CPI(M) condemns Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s position that would-be filmmakers from marginalised sections and women require intense training

CPI(M) condemns Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s position that would-be filmmakers from marginalised sections and women require intense training

Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has condemned award-winning director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s purported statement at a government-sponsored film conclave on Saturday that aspirant filmmakers hailing from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities, and also women, require at least “three weeks of … Read more

Supreme Court defers hearing till July 21 on film ‘Udaipur Files’, asks filmmakers to await Centre’s decision

Supreme Court defers hearing till July 21 on film ‘Udaipur Files’, asks filmmakers to await Centre’s decision

A poster for Udaipur Files, based on the Kanhaiya Lal murder case from 2022. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) deferred for July 21 hearing on the film ‘Udaipur Files – Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’, and asked the filmmakers to await a decision of the panel appointed by … Read more

Filmmakers Mridul Nair and Sajimon on directing the viral Onam ad for a food delivery platform

Filmmakers Mridul Nair and Sajimon on directing the viral Onam ad for a food delivery platform

A screenshot of the Onam ad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It is the reign of Onam commercials till the mythological exiled King Mahabali, whose annual visit to Kerala is celebrated as Onam, departs. Of the lot Onasadyakku ready aano? (Are you ready for Onasadya), a campaign by food delivery platform, Swiggy, has gone viral, … Read more