Director Jis Joy is known for films that romanticise the middle-class way of life, where material and emotional problems are solved by spiels about love and other virtues flattened out into a greeting ...

Courtrooms in Indian mainstream cinema are akin to theatre. There are artists and an audience, rendition of the hyperbole and abandonment of objectivity. The actors belt out long dialogue, while the ...

Goundamani, the veteran comedian who appeared in Tamil films, turns 83 today. Often known for adding an element of comic relief in films, mostly alongside his regular collaborator and comedian Senthil ...

The sharp beats of the opening performance of Day 7 of Marghazhiyil Makkal Isai thundered through the auditorium. The beats of Jupla Eruthu Kattu Parai overpowered the steady pattering of rain outside ...

Writer Aru. Nagappan, a friend of actor Kamal Haasan’s father, has done a cameo in Uttama Villain. Kamal will have a Kovai accent in the film and Nagappan was initially approached to help the actor ...

A housing crisis squeezes itself through the narrative pores in Priyan Ottathilaanu, directed by Antony Sony. The sludge and the drain water from an apartment complex in Kochi clog the canal that ...

Pradeep Guha, the producer and media personality, died on Saturday. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, Guha was battling cancer and died at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. “He passed ...

Vetri Kondaan, the upcoming Tamil film starring actor Vimal in the lead role, revolves around a YouTuber, says debutant director Veludoss. The first look poster of the film was released by actor Vijay ...

On paper, Netflix India’s She, a seven-part police procedural created and co-written by Imtiaz Ali, has one of the most intriguing premises. Picture this: Bhumi (a riveting Aaditi Pohankar), a timid, ...

Pulamaipithan, the veteran poet and lyricist, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Wednesday. He was 86. The poet, popularly called Pulavar Pulamaipithan was known for writing some of the most ...

Numbers make Shakuntala Devi, the world knows. Known as the “human computer”, numbers radiate from all sides of Shakuntala (Vidya Balan) as she stands next to a board and looks like she’s thinking ...

Silverscreen’s interview of H Vinoth, who makes his debut as a director with Sathuranga Vettai. H Vinoth does not believe in subtlety. Or understatement. “Life is messy,” he says dramatically, “loud ...