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17 Hindi Film Announcements We're Excited About

  • Posted on July 9, 2021
  • by Team FC
Karan Johar returns as a director, Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone team up for an aerial action franchise, and more
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From KS Ravikumar in Padayappa To Lokesh Kanakaraj In Master...Tamil Directors Who Appeared In Their Own Films
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Tamil Directors Who Appeared In Their Own Films

  • Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021
  • by Harshita Meenaktshi R
Here’s a look at the memorable instances when directors appeared as actors in their own films, from cameos to lead roles.
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15 Weakest Films Of Tamil Cinema’s Most Prominent Directors Today
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15 Weakest Films Of Tamil Cinema’s Most Prominent Directors Today

  • Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
  • by Team FC
Spielberg has 1941, Cameron has Piranha 2 and the Coens have The Ladykillers…Tamil cinema has Darbar, da!
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KV Anand Leaves Behind Grand Entertainers And Unforgettable Images

  • Posted on April 30, 2021
  • by Vishal Menon
With the news of his passing away at just 54, all the unforgettable visuals from his films come to mind: the giant moon from Josh, the dreamy sepia-like visions in Khakee’s ‘Dil Dooba’.
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The Anniyan Remake Controversy, Explained
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The Anniyan Remake Controversy, Explained

  • Posted on April 16, 2021
  • by Team FC
What’s the controversy between producer ‘Aascar’ Ravichandran and director Shankar over the Hindi remake of Shankar’s Anniyan with Ranveer Singh? And who really owns the story of Anniyan?
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The Ten Times Tamil Directors Defied Image
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The Ten Times Tamil Directors Moved Away From Their Own Style

  • Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021
  • by Ashutosh Mohan
From Mani Ratnam’s ‘Thiruda Thiruda’ to Selvaraghavan’s ‘Nenjam Marappathillai’, a look at ten films that departed from the director’s image.
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The Ten Best: Workout Scenes That Agonized, Aroused, And Amused

  • Posted on January 20, 2021January 19, 2021
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
From Prem Aggan to Jodha Akbar, workout scenes that refused to run out of the mind long after the scene ended
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Mohanlal’s Narendran Was Used Like Gabbar Singh To Scare Children: Poornima Bhagyaraj
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Poornima Bhagyaraj On 40 Years Of Manjil Virinja Pookal And Mohanlal

  • Posted on December 26, 2020December 26, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
Poornima Bhagyaraj was trying to get a foothold in Hindi films when she was chosen to play Prabha in Fazil’s Manjil Virinja Pookal, which co-starred Mohanlal and Shankar. She speaks about learning Malayalam through Hindi, and how the film created so many stars.
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Kamal Haasan On Streaming: Where to Find Some Of The Star’s Best Films
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Kamal Haasan On Streaming: Where to Find Some Of The Star’s Best Films

  • Posted on November 7, 2020November 7, 2020
  • by Team FC
Here’s a beginner’s guide to a weekend binge of Kamal Haasan’s film on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Disney+Hotstar.
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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Shankar-Rajinikanth’s Enthiran and 2.0?

  • Posted on September 21, 2020October 7, 2021
  • by Team FC
Leaderboard: How Well Do You Know Shankar-Rajinikanth’s Enthiran and 2.0?
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Enthiran Black Eyed Peas
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Black Eyed Peas’ (Odd) Ode To 'Bollywood' Action

  • Posted on August 12, 2020August 13, 2020
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
A fun, frollicky Bollyw-ode that lumps Tamil, Telugu, Hindi (and Swedish) as ‘Bollywood’, with Rajamouli, Shankar, and Rohit Shetty’s films featured
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15 Years of Shankar’s Anniyan: A Nine-Year-Old’s Thoughts Then And Now

  • Posted on June 16, 2020
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
It is hard to watch a film today that you distinctly remember watching 15 years ago. The same thoughts come back, some have evolved, and some new ones have come too. Why is Shankar so fatalistic? Why are his action sequences so engrossing? Why that open-ending?
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