‘Padayappa’ re-release: Rajinikanth shares rare memories from the 1999 superhit

Rajinikanth in a new re-release poster of Padayappa | Photo Credit: soundaryaarajni/X Even as Rajinikanth fans await the Superstar’s birthday this Friday (on December 12), the actor’s superhit Tamil film Padayappa is set to re-release. Written and produced by Rajinikanth and directed by KS Ravikumar, Padayappa, released in 1999, is considered one of the actor’s…

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Golden Globes 2026 Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ and ‘Sinners’ lead as awards race takes shape – full list of nominees

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2026 Golden Globe nominations on Monday, outlining the early shape of this year’s awards season and positioning several key contenders ahead of the Oscars. One Battle After Another topped all film nominees with nine mentions, establishing Paul Thomas Anderson’s political satire as a major presence despite its uneven…

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‘Jay Kelly’ movie review: George Clooney is trapped inside Noah Baumbach’s woe-is-me machine

A still from ‘Jay Kelly’ | Photo Credit: Netfix Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value has already rerouted the entire bad-showbiz-dad genre, tracing a filmmaker whose parental failures bleed into every crevice of his daughters’ lives. Measured against that, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly takes the same anxieties of artistic guilt, paternal fallout and the ache of a…

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Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna’s unhurried rendition underlined the value of musical restraint in classical music

Kunnakudi M. Balamurali Krishna with H.N. Bhaskar (violin), B. Shree Sundarkumar (mridangam) and S. Karthick (ghatam) | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Kunnakudi M. Balamurali Krishna’s music is characterised by vibrant energy, a penchant for arithmetical intricacy and matching technical virtuosity. When this flair is tempered by aesthetic sensitivity, as it largely was at his Bharatiya…

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