Lata Jha

5 days ago | livemint.com | Lata Jha

In the wake of Operation Sindoor, India’s cross-border counterstrike following the Pahalgam terror attack, government fact-checking units swung into high alert to highlight and debunk misleading information on social and mainstream media and set the record straight. Their job multiplied as social media channels were flooded with unverified images of troop movements, doctored videos claiming to show missile launches, and misleading news about diplomatic escalations.

6 days ago | livemint.com | Lata Jha

The ministry of information and broadcasting cited the recent terrorist attacks. The ministry of information and broadcasting issued an advisory on Thursday asking all streaming platforms and intermediaries operating in India to immediately stop showing Pakistani content such as web series, films, songs and podcasts. This would include content made available on a subscription-based model or otherwise, a statement from the ministry added.

6 days ago | livemint.com | Lata Jha

The Kerala film industry has notched up not just a big hit like Mohanlal’s L2: Empuraan but also a string of smaller successes such as Thudarum and Rekhachithram when the theatrical business in most other parts of the country is going slow. Experts attributed this to a robust movie-going culture in Kerala, where cinema theatres are well-maintained, flexibly priced and easily accessible and there is no government interference on the number of shows per day.

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Lata Jha

New Delhi, May 8 -- Malayalam movies have had a smashing year so far as Hindi and increasingly Tamil and Telugu films see big-star productions falter at the box office and Marathi and Bengali cinema grapple with the lack of innovation and discovery. The Kerala film industry has notched up not just a big hit like Mohanlal'sL2: Empuraan but also a string of smaller successes such asThudarum andRekhachithram when the theatrical business in most other parts of the country is going slow.

1 week ago | livemint.com | Lata Jha

Media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Company has projected an equity loss of approximately $300 million for FY25 from its India joint venture with Reliance Industries Ltd, primarily driven by purchase accounting amortization. The joint venture, formalized on 14 November 2024, combined Disney’s Star-branded general entertainment and sports channels and its Disney+ Hotstar streaming service with the media assets controlled by Reliance.