The sharp beats of the opening performance of Day 7 of Marghazhiyil Makkal Isai thundered through the auditorium. The beats of Jupla Eruthu Kattu Parai overpowered the steady pattering of rain outside ...

Goundamani, the veteran comedian who appeared in Tamil films, turns 83 today. Often known for adding an element of comic relief in films, mostly alongside his regular collaborator and comedian Senthil ...

Veteran Tamil actor Srikanth died in Chennai on Tuesday. The 82-year-old actor was known for being the first lead actor to be paired opposite late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha in her debut ...

I remember the first time I saw Pursuit of Happiness. For a kid growing up on Will Smith’s comedic and action personalities, it was remarkably far removed from anything I have seen of him. I felt his ...

Iranian-American actor Shohreh Aghdashloo once said, “Cinema is a reflection of its own society,” and Malayalam films have time and again proved this with their rooted and realistic stories. Family ...

A housing crisis squeezes itself through the narrative pores in Priyan Ottathilaanu, directed by Antony Sony. The sludge and the drain water from an apartment complex in Kochi clog the canal that ...

The film explores a controversial cultural practice through a blend of realism and fantasy. Jayaprakash, who has also written the film, explains that the title, Thalaikoothal, refers to a ritual that ...

For the third time in a row this year, more than eight films are scheduled to release on Friday. Almost all of them are directed by relative newcomers and produced by small banners. The new ones are ...

Fifty five years after MGR first sang, “Enna valam illai indha thirunaatil, en kaiye yendha vendum velinaatil,” Laabam features Vijay Sethupathi framed in an unflatteringly similar fashion for a remix ...

Director Jis Joy is known for films that romanticise the middle-class way of life, where material and emotional problems are solved by spiels about love and other virtues flattened out into a greeting ...

Courtrooms in Indian mainstream cinema are akin to theatre. There are artists and an audience, rendition of the hyperbole and abandonment of objectivity. The actors belt out long dialogue, while the ...

Rajinikanth is turning 70 on December 12, 2020, and his unique style, charisma, and mannerisms remain unmatched in popularity. Since his debut in K Balachander’s 1975 Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal to ...