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Bollywood
‘Kalki 2898 AD’: Amitabh Bachchan intrigues as Ashwatthama in first-look teaser
Cyber police registers case against X user over ‘deepfake’ video of Ranveer Singh
Amitabh Bachchan receives Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar, feels fortunate to be honoured
Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna’s ‘The Sabarmati Report’ gets a new release date
Actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother-in-law dies in road accident, sister injured
Hollywood
Academy updates Oscars 2025 rulebook for composers, eligibility and more
‘Squid Game 2’, ‘Cobra Kai S6’ set to release in second half of 2024
Universal Studios Hollywood tram crashes, 15 injured
Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson & Ralph Fiennes board cast of ‘28 Years Later’
Chris Jericho to headline wrestling action horror film ‘Dark Match’
‘Mission Impossible’ casts ‘Severance’ star Tramell Tillman for next film
Anne Hathaway exposes outdated ‘make out’ tests in Hollywood casting
‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off on Moses-like Queen Nymeria shelved at HBO
Al Pacino and Dan Stevens to star in exorcism horror, ‘The Ritual’
Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy movie ‘The Pickup’
Thandiwe Newton boards season two cast of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’
Paris Jackson, Shameik Moore to lead ‘One Spoon of Chocolate’ drama
Regional
‘Coolie’ title reveal: Rajinikanth utters iconic dialogue from ‘Ranga’ in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s next
‘Manjummel Boys’: Producers of hit film booked on cheating charges
‘Dada’ star Aparna Das marries ‘Manjummel Boys’ actor Deepak Parambol
Ajith Kumar’s blockbuster actioner ‘Billa’ to re-release in theatres
Ilaiyaraaja’s commercial transactions will be subject to appeal filed by Echo Recording: Madras High Court
‘Premalu 2’ announced: Film starring hit pair Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju to release in 2025
Santhanam’s ‘Inga Naan Thaan Kingu’ gets a release date
Tinkle Comics, Rana Daggubati launch ‘Minnal Murali’ graphic novel
Aishwarya Rajesh to debut in Kannada with ‘Uttarakaanda’
SJ Suryah to make his Malayalam debut with Fahadh Faasil’s film
Bobby Deol joins the cast of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s upcoming movie
Kajal Aggarwal’s suspense thriller ‘Satyabhama’ gets a release date
Filmmaker’s Joshiy’s son house in Kochi burgled, valuables worth Rs 1 crore stolen
‘Kurangu Pedal’, presented by Sivakarthikeyan, gets a release date
Trailers
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are the internet’s favourite couple in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ trailer
Jennifer Lopez leads the battle against AI in ‘Atlas’ trailer
Russell Crowe plays an exorcist in desperate need of an exorcism in ‘The Exorcism’ trailer
In ‘The Watchers’ trailer, Dakota Fanning is trapped in a forest of horrors
Kartikeya stars as a doting son who goes to great lengths for his father in ‘Bhaje Vaayu Vegam’ teaser
In ‘Manamey’ teaser, Sharwanand and Krithi Shetty are a poles-apart couple held together by a child
Essential Reading
1. Interviewing the cast of ‘Heeramandi’: ‘There was life in every object’
>> Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Fardeen Khan and others speak about collaborating with Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2. ‘I am a greedy actor’ | Interview with Manisha Koirala, star of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series ‘Heeramandi’, releasing May 1
>> The actress opens up on her role of Mallikajaan, the head of a glamorous house of courtesans in pre-independence India in the Netflix show
3. Director Hari interview: On Vishal’s ‘Rathnam’ and his evolution as a filmmaker
>> The filmmaker opens up on reuniting with Vishal, evolving from fast cuts to long ones, writing memorable characters and how he scouts locations
4. Dharani interview on ‘Ghilli re-release: ‘Vijay was a boy then, he is a brand now’
>> The filmmaker elaborates on why his 20-year-old film starring the superstar is being celebrated by Tamil cinema fans today
5. Power of translation: ‘Shogun’ champions the art of understanding
>> The show is more than mere splendour - it’s a thoughtful meditation on the nature of understanding
6. ‘Ghilli’ re-release: Why Vijay and Trisha’s masala fest still works
>> Revisiting a time when masala films didn’t bank on a ton of violence and big budgets
7. Sajin Gopu on ‘Aavesham’: Playing Ambaan was a tightrope walk
>> The actor reacts to rave reviews his character is receiving from the Fahadh Faasil blockbuster
8. Jaideep Ahlawat feels actors are prisms: One should not take credit for the beam
>> As he returns in ‘The Broken News’ season 2, the versatile actor reflects on his craft and concerns
9. MS Sathyu: ‘The human mind is destroyed, diminished by OTT’
>> The veteran film director talks about his passion for films, theatre and what it means to be conferred with the lifetime achievement award at BIFFes
10. Delhi’s WaConne AniFest 2.0 unveils anime VTubing avatars voiced by Indian voice actors
>> The iconic Indian voices behind ‘Doraemon’, ‘Shin Chan,’ ‘Ben 10’ and more made an appearance at the anime event in Delhi
11. ‘Sachin Vaali’ on ‘Sathya S/O Harishchandra’, which brings Nirup Bhandari and Sai Kumar together on-screen after a decade
>> The two Kannada actors had set the screen on fire with their stellar performance a decade ago in ‘RangiTaranga’
12. How Telugu short film ‘Saagu’ went on to win awards and appreciation
>> Director Vinay Ratnam opens on his short film, which narrates the story of endurance in rural Andhra Pradesh
13. Kannada film ‘Alindia Radio’ documents a rare musical tradition
>> The film provides a glimpse into the life and music of the Neelagara singers of South Karnataka
What to watch
1) In ‘Challengers’, it’s advantage Zendaya as the ‘Euphoria’ star rocks this tennis triangle
2) ‘Shogun’ series finale is a finespun, powerful farewell to the Anna Sawai-led fuedal saga
3) ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is nostalgia over novelty
