Enemy movie review: Vishal and Arya keep locking horns in this trite action drama, but we don't care why
For a film that is mounted on a rivalry, the equation between the two lead characters is pretty shallow and one-dimensional.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar movie review: Early charm gives way to a bad ad for arranged marriages
It may well be argued that this unquestioning acceptance of tradition accurately reflects most Indian homes. True enough, but if this film’s aim was to romanticise tradition, then its lack of energy and spark makes it an ineffective endorsement of arranged marriages.
Zomato sacks, reinstates employee who asked Tamil Nadu customer to 'learn Hindi'; pleads for tolerance in country
The company’s co-founder Deepinder Goyal took to Twitter saying that “an ignorant mistake” became a national issue, adding that “ the level of tolerance and chill in our country needs to be way higher”
Thinker and poet C Subramania Bharati's response to British-imposed linguistic elitism
With his usual clear-sightedness, Bharati argues that promoting English education at the expense of India’s national languages would sound the death knell of their future.
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.
Annabelle Sethupathi movie review: Clever, entertaining, but rarely complex
With a little more complexity in screenplay and some wit in dialogue, Vijay Sethupathi and Taapsee Pannu's horror comedy could have been an absolute feast.
Jayasurya's 100th film Sunny to release on Amazon Prime Video on 23 September
Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum, produced by Suriya, will also release on the platform a day later on 24 September.
Vijay Sethupathi on being the busiest lead Tamil actor — even during a pandemic
Vijay Sethupathi currently has 25+ films in his kitty, including Laabam that released in theatres last week, Tughlaq Darbar that released on Netflix India this past weekend, and Annabelle Sethupathi, that will release this Friday (17 September) on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex.
Thalaivi movie review: An awkward Kangana Ranaut in a convenient Jayalalithaa biopic
Thalaivi exaggerates events for dramatic effect so much so that if we made two-three more biopics like this, we would end up giving Jayalalithaa sainthood.
PETA complains against death of horse on sets of Mani Ratnam period drama
"In the age of CGI, production companies have no excuse for forcing exhausted horses to play at war until one of them drops dead," says PETA India
Samantha Akkineni on her role in The Family Man 2: 'Didn't play Raji as a villain, she was just on wrong side of history'
Samantha Akkineni has recently won the Best Actress (Series) award for her performance as Raji in The Family Man Season 2 at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2021.
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.
Boomika movie review: Aishwarya Rajesh, director Rathindran R Prasad’s eco-horror feature is a tropey affair
All said and screamed, Boomika is a tepid film, which invokes neither fear nor feeling. We’re neither left with the satisfaction of being scared to our bone, nor do we leave purposefully towards being more sustainable.
Navarasa review: Netflix Tamil anthology is a mixed bag of few watchable, some problematic, mostly banal stories
From irritatingly self-referential and boringly stale shorts, unpleasant surprises to heartening narratives, Mani Ratnam's Tamil anthology is a sum total of its disparate parts.
Arya on Sarpatta Parambarai, bringing North Madras boxing culture to screen with Pa Ranjith
"Instead of having boxing as just an element in the story, we have tried to narrate a life in the film," says Arya on Sarpatta Parambarai.
First look of Ayushmann Khurrana's Doctor G, Gulshan Devaiah cast in Blurr: A round-up of film announcements
Other announcements include the first motion poster of Mrunal Thakur and Abhimanyu's family entertainer Aankh Micholi, directed by Umesh Shukla.
DJ Snake collaborates with Tamil artist Dhee to recreate popular song ‘Enjoy Enjaami’
The recreated version of 'Enjoy Enjaami' by Dhee has DJ Snake blend "distinctive styles influenced by the sounds native to Tamil Nadu with electronic dance beats."
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Jagame Thandhiram movie review: Dhanush, Kartik Subbaraj gangster film is confused, self-indulgent, inconsiderate
The film cannot make up its mind between being an empathetic story about xenophobia or a mass gangster film about a borderline psychopath.
Director Sekhar Kammula to collaborate with Dhanush on a yet-untitled trilingual film
Dhanush's project will go on floors this year and the remaining star cast and technical team will be announced by the makers soon
Vairamuthu says he won't accept ONV literary prize amid backlash, blames 'vendetta' behind jury's decision to reconsider
Vairamuthu, who is facing MeToo charges, said he wanted to make sure that the "scholarly jury should not be pushed to embarrassment" after they announced they're re-examining the award amid severe backlash.