Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap speaking at the Bangalore International Film Festival on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SINDHU NAGARAJ For filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, the biggest fear is not being able to make the kind of cinema he wants to make. He believes he can not make Gangs of Wasseypur or Gulaal or Mukkabaaz today, and even if…
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Legendary filmmaker Singeetam Srinivasa Rao is set to don the director’s hat again. After lending his inventive mind to Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD, the filmmaker has now taken charge of his next directorial venture, tentatively titled SSR 61. The project was launched on Saturday (January 31,…
At 3 pm, between sets on the second day of Lollapalooza India, 27-year-old Shivang Verma sat under a large tent, dressed in a grey Linkin Park T-shirt, waiting for the band’s first-ever performance in Mumbai. The software engineer from Lucknow had come for the closing act of the global festival’s fourth Indian edition. Like many…
Jason Statham in the film | Photo Credit: Elevation Pictures There is something utterly delightful about a lighthouse, immediately bringing up memories of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series, as well as sundry ghosts mournfully clanking chains as they creep up and down the spiral staircase. Shelter (English) Director: Ric Roman Waugh Starring: Jason Statham, Bodhi…
Poster of ‘Chand Mera Dil’ | Photo Credit: Dharma Productions The release date of Ananya Panday and Lakshya’s upcoming romantic-drama, Chand Mera Dil has been rescheduled. The film will now be released in theatres on April 10, the makers announced through a press release on Saturday, January 31, 2026. It was earlier set to come…
Catherine O’Hara. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The death of Catherine O’Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor’s co-stars and friends over the decades. O’Hara, whose legendary comic skills were on display in Home Alone, Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice and much more, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. “Mama. I thought we…
Catherine O’Hara was never afraid to go big. The wild accent as Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek. Delia Deetz’s possessed dance to ‘Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)’ in Beetlejuice. The way she screamed “KEVIN!” in two Home Alonemovies as Kate McCallister. But it wasn’t boldness alone that made her one of the greats, and her…
Joe Carnahan’s latest action thriller The Rip (on Netflix) stars Hollywood A-listers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as Dane Dumars and J.D. Byrne, respectively — police officers in a narcotics unit in Miami. The two begin to second-guess themselves and the motivations of their team members, after they discover upwards of $20 million in cash stashed away…
Ravi Teja in ‘Irumudi’ poster | Photo Credit: Mythri Movie Makers Ravi Teja’s next film with director Shiva Nirvana has been titled Irumudi, the Telugu superstar made the announcement today (January 26, 2026) on his birthday. Marking Ravi Teja’s 77th film, Irumadi has been produced by Mythri Movie Makers. Ravi’s first look from the film…
Poster of ‘Varanasi’. | Photo Credit: @ssrajamouli/X The makers of Varanasi,directed by SS Rajamouli and starring Mahesh Babu, have announced the release date of the magnum opus movie. Also starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran, the pan-Indian movie is bankrolled by SS Durga Arts and Showing Business. The film, which marks the maiden collaboration…
