We continue to celebrate the Thalaiva's 75th birthday with Divya Nair's premiere playlist that celebrates his magnetic swag, emotion and larger-than-life persona.
'So much pride you have brought for us all.'
The searches by the ED also covered certain vehicle owners, auto workshops, and traders in Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kottayam and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu).
Rajinikanth may have made his last Hindi film two decades ago but he can still set the screen alight, blazing away with a gun that has dozens of barrels. As Thalaiva turns 75 on December 12, Dinesh Raheja looks back at his 17 year journey in Hindi cinema.
Arjun Menon gives us a preview of what the Manorathangal series will offer us.
Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.
No author in the Malayalam literary canon has influenced and profoundly changed the way normal people interact with each other than the ever-relevant, eclectic yet elusive body of work left behind by MT Vasudevan Nair, notes Arjun Menon.
The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
'The CBI did a wonderful job of tracking down the killers, but at the end of the day, all the hard work went for a toss.' 'If we had caught them alive, the operation would have been successful completely.'
Malayalam superstar Mammootty brings his latest film Mamangam: History Of The Brave to Mumbai.
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
'I'm still just a boy cherishing the time he gets when his father has a day off from work.'
Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
Dhanush, Arya, Tusshar celebrate their films... Rasika, Ronit spread COVID-19 awareness...
South Indian cinema's biggest superstars rock the show on OTT. Sukanya Verma gives us some recommendations for the week.
The film is produced under the actor's banner.
Mamangam will be released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Mammootty plays a prisoner in the film, who is serving a sentence for double homicide.
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
Varsham carries the stamp of Ranjith Sankar which is enhanced by Mammootty's presence.
Film folk celebrated Onam on Sunday, and wished their fans with heartfelt greetings and posted pictures on social media.
Turbo finds its footing in the latter half with some well-conceived one-upmanship between hero and villain, yet it's marred by poorly executed action set pieces in the climactic showdown.
The film is a comedy of non-identical twins who are very close to each other.
The movie is a murder mystery where Mammooty will be seen playing a police constable.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
'Republic Day week has consistently been a lucrative period for the film industry.'
Rekhachitram is the latest in an assembly line of films that use the period setting and mythic allure of the past to drive home the suspense of relatively straightforward genre stories, notes Arjun Menon.
Kannan's Jawan of Vellimala and Ayalum Njanum Thammil will release this week.
Anwar Rasheed, who made a dream debut in Malayalam films, talks about his latest film Annan Thampi, starring Mammootty.
Parineeti's prized painting... Shriya gets nostalgic in New Zealand... Prajakta goes to Nepal...
'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
Latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The wedding was a closed door ceremony, attended by a select set of invitees.
Here is a look at the four Ramzan releases.
The Malayalam film industry suffered a loss of Rs 650 crore to Rs 700 crore in 2024.
