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>>Tamil film producers move HC seeking ban on movie reviews for three days from date of release
Tamil Film Active Producers Association (TFAPA) filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Centre as well as the State government to ban online movie reviews for first three days from the date of the their theatrical release, on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The judge, however, refused to issue an interim direction, pending adjudication of the main writ petition, to the Greater Chennai City Commissioner of Police for restraining YouTube channels from recording the views of the audience of newly released movies either inside the cinema theatre premises or in the vehicle parking lots.
Bollywood
Vikrant Massey clears air on ‘retirement,’ says he’s just taking a long break
Triptii Dimri is IMDb’s most popular Indian star of 2024; beats Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
‘Girls Will Be Girls’ to premiere on Prime Video on December 18
Netflix announces new docu-series on the Roshan family, ‘The Roshans’
Rishab Shetty to play Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in biopic
Nargis Fakhri’s sister Aliya arrested for alleged murder of ex-boyfriend in New York
Hollywood
‘Dune: Part Two’, ‘Wicked’, ‘Anora’ and more make AFI Top 10 films of 2024
Paapa Essiedu circling role of Snape in HBO’s upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ TV series
Paul Schrader reveals why Shah Rukh Khan-Leonardo DiCaprio crossover film fell apart
Tom Cruise to star in Doug Liman’s supernatural thriller ‘Deeper’
Tim Burton hopes to work with Johnny Depp again, denies chances of ‘Edward Scissorhands’ sequel
Regional Cinema
Naga Chaitanya, Sobhita Dhulipala are now married, Nagarjuna shares pictures from traditional ceremony
Woman killed, child injured in stampede during ‘Pushpa-2’ screening in Hyderabad
Filmmaker Vignesh Shivan deletes ‘X’ account amid Nayanthara-Dhanush feud
Nani to present Chiranjeevi, Srikanth Odela film
‘Rudhiram,’ starring Raj B Shetty and Aparna Balamurali, gets a release date
World Cinema
Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ wins best international film at NYFCC and Gotham Awards 2024
‘Anora’, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ lead Spirit Award 2024 nominations
‘Kagurabachi’ set for highly anticipated anime adaptation
K-Drama actor Park Min Jae dies at 32 from cardiac arrest
Zoya Akhtar joins fellow jury members Luca Guadagnino, Andrew Garfield at Marrakech Film Festival
Trailers
Manoj Bajpayee’s crime journalist ventures into troubled waters in this investigative thriller in trailer for ‘Despatch’
Vidhu Vinod Chopra navigates ‘creative chaos’ in crafting ‘12th Fail’ in trailer for ‘Zero Se Restart’
Mirchi Shiva seeks revenge for Shalu’s death in the trailer for ‘Soodhu Kavvum 2’
Upendra predicts an alarming future in trailer for ‘UI’
Essential reading
1) Kishore on ‘Parachute’, frequently collaborating with Vetrimaaran, and the future of OTT platforms
>> The actor speaks about his Disney+Hotstar series ‘Parachute’, the learnings of fatherhood, completing 20 years in the industry and more
2) Critical measures: should film reviews on social media platforms be banned?
>> The Tamil Film Active Producers Association’s plea to ban social media reviews for three days post-release, citing fake reviews and review bombing, raises concerns about censorship and selective targeting of critics
3) ‘Mallu Arjun’ – Malayali fans’ adoration for Allu Arjun reaches fever pitch as the release of ‘Pushpa 2’ draws close
>> For Malayali fans, ‘Allu ettan’ or ‘Mallu Arjun’ is all that is fun about the movies
4) From Cosplays to Crowds: Tracing Comic Con Delhi’s rise to pop culture royalty
>> The NSIC Grounds has once again become a microcosm of everything pop culture has to offer at Delhi Comic Con-2024
5) Screen Share | Unusual war movies, with atypical heroes
The recent Tamil blockbuster ‘Amaran’ subverts the idea of a war protagonist. Here are some war movies — with unusual heroes — that don’t simplify the story to stick to a formula
6) ‘Pushpa 2’ star Allu Arjun in Mumbai: I treat the audience as God
>> Ahead of the ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule,’ release, the actor greeted the national media and urged audiences to watch the much-awaited sequel in theatres
7) Malayalam composer Justin Varghese on making himself heard in Hindi film industry with his background score
>> The composer has scored the background music for the year’s biggest Bollywood hit, ‘Stree 2’, and has a couple of superstar films in the pipeline
8) Roopa Koduvayur: If I am taking a break from medicine for a film, it has to be worth it
>> The actor-doctor-dancer talks about her multi-faceted career and her new Telugu film, ‘Sarangapani Jathakam’
9) Nisha Ravikrishnan’s ‘Anshu’ marks her silver screen debut
>> The actor, known as Amulya from the Kannada serial ‘Gattimela’, talks about her power-packed intense role in her debut film, ‘Anshu’
10) Kolkata hosts India’s oldest queer film festival; films from across the country and world feature at two-day fest
>> Over 14 films featured at the event, where filmmakers shared their personal journeys through their films on queer lives and spaces
11) Level Up!, a film on the wait for low floor buses for persons with disabilities in Tamil Nadu
>> On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, these Chennai filmmakers speak about capturing this wait for the Nagari Short Film Competition
12) Multi-lingual singer Suchetha Satish, a Guinness World Record holder, to perform at the Soorya Festival in Thiruvananthapuram
>>The singer from Kannur who sings in 150 languages will perform at the festival on December 6
13) Dhruva Harsh’s ‘Elham’: Of faith and friendship
>> A poignant tale of a little boy and a goat, Dhruva Harsh’s ‘Elham’ is a children’s film with a message for all
14) Raj Kapoor@100: The music and motifs in Raj Kapoor’s cinema
>> Ahead of the legendary filmmaker’s birth centenary celebrations, a look at how he wove his narratives into one sur
15) From negative to screen: Kolkata International Film Festival to showcase restored Indian classics
>> Six films, made in various Indian languages like Malayalam, Hindi, Odia, and Manipuri, between 1969 and 1990, will be screened at KIFF
16) ‘Jameelante Poovan Kozhi’ actor Nitin Thomas says his passion for films has paid off
Actor Nitin Thomas talks about his role in the recently-released film ‘Jameelante Poovan Kozhi’
What to watch
1) ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ begs the question: What is your point, Pushpa?
2) Sung Jin-woo’s hype machine leaves no XP for noobs in ‘Solo Leveling: ReAwakening’
3) Pratik Gandhi blazes a trail in this tale of courage under fire, ‘Agni’
4) Intrigue and chills aplenty in Kang Full’s new ‘Light Shop’
5) Child artistes steal the show in the resonant coming-of-age story of ‘Sthanarthi Sreekuttan’
6) An immensely likeable trio leads the heartwarming story of ‘Family by Choice’
7) Brilliant visuals manage to keep the uninspiring ‘Moana 2’ afloat
8) ‘Her’ is an uneven anthology made worthwhile by a couple of segments
Published – December 06, 2024 04:32 pm IST
