A still from ‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’ | Photo Credit: Lionsgate This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard, Queen Hippolyta declares in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while watching the play put up by Bottom and the Rude Mechanicals. One wonders what the Amazon queen would have said if she had to sit…
A still from ‘Fallout’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: Prime Video After that mind-blowing (literally) opener in episode 1, Fallout settles into an easy rhythm. Based on Bethesda’s eponymous video game, Fallout is set 200 years after a nuclear holocaust following the Great War of 2077. While some of the population lives in vaults (unaware…
Sivakarthikeyan in a still from ‘Parasakthi’ No individual can claim exclusive authorship, copyright, or proprietary rights over historical events, such as the anti-Hindi imposition agitations in Tamil Nadu in the past, the producer of Tamil film Parasakthi starring Siva Karthikeyan, has told the Madras High Court in response to a case alleging plagiarism. The submission…
Manoj Bajpayee in ‘Ghooskor Pandat’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Acting on the directions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the State Police on Friday (February 6, 2026) lodged an FIR against the makers of the upcoming Netflix film Ghooskhor Pandat over its title, alleging that the film threatens social harmony and hurts religious and caste sentiments,…
KCA chairman Sadhu Kokila and actor Prakash Raj presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award to music composer and songwriter Hamsalekha at the closing ceremony of BIFFeS in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Sabar Bonda, a Marathi film, written and directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, which follows a man from the city who…
Anomie revolves around Zaara Philip (Bhavana), a forensic expert, who begins to look at a series of deaths that has happened in a locality after her brother goes missing. Anomie (Malayalam) Direction: Riyas Marath Starring: Bhavana, Rahman, Arjun Lal, Shebin Benson, Vishnu Agasthya Plot: When a forensic expert digs deep into the mystery of her missing…
Last Updated:February 06, 2026, 19:05 IST With the signing scheduled for 9 February, questions are mounting over the Yunus government’s decision to push through a secretive pact just three days before Bangladesh votes. Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus (Image: @ChiefAdviserGoB/X) A trade agreement between Bangladesh and the United States, expected to be signed in Washington…
Cinema has returned to Hamlet repeatedly this year. A machinima documentary stages the text inside the videogame physics of GTA V, testing how Shakespeare’s language behaves within the absurdity of Los Santos in Grand Theft Hamlet. Meanwhile, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated Hamnet redirects attention away from the Danish court toward the private grief that preceded the…
Many people, including actors, directors, and film critics, have one question to ask Ravindra Vijay after the success of his recent Kannada film Theertharoopa Thandeavarige. Despite being fluent in the language and having worked in the film industry for 10 years, why did it take him so long to feature in a Kannada movie? His…
Euphoria is a difficult watch that demands viewer discretion; its ‘A’ certification is justified. Eschewing the mindless violence common in mainstream cinema, writer-director Gunasekhar delivers a sharp fictional drama rooted in a harrowing true story that shook Hyderabad. The film uses its narrative to pose urgent questions through three interconnected lenses: a survivor reclaiming her…
