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Basil Joseph Picks His Favourite TV Shows: 'The Office,' 'Breaking Bad' and More

These five television shows reveal how filmmaker and actor Basil Joseph thinks about characters, narratives and plot twists.

BY Ananya Shankar
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'With Love' Trailer: Abhisan Jeevinth, Anaswara Rajan Star in a Fun Rom-Com

'With Love' stars Abhisan Jeevinth and Anaswara Rajan in lead roles, and releases on February 6

BY Team THR India
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'Valathu Vashathe Kallan' Movie Review: Jeethu Joseph Regains Lost Form In This Procedural

Anchored by a great Biju Menon performance, director Jeethu Joseph explores the theme of parenting in 'Valathu Vashathe Kallan', narrating stories of all the personal battles that come your way when you try to bury your secrets.

BY Vishal Menon
Riya Shibu and a poster of 'Sarvam Maya'
Interviews

How Delulu Became Her Solulu: Actor-Influencer Riya Shibu On Charming Nivin Pauly and Movie Audiences in 'Sarvam Maya'

Riya Shibu finds that her life has changed beyond reconciliation after the release of Nivin Pauly’s blockbuster 'Sarvam Maya.' From botched audition calls to feeling like she’s not got enough, Riya feels that all it took was the magic of a friendly ghost to turn things around

BY Vishal Menon
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‘Valavaara’ Movie Review: When A Missing Cow Leads to An Emotional Discovery

In Sutan Gowda’s sweet Kannada film, a lost cow leads a young boy to discover the meaning of childhood and found family.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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SS Rajamouli, Mahesh Babu’s 'Varanasi' Locks April 2027 Release Date

The film reportedly follows the catastrophic fallout after an asteroid strikes the city of Varanasi.

BY Team THR India
Dhanush in 'Vada Chennai'; Suriya in 'Jai Bhim'
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Tamil Nadu State Film Awards (2016 to 2022): Suriya, Dhanush, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Nayanthara Among The Winners

The official awards ceremony for the winners of will be held on February 13 at the Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai.

BY Team THR India
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How To 'Malayalify' Shawn Michaels: 'Chatha Pacha' Costume Designer Melwy F On Bringing His Crazy Wrestling Outfit Ideas To Life

The award-winning costume designer of films such as 'Minnal Murali' and 'Lokah Chapter One: Chandra', breaks down the costume ideas behind five locally made WWE-style wrestlers in his new superhit Malayalam film.

BY Vishal Menon
Shruti Haasan
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Shruti Haasan on Turning 40, And How Cinema Taught Her To Be Around People

Shruti Haasan talks about her origins as an artiste, and her return to acting in 2026.

BY Team THR India
Shruti Haasan
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Shruti Haasan on Her Main Character Energy: ‘I March to the Beat of My Own Drum’

As she turns 40, Shruti Haasan shares how she survives in an industry that silences women: by being unapologetically herself.

BY Team THR India
Mammootty celebrates his Padma Bhushan on the sets of 'Padayaatra'
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Mammootty Celebrates Padma Bhushan, State Award Win On Sets Of 'Padayaatra'

The film is being directed by legendary director Adoor Gopalakrishnan

BY Team THR India
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‘Raawadi’ Features Basil Joseph In His First Full-Fledged Tamil Role

The Seven Screen Studios production also stars LK Akshay Kumar

BY Team THR India
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Interviews

Berlinale 2026: How 'Kutti' Documentaries and Drinking Inspired Director R Gowtham to Make 'Members of the Problematic Family'

The Tamil-language film will premiere at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in the prestigious Forum sidebar

BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Chiranjeevi; Chinmayi Sripada
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Chiranjeevi Denies ‘Casting Couch’ in Telugu Industry, Chinmayi Fires Back: 'Women Lose Out On Roles If They Refuse'

The veteran actor faces backlash for blaming women in the Telugu film industry for their experiences with harassment, with singer Chinmaya Sripada firing back on social media.

BY Team THR India
Night Shift Studios, based out of Chennai, has delivered two consecutive horror blockbusters in Malayalam — 'Bramayugam' and 'Dies Irae'
Interviews

Ghost Protocol: Inside The Chennai-Based Production House That Exclusively Makes Horror Movies

With Night Shift Studios, producer Chakravarthy Ramachandra proves there’s serious money in making audiences scream.

BY Vishal Menon
Director Lokesh Kanagaraj
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Lokesh Kanagaraj on 'Kaithi 2' Delays and Making A Cameo in Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan'

The filmmaker clarified his stand on several matters, including the project with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan which didn't materialise.

BY Team THR India
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‘Landlord’ Movie Review: A Land Rights Drama That Gets Lost In Melodrama

Vijaya Kumar is earnest in ‘Landlord,' but that doesn’t beget any order or emotion in this chaotic action-drama co-starring Raj B Shetty.

BY Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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'Baby Girl' Movie Review: No Room For Nuance In Nivin Pauly's Silly Thriller 

What we then end up with in 'Baby Girl' is a film that’s no match to the classic the same team made with 'Traffic' more than a decade ago.

BY Vishal Menon
Dhanush and Rajkumar Periasamy
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'D55': Dhanush Teams Up With 'Amaran' Director Rajkumar Periasamy

Dhanush was last seen in his own directorial, the Tamil film 'Idli Kadai' as well as Aanand L Rai's 'Tere Ishk Mein'

BY Team THR India
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'Chatha Pacha' Movie Review: The Boys Are OK In This Well-Made Nostalgic Action Comedy 

'Chatha Pacha' may not be a Stone Cold stunner, but works as a great tribute to a group of boys, who dared to try it at home... just like we all did

BY Vishal Menon