The film ‘Shape of Momo’ had premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea in November 2025 where it won the Taipei Film Commission Award and the Songwon Vision Award. Sikkim-based filmmaker Tribeny Rai talks about the making of the movie, which is a commentary on stereotypical gender roles and the toll it…
Eesha Rebba is soaking in the warm response to her performance in Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi (OSSS). “There were days when I felt emotionally drained after the shoot,” she recalls. The Telugu remake of the Malayalam film Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey, which released on January 30, may have had a slow start at the box…
A still from ‘Jana Nayagan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At a time when the OTT revolution seems to have severely eaten into the exhibition business, the delay in the release of actor Vijay’s farewell movie, Jana Nayagan, which is currently mired in a dispute over the film’s certification by the Central Board of Film…
Panellists at the 17th edition of the Bengaluru Film Festival during a session on ‘Vertical Filmmaking’, in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A panel discussion at the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFES) explored vertical filmmaking as an emerging narrative form, underlining its growing significance in India’s rapidly evolving digital content landscape. Moderated…
Vijay Kumar. | Photo Credit: N Ravichandran Vijay Kumar, popularly known as Duniya Vijay, attributes his second wind to patience. Down and out in 2018 with a series of failures, the Kannada actor decided to turn director. He directed and starred in the two hit action dramas Salaga (2021) and Bheema (2024). His latest release,…
Japanese filmmaker Kei Ishikawa’s films return, again and again, to people trying to live with versions of themselves that no longer quite fit. His 2022 feature A Man followed a widower who discovers that the husband she loved was never who he claimed to be, forcing the film to ask how much of a life…
Indrans in a still from ‘Aashaan’ | Photo Credit: Guppy Cinemas/YouTube Once in a while, the film industry takes an inward look into the lives of those struggling to make it and the foibles and eccentricities of those who have made it. In Aashaan, to tell this story, Johnpaul George follows the film-within-a-film format used…
A poster of the Tamil movie ‘Lakshmi-Lawrence Kadhal’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When a movie, as a whole, persistently portrays a particular section of society in a derogatory and prejudicial manner and when such narratives are bound to disrupt public order and undermine social harmony, it could be denied certification in toto for public…
Poster of ‘The Housemaid’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Housemaid, the latest Hollywood thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, will premiere digitally in India soon. The film, which was released in theatres in India on January 1, will be available to rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google/YouTube and BookMyShow from 12th February…
Stills from ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘Sirat’ and ‘Hamnet’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three of the most talked-about films on the global awards circuit — Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, Oliver Laxe’s Sirat and Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet — are set to anchor the Red Lorry Film Festival’s Global Awards Showcase when the festival returns to Mumbai next…
