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Grit, grace and glory | Video Credit: The Hindu A rare combination of grit and grace, Huma Qureshi is one of the few actors who constantly challenges patriarchal moulds and conventional tropes that define the Hindi film heroine, both in mainstream and independent cinema. With the fourth season of Maharani set to stream this week and Bihar going…
Nazriya Nazim and Tovino Thomas | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Ahead of the El Clásico football match, Malayalam actors Tovino Thomas and Nazriya Nazim expressed excitement on Instagram about the Real Madrid vs Barcelona match up, sparking buzz over their latest collaboration. Tagging Nazriya, Tovino shared a story asking, “Ready for El Clásico, mi amor?”…
For Jeethu Joseph, there is no escaping the fact that, however much he might wish otherwise, the Drishyam franchise remains his calling card. His filmmaking is associated with thrillers, despite his forays into other genres. With his latest film Mirage, he adds another title to his list of mystery-driven stories. “It is a thriller, with…
Students of Srishti School of classical dance, presenting Namami Narayanam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a performance that shimmered with a quiet elegance and spiritual resonance, Namami Narayanam, a Mohiniyattam dance production, choreographed by guru Shruthi Shoby, was presented at Mylapore Fine Arts Club, as part of the Abbas Cultural Dance Drama Festival. Performed…
FILE: President of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and Actor Vijay | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Tamil superstar and president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, Vijay, is celebrating his 51st birthday on Sunday (June 22, 2025). Affectionately called ‘Thalapathy’ by his fans, Vijay is widely considered one of the most successful actors in Tamil cinema. The star,…
For the third consecutive year, the Kannada film industry is enduring a dull phase. Barring a few impressive attempts from newcomers (Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javabdararu, Nodidavaru Enantare, Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana), Sandalwood hasn’t produced enough quality content to pull the audience to theatres. Robbed of the big-screen experience, movie lovers have turned to YouTube to watch…
For Vinod AK, his directorial debut, Moonwalk, is a trip down memory lane to an era when a generation was addicted to breakdance, Michael Jackson and, of course, the moonwalk. Vinod has packed it all in this slice-of-life narrative about a bunch of young men in the late ‘80s, who fell in love with the…
On the wall of a school nestled deep in Ladakh’s longest village Chuchot, is a mural painted by an artist from Coimbatore — a map of Ladakh. The map, painted by Varun Manoharan in 2019, attracted many passers-by who would often walk over, point and identify the specific village they hail from. They would stop,…
As reports of theatres turning into battlegrounds emerged during the Chhaava wave, we observed with consternation how the outside world impacts the audience behaviour inside. Filmmaker Vani Subramanian’s latest documentary, Cinema Pe Cinema: The Theatres. The Movies. And Us explores this ‘inside-outside’ conundrum. To be screened at the Habitat Film Festival from May 16 to 25, it starts as a memory-scape of women and men…
For a franchise born in a desert under a binary sunset and raised among myth, merchandise, and cultural liturgy, Star Wars has aged into something oddly baroque. Across nearly five decades, it has produced a sprawling mosaic of stories — some sublime, some embarrassing, and some both at once. Sorting through the rubble and relics…
