CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March

Here is our weekly roundup copy, including news, features, interviews, and reviews, to keep you up to date with all things cinema
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
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A major star in Hindi cinema celebrated his 60th birthday in the second week of March, whereas another prominent actor from Bollywood wrapped his shoot for his highly-anticipated project that has been under the limelight for security concerns. On the other hand, a renowned actor from Tamil cinema got into a controversy after an organisation alleged him of offending a community, while a renowned composer's health status sent the fraternity into panic mode for a while. In the meantime, Spider-Man 4 added a popular Stranger Things star to cast, and Hindi cinema was in jovial mood with the Holi festival.

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

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 goes on floors
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Sasikumar-Bharath's next goes on floors with a pooja
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Vikrant Massey and Shanaya Kapoor’s Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan wraps shoot

The Malayalam actor stated that she was compelled to respond after her film Nancy Rani’s director Manu James’ wife Nyna publicly accused her of being unprofessional. Read on to know more about her response:

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Ahaana Krishna breaks silence on Nancy Rani controversy
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Manju Warrier to produce and headline Dr Biju's next, Beyond The Border Lines
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Picture This Movie Review: Simone Ashley's rom-com is blurry than focused
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Pooja Hegde dubs for herself in Tamil for the first time in Suriya's Retro
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Jack Quaid's Neighbourhood Watch confirms release date with RLJE Films buying it
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Woody Harrelson and Kerry Condon join hands for a remake of Argentine comedy

The Dilruba star discussed what to expect from his film, his priorities as an actor, and KA’s role in shaping his perspective. Here is how the conversation panned out:

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Kiran Abbavaram: Working with big names or banners is not a priority

The actor talked about her role in Suzhal Season 2, playing characters with a strong emotional undercurrent, how criticism for her debut film as a lead actor affected her approach to acting, and more.

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Manjima Mohan: I gravitate towards emotional characters
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Vijay embroiled in controversy: Complaint lodged over irregularities at Iftar gathering
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Netflix confirms Stephen King's Cujo remake
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Steve Buscemi replaces Mark Ruffalo in Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Ponniyin Selvan fame Santhosh, Vinoth Kishan, Samyuktha Viswanathan join hands for new film
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan's Metro In Dino gets new release date
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Payal Kapadia, Kani Kusruti, Jeo Baby, Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal to co-produce Malayalam film Guptam
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Film adaptation of Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari in the works

The Court - State vs A Nobody filmmaker shared the reason behind choosing a sensitive subject like the POCSO Act for his debut film. Here is how the conversation transpired:

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Ram Jagadeesh: Circumstances can turn anyone into a villain
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Sasikumar to headline a rooted family drama

The actor shared thoughts about her debut film Appu, working alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, and how Kannada cinema has evolved today.

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Rakshitha: I was fortunate to be part of the golden period of Kannada cinema
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Tom Holland's Spider-Man 4 adds Sadie Sink to cast
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Amazon MGM Studios developing Tiger Woods biopic

Director Ilango Ram and actors Vaibhav and Niharika NM spoke about their film Perusu, making Tentigo for Tamil sensibilities, Niharika's transition from content creation to acting, Vaibhav moving away from the comedy genre, and more. Here is a video version of the conversation:

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Niharika NM: You can hate me, but you still watch my content | Perusu | Ilango Ram | Sunil
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Squad 36/Bastion 36 Movie Review: An uninspired thriller that stays trapped in its cliches
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Exclusive: Sam CS confirms scoring background music for Siddu Jonnalagadda’s Jack
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Court Movie Review: A skillfully executed crowd-pleaser

Director Ram Madhvani, along with actors Taaruk Raina, Nikita Dutta, Bhawsheel Singh Sahni, and Sahil Mehta discussed their web series, The Waking of a Nation, the director's idea of patriotism, and more.

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Ram Madhvani: I wanted to steer clear of melodrama

Ponman actor reflected on his journey from a struggling actor to someone finding his footing in the industry, the performances that shaped him and more.

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Anand Manmadhan: I always feel like I’m living inside a film
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Kannada actor Dheekshith Shetty to make his Tamil debut
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
F1 Trailer: Brad Pitt and Damson Idris go head-to-head
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Aamir Khan expresses desire to work with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Be Happy Movie Review: An earnest Abhishek Bachchan in a drab Remo D’Souza film
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Dilruba review: Striking moments trapped in a sea of oversimplified ideas
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Varunan Movie Review: Shoddy writing waters down a promising premise
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Glen Powell and Moonlight's Barry Jenkins to join hands for a sci-fi thriller
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Abhishek Bachchan on when he wanted to quit films and Amitabh Bachchan’s advice: I did not bring you up to be a quitter
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Sweetheart! Movie Review: Impregnated with cliches and contrivances
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Perusu Movie Review: Humour rockets through this funeral drama
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Hrithik Roshan recovering from knee injury, spotted on crutches at Deb Mukherjee's funeral
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Salman Khan wraps shooting for Sikandar
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Bengali actor Jisshu Sengupta joins cast of Akshay Kumar’s Bhooth Bangla

Here is Sudhir Srinivasan's newsmaker piece on Ilaiyaraaja, who recently presented his first Western classical symphony in the UK:

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
The eternal newsmaker
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
John Abraham wants to collaborate with Akshay Kumar on a comedy film
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
AR Rahman's son Ameen shares an update on his father's health
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
The Diplomat Movie Review: John Abraham tests his acting chops in sporadically pacy thriller
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Saira Bhanu: Please stop calling me AR Rahman's 'ex-wife'
CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Pushpa 3: The Rampage to release in 2028, confirms producer Ravi Shankar Yalamanchili

Here is a text version of our interview with Perusu cast Vaibhav and Niharika NM and director Ilango Ram.

CE's Weekly Digest: Your essential read for the second week of March
Vaibhav: I hope to break my image as a comedy actor

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