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Phule movie review: Pratik Gandhi brings home the Mahatma

Ananth Mahadevans straight-cut biopic of Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule is more educative than immersive

25 Apr 2025 6:34 pm
Ayyana Mane series review: Khushee Ravi anchors this passable murder mystery

Helmed by Ramesh Indira and headlined by Khushee Ravi, the Kannada web series Ayyana Mane on Zee5 is a murder mystery marked with fine performances but hampered by lack of major surprises

25 Apr 2025 6:05 pm
Ne Zha 2 movie review: Breathtaking Chinese epic is a mythic reckoning of stupendous scale

Part wuxia fever dream, part anti-imperialist epic, Ne Zha 2 is a glorious record-smashing spectacle that breathes dragonfire on Western hero mythmaking

25 Apr 2025 4:59 pm
25 Apr 2025 3:51 pm
Ground Zero movie review: Emraan Hashmi paramilitary film is a conflicting watch

Ground Zero wants to tackle thorny questions about security in Kashmir, while also playing by the book of the Hindi combat film

25 Apr 2025 3:48 pm
Sarangapani Jathakam movie review: Mohanakrishna Indragantis film is laughter therapy

Priyadarshi and Vennela Kishore shine in director Mohanakrishna Indragantis latest, an entertaining blend of social satire and screwball comedy

25 Apr 2025 2:53 pm
Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning to release a week early in India; heres the new release date

The cast of the film features familiar faces like Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Vanessa Kirby, as well as newcomers such as Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Katy OBrian

25 Apr 2025 2:07 pm
Drug threat: Kerala Police to hold closed-door talks with Malayalam film industry stakeholders

Police have tasked District Anti-Narcotic Special Action Force units to covertly collect actionable intelligence on trafficking networks supplying narcotics to personalities in film industry

25 Apr 2025 1:29 pm
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins movie review: Saif Ali Khan struggles in a generic, juvenile thriller

Co-directors Robbie Grewal and Kookie Gulati conjure up a damp squib out of explosive talent and a promising premise

25 Apr 2025 1:28 pm
25 Apr 2025 12:12 pm
Aamir Khan skips Andaz Apna Apna screening after Pahalgam attack, says he was badly affected

At least 26 people were killed by a group of terrorists in a deadly attack on civilians in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday

25 Apr 2025 10:38 am
Matthew Spangler talks about his most celebrated adaptation, The Kite Runner

Matthews adaption of The Kite Runner has been in production for 20 years now being played in theatres worldwide

25 Apr 2025 9:28 am
An artistic exploration of the seen and unseen

Art exhibition, Gaze: Exploring Self & Beyond, is an exhibition that captures the essence of seen and unseen human connections

24 Apr 2025 8:11 pm
Phules mission is incomplete, says director Ananth Mahadevan on his biopic on social reformer Jyotiba Phule

Ahead of the release of the biopic, Phule, director Ananth Mahadevan discusses the controversy surrounding the film, the value of creative licence in biopics, and why Pratik Gandhi is the next Sanjeev Kumar

24 Apr 2025 8:07 pm
Watch: Is Andaz Apna Apna still relevant? | FOMO Fix

Also on this episode: The Last of UsSeason 2, Logout, Khauf

24 Apr 2025 6:32 pm
How an erstwhile princess is on a mission to revive Kishangarh miniatures

Vaishnavi Kumari has been working towards making the art form suit the contemporary milieu

24 Apr 2025 6:10 pm
Denise Gough, Kyle Soller on Andor Season 2: Heroes of their stories

Denise Gough and Kyle Soller, who play the antagonists Dedra and Syril in Tony Gilroys prequel series, Andor, dissect what drives their characters

24 Apr 2025 11:50 am
Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning is set to be the longest film in the franchise

The cast of the film features familiar faces like Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Vanessa Kirby, as well as newcomers such as Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Katy OBrian

24 Apr 2025 11:43 am
Niveditha Shivarajkumar interview: On Firefly, producing new-age content and becoming a strong-willed producer

Niveditha Shivarajkumar, daughter of Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar, opens up on the journey of producing her first feature film, Firefly, set to release on April 24, 2025

23 Apr 2025 5:57 pm
The weight of water: Srisailam Dams tale at Berlinale and MOMA

Beneath the Placid Lake is asking audiences to re-evaluate displacement and discourses of development

23 Apr 2025 5:49 pm
We as a nation must stand strong and united: Shah Rukh Khan condemns Pahalgam terror attack

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan condemned the terrorist attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam that led to the loss of many lives

23 Apr 2025 5:36 pm
Artist Romicon Revolas Vortex calls for a double take

Vortex, Bengaluru-based Romicon Revolas debut solo exhibition in Rome, is currently underway

23 Apr 2025 5:32 pm
Artist Thakare Naik with locomotor disability paints a world of his own

From begging for 10 years to making a mark as an artist, Thakare Naiks artistic journey is inspiring as he speaks through his semi-realistic works

23 Apr 2025 1:37 pm
Mountainhead trailer: Billionaires face a world in chaos in new film from Succession creator

Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef star in a new HBO Original film from Jesse Armstrong premieres May 31 on Max

23 Apr 2025 11:52 am
R.P. Shravans concert featured an interesting line-up of Tamil songs

A disciple of Delhi P. Sunder Rajan, the vocalist chose popular and rare Tamil kritis.

23 Apr 2025 11:43 am
Khauf series review: Smita Singhs skilful horror project blurs the line between real and supernatural

Featuring a stellar cast and staple horror tropes, Smita Singhs latest show is a masterpiece in female-centric horror media

22 Apr 2025 4:30 pm
Kartik Aaryans next titled Naagzilla; motion poster out

According to the makers, Kartik Aaryan will be seen playing an avatar of Preyamvadeshwar Pyare Chand, an Ichadaari Naag, in the film

22 Apr 2025 12:08 pm
Saiyaara: Ahaan Pandays debut film gets title, release date

Ahaan, cousin of Bollywood actor Ananya Panday, will star in the romantic drama opposite Aneet Padda

22 Apr 2025 11:51 am
Jaat director Gopichand Malineni breaks silence over controversial church scene

Earlier,an FIR was lodged against actors Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda and three others from the film, stating that the scene film had hurt sentiments of the Christian community

21 Apr 2025 11:50 am
Nikita Roy: Sonakshi Sinha's psychological thriller gets release date

Also starring Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal, and Suhail Nayyar, the film is directed by Sonakshis brother, Kussh S Sinha

19 Apr 2025 6:09 pm
Anurag Kashyap apologises for remark against Brahmins, says daughter, family members getting rape and death threats

In an earlier social media post, Kashyap had blasted the backlash from Brahmin groups against the upcoming film Phule, a biopic of social reformer Jyotirao Phule

19 Apr 2025 11:47 am
Check out Baccarats first Indian store in Delhi

260-year-old French luxury crystal brand Baccarat opens its first Indian store in The Chanakya, an upscale shopping mall in Delhis Chanakyapuri

18 Apr 2025 5:48 pm
The art of bidding heres what makes AstaGuru Auction House opt for Indian Modernist artworksat its upcoming Masters Legacy auction

AstaGuru Auction Houses Masters Legacy auction features nearly 72 (lots) masterpieces by 40 pioneering figures of the Modernist era such as Tyeb Mehta, FN Souza, SH Raza and MF Husain

18 Apr 2025 5:41 pm
Sooris next titled Mandaadi; Sathyaraj, Achyuth Kumar, and more join the cast

With music scored by GV Prakash Kumar, the upcoming film also features Ravindra Vijay andSachana Namidass

18 Apr 2025 4:48 pm
Sinners movie review: Ryan Cooglers sultry sance for the sound that refuses to die

Ryan Coogler sheds a decade of franchise skin to deliver a sweltering dream of the American South, summoning the ghosts of Black music and memory into a single, blood-soaked bite

18 Apr 2025 4:22 pm
Swifties across India gear up for a Taylor Swift concert-style sing-along

In the absence of a Taylor Swift concert, Indian Swifties found their own way to scream the bridge of Cruel Summer together

18 Apr 2025 4:15 pm
FOMO Fix | Ajiths meta mayhem, Black Mirrors tech terror, and a cancer sex-comedy that surprises

This week on FOMO Fix, film critic Sudhish Kamath talks about Ajith Kumars fan service vehicle Good Bad Ugly, Black Mirror Season 7, and more

18 Apr 2025 2:07 pm
Vikrams Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 gets OTT release date

Directed by SU Arun Kumar, the film also features SJ Suryah, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Dushara Vijayan, and Prudhvi Raj in pivotal roles

18 Apr 2025 1:52 pm
Malayalam movie Cake Story has been scripted by debutant writer Veda Sunil

Cake Story has an unusual hero, a cake. The scenarist, Veda Sunil has also acted in the film

18 Apr 2025 12:53 pm
Logout movie review: Babil Khan anchors cyberstalking thriller

The film, with things to say about data privacy and online addiction, is best approached as a campy thriller than a revelatory tech satire

18 Apr 2025 12:00 pm
LIVE: First single Jinguchaa from Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnams Thug Life to be launched today

The launch of Jinguchaa, the first single from Thug Life, ace filmmaker Mani Ratnams upcoming film with veteran actor Kamal Haasan, is all set to take place in a star-studded event in Chennai today

18 Apr 2025 10:21 am
The Articulate Festival showed how poetry finds diverse interpretations in dance

Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee, Deepak Majumdar and Aruna Mohanty performed at the sixth edition of the festival held recently in Bengaluru

17 Apr 2025 5:47 pm
How culture festivals organised at forts and palaces help in heritage conversation

April 18 is World Heritage Day and we look at the way culture departments, festival curators and heritage conservationists are drawing up innovative ideas to keep the curiosity about the past alive.

17 Apr 2025 5:47 pm
Indias new storytellers and the rise of immersive story museums

From interactive museum exhibitions to plays that embrace archives, creators and curators are showcasing history in increasingly immersive formats

17 Apr 2025 4:16 pm
Goren Bridge: Hard to bid

Both vulnerable, North deals

17 Apr 2025 9:45 am
Jailer 2: Shivarajkumar hints at role in sequel to Nelson-Rajinikanths blockbuster film

Starring superstar Rajinikanth, Jailer 2, directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, will have music from Anirudh Ravichander

16 Apr 2025 5:52 pm
Playback singer Srikrishna Vishnubhotlas musical solo in Hyderabad

Srikrishna Vishnubhotla reflects on his formative years in Vijayawada, film music career and spreading hope and kindness through social media

16 Apr 2025 4:17 pm
How Tamil play Kapidhwaja is driven by lifes realities

Dummies Drama presented it recently at Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai.

16 Apr 2025 11:52 am