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Original Monster: Shivarajkumar's first look draws blood
R. Chandru's title reveal seats Shivarajkumar on a pile of bodies, and pushes him to answer why Salman Khan is also making a Monster.
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GV Prakash's Immortal hides a creature behind a love story
The producer cut a breezy romance trailer on purpose. What sits in the second half of Immortal took a full year of VFX. It opens September 4.
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Soori finished Mandaadi at sea on a fractured leg
Three quarters of the film was shot 15 to 20 kilometres out on wind-powered boats, with no motors and no green screen. Mandaadi opens on September 10.
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Once More review: Half a great romance
Arjun Das plays soft, Aditi Shankar does her best work yet, and Hesham's songs quietly rescue scenes. Then the flashback arrives. Once More, 3/5.
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Meesaya Murukku 2 Gets Its Wedding Song in Kalaivaniye
Five singles deep with four weeks to go, Hiphop Tamizha is letting the soundtrack carry the plot. This one scores the marriage at the heart of the film.
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Kyraa Vasudevan on Khalifa: “Malayalam Cinema Chose Me”
The newcomer who plays Vyshnavi in Khalifa on first-stunt nerves, learning to perform to the lens, and why she intends to keep coming back to Kerala.
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Maithri songs arrive with a plea: give small films time
Meera Kathiravan says a small film can't hold a screen past three days anymore. Bharath J.S.'s debut, scored by Joel Johns, tests that on September 4.
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Toxic review: a fairy tale in pieces
Geetu Mohandas and Yash aim for a dark gangster fairy tale in Portuguese Goa, but chaotic cutting and nonstop aura worship leave nothing to hold on to.
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Yen Ennai Edho Seidhai locks its September 4 release
D Anthony wrote, directed, produced, edited and stars in it, and a fortnight ago he doubted it would release at all. Then G. Dhananjayan watched it.
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Toxic: a century on day one, and reviews from hell
Critics call Yash's 194-minute gangster epic everything from a fascinating mess to a nightmare. Day one still cleared 100 crore in India.
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Silambarasan sends prayers as Nepal flood toll mounts
The flash flood came down the Bhote Koshi without a drop of rain as warning. Hundreds are missing, among them travellers from Tamil Nadu.
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Jayaram and Simran finally play the couple
The Raatchasi director swaps fury for a family rom-com that throws Gen Z, the 2K kids and the 90s generation into one story, with Arya presenting.