Anand Satchidanandan wove interesting segments to capture the life of Ramana Maharishi. | Photo Credit: Albert Francis J _11343@Chennai The 27th annual thematic festival of Natyarangam, Acharya Bharatham, concluded with a deeply reflective production on Ramana Maharshi, performed by Anand Satchidanandan. Opening with the story of his birth , the presentation wove divinity into the…
A still from ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. | Photo Credit: Netflix/YouTube The Thursday Murder Club would have done much better as a series. Based on the first of Richard Osman’s book series, featuring four pensioners solving crimes from their posh retirement home, Cooper’s Chase, the film would have worked better as a show rather than…
Indian cricket star Virat Kohli is winning Telugu hearts after his comments on Tollywood superstar Jr NTR went viral. Kohli said he’s a big fan of NTR and never misses a chance to watch his movies. At an event in Hyderabad, Kohli revealed he often listens to Telugu songs and shares a close bond with…
Pawan Kumar and Siri Ravikumar in ‘Shodha’. | Photo Credit: Zee5 Kannada/YouTube Shodha, the latest Kannada original series on ZEE5, is an adaptation of the English play Catch Me If You Can. There have been several cinematic versions of the story, the latest one being Khoj, the Hindi web series starring Sharib Hashmi and Anupriya…
A musical drama loosely inspired by the life of Padma Shri Raj Begum, Songs of Paradise puts into focus the rich poetic culture of Kashmir that often gets buried under the “Files” of jaundiced perceptions. It is the side of Kashmir that we have hardly seen in Bollywood. Set in a time and space when the idea…
A poster of the film Manushi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hailing director Gopi Nainar’s Tamil movie Manushi, starring Andreah Jeremiah, as a “film that masterfully explores the dark underbelly of power,” the Madras High Court, on Friday (August 29, 2025), directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to issue it a censor certificate,…
A still from ‘Akhanda 2’. | Photo Credit: Icon Music South/YouTube Akhanda 2, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, has been postponed. The film is a much-hyped sequel to the 2021 blockbuster, directed by Boyapati Srinu. Akhanda 2 was supposed to hit the screens on September 25, 2025. The movie also stars Samyuktha and Harshaali Malhotra. The makers…
The Nineties were simple. Much before cellphones and technology entered our lives, fun in Madras meant spending evenings playing bet cricket matches. Or heading to Spencer Plaza for free air conditioning and window shopping. Or just taking a bus to the Marina Beach or Woodlands Drive-in, where one could have some bajji or masala dosa…
Akhil Anilkumar, the writer-director of Thalavara, is faced with a stumper. While he is happy about the positive reviews coming the film’s way, the lukewarm theatre response has left him confused. “The reviews are good, I am happy as a writer/director. But I am slightly sad. Where is the problem? Possibly because it is the…
How and when did Sex and the City, created by a man — Darren Star — become the quintessential show on female bonding? Now, I didn’t hate the show and had no choice but to watch the films. Luckily though, I’m single now and don’t have to watch the spin-off And Just Like That, which,…
