A still from ‘The Rip’ | Photo Credit: Netflix There is a particular joy in seeing two veterans riff off each other, which The Riptaps into with efficiency. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck clearly had a lot of fun making this lean action movie, and it shows. The movie, based on true events, begins with…
Filmmakers Shoojit Sircar and Vikramaditya Motwane have come on board to present Varun Tandon’s short film Thursday Special. Billed as a tender exploration of love, companionship, and change, Thursday Special is headlined by actors Anubha Fatehpuria and Ramakanth Dayama. It centres on Ram and Shakuntala, an aged couple bound by years of marriage, a shared…
Sujatha Srinivasan and team performing ‘Vivarta: Transformations’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sujatha and Shriya Srinivasan’s ‘Vivarta: Transformations’ used the language of Bharatanatyam to bring home the universal concern of climate change. Backed by excellent music composed by violinists Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi VVijayalakshmi and voiceovers, ‘Vivarta’ was about how greed and over-exploitation ruin…
Singers Sai Vignesh and Saindhavi enthralling audiences with bhajan and sufi hits, during a recent ‘Bhajan clubbing’ event in Chennai | Photo Credit: Thamodharan B Rehmat Khubchandani’s hands are up. She lets out a delighted ‘oohoo’ as she emerges from the crowd. The music is upbeat, with a club-style energy, but the song is a…
Vijay in ‘Jana Nayagan’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A Division Bench of the Madras High Court, on Tuesday (January 20, 2026), reserved its orders on a writ appeal filed by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) against a single judge’s order directing it to issue U/A 16+ certificate for actor Vijay’s most-anticipated last movie…
Swetha Prachande’s energy and timing shone in her performance. | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The invocation to Devi with verses from Soundarya Lahari (ragamalika, talamalika, Rajkumar Bharati), not only made for a brisk opening in Shweta Prachande’s Bharatanatyam recital, but showcased what one can do to also enhance the aural experience. To the background of…
When I hopped on a video call with Dominic Richard Harrison, better known as Yungblud, ahead of his concert in Mumbai this weekend, there was no sense of preamble. The English punk-rock musician and songwriter barreled in mid-motion, his instantly recognisable Yorkshire accent already somewhere between laughter and declaration, greeting me with a big smile….
Mumbai: Security personnel at the site after actor Akshay Kumar’s escort vehicle collided with an auto-rickshaw, in Mumbai, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. No injuries were reported. | Photo Credit: PTI A car from Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s security entourage was hit by an autorickshaw after the three-wheeler was struck by another vehicle in Mumbai’s Juhu…
Varun Tej in a still from ‘Korean Kanakaraju’ | Photo Credit: UV Creations/YouTube Korean Kanakaraju is the title of Telugu actor Varun Tej’s much-awaited Indo-Korean film, the makers announced on Monday (January 19) with a title glimpse. Directed by Merlapaka Gandhi, the film is set for a release in Summer 2026. The teaser, released on…
Ajay Devgn and Danish Devgn | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ajay Devgn and his nephew Danish Devgn’s Lens Vault Studios have unveiled Bal Tanhaji, a generative AI-driven narrative project rooted in the legacy of Ajay’s blockbuster historical film, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior(2020). As per a press release, the studios’ in-house generative AI and creative technology…
