The saving grace of Shankar's expanded universe is the masterful precision with which Kamal Haasan drops himself into a messy setup, only slightly to elevate the pulpy tendencies of Shankar's vision, observes Arjun Menon.
Aadujeevitham marks a new direction for Malayalam cinema, where ambition meets resources and the right people, all in favour of stories that deserve to be told on the biggest stage of them all, notes Arjun Menon.
Comedies are a difficult genre to pull off in today's day and age, thanks to the audiences' increasing exposure to diverse content and dwindling attention spans. Still, there are quite a few Tamil movies that can bring on the laughs. Arjun Menon lists the recent releases you can watch at home.
Anweshipin Kandettum is a fascinating genre exercise let down by its incessant attention to details, observes Arjun Menon.
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon.
A special screening of Disney+ Hotstar's new series Kaala was held over the weekend, and quite a few film folk trooped in to watch it.
A tour of the house and behind-the-scenes action.
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
Catch J Baby in theatres, and if you want to watch more touching Tamil stories on the dysfunctional family, Arjun Menon lists where you can find them on OTT.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on Day 7 of the Asian Games:
There's been so much interesting content on OTT. Subhash K Jha picks his Best Original Feature Films on digital platforms.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Tuesday, September 26.
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
It's not everyday that Bollywood gets to party with Hollywood biggies Anthony and Joe Russo.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on day six of the Asian Games:
Sanjay Dutt hits the gym... Keerthy attends a wedding... Shabana is in Los Angeles...
Realty major DLF's chairman Rajiv Singh remains the wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 59,030 crore, according to GROHE-HURUN India. With a wealth of Rs 42,270 crore, Mangal Prabhat Lodha and his family of Mumbai-based Macrotech Developers (Lodha Group) is at the second position. Arjun Menda & family of Bengaluru-based RMZ Corp debuted at the third position on the list, with a wealth of Rs 37,000 crore.
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.' 'Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.' 'Now we have got bigger scope.'
Namrata Thakker gives us a look at this year's nominees.
The second edition of the Critics Choice Shorts and Series Awards honoured short films and Web series, and was held on a grand scale at the Taj Hotel in Santa Cruz, north west Mumbai.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the actresses, who waited patiently, and will now release their films in theatres this year.
Gearing up for the upcoming state assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Partyon Wednesday named its organisational spearheads for the elections, putting Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Pralhad Joshi, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Bhupender Yadav in charge for the contest in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur respectively.
The civic body's horticulture department fears some of the uprooted trees might be among those tagged as 'heritage trees' by the NDMC, but the team is yet to compile a damage report and ascertain the facts.
Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi has set the stage for many more cop movies.
The film has been directed by Anjali Menon.
Friends and colleagues console Vishal Bhardwaj who lost his mother on Sunday.
Congratulations, Akshita and Manu!
Joginder Tuteja looks at the forthcoming Southside remakes.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the top 10 JA productions.
The new kid on the music block, BUDx is here!
Top directors are getting ready to put together some of their most ambitious films.
Joginder Tuteja looks at just how much audiences have loved Bollywood's serial killers.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the 10 Best Action Thrillers.
Actress Lisa Haydon tells us what it's like working with Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn in Rascals.
Asian Games bronze medalist Virdhawal Khade and Richa Mishra shattered two meet records each as Maharashtra clinched three gold while Delhi bagged two in the swimming competition on day one of the 34th National Games in Ranchi on Sunday.
The dry spell at the box office continues.
Kannada film Rocky is directed by well known editor Nagendra Aras who is also an occasional actor in Kannada films. His first directorial venture Heart Beats was a much better product than this eminently forgettable film called Rocky.
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