He comes from an illustrious film family, spearheaded a technological revolution in southern cinema and now Rana Daggubati is set to make a mark as an actor with Telugu movie Leader, an intense political drama.
The Bengali superstar talks to Srishti Jha about his journey of almost 300 movies, the changing perspective of Bengali cinema, and the generation next moviemakers.
Southern actor Sarath Kumar is extremely happy that his performance in the Malayalam film Pazhassi Raja has been appreciated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi himself, but is irritated with the delay in the release of Jaggubai.
Popular actor Mohan Lal and Kaniha have won the best actor and actress category awards for their roles in the movies Pazhassi Raja and Bhagyadevatha respectively in the 2009 Malyalam Movie Awards.
Popular Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan, who had bid adieu to films after tying the knot with computer engineer Nischal Chandra early this year, is now making a comeback with Christian Brothers. Her marriage is said to have hit rock bottom.
She might have made a debut with a commercial hit like Fashion and followed it up with potboiler All The Best but two-films-old Mugdha Godse says she is also ready to explore regional cinema if given an opportunity.
National Award winning Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is keen to wield the megaphone and follow in the footsteps of legends like Guru Dutt to make movies that have "intelligence and mass appeal".
Already divided by political affiliations, the Telugu film industry is now witnessing a bitter exchange of words even on the issue of relief to the flood-hit people in Andhra Pradesh.
After waiting for four decades, 74-year-old playback singer K.P. Udayabhanu has got another chance to sing a Malayalam film song.
After Bong Connection, model-turned-actor Shayan Munshi has signed his second Bengali film called Ekta Tarar Khoje.
Kerala Cafe, a new experiment by Malayalam filmmakers where 10 directors have come together to make 10 different short films with a common theme, will be premiered at the Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi that begins on Thursday.
Master Kishan, who entered the Guinness book of records for being the youngest filmmaker, is now all set to make a full-fledged commercial Kannada film.
After carving a niche in the international film circuit, it is high time that Bengali cinema starts seeking commercial success abroad, says superstar Prosenjit.
Kannada film producer Shankare Gowda alleges that he has lost about Rs.1 million because of Ramya's unprofessional behaviour while shooting his film Just Maath Maathnalli.
National Award winning actor Nana Patekar, who is currently busy shooting Rajneeti, is all set to act in a Kannada film for the first time. The actor will make a special appearance in the movie.