KOCHI: The pain and hopelessness of isolation as conveyed by celebrated writer Thakazhi Sivashankara Pillai in his short story Vellapokkathil (In the Flood) has been given form at the ongoing third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Channeling Thakazhi’s rich literary imagery into an arresting ‘short story installation’ that examines questions of caste identity, B. Ramabhadran, […]
KOCHI: Starting Friday, the ongoing third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) will screen a series of film packages specially curated by eminent filmmakers, critics and scholars. As many as eight films feature narratives on contemporary caste-based discrimination. Reputed documentarian and critic Prof. C.S. Venkiteswaran will present a cinema package titled ‘Kinetic Power Called Caste’ […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran Malayalam Film and Television actor K N Jagannatha Varma passed away at a private hospital in nearby Neyyantinkara today. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, Santha, son Manu Varma, a television actor and daughter Priya. His son-in-law is a noted director, Viji Thampy. Varma was hospitalised two days ago following […]
MUMBAI: Superstar Salman Khan will be the guest on the 100th episode of celebrity chat show “Koffee With Karan” along with his brothers Arbaaz and Sohail. The 50-year-old actor took to Twitter to share a picture from the sets of the show hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar. “At Koffee with Karan shoot #koffeecentury,” Salman captioned […]
Vishak Nair, who shot to fame with the recently released movie Aanandam, has grabbed a role in Mammootty’s upcoming movie Puthanpanam. The recently released Aanandam, directed by Ganesh Raj, went on to enjoy both critical and commercial success. The film has done some excellent business especially, in centres like Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram etc. The film did […]
Pix by K Rajesh Kumar KOCHI: Dileep and Kavya Madhavan got married in a ceremony at Kochi on Friday morning. The wedding was kept a secret till hours before the ceremony. The function was attended by selected guestss. The wedding came as a big surprise to the guests as well as the couple’s fans. In […]
KOCHI: Actor Mohanlal, in his blog came out in support of demonetization of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The actor, who extended his support for demonetization, feels that such a movement was necessary for the benefit of our country. Mohanlal has also made it clear that he is not the supporter of a specific person but […]
NEW DELHI: ‘Allama’, a film by the national award winning director T.S. Nagabharana, about the journey of a 12 th century metaphysician, will compete for the International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication (ICFT)UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 47 th International Film Festival of India in Goa. ICFT Paris in collaboration with UNESCO will […]
BENGALURU: Two stunt actors were feared drowned in a lake while a popular film star was rescued after a helicopter stunt for a Kannada film went horribly wrong on Monday in Ramanagara district near Bengaluru. One body was fished out on Tuesday. The horrific incident which was caught on camera showed stunt actors Anil and […]
PANAJI: M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Information & Broadcasting said that Government has taken a new initiative to create a Film Promotion Fund to promote Indian cinema in the International Film Festivals. This initiative would help independent filmmakers to promote their work across the globe. The Government efforts to project India as a soft power and […]