4 min readKochiJul 18, 2026 09:17 AM IST Young Kamal Haasan was born into a family full of artistic talents, starting with his mother, Rajalakshmi, who reportedly played the violin. Although his father, D Srinivasan, was a lawyer by profession, he harboured a deep admiration for the arts. Kamal’s elder brothers, Charuhasan and Chandrahasan, were...
2 min readNew DelhiJul 17, 2026 09:22 PM IST After a prolonged delay, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor Vijay’s final film Jana Nayagan is finally set to hit theatres next week. Ahead of its release, the makers have unveiled the lyrical video of the song “Adiye En Poonthene.” The melodious track, featuring Vijay and...
4 min readHyderabadJul 17, 2026 08:33 PM IST Actor R Madhavan has remarked that his 20-year-old son Vedaant and his generation have no interest in watching Indian films, whether Tamil, Hindi or anything else produced in the country. In a conversation with Cinema Express for his upcoming film GDN, based on the life of Coimbatore-born...
Had somebody told the millennials back in the late 1990s that actor Abbas would not only lose his prominence over time but also be phased out, forcing him to find an alternate career, a large section of them would have straight-up laughed at the speaker’s face. They would have been like, “How on earth would...
4 min readHyderabadJul 17, 2026 03:19 PM IST In 2002, when the South Indian Film Artistes’ Association, commonly known as the Nadigar Sangam, organised star night shows in Singapore and Malaysia to clear debts of approximately Rs 4.5 crore, nearly the entire Tamil film industry participated. However, one of its biggest names was conspicuously absent,...
5 min readHyderabadJul 17, 2026 10:39 AM IST Jana Nayagan is not just releasing. It is releasing as a different film from the one that was originally submitted to the CBFC at the end of last year. Producer K Venkata Narayana of KVN Productions has confirmed that the version of Jana Nayagan audiences will see...
3 min readHyderabadJul 16, 2026 10:23 PM IST With Vijay’s Jana Nayagan finally set to release on July 23 after months of delays, producer K Venkata Narayana of KVN Productions has spoken publicly for the first time about the specific changes the Central Board of Film Certification demanded before granting the film its certificate. In...
4 min readHyderabadJul 16, 2026 08:45 PM IST Malayalam actor Dhyan Sreenivasan turned a routine promotional event for his upcoming film Visitor into a comedy set that has since gone viral, taking pointed digs at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay‘s political rise and landing a joke about Trisha Krishnan that had the audience roaring without...
5 min readMumbaiJul 16, 2026 08:21 PM IST H Vinoth’s action thriller Jana Nayagan, starring Vijay, was originally scheduled to hit theatres in January this year. However, its release was delayed due to issues related to its censor certification. After a delay of more than six months, the film is finally set to release in...
6 min readHyderabadJul 16, 2026 06:53 PM IST Before Jason Sanjay wrote a single scene of Sigma, he sat down with his family. His parents, actor-politician Vijay and Sangeetha, his sister and his closest friends all heard him out. According to him, every one of them said yes. In a conversation with Ananda Vikatan before...
