Members of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike (Praveen Shetty faction) during a protest against actor Kamal Haasan in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: file photo There seems to be no respite for Kamal Haasan’s Thug Life in Karnataka. A day after the Supreme Court directed the State to release the film, distributors from Karnataka are unwilling to […]
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Cinematography Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, noted actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Allu Arjun during the Telangana Gaddar Film Awards ceremony at Hitex in Hyderabad on Saturday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The winners of the inaugural edition of the Gaddar Telangana Film Awards were presented with the trophies […]
The Supreme Court refused to grant urgent hearing on plea seeking for protection of theatres screening ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday sought the State of Karnataka to respond to a petition seeking to ensure the safe and unimpeded screening of Kamal […]
The Supreme Court refused to grant urgent hearing on plea seeking for protection of theatres screening ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday sought the State of Karnataka to respond to a petition seeking to ensure the safe and unimpeded screening […]
Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan T R in ‘Thug Life’. | Photo Credit: RKFI/YouTube Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam, is experiencing a disappointing run in theatres. The film, which released in India in 4917 screens, is reported to have lost half its shows in less than seven days. Reportedly made on a whopping […]
Kamal Haasan in ‘Thug Life’. | Photo Credit: Raaj Kamal Films International/YouTube Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Mani Ratnam, continues to struggle at the box office. After the fifth day of it’s worldwide release, the pan-Indian film paled in comparison with Housefull 5, the big Bollywood release of last week. According to […]
Veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam has weighed in on the growing conversation around work-life balance in the Indian film industry, strongly supporting Deepika Padukone’s reported request for an eight-hour workday. In an interview with NDTV during the promotions of his upcoming film Thug Life, Ratnam said such demands, especially from new mothers, should be acknowledged and […]
Director Mani Ratnam and veteran actor Kamal Haasan. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Kamal Haasan penned a birthday note to director Mani Ratnam, ahead of the release of their highly-anticipated movie Thug Life. The gangster drama, which reunites the two after the iconic Nayakan (1987), is set to hit the screens worldwide on June […]
Actor Ali Fazal is set to make his South Indian cinema debut in Mani Ratnam’s upcoming film Thug Life. Starring Kamal Haasan in the lead, the film brings together a cast of actors from both Hindi and South Indian industries. It is scheduled for a theatrical release on June 5 in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, […]
Actor Kamal Haasan. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has said that he won’t apologise for his remark on the Kannada language that has sparked a controversy in Karnataka. The actor, while promoting his upcoming movie Thug Life, had said that “Tamil gave birth to Kannada.” The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has demanded […]
