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Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and Jahnvi Kapoor | Photo Credit: Getty Images, The Hindu Actor Sonam Kapoor rang in her 39th birthday with a private celebration in Mumbai on Saturday night, attended by close friends and family from the film industry. The gathering saw several Bollywood celebrities arrive to wish the Veere Di Wedding star. … Read more

For Vinod AK, his directorial debut, Moonwalk, is a trip down memory lane to an era when a generation was addicted to breakdance, Michael Jackson and, of course, the moonwalk. Vinod has packed it all in this slice-of-life narrative about a bunch of young men in the late ‘80s, who fell in love with the … Read more

First look of ‘Lokah – Chapter 1: Chandra’ | Photo Credit: @dqswayfarerfilms/Instagram Actor-producer Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films banner is all set to create a superhero film universe, ‘Lokah,’ in Malayalam, the first of which stars Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen in the lead. Titled Lokah – Chapter 1: Chandra, the first look of the film was … Read more

Poster of ‘Housefull 5’ | Photo Credit: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Housefull 5, featuring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez, has earned over ₹50 crore nett at the domestic box office in two days, the makers announced on Sunday (June 8). Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala’s production banner, Nadiadwala … Read more

Nandamuri Balakrishna with Gopichandh Malineni; announcement poster of ‘NBK 111’ | Photo Credit: @dongopichand/Instagram Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna has reunited with Veera Simha Reddy director Gopichandh Malineni for his next, tentatively called NBK 111. The news was announced on Sunday (June 8), days ahead of the star’s 65th birthday. Vriddhi Cinemas, the banner set to … Read more

Manish Gupta | Photo Credit: @manishguptawriterdirector/Instagram Filmmaker Manish Gupta was booked for allegedly injuring his driver with a kitchen knife after an argument over the latter’s salary, a Mumbai police official said on Friday (June 7, 2025). The incident took place on Thursday night in Gupta’s residence in Sagar Sanjog building, the Versova police station … Read more

Badshah and Dua Lipa | Photo Credit: The Hindu, Getty Images Indian rapper Badshah is facing severe backlash online after making a controversial comment about British pop star Dua Lipa. A recent tweet has turned into a full-blown PR mess, as the artist’s remark about wanting to “make babies” with the singer was met with … Read more

The team of ‘Sardar 2’ at the Hua Hin Airport after wrapping the shoot | Photo Credit: @Karthi_Offl/X Sardar 2, Tamil actor Karthi and filmmaker PS Mithran’s much-awaited sequel to their 2022 film, wrapped its principal photography on Saturday (June 7). Karthi shared pictures of the team from the Hua Hin Airport, Thailand, on his … Read more

Sonakshi Sinha and Jyotika | Photo Credit: @aslisona/Instagram and @jyotika/Instagram Actors Sonakshi Sinha and Jyotika are reportedly starring in filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s upcoming courtroom drama, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment and Harman Baweja’s Baweja Studios. According to Mid-Day, the film went on floors last week in Malvani, Madh Island, and … Read more

Ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s much-awaited film Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR, has collected ₹30 crore in India in the first three days of its release. After arriving in theatres with sky-high expectations on Thursday, June 5, the film’s performance has declined rapidly due to unfavourable reviews from critics and the general public. … Read more

Anurag Kashyap | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has lashed out at Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, calling him “the definition of dumb” after Sarandos suggested the streaming platform may have made a misstep by launching in India with Sacred Games. Speaking on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast, Sarandos reflected on Netflix’s entry into the … Read more

A still from ‘The Accountant 2’ | Photo Credit: IMDb An assassin, Anaïs (Daniella Pineda), walks into a bar to meet Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), a former Treasury agent. He tells her he needs help finding a missing Salvadoran family and is then killed in the ensuing shootout. Treasury agent and King’s protégée, Marybeth Medina … Read more

A still from ‘Housefull 5’ Housefull 5 starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan among others, has collected Rs 24.35 crore nett at the domestic box office on its opening day, the makers announced on Saturday. The ensemble comedy with multiple endings released in theatres on Friday (June 6). Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala’s production banner … Read more

In India, in the entertainment sphere, this has been a Deepika Padukone news week. The Bollywood actor on Saturday (June 7, 2025) officially boarded the cast of Telugu star Allu Arjun’s sci-fi magnum opus with director Atlee. The announcement, while delighting fans, arrived in a charged context: Deepika, currently on a maternity break, has waded … Read more

Surya Vashistta, Ritu Varma and Shiva Kandukuri in the web series | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the first few minutes of the Telugu web series Devika & Danny, streaming on Jio Hotstar, Devika Nandan (Ritu Varma) discloses that she has lived her life within a 25-kilometre radius. She teaches music at a nearby village … Read more

A case of kidnapping and extortion has been registered against actor-cum-politician G. Krishnakumar and his family based on a complaint filed by a female employee of his daughter Diya’s firm, the police said on Saturday (June 7, 2025). The complainant has alleged that she was kidnapped by Mr. Krishnakumar and Diya and money was extorted … Read more

A still from the film | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Kannada film, Sees Kaddi, marks Rathan Gangadhar’s directorial debut. It is an anthology that explores stories about children through the metaphor of a pencil. The film has already made a mark on the festival circuit. It was screened at the Indian Film Festival of … Read more

There is no stopping David Attenborough. As the legendary broadcaster and natural historian turned 99 in May, he shares an important message on how the health of our oceans has a direct impact on our lives in a feature-length documentary, Ocean With David Attenborough.“After living for nearly a hundred years on this planet, I now … Read more

Deepika Padukone recording a performance capture for Atlee’s next Actor Deepika Padukone on Saturday joined the cast of Telugu cinema star Allu Arjun and director Atlee’s upcoming movie. Backed by production banner Sun Pictures, the movie is billed as a “magnum opus”. The currently untitled movie was officially announced on Arjun’s 43rd birthday in April. “The … Read more

Enzo Staiola as Bruno Ricci in ‘Bicycle Thieves’ Italian actor Enzo Staiola, immortalised on screen for playing little Bruno in Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, passed away on June 6. He was 85. According to a report in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Staiola passed away in Rome. No immediate cause of his death was … Read more

By all means, Predator: Killer of Killers had no business being as exhilarating as it is. On paper, the premise read like the (very real) sandbox fantasies of a twelve-year-old freshly chancing upon a dusty DVD with the cool, gun-toting muscle-man on the cover: What if the Predator fought a Viking? Or a samurai? Or … Read more

A still from ‘The Life of Chuck’. | Photo Credit: NEON/YouTube With a movie featuring Mike Flanagan — the man behind horror hits like The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher — and Stephen King, the master of the macabre, you would be forgiven for expecting a … Read more

Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh In a bid to cash in on the goodwill around the frat-boy comedy, writer-producer Sajid Nadiadwala, this time, lines his boisterous drollery with a layer of mystery in the vacation season. Set on a luxury cruise ship, where a billionaire (Ranjeet) dies and a doctor is silenced, it literally spirals … Read more

Naslen in ‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’. | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube The Malayalam boxing drama Alappuzha Gymkhanais set for its OTT release. Directed by Khalid Rahman of Thallumaala fame, the movie stars Naslen in the lead role. Released in theatres on April 10, 2025, the sports drama also stars Lukman Avaran, Baby Jean, Sandeep Pradeep, Ganapathi … Read more

A still from ‘Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali’  The way a filmmaker conceives a single sequence can sometimes reveal the entire thought process behind the film. This is especially true of single-agenda films like Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali, the debut directorial of Sethunath Padmakumar. Sahadevan (Asif Ali), the protagonist who is facing a case under Section 498A over dowry harassment … Read more

A poster for ‘Gachiakuta’ | Photo Credit: X/ @gachiakuta_PR The highly anticipated anime adaptation of Gachiakuta is officially set to premiere on Crunchyroll starting July 6, 2025. Already hailed as a potential game-changer for modern shounen, the series will receive a special theatrical debut in several countries ahead of the streaming launch, including India, where … Read more

A still from ‘The Accountant 2’. | Photo Credit: Prime Video Stolen – Now Streaming The movie follows the intense journey of two urbane brothers who witness a baby being kidnapped from an impoverished mother at a railway station in rural India. One brother, guided by moral duty, convinces the other to help the mother … Read more

A still from Thug Life | Photo Credit: Special arrangement This week, two Indian cinema titans attempt to recapture their magic with Thug Life, though the results are mixed. Meanwhile, Succession creator Jesse Armstrong delivers a sharp satire on the digital age with Mountainhead, and the gritty indie thriller Stolen proves there’s still life left … Read more

Darshana Rajendran started doing theatre as a hobby initially. As she engaged more with the medium, she realised she thoroughly enjoyed it and decided to pursue it full time. Over the years, she explored other connected forms such as dubbing, voice-overs, theatre workshops and films. Remember her rendition of ‘Baawra man’ for the Malayalam film … Read more

Pankaj Tripathi and Aditi Rao Hydari in ‘Parivarik ManuRanjan’. | Photo Credit: Bhanushali Studios Limited/X Actors Pankaj Tripathi and Aditi Rao Hydari will be featuring together in an upcoming film, titled Parivarik ManuRanjan. Filled with laughter, love, chaos and music, the family entertainer is about a “perfectly mismatched duo”, the makers said in a statement. … Read more