Nithya Menen talks about going from Malayalam to Telugu with Ala Modalaindi.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Telugu cinema!
Malayalam cinema isn't the same as Telugu or Tamil, but Bollywood's blanket approach fails to see the distinction in Selfiee, observes Sukanya Verma.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Here's the lowdown from the Tamil film industry.
'I feel so happy. I wanted my career to go like this,' Layanya Tripathy tells Radhika Rajamani.
Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or will he end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene even before it all had really begun, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'Gopala Gopala is an original concept and the storyline appealed to me.' Superstar Venkatesh talks about his new film.
Nagarjuna hosts a star-studded reception for his son and daughter-in-law.
From being a stuntman, then a character artiste and finally the leading man, Srihari rose in the film industry by sheer dint of hard work.
Hopefully, Hindi and non-Tamil audiences that have been patronising gangster movies from the South will give this fabulous looking historical a chance, says Deepa Gahlot.
Rao was a Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh and served as the Union minister of state for coal.
'The fun part of playing evil is that one gets to do all the things that one would normally never do.'
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 talks about his latest movie Appu Pappu.
Haripriya talks about her experiences shooting for Ugramm.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
You'll be spoilt for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you simply cannot afford to miss.
Telugu actor Rana Daggubati is basking in the success of Leader.
'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'
Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'Till a cheque comes into my account, I don't feel like a professional actor.'
For his Bollywood debut, Telugu superstar Vijay Deverakonda will not settle for a dubbing artiste saying his lines.
'In two years, if films continue to perform like Baahubali, RRR and Pushpa...'
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
There's a whole bunch of films and Web series coming up for release in April.
Rashmika Mandanna will star alongside Amitabh Bachchan in Vikas Bahl's next directorial venture, Deadly.
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
Watch it for a slightly different feel and cast.
'The number of films released in cinemas in 2022 was closer to 1,200. It could cross 1,500 in 2023, since nearly all big stars in Hindi and regional languages have films lined up this year.'
A digitally re-mastered print of Shiva will shortly be re-released in theatres in November.
Disha takes a selfie... Malaika is a boss lady... Kajol misses her daughter...
Radha Mohan, who had directed Mozhi and Abhiyum Naanum, will direct the film. It will star Prakash Raj.
