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Why Mollywood is betting big on major Onam releases this year

Audience response to releases lined up for the festival season, including Nahas Hidhayath’s I’m Game, A.D. Gireesh’s Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, and Vysakh’s Khalifa, will be a test of strength for actors Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, and Prithviraj Sukumaran who has had a mixed run at the box-office in recent times from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CE3wecl via IFTTT

Positive response to Onam releases revives hopes for Malayalam film industry

With filmmaker A.D. Girish’s Nivin Pauly-starrer Bethlehem Kudumba Unit turning a blockbuster, exhibitors say the impressive collections for the rom-com are expected to help them sail through this quarter of fiscal on a positive note from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/n3DAO2Q via IFTTT

Kozhikode Aboobacker, composer and noted Mappilapattu veteran, passes away

Composer of over 3,000 songs, ​Aboobacker was widely admired across South India for his prolific contributions to Mappilapattu, a traditional Muslim folk song style native to Malabar region of Keralam from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8tPleCf via IFTTT

‘America America 2’ trailer: Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar promises a feel-good love triangle

Starring Shanvi Srivastava, Nirup Bhandari and Pruthvi Ambaar, the Kannada movie is a spiritual sequel to 1997 blockbuster ‘America America’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Muvi60l via IFTTT

Inat and the recipe for being Djokovic

What makes Novak Djokovic what he is? He needs fear and anger for his fangs; he is a gentle family man, and he’s going for tennis glory. A riveting new documentary reveals some fascinating answers from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gvJxAmi via IFTTT

Watch: ‘Toxic’ is at war with itself | Frequently Made Mistakes

Can a star vehicle be both mass entertainment and meaningful cinema? In FMM 29, The Balancing Act, we use Geetu Mohandas’ Toxic, starring Yash, to explore the eternal battle between art and commerce, star and character, class and mass. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WeCVsgU via IFTTT

‘Tony’ movie review: A young Anthony Bourdain finds his calling in this warm, spirited origin story

Without romanticising the burns, cuts and pains of being a young chef, the Matt Johnson directorial tells the story of the one summer that changed Anthony’s life from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GtVE0wS via IFTTT

‘King100’: Nagarjuna Akkineni exudes timeless charm in 100th film

Written and directed by R.A. Karthik, the film features music by Devi Sri Prasad from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OXGKiFL via IFTTT

‘Babita Singh Reporting’ movie review: Nimisha Sajayan steers the social autopsy of patriarchy

Director Ambiecka Pandit mounts a small-town murder mystery which functions far more effectively as a breakdown of hypocrisy than as an unconventional procedural. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PJMkv34 via IFTTT

Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers’, dies at 85

The Canadian voice actor gave Optimus Prime his iconic baritone across the original animated series, the 1986 film and Michael Bay’s live-action franchise from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vujy4pd via IFTTT

Shalini Adnani’s ‘Our Share of Sand’: Inside the Indian sand-mining story heading to Venice

Ahead of the world premiere of ‘Our Share of Sand’ at Venice Critics’ Week, the Chilean-Indian filmmaker discusses growing up between two cultures, the human cost of India’s development boom and the moral compromises that come with privilege CAN U ADD SUBHEADS TO THE COPY PL from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CtcOZs3 via IFTTT

Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth film with David Fincher retitled ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’

Written by Quentin Tarantino, the film will be released in IMAX worldwide on November 25, before streaming on Netflix on December 23 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Q5GpHTa via IFTTT

Tim Curry, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘It’ star, dies at 80

The British actor, best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise, died at his Los Angeles home after a career spanning stage, film and television from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KdSLW4n via IFTTT

How designer Abhishek Chaudhary is adding a quirky punch to Bollywood movie posters

Berlin-based product designer Abhishek Chaudhary is giving iconic Hindi films a fresh, unexpected visual language with his quirky posters from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DyVlfti via IFTTT

The glorious past of Chennai’s Shanti Theatre

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Chennai Canvas: Madras Week Episode 4 | How cinema became part of Chennai

Cinema is woven into the fabric of Chennai’s cultural memory. From romance, longing and movie-inspired moments on the city’s beaches to the dramatic shift from celluloid reels to digital projection, Chennai’s relationship with the big screen has constantly evolved. At the heart of that journey are theatres that became landmarks in their own right, including Royapettah’s Pilot Theatre. Episode 4 of Chennai Canvas, for Madras Week, revisits these spaces, memories and technological changes to explore why, for generations of Chennai residents, the city and cinema have been inseparable. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HNApnGL via IFTTT

‘Gunmaaster G9’ teaser: Emraan Hashmi is a wounded lover in Aditya Datt’s pulpy actioner

With music by Himesh Reshammiya, the film also stars Genelia D’Souza and Aparshakti Khurana in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5lDEOPk via IFTTT