Wait, there’s another sequel
Telugu cinema is undergoing an interesting phase of creative churning, part of which is squeezing the success of a film through a sequel
View ArticleWhat made Kangana Ranaut cry every night?
Her new film, 'Katti Batti', starts like a romantic comedy but turns into a thriller with a mystery element and a mature love story.
View Article‘Star Trek Beyond’ cast pay a moving tribute to Leonard Nimoy
The cast of “Star Trek Beyond” have paid a moving tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy through a new video for the Omaze charity. Filmed on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, Chris Pine, Zach...
View ArticleGabbar missing in Doordarshan’s Sanskrit tribute to Sholay
DD’s Sanskrit programme Vaartavali had to leave Gabbar Singh’s dialogues out as it “militated against the spirit of the language”.
View ArticleThe Queen of Bollywood continues to reign
Kangana Ranaut is in a position to dictate terms. She wants to change the way the industry treats female actors.
View ArticleMamie, not mama’s girl
Mamie Gummer opens up on the experience of sharing screen space with her mother, Meryl Streep, on the sets of Ricki and the Flash.
View ArticleSketching a thought
Artist Natesh Muthuswamy can take a memory and turn it into an unforgettable sketch
View ArticleCivil War: Captain America, Iron Man teams revealed
New promotional images for ‘Captain America: Civil War’ have revealed the names of the two superhero teams — Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). Ever since it...
View ArticleHrishkesh Mukherjee was godfather to us: Big B
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has done films like “Abhimaan” and “Anand” with Hrishikesh Mukherjee, says the late iconic director was like a godfather to him and others.Remem...
View ArticleMusing on Madras Week
Another edition of Madras Week has just concluded. As always, it proved to be an enormous learning experience, the city displaying its layered history to all celebrants.One of the most relax...
View ArticleBrand Taylor
Is Taylor Swift 21st Century’s most prodigious pop culture icon? Or is she just a shade more than that — a cultural phenomenon speaking for an entire generation of fans who have both grown up on he...
View ArticleOnam on the sets
Post her Malayalam film, Parvathy Nair will start work on a Tamil movie with Ashok Selvan
View ArticleSweden comes to Chennai
It’s the season for films from all over the world. This coming week, you can watch some unique films that are being showcased at a festival of Swedish films, organised jointly by the Embassy of Sw...
View ArticlePhantom: Agent provocateur
The American strike in Abbottabad to eliminate Osama Bin Laden has given Bollywood writers and directors the licence to kill. This week it is the turn of Kabir Khan who has just delivered the mess...
View ArticleKaun Kitney Paani Mein: The glass is half-full
Shekhar Kapoor has been keeping us parched all these years. Meanwhile, Nila Madhab Panda has come up with his own version of Paani. It is a comeback of sorts for the director of I Am Kal...
View ArticleThani Oruvan: A pretty smart, pulpy thriller
When we first meet Mithran (Jayam Ravi), he’s just the best cop ever. He knows exactly where to be, what to do, whom to shadow — it’s like he can do no wrong. And then he meets his match in Siddha...
View ArticleAdhibar: Extraordinarily excruciating
Sometimes, there are films so bad that every second spent watching it seems like an excruciatingly long time. The theatre begins to seem like a prison from which you’re scared you’ll never...
View ArticleBaahubali crosses 50 days run, nets Rs. 600 crore
As it reached the 50-day run in at least 600 screens across the country on Friday, S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali is said to have grossed a whopping Rs. 600 crore, acco...
View ArticleThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Everybody wants to run the world
There is a lot to like in this movie. First, it is set in an idealised version of the swinging Sixties with cool fashion, the Lambrettas, the music and white telephones. There is Rome, evi...
View ArticleThakka, Thakka: An empty jewellery box
Thakka Thakka is a rather crafty film. It’s the film equivalent of an empty but exquisitely carved jewellery box. It’s beautiful and promising from the outside. The scenes — especially the...
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