NEW DELHI: Actor Sonu Sood on Sunday said he had retrieved his account on the popular messaging app WhatsApp after 61 hours. The actor, who first flagged the issue on social media on Friday, shared the update on his official X page. Finally retrieved my WhatsApp. Just 9483 messages in 61 hours. Thanks, Sood wrote. He had also tagged the official page of WhatsApp on his Instagram Stories on Saturday. What's up. WhatsApp? Wake up!! Thousands of needy people must be desperately trying to reach out

NEW DELHI: Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu on Sunday announced her new Telugu film titled Bangaram on the occasion of her 37th birthday. The update comes months after The Family Man 2 star said she will return to work after a seven-month hiatus following her myositis diagnosis in 2022. Bangaram also marks her production debut under her banner, Tralala Moving Pictures. Samantha shared the title announcement teaser of the upcoming film on her Instagram page. Not everything has to glitter to be golden.

NEW DELHI: The shooting of Identity, starring Tovino Thomas and Trisha Krishnan, is nearing completion. Akhil Paul is directing the Malayalam crime thriller with Anas Khan. The director duo previously collaborated on 2020's Forensic, which also featured Tovino. In an Instagram post on Saturday, Paul said the cast and crew had wrapped the second schedule of Identity in Erode, Tamil Nadu. Nailed down another schedule @Erode. Filmed some core sequences involving fire, dust and vehicles over a beaut

NEW DELHI: National Award-winning film 777 Charlie is set to be released in Japan on June 28, the makers have announced. Directed by Kiranraj K and starring Rakshit Shetty, 777 Charlie won the best National Film Award for the best Kannada film last year. Shetty has also backed the movie via his production house Paramvah Studios. According to the banner, the film will be distributed in Japan by Shochiku Studios, the outlet behind Seijiro Koyama's Hachiko Monogatari (1987), which inspired the 2009

The premise of Kevin Macdonalds High & Low-John Galliano lends itself well to the documentary format, given that it charts the zenith and nadir of the career of a famous fashion designer. The highs are insane, and the lows plummet to profound depths. The first half of the film captures Gallianos rise from the boutiques of London to the haute-couture scene in France. A few passages in the first half stand out, thanks to the nuggets of information Kevin presents. One is about how Galliano was insp

Her revolver fastened and punches in place, Prachi Desai is all geared up as she returns to the screen after two years. Interestingly, she has chosen to disrupt the quiet with Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout, the sequel to her 2021 film Silence Can You Hear It? As she reprises her role as Inspector Sanjana Bhatia, the actor reveals that the stakes in the new installment are higher with multiple murders posing complex problems for the team led by Manoj Bajpayees ACP Avinash. Everyone was ce

Nothing in Bollywood says larger-than-life quite like the films of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. They are grand, opulent and rich, both in colour and content. It is, therefore, not surprising for the director to announce his digital debut with equal, if not greater, splendour. The trailer of Heeramandi-The Diamond Bazaar, which releases on Netflix on May 1, is proof. Retelling the story of courtesans in pre-Independent India, and how they contributed to the countrys freedom struggle, the series brings

CHENNAI : It is often said that the primary objective of franchise films is to evoke nostalgia in the viewers. These films serve as a reminder of the time when we first met the characters, a time when we had fun and didnt have the adult perspective to over analyse the older filmmaking style. An ideal scenario in such cases, is a sequel that takes a new approach while still retaining the warmth of the original film, thereby providing you with a refreshing yet nostalgic experience. However, Ghostb

CHENNAI : While we almost appreciate debut director R Manivarman for not wasting time in an investigative thriller with a romantic track, he surprises us by doing just that towards the second half of the film. The romance involves an alleged murder accused, and this tangent pulls the focus away from the missing persons case that Oru Nodi opens with. This has been the most predominant shortcoming of the film. It rebelliously wishes to stand out, which it does in some parts, without realising that

CHENNAI : Indian mass masala is perhaps the only genre in the world that gets away with chilling violence and still gets labelled as a family entertainer. While we are mostly used to violence in such filmsand have even learned to enjoy them to an extentRathnam manages to out-gore even our most violent commercial film. Rathnam begins with a bandit trio who topple a bus and then steal money and jewels from their half-conscious victims. Devoid of patience and empathy, these criminals even slash the

Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang will be seen sharing screen space in Bleecker Street and Shivhans Pictures remake of Ang Lees 1993 romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet from director Andrew Ahn. The project will also feature Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen. Kelly Marie Tran will play Gladstones romantic partner. The filming will begin in Vancouver in May and will follow the story of the original film. Two best friends set up a fake wedding so that one may get a Green Card

Bella Ramsay, Louis Partridge and Ruby Stokes are set to headline a new film titled Sunny Dancer. George Jaques directs his sophomore feature film, which is touted to be a coming-of-age drama. According to the logline, the film follows Ivy (Ramsey), a teenager in remission from cancer, whose gloriously outspoken mum and well-intentioned dad insist she attend Children Run Free Camp, a summer retreat for young adults affected by cancer. As she is reluctantly dragged through the camp experience, sh

Singer-actor Nick Jonas upcoming film The Good Half has been brought by Utopia Distribution and it will be releasing on July 25. The comedy-drama premiered on June 2023 at the Tribeca Festival seeking distribution. Nick Jonas plays Renn Wheeland, a writer who travels to Cleveland for his mothers funeral. The official logline of the film reads, Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland, Ohio, for his moms funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting hi

Earlier, we reported about the animation film The King of Kings being in the works at Mofac Animation. Now, Kenneth Branagh and Uma Thurman have signed on to the film as the voice cast of Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine Dickens, respectively. The film takes inspiration from Charles Dickens short story The Life of Our Lord, published years following the authors demise. It revolves around Dickens and his youngest son Walters (Roman Griffin Davis) as they become engrossed in the tale of Jesu

Earlier, we reported that AR Murugadoss is directing the twenty third film of Sivakarthikeyan, with Rukmini Vasanth as its female lead. The latest development is that Malayalam actor Biju Menon is part of the film. The film, tentatively titled SK 23, reunites Maan Karate co-writer Murugadoss and star Sivakarthikeyan, and marks the first time the former is directing the latter. Production on the film is underway. It has been 14 years since Biju Menons last Tamil film, Porkkalam. His last Malayala

The makers of The Judgement: See You in Court, starring Crazy Star Ravichandran in a prominent role, wrapped up its production. Interestingly, they completed the last scene of the film on Dr. Rajkumars birth anniversary. Produced under the banner of G9 Communication Media and Entertainment, the films team spoke about it after its production got over. While the producers, speaking to a certain section of the media, expressed their gratitude to the team, director Gururaj Kulkarni talked about The

BENGALURU: The excitement surrounding the Rakshit Shetty starrer 777 Charlie goes up to another level with its director Kiranraj ks recent meeting with Bollywood stalwart John Abraham. The actor-producer, who has openly expressed his fondness for the film, produced by Paramvah Studios, extended an invitation to Kiranraj to Mumbai recently, leading to a meeting filled with discussions about the film and beyond. Kiranraj, equally enamoured by this interaction, now contemplates a potential collabor

Netflix announced on Thursday that Jonathan Bailey, Hayley Atwell and Eddie Marsan have been added to the cast of the third season of Heartstopper. They join the previously announced Darragh Hand. The series is headlined by Kit Connor and Joe Locke as Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, respectively. Netflix also revealed that Atwell will essay Nick's aunt Diane who gives him some tough advice about his relationship with Charlie, on their Summer trip to Menorca. Geoff, Charlie's straightforward and

MUMBAI: A lookout circular (LOC) was issued on Friday against Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, in connection with the firing outside actor Salman Khan's house in Mumbai's Bandra on April 14, a police official said. The official also said police is likely to take custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in a jail in Sabarmati in Gujarat, and was also contemplating invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the ca

Vysakh Reetha, an aspiring filmmaker, has been omnipresent in all of director Krishands filmsincluding 'Aavasavyuham: The Arbit' Documentation of 'An Amphibian Hunt' (2022) and 'Purusha Pretham' (2023)as the chief associate director. Now, with the upcoming Malayalam web series set to be streamed on SonyLIV, 'Sambhava Vivaranam Naalara Sangham' (The Chronicles Of The 4.5 Gang), Vysakh has stepped into the role of an independent showrunner. Hailing from Trivandrum, Vysakhs journey into the world o

Actors Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes have joined the cast of 28 Years Later, the sequel to the 2002 zombie hit '28 Days Later'. Filmmakers Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are reuniting for the franchise after 17 years. '28 Days Later' (2002) centered on a bicycle courier, played by Cillian Murphy, who wakes from a coma to discover the world had been overrun with zombies following the outbreak of a virus. The film was a box office success and led to a standalone sequel '28 Week

Prime Video announced the release date of its upcoming documentary 'Women of My Billion' (WOMB). The film, co-produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, is all set to stream on the platform on May 3. 'Women of My Billion', directed by Ajitesh Sharma, follows the journey of Srishti Bakshi, as she embarked on a walking pilgrimage from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. A journey spanning 3,800 kms over 240 days, with a mission to find and share stories about women, their struggles, dreams, rights, and their wins, ag

MUMBAI: Maharashtra cyber cell has summoned actor Tamannaah Bhatia in connection with the alleged promotion of the viewing of IPL matches on a subsidiary app of the Mahadev online gaming and betting application, officials said on Thursday. The actor has been asked to appear before the Maharashtra cyber personnel on April 29, a senior police official said. Bhatia has been summoned by the Maharashtra cyber cell for allegedly promoting the viewing of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches on the F

CHENNAI : Its not yet six months into 2024 and already the year appears to belong to actor Kani Kusruti. Her film 'Girls Will Be Girls', directed by Shuchi Talati, premiered in the World Dramatic section at Sundance and walked away with the audience award. Now, Payal Kapadias 'All We Imagine As Light' is set to compete for Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival. Then there have been popular series like 'Killer Soup', 'Poacher', and 'Maharani Season 3' on OTT, which have taken her to living rooms

Writer and director Jake Paltrows next, 'June Zero', is set for theatrical release in New York on June 28, Los Angeles July 5 and nationwide July 12 by Cohen Media Group. The film is backed by Oren Moverman, Miranda Bailer, and David Silber. Koby Adere, Adam Gabay, and Tzahi Grad star in the lead roles in 'June Zero'. The film dives into the 1962 trial, conviction, and execution of Adolf Eichmann, a central figure in the Holocaust. Director Jake Paltrow promises to offer a fresh perspective on t

Cinematographer-turned-director Sahadev Kelvadis upcoming film 'Kenda' is set to hit the theatres in June, but before that, its making waves at the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival. The film will be screened at the festival on April 30 in Mumbai. 'Kenda', written and directed by Sahadev Kelvadi, is an absurdist political satire centered around a young man working in a foundry in the bustling city of Bengaluru. It delves into various social aspects, including politics and crime, explor

Malashrees action-drama 'Marakastra', directed by Gurumurthy Sunami and produced by Komala Nataraaja was released last year, but received mixed responses at the box office. However, the makers have dubbed it in Telugu as 'Maranayudham' and released it on April 19. After trimming the runtime by about 26 minutes, the film hit screens in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Interestingly, the Kannada version, also edited, is scheduled for statewide release in Karnataka and Telangana on April 26. Apart fro

Excitement builds around Vijay Kumars upcoming film, tentatively titled 'VK-29' and helmed by director Jadeshaa K Hampi. Billed as an action-packed period family drama, the film is set to commence its shooting schedule by the end of April. This much-talked-about venture, with a script by director Jadeshaa, is said to be inspired by K Shivaram Karanths classic Chomana Dudi. Amidst the buzz surrounding 'VK-29s announcement and its poster released during the auspicious muhurath function, which caug

RC Studios 'Father', directed by filmmaker Rajamohan in his Kannada debut, featuring Prakash Raj and Krishna as the father-son duo, along with Telugu actor Sunil in a prominent role, is all set for a grand launch on April 27. Meanwhile, it has come to light that the makers are set to reunite the 'Love Mocktail' pair on screen, with Amrutha Iyengar starring alongside Krishna in Father. The popular Jo character in 'Love Mocktail', which marked Krishnas directorial debut, provided a breakthrough ro

Actors Al Pacino and Dan Stevens are set to headline an exorcism horror film, 'The Ritual'. The film will be directed by David Midell, who is best known for helming the thriller The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, starring Frankie and FaisonSteve OConnell. 'The Ritual' is produced by Andrew Stevens, Mitchell Welch and Natale. It also stars Ashley Greene and Abigail Cowen in significant roles. Jointly written by Midell and Enrico Natale, the film follows two priests, played by Pacino and Stevens,