Vijay’s farewell film is in equal parts a crowd-pleasing tribute and a political manifesto, wrapped within an uneven but engaging masala entertainer
Fans across Tamil Nadu celebrated the release of Chief Minister Vijay’s 'Jana Nayagan' with grand FDFS festivities, marking what is being billed as the star-actor’s final film
“I remembered a girl who had danced in the movie Pattikattu Raja. She bore some resemblance to Rani Chandra. I discussed it with cinematographer Viswanath Roy and we devised a plan to use her,” said actor Sivakumar.
Debutant Tamil director R Gowtham tells Meenakshi Shedde, who has been curator/programmer of Indian/South Asian films for TIFF Toronto and the former South Asia delegate at Berlin International Film Festival, how the film ‘Members of the Problematic Family’s journey started with Diamond Rum and chicken liver. In this interview in Berlin, he describes how his film grew from his poem; how he observes life “like a dog in the balcony”; how his script, inspired by Goethe’s book, is ‘sketchy, doubtful and incomplete,’ and how he finally said ‘Action’ and ‘Cut’ only at the end of the shoot.
Tamil indie’s bold new voice R Gowtham’s debut film, which premiered in the Forum sidebar of Berlinale 2026, is an unorthodox, audacious, rare family drama
The announcement of the release of Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ has forced a slew of smaller Tamil films to reconsider or reschedule their releases
With sharper writing, Chella Ayyavu’s sequel film improves over the original, only to repeat its biggest mistakes when it matters most
The most critical and successful feature of the magazine was its ‘Q&A section’, which featured questions directly answered by Bhagyaraj