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Lights, Camera, Scoop: Sunny Deol's 'Border 2' Beats 'Dhurandhar' at Box-Office; Midnight Shows Added After Morning Glitch

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in a still from 'Dhurandhar'
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Lights, Camera, Scoop | 'Dhurandhar' Box-Office Update; Aditya Dhar Cuts Sequel's Trailer With No Extra Shoot for Akshaye Khanna

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
If the films land big, 2026 could reset benchmarks across openings, lifetime grosses and global box-office potential.
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2026 Box-Office Predictions: 'Dhurandhar 2,' 'Ramayana,' 'King' and More

With 'Ramayana', 'Dhurandhar 2', 'King' and a stacked slate of star-driven tentpoles, 2026 could be Indian cinema’s biggest year yet — if the audience shows up.

BY Justin Rao
Stills from Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan' and Prabhas' 'The Raja Saab'
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Lights, Camera, Scoop | Vijay's ‘Jana Nayagan’ Release Stalled by Court Again; Box-Office Update on Prabhas' ‘The Raja Saab’

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Team THR India
Stills from 'Superboys of Malegaon' and 'Sarpatta Parambarai'
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Five Films In The Genre of 'Hope': 'Sarpatta Parambarai,' 'Jawan' And More

Indian cinema is full of stories that refuse to give up — on people, cities, or dreams. These are the ones that offer the most hope.

BY Rahul Desai
Shah Rukh Khan in a still from 'King'
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Lights, Camera, Scoop: Is Shah Rukh Khan's ‘King’ Headed the ‘Dhurandhar’ Way? Decoding Bollywood’s New Two-Part Temptation

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
Stills from 'King', 'Toxic' and 'Ramayan'
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The Biggest Indian Films of 2026: From 'Toxic' and 'Ramayana Part 1' to 'King'

From supercharged star vehicles to larger-than-life epics, here are the most anticipated Indian releases of 2026

BY Team THR India
India’s concert economy didn’t just grow in 2025; it recalibrated its position in the global live-entertainment hierarchy.
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India's Best Concerts In 2025: From Coldplay and Tyla to Himesh Reshammiya

Defined by scaled production and consistent ticket demand, these concerts underscored India’s viability as a global touring market

BY Keerat Kohli
Diljit Dosanjh, Farah Khan, Akshaye Khanna
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The Best Desi Pop-Culture Moments Of 2025

From Farah Khan and Dilip winning the Internet to Jaideep Ahlawat's irresistible dance moves, here's a line-up of the best pop culture moments from the year that was

BY Mohini Chaudhuri
Stills from 'Homebound', 'Kantara: Chapter 1' and 'Kalamkaval'
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The 15 Best Indian Films of 2025

Lovers, losers, vampires, serial killers... Indian cinema was a bag of thrills in 2025. From mythic spectacles to tender lullabies, THR India picks the best of the lot

BY Team THR India
Stills from 'The Conjuring: Last Rites', 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' and 'F1'
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Lights, Camera, Scoop | 'F1', 'The Conjuring' and 'Avatar: Fire and Ash': Hollywood Aims for ₹1,400 Crore Finish at 2025 Indian Box-Office

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
Mohanlal in 'Hridayapoorvam', Kalyani Priyadarshan in 'Lokah' and Mammootty in 'Kalamkaval'
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The Best Malayalam Film Performances Of 2025

Superhero movies with a callback to folk tales, a horror movie that begins with a hero “ghosting” his girlfriend and a flashback to the Mohanlal-Sathyan Anthikad comedies of the 80’s…Malayalam cinema had it all this year. In a year of such variety, performances couldn’t have been ordinary  

BY Vishal Menon
Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda in 'Saiyaara', Monika Panwar in'Khauf' and Ishaan Khatter in 'Homebound'
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The 10 Best Hindi Performances of 2025, Ranked

From Monika Panwar in 'Khauf' to Ishaan Khatter in 'Homebound', here are the 10 best Hindi performances across films and streaming this year

BY Rahul Desai
A still from 'Avatar: Fire and Ash', 'Ikkis' and 'Dhurandhar'
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Lights, Camera, Scoop: 'Dhurandhar' Holds 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' at Box-Office; How Sriram Raghavan Prepped For War Film 'Ikkis'

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
To celebrate the birth centenary of Ritwik Ghatak, Westland Publications has released 'Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments'.
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'Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments': A Document of Revolutionary Imagination

Long before parallel cinema became fashionable, Bengali auteur Ritwik Ghatak proposed a film about Vietnam shot entirely in Bengal. This 1968 essay reveals the vision of the director who changed Indian cinema.

BY Ritwik Ghatak
Stills of Ranveer Singh in 'Dhurandhar'; Pankaj Tripathi
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Lights, Camera, Scoop: 'Dhurandhar' Scripts Box-Office History; Pankaj Tripathi Greenlights 'Perfect Family' Sequel

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Team THR India
Sayani Gupta and Huma Qureshi in a still from the latest season of 'Delhi Crime'.
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2025 in Indian Streaming: A Year of Mixed Triumphs, Bold Beginnings and Stalling Sequels

As we head into the new year, it’s not a race against time. It’s still safe to say that the cream of Hindi cinema is found in the long-format space. The movies may be faltering and stuck in a herd-mentality loop, but the shows keep the flag flying — whatever that flag may look like today.

BY Rahul Desai
A still from 'Band Baaja Baaraat'
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15 Years of 'Band Baaja Baaraat': Bollywood’s Bijness-Class Romance

Featuring Ranveer Singh’s acting debut and Anushka Sharma’s breakout role, 'Band Baaja Baaraat' felt like the culmination of a genre that reflected the ambitions of a young India no longer shackled by conventional aspiration and blueprint careers.

BY Rahul Desai
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Actor Priyamani Shares Her Favourite Crime Shows: From 'Bones' to 'Unforgettable'

Actor Priyamani suggests six bingeable shows rooted in the subtle — and occasionally supernatural — art of detection.

BY Shilajit Mitra