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The All Pass team on stage unveiling the album at the audio and trailer launch

News · 16 August 2026

Mansoor Ali Khan's All Pass salvo: let us live too

A dance cut from Karuppu, WhatsApp slander, respect unpaid: the actor turned a blessing speech into a charge sheet, then blessed the film anyway.

Modha Rathri team group photo at the trailer launch with the film's title board overhead

News · 15 August 2026

Modha Rathri: the Pushpa house bets on a first night

Mythri Movie Makers, the banner behind Pushpa, puts its weight behind a debut director's single-night wedding comedy. Karthik Subbaraj is already sold.

Anbil Avan team on stage at the title teaser launch with Ashok Selvan and Preity Mukhundhan

News · 13 August 2026

Anbil Avan: Ashok Selvan picks his own comeback

Two and a half years after Blue Star, Ashok Selvan returns as actor and producer, with a Vignesh Raja story and what he calls a Govind Vasantha concert.

Pyaar Prema Kalyanam cast on stage at the trailer launch with Elan, Saanve Megghana, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Radhika Sarathkumar and Yogi Babu

News · 13 August 2026

Pyaar Prema Kalyanam trailer: the groom moves in with the in-laws

The director who talked Vetrimaaran into acting now stars in his own rom-com, with Yuvan's full tracklist out front and a Netflix date that doubles as Radhika's birthday gift.

Dulquer Salmaan in a pinstriped suit with a revolver in hand on the I'm Game poster

News · 13 August 2026

Dulquer's I'm Game skips Onam, lands September 3

Wayfarer pulls its fantasy thriller out of the Onam rush and gives Dulquer Salmaan's 40th film two extra weeks to line up screens in five languages.

Suriya in a brown suit standing before a packed auditorium on the Vishwanath & Sons release poster

News · 13 August 2026

Vishwanath & Sons opens tonight, half a world early

Premiere shows in North America run hours before Tamil Nadu's dawn first-day-first-shows. Suriya's family bet, three months after Karuppu, comes due.

Suriya holds a lathi on a smoky street in front of a vintage Ambassador car on the Vishwanath & Sons bookings poster

News · 13 August 2026

Vishwanath & Sons opens bookings with a lathi in hand

16,000 tickets in the first hours, hourly trending on BookMyShow, and a bookings poster that swaps the milk bottle for a smoke-filled street fight.

Hand-painted poster of Vijay Sethupathi in sunglasses with a cigar announcing Baththa's October 1 release

News · 12 August 2026

Baththa: Vijay Sethupathi goes retro for October 1

The Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom duo reunite for a third film, with Atlee presenting, Sai Abhyankkar scoring and Lijomol Jose opposite.

Sivakarthikeyan in a rugged bearded look on the Seyon second schedule announcement poster

News · 12 August 2026

Sivakarthikeyan's Seyon opens its second schedule in Madurai

The Kamal Haasan production resumed filming in Madurai on August 11, with key sequences ahead and Santhosh Narayanan scoring.

Dulquer Salmaan and Kayadu Lohar beside a vintage car on the Arugey Arugey song poster

News · 12 August 2026

Arugey Arugey arrives as I'm Game closes in on August 20

Armaan Malik sings the Jakes Bejoy track in four of five languages as Dulquer Salmaan's 40th film locks its Onam release on August 20.

Fahadh Faasil in tinted glasses holding a neon-lit guitar on the Cake-u Walk-u poster

News · 12 August 2026

Cake-u Walk-u: Fahadh Faasil swaggers into Rajamouli territory

Kaala Bhairava's track puts Fahadh Faasil back in Ranga-from-Aavesham mode, in the Baahubali makers' fantasy entertainer due September 11.

Tabu as Gauri Hegde standing over a desk stacked with seized cash in Slum Dog 33 Temple Road

News · 12 August 2026

Tabu slaps her way into Slum Dog as Gauri Hegde

Cigarette, slap, wooden baton: the new glimpse from Puri Jagannadh's film with Vijay Sethupathi hands Tabu a full mass introduction.