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Friday, July 18, 2025
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Topic: Mohanlal

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.

Blockbuster to go under the knife over hurt Hindu Right sentiments, a look at the Empuraan controversy

Despite political backlash, Empuraan, directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and starring Mohanlal, has already grossed nearly Rs 50 crore in 3 days.

Superstar Mohanlal-starrer L2: Empuraan to undergo cuts over references to 2002 riots

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's K Ganesh calls for investigation into filmmaker’s 'foreign connections' claiming Prithviraj’s films have followed an 'entirely anti-national' pattern.

Mohanlal fans are feeling betrayed by ‘Empuraan’. ‘He has backstabbed Modi’

The movie shows a Muslim-majority village being attacked by a Hindu mob, and a pregnant Muslim woman being raped by a Hindu man. This seems to be a reference to the Bilkis Bano case.

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'

At Barroz trailer launch, Mohanlal says Akshay Kumar 100% professional, not him

The 3-D Malayalam film, Barroz: Guardian of Treasure, is Mohanlal’s directorial debut.

Hema Committee tears down Kerala’s progressive image. Malayali men are still just men

The report is just a start. It remains to be seen if the film industry can do the painful work of starting from scratch, and rebuilding itself to be equitable and safe for all workers.

Hazards of being ‘Mann of the moment’ & Himanta IPS and the case of the slippery tongue

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Shaji Kailas’ Alone is a confused mess that not even Mohanlal can save

The only takeaway from this horror-drama hybrid is for filmmakers to move on from lockdown-led movies

Mohanlal-starrer ‘Monster’ is a tasteless cocktail of cliches, stereotypes, and lazy writing

Monster should have been called off at the reading table.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.