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Noted veteran actress R Subbalakshmi died on November 30 in Kochi. She was 87 years old. The cause of death is still unknown. More details regarding her funeral are awaited. Soon after the news about the death of Subbalakshmi broke, fans took to social media to fondly remember her famous roles. For the unaware, she is the mother of actor Thara Kalyan, who appears in Malayalam films.

On November 30, news about R Subbalakshmi's untimely death was shared widely on social media. She was known for playing grandmotherly roles in films of different languages. 

'Sam Bahadur’ is a straight-ahead war drama that brings the best of Vicky Kaushal before you. Based on the dynamic life of India's first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. A Bollywood-style celebration of heroism in a war setting, ‘Sam Bahadur’ celebrates the career of Manekshaw in the army that spanned over four decades and five wars.  

Vicky Kaushal has indeed watched, and memorised, how the real-life Sam Manekshaw maneuvers. Just like the war hero, Vicky aced the art of being sweet with undertones of cockiness. Whatever the film’s cinematic faults, it’s hard to emerge from the theater unmoved or without having the urge to laud the real and reel hero.    

Ranbir Kapoor is looking forward to the release of his upcoming film 'Animal'. The Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial which will release in theatres on December 1, features Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead. Ahead of the release, the CBFC (The Central Board of Film Certification) has given an 'A' certificate and has suggested around six cuts.

'Animal's Censor Board of Film Certification report has been released online and it features some major changes by the board. As per the viral image, the duration of the film is 203 minutes or 3 hours 23 minutes. In addition to the 'A' certificate, the CBFC also asked the makers to make five changes to the film. One change involves “intimate visuals,” and addressing it, the report says, “Modified the intimate visuals of Vijay and Zoya by deleting the close-up shots at TCR 02:28:37.” Other than this, they objected to the usage of the words like “black” and "costume." The word costume has been now replaced to "vastra."

Rishab Shetty said that OTT platforms are not buying Kannada films. Kannada cinema is waiting for OTT platforms to open their doors for it, as stated by the Kannada actor-director. Rishab Shetty said that OTT platforms are not buying Kannada films.

Shetty, who spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Tuesday, mentioned that Kannada movies used to generate revenue by taking part in initiatives such as the NFDC Film Bazaar.

Tiger 3 worldwide box office collection day 16: Helmed by Maneesh Sharma, the film released in theatres on November 12. As per Sacnilk.com, Tiger 3 is likely to mint close to ₹274 crore in India by its third Monday. The film stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in lead roles.

According to Sacnilk.com, Tiger 3 earned ₹187.65 crore [Hindi: ₹183 crore; Telugu: ₹4.02 crore; Tamil: ₹63 lakh] in week one. The week two collection of the film is ₹67.22 crore [Hindi: ₹66 crore; Telugu: ₹75 lakh; Tamil: ₹47 lakh]. On day 13 the film minted ₹3.81 crore [Hindi: ₹3.75 crore; Telugu: ₹4 lakh; Tamil: ₹2 lakh] and on day 14 ₹5.77 crore [Hindi: ₹5.75 crore; Telugu: ₹1 lakh; Ta: ₹1 lakh].