Posters for the upcoming Dragon Ball Super’ projects | Photo Credit: Toei After nearly a decade of silence on the television front, Dragon Ball Super is officially returning with not one but two major anime projects confirmed during the franchise’s 40th anniversary celebration in Japan. At the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event on January 25, producers…
Ashiqa Salvan in a scene from the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When you encounter people or senior citizens talking to themselves, acting weird or being delusional or schizophrenic you think about the trauma or experiences that might have led to the situation. Reflecting on this societal reality and hoping to draw empathy is…
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) allowed a writ appeal filed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and set aside a single judge’s January 9, 2026, order, which had directed the board to issue U/A 16+ certification for actor Vijay’s much-awaited final movie Jana Nayagan. The…
First-look poster of ‘Aja Sundari’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The first look of Aja Sundari, written and directed by Manu Antony, was released on January 25, 2026. The film, produced by Aashiq Abu under the banner of OPM Cinema, is headlined by Joju George and Lijomol Jose. Manu Antony, a renowned editor with projects…
We do not come across many one-person shows in Kannada, which is why Ond Second from WeMove Theatre stands out, in more ways than just this. The play, an adaptation of a Chinese short story translated into Kannada by writer Gopalakrishna Pai, has been adapted for the theatre by playwright and director Abhishek Iyengar. Ond…
First look poster of ‘Raawadi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Acclaimed actor-director Basil Joseph, who was recently seen in a cameo appearance in Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi, is all set to make his Tamil debut as a lead in the upcoming Tamil-Malayalam bilingual film Raawadi. Directed by debutant Vignesh Vadivel, the comedy film also stars LK Akshay…
Mohanlal; announcement poster of ‘L367’ | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat/The Hindu and @Mohanlal/X Malayalam superstar Mohanlal on Monday (January 26) announced that he has teamed up with filmmaker Vishnu Mohan (Kadha Innuvare, Meppadiyan) for his upcoming film. Tentatively called L367, the film is bankrolled by Shri Gokulam Gopalan under the banner of Sree Gokulam Movies….
Director Tharun Bhascker is currently juggling multiple commitments, shooting the sequel to his 2018 buddy comedy Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi(ENE). Aware of the expectations riding on the film, he is nevertheless keen to see how audiences respond to a different turn — a grey character in director A.R. Sajeev’s Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi(OSSS), which releases on…
When veteran German ethnomusicologist Andreas Meyer first visited the Indian Music Experience (IME) museum in Bengaluru, late last year, his initial reaction was one of familiarity. The design aesthetic reminded him of museums across Europe and America, but as he spent time studying the museum’s exhibitions and engaging with visitors, Meyer discovered it was quite…
After the gloriously atmospheric reckoning in Tumbbad, aestheticising a local myth into a circular tale of capitalistic greed, director Rahi Anil Barve returns to another moody, whimsical world with a bag of gold at the center. His second directorial, Mayasabha is not as vast in its world building. The magnificent ruins in the rain soaked…
