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>> Tamil Nadu elections 2026 | Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar and others formed their votes
Polling for the important Tamil Nadu Assembly elections began crossed each 234 constituencies connected April 23 (Thursday). Amid choky information measures, many A-list movie stars, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar and Vijay, formed their votes astatine polling booths crossed the state. Several actors, including Vikram, Dhanush, Trisha, Sivakarthikeyan, Vijay Sethupathi, Sachu, Pradeep Ranganathan, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Sasikumar, Arun Vijay, Sneha, Prasanna, Gautham Karthik, and Jai, registered their votes. Directors, including Sudha Kongara, Atlee, Pa Ranjith, H Vinoth, and Ra Parthiban, were besides seen casting their votes. Music composers, including legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja, besides registered their votes.
Bollywood
Manoj Bajpayee to prima successful ‘Governor: The Silent Saviour’
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Love & War’ gets caller merchandise date
Ayushmann Khurrana, Sharvari’s ‘Yeh Prem Mol Liya’ gets a merchandise date
Emraan Hashmi-Disha Patani movie ‘Awarapan 2’ gets a merchandise date
Hollywood
‘Project Hail Mary’ puppeteer James Ortiz eligible for Best Supporting Actor astatine Oscars
Regional Cinema
Jr NTR-Prashanth Neel film gets caller merchandise date
Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer 2’ with Nelson wrapped up
After ‘Narsimha’, Hombale Films announces next Mahavatar Cinematic Universe film
Vikram teams up with Anand Shankar and Sathya Jyothi Films
Vijay Deverakonda to enactment with Shouryuv of ‘Hi Nanna’ fame
Actor-director Joju George announces his 2nd directorial task ‘Paripadi’
World Cinema
Filmmaker Payal Kapadia named assemblage president for Cannes Critics Week
French movie prima Nathalie Baye dormant astatine 77, says family
Trailers
‘Kara’ trailer shows Dhanush prima successful a gritty, convulsive drama
Riteish Deshmukh arsenic the valiant Maratha warrior battles the Mughals successful ‘Raja Shivaji’ trailer
‘Clayface’ teaser shows assemblage fearfulness instrumentality centre signifier successful DC’s darkest root communicative yet
‘KD’ trailer promises a convulsive gangster play connected cards from Dhruva Sarja-Prem combination
‘Pati Patni Aur Wo Do’ teaser shows Ayushmann Khurrana, Wamiqa Gabbi successful a quirky romantic-comedy
Trailer of Netflix bid ‘Glory’ promises high-stakes boxing play with thrills and suspense
Essential reading
1) Rajat Kapoor: Marketing autarkic films is tougher than making them
>> Rajat, on with Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey, discusses the precocious released murder-mystery ‘Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa’
2) ‘Jaws’ astatine 50: Still has bite
>> Watching the 4K restored mentation to observe 50 years of Spielberg’s iconic movie was an unmitigated thrill thrust and a accidental to marvel astatine the blockbuster template
3) Srinidhi Bengaluru connected crafting ‘Jerax,’ a quirky phantasy thriller astir a human-cloning machine
>> Bengaluru speaks astir his upcoming Kannada phantasy drama thriller, acceptable to premiere connected ZEE5, starring Nagabhushana and Payal Chengappa
4) Sai Tamhankar interview: The ‘Matka King’ histrion connected moving crossed languages and her quest for longevity
>> Tamhankar opens up astir being portion of the movie manufacture for agelong and her thoughts connected challenging people’s perception
5) Summer 2026 successful Telugu cinema: Where are the large films?
>> With a fewer imaginable assemblage pullers opting retired of the summertime race, container bureau prospects look uneven
6) In Bollywood’s backyard, Marathi cinema finds a caller voice
>> In a authorities dominated by big-budget Hindi films and Bollywood stars, Marathi cinema is carving retired abstraction with fresher, much rooted stories
7) From the sets of ‘Maddy’: How Rio Raj and Saniya Iyappan ace a country successful the upcoming rom-com
>> The squad down the upcoming Tamil rom-com highlights the value of collaboration and a affirmative ambiance connected set
8) ‘Nukkad Naatak’: How thoroughfare theatre and societal media helped this indie movie basal out
>> Tanmaya Shekhar’s debut movie uses thoroughfare theatre to analyse activism, privilege and the realities of kid labour
9) Gauthami Nair is buoyed by the effect to the Tamil web bid Kaakee Circus
>> The histrion besides talks astir focussing connected acquisition and turning her attraction to acting
10) ‘Umas’: How Rachita Gorowala’s haunting abbreviated deconstructs bodies with care
>> The movie was among the 3 projects selected for the Asian Short Film Fund astatine the Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026, wherever it was precocious screened
11) George Kutty, a beloved fig successful Bengaluru’s movie nine movement, nary more
>> As the driving unit down the Bangalore Film Society and the exertion of Deep Focus magazine, Kutty brought thought-provoking and socially applicable films to the forefront
What to watch
1) Sanctimonious heroics astir derail a clinically crisp 2nd displacement of ‘The Pitt’
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2) ‘Madhuvidhu’ is simply a light-hearted movie that squanders a promising conflict
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3) Bob Odenkirk powers ‘Normal,’ a darkly comic small-town shootout
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4) ‘Beef’ Season 2 reappraisal has excessively galore cooks, but not capable nutrient connected the bone
Read the afloat reappraisal here
5) In ‘Trevor Noah: Joy successful the Trenches,’ Noah asks the pugnacious questions, but makes you laughter anyway
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6) ‘Mr. X,’ Arya-Gautham Karthik’s promising ngo undone by excess
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7) Tovino Thomas’ ahistorical play play ‘Pallichattambi’ undone by heavy-handed approach
