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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicKannada cinema

Topic: Kannada cinema

Kannada film Toxic lands in trouble for its teaser. AAP women’s wing says it ‘degrades women’

The controversial teaser has also created an impact because its director is a woman. Geetu Mohandas, in an Instagram post, wrote, "Chilling while people figure out female pleasure, consent, women playing systems, etc."

Why ruling Congress & Kannada film industry are on a collision course

Heated back-and-forth spotlights the link, or lack thereof, between politics & cinema in Karnataka. It is threatening to put an irreparable wedge between the industry and Congress.

‘Tiger’s Pond’ is first Kannada film to screen at Berlin Festival. Anurag Kashyap backed it

The dark crime drama is set in the village of Vaghachipani and it follows a ruthless businessman’s attempt to manipulate local elections.

Puneeth Rajkumar was more than Kannada cinema royalty. A foodie, cyclist, singer too

The Rajkumars are to Sandalwood what the Kapoors are to Bollywood. But Puneeth, who died unexpectedly at 46, was known to have his fingers in many pies.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.