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25 years of Indian Cinema
In the special series 25 years of Indian Cinema, we will give you a quick snapshot of each year from 2000, the films that made the top grossing bracket, and the films which didn’t. But we will go beyond the box office and give you the films which stood out, and those which changed the game.
25 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA NEWS
25 years of Malayalam cinema: How the industry transformed from churning out stinkers to becoming the face of the new era
December 12, 2025 8:02 am
With Lokah Chapter 1, a female-led superhero film centred on a yakshi, portrayed as saviour of the marginalised, currently ranking as the highest-grossing Malayalam movie ever, the industry’s glory is at an all-time high.
2024 was saved by horror comedies, small films and OTT | 25 years of Indian Cinema
December 06, 2025 8:10 am
If it hadn’t been for Allu Arjun and his second go-round in Pushpa 2, bigger and louder than the first part, roaring in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali, the biggies wouldn’t have been able to save any face.
The year of Shah Rukh Khan: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
December 05, 2025 8:34 am
The year Bollywood tried to prove it wasn't going to go under the South juggernaut which had nearly steamrolled over it in the past two years, with Kantara, RRR and KGF.
2022 was the year Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha crashed, while Rocket Boys soared: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
December 03, 2025 8:44 am
25 Years of Indian Cinema: 2022 was nearly as dismal as 2021, with films like Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Brahmastra falling short of expectations.
Amid Sooryavanshi and 83, a small OTT series emerged as the best of 2021: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
December 02, 2025 8:00 am
The Covid-induced lockdown resulted in shuttered theatres, production slowdown and delayed releases. 2021 was one of the weakest years for films all over the globe, and Bollywood was no exception.
Pataal Lok, Panchayat and a struggling film industry: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
November 28, 2025 8:03 am
As Covid changed the world, fantastic shows such as Panchayat and Pataal Lok trumped films, setting the narrative for what was to come.
Between Delhi Crime and The Family Man, OTT comes of age; cinema has a new competitor: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
December 04, 2025 12:29 pm
2019 saw an OTT boom -- The Family Man, Delhi Crime, Made in Heaven and Gullak -- starting a fight for eyeballs between theatres and streaming platforms.
Sacred Games changed Indian entertainment in 2018, the year of Stree and October: 25 Years of Indian Cinema
November 26, 2025 8:43 am
Sacred Games was a watershed in the year of a handful of well-told hits rose above the general dross, which was topped by the so bad it's terrible Thugs Of Hindostan (Aamir Khan), with Anand L Rai’s Zero (Shah Rukh Khan) coming a close second.
25 years of Indian Cinema | 2017: A humdinger of a year for small films with a big heart
November 25, 2025 9:04 pm
25 years of Indian Cinema | Of the other big hits--Tiger Zinda Hai, Golmaal, Raees, Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Secret Superstar, Kaabil, Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya, Judwa 2-- only Toilet claimed difference in its plot point.
25 years of Indian Cinema: 2016 was the year of Dangal, Fan, Udta Punjab and Pink
November 23, 2025 4:44 pm
Sultan is that rare Salman Khan outing which actually submits to a plot. This is not just Bhaigiri, but being a character, in which he fails, falls, and gets up again, showing us the sweat and blood that goes into winning.
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