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Laalo: A Rs 50 lakh Gujarati film outperforms Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar at box office, earns 23,900% profit

January 09, 2026 5:02 pm

How a small Gujarati film with no big names returned 24000X profit and is now set to extend its footprint by releasing in Hindi. Laalo, made at Rs 50 lakh budget has earned Rs 120.58 crore has shown bigger return on investment than Dhurandhar and Saiyaara.

Private Detective Tanya Puri spoke about investigating a regional actress and her family, revealing the truth about her wealth

Regional actress' marriage was called off after her wealth and high life were revealed to be fake, curated by her PR

November 05, 2025 8:33 am

A regional actress and her family had created a false image of herself by travelling in high-end cars that were on rent and living in plush house which wasn't hers. When the truth was revealed, her engagement was called off.

There’s something for everyone in Malayalam cinema, but can we say the same about Bollywood?

September 13, 2022 1:38 pm

From rootedness and the abundance of original content to directors headlining films instead of producers and actors, let's check out why people keep gravitating toward Malayalam cinema like bees to honey instead of its colossal Hindi counterpart.

The Northeast India AV Archive: Putting context to some shaky flashbacks

October 31, 2019 1:57 pm

In a world where archives tend to be perceived as strictly academic spaces for scholars and historians, a new Northeast India-centric archive in Shillong aims at being different: accessible, interactive and user-friendly.

A new Bodo film tells the story of Assam’s bloody past

June 25, 2019 12:11 pm

In the deeply personal Jwlwi-The Seed, filmmaker-actor Rajni Basumatary, manages to tell the story of not one but a thousand families, who grew up amidst the violent insurgencies of Northeast India

The Axone story: a film dishes out a different take on a familiar Northeastern experience

August 30, 2019 9:21 am

Axone follows a day in the life of a group of Northeasterners in Delhi through a wedding, a feast, a landlord-tenant clash — and in them all, the quintessential Northeastern experience in the big city.

Seema, the untold story of how Tezpur rose to defend itself from the Chinese

March 30, 2019 11:46 am

In his new film, Seema — The Untold Story, National Award-winning filmmaker Hiren Bora pays a tribute to his hometown Tezpur, by evoking a pivotal moment in the town’s history: when it was almost taken over by China in 1962

In Assamese film, an epic rap battle and the road to elections

March 02, 2019 11:45 am

The General Elections are around the corner, and a new Assamese film captures the mood by fusing together two elements — politics and music — to tell a David-versus-Goliath tale set in rural Assam.

A Garo film from Meghalaya charts a true story of loss and longing

October 29, 2018 6:35 pm

Dominic Megam Sangma’s debut feature, Ma.Ama, is the only Indian film selected in the International Competition category at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival 2018. And it's in Garo.

Mizoram: how the show goes on

September 26, 2018 10:36 am

Bereft of a single movie theatre, how Mizoram produces and consumes its films: loud speaker announcements, door-to-door ticket sales, dubbing and directors who double up as producers, distributors and even actors.