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By now, it’s a February ritual for Indian cinephiles to groan at Oscar snubs and doom-scroll r/oscarrace. The days stretch longer, the air thickens with awards-season gossip, and a carefully curated lineup of Academy-anointed films trickles into Indian multiplexes, courtesy of PVR INOX. The annual Oscar Film Festival — running this year from February 21…
Conversations rarely get as candid as the ones with Jiiva. The star is an extension of the fun and mischievous characters he has played in films like Siva Manasula Sakthi and jokes are aplenty when conversing with him. It was interesting thus that his last film Black, a thriller featuring him in a serious role,…
S. Ramadoss | Photo Credit: M. Samraj Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday (February 20, 2025) condemned the State government for not having taken steps to make Tamil a compulsory subject in educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. In a statement, he said there was no point in celebrating International Mother Language Day…
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat against India in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai today (February 20, 2025). India have made two changes from their previous ODI against England earlier this month, bringing in Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja in place of Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakaravarthy. Bangladesh…
Flowers mark both beginnings and farewells, a symbolism that composer and singer OAFF, aka Kabeer Kathpalia — beautifully captures in the title of his debut album, Between Flowers. “Last year was an emotional whirlwind; I lost two grandparents but also got married,” OAFF shares over a phone call. “I needed a way to process it all and…
Kerala’s Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan (file) | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition in Kerala has accused the Communist Party of India (CPI) of “capitulating” to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] pressure to permit a private firm to set up a “groundwater voiding and polluting” liquor manufacturing unit…
BJP MLA Rekha Gupta takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister during the swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: NarendraModi/X Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister. She has been chosen as the new Delhi Chief Minister, after BJP’s legislature party meeting at its…
Representational image of Aurobindo Pharma’s Unit IX in Andhra Pradesh | Photo Credit: A. Roy Chowdhury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has classified a warehouse of Aurobindo Pharma subsidiary in New Jersey, U.S. as Official Action Indicated (OAI) after an inspection it conducted. Such a classification means regulatory and/or administrative actions are…
Apple and Epic did not immediately respond to requests for comment [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Two Apple executives and three other senior Apple employees are expected to testify in California federal court next week, as a judge reconvenes a hearing into claims that the iPhone maker violated her order to allow more competition in…
Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire opens with a poignant scene. It describes the Cheran princess Kokkilan Adikal wiping the tears off her cheeks as she leaves her native Malabar coast in a palanquin, travelling east to be married to “an up-and-coming king with a dangerous reputation.” The…
