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Variety is the #1 entertainment news brand. Now celebrating 120 years of award-winning breaking news reporting, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights, and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players, Variety remains the most trusted source for the business of global entertainment. Read by a highly engaged audience of industry insiders, entertainment fans, executive-level professionals and decision-makers, Variety’s multi-platform content coverage expands across digital, mobile, social, print, podcasts, branded content, data, events and summits.
In India, Variety brings its global editorial voice to a rapidly evolving creative market. Variety India examines the forces shaping India’s film, television, streaming, music, theatre, and lifestyle industries, engaging with producers, directors, studio heads, and craftspeople behind the screen to offer a refined insider perspective on industry-shaping cultural experiences. Through data-driven insights and a deep understanding of culture and commerce, it delivers informed and influential journalism rooted in the business of entertainment. At the helm of bringing this 120-year-old legacy to India is Thursday Tales Pvt. Ltd., founded by Sarita A. Tanwar and Gautam B. Thakker.
About Thursday Tales Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Founded by Sarita A. Tanwar and Gautam B. Thakker, both industry veterans with over 40 years of combined experience, Thursday Tales Publishing Pvt Ltd (TTPPL) is reimagining how audiences experience cinema, breaking barriers of geography, culture, and language. Fuelled by a deep passion for storytelling and cultural exchange, the publication champions diverse voices, celebrates cinematic brilliance, and builds a powerful bridge between filmmakers, tastemakers and audiences across the globe. Its collaboration with Variety marks a pivotal moment in entertainment journalism, ushering in a bold, new era that’s intimate yet global, authentic yet trailblazing. Here, cinema isn’t just reported on; it’s experienced, debated, and reimagined, rewriting the very script of how India engages with the world of films.
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Sarita A Tanwar, Editor-In-Chief
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