'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'
No author in the Malayalam literary canon has influenced and profoundly changed the way normal people interact with each other than the ever-relevant, eclectic yet elusive body of work left behind by MT Vasudevan Nair, notes Arjun Menon.
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Manoj Kumar's musical imprints are as deep as his cinematic ones.
'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation. If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will always find me with a file in hand, even when I am in my costume. While Kamal and Sridevi were diligent about their Hindi dialogue, Silk Smitha, while always respectful, was not too interested in her lines or my instructions.'
Ariyippu is not a movie where you ask for a happy ending and you are served it on a platter. As situations change, the central characters conceal and display their vulnerability as any other real-life couple, observes Divya Nair.
Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
'I never thought the European audience will love this film, but we had over 2,000 people at the screening.'
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss. Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8.
Where Shamshad Begum was charging Rs 900 for a song, Lata was prepared to settle for Rs 50 as she came on the scene. Raju Bharatan recalls yet another memorable incident from Lata Mangeshkar's incredible life.
Olympics-related cases rose by 19, organisers said, bringing the total number of disclosed cases to 106.
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Two athletes residing in the Olympic village tested positive for COVID-19.
Kerala home minister says those who had been in the front of 'Kiss of Love' protest are among the key accused in the case.
Rahul Pasupalan, who was the key organizer of the 'Kiss Protests' in Kerala last year, and his model wife were among six arrested On Wednesday in connection with an online prostitution case.
A recent report by Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific points that 774 listed companies have pledged shares with banks.
Ram Venky's directorial debut is set to hit cinema screens in June-July.
Saji Surendran on directing his third Malayalam film.
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'Success is not easily gained. Even if it is, it's very hard to sustain it.'
Anita Aikara encounters a culinary adventure on an iftar food walk.
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The controversy started a Twitter firestorm with many demanded the Ola to block his account. However, there were many who supported the man's 'right to choose'.
Kumkum, who featured in some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema, passed away on Tuesday. She was 86.
'Ramani is not alone in her fight,' the journalists said in the joint statement undersigned by them.
This is one of the many such cases that helped to create an acute fear psychosis among public sector bankers, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay in his fascinating new book Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy.
Whether the Udta Punjab makers cave in remains to be seen but here's a list of the ones who did.
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After the railways razed their shanties, residents of the Shakur Basti slum on Sunday picked up pieces of their lives from debris strewn all over, even as father of the toddler in the midst of a row said his child would have been alive had officials shown generosity and given some time.
India has historically not had a strong compliance mechanism around insider trading. This is in stark contrast to developed countries.
Regulators and investigators around the world have access to sophisticated tools making it possible to detect white collar crimes. This is where Indian investigators and regulators have been found wanting, says Sudipto Dey.
With debit cards of 5 banks compromised, time to be very cautious while transacting. If possible, avoid non-bank ATMs.
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