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Indian-American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra is again collaborating with Netflix on docu-series The Romantics, which looks back on 50 years of iconic Indian film studio Yash Raj Films (YRF) and its late founder Yash Chopra.  The four-part series is streaming globally from today (February 14)…

Continuing its powerhouse run at worldwide turnstiles, Shah Rukh Khan espionage actioner Pathaan has topped the global box office century mark, getting there in 12 days on Sunday and now with $103.6M through Monday. It is the first Bollywood movie to the $100M milestone without a China release. The…

Yash Raj Films' action thriller Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, is shattering box office records, grossing 591 crore rupees ($73.6M) worldwide in just six days, with an impressive $27.56M coming from overseas.  It's a huge relief for the Bollywood film industry, which has had a string of flops or…

After bursting out of the gate in India and 100 other markets last Wednesday, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan finished its five-day opening weekend with an astonishing $66.24M worldwide (including $25.5M from outside India). Along the way, it broke several records including setting the biggest opening…

Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan is back, and in a big way, as his action-packed espionage pic Pathaan has been breaking records for a Hindi title since debuting Wednesday in India and overseas. This also ends a lengthy hiatus from the big screen as a lead for SRK, and gives a boost to Bollywood which has…

Yash Raj Films (YRF) has dropped the first trailer for upcoming Bollywood spy action thriller Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padikone and John Abraham, which is releasing across India and worldwide on January 25. Watch it above. Hopes are high that the film will reverse the Hindi-language…

Aditya Chopra's 1995 hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), starring Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol (Kajol Devgan), will kick off the public screenings of Saudi Arabia's upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, running December 1-10 in the port city of Jeddah. Related Story …

When Yash Raj Films' Shamshera opens at the Indian box office tomorrow, all eyes in Mumbai's Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, will be closely watching the release. With a big star, Ranbir Kapoor, major studio and reported $20M budget behind it, hopes are high that the period action film will…

Indian actor and filmmaker R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect will receive its world premiere in Cannes on May 19 as part of the celebration of India as the official country of honor at the Cannes Market this year. Check out some exclusive new photos above and below. The film is not part of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Yash Raj Films, a key production house and distributor in India, has named Akshaye Widhani to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Widhani has been with the company for 17 years and most recently served as the Senior VP, Finance and Business Affairs, and the Head of Operations at…

It's been 16 years since Bollywood star Rani Mukerji played the role of Vimmi, an infamous con-artist in Bunty Aur Babli, a local hit which took $3.4M at the box office. This week, the multiple-award winning actor returns to the role for Bunty Aur Babli 2, the much-awaited sequel that hits Indian theaters on November…

Since the coronavirus epidemic became a pandemic in the spring of 2020, few waves have been as deadly as the one India experienced in April and May this year. At the time of writing, confirmed infections have been steadily dropping since reaching a peak of more than 400,000 per day in early May, and, while nobody is…