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The petitioners argue that negative reviews are impacting box office performance and accuse some vloggers of extortion.

Kerala High Court directive on online film reviews sets a dangerous precedent

The film industry’s attempt to silence critics threatens to stifle creativity and open the door to state control over art.

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MT Vasudevan Nair in April 2019.

M.T. Vasudevan Nair at 90: Maverick maestro of words and frames

Over the last six decades, his literature and cinema have mapped Kerala society in all its intensity and complexity.

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The introductory panel at the exhibition in Kolkata.

Benodebehari Mukherjee’s century-old handscroll offers a journey through Indian art history

Titled Scenes from Santiniketan, the monumental work also gives a glimpse into the mastery of the legendary artist.

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‘Benodebehari Mukherjee was a pioneer of landscapes’: R. Siva Kumar

In conversation with the art critic, historian, and curator of a recent exhibition comprising Mukherjee’s handscroll Scenes from Santiniketan.

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A still from Ishanou

‘Ishanou’ a timely reminder of tolerance and acceptance amid Manipur violence

The restored Manipuri film, about a Meitei woman’s spiritual journey, was screened in the classics section at Cannes this year.

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Shivendra Singh Dungarpur: “It’s really an achievement that Ishanou was selected for Cannes.”

‘The restoration for Ishanou took a year’: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

The director of the Film Heritage Foundation says Manipuri cinema has lived on the fringes of the public imagination.

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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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