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On September 16, moviegoers will have the opportunity to see a film for only Rs. 75 at cinema halls and movie theatres. This is due to a special discount offered to all cinephiles in honour of National Cinema Day by the Multiplex Association of India (MAI). The MAI stated that Rs. 75 tickets were given out as a “thank you” to moviegoers who helped the cinemas successfully reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. However, 4,000 theatres throughout India, including well-known chains like PVR and Cinepolis, will abide by the ticket pricing. The Rs. 75-ticket offer is exclusive to theatres, according to the movie association. Customers who buy tickets through booking apps can be charged extra fees. Movie theatre owners and operators claim that the one-day discount will increase audience turnout because they are finding it difficult to compete with OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. According to the Multiplex Association, KFG: Chapter 2, RRR, Bhool Bhulaiya 2, and Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness are largely responsible for the Indian film industry’s quick rebound. Meanwhile, on the strength of a series of successful box office performances, the trade experts claim that the South Indian film industry has rebounded to 80% of its pre-covid business. A recent research from the media consulting firm Ormax and the investment firm GroupM indicates that Telugu movies have seen a large increase in box office revenue. 60% of Hindi box office revenues from January to April came from dubbed versions of south Indian movies like K.G.F: Chapter 2 and RRR. Telugu movies made up 27% of overall revenue during this time, up from 12% in 2019, while Hindi movies’ proportion decreased from 43% in 2018 to 38% in 2022. Bollywood films are suffering from the displeasure of viewers due to their poor content. Big The box office collections for big-budget films like “Laal Singh Chaddha,” starring Aamir Khan, and “Raksha Bandhan,” starring Akshay Kumar, was less than anticipated.

The most prominent bet by billionaire Gautam Adani in the thriving media industry was announced on Tuesday by India’s Adani Group: its media unit will purchase a majority stake in NDTV. In addition to making an open offer for a further 26% stake, Adani’s unit will indirectly acquire a 29.18% stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV). According to the statement, the open offer would be for 294 Indian rupees ($3.68) per NDTV share, valued 4.93 billion Indian rupees ($61.73 million). Adani had previously disclosed on Tuesday that it has paid 1.14 billion rupees to acquire Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd (VCPL). VCPL owns warrants of NDTV shareholder RRPR, and on Tuesday it exercised its right to convert those warrants into shares equal to 99.5% of RRPR. Leading media company NDTV runs three national news channels: NDTV India, NDTV Profit, and NDTV 24×7. In NDTV, RRPR owns a 29.18% stake. In March of this year, Adani Group acquired a minority stake in Quintillion, a local digital business news site. According to a statement from Sanjay Pugalia, CEO of AMG Media Networks Limited, the NDTV acquisition will open the door for new age media on all platforms. Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries who also has a stake in India’s thriving media sector and controls Network18, is a rival of Gautam Adani. Adani Group has seven publicly traded firms that operate industries like running ports and airports, generating and transmitting electricity, and trading coal and gas.

It’s evident that the Miss Universe beauty pageant made a historic decision when it decided to open up the competition’s eligibility to mothers and married women. Beginning in 2023, Fox News reports, eligibility requirements for pageant participants will no longer include marital status and parental status. It has always been a rule of the Miss Universe pageant that winners must be unmarried and keep it that way for the duration of their reign. Mothers have historically been disqualified as well, and winners are frequently obligated to abstain from pregnancy while holding the title of Miss Universe. Mexico’s Andrea Meza, the winner of Miss Universe 2020, applauded the rule modification. Established rules exist, she said, calling them “unrealistic.” Meza expressed her admiration for the development in an interview with Insider. “Just like society changes and women are now occupying leadership positions where in the past only men could, it was about time pageants changed and opened up to women with families.” The existing rules, according to Meza, are “sexist” and “unrealistic” in their attempt to select a winner who will appeal to the widest possible audience. People who have traditionally desired to see a single, attractive lady who is open for a relationship are opposed to these developments, Meza continued. “They always wanted to see a woman that, from the outside, looks so perfect that she’s almost unreachable. The former is sexist and the latter is unrealistic.” More than 160 territories and nations around the world, including FYI and Telemundo in the United States, broadcast the Miss Universe pageant. India’s Harnaaz Sandhu was named Miss Universe 2021. Punjab native Harnaaz Sandhu represented India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021 pageant in Eilat, Israel. Only two Indian women, actresses Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000, have ever won the Miss Universe title before Harnaaz Sandhu. Source: ANI