Salim Kumar, only Malayalam comedian to win National Award for Best Actor, dead at 56
He learned to perform on a mimicry stage in Cochin. He finished on a national podium. The house in North Paravur was named Laughing Villa. It is quiet now.
He learned to perform on a mimicry stage in Cochin. He finished on a national podium. The house in North Paravur was named Laughing Villa. It is quiet now.
He played a librarian who fought demons. He sold coffee to the whole of Britain. He outlasted every trend in television and still showed up, reliable as ever, until he didn't.
The glycerine was ready. Nana Patekar was not interested. What happened next left everyone on set, including Madhoo Shah, stunned, and wrapped up the shoot for half a day.
'Peddi' introduced Janhvi Kapoor waist-first, midriff second, face somewhere after that. Her character Achiyyamma had a name, a costume, and close-up shots of her navel. What she did not have was a story.
The world of Indian classical music lost a brilliant artist on May 14, 2026, with the passing of Ustad Sabir Khan.
On May 17, Salman Khan shared a reflective caption about being alone versus being lonely alongside a shirtless photo. Fans began dissecting the post, pushing the actor to set the record straight.
'Cocktail 2' opens June 19. So does 'Toy Story 5' in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Multiplexes will make their choice, and romantic dramas rarely beat Pixar for screen space.
She played complicated, angry, exhausted women, and never once let the camera soften them. Bollywood had the most interesting actress it had ever seen, and then quietly pushed her out for refusing to behave.
Original movies are making a comeback at the box office. Here's what the numbers say about Hollywood's franchise problem, and whether anything is actually changing.
Rajmohan holds charge of five portfolios in CM Vijay's cabinet. Along with Film Technology, he oversees School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, and the Archaeological Department.
