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Kalki 2 has 10 shooting days. Planets pending.
Director Nag Ashwin says the sequel will resume when Prabhas is fully available, without offering a date for either the next schedule or release.
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The NEET FIRs vanished; paperwork remains
The Supreme Court closed FIRs linked to July 20–25 protests, while the Centre gets three months to frame a compensation policy for families of students who died by suicide in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 crisis.
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Mysaa gets a date; website keeps TBD
UnFormula Films has announced a November 27, 2026 worldwide theatrical release for Rashmika Mandanna’s action drama. Its own website has not caught up.
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AK47’s October 2 date quietly misfires
Trivikram and Venkatesh’s Aadarsha Kutumbam is reported to be moving away from its announced release date, with October 9 and 16 under discussion. The makers have not confirmed either.
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Supreme Court closes protest FIRs; 2,873 remain
The court quashed FIRs linked to July student protests and barred fresh cases for the same incidents, while permitting one narrowly limited Delhi FIR.
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Toxic has one reliable number: ₹214.10 crore
Yash’s film is estimated to have made ₹23 crore on Day 5, but the worldwide total has developed two competing versions. Cinema, apparently, now has live accounting.
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Delhi Police wants 13 FIRs erased, 2,873 people relabelled
The Supreme Court will hear the Centre’s request on September 1. Police say the proposed fresh FIR would investigate whether people identified through police databases were involved in violence; presence and past records do not establish that.
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Supreme Court cancels Chhattisgarh’s one-year exile
The Court says externment needs evidence, reasons and a hearing—not an administrative shortcut dressed as public order.
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Nagarjuna’s King100 has money, a date, and Tabu
Annapurna Studios has announced the film as Nagarjuna Akkineni’s 100th, with a worldwide theatrical release on December 24, 2026.
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Nagarjuna’s King 100 arrives with one mystery intact
The title glimpse confirms the film and its December 24, 2026 release. Aishwarya Rajesh’s association is indicated; her role remains undisclosed.
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Tamil strike postponed; OTT fight gets a meeting
Tamil producers have deferred their September 1 stoppage after government assurances. The eight-week theatrical window remains unresolved, because apparently even release dates now need negotiations.
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Nagarjuna skips Hyderabad; King100 gets the birthday spotlight
Annapurna Studios asked fans not to visit Nagarjuna’s residence on August 29. The birthday plan instead arrived as a title glimpse, because even kings can outsource the queue.
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Nepal flood toll reaches 675; 2,498 missing
Nepal authorities are still counting the damage from the August 26 Bhote Koshi flash floods. India says it has rescued 108 nationals and sent 68.5 tonnes of relief material.
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Irumudi loses shows, keeps ₹92 crore week
Ravi Teja’s film collected an estimated ₹6.90 crore India net on Day 7, while the worldwide total comes with two different trade estimates.
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Daayra arrives with two studios and one grey area
Meghna Gulzar’s crime thriller, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran, will lead a new Junglee Pictures–Pen Studios slate partnership.
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GV Narayana Rao dies at 73
The Telugu actor and producer died in Hyderabad on August 26, according to the Telugu Film Producers Council.
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Ranabaali moved to October, Jailer 2 arrives first
Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s film shifts from September 11 to October 16, one day after Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2. The makers have not explained the move.
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Ranabaali plants flag: Oct 16
Vijay Deverakonda–Rashmika Mandanna’s Ranabaali locks October 16, 2026 worldwide. Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 sits one day earlier. It’s a festival-weekend faceoff, not a same-day duel.
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Ranabaali picks Oct 16, not Dasara
Vijay Deverakonda–Rashmika’s period-action drama plants its flag for October 16 — squarely in the holiday window, not on the holiday. The makers, not Delhi, set this calendar.
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‘Toxic’ gets a court mask
A Bengaluru civil court has told the internet to keep false, malicious, defamatory or derogatory claims about Yash’s Toxic to itself — at least till September 28. The specifics of what triggered it? Not public.