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‘Sigma’ movie review: Sundeep Kishan anchors Jason Sanjay’s debut that plays too safe

Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah lead debut director Jason Sanjay’s heist-action drama, which has some interesting ideas but ultimately struggles to break new ground

‘Digger’ movie review: Alejandro G. Iñárritu or: How Tom Cruise Learned to Stop Running and Love the Bit

You can’t handle the truth to Iñárritu’s spectacularly self-conscious apocalypse — a maximalist fever dream and grandiose Russian doll of cinematic self-indulgence, with Tom Cruise trapped inside the…

Australian music producer Victor Van Vugt makes his Malayalam cinema debut

From working with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to discovering the sounds of Keralam, the sound artiste talks about his first visit to India and his work on the Malayalam film Tharkkam

‘Don’t Trouble The Trouble’ movie review: Fahadh Faasil and Ssara Palekar carry this uneven drama

Director Shashank Yeleti’s Telugu film has hilarious moments and a delightful lead trio, but dull stretches and repetitive magic tricks keep it from becoming the full-on fun children’s film it could…

Urvashi and Jagadish reunite after three decades for ‘Room No 9’

The film, directed by debutant Jay Mohan, is set to release later this year

‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ movie review: Mrunal Thakur steers a sterile critique of male entitlement

Director Navjot Gulati presents contrasting perspectives and valid talking points on the social fallout when a girl chooses to say no.

‘Drishyam: The Conclusion’ movie review: Ajay Devgn and Jaideep Ahlawat play to the gallery in a gripping finale

Director Abhishek Pathak steers away from the beats of the Malayalam original to unleash a beast built for the Hindi heartland.

The last act of dignity: Sumira Roy on National Award-winning documentary Bhangaar

72nd National Film Awards: As India’s elderly population grows, Sumira Roy’s National Award-winning Bhangaar, on the Lavates’ demand for euthanasia, explores lost autonomy

The Hindu to release documentary Gandhi for GenZ today

The documentary highlights the relevance of the Father of the Nation to the struggles of the youth of India today

Column | Gandhi beyond the biopic

‘Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai’ movie review: Nivin Pauly, Soori anchor director Ram’s strangest, most emotionally distant film

Through a haphazardly told story about an immortal man’s quest to find his soulmate across her successive births, director Ram says that all life forms are equally important — making his extensive…

‘Baththa’ movie review: Balaji Tharaneetharan returns with a delightfully funny, moving comedy-drama

Through the story of a dreaded don and a schoolboy who inadvertently crosses his path, Balaji Tharaneetharan takes a warm, nostalgic look at childhood, the selves we lose while playing the roles…

Revamp in crisis-hit Malayalam film body AMMA; actors Asha Aravind, Sijoy Varghese named vice-presidents

The posts had remained vacant after resignation of actors Lakshmipriya and Jayan Cherthala. Neena Kurup is new treasurer

‘Chainsmoker Cat’ series review: This purrverse cornucopia of indignities is somehow one of the year’s very best

With a chain-smoking catgirl, a parade of dysfunctional weirdos and a frankly astonishing litany of unsavoury incidents, ‘Chainsmoker Cat’ has absolutely no business being this funny, this thoughtful…

‘Verity’ movie review: Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson stumble through a corny thriller

Forget a dark, twisted, erotic drama, what’s hiding beneath ‘Verity’ is an unrealised parody

‘Impure’ movie: Varahi Mallipamula’s Telugu-English dramedy addresses patriarchy and virginity

Producer-actor Varahi Mallipamula, director Nishanti Evani and actor Kireeti Damaraju on the film that won the Audience Award at the Indiewood Film Festival 2026 in Los Angeles

IDSFFK 2026: Ameya Gore on his documentary ‘Going Solo’ and pushing the boundaries of sports documentaries

The documentary, produced by Sharib Khan and Vikas Kumar, follows women cyclists Gareema Shankar and Renu Singhi, on their journey to the London-Edinburgh-London cycling event in 2022

Industry status to Malayalam cinema: Single-window clearance for shooting, lower power tariffs for cinema halls among proposals mooted by film bodies

Keralam govt forwards proposals by various film bodies to departments concerned ahead of finalising draft industry policy for Malayalam cinema

Bharatbala’s ‘Ramnami’ wins National Award: The story of the Chhattisgarh sect that tattoos ‘Ram’ on their bodies

A week after winning the National Award for Best Documentary for his short on the Ramnami community, filmmaker Bharat Bala speaks about his 1,000-film journey across India, and reuniting with AR…

‘Project Maya’: Indian short-form anime series set for premiere

Canvas is gearing up to drop ‘Project Maya’ in the first week of October — India’s first original short-form anime, built entirely by Indian creators