'Mahavatar Narasimha' to 'Kurukshetra': Indian Animation's Coming of Age in 2025
Industry leaders credit a maturing audience, bolder themes and mythological familiarity for driving India’s animation renaissance in 2025.
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Industry leaders credit a maturing audience, bolder themes and mythological familiarity for driving India’s animation renaissance in 2025.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Premiering at the 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in the Malayalam Cinema Today category, writer-director Jeo Baby, now takes a stab at open marriages with 'Ebb'
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Preetisheel Singh, the character and prosthetic designer in 'Dhurandhar,' talks about elevating prosthetics to an art form in Ranveer Singh's recent hit
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Director Dinjith Ayyathan and screenwriter-cinematographer Bahul Ramesh of 'Kishkindha Kaandam' (2024) are back with another rooted atmospheric thriller
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Kavin's comforting screen presence competes with Andrea Jeremiah's chilly gaze in 'Mask'
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
While Tamil cinema stars tend to chase politics, Ajith Kumar pursues the chequered flag — and a career on his own uncompromising terms.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Dharmendra began his career with the 1960 film 'Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere.' His next on-screen appearance will be in 'Ikkis' set to release on Christmas
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
The Hollywood Reporter India picks the 25 best Indian films of the 21st century. Mari Selvaraj's debut 'Pariyerum Perumal' softens rage into reflection in this landmark work of modern Tamil cinema.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
The Hollywood Reporter India picks the 25 best Indian films of the 21st century. S. S. Rajamouli’s daring vision in 'Eega' turned absurd fantasy into a heartfelt epic.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
In its fourth season, 'Maharani' wants to dwell in the realm of rhetoric and not action.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
The Sudheer Babu and Sonakshi Sinha film is so convinced about its withering logic, it keeps unraveling, like a hallucinating AI model
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Kiran Rao is workshopping the idea where independent filmmakers have a platform to showcase their film, own their IP, and get a share of the profit, if any is made.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
How can a show be so spectacularly oblivious, hoping its oblivion is contagious, and ultimately forgiven?
BY Prathyush ParasuramanWatching the assembly line of episodes of 'Two Much', among other talk shows, the desire to know more about the lives of these celebrities has dulled, if not been decimated.
BY Prathyush ParasuramanThis year’s festival will open with 'Homebound' directed by Neeraj Ghaywan—India’s official submission for the Academy Awards.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
'Diesel' is a film that keeps growing in size without really asking, what is it really that is expanding—the stakes or the world?
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
The patron saints of the silly join Twinkle Khanna and Kajol on their new talk show.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Despite its star power, the talk show featuring Twinkle Khanna and Kajol struggles to find rhythm or authenticity, tripping over forced humour, stiff hosting, and the absence of genuine curiosity
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
For independent cinema in India, distribution remains limited to tier-1 cities, though growing demand extends show runs.
BY Prathyush Parasuraman
'Too Much with Kajol And Twinkle', streaming on Amazon Prime Video, has Aamir Khan and Salman Khan as their first guests.
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