The ED case stems from a 2011 complaint by writer Aarur Tamilnadan, who accused director Shankar in a Chennai court of copying the plot of the 2010 film Robot from his story.
Ranjith, 41, has made a string of movies with strong Dalit characters and stories about lives of oppressed communities that have put anti-caste issues front & centre in Tamil Nadu cinema.
Helmed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, the six-part anthology on Amazon Prime Video is inspired by a New York Times column. There are also Mumbai and Hyderabad versions of the show.
Compared to Bollywood’s brash, tone-deaf and stereotypical offerings, South India is producing more nuanced queer films. But it is not enough, say critics.
As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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