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Artist Thota Vaikuntam brings his iconic Telangana woman to life in fibreglass sculptures

What connects the domestic arrivals section at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), and the VIP lounge at Terminal 1 of Delhi Airport? All three feature a sculptural representation of a rustic Telangana woman by renowned artist Thota Vaikuntam. Thota Vaikuntam with one of his sculptures at the Hyderabad airport…

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‘Bad Girl’ movie review: Finally, a Tamil urban coming-of-age drama told through the lens of a woman

A still from ‘Bad Girl’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If movie reviews were instruction manuals, I’d command you to take a pause and give the film Bad Girl by debutant director Varsha Bharath some hours of your time. This refreshing coming-of-age Tamil film centred around Ramya (played by Anjali Sivaraman) sets out to achieve exactly what…

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Anushka Shetty interview: The action sequences in ‘Ghaati’ come from the emotional space of a powerful woman on the ghats fighting for her people

Anushka Shetty, whose Telugu film Ghaati releases on September 5, marks 20 years in cinema this year. She recalls her first day on the sets of the 2005 film Super: “Nagarjuna sir, Sonu Sood and I were filming at Annapurna Studios, and during the break, Supriya Yarlagadda (the studio director and Nagarjuna’s niece) walked in…

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Woman security guard ends life

A woman security guard identified as Prashanti (24) died at SVRR Hospital in Tirupati on Friday, following her attempt at self-immolation over alleged estrangement with her boyfriend. According to Kuppam police, Prashanti worked at the APSRTC’s Proddatur depot in Kadapa after she got the job on compassionate grounds after the demise of her father, a…

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