August 2026

Atlee’s much-anticipated pan-Indian project ‘Raaka’ continues to expand its already star-studded cast, with the latest reports suggesting Malayalam and Tamil actress Aishwarya Lekshmi could be joining the film. With Allu Arjun and Deepika Padukone already leading the cast, alongside names like Mrunal Thakur, Janhvi Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna linked to the project, Aishwarya’s reported entry…

An intriguing piece of speculation is making the rounds in Tamil cinema circles, with two of the industry’s most prominent commercial filmmakers, Shankar and AR Murugadoss, reportedly being linked to a potential joint project. Both directors have built decades-long careers around large-scale, mass-appeal cinema, and the mere possibility of them coming together has been enough…

Javed Akhtar moved to Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1964 and spent the next six years struggling to establish himself in the Hindi film industry.In a recent conversation with Let’s Talk with Devna G, the veteran writer recalled surviving on occasional ghostwriting assignments and sometimes going without food for days. Despite the hardships, he said he…