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Feminichi Fathima, directed by Fasil Muhammed, has won the award for the best film in the 48th Kerala Film Critics Award for the year 2024. Indu Lekshmi bagged the best director award for her film Appuram. Tovino Thomas was adjudged best actor (male) for his performances in ARM and Anweshippin Kandethum, Nazriya Nazim and Rima…
Cate Blanchett attends the “Black Bag” UK Special Screening at the Curzon Mayfair on March 11, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: GARETH CATTERMOLE Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett says she prefers Hollywood awards shows to remain off television. During her appearance on the podcast Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Blanchett…
People react upon learning that Brazilian film ‘I’m Still Here’ won the Oscar for best International Feature Film while watching a projection of the ceremony, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, March 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: Ettore Chiereguini The Brazilian political biographical drama I’m Still Here, made history by becoming the first-ever Brazilian nominee in any category…
Director Sean Baker attends the 2025 Writer’s Guild Awards at the Edison Ballroom in New York | Photo Credit: Andy Kropa The 2025 Writers Guild Awards delivered another major boost to Anora‘s Oscar campaign, as the film clinched the award for Original Screenplay on Saturday night. The win cements its status as a frontrunner for…
A still from ‘Bad Girl’ | Photo Credit: @IFFR/X Bad Girl, the debut feature film by director Varsha Bharath, has won the NETPAC Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025. The Tamil coming-of-age drama is presented by ace filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Vetri Maaran. The NETPAC Award (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) is given…
Five years ago when Carnatic vocalist TS Sathyavathi received a standing ovation at Chennai’s Music Academy, she spoke at length about her guru, RK Srikantan. Now, she follows in her guru’s footsteps receiving the first Purandara Award her guru received from the Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha in Bengaluru about three decades ago. “The Purandara Award is my guru’s blessings….
NESCO established the World Press Freedom Prize in honor of Guillermo Cano. New Delhi: UNESCO has called for nominations for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2025. Interested and eligible candidates can visit the official website of the Ministry of Education for detailed information. The deadline for submission of nominations for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano…
A video grab of Rajnikant speaking about his school days. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Rajinikanth, one of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema, loves the stage. His love for theatre, before he left for Madras (now Chennai) to try his luck in films, came from his school days. Known as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad before…
TV Gopalakrishnan | Photo Credit: Ravindran_R Among the thousands of foreign students who requested mridangist TV Gopalakrishnan to mentor them, was an European drummer wanting a crash course on the Indian laya. Under Gopalakrishnan’s expert guidance, the drummer performed a special tani-avarthana (Carnatic percussion solo) on stage within a month of dedicated practice. “The credit…
Prof. Parassala Ravi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mridangam maestro V. Raveendran Nair, popularly known as Prof. Parassala Ravi, is a well-known mentor, administrator and academician. With several decades of teaching experience in prominent music colleges in Kerala, this octogenarian percussionist has mentored innumerable students. He is presently Member of the Syllabus Committee in Kerala…
