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‘Antigone’ by Ovlyakuli Khodzhakuli reinvented an epic to illuminate the present.

International Theatre Festival of Kerala puts local theatre on world stage

This year, it made a global statement of sorts on what theatre can do in troubled times.

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Deepan Sivaraman at a recent literature festival in Chennai.

‘Exposure to top quality international theatre the aim’: Deepan Sivaraman

Interview with the curator, International Theatre Festival of Kerala.

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Painting the world

It also gives readers a comprehensive historical-aesthetic perspective on his life and works.

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A cinephile, a city, and a film-maker

Reading it is akin to riding on a roller coaster replete with references to films, literature, and politics.

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A scene from Puzhu (2022), starring Mammooty.

Movie Review: ‘Puzhu’ dissects the insidious worm of caste

Puzhu is the most recent in a series of Malayalam films that have explored and elaborated on the ways in which caste hatred and violence works in Kera

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