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    IFFK turns 30 with a politically charged opening, ‘Palestine 36’ to inaugurate festival

    Rajeev Ramachandran
    11 Dec 2025 3:00 PM IST

    The 30th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), which opens on December 12, is set to showcase over 200 films from nearly 70 countries, adding close to 30 more films to its...

    International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
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    Jafar Panahi
    Films

    How Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi keeps reinventing against the state’s repression

    6 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kalamkaval-Mammootty
    Film Reviews

    Kalamkaval review: Mammootty’s Cyanide Mohan turn powers a tight serial-killer thriller

    5 Dec 2025 7:20 PM IST
    Dhurandhar
    Film Reviews

    Dhurandhar review: Ranveer Singh’s tall act barely salvages the shallow spy thriller

    5 Dec 2025 5:48 PM IST
    AVM Saravanan

    Veteran producer AVM Saravanan passes away at 86 in Chennai

    4 Dec 2025 10:21 AM IST
    Tere-Ishk-Mein-Aanand-L-Rai-Dhanush-Kriti-Sanon

    Tere Ishk Mein review: Dhanush and Kriti Sanon wade through a dense, chaotic drama

    28 Nov 2025 4:40 PM IST
    Calorie

    Dolly Ahluwalia on ‘Calorie,’ Air India 182 crash, and aftermath of Operation Blue Star

    27 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track

    Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track

    25 Nov 2025 2:51 PM IST
    Dharmendra obit

    Dharmendra obit: Hindi cinema’s first-generation superstar, icon of Indian masculinity

    25 Nov 2025 8:24 AM IST
    120 Bahadur

    120 Bahadur review: Farhan Akhtar’s India-China war drama finds its footing in parts

    21 Nov 2025 3:57 PM IST
    Aranya Sahay-Humans-in-the Loop-AI

    How Aranya Sahay’s Humans in the Loop spotlights rural, invisible workers training AI

    20 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Rahul Ravindran-The-Girlfriend.jpg

    Rahul Ravindran on The Girlfriend: ‘It’s moving to know that my film healed many’

    16 Nov 2025 11:55 AM IST
    Agra review

    Agra review: Kanu Behl’s devastating study of sexual repression, dysfunction and trauma

    14 Nov 2025 12:26 PM IST
    Kaantha

    Kaantha review: Dulquer Salmaan’s grand period drama can’t sustain its epic pitch

    14 Nov 2025 11:05 AM IST
    Maharani Season 4

    Maharani Season 4 review: Political thriller has Rani Bharti leave Bihar, its bite behind

    Debiparna Chakraborty
    9 Nov 2025 8:55 AM IST

    Maharani Season 4 moves from the charged politics of Bihar in the 1990s to Delhi, slowing to a glacial crawl. What began as a sharp tale of ambition...

    Haq-Shah Bano-Film-review

    Haq movie review: A poised, rewarding courtroom drama repackages the Shah Bano case

    8 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    horror films

    Lights, camera, scare: Why Bollywood’s horror films feel different now

    5 Nov 2025 11:06 AM IST
    Shah Rukh Khan at 60

    60 years of Shah Rukh Khan and the 1990s boys who grew up on his films

    2 Nov 2025 2:38 PM IST
    Shah Rukh Khan at 60

    Shah Rukh Khan at 60: The last of the superstars, who has taught India how to love

    2 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Arthur Conan Doyle-Sherlock-Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle and the many lives of Sherlock Holmes, world’s most famous detective

    1 Nov 2025 12:55 PM IST
    Roi Roi Binale review

    Roi Roi Binale review: Zubeen Garg’s swansong is a fitting ode to his charismatic persona

    31 Oct 2025 5:40 PM IST
    Puri in Mr India

    When he made ‘Mogambo’ happy: Designer Agasti shares anecdotes on costume in book

    26 Oct 2025 5:37 PM IST
    One Battle After Another-Paul Thomas Anderson

    One Battle After Another: How Paul Thomas Anderson turns filmmaking into a way of thinking

    26 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Thamma

    Thamma review: Ayushmann and Rashmika’s film is too self-aware for its own good

    21 Oct 2025 5:15 PM IST
    DDLJ at 30: Shah Rukh, Kajol reflect on timeless ‘Raj-Simran’ magic

    DDLJ at 30: Shah Rukh, Kajol reflect on timeless ‘Raj-Simran’ magic

    20 Oct 2025 7:14 PM IST
    Mithra Mandali

    Mithra Mandali: How Jathi Ratnalu’s wild success became a curse for Telugu comedy

    20 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Neeraj Ghaywan interview-Homebound-Oscars

    Neeraj Ghaywan on Homebound: ‘We owe each other the humanity we all crave’

    18 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Tribeny Rai-Shape of Momo-Sikkim

    Tribeny Rai interview: ‘Sikkim lives in my mind as pieces of places, people, sounds’

    12 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Peepli Live

    Peepli Live, a satire on agrarian despair and the state of media, cuts deep 15 years on

    11 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kantara makers face heat over

    Kantara makers face heat over 'do not imitate Bhoota Kola' appeal

    9 Oct 2025 5:03 PM IST
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