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.
Rather than functioning as conventional propaganda, the video operates as a device for interpretation, subtly shaping expectations about future developments in China’s naval trajectory.
Vance, originally sceptical about US launching strikes against Iran, is reported to be worried that the US does not have enough interceptors and offensive missiles, something he has raised with Trump.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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