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The way production houses and streaming platforms are vetting content with political undertones, soon we could have a separate column in annual appraisals listing films that could not reach audiences due to self-censorship. One film that could not make it to year-enders in 2024 is Dibakar Banerjee’s Tees because of what he calls “casual suppression of freedom…
A still from ‘Kraven the Hunter’ A long, icy road is the first shot of Kraven the Hunter, the sixth film in the infamous Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Given how all the other films, except the Venom movies, turned out to be fiascos, the very first shot of Kraven felt like a metaphor for the…
Ajith Kumar in ‘Vidaamuyarchi’. | Photo Credit: Sun TV/YouTube The release of Vidaamuyarchi, starring Ajith Kumar and directed by Magizh Thirumeni, has been postponed. The highly-anticipated Tamil film, produced by Lyca Productions, was set to release on Pongal 2025. The makers announced the development with a statement on X on December 31, 2024. “Due to…
Residents of Vishwashanti Niketan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement VT entertainers Charitable Trust, started by Dr Vasudha Teertharam in 2018, is back with its fund raiser, Offbeat 2024, a musical extravaganza, conceived and curated by Vasudha, who is also an Ayurvedic physician. The tagline for Offbeat is celebrating the less celebrated, because we are celebrating the marginalised, says…
Adito Rao Hydari in ‘Sringaram’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Madhura (Aditi Rao Hydari) shuts the door. She removes her sari and jewels, changes into simpler clothing, places them in front of landlord Mirasu, and walks out of the house. It’s a powerful sequence in Sringaram, made even more poignant due to Madhu Ambat’s frames…
An image from ‘MLK: Now is the Time’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic 1963 speech ‘I Have a Dream’ and his work highlighting systemic inequalities is the theme of the 16-minute English short film MLK: Now is the Time by Fabian Limbert. Imagine moving that narrative forward by playing a…
