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TopicEmpuraan

Topic: Empuraan

The Kerala Consensus is breaking. Is L2: Empuraan row the new way now?

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made a real political statement when he watched Empuraan with his family, despite the film taking potshots at the Left and Vijayan’s cult of personality.

Blockbuster to go under the knife over hurt Hindu Right sentiments, a look at the Empuraan controversy

Despite political backlash, Empuraan, directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and starring Mohanlal, has already grossed nearly Rs 50 crore in 3 days.

Superstar Mohanlal-starrer L2: Empuraan to undergo cuts over references to 2002 riots

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's K Ganesh calls for investigation into filmmaker’s 'foreign connections' claiming Prithviraj’s films have followed an 'entirely anti-national' pattern.

Mohanlal fans are feeling betrayed by ‘Empuraan’. ‘He has backstabbed Modi’

The movie shows a Muslim-majority village being attacked by a Hindu mob, and a pregnant Muslim woman being raped by a Hindu man. This seems to be a reference to the Bilkis Bano case.

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The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

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Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.