Malavika Mohanan has steadily built her career across Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema with notable performances in projects with Vijay Thalapathy, Dhanush, Prabhas and Mohanlal, to name a few. The actor continues to collaborate with leading actors and filmmakers across industries. Interestingly, she is currently working on the highly anticipated film Pocket Novel alongside Vijay Sethupathi. It is directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja.

As per our source, Malavika is also working on another project apart from Pocket Novel. She is simultaneously shooting for the unannounced project in Chennai. The source has further added, “Malavika is currently in Chennai, juggling the shoot of Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s next and an unannounced project. Despite the demanding routine, Malavika is said to be extremely excited about her unannounced project and her collaboration with Vijay Sethupathi in Pocket Novel.”

Apart from the two projects, she is also gearing up for Sardar 2. She will be seen alongside Karthi in the much-awaited sequel. During an exclusive interview with Filmfare some time back, Malavika had opened up about her biggest challenge of being a pan-Indian actress. She said, “My biggest challenge is that whenever I’m working, be it in Hyderabad, Kochi or Chennai, being away from home for an extended period gets hard. It takes a toll. It makes me feel uprooted if it goes on for too long. I miss coming back home to my loved ones after a long day. It gets very dull. I don’t like coming back to an empty hotel room. It takes a toll on me. You need a sense of community and family. I get blurry when I don’t have that. I need my loved ones around. But the funny part is, I won’t even chill with them when I am home. I might be in my room doing my own thing but I need my people around.”

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Paresh Rawal had exclusively sat with Filmfare for a tête-à-tête while promoting his movie Nikita Roy, alongside director Kussh Sinha. We had taken the opportunity to ask the senior star about his thoughts on taking up good role, which may still challenge him as an artiste. When asked what motivates him to pick a script, Paresh had noted that the role has to be challenging and meaty.

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The actor has been in the news for his role in Priyadarshan starrer Bhooth Bangla. While there was much speculation about Hera Pheri 3 as well, Akshay had recently noted that the movie is not being made currently. However, fans have been requesting for updates on its timelines, to which Akshay noted that Hera Pheri 3 has been put on hold and will not be happening anytime soon.

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Alia Bhatt is coming back to the theatres with her upcoming movie ALPHA. The Yash Raj Films project is slated to be released on July 10, 2026. The movie also stars Sharvari, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor in leading roles.

As this would be Alia Bhatt’s first film after the 2024 movie Jigra, fans are excited to see her in a new avatar. Social media users have been speculating about Alia’s character in the film, and an IANS report has recently stated what one can expect from the actor. “Alia Bhatt is definitely playing a killer in Alpha,” the report noted.

It further added, “She isn’t like the goody good heroes that the YRF Spy Universe has introduced so far and is, in fact, as assassin who has been raised and trained to kill. She isn’t a spy. She is an alpha killer. This is a very today’s way of looking at protagonists because people want to see exciting, entertaining protagonists on screen. Alia’s character in Alpha will do just that!”

The report further added, “With Alpha, Aditya Chopra is taking a very unconventional approach to build a hero. This is clearly a creative pivot for the YRF Spyverse and a much-needed one for the universe that wants to score big with Alpha as it puts a leading lady doing hardcore action in an action entertainer entirely mounted on her.”

IANS also contacted a YRF spokesperson for confirmation on the news. The person reportedly noted, “All we can say is that everyone should wait for the first asset of Alpha. We can neither confirm or deny this chatter at this stage.”

The movie’s makers are also apparently in talks about getting its release date preponed. If so, it will be released on July 3, 2026. We await YRF’s official confirmation or denial on the same.

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