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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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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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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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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.
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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.