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Despite India not naming SS Rajamouli's Telugu 'RRR' its official entry for the Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category, the makers have launched a campaign to promote the movie in various top categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (for both  NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan). The colonial India-set epic is a global phenomenon with many Hollywood luminaries praising the film. The film's song ‘Naatu Naatu’ is also being pushed for the Best Original Song category. Trade magazine Variety's senior awards editor Clayton Davis has assessed the song as being the favourite to win as per the latest standings.

'RRR' is also being promoted to take the Oscar statuette in the Best Supporting Actor), Best Supporting Actress (Alia Bhatt), Screenplay, Original Song, Score, Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Production Design, VFX, and other categories.

Director Mani Ratnam's period epic Ponniyin Selvan: I has delivered the best performance ever for a Tamil film in its first week, according to trade analyst Ramesh Bala. This means that the film has outperformed the likes of Vikram and Bigil. The film has crossed several significant milestones already, including passing the Rs 300 crore mark at the global box office. By doing so, PS: I has joined a short list of Tamil films to have made more than Rs 300.

It is only the fifth Tamil film ever to cross this milestone. The other movies on this list include 2.0, Kabali, Enthiran and Vikram. Three of those films star Rajinikanth, while Vikram featured Kamal Haasan in the lead role. PS: I also boasts a stellar star cast that includes Karthi, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, and others.

`Karm Yuddh` which is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar is a powerful revenge drama with spectacular performances from Satish Kaushik, Paoli Dam & Ashutosh Rana. Owing to its interesting storyline, astute direction and superlative performances, it is the most watched series across platforms for the week ending 2nd October 2022 according to Ormax Media report. Karm Yuddh is directed by Ravi Adhikari and produced by Kailashnath Adhikari under the banner of Sri Adhikari Brothers Enterprise.

Karm Yuddh is a story about power battles within a rich Bengali family, The Roys. How blood turns against blood in the quest for power that emotions have no place in a relationship. The story has been crafted in a specific style that takes the audience on a different journey altogether that spans human emotions that range from anger to happiness, to jealousy and longing.

Tamil television actor Lokesh Rajendran, best known for the popular television serial ‘Marmadesam’ died by suicide. He was 34. He is survived by his wife and two children.

As per a report by an English daily, Lokesh was addicted to alcohol due to personal issues. On Monday, passers-by at the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) spotted him in discomfort and called for help as well as the police.

Lokesh was taken to the Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital but passed away on Tuesday night.

Adipurush director Om Raut has defended his film amid heavy social media trolling and negative reactions to its teaser. Ever since the movie was announced and had begun filming, there was huge anticipation surrounding it. The first teaser of the highly-anticipated film, starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Saif Ali Khan was unveiled in Ayodhya recently. More than praise, criticism for Adipurush has been coming the way of the makers. Now, reacting to the same, Raut said that he was disheartened but not surprised because the film is made for a larger medium.