What does "Satellite Rights" mean in the Indian film industry? And how is the amount paid to the film owners by a TV channel as "satellite right" decided?

I have seen a documentary/movie recently on DD national (Hindi-India) related to Gandhi. I couldn't see full movie and now I don't know its name. May be you can help. The story goes like this. Rao (a government employee - I don't know the name of the actor) gets selected to play Gandhi in a ser...

After the Calcutta violence scene in Hey Ram, Saket Ram saw the mahout (elephant's caretaker) dead and that the elephant could not move. I think it was chained. Does this imply anything? Why did the director(Kamal Hassan) make those scenes?

I saw this film in the early 90's but I am estimating that it was probably a bit older (80's or 70's). The setting was oriental, mostly likely Indian. (It was dubbed into my native language.) Things I remember: A love story between a teenage boy and a teenage girl was an important plot thread. ...

I saw this film prior to 1974. I remember it as being a big sweeping historical epic, possibly set in arabia. I think it was subtitled. The scene I remember clearly is a slave girl being asked to climb into a wicker basket, possibly to be part of a magic trick. A man runs the basket through w...

In PK movie, PK knows about Jaggu's boyfriend that he didn't cheat/left her in Belgium. But PK only read the mind of Jaggu. PK didn't know about Tapasvi's lies. How does he know that Sarfaraz still loves Jaggu in the ending?

I have 2 questions to ask. Considering the tough market in Bollywood distribution of movies. How come DDLJ crossed 1000 weeks. I feel there are many other love stories in Bollywood. Why only DDLJ? Is Maratha Mandir doing business still now? Is there any other movie like DDLJ which comes even ...

Are there any movies with unique concept and great animation and background scores like ROAR which recently released ? Must be bollywood movie ? There are many in Hollywood I know the recent being oscar winning "LIFE OF PI "

I watched this movie when I was younger around 2005-2010. I generally dislike Bollywood movies(only seen a handful and dances and songs really grind my gears) but this one was actually quite decent. It was set over the course of one night only and it was set in a house. There was a girl in the ho...

Are there any Bollywood movies that do not have sing and dance sequences? I am not looking for a list of all such movies. If this question is considered too broad, a simple yes or no answer with a brief explanation as to why (e.g. Indian movie-making traditions, culture, etc) would be sufficient...