[ad_1] Watch | Inside the new AVM Heritage Museum in Chennai Having witnessed some of the biggest cinema events and film shoots, the AVM studios in Chennai — one of the oldest surviving studios in the country — now has a latest addition: a heritage museum. The AVM heritage museum is the brainchild of AVM […]
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[ad_1] For more than a year, the Hindi film industry is unspooling a popular concept of computer science on the screen: garbage in, garbage out. Bachchhan Paandey, Jersey, Cuttputli, Hit, Vikram Vedha, Mili, Drishyam-2, Cirkus, Selfiee, Shehzada, Bholaa, Gumraah, and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan — there has been a glut of remakes of […]
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[ad_1] People across age groups watched the blockbuster that was Ponniyin Selvan: I. A big chunk of this also included the book fans, who, we can safely assume (going by the box-office numbers), were satisfied with Mani Ratnam’s screen translation of Kalki’s work. A few of them, however, accused Ratnam of altering the essence of […]
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[ad_1] T.R. Rajakumari in “Chandralekha” (1948), produced by Gemini Studios | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives April 8 marked the platinum jubilee of the iconic film Chandralekha, which released on this date in 1948. Gemini, the studio that produced it, folded up in the 1970s. S.S. Vasan (of Gemini Studios), who also directed the film, […]
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[ad_1] Damson Idris | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello Actor Damson Idris will feature alongside Hollywood star Brad Pitt in an untitled Formula One racing movie. According to entertainment news outlet The Hollywood Reporter, the movie comes from “Top Gun: Maverick” team of filmmaker Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Backed by Apple, the movie will […]
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[ad_1] A still from ‘Barbie’ | Photo Credit: Warner Bros Warner Bros has unveiled the latest trailer and posters for Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated film ‘Barbie’, which is slated to release in theatres on July 21. According to Deadline, a U.S.-based media company, the new trailer shows a bit more of the dazzling world of […]
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[ad_1] Brendan Fraser poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for “The Whale” in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: Photo courtesy: Invision via AP Actor Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor in […]
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[ad_1] Sanjay Dutt and Vijay with the crew of ‘Leo’ | Photo Credit: @Jagadishbliss/Twitter We had previously reported that Sanjay Dutt has joined the cast of Vijay’s upcoming film Leo, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. It’s now known that the Bollywood actor has joined the sets of the film in Kashmir. The social media handles of […]
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[ad_1] Elon Musk | Photo Credit: NTB Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney is directing a documentary on Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter. According to Deadline, Jigsaw Productions is backing the film alongside Closer Media, Anonymous Content and Double Agent. Gibney is known for making hard-hitting documentaries such as Taxi to the […]
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[ad_1] Clockwise from top left: Aditi Anand, stills from Koozhangal and Shivamma, Amudhavan Karuppiah, Jaishankar Aryar, and a still from Priyamani-starrer Bhamakalapam Amudhavan Karuppiah, a long-time associate of Tamil director Ram, still remembers the initial days after the duo chanced upon P.S. Vinothraj’s austere drama Koozhangal ( Pebbles) at the IFFI Film Bazaar in Goa. The […]
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