Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna. Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda will serve as Grand Marshals for the India Day Parade in New York this August. The actors are set to appear in a public event together after a long time. Before walking the iconic Madison Avenue route on August 17, 2025, the two will be … Read more
Studio Ghibli films have always had a special place in the childhoods of those who grew up watching them. Whether it was hopping on a Catbus on a rainy day (My Neighbour Totoro, 1988), soaring above the clouds on a broom to deliver freshly baked goods (Kiki’s Delivery Service, 1989), or warily eyeing the pigs … Read more
Vishnu Manchu in ‘Kannappa’. Kannappa, the big-budget devotional drama, hit the screens on June 27, 2025. The film, headlined by Vishnu Manchu, is produced by veteran Mohan Babu. The pan-Indian movie, originally shot in Telugu, released in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Kannappa stars Prabhas, Mohanlal, Kajal Aggarwal and Akshay Kumar in important cameos. Preity … Read more
A still from ‘M3GAN 2.0’. | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures/YouTube M3GAN, about a killer robot doll who believes it is only doing what it is programmed to, enlivened January 2023 with buckets of gore and grins. The sequel, M3GAN 2.0, switches the programming from straight-up slasher to a mix of Terminator and Mission: Impossible, to … Read more
Revathy S Varmah on set. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Filmmaker Revathy S Varmah has worked with A-listers such as Shahrukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, and Amitabh Bachchan as an ad filmmaker. She is also working on a PT Usha biopic being mounted on an international scale. But she holds her latest, Ee Valayam, close to … Read more
Editor-turned-director Leo John Paul’s Maargan is the kind of genre-blender that shouldn’t have worked theoretically — who would take a crime investigation seriously if there’s a lesser-known supernatural element in the mix? Sure, we have seen investigations surrounding ghosts or mythical creatures and monsters, but seldom with the supernatural aspect in Maargan. The film is … Read more
Brinda Acharya and Satya Prakash in ‘X&Y’. | Photo Credit: Satya Pictures/YouTube In films with audacious subjects, a viewer needs to believe in the world the filmmaker is trying to create. If you fixate on the logic behind it, you cannot see what the director is trying to say. What are the chances of the … Read more
I’ve sat through enough summer movies to know when one’s trying to show off, and F1 doesn’t even pretend to play it cool. It kicks things off with a package full of revving engines, shiny chrome, and the promise of a big, sweaty comeback, before you’ve even had a crack at your popcorn. It’s got … Read more
After every few years, we have a female star taking on the role of a doting mother who morphs into a saviour of her child and family. It is a time-tested Bollywood formula for the heroine who is losing her space under the spotlight to play her age and yet remain central to the story. … Read more
A still from ‘Panchayat’ Season 4 | Photo Credit: YouTube/Prime Video India In its four seasons, Panchayat has evolved considerably. It has possibly taken its biggest leap yet towards shedding its image as slice-of-life comedy. Panchayat’s Season 4 was highly anticipated with a political showdown expected between Phulera’s current chief (Pradhan) Manju Devi (Neena Gupta), … Read more
At one point, well into the second hour of the Telugu film Kannappa, Prabhas appears on screen as the deity Rudra. His extended cameo includes lines that cheekily nod to his larger-than-life image — one even references the endless speculation around his bachelorhood. These ‘meta’ touches serve as deliberate fan service, injecting energy into an … Read more
COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, 03/05/2015: Stand-up comedian-actor Vir Das performs in “Unbelievablish”, a comedy show at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore on May 03, 2015. Photo: M. Periasamy | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M Comedian and actor Vir Das has been announced as one of the key guests of honour at the Indian Film … Read more
Rashmika Mandanna in ‘Mysaa’. | Photo Credit: @iamRashmika/X A new poster of Rashmika Mandanna’s upcoming movie has been unveiled. In Mysaa, the actor is set to step into a never-before-seen warrior avatar. In a fierce first-look, Rashmika appears in a a blood-smeared face in the poster. With wild hair, and a sword clutched in hand, … Read more
Aamir Khan in ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’. | Photo Credit: Aamir Khan Talkies/YouTube Sitaare Zameen Par, headlined by Bollywood star Aamir Khan, has collected ₹88.69 crore nett at the domestic box office during its first week. Directed by R S Prasanna, the film released in theatres on June 20 and is a spiritual sequel to the … Read more
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom. | Photo Credit: AP Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have called off their relationship. A source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple, who got engaged in 2019, have decided to part ways. TMZ was the first to report the news. Perry, 40, and Bloom, 48, first met in 2016 at … Read more
A promotion poster of JSK – Janaki vs State of Kerala Various film bodies in the Malayalam movie industry will stage a protest in front of the regional office of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) at Thiruvananthapuram on June 30, 2025 in protest against the “arbitrary film certification” adopted by the board. The … Read more
Frequently Made Mistakes: Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar We dig into how the film nails both comedy and drama separately — but fumbles when it tries to blend them. | Video Credit: Sudhish Kamath You’re vibing to a fun rom-com — then suddenly it turns into a tearful breakup. Wait, what just happened? Welcome to Frequently … Read more
A still from ‘Nikita Roy’. | Photo Credit: NVB Films/YouTube Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha said her upcoming film Nikita Roy has been postponed and will now release in theatres on July 18. Sonakshi shared a post on her Instagram handle on Thursday announcing the news. The post featured the film’s poster with the note. It … Read more
Payal Kapadia, Kamal Haasan and Ayushmann Khurrana. Indian film personalities Kamal Haasan, Ayushmann Khurrana and filmmaker Payal Kapadia are among the 534 artists and executives to be invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) this year. Kamal Haasan and Ayushmannn Khurrana were invited in the Actors’ Branch while Payal Kapadia got … Read more
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93. Schifrin’s son Ryan confirmed that Schifrin died due to complications from pneumonia. He died peacefully in his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family. The Argentine won … Read more
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) Brad Pitt attends the “F1: The Movie” European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: GARETH CATTERMOLE Police are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned … Read more
The revising committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has also demanded the makers of the film JSK – Janaki vs State of Kerala, starring Union Minister Suresh Gopi, to change the title of the film as well as the name of the protagonist. Pravin Narayanan, director of the film, announced the revising … Read more
By its fourth season, The Bear has stopped pretending it’s not a workplace drama in chef’s whites. The powdered sugar of stylisation has mostly been dusted off, and what now remains is a sleek, trimmed-down story about trying to keep a business alive while everyone involved is quietly falling apart. It’s still quite fond of … Read more
Tamil actor Krishna and his associate were arrested by the Nungambakkam Police of the Greater Chennai Police (GCP) on Thursday (June 26, 2025) in connection with a drug case, following the seizure of narcotics from the associate and the discovery of WhatsApp chats between them and others, allegedly indicating their involvement. Krishna is the second … Read more
Representational image. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Holding that banning online review of movies for first three days of their theatrical release would tantamount to interfering with the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, the Madras High Court, on Thursday (June 26, 2025) dismissed a writ petition seeking such restriction filed by … Read more
‘Chinnadha Oru Padam’: Sivakarthikeyan unveils first look of Tamil anthology starring Vidharth, Prasanna and others
Devayani, Meetha Raghunath, Sarath Kumar and Siddharth in a stil from ‘3BHK’ | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube A middle-class family faces harsh realities in pursuing their dreams of owning a house in the trailer of the upcoming Tamil family drama, 3BHK, starring Siddharth, Sarath Kumar, Devayani and Meetha Raghunath, unveiled by the makers on … Read more
A still from ‘We Were Liars’ | Photo Credit: IMDb However many synonyms one finds for dreadful, they will not be enough to describe this lazy adaptation of E. Lockhart’s 2014 YA psychological thriller. The characters are largely unlikeable, and things do not go well for the only loveable ones — Frances and Eleanor, the … Read more
Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery has refuted allegations levelled by actor Joju George that the latter was not paid any remuneration for acting in the 2021 Malayalam film Churuli. In a Facebook post on Thursday (June 26, 2025), the filmmaker said he decided to come out with an explanation as Mr. George’s comments regarding the film … Read more
Rajkumar Hirani, Shoojit Sircar, Anjali Menon, Onir | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Filmmakers Rajkumar Hirani, Shoojit Sircar, Anjali Menon and Onir are set to collaborate on the second instalment of My Melbourne, an Indo-Australian anthology film project. The project, produced by Mind Blowing Films and presented by the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), aims … Read more