‘Chaar Yaar’: Prime Video sets release date of upcoming crime-drama series

A poster of ‘Chaar Yaar’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video Streaming service Prime Video announced the release date of its upcoming crime-drama, Chaar Yaar on Friday (October 9, 2026). It…

‘Comrade Kalyan’ movie review: Sree Vishnu’s brain-rot comedy delivers a few good laughs

Brain-rot comedies hold a special value on those days when nothing makes much sense. They remind the audience to take themselves lightly and treat things at face value. The only…

‘Eyes’ series review: Manu Ashokan’s show pans in on stalking, sans the romanticising

At the outset, the Malayalam show, Eyes, streaming on SonyLIV, looks like another police procedural, another crime-driven series of events. Directed by Manu Asokan, the pace seems a tad bit…

Crunchyroll Manga comes to India bringing 250+ titles

Following the expansion, more than 250 titles from major Japanese manga and light novel publishing companies are now available on Crunchyroll Manga | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Streaming service Crunchyroll…

Raaj Kumar at 100: Remembering the legendary Hindi film actor

Raaj Kumar and Padmini in Vaasna (1968) | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives In May, 1994,  at a villa in Andheri West, Mumbai, film director Chetan Anand was shooting the…

‘Ranabaali’ trailer: Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika lead a rebellion against British rule in Rahul Sankrityan’s film

Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna in the film | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The nearly four-minute trailer of the Telugu period drama Ranabaali, directed by Rahul Sankrityan and starring Vijay…

Nana Patekar: Cinema’s fierce maverick

A tempestuous maestro who stripped acting of its artifice, Nana Patekar fell silent on Thursday (October 8, 2026) after a sudden cardiac arrest. From the terrifying vulnerability of Parinda (1989)…

Nana Patekar: 7 underrated films of the veteran actor

Nana Patekar in ‘Abhay’ and ‘Prahaar’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Nana Patekar’s commanding presence on screen has been defined by the thoughtful interplay between the enormous weight of his…

‘Primetime’ movie review: Robert Pattinson is fiendishly good in Lance Oppenheim’s vivisection of televised virtue  

Oh boy, is this a difficult film to write about.  Lance Oppenheim’s feature debut takes the 2007 Esquire investigation “Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die” and turns the rise…

‘Primetime’ writer Ajon Singh on the Chris Hansen meme machine and that Phoebe Bridgers NIN shirt 

Lance Oppenheim may be the name presently affixed to Primetime’s ascent into one of Robert Pattinson’s most talked-about films of the year, but its exceptional screenplay’s particular strain of derangement…