Actor Vishnu Vishal is set to return to the serial-killer genre with Aaryan, following the blockbuster success of Ratsasan (2018). Going by the trailer, this time Vishnu, who plays a cop, faces an even tougher challenge, tracking a serial killer who has “broken all the concepts of psychology.” A voice-over at the start of the...
“I want to go back to my roots with Idli Kadai,” declared a visibly excited Dhanush at the audio launch of his latest directorial venture. He recalled a childhood memory of gathering flowers from the fields and selling them to buy idlis from the neighborhood eatery. That simple anecdote becomes a poignant metaphor for how...
What happened at actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam political rally at Karur, where 41 people lost their lives, reveals the dark underpinnings of celebrity worship in our part of the world. Thousands of unsuspecting fans who gathered for a glimpse of their favourite star were let down by poor crowd control, with the fall of...
Actor Arun Vijay will next be seen as the antagonist in the Dhanush-starrer Idli Kadai. Ahead of the film’s release, Vijay spoke about his experience working with Dhanush and why he admires him as both an actor and filmmaker. Arun Vijay said, “I admire the fact that he is not settling down. He keeps working...
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who has been on a break from movies for some time now, recently shared a note on her Instagram profile. In the note, Samantha reflected on self-acceptance, and the shift from insecurity in one’s twenties to peace and authenticity in the 30s. The note starts, “The world tells you everything after thirty...
After many successful years in Tamil cinema, actor Ajith Kumar is currently busy writing his next chapter in the world of motorsport. His team is already making strides and emerging with flying colours in most of the series they’re participating in. Given the amount of risk involved in the sport, crashes on the circuit aren’t...
Tamil actor-politician Vijay on Saturday expressed grief hours after his campaign rally in Karur ended in a stampede that killed at least 38 people, including 16 women and eight children, and left over 150 hospitalised. A note posted on the official X account of Vijay’s party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam read: “My heart is shattered; I...
Tamil film Madharaasi, starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, is finally set to stream on OTT after a successful theatrical run. The film will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on October 1. The official X account of Prime Video announced the release with a video featuring Sivakarthikeyan revealing the streaming date through cue cards. Brace...
Balti, starring Shane Nigam, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Alphonse Puthren, and Selvaraghavan in pivotal roles, is the latest in a line of Tamil films that use sports as a springboard for major plot developments. The film’s promotional material teases a gritty tale of young Kabaddi players caught in a vicious cycle of local gang wars in a...
A few minutes into Sivakarthikeyan’s Madharaasi, you see a police battalion taking on a mysterious figure, who is single-handedly fighting a group of special unit cops trying to take down a gun supply operation. The staging is careful not to show the face of the acrobatic figure taking on the cops with a sort of...
