Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’ trilogy to return to Indian theatres in 4K restoration

‘The Godfather’ (1972), ‘The Godfather Part II’ (1974) and ‘The Godfather Part III’ (1990) — will be re-released in select theatres in India. American cinema icon Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy will return to cinema halls across India in a 4K restored version, PVR INOX announced on Tuesday. The landmark films — The Godfather…

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IDSFFK 2025: Greeshma Kuthar and Manju Priya K, creators of ‘Namathu Chinnam?’, on cultural capital in Tamil Nadu during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

One of the initial sequences of Namathu Chinnam? (Our symbol is?) is set in Puthuvalasal village in Pudukottai district, where the residents have decided to boycott the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, following the absence of any action to improve their lives, such as transportation and access to clean drinking water. A young resident takes a…

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IDSFFK 2025: ‘Rewritten’, an honest retelling of generational damsels and their self-salvation

Stills from Rewritten | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Damsels in distress are characters from fairytales. The slumbering princess, awaits the arrival of ‘Prince Charming’ to awaken her. However, Rewritten by Yara Nisam, which premiered in the Malayalam Non-Competition Short Fiction category at the 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), looks at…

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‘Jugnuma’, directed by ‘Thithi’ fame Raam Reddy and headlined by Manoj Bajpayee, locks release date

Poster of ‘Jugnuma’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Raam Reddy’s directorial Jugnuma, featuring Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role, is set to release in theatres on September 12. Described as “magical realism drama”, the film is presented by Guneet Monga Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap. The film’s international title is The Fable. Set in the late…

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How the Madras Musical Association Choir is going in for unique international collaborations

More than 120 voices from Poland’s Concerto Glacensis Choir and Chennai’s MMA choir resonated through the auditorium at Museum Theatre in Chennai. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Western classical music has always occupied an unusual space in Chennai. In a city, where the December Season dominates headlines and Carnatic music shapes its identity, the strains…

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