Mrunal Thakur and Adivi Sesh | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The teaser of Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur starrer Dacoit, directed by cinematographer-turned-director Shaneil Deo springs a surprise with its use of the peppy Telugu song ‘Kannepettaro Kannu Kottaro’ from the 1990s Nagarjuna and Soundarya film Hello Brother, playing against the racy visuals of the…
Christian Bale from “Empire of the Sun”. File Photo: Special Arrangement. Q: Name the movie directed by Spielberg based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker A: The Color Purple Q: Name the movie that won Spielberg his first Academy award A: Schindler’s List Q: Name the movie co-written by Spielberg which was based on his…
A still from A Sad and Beautiful World. Nino and Yasmina occupy almost every frame in Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris’s debut feature A Sad and Beautiful World, just as expected in a romantic drama. It begins right from the opening sequence of their birth, a few minutes apart, in a hospital in Beirut. But by…
A still from Yen and Ai-Lee Yen and Ai-Lee, directed by Tom Shu-yu Lin, begins with the protagonist, Yen, played by Kimi Hsia, covered in blood, pedalling her bike towards the audience with a horrified look on her face. She surrenders at the police station, and it is later revealed that she has murdered her…
A still from ‘Shavapetti’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Married couple, Alwin and Priya, are stuck in a loveless relationship following the death of their daughter. The duo’s exchanges turn confrontational when they speak to each other, with plates flung onto the floor, every time their argument appears to be at an impasse. Their fights…
Alan Cumming | Photo Credit: AP Alan Cumming has been named host of the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards, which will take place on February 22 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The actor, writer and producer succeeds David Tennant, who fronted the ceremony in 2024 and 2025. While Cumming has previously hosted the BAFTA Television…
Film actress Nidhhi Agerwal. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju The Kukatpally Housing Board (KPHB) police have registered a suo motu case against the management of Lulu Mall and the event organisers on Thursday (December 18, 2025), a day after actor Nidhhi Agerwal was mobbed by an unruly crowd during the launch of a song…
A still from ‘Disclosure Day’ | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures Universal Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s latest feature, marking the filmmaker’s return to science fiction with a story centered on humanity’s first confirmed contact with extraterrestrial life. The trailer introduces Emily Blunt as a television meteorologist whose routine broadcast…
While interacting with Tannishtha Chatterjee on the sidelines of the International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram, one could see that she was in pain as she kept pressing her left shoulder. “There has been nerve damage from radiation. It will get better, if not a 100 percent. Right now I am in a lot…
Emraan Hashmi in the show | Photo Credit: Netflix India/YouTube The teaser of Emraan Hashmi’s upcoming series, Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web was unveiled by the makers on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Created by Neeraj Pandey and directed by Raghav Jairath, the series also stars Sharad Kelkar, Amruta Khanvilkar, Nandish Singh Sandhu, Anurag Sinha and Zoya…
