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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicMalayalam film industry

Topic: Malayalam film industry

Acquitted after 8 yrs, Dileep calls trial for gang rape a ‘conspiracy’. How case against him fell apart

The case pertains to a woman-actor abducted by a gang of men, who then took turns to rape & record her. Dileep, after his 2017 arrest, was in jail for 3 months before being released on bail.

Verdict today in 2017 Kerala actor rape case, a look at how it changed Malayalam film industry

Case led to formation of three-member Justice Hema Committee in July 2017, which revealed rampant sexual abuse in Mollywood.

Year after release of Hema panel report, Malayalam actors’ body elects women to its top positions

Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time in its history, the actors' body of the Malayalam film industry elected women to its highest positions on...

The singer of love and loss, P. Jayachandran’s death is personal for all Keralites

Jayachandran's best-known songs are not just romantic, nor limited to Malayalam film industry. He was also the de facto choice for musicians who wanted to evoke a bygone era.

Thilakan called out Malayalam movie mafia before Hema committee report. He was banned for it

Thilakan knew he was one of the best actors in the business. He accused Rajiv Gandhi of giving the National Award to Amitabh Bachchan over him for political reasons.

Global media on why Hema Committee report may have set off another #MeToo wave, and Kashmir’s conundrum

Editorials & news reports also focus on how 'rich and poor countries can fight climate change together', and whether India is seen more as a staunch US ally or as independent powerhouse.

Kerala’s response to Hema Committee report shows public opinion has changed radically in 5 yrs

Five years ago, the Women in Cinema Collective was lampooned by fellow actors and the public at large for demanding basic rights. Now, people have no tolerance for male chauvinism.

Malayalam cinema is a Boys’ Club. Its progressive tag coming apart with Hema Committee report

The inequality within the Malayalam film industry is pervasive. It extends to junior artists and crew. Men and women who don’t have the clout to fight back.

Hema panel report lays bare plight of women in Mollywood. ‘Demands for sex’, stranglehold of ‘power group’

Listing various concerns, Hema Committee report recommends setting up civil court-like tribunal to deal with serious issues faced by women employed in Malayalam film industry.

What is Hema Committee report on women in Malayalam film industry & why did HC stay its release

New Delhi: The Kerala High Court’s stay Wednesday on the release of the Justice K. Hema Committee Report posed a fresh setback to the years-long...

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.