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Bigg Boss Malayalam's Eldho George Opens Up On Losing Love
In a leaked chat with co-contestant Rahul Eswar, the commoner-turned-frontrunner admits heartbreak left him too guarded to fall in love again.
13 Sept 20262 min read
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Mumbaicha Raja 2026 Idol Balances On One Leg In Ganesh Galli
Mumbaicha Raja 2026, the Ganesh Galli idol from Lalbaug Sarvajanik Utsav Mandal, was unveiled Sunday with Bappa balanced on one leg above a giant pink flower, ahead of Monday's Ganesh Chaturthi.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Soori's Mandaadi Crosses Rs 20 Crore In Three Days
Soori's Mandaadi has collected Rs 20.80 crore over three days, with Rs 9.25 crore coming on day three alone, according to Sacnilk, as the comedian-turned-hero's box office streak continues.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Mumbai's Ganpati Idols Now Come With Anime Faces And Reels
Across Mumbai this Ganeshotsav, idol-makers are blending anime references, AI-generated designs and Instagram strategy into a festival that used to run on family craft and word of mouth alone.
13 Sept 20263 min
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Trisha Krishnan Lands At Silverstone Right Behind Vijay, Ajith
Trisha Krishnan showed up at Silverstone shortly after Tamil Nadu CM Vijay arrived for the Michelin Le Mans Cup 2026, where Ajith Kumar is racing, reigniting years-old dating rumours between the actress and Vijay.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Week One Love Track Rumours Swirl Around Bigg Boss Malayalam 8
Just seven days into Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 8, viewers are already speculating about a budding love track between contestants Kadalkomban and Aishwarya, a claim Aishwarya has denied.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Sudeep Slams Tandav Ram And Gagan Chinnappa On Bigg Boss Kannada
Kiccha Sudeep took Tandav Ram and Gagan Chinnappa to task on Bigg Boss Kannada Season 13's weekend episode, warning them against teaming up on nominations and demanding they apologise to contestant Jagadish.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Karthik Subbaraj's Dorothy Gets Standing Ovation At TIFF Premiere
Karthik Subbaraj's Dorothy premiered at TIFF 2026 to a standing ovation, the first Tamil film to screen there in ten years. It stars Keerthy Suresh and hits cinemas September 25.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Vadivelu Turns 66, Net Worth Pegged At Rs 100 Crore
Vadivelu marks his 66th birthday today as reports peg his net worth between Rs 90 and 100 crore, with bungalows in Chennai and Madurai. His comeback, built on Maamannan and Maharaja, keeps rolling with Bang Bang.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Karthigai Deepam Plots A Murder On The Dance Stage
Karthigai Deepam's latest episode has Sivanandi hiring a goon to kill Revathi mid-performance at a Bharatanatyam event, while a dance rivalry with Subbulakshmi unfolds on the same stage.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Kenisha Francis Confirms She's The Mystery Composer 'Hydro' In Ravi Mohan's Directorial Debut
Kenisha Francis has revealed she is the composer credited as 'Hydro' on the poster of Ravi Mohan's directorial debut I'm an Ordinary Man, saying the pseudonym was meant to dodge negative press.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Mumbai Ganesh Mandals Turn Pandals Into Shelters For Strays This Year
Mumbai's Ganeshotsav pandals are opening their doors to strays this year, with a Colaba mandal casting its idol as Kaalbhairav and a Kandivali mandal running vaccination and microchipping camps for street dogs.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Lena Says She And Husband Have Code Word For Hormonal Days
Actress Lena opens up about perimenopause, hormone-aware scheduling with her husband, and the elaborate supplement packing for her month-and-a-half travel film shoot in Nepal.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Sumanth's Mahendragiri Varahi Splits Critics And Twitter On Day One
Sumanth's devotional mystery thriller Mahendragiri Varahi released September 11 to a mixed critical reception, with reviewers praising the opening and climax but flagging a sagging middle, shaky logic and dated VFX.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Sardar 2 Opens To Mixed Reviews, Suriya Called The Saving Grace
Karthi and PS Mithran's Sardar 2 has landed to mixed reactions a day after release, with critic Blue Sattai Maran praising SJ Suriya's screen presence while calling the second half a slog.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Mumbai's Tallest Ganpati Idol Reignites Fight Over Height Caps
Mumbai's Ganeshotsav brings its tallest idol yet at 42 feet, but three tall-idol collapses during arrival processions this year, two of them fatal, have renewed calls for the state to cap idol height for good.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Indian 3 Post-Production Set To Resume, Say Reports
Reports citing Sun News Tamil say Indian 3's makers are about to restart post-production, with a large chunk of footage already shot alongside Indian 2 and only VFX-heavy patchwork left.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Soori's Mandaadi Opens To Rs 6.55 Crore Worldwide On Day One
Soori's Mandaadi collected Rs 4.75 crore in India and Rs 6.55 crore worldwide on its opening day, according to Sacnilk data, as the boat-racing action drama rides strong early word of mouth across five languages.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Soori's Mandaadi Opens Strong, Reviews Flag A Familiar Plot
Soori's new film Mandaadi, directed by Mathimaran Pugazhenthi, released across five languages to a strong opening day. Critic Blue Sattai Maran praised its fresh setting but flagged a routine plot, shaky race logic and poor makeup.
11 Sept 20262 min
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RJ Charan Faces Shock Mid-Week Exit From Bigg Boss Telugu 10
Bigg Boss Telugu 10 may see its first mid-week eviction as RJ Charan lands in the High Risk zone during the Mahapariksha task, with unconfirmed reports and online chatter suggesting Rohit engineered his exit.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Naga Chaitanya's Mythical Thriller Vrushakarma Gets December 4 Date
Naga Chaitanya's mystery-thriller Vrushakarma has locked December 4, 2026 as its worldwide release date, with the makers dropping a new poster and confirming the film has wrapped principal photography.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Old Prithviraj Quote On Kavya Madhavan Resurfaces Amid Casting Rumour
An unverified rumour that Ennu Ninte Moideen was first cast with Dileep and Kavya Madhavan drew jabs at her acting, prompting fans to dig up a years-old Prithviraj compliment in her defence.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Ammy Virk And His Father Deny He Was Target Of Canada Firing
Rumours that Ammy Virk's convoy came under fire in Abbotsford went viral after his Canada concert. The singer, his father and local police have now clarified what actually happened that night.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Kashmir's First International Film Festival Wraps With Floating Cinema On Dal Lake
The inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir concluded Thursday in Srinagar, screening 120 films from 30 countries and handing out its first set of awards, including Best Female Actor to Tanya Maniktala.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Madhya Pradesh Dairy Farmers Escalate Village-Level Price Protest
Dairy farmers across Indore district submitted memoranda at more than fifty Sanchi milk cooperative societies on Thursday, demanding higher prices, pending bonuses and warning of an intensified agitation ahead.
11 Sept 20262 min
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Indore's Devlalikar Kala Veethika Gets ₹75 Lakh Facelift Before Its Centenary
Indore's Devlalikar Kala Veethika, the city's oldest art institution, is getting a ₹75 lakh renovation ahead of its 2027 centenary, with the original 1927 building's architecture staying untouched.
10 Sept 20262 min
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Anand Deverakonda's Epic First Semester Draws Mixed Premiere Reviews
Premiere night reactions to Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya's Epic – First Semester are largely warm on the first half, split on the second, ahead of the film's September 11 worldwide release.
10 Sept 20262 min
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Vinayan Says Sathyam With Prithviraj Cost Him Mammootty Films
Director Vinayan, who made two films with Mammootty, says his 2004 film Sathyam, cast against an AMMA strike, made him unwelcome with the superstar association and its biggest names for years.
10 Sept 20262 min
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Vinayan Says His Contract Stance Cost Him More Mammootty Films
Filmmaker Vinayan has opened up about why he and Mammootty never collaborated again after Rakshasa Rajavu and Dada Sahib, tracing it to his own industry advocacy and its personal fallout.
10 Sept 20262 min
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Sardar 2 Twitter Reviews Split Hard Over Second Half
Sardar 2 opened worldwide on September 10 to a mixed wave of X reviews, with fans hailing Karthi's action stretch and the interval twist even as some called the film's central mission underwritten and cringe-worthy.
10 Sept 20262 min