'What motivated us was that a lot of people, especially youngsters, had a negative image about India.'
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
'The first time a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 entering Sabarimala came was in 1991 and was by a high court judgment.' 'So, it is only a 27-year-old ban.' 'The high court can fix customs and the Supreme Court can overturn it.' 'I don't see this as an attack on religious freedom or the practice of a religion.'
'Politics and religion can be a combustive combination, but this once I am pleased that Pinarayi Vijayan made an issue of a rather innocuous tweet by Amit Shah.' 'It provided the perfect excuse to seek respite from political pronouncements and take (temporary) refuge in the classics,' says T V R Shenoy.
Caught in the devastating floods in Srinagar, a social worker refuses to leave his autistic students behind and swim to safety.
'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka had the most number of minor rape victims in 2016.
Biryani, appam, dosa, upma, vada pav...name it and you'll find it here.
The measures include an information search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) and State Election Commissions to provide reliable information around the elections, a custom emoji to encourage participation, a series of pre-bunks and debunks to tackle election-related misinformation, and a youth discussion series titled #DemocracyAdda aimed at voter literacy and civic participation among young Indians for the upcoming elections.
Rediff reader Reeba KR, a research scholar from Changanacherry, Kottayam district of Kerala writes about her mother.
The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.
Gandhi said a "true leader" would be completely focused on averting the massive crisis about to be unleashed by the potentially deadly virus on the country and its economy.
These inspiring stories of women shattering the glass ceiling will make you believe in a brighter, gender positive future for India.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The mesmerising hill station located in West Bengal is a must visit place for every travel enthusiast, says Hitesh Harisinghani.
The notion that the BJP gained its increased tally by wiping out the Left parties and the Congress is completely misleading. Equally misleading is the belief that the TMC held its ground in all its existing seats. A little more than a fifth of the seats Mamata Banerjee's party had won in 2016 was lost to the BJP this time.
Ramanunni had received an anonymous threat letter warning him that his right arm and left leg would be chopped off if he did not convert to Islam within six months.
The Oscars is prestigious and all artists covet it but ultimately, the business of winning is ruthless and political. And India has seldom risen to the challenge, argues Sukanya Verma.
'They must be hiding somewhere in a country where the Taliban would not even spare a 4-year-old girl.'
'I didn't get any recognition in Kerala for this film and it has definitely hurt me. When the whole world is celebrating the return of Sanskrit, my state is busy ignoring it.' Vinod Mankara talks about his award-winning film, Priyamanasam.
Sreesanth has signed a South Indian movie which will be multi-lingual.
Balu Mahendra passed away into the ages on February 13. We look back at his best works.
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.
Congress is the only other horse in the race for national power, never mind how distant. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah know better than to take the Congress lightly, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'From March 2020 to November 2021, the combined wealth of the billionaires of this country has doubled.'
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In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
It feels as if Adoor Gopalakrishnan has targeted Pinneyum to be a commercial success, feels Paresh C Palicha.
'We just cannot accept the interference of the government in matters concerning religion and faith.'
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
A traumatic medical emergency drove physician Dr Devi, of General Hospital soap fame, to run for public office in New York.
The superstar tells Kerala's CM, 'don't let politics affect your governance.'
Earlier, the Railways had issued statements saying that it planned 125 trains for evacuating migrants from Maharashtra on May 25 but the state government was only able to give information for 41 trains till 2 am.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.
Here's how Ganesh Pillai got his card back from the ATM machine.
