2025: The year the box office drew clear lines |
New Delhi: 2025 will be remembered as a defining year for Indian theatrical cinema — a year that separated conviction-led cinema from sheer content noise. The domestic box office (Hindi dubbed) made one thing clear: volume alone no longer guarantees success, and star power without purpose is no longer enough.
While the year witnessed the rise of true juggernauts and all-time blockbusters driven by scale, clarity, and timing, it also exposed the fragility of brand-led releases that relied heavily on........