The Supreme Court had urged A.R. Rahman to give “some sort of an acknowledgement” to the Dagar brothers, even though the film credits already acknowledged that the song was based on the ‘Dagarvani Tradition’ Dhrupad. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Music composer A.R. Rahman on Friday agreed in the Supreme Court to mention the ‘Shiva…
Swanand Kirkire | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Swanand Kirkire has joined Sooraj Barjatya’s next directorial Yeh Prem Mol Liya. The film is headlined by Ayushmann Khurrana and Sharvari Wagh and marks the return of Sooraj to the traditional romance and family storytelling space. Sharing his thoughts on coming on board the film, Swanand said in…
Even if sports are not quite your thing, there is enough in GOAT to keep one engaged. Will Harris (Caleb McLaughlin) is a teenager with big dreams of becoming a professional roarball player. That he is a goat and roarball is a high-intensity contact, sport where only the biggest animals survive, does not stop him…
As R Gowtham’s debut feature rolls out, you wonder if you are in another Ee.Ma.Yau. (Lijo Jose Pelliserry) or Shavam (Don Palathara) ride. Here is yet another funeral film, but unlike anything one has seen before. Gowtham’s Tamil roller-coaster family-drama, Members of the Problematic Family (Sikkalana Kudumbathin Uruppinarhal), goes all Paul Thomas Anderson in Chennai’s Red Hills suburbs. Gowtham’s film —…
When the trailer of Ravi Udaywar’s romantic drama Do Deewane Seher Mein surfaced online, one was hooked to the tune of Gulzar’s melancholic Do Deewane (Gharaonda), searching for home and sustenance all over again. The haunting voice of Bhupinder Singh and the melody in Runa Laila’s timbre continue to capture the dreams, hope, and loneliness that lovebirds…
A still from ‘Toy Story 5’ | Photo Credit: Pixar Pixar has unveiled the first trailer for Toy Story 5, reuniting Woody and Buzz Lightyear for another adventure that places the beloved toys face-to-face with a very modern threat: children’s growing dependence on digital devices. The trailer reveals that Bonnie, now eight years old, has…
Rahul Bhat | Photo Credit: ZEE5 Before the curtain rises on Anurag Kashyap’s latest noirish adventure, William Wordsworth’s famous words, “We poets in our youth begin in gladness; but thereof come in the end despondency and madness”, flash on the screen. This struggle between resolution and independence holds for both Kashyap and Kennedy. Curiously titled after…
Bobby Deol in ‘Bandar’ poster | Photo Credit: Anurag Kashyap/Instagram Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film, Bandar, starring Bobby Deol, is scheduled to arrive in cinema halls worldwide on May 22. Headlined by Deol, the movie is said to be inspired by real-life events and follows the story of a fading star accused of rape, shining…
Vijay Raghavendra in ‘Second Case of Seetharam’. | Photo Credit: Lahari Music/YouTube Filmmaker Devi Prasad Shetty completes a hat-trick of cop movies starring Vijay Raghavendra with Second Case of Seetharam. It helps that Shetty has taken it a notch higher with every film. If Seetharam Benoy (2021)was a wannabe thriller, Case of Kondana (2024) was…
On a splendid January evening, 9 Grader Nord, a Norwegian Tamil folk-rock band, graced the Aura Studio stage, located on the rooftop of a quiet building in T Nagar, Chennai. In an intimate gathering of only 10 to 15 people, Dipha Thiruchelvam, the band’s lead singer, began the show with ‘Hymn’ in her deep voice….
