Happy birthday, Raashi!

Happy birthday, Mohan Babu!

Happy birthday, Parul!

Congratulations, Jr NTR and Lakshmi!

As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies.

A grand affair, this!

'Since the entire Sarkar team takes Vijay's wish as the final word, they were adamant not to succumb to government pressure.'

'The biggest agitation in Tamil Nadu -- after the anti-Hindi agitation in 1965 -- were the Jallikattu protests. The anti-Hindi agitations had the backing of a political party but this one does not. No famous actor is involved in it either. It was an incredible agitation.'

Are you ready for Rajinikanth's dashing look in Petta?

Guess who she winked at!

'There was no way he could get away from the final lap of shooting for a day.''Nor could I fly to him since our son's exams are on.'

Megastar likes the Arjun Suravaram teaser.

Prema Katha Chitram 2 releases on March 21.

Southern superstar Venkatesh's elder daughter Aashritha Daggubati wed Vinayak Reddy in Jaipur on March 24.

Which one is real?

'Samantha is constantly pushing the envelope. In fact, she is doing more work now and far more challenging roles than she did before she got married. Those old theories of audiences not wanting to see married actresses are done with.'

Dimaark kharaab looks like a winner already!

'I sit at home chewing my nails, praying, wondering if this one will be as big as the previous one. It's agony.'

It's coming this Independence Day!

The star and his wife opted for an African safari.

Janhvi Kapoor revealed on Koffee With Karan that she would love to work with the superhot Vijay Deverakonda.

If the film is as good as the teaser is, Saaho is definitely going to be a game changer this year, feels Namrata Thakker.

'I needed an actress, who can stand her ground between Tarak and Charan who are extremely talented actors. Alia is the perfect fit.'

'I want the audience to smile when they see my film.'

Approximately Rs 18 crore-Rs 20 crore has been spent on promoting S S Rajamouli's RRR for its January 7 release, which now stands postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 resurgence.

The final production cost of <em>RRR</em> is estimated to be approximately Rs 525 crore (Rs 5.25 billion), a sum impossible to recover through theatrical collections, even if it was the biggest hit of all times, which it is not, explains Subhash K Jha.

Tamil star Vijay has started filming for his yet-untitled film with Pushpa star Rashmika Mandanna in Chennai.

Rashmi loves April... Priya explores Dubai... Suriya is in Kanyakumari...

'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.''That's why these films are running in theatres.'

The actress looked lovely in a pink-bordered yellow sari.

'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.''Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.''But when my father pitched it to him, he came on board.''The movie ran for 200 days.'

If sources in Hyderabad are to be believed, S S Rajamouli and his two leading men from RRR -- Ram Charan and NTR Jr -- are looking at the potential of turning their blockbuster into a restaurant franchise.

Director Sukumar has asked young promising writers, from not only the Telugu cinema, but also other film industries in India, to contribute scenes, episodes, and even shots and frames to the screenplay of Pushpa 2.

The director, who gave memorable hits in Tamil and Malayalam, was 70 and passed away in his sleep following a cardiac arrest, his wife Amala Pothen said.

'I will always remember him for his innocent smile, twinkling eyes, and kind words.'

The success of south films like KGF: Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa: The Rise has resulted in audiences getting more and more receptive towards watching stars from this industry in Hindi films.

Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari Nair.

Kriti's message... Janhvi's new film... Akshay's jhappi...

Karthikeya 2 seems to have arrived out of nowhere and is turning out to be the top performing film of the weekend, and that too, in its second week of release.

Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan, who turns 53 on September 2, is not in the mood for crowd contact on his special day.

'My mom said when she was in college, her classmates said they want to marry somebody like Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan.''That's the kind of pressure I had the moment Mani sir said you have to play this part.'

Ponniyin Selvan has everything going for it, yet, there is something missing for a wholesome film experience, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

'The cross-pollination between the states has always been happening.''It's only over the past one or two years that all this talk about South versus Bollywood has been happening.'

The new parents have their named their sons, Uyir and Ulagam.

The last time the duo collaborated was on the action blockbuster Dalapathi in 1991.

Kantara is mesmerising, applauds Rajesh Karkera.

After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life.And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.

'Krishna garu was completely broken after the death of his son Ramesh Babu and then, Indira Devi.''His second wife Vijaya Nirmala was also gone.''I think Krishna garu had lost the will to live.'

'Krishna and his brother Hanumantha Rao were the producers of the majority of my Hindi remakes of their Telugu films.'

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.