Nikhil Gandhi quit Times Network in September as Chief Operating Officer and President. Before Times Network, he worked as Vice President with Walt Disney for 9 years

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Despite being the acquired entity, Star India, by virtue of being a Rs 10,000 crore media mammoth, seemed to have a clear upper hand as opposed to Disney India, which is barely a Rs 100 crore business

Stepping out from the slowdown, India's most powerful women exude self-assurance at the BT event to honour them.

These production companies like to call themselves 'boutique studios', as they are also making sure that they have a consistent slate of films. While Dharma has a slate of 4-5 films every year, T-Series has a slate of at least 6-7 films.

This acquisition will enable The Walt Disney Company to make a strong comeback into the Indian market as a full-fledged media entity, as it now will be the owner of the Rs 10,000-odd crore media mammoth, Star India.

The Indian immigrants across the globe extensively follow the local news and entertainment channels, but withal they consume Entertainment and Television content in the mother tongue.

As digital entertainment platforms in India proliferate, consolidation is on the cards.

After a short hiatus, Ronnie Screwvala, the former promoter of UTV (which he sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2011), is back into the business of films.

President Xi Jinping told his Indian counterpart that he 'loved' Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal, which recently released in China. Xi Jinping also said that he wanted to see more such movies in China in the future, Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told media.

The movie released in China on May 5. Dangal was screened at the 7th Beijing International Film Festival in the non-competing panorama section in April 2017 as Shuaijiao Baba (Let's Wrestle, Father!) and received a standing ovation.

The movie which released on April 28, 2017 is slowly and steadily nearing the Rs 2,000-crore collection mark worldwide is facing stiff competition from Aamir Khan starrer Dangal.

The movie which has been ruling the Indian boxoffice for the last four weeks lost to Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal recently released in China and Taiwan.

The Walt Disney Company has failed to make a big impact in Bollywood despite its buyout of UTV Software.

If a studio owns a movie it bears all profit or loss. But studios in India acquire a film from a production house at a marked-up price and merely promote, market and distribute it instead of focusing on creating content.