Deva, known as Thenisai Thendral, passed away at 75 after popularising gaana music and scoring over 400 films. I look back at ...

Rajinikanth’s aura carries Jailer 2, but Nelson’s risk-averse sequel prioritises scale and fan-service over fresh ideas or ...

Vijay Sethupathi's Baththa trades blood and hypermasculinity for an unexpected, deeply moving story of unlearning violence.

Drishyam: The Conclusion’ finally breaks free from the Malayalam films, but Vijay Salgaonkar’s latest game plan feels more ...

Any publicity is good publicity. Any act of social reform can be justified if the intent is right. Primetime asks the colder question underneath both slogans: how far can that intent be stretched ...

“Kaise soldier banunga? Bobby Deol hoon kya main?” Hardik (Kunal Kemmu) wails at Madam H (Preity Zinta) in Vibe, and the line does what most Hindi spy films refuse to do: it cheerfully winks at its ...

“Mera raasta alag hai,” says DCP Ajooni Kohli (Kareena Kapoor Khan) in Daayra as she walks away from DCP Raman Kumar (Prithviraj Sukumaran). He strides in the opposite direction. The camera slips into ...

A bizarre exotica circles India’s southern state of Keralam, encompassing its people, cinema, food, and heritage. Outside the state (excluding Bangalore, of course), it almost feels like a soft form ...

Indian male superstars have a difficult time from their 40s onwards. From soft romances and emotional dramas in their youth, they graduate to violent action films, with VFX often taking care of their ...