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KollywoodIn this piece, we look at some of the films that can be considered path-breaking for the industry in terms of content, making, innovation or intent.Sowmya RajendranThe first-ever Tamil film was called Keechaka Vadham and was released in 1918. It's been over a hundred years since then, and the Tamil film industry has contributed several important films to the art of cinema. In this piece, we look at some of the films that can be considered path-breaking for the industry in terms of content, making, innovation or intent. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and fans are sure to have their own favourites that they feel should have made it. 1. Andha Naal (1954): Directed by S Balachander, a visual from this film that shows several people pointing a gun still features in several memes. The first film noir in Tamil, Andha Naal has no songs at all. The...

Hyderabad, March 1: Actor Vijay Deverakonda shared the first look of his brother Anand Deverakonda's next Telugu film Pushpaka Vimanam.

Vijay uploaded the poster of the film and captioned, "Presenting the first look of #PushpakaVimanam! Younger boys continue to find talent and pick interesting stuff.. very happy to be associated with this film as Presenter! A dark comedy, some thrills and lots of laughs coming your way!"

Presenting the first look of #PushpakaVimanam!

Younger boy continues to find talent and pick interesting stuff.. very happy to be associated with this film as Presenter!

A dark comedy, some thrills and lots of laughs coming your way!

A three-day gala is scheduled to take place from November 7 to 9 in Chennai and in Kamal Haasan's hometown Paramakudi to mark the veteran actor-filmmaker's completing 60 years in Indian cinema.

As part of the celebrations, Kamal will unveil the statue of his mentor, writer and director Shri. K. Balachandar.

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Superstar Rajinikanth is likely to join the event.

The details about the gala have been released by Raaj Kamal Films International, the production and distribution company founded and headed by Kamal Haasan.

The actor-filmmaker entered the film industry when he was just three. He acted as a child artiste in the 1960 Tamil film "Kalathur Kannamma", for which he won the President's Gold Medal. Since then he has featured in over 200 films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam languages.

He is widely known to fans all over the world for his...

Costa-Gavras

The 15th Mumbai Film Festival will bestow its Lifetime Achievement award on French filmmaker Costa-Gavras and actor Kamal Haasan.

Gavras is best known for his political thrillers, such as the Best Foreign Language Oscar-winner Z (1969); Missing (1982), for which Gavras won the Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar; The Little Apocalypse (1993) and Amen (2002).

The Greek-born Gavras has also been conferred with the title of French Knighthood. Since 2007, he has also been serving as the President of Cinémathèque Française, one of the world’s largest film archives.

“We are honored to confer the Lifetime Achievement Award to Costa-Gavras. His films have been loved and celebrated by millions of cinema lovers worldwide. We are humbled that he has agreed to receive this award,” said Shyam Benegal, Chairman, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (Mami).

Festival Director Srinivasan Narayanan said: “When I think of Costa-Gavras, I am overwhelmed by the elegant, humanist films he has bequeathed to humanity,...

Director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, known nationally for films like Pushpak (1988), Appu Raja (1989) and Aditya 369 (1991) will direct a landmark feature film on the life of Jesus Christ in Hindi, English, Telugu and Malayalam. Produced by Konda Krishnam Raju, producer of Telugu blockbusters like Vijayendra Varma (2004) and Sri Ramadasu (2006), the film depicts the story of Jesus Christ from his birth, till his death and resurrection at the age of 33. The mahurat of the film took place at Olive Hill, Jerusalem on Tuesday. Dream come trueSays an ecstatic Raju, talking from the Israeli capital, “This is the first ...