Raju Talikot was an actor, playwright, comedian and Director of Rangayana. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Paying rich tributes to veteran theatre and film actor Raju Talikoti, theatre artistes and cultural figures remembered him as the “Sultan of North Karnataka’s rustic wit” whose lively performances and spontaneous humour captivated audiences across the region. At a…
Daily Quiz | On Diane Keaton 1 / 6 | This film starring Keaton was an adaptation of a novel by John le Carre. In the film, Keaton plays an actress who is sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Name the film. 2 / 6 | Keaton and X played a married couple in an iconic…
Diesel is a commercial action film you have seen countless times, repackaged to help actor Harish Kalyan, who tasted tremendous success with Parking and Lubber Pandhu, with the mileage to become a bankable star. It’s a long and convoluted film that is strangely reductive of its own objectives. We are taken into the world of…
P.C. Ramakrishna’s involvement with theatre began 60 years ago, when he acted in college plays. In 1969, he directed Willis Hall’s play The Long, The Short and The Tall,’ for Loyola College. “This was the first Loyola play to be staged in Museum Theatre,” says Ramakrishna. The same year Ammu Mathew, president of Madras Players,…
Stills from The Apothecary Diaries and The Ugly Stepsister | Photo Credit: Crunchyroll, MUBI Whether you’re an old hand at arthouse or just dipping a toe into the rising otaku subculture of anime aficionados around the world, this column lists curated titles that challenge, comfort, and occasionally combust your expectations. This week’s picks speak a…
“I have to constantly leap over the many fences they keep placing in my path, and I don’t know how far I should run to reach a place without any fences,” says Kittaan, the young protagonist of Bison Kaalamaadan. Tired of the many communalist obstacles that keep him from his dream to become a national…
At just 20 years old, she is a rising star full of potential in Carnatic music. The winner of Airtel Super Singer Junior Season 4, she had claimed the title in 2015 at the tender age of nine. Today, she has been touring the world, showing countries like the U.S., Australia, Dubai and Singapore, her…
A still from ‘The Secret Agent’ | Photo Credit: NEON Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, celebrated for Aquarius and Bacurau, is back in the global spotlight with his latest film The Secret Agent. The political thriller, which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, has already made history — winning Best Actor for Wagner Moura,…
A still from Kantara. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Suraj Sudhan, a radio jockey based in Kochi, is on the top of the world. The voice of Rishab Shetty in the Malayalam version of the Kannada blockbuster Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1, Suraaj is basking in the attention coming his way. “When I gave the…
The first thing that crossed my mind when I watched the official teaser of Emerald Fennell’s new Wuthering Heights film, which dropped last month, was this: what would Emily Brontë, the most secretive and retiring and, in my view, the best writer among the Brontë sisters, have thought of it? While it opens with a…
