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Telugu Superhero Film Blends Mythic And Mundane

Telugu Superhero Film Blends Mythic And Mundane

Prasanth Varma’s Hanu-Man, touted as the first Telugu-language superhero movie, scores in terms of scale and ambition. The execution, notwithstanding a few visual and ideational highs (most of them CGI-driven), struggles at times to keep pace what the film’s racing inner pulse. The disconnect mercifully isn’t overly glaring. At the level of the yarn that...

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Kendrick Lamar to headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in 2025

Kendrick Lamar to headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in 2025

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the headliner for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX halftime show | Photo Credit: X/ @NFL Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the headliner for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX halftime show, which will take place on February 9, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans....

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Why are horror comedies Bollywood’s new obsession and box office kings in 2024? Trade experts talk about the genre’s surprising dominance : Bollywood News

Why are horror comedies Bollywood’s new obsession and box office kings in 2024? Trade experts talk about the genre’s surprising dominance : Bollywood News

There was a time when action, comedy and love stories ruled the roost at the box office. But things have changed this year. One of the first hits of 2024 was Shaitaan, a supernatural flick. This was followed by the success of Munjya and the all-time blockbuster success of Stree 2, both of which were...

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Neither Rousing In Style Nor Radical In Approach

Neither Rousing In Style Nor Radical In Approach

Rohit Shetty’s indefatigable cops make an ungainly, if not wholly wobbly, landing in the universe of web shows. They go after “India’s most wanted terrorist” – a young man who has sinister plans up his sleeves but looks like he would be hard-pressed to swat a fly. The resultant thriller is hackneyed and devoid of...

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Lollpalooza India 2025: Green Day, Shawn Mendes, Glass Animals set to perform

Lollpalooza India 2025: Green Day, Shawn Mendes, Glass Animals set to perform

Lollpalooza India 2025 announes its lineup Lollapalooza India has announced its lineup for the 2025 edition, scheduled to take place in Mumbai on March 8-9. Following the success of its first two iterations, the multi-genre music festival is expected to draw significant crowds with a roster that includes both international and Indian artists, catering to...

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Witness Tom Hardy And His Symbiote Against The World

Witness Tom Hardy And His Symbiote Against The World

The final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance is out. The movie marks the conclusion of the trilogy with Tom Hardy reprising his roles as Eddie Brock and Venom. The nearly three-minute trailer begins with a scene on a flight where the captain requests passengers to enjoy the view of the Grand Canyon by looking through their...

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Priyadarshan at the helm: KVN Productions and Thespian Films announce Hindi collaboration : Bollywood News

Priyadarshan at the helm: KVN Productions and Thespian Films announce Hindi collaboration : Bollywood News

In an exciting development for the Indian film industry, KVN Productions and Thespian Films have announced their collaboration for a new Hindi feature film, set to be directed by the filmmaker Priyadarshan. Priyadarshan at the helm: KVN Productions and Thespian Films announce Hindi collaboration KVN Productions, led by the industrialist Mr. Venkat Narayana, is one...

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Single Note-Biography Salvaged A Touch By Pankaj Tripathi’s Performance

Single Note-Biography Salvaged A Touch By Pankaj Tripathi’s Performance

The Mumbai movie industry rarely, if ever, does justice to biopics, be they of personalities of contemporary relevance or of figures of historical significance. Main Atal Hoon, helmed and co-written by the National Award-winning director Ravi Jadhav (Natarang, Balgandharva, Balak Palak), does little to change that widely held belief. If not a botched effort without...

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Effervescence was the defining feature of flautist Hariprasad Subramanian’s concert

Effervescence was the defining feature of flautist Hariprasad Subramanian’s concert

Hariprasad Subramanian with M.R. Gopinath on the violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan on the mridangam and Madipakkam Murali on the ghatam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A brief sketch Hariprasad Subramanian delivered in Surutti at the beginning reinforced the raga’s sober nature, but the young flautist followed the alapana with a varnam that brought to the fore...