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Kantara to Homebound, Bollywood no match for India’s new wave cinema

This is the new, multilingual Bollywood, and its main offering is fresh stories, set in new cinematic universes. The old industry is surviving on nostalgia.

Ranveer Singh apologises for mimicking Rishab Shetty. ‘I have respected every culture’

The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti submitted a memorandum at the Panaji police station, seeking the registration of a complaint under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Kantara, Dashavatar to Lokah—how tribal representation in films is changing

Lokah reimagined the tale of the yakshi while Marathi film Dashavatar blended myth and reality to spotlight a community's vulnerable existence in the Konkan region.

‘Kantara’ producers file petition against Karnataka govt’s price cap on movie tickets

The order comes at a time when the Kannada film industry is on the cusp of major releases. Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ is set to release on 2 October.

Tuluva people aren’t devil worshippers. That’s just a colonial perspective of Kola rituals

In 'Daiva: Discovering the Extraordinary World of Spirit Worship', K Hari Kumar, brings you stories of powerful immortals along with details of their worship through mystifying rituals.

If there is one movie you cannot miss this year, it’s Kannada film Kantara

The film directed by Rishab Shetty is a satiating blend of folklore and masala.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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.