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  • The Vanishing Shelf — How Streaming Platforms Learned To Delete Without Making Noise

    The Vanishing Shelf — How Streaming Platforms Learned To Delete Without Making Noise0

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19: At some point, streaming promised permanence. A digital utopia where films and shows would live forever, immune to dust, decay, and the indignity of late-night reruns. Watch anytime. Anywhere. Always. That promise has quietly expired. Streaming platforms are cutting content—not dramatically, not with announcements or apologies—but with the soft efficiency

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  • Regional Cinema Didn’t Ask for a Visa — It Just Showed Up Everywhere

    Regional Cinema Didn’t Ask for a Visa — It Just Showed Up Everywhere0

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19: Once upon a time, global cinema required permission. A nod from Hollywood distributors. A dub deal. A festival blessing. A carefully negotiated release window that decided whether a film from Seoul, Chennai, Madrid, Tokyo, or Jakarta would be deemed “exportable” enough for the rest of the world. That era didn’t

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  • Bigger Checks, Thinner Ice — Why Big-Budget Films Are Starting To Sweat

    Bigger Checks, Thinner Ice — Why Big-Budget Films Are Starting To Sweat0

    The strangest thing about modern blockbusters isn’t their size. It’s their confidence. Or at least, the appearance of it. Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19: On paper, cinema has never looked richer. Big-Budgets that once triggered boardroom palpitations—$200 million, $250 million, even flirting with $300 million—are now signed off with the casual air of a streaming

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  • Franchise Fatigue Is Loud — Box Office Numbers Are Louder

    Franchise Fatigue Is Loud — Box Office Numbers Are Louder0

    Publicly, audiences are exhausted. Privately, they’re booking seats. Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19: Every year, the conversation resurfaces with ritualistic precision: Hollywood is out of ideas. Sequels everywhere. Reboots nobody asked for. Cinematic universes are expanding like unchecked bureaucracy. Social feeds fill with laments about originality, risk, and the death of cinema as an art

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  • The Curtain Never Closed — It Just Learned to Stream

    The Curtain Never Closed — It Just Learned to Stream0

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19: For a while, everyone pretended the hybrid release model was a temporary compromise. A necessary indulgence. A pandemic-era loophole studios would quietly seal once theatres reopened, popcorn machines hummed again, and red carpets stopped doubling as Zoom backdrops. That fantasy has expired. Theatres and streaming platforms are no longer rivals

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  • Director Anmol Mishra Cites Bollywood Influence On Dances In ‘Romancing Sydney’

    Director Anmol Mishra Cites Bollywood Influence On Dances In ‘Romancing Sydney’0

    Brisbane (Queensland) [Australia], December 16: Prosya, the Brisbane-based production company behind the independent feature film Romancing Sydney, is pleased to announce that the film is now available for digital streaming. This release follows positive engagement at several Indian film festivals, including recent showcases at the Mumbai Chapter of the Jagran Film Festival. The film plays

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