3 min readHyderabadJul 1, 2026 03:53 PM IST Posts shared on K Bhagyaraj’s official social media account after his death in Chennai have triggered a public controversy, with son Shanthanu Bhagyaraj facing accusations of forgery and opportunism after releasing what appeared to be earlier letters signed by the late filmmaker, addressed to his fans. The...
4 min readJun 30, 2026 02:07 PM IST After being mired in a censorship hurdle ahead of its January 2026 release, the Tamil period political action drama Parasakthi has once again found itself embroiled in controversy, with its director, Sudha Kongara, moving the Madras High Court against its producers over unpaid remuneration. Sudha reportedly claimed...
3 min readKochiJun 30, 2026 01:55 PM IST Kayadu Lohar is one of those rare actors who has managed to make a strong impression on audiences across various languages in a short span of time, and that too with just a handful of films. In a career spanning about five years, she has appeared in...
4 min readKochiJun 29, 2026 08:00 PM IST As much as his professional journey and accomplishments, legendary actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s personal life has also made huge headlines, capturing the public’s attention. However, he once expressed his displeasure at people giving overt attention to his private life, particularly his romantic relationships, rather than focusing on his...
4 min readJun 29, 2026 05:50 PM IST Producer Ishari K Ganesh has weighed in on one of Tamil cinema’s most persistent pain points, why the industry has yet to produce a film that will cross Rs 1,000 crore at the box office, pointing to a basic infrastructure gap rather than any shortfall in content...
4 min readHyderabadJun 29, 2026 05:14 PM IST Two years ago, actor Vishal walked into a room hoping to cast Vijay in a film. The actor never signed on, but at the launch of Magudam’s second single, Vishal revealed he’d finally found a use for that old meeting anyway, as a running joke about his...
Before it became one of the biggest blockbusters in Indian cinema, Enthiran had to clear a much smaller hurdle, convincing the neighbour of Rajinikanth’s brother that he was, in fact, playing the hero opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The story, as Rajinikanth told audience during a promotional event for the film in 2010, begins at his...
4 min readBengaluruJun 29, 2026 04:41 PM IST Veteran Tamil filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter K. Bhagyaraj passed away on June 27, 2026, at the age of 73, leaving behind a rich legacy in Indian cinema and an irreplaceable void in the Tamil film industry. His demise has triggered an outpouring of grief from across the...
3 min readHyderabadJun 29, 2026 04:09 PM IST Composer Anirudh Ravichander‘s family appears to have finally settled, at least informally, a question fans have been asking for over a year — whether he is set to marry Sunrisers Hyderabad CEO Kavya Maran. Veteran actor YG Mahendran, Anirudh’s uncle, confirmed that the wedding is “a sure...
3 min readHyderabadJun 29, 2026 11:27 AM IST Actress Radikaa Sarathkumar has renewed her criticism of how the scene outside K. Bhagyaraj’s Chennai residence was handled following his death, describing it as a moment that should have been reserved for mourning but instead turned into what she called a ‘circus’. “Final goodbye, to 50 years...
