The 70th Filmfare Awards South were held on February 22 at the Adlux Convention Centre in Kochi. The ceremony honoured films and talent from regional industries, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. While Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule dominated the Telugu category and Amaran emerged as a major winner in Tamil cinema, the...
3 min readHyderabadFeb 20, 2026 08:19 PM IST A week before Thaai Kizhavi opens in theatres, the film received a thumbs up from actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan. He attended a special screening of the rural drama at the Tagore Film Centre in Chennai, watching the film alongside its cast and crew, and walked out with nothing...
There is a vintage black Mercedes-Benz on a poster. A tagline that reads: “Some men set rules. Some men just rule.” And two sets of initials, KH and RK, that have sent legions of fans into a frenzy. Nearly half a century after they first walked onto a film set together, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth...
2 min readNew DelhiFeb 20, 2026 03:55 PM IST Actors Mrunal Thakur and Dhanush have found themselves at the centre of dating rumours. While neither actor has directly addressed the speculation, the Hi Nanna star has clarified that her equation with Dhanush is strictly professional. She has now spoken about her admiration for him. In...
4 min readHyderabadFeb 19, 2026 06:17 PM IST Rajinikanth’s own fans did not want this film. And then they watched it for 175 days. That paradox defines Yejaman, which marked its 33rd anniversary on Wednesday. Yejaman was not the film its director had originally planned to make. RV Udayakumar came to AVM Productions having just...
4 min readHyderabadUpdated: Feb 20, 2026 12:55 PM IST Rajinikanth’s own fans did not want this film. And then they watched it for 175 days. That paradox defines Yejaman, which marked its 33rd anniversary on Wednesday. Yejaman was not the film its director had originally planned to make. RV Udayakumar came to AVM Productions having...
3 min readNew DelhiFeb 18, 2026 09:45 PM IST When Kamal Haasan made Hey Ram in 2000, it was one of the most hyped films of the year. The actor-director had invested a lot in the film and it failed to work at the box office, even though it got a lot of critical acclaim....
3 min readMumbaiFeb 17, 2026 11:03 PM IST Back in 2014, Soundarya Rajinikanth made her directorial debut with the animated period drama Kochadaiiyaan, marking India’s first photorealistic motion capture film. The movie, starring Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi Pinisetty, Jackie Shroff, Nassar, Shobana and Rukmini Vijayakumar, featured characters modelled closely on the appearance and...
2 min readKochiFeb 17, 2026 03:01 PM IST In a significant setback for music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, the Delhi High Court has restrained him from “exploiting or licensing” certain copyrighted musical works that belong to Saregama India Limited. The court passed the order recently while hearing a commercial suit filed by the music label, concerning compositions...
3 min readKochiFeb 17, 2026 02:03 PM IST Seyon teaser: After the blockbuster success of Amaran (2024), Sivakarthikeyan has once again joined forces with Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International, this time for a movie rooted in rural Tamil Nadu, in which the actor will appear in a power-packed, dynamic role. Titled Seyon and directed by...
