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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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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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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.
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Prabhu walks into Franklin Jacob's dark comedy
The Writer director lands his second film with the DC crew intact, Yuvan scoring, and a casting swerve Arun Matheswaran calls completely unexpected.
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Yourbackers Play Launches as a Free, Donation-Run OTT for Smaller Films
Yourbackers Play streams films free and routes viewer donations to social work. R.K. Selvamani and S.Ve. Shekher offered frank advice at the Chennai launch.
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Once More: the film that refused to recast Arjun Das
Studios offered to fund Vignesh Srikanth's debut if he recast the lead. He waited instead, and his Mani Ratnam love letter reaches theatres August 28.
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Ravi Teja picks Madras Day to make Irumudi Kattu's Tamil case
Ravi Teja spent Madras Day in Chennai with Shiva Nirvana and Priya Bhavani Shankar, pitching a father-daughter drama already drawing family crowds in Telugu.
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'Acting is my profession, social service is my passion': Vijay Vishwa
The actor once known as Abi Saravanan on his Paris Cafe comeback, his Vetri Thirai pitch for small films, and his women's safety campaigns. A quick Q&A.
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7 Star Boys sets September 4, with Manjummel-sized hopes
Antony Varghese's Kerala football drama Aanaparambile World Cup reaches Tamil screens as 7 Star Boys, with I.M. Vijayan as coach. In theatres September 4.
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Amaram: the newcomer gamble built on a Karthi interview
Thiruarul Krishnan could not land a star, so he took Karthi's advice and built his three-era love story around newcomer Rajan Tejeshwar. Out August 28.
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Pyaar Prema Kalyanam review: Thin comedy stretched across a household lecture
Elan's rom-com turns housework into a two-hour argument that gets settled with real estate. The comedy is thin, the speeches thick. Streaming on Netflix.