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Mohanlal in a black kurta with a raised index finger, lit by warm key light against a purple textured backdrop, in the campaign visual for the Mohanlal - The Complete Actor festival on JioHotstar

News · 22 May 2026

JioHotstar stacks 115 Mohanlal films into a 10-day birthday festival

JioHotstar's Mohanlal - The Complete Actor festival runs 20 to 30 May, putting 115 films across his four-decade career into one curated streaming window.

Yellow Yellow Dirty Fellow first look featuring Rudhra striking a contorted dance pose in an orange tee and olive trousers against a yellow backdrop, with smaller cut-outs of his co-star scattered around him and the film's title splashed across his chest

News · 22 May 2026

Yellow Yellow Dirty Fellow opens up with Rudhra and Preethi Asrani's first look and title teaser

AP International and Vishnuu Vishal Studioz have released the first look and title teaser of Yellow Yellow Dirty Fellow, debut director Vikkie Bhaskar's film.

Appa Kutty first look poster, with Vijay Antony in close-up showing a bruised, blackened eye and stubble, looking sideways with intensity, while a small girl rests her head against his shoulder. The Tamil title 'அப்பா குட்டி' and the 'SHOOT WRAPPED' stamp sit at the bottom

News · 22 May 2026

Vijay Antony wraps Mu. Maran's Appa Kutty, lines up an August release

Vijay Antony's Appa Kutty, directed by Mu. Maran and co-starring Preethi Asrani, has finished shooting and is now in post for an August 2026 release.

Director Seenu Ramasamy in a video frame holding a copy of his book Cinemavin Aanma published by Sandhiya Publications

News · 22 May 2026

Seenu Ramasamy asks CM Vijay to put cinema appreciation on the school timetable

Director Seenu Ramasamy has appealed to CM Vijay to introduce cinema appreciation education in Tamil Nadu schools, pegged to his book Cinemavin Aanma.

The Kidd Santhe Naa Vera Level team and Sony Music representatives lined up in front of the album poster at the Chennai launch, with Kidd Santhe centre-frame in a printed shirt

News · 21 May 2026

Kidd Santhe writes Naa Vera Level for Chennai's auto drivers, not himself

Malaysian rapper Kidd Santhe launches Naa Vera Level in Chennai under Sony Music, a Tamil hip-hop track that turns auto drivers, not the artist, into the hero.

Composite image of actress and producer Sripriya Sethupathy of Rajkumar Theatres on the left and the Drishyam 3 poster on the right showing Mohanlal and the film's lead cast

News · 21 May 2026

Sethupathys take Drishyam 3 Telugu rights row to Madras High Court

Rajkumar Theatres has sued Aashirvad Cinemas, Jeethu Joseph, Panorama and Pen Studios at the Madras High Court, claiming exclusive Telugu rights to Drishyam 3.

News · 20 May 2026

Blast lines up for May 28 with Arjun as a karate master, Subash K Raj's debut and Ravi Basrur's Tamil first

AGS's Blast goes to theatres on May 28 with Arjun as a karate master, debut director Subash K Raj, and Ravi Basrur making his Tamil-cinema debut on score.

Suriya in the title role of Karuppu, crouched and holding the aruval sickle, in the dust-and-ash colour treatment RJ Balaji used for the film's hero key art

News · 20 May 2026

Karuppu past Rs 161 crore in five days, Suriya's highest-grosser ever

Karuppu has crossed Rs 161 crore worldwide by day 5, passing Singam 2 to become Suriya's highest-grossing film and the top Tamil grosser of 2026.

Wide stage photograph at the Habeebi music launch, with the full cast and crew of the film and a row of Tamil filmmakers including Meera Kathiravan, Kasturi Raja, Malavika Manoj and several directors lined up around the unveiled audio album poster

News · 18 May 2026

Habeebi music launches with Sam C.S. and a long row of directors backing Meera Kathiravan

Meera Kathiravan's Habeebi had its music launch in Chennai with Sam C.S.'s score, Kasturi Raja's first acting role, and a long line-up of directors.

Chief Minister Vijay in a white shirt and dark trousers and director Venkat Prabhu in a brown-striped polo and jeans, both standing in the CM's residence and holding a large brown-framed display that contains the original TN07CM2026 number plate from GOAT, a small brass plaque reading THE FIRST MANIFESTATION BY VP AND TEAM, and a miniature GOAT poster

News · 18 May 2026

From GOAT to government: Venkat Prabhu hands CM Vijay the 'TN07 CM 2026' plate

The TN07 CM 2026 plate Vijay drove off with in GOAT in 2024 is now a framed gift to him as Tamil Nadu's chief minister, handed over by Venkat Prabhu.

Filmmaker Atlee in a yellow silk kurta and Priya Atlee in a lavender and gold kanjivaram saree, standing close together for a posed garden portrait

News · 18 May 2026

Atlee and Priya name their daughter Miyou

Filmmaker Atlee and Priya have named their newborn daughter Miyou, revealed in a soft pastel Instagram post nearly four weeks after her April 20 arrival.

Black-and-gold 50th Year Anniversary key art for the Ilaiyaraaja tribute, with Ilaiyaraaja in a white shirt at the centre conducting an orchestra, and the words ILAIYARAAJA, THE KING OF MUSIC, 50 Years of Melody, A Legacy That Transcends Generations in white serif type on a black backdrop

News · 18 May 2026

Fifty years after Annakili, an AI-made Ilaiyaraaja tribute from the biopic team

Fifty years to the day since Annakili, the team producing Ilaiyaraaja's biopic has released an AI-made cinematic tribute marking his 50 years in cinema.