Prime Video’s ‘Panchayat’ Season 4 to premiere on this date

Poster of ‘Panchayat’ Season 4  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Celebrating the hit web series Panchayat’s anniversary, Prime Video today announced Season 4 of the comedy-drama. Marking five years since its debut in 2020, the new season is set to premiere on July 2 on Prime Video. The makers also released a video to share […]

Release date of Shane Nigam’s 25th film announced

Actor Shane Nigam | Photo Credit: File We had previously reported that Shane Nigam’s 25th film is written and directed by debutant Unni Sivalingam, and it also stars Preethi Asrani and Shanthnu Bhagyaraj in prominent roles. The makers have now announced the film’s release date. Taking to social media, the makers confirmed that the untitled film’s […]

First Day First Show | Reviews of ‘L2: Empuraan’ and ‘Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2’

(This article forms a part of the First Day First Show newsletter that brings you the latest and best from the world of movies and entertainment. Subscribe now) Around Tinsel Town >> Red Lorry Film Festival comes back to Mumbai and debuts at Hyderabad  After a successful inaugural edition last year in Mumbai, BookMyShow’s Red Lorry […]

‘L2: Empuraan’ box office collection day 1: Mohanlal, Prithviraj’s film becomes biggest Malayalam opener

A still from ‘Empuraan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Records are meant to be broken, and Mohanlal and director Prithviraj Sukumaran’s L2: Empuraan is doing its fair share of it! The film, the sequel to the 2019 film Lucifer, which was released on March 27, has shattered multiple records with its phenomenal opening at the […]

‘Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2’ movie review: Vikram’s explosive, heady and largely gripping gangster drama 

A meat dealer’s wife steals fried chicken for her hungry daughter from a family gathering of their business rival, a big-shot gangster, after which both the woman and her child disappear. When their disappearance snowballs into an issue involving the police, the gangster’s son is interrupted while digging in to a grand non-vegetarian thali, realising […]

What made Soumitra Chatterjee Bengal’s much-loved actor? 

Two Indians of the 20th Century to have found among the greatest global recognition in the arts are Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray. And, closely tied to their life and work was Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020). Together, they played important roles in the flourishing of a culture that was simultaneously very Bengali yet universal.  It was […]

Who was Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair? The firebrand lawyer played by Akshay Kumar in ‘Kesari Chapter 2’ 

Akshay Kumar plays Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair in ‘Kesari Chapter 2’  Actor Akshay Kumar has portrayed several famous Indians on screen, from emperor Prithviraj Chauhan to social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham. On Monday, Dharma Productions debuted the teaser of Kumar’s latest outing, Kesari Chapter 2. While the first Kesari, released in 2019,was inspired by the historic […]

‘Robinhood’ trailer: Nithiin is a man with a plan in Venky Kudumula’s action entertainer

A still from ‘Robinhood’ | Photo Credit: @MythriMovieMakers/YouTube We had previously reported that Telugu actor Nithiin is teaming up with director Venky Kudumula for a film titled Robinhood. The makers of the film, which has Nithiin teaming up once again with his Extra-Ordinary Man co-star Sreeleela, have released the trailer ahead of its release. From […]

Sathyaraj’s next titled ‘Madras Matinee’; title poster out

Sathyaraj; title poster of ‘Madras Matinee’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madras Matinee is the title of actor Sathyaraj’s upcoming Tamil movie, the makers announced on Friday (March 4). Also starring Kaali Venkat in the lead, the film is set to release in May. The title poster, designed in a retro poster style, shows a […]

‘Idli Kadai’: Dhanush’s directorial averts clash with Ajith Kumar’s ‘Good Bad Ugly’, gets new release date,

Dhanush in ‘Idli Kadai’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Idli Kadai, the fourth directorial of actor Dhanush, has got a new release date. The highly-anticipated Tamil movie was earlier scheduled to release on April 10, 2025. The film was set to clash with Ajith Kumar’s movie Good Bad Ugly at the box office. The makers […]