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Ananya Panday, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kalyani Priyadarshan
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Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Ananya Panday on 8-Hour Work Shift Debate Sparked by Deepika Padukone

After the actor suggested new mothers should be allowed eight-hour workdays on film sets, a broader conversation around working conditions has resurfaced; here, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Ananya Panday share their perspectives

BY Team THR India
ON PANDAY & PRIYADARSHAN: SHRIYA SOM OUTFIT. ON KAPOOR KHAN: GAURAV GUPTA OUTFIT.
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Women In Entertainment 2026: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday and Kalyani Priyadarshan Channel Their Main Character Energy

Ahead of THR India's Women in Entertainment event on March 25, these three trailblazers talk about scripts and stage fright, about ageing and autonomy, about the films that broke their hearts and the ones that made them whole

BY Anupama Chopra
Kalyani Priyadarshan
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Exclusive | Kalyani Priyadarshan on Stardom and Freedom to Choose Her Films: ‘Producers Back Stars More Than Stories in India’

The actor talks about how she seeks to leverage stardom to champion underrepresented stories in cinema.

BY Team THR India
Kalyani, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Ananya Panday
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Exclusive | Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Ananya Panday on Toxic Masculinity in Films: 'Everyone Wants To Make What’s Working'

The actors share their perspectives on the rise of violence in mainstream cinema.

BY Team THR India
Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday and Kalyani Priyadarshan
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Exclusive | Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday and Kalyani Priyadarshan on Defining Boundaries and Learning to Say ‘No’ on Film Sets

The actors reflect on why drawing boundaries on set is no longer a risk, but a responsibility.

BY Team THR India
Vicky Kaushal, Basil Joseph and Kalyani Priyadarshan at The Honours
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RPSG Lifestyle Media Hosts The Honours Powered By The Hollywood Reporter India: The Evening in Pictures

The Honours event in Mumbai was an evening of celebration and unique cinematic crossovers.

BY Team THR India
Kalyani Priyadarshan, Ranveer Singh
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‘Pralay’: Kalyani Priyadarshan To Play Female Lead In Ranveer Singh’s Zombie Film

The post-apocalyptic thriller is being helmed by filmmaker Jai Mehta

BY Team THR India
Mohanlal in 'Hridayapoorvam', Kalyani Priyadarshan in 'Lokah' and Mammootty in 'Kalamkaval'
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The Best Malayalam Film Performances Of 2025

Superhero movies with a callback to folk tales, a horror movie that begins with a hero “ghosting” his girlfriend and a flashback to the Mohanlal-Sathyan Anthikad comedies of the 80’s…Malayalam cinema had it all this year. In a year of such variety, performances couldn’t have been ordinary  

BY Vishal Menon
Kalyani Priyadarshan
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Kalyani Priyadarshan: Basil Joseph Was The First to Suggest I Do 'Lokah'

The actor on Basil Joseph’s early push, trusting Dominic Arun’s vision, and the instinctive decisions that shaped the film.

BY Team THR India
Kalyani Priyadarshan To Star In A Solo Tamil Release 
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Kalyani Priyadarshan To Star In A Solo Tamil Release

The newly-launched film is being produced by SR Prabhu, for Potential Studios.

BY Team THR India
A poster for 'Lokah'
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'Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra' All Set To Be First Malayalam Film To Touch ₹300 Crore

By the last week of September, the superhero thriller had already become the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time

BY Team THR India
Kalyani Priyadarshan on how her father — the legendary filmmaker Priyadarshan — reacted to the film's success
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'Lokah' Star Kalyani Priyadarshan on Her Father’s Reaction To Film: 'He messaged Me — Don’t Let Success Get To Your Head'

Veteran director Priyadarshan had some words of wisdom for her daughter following the massive success of 'Lokah'

BY Team THR India
 Tovino Thomas and Dulquer Salmaan
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'Lokah': Michael and Charlie to Get Standalone Films in The Malayalam Film's Universe?

Character posters of both Tovino Thomas and Dulquer Salmaan’s characters from 'Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra' were launched on Friday

BY Team THR India
A still from 'Lokah'
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Kalyani Priyadarshan’s 'Lokah' Storms Past ₹200 Crore, Becomes Fourth Highest-Grossing Malayalam Film Of All Time

The Dominic Arun-directed fantasy epic is seeing a record-breaking run, trailing only 'Empuraan', 'Manjummel Boys' and 'Thudarum'.

BY Team THR India
Mammootty Is Moothon; Dulquer Salmaan Confirms He Played The Character In 'Lokah'
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Mammootty Is Moothon: Dulquer Salmaan Confirms He Played The Role In 'Lokah Chapter One: Chandra'

On the megastar’s birthday, his son took to Instagram to wish the ‘Moothon’ a happy birthday

BY Team THR India
Kalyani Priyadarshan in ‘Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra’
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‘Lokah: Chapter 1 - Chandra’ Movie Review: Kalyani Priyadarshan’s Superhero Outing Is Visually and Narratively Striking

Inspired by a terrific Kerala folklore, 'Lokah' is a largely entertaining, mindful take on the superhero genre.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
Kalyani Priyadarshan in 'Lokah'
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Kalyani Priyadarshan Interview: A Film Like 'Lokah' Would Have Been Impossible Without Dulquer Salmaan

Kalyani Priyadarshan talks about the nervousness she’s dealing with as two of her films, 'Lokah: Chapter One' and 'Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira,' are releasing together this Onam

BY Vishal Menon
Fahadh Faasil in a still from ‘Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira’
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‘Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira’ Will Have a Mix of Deadpan and Slapstick: Director Althaf Salim 

The director of the much-loved dark comedy 'Njandukalude Naatil Oridavela' returns to direct after eight years in a "Jason Reitman" kind of film

BY Vishal Menon