Bollywood star Rani Mukerji has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Australia’s La Trobe University for three decades of work in Indian cinema and her contributions off screen, the university said. She is the second Indian film figure to receive the distinction, after superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s honor in 2019. “Receiving this honorary
Christopher Nolan‘s “The Odyssey” will open on more than 20,000 screens across mainland China, including some 90% of the territory’s Imax footprint of nearly 800 sites, distributor data shows. Presale box office of the Universal title reached RMB39.5 million ($5.9 million) as of August 12 (Beijing time), with combined preview and presale grosses hitting RMB91
India’s Panorama Studios, the producer behind the Bollywood “Drishyam” franchise, has invested in Indian original stories vertical platform Rocket Reels, fueling the platform’s next phase of growth and global expansion. Panorama Studios is chaired by veteran film producer Kumar Mangat Pathak and led by filmmaker and managing director Abhishek Pathak. The studio has built a
The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) has selected Japan as the 2026 Focus Country for its Producer Hub, a co-production networking platform tied to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF(. Japan will send 10 producers to Busan in October for project pitching, speed meetings and case-study sessions. Now in its third year, Producer Hub
To engineer-turned-corporate executive Guillaume Lucci, there’s a straightforward solution to the Philippines’ ongoing energy emergency. “What we need is more energy of all sorts, not only more renewable energy,” Lucci, the CEO of Filipino infrastructure firm Prime Infra, tells Fortune at the firm’s headquarters in Pasay City, Manila. “We don’t see energy reliability and affordability
A new original series exploring the life of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh is in development at Collective Studios’ Historyverse. The project is being made in association with Hathiramani Commercial Ventures and co-produced with investor and entrepreneur Manish Hathiramani, who marks his producing debut with the show. The series is designed to move past the
