Bollywood – Page 25

Artist Manickam Senathipathi, among the last masters of the Madras Art Movement, passes away

Senior artist M. Senathipathi at Cholamandal art village on Friday. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran The many worlds of Manickam Senathipathi’s artistic journey came to a profoundly moving trajectory in the last canvas he painted at the Artists Village of Cholamandal on Saturday, May 10, 2025. He called it ‘Christ’, symbolising perhaps the recent elevation […]

Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins becomes Netflix’s most viewed film of 2025 with 16.1 million views in two weeks : Bollywood News

Marflix Pictures’ latest offering Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins, has committed itself to breaking records. And in the long list that the film, that released on Netflix, has already accumulated, the Siddharth Anand and Mamta Anand co-production has officially claimed the title of streaming platform’s most-watched film of 2025, achieving an extraordinary 16.1 million […]

‘Sabar Bonda’ continues strong festival run, wins audience award at IFFLA

A still from ‘Sabar Bonda’ Following its history-making win at the Sundance film festival earlier this year, Rohan Kanawade’s Marathi-language queer drama Sabar Bonda has added another feather to its cap. The film, about a young man returning to his roots in rural Maharashtra, recently won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the […]

Pranav Mohanlal’s horror film with ‘Bramayugam’ team titled ‘Diés Iraé’

Rahul Sadasivan, Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S Sashikanth, and Pranav Mohanlal; poster of ‘Diés Iraé’ | Photo Credit: @allnightshifts/Instagram We had previously reported that Malayalam actor Pranav Mohanlal has joined hands with the team behind Bramayugam, including director Rahul Sadasivan and producers Chakravarthy Ramachandra and S Sashikanth, for an upcoming horror film. Now, on Friday (May 9), […]

Watch: Anurag Kashyap on difference between Kollywood and Bollywood

Anurag Kashyap at The Hindu Huddle. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar At The Hindu Huddle 2025, acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opens up about the shifting landscape of Indian cinema. In a candid conversation under the theme India in Dialogue, he contrasts the creative freedom of regional industries like Kollywood and Malayalam cinema with the […]

Javed Akhtar takes a dig at ‘Messiah of the poor’ Mahesh Bhatt; reveals INSIDE story on how the Copyright Amendment Bill was passed: “It was passed because of three ladies – Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Meira Kumar. Arun Jaitley also helped us a lot” : Bollywood News

Javed Akhtar had an interesting conversation with Mayank Shekhar of Mid-Day on various aspects of his life and career. One of his biggest contributions was the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill; it proved to be a boon for music composers and lyricists. Javed Akhtar explained in detail how the bill was passed. Javed Akhtar […]

When Mahira Khan got emotional for not being able to visit India: “I feel like that marathon runner who…” : Bollywood News

This was right after the release of Rahul Dholakia’s Raees, the film in which Mahira Khan co-starred with Shah Rukh Khan in 2017. This writer had spoken to Mahira on the phone about her inability to be in India for the release of Raees. When Mahira Khan got emotional for not being able to visit […]

Director Santosh Singh reveals Shanaya Kapoor wasn’t the first choice for Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan; says, “We had Tara Sutaria and Pratibha Ranta for the role but…” : Bollywood News

Director Santosh Singh has spoken highly of Shanaya Kapoor, the lead in his upcoming film Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan. Addressing assumptions that the role was handed to her, Singh told Mid-Day that it was Shanaya’s talent, determination, and hard work that earned her the part. Director Santosh Singh reveals Shanaya Kapoor wasn’t the first choice for […]

The Hindu Huddle 2025: Anu Menon calls stand-up comedy ‘difficult’ as people are ‘easily offended’

Actor and stand-up comedian Anu Menon in conversation with Suresh Balakrishna, the Chief Revenue Office of The Hindu Group. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash Indian comedy, especially political comedy, faces an existential challenge in the current socio-political climate, observed Anuradha Menon, a pioneering standup comedian and VJ of India, in a session at The […]

‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’ director Sudhir Mishra: I’m not always on the side of my characters

“No critic asks me why I name a film set around the Emergency after a Ghalib couplet,” wonders Sudhir Mishra amid an intense conversation. Two decades after Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, a tale of unfulfilled desires set against the Emergency and the Naxalite Movement stirred our souls, director Sudhir Mishra is mounting another drama set against the […]