M Preetham, 22, a hard-core Vijay fan, watched Master first-day-first-show, and loved every moment of it.
Trisha Illana Nayanthara is a prejudiced portrayal of modern day youngsters discovering their sexuality, says S Saraswathi.
As good as Mammootty is playing Sundaram, we see this facet of his performance through two lenses: That of Sundaram being an offset to whatever we know about James, and that of Mammootty doing quintessentially Tamil tics, including enacting scenes from old Tamil movies like solo plays, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
Shakeela is just not the kind of movie you would recommend to family and friends, notes Joginder Tuteja.
Telugu actor-politician Jayasudha invited her friends and colleagues to the wedding reception of her elder son Nihar Kapoor at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad.
Ramya talks about her experience of working in first 3D mythological film.
The psychological thriller revolves around a neurotic police officer, whose life and career are destroyed after he is dumped by his prospective wife.
The Kannada film is all set to release this week.
The film looks really good and works because of its principal cast.
The hit game show is hosted by three popular actresses.
Sudeep's directorial venture Just Maath Maathalli made news for all wrong reasons initially.
Kannada actress Ramya tells us why she lashed out to a senior journalist at a press meet to promote her film.
Sundar C's Aambala is a typical masala entertainer with plenty of romance, over-the-top action, humour and great music.
Rediff readers share their fondest Onam memories and photographs.
Photographer G Venket Ram brought celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma's paintings to life for his 2020 calendar.
City Of Dreams 2 released recently, and is quite a must watch.
'When I contracted COVID and was extremely unwell, I almost thought I was not going to make it.' 'But this man (Karan Johar) was like family for us in Bombay. He would send doctors for me, made sure my medication was done correctly and made sure I came out of COVID.'
Joginder Tuteja checks back to see how films around children work at the box office.
After playing an action hero in the hugely successful Gooli, Sudeep will be seen as a young radio jockey in his latest Kannada movie, Mussanje Maathu (Talk in the Evening). Giving him company is the film's heroine, Ramya. The pair was last together four years ago in Yogaraj Bhat's Ranga S.S.L.C.
The BJP IT cell has held meetings right down to booth levels and these volunteers have been working for the past six months already.
The film is a must watch for Ramya Krishna's expressions and Radhika's ravishing new look.
Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics after making sure of a top-place finish in the laser radial event of the Asian Qualifiers, in Oman, on Wednesday.
The demand was made by the Nationalist Congress Party, the Trinamool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
Pictures from the glittering IIFA Utsavam awards.
Director Karthik Subbaraj is elated as his film Jigarthanda is a smash hit.
Being a North Indian, all South Indian languages sound different to me. I found Kannada to be the easiest to learn because it is not a tongue twister.
The lowdown from the south Indian film industry.
First it was called content-led commerce. Then it came to be known as influencer-led commerce. And its latest iteration is creator economy. This evolution of the terminology for online personas impacting buying decisions -- through blogs, memes, bite-sized videos, and podcasts -- has happened over the past five to seven years.
I don't disown my past association with Vijay Mallya but that does not mean I endorse his monetary misdemeanours, a feisty Divya Spandana tells Subhash K Jha.
Director Mahesh Babu talks about the title controversy and what it took to direct another well-known director
Chiranjeevi Sarja talks about his latest release Varadanayaka, a remake of the Telugu hit Lakshyam.
A look at Telugu releases this Christmas!
So what is Soggade Chinna Nayana really all about?
Producer Munirathna Naidu needs to be commended for investing in a 3D film.
Upendra talks about his experience of working in first 3D mythological film.
Naxalism serves as a backdrop for the story.
Storming the Janata Dal Secular bastion, the ruling Congress in Karnataka on Saturday won the Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats with impressive margins.