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TopicMalayalam Cinema

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Malayalam cinema never had it so good. Big box office hits, OTT global reach

'Manjummel Boys' and 'Premalu' out-earned productions 10 times their budget. This year, 'Drishyam 3' collected Rs 238 crore worldwide, while 'Bethlehem Kudumba Unit' grossed Rs 270 crore.

Mamitha Baiju is the new ‘M’ of Malayalam cinema. Only Indian actress with 200-crore streak

Some have begun referring to Mamitha Baiju as the new ‘M’, drawing comparisons with Malayalam cinema stalwarts Mohanlal and Mammootty.

Netflix takes a Southern turn. Will stream one Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam film every week

The latest film on Netflix’s slate is Pyaar Prema Kalyanam, which will release on 21 August.

Mollywood Times is one of Indian cinema’s sharpest critiques of film industry

Mollywood Times, directed by Abhinav Sunder Nayak, suggests that major production houses sometimes invest in films for reasons beyond box-office success.

Malayalam actors’ body plunges into fresh crisis amid ‘BJP agenda’ and communalisation allegations

Group of women members of Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes alleged to media Saturday that organisation's first woman president had tried to push political & communal agenda.

Chaos at actor Salim Kumar’s funeral. Industry now questions paparazzi excesses

New Delhi: At the funeral of National Award-winning actor Salim Kumar on Sunday, the crowd of reporters and paparazzi seemed larger than the crowd...

The heated rivalries in Malayalam cinema—Films, feuds, and firsts

In 'Ticket to Kerala,' SR Praveen introduces Malayalam cinema beyond its immediate past to an audience outside Kerala.

Actor-writer Sreenivasan dies at 69. Malayalam cinema loses its sharpest satirist

The National Award-winning actor had starred in over 225 films across his five-decade career.

Many faces of actor Dileep—Ernakulam boy, Malayalam cinema ‘star’ & ‘villain’ in actress assault case

Once one of Malayalam cinema’s most bankable stars, Dileep became one of its most polarising figures. Acquitted after eight years, he now looks set to return to the spotlight with a new release.

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.

On Camera

Apple killed the base iPhone. Its status game is no longer subtle

The base model for the iPhone Duo has been pegged around Rs 3 lakh in India. The top model can cost you around Rs 4.5 lakh. You can buy a car instead.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is, BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.