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Ali Abbasi arrives at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Santa Monica, California, United States | Photo Credit: JORDAN STRAUSS The Apprentice filmmaker Ali Abbasi is no longer a part of his US-based talent agencies following allegations that he groped an A-list actor. However, Abbasi has claimed that the split … Read more

Sean Baker’s Anora won Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Mikey Madison at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of next Sunday’s Oscars: The film about a Brooklyn sex worker and her whirlwind affair with a Russian oligarch’s son has emerged in recent weeks as an awards … Read more

Shuchi Talati, left, and Richa Chadha accept the John Cassavetes award for “Girls Will Be Girls” during the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal’s debut film production, Girls Will Be Girls, won the prestigious John Cassavetes Award at the 2025 … Read more

Poster of ‘Chhaava’ | Photo Credit: Maddock Films Vicky Kaushal’s blockbuster film, Chhaava, is moving at a records-shattering pace at the box office. The film, a historical drama based on the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, is running strongly on its tenth day of release today, and is expected to cross the Rs 400-crore mark … Read more

Actor Blake Lively. | Photo Credit: Reuters Actress Blake Lively has asked for “additional protections” in her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni. As both sides agreed to a protective order (PO), attorneys for the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, submitted a letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman in the Southern District of New … Read more

Hunter Schafer poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Kinds of Kindness’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) | Photo Credit: Scott A Garfitt US trans actress Hunter Schafer, known for HBO hit show “Euphoria,” has said her passport … Read more

Director Ali Abbasi. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ali Abbasi, director of the Oscar-nominated Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, has been accused of groping an A-List actor. The alleged incident has led to the filmmaker parting ways with CAA and Entertainment 360, Deadline reported. According to reports, at the CAA’s Golden Globes after party, an inebriated … Read more

Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. | Photo Credit: Sony Picture Entertainment/YouTube The makers of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man 4 have pushed the release date of the film. The Marvel superhero’s next feature will be released theatrically on July 31, a week later than previously scheduled, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The film was earlier set … Read more

Tamannaah Bhatia in ‘Odela 2’ Actor Tamannaah Bhatia launched the teaser for her upcoming film, Odela 2, at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday (February 22). The teaser introduces Tamannaah as Shiva Shakthi, a fierce protector and ascetic taking on malevolent forces. The supernatural thriller film is a sequel to Odela … Read more

Hyderabad, Telangana 30/11/2019: Bollywood director and choreographer Farah Khan at a panel discussion with storytellers to discuss about shot films and cinematic excellence in India in Hyderabad on November 30, 2019. Photo: Nagara Gopal / The Hindu | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL A criminal complaint has been lodged against filmmaker Farah Khan for allegedly terming … Read more

Vicky Kaushal in ‘Chhaava’. After collecting ₹ 310.50 crore at the box office globally in its first week, Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaavahas surpassed the actor’s previous highest grosser, Uri: The Surgical Strike. Here are five records set by the historical drama. ‘Chhaava’ goes past ‘Uri’ According to tracking website Sacnilk, the film has amassed a worldwide … Read more

Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor | Photo Credit: Instagram Bollywood star couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt stole the spotlight with their stunning entry at Aadar Jain and Alekha Advani’s wedding in Mumbai on Friday evening. Alia looked gorgeous in a light-pink saree as she posed for the photographs. The Jigra actress complimented her outfit with … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 98th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, on Friday (February 21, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Vicky Kaushal starrer historical period drama Chhaava and spoke about Maharashtra’s role in shaping both Marathi and Hindi cinema. Speaking at the … Read more

Rakul Preet Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar in ‘Mere Husband Ki Biwi’  Love and war come in all shapes and sizes. This week they take the shape of a circle in the hands of Muddassar Aziz. The writer-director knows more than a thing or two about finding mirth in the geometry of mush. From … Read more

The recent successes of Telugu filmsSankranthiki Vasthunam and Thandel signal a shift in audience preferences towards feel-good comedies and romantic dramas, a welcome change after an overdose of action films. Riding this wave is Mazaka, directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, which releases on February 26, coinciding with the Maha Shivaratri holiday. Lead actor Sundeep Kishan … Read more

A line from the ‘Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam’ song from the 1962 Tamil film Policekaran Magalgoes, “Kulungum mundhaanai sirikum athanai viratuvathu yenadiyo? Unthan kodiyidai indru padai kondu vanthu kolluvathu yenadiyo.” While this beautiful Tamil line by Kannadasan might sound like Greek and Latin to today’s Gen Z and Alpha generation and their take on contemporary … Read more

Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’ Though very much a movie of and in its time, there is a deliciously cool retro vibe to Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, an underlying thread of those jolly erotic thrillers of the late ‘80s and ‘90s. It is no surprise that Reijn has cited directors such as Paul Verhoeven (Basic … Read more

There’s something so raw and likeable about actor-director Pradeep Ranganathan that you can immediately accept his make-believe as an impressionable Tamil middle-class youth. With Love Today, where he directed himself, Pradeep made a moving impression on the zeitgeist as a familiar boy-next-door, with all his flaws, ticks, beliefs and charm. With director Ashwath Marimuthu’s Dragon, … Read more

Vicky Kaushal in ‘Chhaava’ | Photo Credit: KSL Vicky Kaushal’s new historical, Chhaava, a biopic of Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, is witnessing an unstoppable run at the box-office. The film has collected ₹219.25 crore (India net) in its first seven days, closing out a terrific opening week, according to tracking website Sacnilk. Its Day … Read more

A still from ‘Anora’ | Photo Credit: Neon Sean Baker has built his career peeling back the tattered sequins of the American Dream, revealing it as either a grand cosmic gag or a long con perpetuated by those with just the right mix of shamelessness and dumb luck. His latest, and the winner of this … Read more

Aparna Guhan and Aruna Guhan of AVM. File | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The property dispute between the partners of family-owned AVM Productions, one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest film production houses, has reached the Madras High Court, with one of the great granddaughters of the founder A.V. Meiyappan insisting on partitioning the family properties. Aparna … Read more

In August 1971, a psychology professor at Stanford University conducted a study in which college students were offered money in exchange for participating in a two-week prison simulation experiment. Philip Zimbardo wished to understand what such an environment would do to their psyche. Through coin-flips, the participants were segregated into ‘prisoners’ and ‘guards’. In just … Read more

Mani, Brahmaji, Sudhakar Reddy, Aamani and Dhanya Balakrishna | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The premise of Baapu – A Father’s Story seems compelling on paper, but translating it into an engaging film is another challenge altogether. This indie-spirited Telugu drama, written and directed by Daya, unfolds in rural Telangana, aiming for a rollercoaster emotional family … Read more

Sourav Ganguly, Rajkummar Rao | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly opened up about his biopic and shared that Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao will portray him in the film. While speaking to the media, he said, “From what I’ve heard, Rajkummar Rao will play the role (the titular role)…but there … Read more

The recently released movie Chhaava, based on the life of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, should be screened for all the legislators across the country, Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi demanded on Thursday. She also sought that the movie be declared “tax-free”. “I have written to Ashwini Vaishnawji to urge the Chief Ministers … Read more

PARIS, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 24: Omar Sy attends the 37th Cesar Film Awards at Theatre du Chatelet on February 24, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: Pascal Le Segretain Lupin star Omar Sy will headline a spin-off series to Netflix’s smash hit Extraction movies. According to entertainment outlet … Read more

Anaswara Rajan’s smile is worth a million bucks, the actor’s face breaks into that smile when I congratulate her on the third release of the year (it is only the second week of February yet!) and the tremendous success of Rekhachitram. “The releases just happened one after the other. These were the films that I … Read more

In the about 1,000 days between her drunken-driving crash in May 2022 and her death, South Korean mainstream news organizations published at least around 2,000 stories on film actor Kim Sae-ron. A quick search in the country’s press database yields a wave of sensational headlines that illustrate how the local media often cover a celebrity’s … Read more

A still from ‘Chhaava’ Vicky Kaushal’s blockbuster Hindi movie,Chhaava, will run tax-free in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced on Wednesday. This comes hours after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that the film would be tax-free in his state Pramod Sawant made the announcement in a post on X. “It gives pleasure to … Read more

Kangana Ranaut as Indira Gandhi in ‘Emergency’ Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has announced the OTT release date of her latest film, Emergency. Directed by and starring Kangana, the historical drama centres on the tumultuous life of Indira Gandhi, particularly her actions during the repressive years of the Indian Emergency (1975-1977). On Instagram Stories, Kangana revealed the … Read more