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‘Chenda Yakshi Pattu’, a Malayalam song in spook rock genre, is about a yakshi who loves the chenda

A still from the music video ‘Chenda Yakshi Pattu’ | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A bloodthirsty female ghost out to take revenge—that is the popular representation of yakshi in folklore, literature, films, etc. The single, ‘Chenda Yakshi Pattu’ is yet another take on this popular belief, visualised in a lyric video using AI and animated…

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‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ movie review: Khalid Rahman dodges genre coventions to deliver an effective sports comedy

A still from ‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube In Boxing, dodging a punch is probably as important as landing one. Filmmaker Khalid Rahman clearly knows a thing or two about this evasion technique, which he portrays so well in the elegantly staged boxing bouts in his fifth film, Alappuzha Gymkhana. Like a…

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