Jeremy Renner blasts Disney for lowballing him for ‘Hawkeye’ Season 2

[ad_1] Jeremy Renner in a still from ‘Avengers: Endgame’ | Photo Credit: Marvel Studios Jeremy Renner says he walked away from a second season of Hawkeye after Disney offered him just “half” of what he earned for the first. The actor, still recovering from a near-fatal snowplow accident in early 2023, shared the details during […]

Sonu Nigam sparks row over Kannada song request, invokes Pahalgam attack

[ad_1] Playback singer Sonu Nigam. | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE Singer Sonu Nigam has landed himself in a soup after he lost his cool during a recent concert in Bengaluru. The incident took place when the playback singer was performing at East Point College in Virgonagar. When a boy asked him to sing a Kannada […]

‘Raid 2’ movie review: Ajay Devgn delivers a taxing statement

[ad_1] Same hero, new villain, bigger scale is a formula that often works for a new Bond enterprise or a fresh leap that our Tiger takes. This week, director Raj Kumar Gupta applies the rules of larger-than-life heroes to the new chapter of the unsung Income Tax officer that he created seven years ago. As […]

‘Retro’ movie review: An excellent Suriya carries Karthik Subbaraj’s admirable experiment

[ad_1] There’s something about Karthik Subbaraj’s audacious mixing of genres that makes you sit up every time. His narratives often hint at taking a less trodden path — remember how a social drama encapsulated the gangster saga in Jigarthanda Double X? With Retro, the filmmaker spun a googly even before the release, calling the Suriya-starrer […]

Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan light up WAVES summit 2025

[ad_1] Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone at WAVES Summit 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Bringing glamour and humour to the inaugural day of the WAVES Summit 2025 in Mumbai, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone settled down for a fireside chat about their intertwined careers and journeys. The chat was hosted by […]

Veteran writer Javed Siddiqui on Satyajit Ray’s unique approach to filmmaking

[ad_1] “Kya shakhs tha Ray (What a man Ray was),” says Siddiqui, sitting in the study of his house in Mumbai’s Char Bangla area. Once a hub of activity, his study was where creative minds such as M.F. Husain and Yash Chopra met and spent hours. Siddiqui, who left journalism during the Emergency to follow his […]

Yuva Rajkumar teams up with Suri for his third film

[ad_1] Yuva Rajkumar and Rithnya Vijay at the launch of the movie. Kannada actor Yuva Rajkumar, who debuted with Yuva, is currently working on his second film Ekka. The actor, nephew of superstar Puneeth Rajkumar, has announced his next. Yuva has teamed up with seasoned director Suri for his next. The movie will be produced […]

‘Torpedo’: ‘Thudarum’ director Tharun Moorthy to work with Fahadh Faasil, Arjun Das and Naslen in his next

[ad_1] Arjun Das, Fahadh Faasil and Naslen. Riding high on the success of Thudarum, the Malayalam revenge drama starring Mohanlal and Shobana, director Tharun Moorthy has announced his next. He is set to direct Torpedo, featuring an ensemble cast. The Malayalam movie will star Premalu fame Naseln, Tamil actor Arjun Das, Ganapathi and superstar Fahadh […]

WAVES 2025 summit: Commemorative stamps honouring Guru Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak, Bhanumathi launched

[ad_1] Telugu superstar Nagarjuna on Friday (May 1) announced the launch of commemorative postage stamps honouring the legacy of five stalwarts of Indian cinema—namely, filmmakers Guru Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak and Raj Khosla, composer-singer-poet Salil Chowdhury, and legendary actor P. Bhanumathi. The miniature sheet of stamps has been designed as a special tribute by the Government […]

‘Tourist Family’ movie review: This Sasikumar-Simran feel-good film leaves you all fuzzy

[ad_1] A still from Tamil film ‘Tourist Family’, starring Sasikumar and Simran | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A family is trying to flee Sri Lanka and lands up in Rameshwaram, only to get noticed by the cops. They are picked up in a police van. The mood is sombre. But what follows is a really […]