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...
4 min readHyderabadJul 15, 2026 10:07 PM IST There is a version of Vijay Sethupathi that existed long before Sundarapandian, before Vikram Vedha, before Maharaja, before any of it. A version that did not dream of cinema, did not care about stardom, and only wanted to make sure his father never had to lower his...
3 min readHyderabadJul 15, 2026 08:49 PM IST The confirmation of Jana Nayagan‘s July 23 release has triggered a domino effect across the Tamil film industry, with multiple films scrambling to vacate the theatrical window around Vijay’s final film. The first to publicly step aside was actor-composer GV Prakash Kumar, whose supernatural horror film Immortal...
2 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 04:43 PM IST After a long wait, actor-turned-politician Vijay’s final film, Jana Nayagan, is all set to hit theatres on July 23 in India and July 24 worldwide. While advance bookings in India are yet to open, ticket sales have already begun in overseas markets, including the UK and...
