The complainant stated that Ranveer Singh, while present on stage and in the presence of the lead actor of Kantara: Chapter-1, allegedly performed acts that mocked and insulted the sacred Bhoota Kola tradition practiced in coastal Karnataka.
Cheekatlo is a run-of-the-mill crime procedural, notes Arjun Menon.
Jeethu Joseph's Valathu Vashathe Kallan works better as an emotional drama than an intriguing thriller, notes Arjun Menon.
The Election Commission has allotted the 'whistle' symbol to actor Vijay's political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), for the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections. Party workers are enthusiastically promoting the symbol across Tamil Nadu.
As Arijit Singh announces his plans for retirement from playback singing, we look back at his most popular Hindi film songs.
Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost.
As Simon navigates auditions, rejection, and sudden attention, Wonder Man explores how power and celebrity intersect, often blurring the line between authenticity and performance.
Nusrat Jahan has always moved comfortably between the worlds of cinema, politicsand fashion.
Mallika Prasad Sinha plays Amma with chilling precision and is perfectly cast for the part.
The 68th Grammy Awards began at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
If rumours are to be believed there was more than the football that saw the Canadian-born actress at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat.
The Union ministry for information and broadcasting has instructed the producers to remove all references to Baloch.
Mardaani 3 star Rani Mukerji celebrates 30 years in the film industry with a heartfelt conversation with Karan Johar.
This year's Golden Globes was a test to see if Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is still riding on an unstoppable train, similar to one that Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer rode on in 2023, observes Aseem Chhabra.
'Somewhere our society's collective morality is lost. There's a kind of moral confusion in our society which reflects in our films.' 'Filmmakers are hiding behind romance, ghost stories, murder mysteries and sex. No film is looking at social issues.'
Just who are the big winners of the 83rd edition of Golden Globes awards?
Boasting an elegant 6.9 mm profile, this device pairs a sleek, lightweight build with a stunning 10.4-inch WUXGA+ screen that etches every detail.
Trade analyst Girish Wankhede puts together a curated list of the 25 biggest hits in the first 25 years of the century.
2026 is all set to be big, when it comes to movie releases from Bollywood as well as pan-India releases from Tamil and Telugu cinema.
Exactly a year after Pushpa 2 released in theatres, Dhurandhar has made history at the box office.
Arundhati Roy's 1989 film, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, which won two National Awards for Best Screenplay for Roy and Best Feature Film in English, is among the line-up of 10 films for the Berlinale Classics segment.
Kalamkaval, like any good work of art, suggests more than it shows, raves Arjun Menon.
This is also the time when South Indian films started doing well, commercially and critically, on a Pan-India scale.
The industry is anticipating 2025 to deliver around Rs 13,500 crore in overall box-office collections, which would cement it as India's strongest box-office year after 2023
I once asked him why he hadn't written scripts for his sons Vineeth and Dhyan. 'I made some suggestions about their scripts, and they haven't discussed their scripts with me after that,' he said with his trademark laugh.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
'Her presence lit up the room as she reflected on a remarkable career that has shaped generations of Indian cinema.'
'When my character died in Border, I felt a strange sense of pride. But today, I sometimes feel that if my character had survived, perhaps I would have been a part of Border 2.'
Prashant Tamang's wife Martha Aley shut down all speculation about his sudden death on January 11 by confirming that his death was 'natural' and occurred while he was asleep.
Big films like Dhurandhar, Chhava and Kantara: Chapter 1 hit box office gold in 2025, and its directors, Aditya Dhar, Laxman Utekar and Rishab Shetty, have proved their worth. But many other directors made an impact with their 2025 releases, in various languages.
'I feel as proud as a father when I see Aditya Dhar being celebrated for his work.'
'A huge big round of applause for everyone especially the makeup and prosthetics dept!'
'Finding it on screen because I am not getting it in real life.'
Nyrraa Banerji's reason for staying away from Bollywood for a while: 'In Bollywood, there was a phase where all the movies were getting very bold. Physical intimacy was the criteria at that time for films. I didn't want to be part of that.'
The Chinese State-affiliated media outlet Global Times has accused the film of exaggeration and presenting a 'one-sided narrative' of the 2020 Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops.
Over 25 years, societies evolve and tastes change. Cinema absorbs and reflects this transformation. Picking only 25 films from the first quarter of the century is tough.
AVM Studios launched the careers of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.
Bollywood stars always make for good pictures but catching them in their most unguarded, candid moments is what makes for great pictures.
'Audiences are loyal to good content.'
'He has never offended anyone in spite of his criticism on Communism or any 'isms'.'
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