A new controversy has rocked the Tamil entertainment industry after actor Anugraha S Nambiar launched a scathing attack against the makers of the ongoing Tamil JioHotstar series, Resort, accusing them of non-payment of remuneration and contractual traps. She also levelled serious accusations against the show’s lead actor, Vijay Kumar Rajendran (Eruma Saani), and his wife,...
3 min readHyderabadApr 26, 2026 05:19 PM IST The Tamil film industry woke up to a significant shift on Sunday as the Tamil Film Producers Council held its general body meeting and passed a resolution that could fundamentally change how its biggest films are made and how the talent in them are paid. According to...
4 min readHyderabadApr 26, 2026 01:50 PM IST For Prabhu Deva, it started with a VCR hired for an evening and a cassette of Thriller. He was in the middle of his Bharatanatyam training when he first encountered Michael Jackson, and the collision of those two worlds, classical Indian dance and the most electric performer...
3 min readHyderabadApr 26, 2026 11:07 AM IST Dhanush is not the kind of actor who gives motivational speeches easily. But at the pre-release event for his upcoming film Kara on Saturday , he said something with an unusual weight, because it was backed by a career that actually proves the point he was trying...
4 min readNew DelhiApr 25, 2026 03:00 PM IST In January, Parasakthi was among the major Pongal releases alongside Jana Nayagan. While both films struggled to obtain censor certificates until just hours before their scheduled release, Parasakthi eventually secured clearance—albeit with over 20 modifications—where as Jana Nayagan continues to remain in limbo. Despite enjoying a...
4 min readHyderabadApr 24, 2026 09:59 PM IST The Southern India Film Editors Association has suspended Pradeep E Ragav, the editor of Jana Nayagan, following an emergency executive committee meeting held on April 17. The association cited two separate grounds for the action: his use of non-members as assistants across multiple productions, and his admitted...
3 min readHyderabadApr 23, 2026 09:22 PM IST Trisha Krishnan voted in Chennai on Thursday morning, showed her inked finger to the cameras, smiled, and left. Nothing about that was unusual, because most of Tamil cinema did the same thing. When she shared her first post from election day, the photos were straightforward enough: a...
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Apr 23, 2026 05:31 PM IST Ahead of the release of Kara, director Vignesh Raja revealed a confession from Dhanush that few would have expected: out of a filmography spanning over two decades and some of Tamil cinema’s most demanding characters, it was the carefree neighbourhood don in Maari (2015) that the...
KV Anand had spent years behind the camera before he ever sat in the director’s chair for his film Ko. He worked as a freelance photojournalist in Chennai, his pictures appearing across more than 200 magazine covers and taking him within arm’s reach of multiple chief ministers. When he eventually turned to filmmaking, he carried...
3 min readNew DelhiApr 23, 2026 11:14 AM IST It is polling day in Tamil Nadu today, and the internet is abuzz with pictures and videos of several film industry personalities stepping out to cast their votes. This election holds particular significance as it marks actor Vijay’s first since announcing his political party last year....
