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TopicMalayalam Cinema

Topic: Malayalam Cinema

How women shaped Lokah—India’s first female superhero film

In Lokah, the yakshi isn’t just reimagined but given a hybrid backstory, where the condition of being a vampire is traced to a virus.

Meet Malayalam actor Kalyani Priyadarshan who beat Mohanlal at Kerala box office

Despite Mohanlal’s strong track record this year, with ‘L2: Empuraan’ and ‘Thudaram’ crossing Rs 200 crore, ‘Hridayapoorvam’ fell short against ‘Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra’.

Thudarum’s Prakash Varma went from Zoology to ads. Now, he’s Malayalam cinema’s breakout star

‘I was wondering if people would take it well, watching him treat Mohanlal like that,” said Varma's wife, Sneha Iype. But Kerala's audience has declared that Varma stole the show.

Mohanlal is riding on a thriller high with two hits in a row—Thudarum and Empuraan

Thudarum has heavily leaned in on the nostalgia of the Mohanlal-Shobana pairing. One of the film’s posters features an AI-generated version of their younger selves.

Prithviraj says Bollywood’s crisis is a phase. ‘Not long ago we looked up to Hindi cinema’

Why is Malayalam cinema thriving? Prithviraj says it's because 'we place the writer at the centre'

‘Writers don’t retire like sportspersons. You’re very junior at 30’ says author Benyamin

Benyamin is writing a serialised novel, Mulberry. Chapters of the book are released weekly in the magazine Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu. He plans to publish it as a book once it is complete.

‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ gets a north Indian remake. It’ll be triggering, says screenwriter

Sanya Malhotra and Nishant Dahiya play the leads in Mrs. There are more vocal moments in the remake, streaming now on Zee 5. The wife talks about her desires to her husband, only to be gaslit.

Jagathy Sreekumar returns to Malayalam cinema after 12 yrs. His role will be different now

Actor Kabir Duhan Singh is excited about the comeback. While he has several Malayalam projects in the pipeline, he hopes to collaborate with the legendary Sreekumar someday.

That umbilical cord scene gave me sleepless nights: Marco’s Kabir Duhan Singh

The toll of portraying such a dark character led Kabir Duhan Singh to seek spiritual solace. After wrapping up the 18-day pre-climax shoot, he flew to Uttarakhand with a friend.

Malayalam cinema has found its Animal moment. Audience loving extreme violence in Marco

A woman even threw up after watching the extreme gore and violence depicted in the film, reports suggest.

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Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.