Veteran actor Anupam Kher returned to direction with Tanvi The Great, 23 years after his directorial debut Om Jai Jagadish. Starring debutante Shubhangi Dutt in the titular role, the Hindi film released in theatres on July 18, 2025.
A recent Supreme Court ruling allowing both Central and State governments to impose separate taxes on direct-to-home and cable TV services has rattled the broadcast sector, already reeling from shrinking margins and digital disruption.
The Tamil Nadu government has reduced the Local Bodies Entertainment Tax (LBET) from 8.6 per cent to 4 per cent. The move comes in after actor Kamal Haasan appealed to the government, stressing on the struggles that the Tamil film industry is going through financially post the pandemic.
The BJP government in Chhattisgarh has declared the recently released Hindi film “Chhaava”, based on the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, tax-free in the state.
