience confidence fully, OTT platforms are going all-out to add a Christmas sparkle with shows and films that celebrate the season of Santa Clause. As we gear up to binge on Christmas, snuggled in a […]

Mumbai: Getting ready for a soap shoot is no longer just about mugging dialogues and putting on make-up and costumes. In the ‘new’ normal that comes with restricted shooting permission…

Politics has never really been a favoured subject for Bollywood filmmakers. In a country where mainstream cinema never really got out of the grip of censor woes and protest groups, the Hindi film industry by and largely avoided cinema that spoke of politics and politicians. However, the emerging streaming space is a different ball game […]

Good news for all the Marvel fans who are missing their favourite superheroes hitting the big screen. Marvel’s latest superhero project, WandaVision will premiere in streaming space as a nine-episode series. As Kevin Feige kicks off the fourth phase of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he is thinking bigger, only this time the size of the […]

From the entry of Kajol in digital space to Marvel studios launching their new phase, the streaming space is buzzing with new beginnings in the first festive weekend of the year, 2021. The line-up only reflects what one can expect later in the year, which is yet again expected to be a big one for […]

Mirzapur: After the web series ‘Tandav’, it is now ‘Mirzapur’ that is facing the heat. A case was filed against the producer of the web series ‘Mirzapur’ and ‘Amazon Prime’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district on Monday. According to the police reports, a case had been lodged by one Arvind Chaturvedi at the Kotwali police […]

New Delhi: Speaking to a national news agency, Tamil superstar Vijay Sethupathi, who believes in letting his work speak for himself, said, some risks are worth taking, whether it is playing an antagonist in “Master” or portraying the role of a trans woman in “Super Deluxe”. In a career of 40 to 50 films, Sethupathi […]

Female-centric themes have found a fresh lease with the rise of OTT platforms. A string of women-oriented web series have grabbed audience attention. More than television and the big screen, filmmakers have found an ideal platform to experiment more freely with subjects focussing on womanhood and issues related to women in the digital space. Be […]

When the OTT streaming platforms came to India, controversies followed. Because what followed was an unabashed abuse and misuse of the medium in the name of creative liberty! The main…

Bhubaneswar: The OTT (Over-the-top) platform has changed the overall definition of entertainment as far as viewing pattern is concerned, said Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar. While attending Odisha Television Limited’s (OTV) annual conclave Foresight, Swara Bhaskar on Thursday said that change is not going to reverse as technology scouts for way all by itself. While deliberating […]

Indian Web-Series seem to push the envelope in terms of storylines and plots, and there are a lot of taboo and sensitive topics being dealt with on the platform. With shows such as The Married Women, which is based on a homosexual relationship, and Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives, where Botox and face upliftment procedures […]

Despite various hurdles and challenges put forward by society, women across the world have become a force to reckon with. Their indomitable fire coupled with an empathic viewpoint of the world should be celebrated every day but the calendar celebrates it as the International Women’s Day on May 8. With women breaking glass ceilings in […]

New Delhi: The OTT space is revolutionising the way we enjoy visual entertainment, and it is reorganising a lot of things in Bollywood, too. Among things in Bollywood that seem to be changing is the concept of stardom. Gone are the days when being a star was about big screen glory. In this context, what […]

Mumbai: At a time when limited series on OTT seem to be re-shaping audience viewing patterns, a few soaps have still managed to hold sway for over a decade. There is a large section of the TV audience that still get their daily dose of entertainment from the longest running shows on small screen. Shows […]

New Delhi: The Indian media and entertainment (M&E) sector is expected to grow by 25 per cent in 2021 and is expected to reach Rs 1.73 lakh crore ($23.7 billion), according to a FICCI-EY report. Titled ‘Playing by new rules’, the report said that with its current trajectory, the M&E sector in India is expected […]