With Assembly elections nearing in Kerala, Vijayan’s relaxed conversation with Mohanlal echoes high-profile campaign-season interviews like PM Narendra Modi’s 2019 sit-down with actor Akshay Kumar.
Mohanlal had a cameo appearance in Mammootty’s film Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty (2013). However, their last film together was Twenty:20, which released in 2008.
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 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.
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.
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.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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