Two Indian films—‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ and ‘Tanvi The Great’—have cleared the Academy’s eligibility requirements and are officially in the Oscars 2025 Best Picture race. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/indian-cinema-oscars-kantara-chapter-1-tanvi-the-great-best-picture-rvqlrbeb?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KantaraChapterOne #TanviTheGreat #Oscars2026 #BestPicture

Ranveer Singh faces online criticism for referring to the Chamundi daiva in `Kantara Chapter 1` as a `female ghost` at IFFI 2025. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/ranveer-singh-sparks-row-for-imitating-rishab-shettys-kantara-on-iffi-stage-mistakes-daiva-for-female-ghost-mjg3cs7t?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RanveerSingh #IFFI2025 #Movies #India #KantaraChapterOne

Directed by Rishab Shetty, who also plays the lead, the film is a prequel to the 2022 hit Kantara, set 1,000 years earlier. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/raking-in-over-650-crore-kantara-chapter-1-storms-past-baahubali-eyes-chhaava-to-become-2025s-top-indian-grosser-so-far-box-office-tracker-baa0uo0h?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KantaraChapterOne #RishabShetty #RukminiVasanth #BoxOfficeTracker

“The moment I heard that Laettan won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, I immediately called up my social media team and asked them to post a congratulatory message,” the Kannada actor said. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/my-all-time-favourite-actor-is-dr-rajkumar-but-mohanlal-feels-like-one-of-our-own-rishab-shetty-gm4is3z3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DrRajkumar #Mohanlal #RishabShetty #KantaraChapterOne #KannadaCinema