Joginder Tuteja looks at southern directors who started with a big bang in Bollywood.
'Our viewers have grown up over the years.' 'Today, they want to see something which is sensible, a story rooted in logic rather than jingoism.'
A controversy erupted on Tuesday after the opposition parties tagged a video of DMK leader A Raja purportedly showing him making remarks that India has never been a nation, but a subcontinent with diverse practices and cultures, prompting strong response from the BJP which described the comments as a call for 'balkanisation' of the the country and demanded for his arrest.
Simhasanam and Gramam going to hit the theaters today.
Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies and seeing it in a new light, notes Sreehari Nair. And this, incidentally, is the story of Fahadh Faasil's career too.
Mammootty's Face 2 Face and two other films open this weekend.
Take your pick from these four releases.
Bring on the popcorn, the OTT scene is buzzing with three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
The two make quite an unlikely pair in director Umar Karikad's Malayalam film Bombay Mittayi.
Four Malayalam films are set to hit the screens.
Sci-fiction buffs rejoice, there's much spectacle to behold on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives her recommendations.
Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.
Poacher neither minces words in condemning these self-seeking slaughterers nor leaves any stone unturned in highlighting the hard work put in by friends of the forest, notes Sukanya Verma.
Here is a look at the June end films.
A look at the Malayalam remake of Charlie Chaplin and No Entry.
Actor Jayaram, known for his love of animals, also visited the boy's house and handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to buy new cows and rebuild his farm.
Four films are releasing today, which one are you looking froward to?
Samantha and Vijay Deverakonda obviously believe mixing work with a lot of fun.
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.
A picture of glamour and grit in the face of an emergency, the air hostess, flight attendant or air stewardess is often the hero we didn't know we needed.
Manjummel Boys is a largely conventional, commercial movie. But given the rather curvy observations that do stay intact in the film, Rohit Sathish is tempted to think what an even braver, more ambitious film would have done.
'Neither did I approach the BJP nor did they ask me to join them. It was a natural choice for both of us to make.' 'It was never for me to ask or for them to give.'
Sukanya Verma gives you options from all the action promised on OTT this week.
'I had the opportunity to portray a wildlife crime fighter on screen, which allowed me to express my concern for society, wildlife, and the environment. I strongly believe that humans share this planet with countless other species and hold immense respect for every living creature.'
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
As many as five major films released last Friday, and four among these had a south connection.
The Vin Diesel film had the best collections amongst all the movies in the running across the country.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch.
Yaariyan 2 evokes a tinge of nostalgia for the time when music (and lip sync songs) used to be the mainstay of a commercial film, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Kochi resident Xavier, who runs a business in the city, was arrested by the police for allegedly writing the threatening letter in the name of another person.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
Dulquer may be good looking but how long can you watch him with a cigarette in his mouth, giving that deadpan expression, wonders Divya Nair.
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations this week.
The makers of the upcoming sci-fi Project K unveiled the long-awaited official first look of Deepika Padukone from the film.
The BJP in Kerala is likely to get a prize catch with popular Malayalam film actor Suresh Gopi joining the party soon.
'What's beautiful now about India is that we are discovering so much more about each other, our stories and micro culture.'
Well, they have found their home at the AVM Heritage Museum in Vadapalani, Chennai.
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