‘One Piece’ Live-Action Season 2: The Straw Hats throw a slumber party as Netflix teases Chopper ahead of TUDUM

[ad_1] The Straw Hats in a still from the new promo clip for ‘‘One Piece’ Live-Action Season 2 | Photo Credit: Netflix Netflix has released a new teaser for the second season of its live-action One Piece series, offering fans a slice-of-life look at the Straw Hat Pirates while hinting at a major reveal. The […]

Mani Ratnam responds to Anurag Kashyap’s criticism of English lyrics in Tamil songs

[ad_1] Anurag Kashyap on why the South feels like home | The Hindu Huddle 2025 Mani Ratnam and Anurag Kashyap | Photo Credit: PTI, The Hindu Veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam has addressed recent remarks made by director Anurag Kashyap, who criticised the increasing use of English lyrics in Tamil film songs. Kashyap had stated that […]

HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ finds its Harry, Hermoine and Ron from a pool of 30,000

[ad_1] (L-R) Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley | Photo Credit: HBO Max After an extensive search that drew over 30,000 hopefuls, HBO has officially cast the young leads for its upcoming Harry Potter television series. Dominic McLaughlin will take on the role of Harry […]

Malayalam filmmaker Manu Swaraj on his directorial debut, ‘Padakkalam’, a sleeper hit at the box office

[ad_1] Manu Swaraj was heartbroken when his directorial debut, Padakkalam, opened to not-so-positive reviews. But over three weeks into its release, he is a happy man, with the movie, a fantasy entertainer, emerging a sleeper hit at the box office. Padakkalam is the story of four close friends who are engineering students — Jithin (Sandeep […]

Kamal Haasan sparks outrage with ‘Kannada came from Tamil’ claim, BJP demand apology

[ad_1] Kamal Haasan | Photo Credit: Johan Sathya Das Actor and politician Kamal Haasan has ignited a political firestorm with his recent statement claiming that the Kannada language “was born out of Tamil.” The remark, made during the audio launch of his upcoming film Thug Life in Chennai, has drawn fierce backlash in Karnataka, particularly […]

Actor Unni Mukundan breaks silence, denies allegations of assaulting manager

[ad_1] Actor Unni Mukundan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Noted Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan has been booked for allegedly assaulting a man who claims to be his professional manager, police said in Kochi on May 27, 2025 (Tuesday). In his complaint, Vipin Kumar alleged that the actor slapped him in the face for recording a […]

‘Kannappa’ hard drive containing crucial movie VFX visuals gets “stolen”: The perpetrator’s identity is known, say producers

[ad_1] Vishnu Manchu in ‘Kannappa’. | Photo Credit: T-Series Telugu/YouTube An executive producer of the highly anticipated movie Kannappa filed a complaint at the Film Nagar police station in Hyderabad, alleging the theft of a hard disk containing the movie’s VFX visuals. Kannappa is a mythological epic that narrates the story of the legendary devotee […]

Roshan Mathew interview: On ‘Kankhajura’ and feeling at home in Hindi cinema

[ad_1] Roshan Mathew is set to play an intense and manipulative man in the upcoming Hindi web series Kankhajura. The Hindi adaptation of the Israeli web series Magpie (2019) drops on SonyLiv on May 30. The series also stars Mohit Raina, Sarah Jane Dias and Trinetra Haldar. In the series, Roshan plays Anshu, a youngster […]

It’s a serious matter, to be handled by court: Akshay Kumar on Paresh Rawal’s ‘Hera Pheri 3’ exit

[ad_1] Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. | Photo Credit: PTI Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Tuesday (May 27, 2025) said that the on-going controversy over the exit of his co-star Paresh Rawal from “Hera Pheri 3” is a “serious matter”, which is being “handled by the court”. About two weeks ago, Rawal’s sudden departure from the […]

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 finale review: A somewhat jumbled set-up for Season 3

[ad_1] A still from ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2’ | Photo Credit: HBO The finale of the second season of Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann’s The Last of Us, “Convergence”, tries desperately to tie the disparate elements from earlier episodes to partial success. While there is the sound and fury of the elements indicated […]