Joginder Tuteja looks at southern directors who started with a big bang in Bollywood.
Sci-fiction buffs rejoice, there's much spectacle to behold on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives her recommendations.
Get your lowdown of what's happening in Malayalam cinema right here!
The south actress is excited about her new film Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini.
A look at the seven Malayalam films that scored in the first half of 2016!
'Thanks to OTT, our work is now seen by all.' 'Every movie is getting recognition from not just India, but from all over the world.'
Salute explores narratives of police brutality and unethical practices, power-hungry politicians who will stop at nothing and the helplessness of innocent victims of crime, observes Divya Nair.
Ahead of his film Selfiee, which releases on Friday, Akshay Kumar broke the Guinness World Record for the Most Selfies taken in three minutes at a promotional event in Mumbai.
What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained craftsmanship, accumulating emotional power and subtext, growing wings and claws, becoming its own beast, applauds Sreehari Nair.
Priyadarshan has made some of the best comedies in Hindi cinema, but the director says it none of it would have been possible without the cult success of Hera Pheri which completed 20 years on March 31.
South Indian cinema's biggest superstars rock the show on OTT. Sukanya Verma gives us some recommendations for the week.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations this week.
Which film are *YOU* looking forward to?
'What's beautiful now about India is that we are discovering so much more about each other, our stories and micro culture.'
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Malayalam cinema!
'What The Kerala Story is trying to do is take the fake hate propaganda which we saw earlier only on WhatsApp to the big screen now.'
Last weekend seemed to be dedicated to awards for style and talent.
Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.
Here's looking at the newest batch of hot guys who are quickly consolidating their positions as heartthrobs.
Catherine Tresa talks about herself, her forthcoming film Chamak Challo, and the whole experience of working in it.
'We lost the brightest shining star in our constellation. You made us laugh till we cried.'
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
'I am a spontaneous actor. I follow what works for the character.'
Amitabh Bachchan, who is shooting for Project K with Prabhas and Deepika Padukone in Hyderabad, attended the inauguration of its Producer Vyjayanthi Movies' new office in the city.
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?', asks Shyam G Menon.
Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy.
In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its southern counterparts.
The story which is set in a hospital named Apothecary highlights some social issues.
We saw the big hits of Tamil cinema. Now it's time to look at the flops.
Death of a princess, deadly Godzilla and detectives galore on OTT this week.
As Amala Paul gets ready for the big day, we look back at the beautiful brides of the South film industry.
'I only challenge myself in every way possible and feel that an actor's job is to be universal.'
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.
Extrapolations stars Adarsh Gourav alongside such heavyweights like Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harrington, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Rhys, David Diggs, Gemma Chan and David Schwimmer.
'Doing Janatha Garage was one of the biggest decisions I've made and it has paid off. I got calls from Bollywood after this. So in that way, the film has given me good exposure.' Unni Mukundan is excited about his Telugu debut.
I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, says Sreehari Nair.
