If everything goes as expected, Arya, now a second year graduation student of a Thiruvananthapuram college, would not only become the new mayor of Kerala's capital, a position held by several significant personalities in the past, but also the youngest ever mayor in the country.
'I grew up in an environment which is very submissive and conservative. People would judge you if you wore a short skirt.' 'I made my way up from there to Mumbai and landed a big song Aila Re Aila with a huge star like Akshay Kumar.'
Vijay and Mohanlal starrer Jilla is your everyday Madurai-based action thriller set in the backdrop of the special bond shared by a father and his devoted foster son
Even as Naatu Naatu enjoys Oscar fame, its south counterparts are getting their share of recognition in India.
What was supposed to be a guest appearance, then an 'extended cameo' for Salman, has now become a full-fledged role.
Take a bow, Parvathy, Sai Pallavi, Manju Warrier, Nayantara and Amala Paul!
I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence. This is an altogether different version of a brutal Ra1jinikanth, something you and I had probably never imagined before, observes Divya Nair.
'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'
The prime minister will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday.
Maintaining that "the Bharatiya Janata Party is his first and last party", disgruntled MP Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday berated party leaders from Bihar for suggesting that he quit his Lok Sabha membership in the wake of his critical comments about affairs of the saffron outfit.
The Malayalam movie is causing quite a stir.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
Arjun Menon looks at some Tamil films from the last decade that tick all the right boxes, and lists where you can watch them.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Mammootty looks jaded and director Ranjith has done a shoddy job.
'Thank you for being an inspiration, not just to me but to an entire generation.'
Rajinikanth is the third cinema personality after the late thespian Sivaji Ganesan and the late director K Balachander, also Rajinikanth's mentor, to have been chosen for the award from Tamil Nadu.
Tamil star Suriya's 7aum Arivu was about a virus from China sent to Chennai to wreak havoc while Kaappan was about a locust attack the hero prevents in time -- both films in a sense foresaw what was to come, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 popular Mani Ratnam films that you can watch on streaming platforms.
Venkatesh outlines what Dhrishyam is all about and also talks about making remakes and acting in multi-starrer films.
Hindi films like Oh My God and Aashiqui-2 are being remade in Telugu.
Mammootty's Gangster, Dileep's Ring Master, Prithviraj 7th Day are among the five releases this week.
Ganesh Venkatraman talks about his upcoming film Damarukam.
There are as many as seven movie releases, and they all look good.
A look at actors, who wowed the Malayalam film industry this year.
The Tamil Nadu-born Sivanandan taught economics for three years and shot to fame -- almost literally -- during his momentous tenure as head of the Mumbai Crime Branch during the late nineties. During his two-year stint as joint commissioner (crime), over 250 members of the Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan gangs were shot dead in police encounters.
A lowdown of what's happening Malayalam cinema!
Only the hardcore Mohanlal fans will like Mr Fraud which is otherwise an uninteresting film.
The superstar will be seen in the remake of Malayalam hit film Drishyam.
Notebook is about four school friends, and the story takes place in a boarding school in Ooty.
The Baahubali star is among many film folk who have contributed to help Kerala rebuild lives destroyed by the worst flood in nearly a century.
Prithviraj and Nivin Pauly stole the show this year.
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