There is a chilling familiarity in how the disgraced Malayalam actor Dileep is making his slow but deliberate return to public life. The script is not new: a carefully staged media blitz, selective memory, appeals to nostalgia, and an ecosystem of enablers willing to overlook—or deliberately erase—the seriousness of the charges he continues to face.
Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi is a Sri Lankan author, filmmaker, and political activist known for her novel Wolfhandhal Street (2015), which was nominated for the Swarnapusthaka Award in 2016.
“She should have been here tonight with us,” Binoche said, adding, “In every region of the world, artists are fighting every day and turning resistance into art.”
On Monday, in the lead-up to the annual Cannes Film Festival in France, nearly 400 international actors, directors, and producers released an open letter condemning Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Sarkeet offers a glimpse into the life of an expatriate couple navigating the challenges of raising a child diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), all while balancing the demands of work and daily life in a foreign land.
Actor Prakash Raj has voiced his concern over the decision to withhold the release of Abir Gulaal, a film starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan and Indian actor Vaani Kapoor, in India. The film’s release was halted after the militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22.
Author and journalist Jeyarani has accused filmmaker Shalini Vijayakumar of plagiarising her short story 'Sevvarali Poocharam' in the short film Seeing Red, selected earlier this year under the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI).
Films like Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (2022) and Sookshmadarshini (2024) have positioned themselves within this tradition, addressing domestic abuse, gender inequality and erasure of marginalized communities.
Here, even the so-called heroic moment doesn’t belong to the obvious protagonist. Instead, the film finds its emotional highs in letting unexpected players rise and evolve. In doing so, Alappuzha Gymkhana offers a celebration of collective spirit.
Maranamass teases the setup of a gripping, killer-centric narrative to shift focus and choose instead to revel in the eccentric world the killer inhabits, where the chaos is just as compelling as the crimes.
Watching Adhik Ravichandran's 'Good Bad Ugly' is similar stuffing oneself with a series of ice-creams for appetizers, main course and desserts. While the sugar rush might be exceedingly thrilling, once it ends, it does lead to a sense of dizziness and irritability.
The release of Phule, directed by Ananth Mahadevan, has been pushed back by two weeks from its original release date of April 11. The film, starring Pratik Gandhi and...
Re-watching Bheed on the fifth anniversary of the pandemic lockdown, Muhammed Noushad writes that Anubhav Sinha’s 2023 movie is a tribute to the massive humanitarian crisis of migrant exodus caused by the irresponsibly mismanaged lockdown.
The Income Tax Department has issued a notice to actor and filmmaker Prithviraj Sukumaran over payment-related discrepancies linked to three films in which he was both a lead actor and co-producer.
From invoking the Madurai Veeran song to crafting a role that allows Vikram to unleash his full potential, evoking shades of his most celebrated performances, S.U. Arun Kumar’s Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2 understands the fine line between being loud and being truly impactful.
Amid Hindutva hate campaigns against the movie L2: Empuraan, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at the film’s co-producer Gokulam Gopalan’s Gokulam Group offices in Chennai and Kozhikode as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).