Two Indians of the 20th Century to have found among the greatest global recognition in the arts are Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray. And, closely tied to their life and work was Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020). Together, they played important roles in the flourishing of a culture that was simultaneously very Bengali yet universal. It was … Read more
A still from ‘Santosh’ | Photo Credit: Vertigo Films The internationally acclaimed Santosh has been denied certification for theatrical release in India after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) objected to its portrayal of police brutality, caste discrimination, and misogyny, according to reports from The Guardian. Written and directed by British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, … Read more
Mohanlal and Shobana in ‘Thudarum’. | Photo Credit: Rejaputhra Visual Media/YouTube The makers of Thudarumhave released the film’s trailer. The Malayalam film stars veteran actors Mohanlal and Shobhana. Directed by Tharun Moorthy, Thudarum is bankrolled by M Renjith under the banner Rejaputhra Visual Media. Thudarum brings back Mohanlal and Shobhana after 15 years on the … Read more
A new poster for ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’ Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi’s Bhool Chuk Maaf, a time-loop romantic comedy set in Varanasi, has a release date. Directed and written by Karan Sharma, the film follows Ranjan (Rajkummar), a hopeless romantic who lands a government job to win his love, Titli (Wamiqa). But right before the … Read more
Nayanthara and R Madhavan in ‘TEST’. | Photo Credit: Netflix India/YouTube The makers of Testhas released the film’s trailer. The movie stars R Madhavan, Siddharth, Nayanthara and Meera Jasmine. The Tamil film is helmed by debutant S Shashikanth and produced by YNOT Studios. A cricketer fuelled by passion, a teacher caught between love and duty, … Read more
Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday (March 25, 2025), Mr. Ballal – his face bruised and clothes still spotted with blood – recounted to The … Read more
02/02/2016: Director Hansal Mehta, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SUDERSHAN V Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and Bharatiya Janata Party MP and actor Kangana Ranaut found themselves in a social media confrontation after a discussion over comedian Kunal Kamra’s recent controversy led to comparisons with Kangana’s past ordeal. The debate began when Mehta voiced his support … Read more
Manoj Bharathiraja and Kamal Haasan. Legendary actor Kamal Haasan mourned the death of Manoj Bharathiraja, son of veteran Tamil filmmaker-actor Bharathiraja. Manoj suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Kamal took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his condolences. “I was deeply shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of … Read more
A still from ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ | Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for Final Destination: Bloodlines, the latest installment in the long-running horror franchise. The film, set to premiere in May 2025, revisits the series’ core premise — cheating death comes with consequences. A key moment in the trailer … Read more
A still from ‘The Ritual’ | Photo Credit: XYZ Films Al Pacino is stepping back into the world of religious horror, this time as an exorcist, in the first trailer for The Ritual. Directed by David Midell, the upcoming horror film follows two priests as they struggle to overcome their differences and perform a dangerous … Read more
Manoj Bharathiraja. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Manoj Bharathiraja, Tamil actor and son of veteran filmmaker Bharathiraja, passed away at the age of 48 in Chennai on Tuesday (March 25). The actor, who had recently undergone bypass surgery, was recuperating at his home in Chetpet when he suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday (March 25, … Read more
As Hamdan Ballal was being treated in an ambulance, soldiers detained him and a second Palestinian man, the group said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank on Monday (March 24, 2025), and he was then … Read more
Mark Ruffalo and Hamden Ballal | Photo Credit: Getty Images, Reuters Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo has condemned the detention of Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal by the Israeli Defense Forces. Ballal, one of the co-directors of No Other Land, a non-fiction film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the recent Academy Awards, was … Read more
A still from ‘Santosh’ | Photo Credit: Vertigo Films In Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, a young Dalit girl has been murdered and her body is found floating in a village well. But it’s the apathy, the procedural inertia, and the sneering shrugs and sideways glances that come after, that she somehow makes feel more criminal, more … Read more
A poster for ‘Hunterrr’ Hindi adult comedy Hunterrr is releasing in theatres on April 14. Starring Gulshan Devaiah as a dweeby sex addict looking to settle down, the film attained cult popularity over the years. In 2017, it was remade in Telugu as Babu Baga Busy. Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar played the female leads … Read more
Rahul Sadasivan, Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S Sashikanth, and Pranav Mohanlal | Photo Credit: @allnightshifts/Instagram Malayalam actor Pranav Mohanlal has teamed up with director Rahul Sadasivan of Bramayugam fame for his upcoming film. Interestingly, Chakravarthy Ramachandra and S Sashikanth, who bankrolled Bramayugam under their Night Shift Studios and Y Not Studios banners, are returning to produce the … Read more
A still from ‘Invincible’ Season 3 It is difficult to pick a single sequence or episode as the best from Invincible’s fantastic Season 3. Is it Mark’s (Steven Yeun) sweet proposal to Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) with the graceful bridge in the background or is it Multi-Paul’s (Simu Liu) gory, brutal prison break? Is it … Read more
KL Rahul with Athiya Shetty; post announcing the birth of their baby girl | Photo Credit: @athiyashetty/Instagram Team India cricketer KL Rahul and his wife, Bollywood actor Athiya Shetty, on Monday (March 24) welcomed a baby girl. The couple announced the news on their official Instagram handles. The couple got married in January 2023 after … Read more
Stills from ‘Paul and Paulette Take A Bath’ and ‘Souleymane’s Story’ The Red Lorry Film Festival 2025 has unveiled the winners of its Competition Segment, recognising outstanding talent in global cinema. The second edition of the festival was held in Mumbai and debuted simultaneously in Hyderabad. The jury, featuring industry stalwarts Vikramaditya Motwane, Ashwiny Iyer … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Union Ministers and Members of Parliament, are expected to attend the parliament screening of ‘Chaava’ this Thursday | Photo Credit: ANI, PTI, Maddock Films The Parliament will hold a special screening of the blockbuster Bollywood film Chhaava at the Balayogi Auditorium this Thursday. Prime Minister … Read more
Travis Scott announces dates for his Circus Maximus World Tour in Asia | Photo Credit: Instagram/ @travisscott Global rap superstar Travis Scott is officially bringing his Circus Maximus World Tour to India, marking his highly anticipated debut in the country. The Houston-born rapper will perform at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 18, 2025, … Read more
Will Smith could have let his infamous Oscar slap be his cinematic fade out with a career bruised, marriage dissected and reputation in a free fall. But instead of retreating, he turned inward for self-reflection. In the process, Smith rediscovered a long-neglected creative outlet in music, using the mic as a vessel to voice his … Read more
Shruti Haasan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shruti Haasan and her band have been rehearsing in preparation for her live concert in Hyderabad on March 28. “I could not perform live music last year since I got busy with Coolie. I’ve been waiting to do a gig soon after wrapping up the film. It’s been … Read more
Sivaji, in a still from ‘Court: State Vs A Nobody’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actor Sivaji Sontineni, widely known as Sivaji, tears up for a fleeting moment when he talks about the adulation coming his way since the release of the Telugu film, Court: State Vs A Nobody. “It has been 13 years,” he … Read more
Akshay Kumar plays Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair in ‘Kesari Chapter 2’ Actor Akshay Kumar has portrayed several famous Indians on screen, from emperor Prithviraj Chauhan to social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. On Monday, Dharma Productions debuted the teaser of Kumar’s latest outing, Kesari Chapter 2. While the first Kesari, released in 2019,was inspired by the historic … Read more
Ramesh Prasad, owner of Prasad Studios and Prasads Multiplex, inaugurates the second edition of Red Lorry Film Festival. After a successful inaugural edition last year in Mumbai, BookMyShow’s Red Lorry Film Festival is back and this time, apart from going for ‘Take Two’ in Mumbai, the festival’s Parallel Verse debuted in Hyderabad. Red Lorry Film Festival: … Read more
A new poster for ‘Jana Nayagan’ The makers of Jana Nayagan, Tamil superstar Vijay’s upcoming film, announced on Monday (March 24) that the film will be released in theatres on January 14, 2026, during the festival of Pongal. Directed by H Vinoth, the film marks Vijay’s last outing before he gets into full-time politics. KVN … Read more
Stills from the trailer of ‘Jaat’ | Photo Credit: Mythri Movie Makers The trailer for Gopichand Malineni’s Bollywood debut directorial Jaat was released on Monday (March 24, 2025). The upcoming Hindi-language action thriller is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and People Media Factory. It features actors Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda, Regina Cassandra, and Saiyami Kher … Read more
‘MAD Square’ promises a laugh riot | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It’s going to be a busy weekend at the movies, leading up to Ugadi on March 30. The first to arrive, on March 27, will be the Telugu dubbed version of Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Malayalam film L2: Empuraan starring Mohanlal, with the story taking off … Read more
A still from ‘Robinhood’ | Photo Credit: @MythriMovieMakers/YouTube We had previously reported that Telugu actor Nithiin is teaming up with director Venky Kudumula for a film titled Robinhood. The makers of the film, which has Nithiin teaming up once again with his Extra-Ordinary Man co-star Sreeleela, have released the trailer ahead of its release. From … Read more