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    Malayalam cinema’s rising stars, directors caught in a web of drug raids

    Rajeev Ramachandran
    30 April 2025 3:30 PM IST

    Rapper Vedan is arrested in Kochi; a string of cannabis cases pulls in actors Shine Tom Chacko and Sreenath Bhasi, and directors Khalid Rahman and Ashraf Hamsa; questions grow over Centre’s bias

    Vedan-Malayalam-cinema
    Entertainment
    Phule-Ananth-Mahadevan
    Films

    Ananth Mahadevan interview: ‘I want my films to speak the language of global cinema’

    27 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    AI in films
    Films

    How Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of Indian filmmaking

    19 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Vivek Anchalia-Naisha
    Films

    Vivek Anchalia on Naisha, a full-length AI-powered film, and use of AI in filmmaking

    13 April 2025 7:30 AM IST
    Bazooka

    Bazooka review: Mammootty’s experimental thriller is all style, no firepower

    10 April 2025 6:34 PM IST
    Manoj Kumar

    Manoj Kumar obit: How the actor-filmmaker gave patriotism a face on screen

    5 April 2025 9:24 AM IST
    Empuraan, Censorship and its politics

    Is cinema losing its freedom? Empuraan controversy riles Kerala

    1 April 2025 11:03 PM IST
    Tom Holland, Spider-Man, Marvel Studios, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige, Sony Pictures, Marvel-Sony split

    Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ releases next year; check the date

    1 April 2025 11:55 AM IST
    L2: Empuraan, CBFC, Mohanlal

    Mohanlal blinks, apologises for Empuraan while Prithviraj maintains stoic silence

    30 March 2025 3:11 PM IST
    Empuraan review

    L2: Empuraan to be re-released with changes as makers bow to right-wing fury

    29 March 2025 8:20 PM IST
    Bride and Prejudice

    Bride and Prejudice: How Gurinder Chadha gave Jane Austen’s novel a Bollywood twist

    25 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Aamir Khan at 60

    Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises

    17 March 2025 2:00 PM IST
    ‘Panchayat’, ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ under spotlight at IIFA Digital Awards

    ‘Panchayat’, ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ under spotlight at IIFA Digital Awards

    9 March 2025 10:25 PM IST
    Devika Rani

    Devika Rani: How Indian Cinema’s daring first lady was ahead of her time

    7 March 2025 8:45 PM IST
    DNEG CEO on Dune Oscar win and AI tech

    Tech firm DNEG's CEO on Oscar for Dune-2, use of AI to de-age actors

    Kavitha Shanmugam
    6 March 2025 6:30 AM IST

    Namit Malhotra says award proves India has become a major centre of excellence for VFX production

    Adrien Brody-Oscars

    Oscars 2025: What Hollywood’s big night tells us about America and the Academy

    5 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?

    Oscars 2025: Did the Academy play it safe by avoiding controversial films?

    3 March 2025 4:33 PM IST
    Is Still Here-Oscars

    Oscars 2025: I’m Still Here becomes first Brazilian film to win best international feature

    3 March 2025 10:57 AM IST
    Zoe Saldana

    Oscars 2025: Zoe Saldaña wins best supporting actress for Emilia Pérez

    3 March 2025 8:00 AM IST
    Kieran Culkin

    Oscars 2025: Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor for A Real Pain

    3 March 2025 7:22 AM IST
    The Brutalist

    Oscars 2025: A look at the top contenders, and other films tipped to win

    2 March 2025 1:00 PM IST
    Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

    Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

    28 Feb 2025 9:51 AM IST
    James Bond: As Amazon MGM takes control, will 007 still have a license to thrill?

    James Bond: As Amazon MGM takes control, will 007 still have a license to thrill?

    23 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

    Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam review: Dhanush’s light-hearted take on rebound love

    21 Feb 2025 9:55 AM IST
    The Phoenician Scheme is inspired from the iconography of the 1950s sci-fi films.

    Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme: What to expect from the espionage thriller

    19 Feb 2025 9:10 AM IST
    M S Sathyu-Garm Hava

    M S Sathyu interview: On Garm Hava, and why he wants to keep making films

    18 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Mrs-The Great Indian Kitchen

    Mrs: What Arati Kadav gets right in the Hindi remake of The Great Indian Kitchen

    17 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Amid strike threat, internecine war erupts in Malayalam film industry

    Amid strike threat, internecine war erupts in Malayalam film industry

    14 Feb 2025 2:48 PM IST
    Bhargav Saikia-Bokshi

    Bhargav Saikia interview: ‘Ecology, feminism run parallel to each other in Bokshi’

    3 Feb 2025 6:15 PM IST
    Bad Girl runs into controversy on Brahmin girls

    'Bad Girl' set in a milieu that I relate to: Director Varsha Bharath

    28 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
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