LATEST NEWS AND ARTICLES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xFXHYOg via IFTTT

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

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

Ahead of its digitally restored 4K re-release, cinematographer PC Sreeram talks about filming ‘Geethanjali’ in the hills of Ooty and how the mist became a silent third character from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/G05VS6v via IFTTT

Over 84 years, Kodambakkam, the heart of Tamil cinema, has changed beyond recognition, and so has the Tamil film world. Surviving all odds, cinemas have evolved from a single projector and four intervals to the IMAX of today, while filmmaking has moved on from the expensive process of shooting on celluloid to embracing digital technology from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ewl2gsr via IFTTT

The film is set to be released in theatres on October 2 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0eVOutg via IFTTT

What makes a female character strong? A gun? A cigarette? A few swear words? Or does real strength come from agency — having desires, making choices and driving the story? In FMM 28, we look at Arun Madheswaran’s DC, Wamiqa Gabbi’s Chandra, and films like Badlands, Bonnie and Clyde, True Romance and Natural Born Killers to understand the difference between writing a badass woman and writing a woman with agency. Plus, a simple screenwriting exercise: DELETE THE HERO. What does she want when he isn’t around? from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UCvOc5l via IFTTT

from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qaYdK19 via IFTTT

From ‘Googly’ and ‘Raja Huli’ to ‘KGF’, a look at the performances that reveal the actor behind Yash’s larger-than-life image, ahead of ‘Toxic’s August 26 release from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JA0gNpd via IFTTT

from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HcPIzmD via IFTTT

Sun TV Network has launched Sun NXT Shorts, a dedicated micro-drama offering within the Sun NXT app that brings short-form regional storytelling to mobile phones and, in a first for South India, television screens from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OIAFrgf via IFTTT

from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6PZ4qBR via IFTTT

The actors speak about their upcoming romance drama, how Arjun balances big-star projects with mid-budget gems, how Aditi’s vocal training helps her acting, and more from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IKV8DGT via IFTTT

Sanjay Dutt chews the scenery, and Salman Khan counts his chickens as this Arabic action spectacle loses its vision in translation from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OzlZUFk via IFTTT

A ludicrous plot, uninspired acting, unimaginative action and a snail’s pace ensure this thriller is dead on arrival, and there is nothing Jason Statham can do to resurrect it from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LiKU7g5 via IFTTT

from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SZARdOb via IFTTT

Actor-director Elan’s Netflix rom-com wants to challenge traditional gender roles, but repeatedly falls back on the stereotypes it seeks to question from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dZE72Sp via IFTTT

Govt to also roll out its ambitious film literacy programme in schools and colleges to introduce students to global cinema, says Minister for Culture and Cinema P.C. Vishnunadh from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8Qt0BJh via IFTTT

Directed by Ambiecka Pandit and written by Amita Vyas, the film also stars Barun Sobti and Anshumaan Pushkar in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TGCK0J8 via IFTTT

Inspired by the hit Hindi series ‘Bandish Bandits’, 'Jagame Sangeetham’ follows Balu, a young guy caught between living up to his grandfather Shastri’s legendary musical legacy and carving out his own identity amid family drama and hidden secrets from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LvaHDzI via IFTTT

Legendary Malayalam actor Mohanlal, who was last seen in his daughter’s acting debut ‘Thudakkam’, is set to work with seven prominent filmmakers from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ImczPpi via IFTTT

A24 has released the first trailer for Jordan Firstman’s feature directorial debut, starring the comedian as a washed-up New York party promoter whose chaotic life is upended when he discovers he has a 10-year-old son he never knew existed from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XmAFqcs via IFTTT

The sequel to the 2019 hit continues to dominate the Chinese box office and is projected to finish its domestic run at around $2.1 billion from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5u0PdAb via IFTTT

‘Sigma’, the directorial debut of Jason Sanjay, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay, features Sundeep Kishan in the lead from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zntF6NS via IFTTT

The trailer for ‘Prem Keetanu’, starring Veer Pahariya, Aafiya Sayed and Aparshakti Khurana, promises a tale of love and friendship from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/X0qFGUI via IFTTT

The actor talks about her Telugu film co-starring Ravi Teja, her nine-year journey from news reporter to actor, and why she sidesteps decorative roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qRLUPfu via IFTTT

Mr. Shelar said the financial burden of producing such a film should not fall solely on producers and the State government should also play a role. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7MQdxfF via IFTTT

Prime Video has announced September 11, 2026 as the worldwide premiere date for ‘The Revolutionaries’, Nikkhil Advani’s new period drama about four young revolutionaries who took up armed resistance against the British Empire from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JnrMhmf via IFTTT

Directed by Aditya Datt with music by Himesh Reshamiya, the film also stars Aparshakti Khurana from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zLkHdG0 via IFTTT

Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death has not been revealed. Fans mourn the demise of the actor, known for her roles in Heroes, Scream 4, and Nashville from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Yj8PioU via IFTTT

Hayden Panettiere‌ ‘was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and ‌joy to all who knew her — and to the ‌millions ⁠who watched her onscreen’, said her father Alan “Skip” Panettiere from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KavPoz0 via IFTTT

Disney has unveiled the first trailer for ‘Ahsoka’ Season 2, bringing Rosario Dawson back as the former Jedi while Hayden Christensen returns as Anakin Skywalker and Grand Admiral Thrawn prepares to unleash a new war across the galaxy from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/57crj2k via IFTTT

Ranveer Singh has begun filming ‘Pralay’, the ambitious post-apocalyptic survival thriller directed by Jai Mehta and produced by Ananya Birla’s Birla Studios, True Story Films and Singh’s Maa Kasam Films from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/q8ZdRnj via IFTTT

With adventures 7,000 years in the making, bright colours, sharp quips, high adventure, drama, zombies and a T-Rex, there is a lot to love in the sophomore outing of our favourite mutants from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0KQMWgV via IFTTT

Offering a closer look on Downey Jr.’s Victor von Doom, the new promo of the much-awaited superhero spectacle was unveiled by Marvel Studios during a showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/of3XTzp via IFTTT

The screening was about more than the superstar or the film. It was an attempt to recreate the movie-going experience of pre-digital era and draw attention to a fast disappearing world of film reels, projectors and theatre jobs from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Aj5F8HZ via IFTTT

‘Magudam,’ also directed by Vishal, is a tedious, three-hour exercise in how not to make a masala film from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vgOzp8K via IFTTT

The Malayalam film ‘Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra’ was named Best Film while ‘Freedom At Midnight’ season 2 won Best Series from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jDnBI7E via IFTTT

Even if the action sequences, lighting, and camerawork have improved multifold from 2007, the sequel struggles to hold itself together as it imagines the world of ‘Awarapan’ purely as a generic genre piece, when its soul lies elsewhere from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zQfJrvc via IFTTT

M.S. Raju’s Telugu horror-fantasy boasts striking visuals and myths, but underwritten characters keep it from delivering genuine chills from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0G9xeSz via IFTTT

The First Battle of Tumbleton delivers on its promise of action and spectacle while foreshadowing the grimly poignant end to come from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ifk3McH via IFTTT

‘Irulan’ also stars Mirnaa, Samuthirakani, and John Kokken in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/NY8dih2 via IFTTT

Directed by R Kaarthikeyan, the film has a story written by acclaimed writer-director Vignesh Raja from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/9MfEeIj via IFTTT

Can Crazy Mohan’s lines find new life when the audience is sitting just a few feet away? ‘Chamber of Humour’ intends to find out from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zBfLe6q via IFTTT

Based on the life of legendary Marathi Lavani dancer Vithabai Narayangaonkar, ‘Eetha’ also stars Randeep Hooda, and Anant Joshi in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/NAgE1mh via IFTTT

The popular lyricist and poet breaks down the process of working on the earworms, ‘Vo Nahin’, ‘Tere Paas Mai’ and ‘Kya Kamaal Hai’ from Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga' from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Fd0KPlQ via IFTTT

Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has rewritten the Indian box office record books, overtaking ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ to become the highest-grossing Hollywood film ever released in India from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dkyXieo via IFTTT

Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Rajkumar Santoshi open up about ‘Batwara 1947’ as they share their thoughts on Partition, Dharmendra’s reaction on seeing the film and more from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YTzvBGQ via IFTTT

The film, directed by debutante Vishnu Revikumar and produced by Martin Prakkat, is based on a novel written by GR Indugopan from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SjfmJdO via IFTTT

Ahead of the Telugu film’s release, the filmmaker talks about studio backing, casting Sudhakar Reddy and Muralidhar Goud and why personal stories become universal from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/l86JaNg via IFTTT

Venky Atluri discusses his National Award-winning writing, ‘Vishwanath & Sons’, Suriya’s return to romance, and portraying an age-gap relationship with sensitivity from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DG8qXBn via IFTTT

Directed by Nimród Antal, the film is set in Congo and tells the story of a grieving UN translator, who is pulled onto a black-ops mission to recover a downed aircraft from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/p4F5gis via IFTTT

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/7VL5XuT via IFTTT

A potpourri of seemingly generic tropes finds renewed life in a cleverly layered investigation that keeps reinventing itself until its final reveal from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QdGECel via IFTTT

Driven by Bruno’s soulful gaze and Maahi Rai’s charming resilience, this timely family thriller breathes new life into the human-animal genre without sinking into tear-jerking tropes. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RlSrpEo via IFTTT

Also starring Shabana Azmi and Disha Patani, the film is set to be released in theatres on August 14 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YJVWtOk via IFTTT

Here is the complete list of highlights coming to Prime Video this week from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/skEwc1X via IFTTT

‘Dorothy’, Karthik Subbaraj’s 10th directorial, stars Keerthy Suresh, Sananth and Rishikanth and has music from maestro Ilaiyaaraja from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8mYCyQr via IFTTT

Directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, the film, slated to release on August 7, will also have a cameo appearance by legendary actor Mohanlal from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qS0dYVj via IFTTT

All about 8-year-old Lithanya, who is fast rising as a popular child artiste in Tamil cinema from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IamME7G via IFTTT

Rawat rose to stardom with his portrayal of Ashwatthama in "Mahabharat" and later went on to work across industries from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/c4ysaph via IFTTT

As his play ‘Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamyai Nai’ finds a new stage with Rajkumar Santoshi’s film ‘Batwara 1947’, the eminent playwright and novelist discusses how the enduring spirit of humanism can triumph over political divisions. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fryc7Mo via IFTTT

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has swung into the record books, delivering the biggest domestic opening weekend in cinema history after surpassing ‘Avengers: Endgame’‘s long-standing North American debut record from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tB5waEV via IFTTT

The actor, along with Jimmy Shergill and creator-showrunner Kushal Srivastava, discuss their upcoming Netflix show ‘Operation Safed Sagar’, based on the real-life hero, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/NJbmRu5 via IFTTT

Directed by Prashant Nair, the show also stars Kavya Trehan, and Pavan Malhotra in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/1DcXSqj via IFTTT

Swiss businessman Simon Afram wrote the script and spent seven long years and USD 45 million to bring it to the screen from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QzWfn0t via IFTTT

Pastore appeared in movies dating back to the 1980s, including roles in big films such as ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Awakenings,’ both in 1990 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Novh3KR via IFTTT

Despite the solid ensemble cast and excellent pedigree, this reworking of the psychological thriller lacks both logic and thrills from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/iGdzs5j via IFTTT

The film also stars Abhishek Banerjee and Elvish Yadav in pivotal roles from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Tvpgx38 via IFTTT

The documentary follows the events from the strategic deliberations after the Pahalgam terror attack in April last year to the launch and execution of Operation Sindoor on May 7, offering a behind-the-scenes account of the conflict. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LVoW4g3 via IFTTT