‘The Royals’ trailer: Ishaan Khatter, Bhumi Pednekar explore romance, royality and change

Ishaan Khatter, Bhumi Pednekar in ‘The Royals’ Netflix India on Tuesday (April 22) launched the trailer for The Royals, a self-described ‘royalty rom-com’ set to stream on the platform from May 9. Directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana, the series is headlined by Ishaan Khatter, Bhumi Pednekar and Bollywood veteran Zeenat Aman. The ballroom-filing ensemble … Read more

‘Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2’ movie review: Ajai Rao’s courtroom drama is a smartly made crowd pleaser

Ajai Rao in ‘Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2’. | Photo Credit: A2 Music Official/YouTube Ajai Rao-starrerYuddhakaanda Chapter 2 is a conventional legal drama with enough for those looking for complexities involved in a courtroom battle. The Pavan Bhat directorial is a deliberate crowd-pleaser, even as it does not trivialise a sensational case at its centre. The film … Read more

‘Khauf’ series review: Smita Singh’s skilful horror project blurs the line between real and supernatural

Monika Panwar in ‘Khauf’ as Madhuri. | Photo Credit: Prime Video In an India post the 2012 New Delhi gang rape that shook the country, public buses, late night cinema shows, and metal rods have made a place for themselves in the language of violence against women. So naturally, when you watch Anu (Asheema Vardaan) … Read more

Sasikumar interview: On ‘Tourist Family’, Madurai memories and the importance of staying rooted

Sasikumar interview | Video Credit: The Hindu Madurai is everything for Sasikumar. It’s where he watched his first Tamil film and it’s where his family and friends live. Pudhu Thamaraipatti, his native village near Madurai, is the place he is most comfortable at. There, Sasikumar is not identified as the Subramanaipuramhit filmmaker. He is not … Read more

Jaideep Ahlawat on dancing, ‘fighting a lot’ with Saif Ali Khan in Jewel Thief and his favourite heist movie

Jewel Thief. Jaideep Ahlawat in Jewel Thief. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Jaideep Ahlawat is drinking up the response to his velvety dance moves in Jewel Thief. The 45-year-old actor, typically known for playing hard-bitten cops and gangsters, or gentle brooders in films like Three of Us, cut … Read more

Shyam Benegal to be honoured at silver jubilee edition of New York Indian Film Festival

The legacy of legendary Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal will be honoured at the New York Indian Film Festival, which will celebrate its silver jubilee this year with a repertoire of diverse cinematic works featuring celebrated artists such as Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, James Ivory and Rasika Dugal. The festival, the longest-running and prestigious US festival … Read more

ED summons actor Mahesh Babu for questioning in money laundering probe involving Hyderabad real estate firms

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Mahesh Babu for questioning on Monday (April 28, 2025) in connection with an ongoing money laundering probe involving Sai Surya Developers and the Surana Group, real estate firms based in Hyderabad. The ED is examining Mr. Mahesh Babu’s financial transactions with Sai Surya Developers as part of its … Read more

Actor Vishnu Vishal and wife, badminton player Jwala Gutta, welcome baby girl

Jwala Gutta and Vishnu Vishal; pictures shared by the couple to announce the birth of their baby | Photo Credit: @thevishnuvishal/Instagram Tamil actor Vishnu Vishal and his wife, badminton player Jwala Gutta, became parents to a baby girl on Tuesday (April 22). Notably, the baby was coincidentally born on the couple’s fourth wedding anniversary. On … Read more

‘Weapons’ teaser: ‘Barbarian’ director Zach Cregger reveals next unsettling project

A still from ‘Weapons’ | Photo Credit: Warner Bros Warner Bros has dropped the first teaser for Weapons, the much-anticipated horror thriller from Barbarian director Zach Cregger. After a wave of excitement at CinemaCon and strong test screenings, the studio moved its release up to August 8, 2025. The teaser gives a first look at … Read more

Rohit Shetty opens up on alleged fallout with Shah Rukh Khan after ‘Dilwale’: ‘We have mutual respect’

Rohit Shetty with Shah Rukh Khan The failure of 2015’s Dilwale, which reunited Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Rohit Shetty after the blockbuster Chennai Express, had since led to speculations of a rift between the two. That the two haven’t collaborated since further fuelled these rumous. Now, in a latest interview, Rohit has … Read more

Author of book ‘The Emergency’ threatens to sue Manikarnika Films, Netflix for alleged ‘breach of contract’ and ‘damage to reputation’

Poster of Emergency. | Picture courtesy Imdb Coomi Kapoor, a senior woman journalist and author of the book “The Emergency”, is suing Manikarnika Films Private Limited and Netflix for alleged “blatant breach of contract” and for allegedly “damaging her reputation and that of her book” by the Kangana Ranaut-starrer “Emergency” being shown on Netflix, said … Read more

Censoring change: How Bollywood’s elite resist caste-conscious cinema

Hindi cinema, dominated by profit-driven masala films, often glorifies social elites while sidelining Dalit-Bahujan identities and their concerns. Mainstream Bollywood, criticised for promoting patriarchal and casteist stereotypes, rarely embraces cinema as a tool to challenge social injustices. Additionally, it tends to uphold the cultural and political agendas of traditional social elites while avoiding engaging with … Read more

Kristen Stewart and girlfriend Dylan Meyer get married in intimate ceremony, pictures out

Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer | Photo Credit: X/bellaxkristen Actors Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer got married in an intimate wedding ceremony in Los Angeles. Stewart, 35, and Meyer, 37, began dating in 2019 and got engaged in November 2021. They obtained the marriage license last week and the wedding ceremony took place on Sunday, … Read more

Pope Francis, first pope to act in a film, believed cinema could “reawaken wonder”

Wim Wenders and Pope Francis in the documentary ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ (2018) | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures Pope Francis, beloved Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, breathed his last on Easter Monday (April 21, 2025). The pope, known for being one of the most progressive pontiffs in Vatican history, was … Read more

‘Masthishka Maranam’: Krishand’s next announced; first look out

Posters of ‘Masthishka Maranam’ | Photo Credit: @ajithvinayakafilms/Instagram Director Krishand is back and this time, he’s helming a film titled Masthishka Maranam (A Frankenbiting of Simon’s Memories). The makers of the film made the announcement on Sunday along with the film’s first look posters. The cyberpunk-inspired first look images feature the actors in VR headsets … Read more

Biju Menon, Joju George to headline Jeethu Joseph’s ‘Valathu Vashathe Kallan’

Biju Menon, Joju George, Jeethu Joseph; title poster of ‘Valathu Vashathe Kallan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement, N Ravichandran, and Thulasi Kakkat Drishyam-maker Jeethu Joseph on Sunday (April 21) announced his next feature film, Valathu Vashathe Kallan, starring actors Biju Menon and Joju George in the lead. The makers unveiled a title poster of the … Read more

Seeing Red: How an iPhone 16 Pro Max brought a dark comedy to life

Seeing Red is one of four standout films chosen for this year’s ‘MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone’ initiative | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) continues its mission to make filmmaking accessible to all with “MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone,” showcasing emerging talent across India. This year’s selection includes Seeing Red, a … Read more