While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features just a few hundred people, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, bureaucrats and diplomats.
Bollywood star Deepika Padukone unveiled the FIFA World Cup trophy on Sunday ahead of the final between Argentina and France at the Lusail stadium in Doha.
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The actor arrived in Lucknow on Friday night for the screening of his film 'Jailer'.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
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.
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
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
'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.'
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!
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.
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.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
The prime minister will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday.
'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.'
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Mammootty looks jaded and director Ranjith has done a shoddy job.
Arjun Menon looks at some Tamil films from the last decade that tick all the right boxes, and lists where you can watch them.
'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.
