When Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International announced recently that it was all set to produce ‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth’s next movie, tentatively titled #Thalaivar173, the Tamil cinema fandom went into a frenzy. Although fans had long been awaiting a collaboration between the acting legends, who last joined forces decades ago, it remained a distant dream until...
Kaantha box office collection Day 3: Dulquer Salmaan and Rana Daggubati starrer period drama Kaantha kickstarted its journey at the box office with quite a strong word of mouth. Initially, the film was also showing an upward trend in its collections, but on its third day, Kaantha’s earnings saw a slight drop. The Selvamani Selvaraj directorial...
Kaantha box office collection Day 2: Selvamani Selvaraj’s period drama Kaantha, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Bhagyashri Borse, Samuthirakani, and Rana Daggubati in pivotal roles, is showing an upward trend at the Indian box office, buoyed by positive word of mouth. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film earned Rs 4.35 crore on Day 1. On Day...
Kaantha box office collection Day 1: Dulquer Salmaan’s much-awaited period drama Kaantha has finally arrived in cinemas, but early numbers suggest a modest opening. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the Tamil film, released across more than 2,000 screens in India, primarily in Tamil and Telugu, is estimated to have collected around Rs 4 crore on...
Kaantha Movie Review, Rating and Collection Live Updates: Reviews suggest Dulquer Salmaan has delivered a career best performance in Kaantha. Kaantha Movie Review, Rating and Collection Live Updates: Dulquer Salmaan’s much-awaited period drama Kaantha has finally hit screens. The first reviews of the film describe it as a riveting gender-bender, with the performances of Dulquer...
The Suriya-starrer Kanguva, director Siva’s unexpected detour into period fantasy disguised as a reincarnation melodrama, turns one year old today. What once arrived with the confidence of an industry-reshaping epic now reads as a case of misplaced ambition, a film so enamored with the scope of its ideas that it forgot to shape them into...
The internet was taken by surprise when news broke about director Sundar C teaming up with ‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth for the film tentatively titled Thalaivar 173, produced by none other than Kamal Haasan. The pairing raised eyebrows, especially since several leading Tamil filmmakers had reportedly been in contention for the project earlier. However, on Thursday, Sundar...
Mainstream biopics have become a lost cause in more ways than one. A genre meant to offer a deep, immersive exploration of a fully lived life often ends up reduced to a live-action, Wikipedia-level recreation of events designed for easy consumption. Excessive background music, manufactured fiction, and heightened drama routinely stand in for the honest...
Dulquer Salmaan is gearing up for the release of Kaantha, directed by debutant Selvamani Selvaraj. The period drama, centred on a superstar, marks yet another bold choice in the actor’s 13-year career. Recently, Dulquer revealed what motivates him to take risks and pursue meaningful cinema. He also recalled his father, superstar Mammootty’s wry observation that...
Bad Girl, directed by debutant Varsha Bharath, is a film that upended the male gaze of our commercial cinema to tell a personal story of a woman and her daily battles with patriarchy and social conditioning. The project, bankrolled by Vetrimaaran’s Grass Root Film Company, underperformed at the box office due to its unconventional storytelling...
