Jyothika

Trends in Tamil cinema of 2021: While male star vehicles brought back audience to theatres, women dominated streaming

The question of the year has been, ‘Will people come back to the theatres?.' They did and how. 2021, even with a hiatus in between, saw some major star vehicles that set the cash registers ringing.

Suriya on bringing Justice K Chandru's life to reel with Jai Bhim: 'He is a change-maker, a beautiful disruptor'

Suriya on Jai Bhim: “You can pit what I’ve done my entire life versus what Justice Chandru has done for just one person, and he’ll still be the bigger person"

Udanpirappe movie review: Jyothika is fine, but can't elevate this rehash of age-old narrative

The emotional beats are inconsistent and overly melodramatic, bordering on preachy in a few instances.

'Theatres are geared towards male-led films, I feel OTT is our space': says Jyothika, ahead of 50th film Udanpirappe

"I can’t imagine getting a release during a festival in theatres because hierarchy-wise, it would go to the men first," says Jyothika, whose 50th film Udanpirappe releases on Amazon Prime Video India on Dussehra

Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum movie review: A well-intentioned but middling social drama

The biggest limitation of RARA is its lack of emotional depth. The lead couple’s arc remains agonizingly two-dimensional, where we know precious little about them apart from their love for their bulls.

Inside 2D Entertainment's four-film deal with Amazon Prime Video India: Why Suriya's productions are going digital

The clutter-breaking success of Suriya's Soorarai Pottru on Amazon Prime Video India led to a four-film deal between his production house 2D Entertainment and the streaming platform in what could be a common distribution model in the future.

Kartik Aaryan, Suriya, Jyothika receive COVID-19 vaccine, post updates on social media

Kartik Aaryan shared his picture on social media and captioned it as, "Now loading: Antibodies".

Tamil film producer Bharathiraja says theatre owners 'can't dictate terms' as the scuffle between both parties continues

Director Bharathiraja recently cleared his uncompromising stand and said that as the product (films) were the property of the producers, they get to decide who these will be sold to.

Jyotika's Ponmagal Vandhal leaked online in HD by Tamilrockers ahead of premiere on Amazon Prime Video India

Ponmagal Vandhal, which sees Jyotika essaying the character of a lawyer, is the first mainstream Tamil film to have a direct OTT release.

Theatre owners irked by direct-to-digital release of Indian films, say it can never replace traditional moviegoing experience

Even though exhibitors are unhappy with producers choosing to go the digital way, they still think that OTT platforms will never be an alternative for the moviegoing audience.