A G Perarivalan alias Arivu is now a free man following a legal battle, and that long fight provides scope for throwback moments of Tamil sentiment that propelled the struggle which was backed by most political parties and successive governments in Tamil Nadu.

Whether it is his acting, dialogue delivery or action sequences, there is a clear absence of enthusiasm, observes Namrata Thakkar.

'Mahesh Babu is not too keen on doing a costume drama or a period film at this stage of his career.'

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

Pradeep Bandekar spotted Kareena Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Sharvari, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari... on Tuesday.

It's raining movies and Web series on the Amazon Prime Video platform!

Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

After making her presence felt in the South film industry, Shalini Pandey is now set to make her big Bollywood debut in Jayeshbhai Jordaar alongside Ranveer Singh.

While we can't wait to see Ms Bhatt in her bridal avatar, Namrata Thakker looks at some of her onscreen bridal looks.

The 55-year-old actor-turned-politician admitted that due to the hectic schedule of the shooting, she "did not get to watch the series" on television.

Sukanya Verma gives you various untried Bollywood combinations we would like to see on screen.

Who rocked the sari style best in the British Raj? Sukanya Verma asks you to take a poll.

Lavender marriages, time travel and teens turning into furry red pandas, cheer and chaos collide on OTT this week.

'My producer earns, I earn. It's a win-win situation.'

Everything about Radhe Shyam is such a boring waste of time that you can't decide whether to doze off or scratch your head and hope to make some sense of what the film is trying to tell you, sighs Divya Nair.

'If I can make Radhe Shyam successful and if the audience likes it, that would be a big relief.'

'Huma is one of those actors who makes acting seem effortless.' 'But that happens because she has put in a certain amount of preparation.' 'She has a certain confidence that allows her to let go.'

Quite a few superstars are bringing their big releases to the big screen this month.

In all this, the political establishment -- and especially the finance ministry -- appears the weakest link, and worse still, the possible reason for the political backing to Narain and Ramkrishna that emboldened them to defy all the sentinels -- the independent board, the auditors, top management persons like the chief compliance officer, the company secretary, and unbelievably the super-regulator Sebi, observes V Ranganathan.

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night.

'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'

The former India captain not just rejected the accusations thrown at him but also offered a gentle reminder to his critics -- much before becoming the BCCI boss, he was a celebrated India cricketer and played in a whopping 424 international matches -- 113 of them Tests.

Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest money-making movie murder mysteries.

Zombies, high society, avenging monkeys, reincarnation, twins, meteor strikes, you'll be spoiled for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations:

Unless they getting their batting and bowling woes sorted out soon, the 2023 World Cup looks another distant dream for the Men in Blue.

'I don't think you have seen any Indian actor play a character like this.'

The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films.

'Life is unpredictable and it's not like once you have fallen in love with someone, you can't fall out, right?'

'Life is too short to be doing something that you do not love.'

'Everybody is losing money as interest costs keep piling up.' 'Some films will wait for a theatrical release and some won't, keeping their profit and loss situation in mind.'

Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.

The relative ranking of castes can vary across regions and localities and depends on a number of factors including control over land, wealth, and political power. Castes have often tried to 'upgrade' themselves (a process sociologists refer to as Sanskritization), and sometimes get 'downgraded'. A revealing excerpt from Upinder Singh's Ancient India: Culture Of Contradictions.

Mamta records a radio show... Amala visits Assam... Sobhita ready with Major...

In a new series, Bollywood's towering talents, who themselves made brilliant works this year, pick their favourite show of 2021, and tell us just why they loved it.

Bengaluru now have two draws in a row and their first clean sheet but languish at second-last with just six points.

'The prime of my career is now.'

On December 10, Kissinger began to encourage the Chinese to take action against India: 'If the People's Republic were to consider the situation on the Indian subcontinent a threat to security, and if it took measures to protect its security, the US would oppose efforts of others to interfere with the People's Republic.' On the 50th anniversary of India's greatest military victory, Claude Arpi recalls how the US suggested that China intervene militarily on Pakistan's side.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out with its own complaint against the marriage.