CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April

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CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
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On the second week of April, we saw the release of a highly anticipated Tamil film. The week also saw technology and cinema mix as a high-concept Telugu film was announced and an actor from the Tamil film industry met with a tech CEO. Stars from the Hindi film industry are set to be honoured with statues in the UK.

Did you miss out on any big news from Indian or international cinema this week? If so, here is our weekly roundup copy, including news, features, interviews, and reviews, to keep you up to date with all things cinema.

Here is our Cinema Without Borders about The Last Ambassador:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Cinema Without Borders: Diplomacy in limbo—The Last Ambassador

The following are news from the world of English cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tron: Ares Trailer: Jared Leto's arrival in the real world sparks chaos and war
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Logan Lerman onboards the cast of Only Murders in the Building season 5
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Peacemaker season 2 gets release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
New trailer of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning out
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Trailer of Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme gets the absurdity right
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Cannes Film Festival to confer Robert De Niro with honorary Palme d’Or
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Michael Sarnoski to helm Death Stranding film adaptation
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tom Hardy fights through extreme chaos in Havoc's trailer
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Drew Barrymore honors Val Kilmer, calls him 'nurturing and kind and safe'
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Venice Film Festival to honor Werner Herzog with its lifetime achievement award
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ed Helms to star in hockey dramedy Smudge the Blades
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
The Angry Birds Movie 3 announces cast, release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Netflix's Love, Death + Robots season 4 gets release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Harry Melling on boards Kantemir Balagov's Butterfly Jam
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Robert Pattinson in negotiations to star in Dune 3
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
The Last of Us has been renewed for season 3 announced HBO
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Zach Galifianakis joins AMC's The Audacity
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Elle Fanning in talks to play young Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tom Hiddleston on Loki’s return in Avengers: Doomsday: 'It’s not over yet'
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment in talks for Adolescence season 2
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tyriq Withers joins Maika Monroe in film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's Reminders of Him
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Jermaine Fowler joins the cast of Only Murders in the Building
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Cannes Film Festival announces films in competition and out of competition
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman to headline Pride and Prejudice limited series from Netflix
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Oscars announces Best Stunt Design category, to be presented in 2028
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Samuel L Jackson to headline Man of War
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Finn Wolfhard opens up about bittersweet goodbye to Stranger Things: “It felt like I was in a dream”
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pedro Pascal calls playing Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps a “really intimidating” experience

The team at CE interviewed the team for Prime Video's new film G20.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Team G20 Interview: 'Everyone who achieves greatness experiences imposter syndrome'

The team at CE reviewed Presence, The Amateur, and Holland.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Presence Movie Review: A thriller which stays with you beyond the screen
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
The Amateur Movie Review: Despite flaws, this thriller about a rookie spy is riveting
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Holland movie review: All surface, little soul

The following are news from the world of Tamil cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Kamal Haasan participates in Las Vegas' NAB Show 2025
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
8 Thottakal will be special for the people who believed in me, says actor Vetri
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Silambarasan's Maanaadu set for release in Japan, Suresh Kamatchi confirms
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Kayal Vincent-TJ Bhanu starrer Anthony shoot wrapped
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dhanush records a special song for Arun Vijay's Retta Thala
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Gautham Ram Karthik's next goes on floors
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Exclusive: Director Ravi Arasu says his film with Vishal is a gangster drama
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Prashanth 55 to go on floors in June
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Harikrishnan-Sheela's Vembu to release this May
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sivakarthikeyan Productions to present Darshan-Kaali Venkat's House Mates
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Santhanam's DD Next Level gets a release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Vels Film International to back Dhanush and Mari Selvaraj's next D56
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Trisha writes a cryptic note about Good Bad Ugly reviews and criticisms
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Naangal trailer: Shows an emotional coming-of-age journey for three boys
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Kamal Haasan visits Perplexity AI, meets CEO Aravind Srinivas
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Santhosh Narayanan and Sid Sriram join for an unconventional hero elevation song 'The One' from Suriya's Retro
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Arjun Das wins Best Actor Award for Rasavathi at New Jersey Indian and International Film Festival
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Venkat Prabhu says he wishes for Mankatha 2 or another film with Ajith Kumar to happen

The team at CE conducted the following interviews:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Shiva: Sumo is about how love transcends borders
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Actor Vichu Vishwanath: Those who can make others laugh are God’s favourites
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Saranya Ravichandran: Society places a lot of expectations on women
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tanishaa Mukerji: I identified with Deepika in Unnale Unnale
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Shakthisree Gopalan Interview | Story behind the sound

Here is Sudhir Srinivasan late review for the Ajith Kumar-starrer Good Bad Ugly.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sudhir Srinivasan's The Late Review: Good Bad Ugly | Ajith Kumar | Adhik Ravichandran | Arjun Das

The following are news from the world of Hindi cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ground Zero trailer: Emraan Hashmi is on a manhunt in Kashmir
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade to star in horror-film Kapkapiii; release date out
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Andaz Apna Apna re-release trailer: Aamir Khan and Salman Khan return in cult-comedy
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam’s Vicky Donor to re-release in theatres
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Raid 2 trailer: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh in a battle of wits
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sunny Deol’s old-school charm on display in Jaat's new theme song
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Logout Trailer: Babil Khan plays an influencer whose phone gets stolen by an obsessive fan
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sunny Deol on title of his film Jaat: Not trying to uplift or downgrade anybody
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
‘Jaadu’: Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat shake a leg in first song from Jewel Thief
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ektaa Kapoor confirms remake of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in the works
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Veteran producer Salim Akhtar passes away at 82
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Statue of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol from DDLJ to be installed at UK's Leicester Square
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ram Gopal Varma and Manoj Bajpayee to reunite for a horror-comedy titled Police Station Mein Bhoot
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Phule director postpones release after objections from Brahmin organisations: Report
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava gets OTT release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound to be screened under Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Film Festival 2025
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Bhool Chuk Maaf Trailer: Rajkummar Rao gets stuck in time before his wedding day
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dinesh Vijan on poor performance of Hindi films at box office: 'Common man wants stories that reflect them'
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Khauf trailer: Monika Panwar is being haunted by a dark force, Rajat Kapoor comes to the rescue
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
AR Rahman and Shiamak Davar to collaborate for the The Wonderment concert
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ravi Kishan looks menacing in first look from upcoming show Clean Up Crew
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ananth Mahadevan: Delayed Phule to clear controversy, already complied to CBFC amendments
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
First look from Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Costao unveiled
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Kunal Kapoor dons a cunning look in new poster from Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sunny Deol’s Jaat earns over Rs 30 crore in three days

The team at CE conducted an interview with Pratik Gandhi and Ananth Mahadevan for Phule.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pratik Gandhi and Ananth Mahadevan Interview: 'Phule and Gandhi's ideas of ahimsa are the same'
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Jaat Movie Review: Sunny Deol serves the usual in loud, ludicrous actioner

The team at CE reviewed Chhorii 2 and Jaat.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Chhorii 2 Movie Review: A preachy, half-baked sequel on the horrors of child marriage

The following are news from the world of Telugu cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sikandar Kher to make his Telugu film debut with a dark comedy
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sonakshi Sinha wraps shooting for her Telugu film debut Jatadhara
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sumanth Prabhas’ next titled Godari Gattupaina
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ashwin Babu’s next titled Vachina Vaadu Gautam
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Allu Arjun and Atlee team up for massive sci-fi film, announced by Sun Pictures
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
First look of Tatvam unveiled
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
'Andala Chandamama' from Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi is a catchy homage to old-school love songs
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Odela 2 trailer: A powerhouse supernatural thriller pitting believers against a demonic spirit
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Akhil Akkineni’s next titled Lenin; glimpse out
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
CM Yogi Adityanath launches the release date poster for Kannappa
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Maruthi provides clarity on Prabhas’ The Raja Saab release delay
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Allu Arjun–Atlee’s film draws flak over similarities with Dune’s poster
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
HIT 3’s ‘Abki Baar Arjun Sarkaar’ is a roaring anthem; trailer release date out with song
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
‘Muchataga Bandhaale’ from Arjun S/O Vyjayanthi explores an endearing mother-son bond
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Tabu joins Puri Jagannadh’s next with Vijay Sethupathi
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
‘Darsanamey’ from Nari Nari Naduma Murari is a captivating love song
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
‘Kosee Koyyangaane’ from 23 is an energetic, folk-based number
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Old-school melody takes prominence in ‘Iri Kanulu Kanulu,’ new single from Shashtipoothi 
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Motion poster of Krishna Leela unveiled
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Hari Hara Veera Mallu’s release date remains unchanged, makers confirm
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dear Uma trailer: An aspiring musician’s life takes a turn after a divine medical intervention
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sodara trailer: Two loving brothers stay close through thick and thin against all adversities
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Sarangapani Jathakam gets a new release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Chiranjeevi embraces a devotional avatar in ‘Rama Ramaa,’ first single of Vishwambhara
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Arjun S/O Vyjayanthi trailer: A fiery commercial potboiler with a powerful mother-son conflict
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pawan Kalyan: Mark Shankar is now stable and recovering well
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Spirit likely to go on floors in October 2025: Reports
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Paanch Minar teaser: Raj Tarun plays a partially deaf man caught in a robbery

The team at CE conducted the following interviews:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pradeep Maddali: There are exciting and bigger plans for Vikkatakavi season 2
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pradeep Machiraju: I am more interested in storytelling than the medium
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Nitin-Bharath: We can never predict what audience will think of a film

The team at CE reviewed Jack and Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Jack movie review: A middling action caper that’s less than the sum of its parts
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi Movie Review: A comedy of conveniences with scattered laughs

The following are news from the world of Malayalam cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Mohanlal-starrer Thudarum gets a new release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dileep's 150th film Prince and Family gets new release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Vaazha II launched
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Prithviraj-Parvathy film Nobody begins
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Antony Varghese's Daveed gets a streaming date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Asif Ali's Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali trailer hints at a compelling drama on how legal provisions can be misused against men
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Mathew Thomas starrer Lovely gets a new release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
MAMI Select: Rajisha Vijayan's short film Kovarty filmed on iPhone gets a release date
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
First single from Suraj Venjaramoodu and Sharafudheen's Padakkalam is here
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Blessy’s documentary, narrated by Mohanlal, 100 Years of Chrysostom gets a premiere date

The team at CE conducted the following interviews:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Director Sivaprasad: We’ve approached Maranamass as a full-fledged dark comedy
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Saiju Kurup: I will never do a rapist or paedophile role

The team at CE, reviewed Alappuzha Gymkhana, Bazooka, and Maranamass.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Alappuzha Gymkhana Movie Review: Boxing gets the sweet and simple treatment
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Bazooka Movie Review: Even a last-minute cheat code can't salvage this lost game
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Maranamass Movie Review: A hilariously bold ride that doesn’t always stay on track

The following are news from the world of Kannada cinema:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ganesh: It is wrong to expect the audience at theatres if we don't give quality cinema
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Helu Helu Neene Jeeva from Firefly is a soulful track
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Rathan Gangadhar's children’s film Sees Kaddi uses pencil as a metaphor
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Bande Saheba brings to life the story of PSI Mallikarjun Bande
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Ajith Jayaraj: I am glad I get to play my father Jayaraj on screen
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
#Paru Parvathy now streaming on Prime Video
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dharma Keerthiraj: It's right time to explore languages, stories, and fresh identities
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
ZEE5 debuts first mini-series Ayyana Mane

The team at CE conducted the following interviews:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Haseen Khan: Nagabhushan channels a young Anant Nag in his comic timing
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Dhanveerah Gowda: Being a mass hero is a challenge
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Janardhan Chikkanna: My planned sequel to Gultoo organically became Agnyathavasi
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Hemanth M Rao: I want to be a supportive, not an overbearing, producer
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Nagabhushan: I'm an actor who does comedy, not a comedy actor
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Pavan Bhat: Prakash Belawadi–Ajai Rao jugalbandi is a must in Yuddhakaanda

The team at CE reviewed Vidyapati, Vamana, and Aganyathavasi.

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Vidyapati movie review: A bizarre, biting rom-com with a beating heart
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Agnyathavasi Movie Review: A meditation on silence, mystery, and the weight of unspoken truths

The following are the news from the world of OTT:

CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Nonnas trailer: Italian Grandmas and their chaos are the ingredients for this culinary drama
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Prime Video releases teaser for Our Fault
CE Weekly Digest: Your essential reads from the second week of April
Forever trailer: The pulchritude of adolescent infatuation

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