Doctors don their creative hats in Hyderabad

Dr Christopher John Paul straddles two seemingly unrelated worlds — dentistry and stand-up comedy. A dentist from Sangareddy, he spends weekdays treating patients at his clinic in Jogipet, and weekends cracking jokes on stage in Hyderabad, around 75 kilometres away. His knack for humour dates back to his college days. “I discovered I was a…

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‘Thug Life’ movie review: Kamal Haasan’s fiery performance aside, Mani Ratnam’s gangster drama shoots blanks

Kamal Haasan in a still from ‘Thug Life’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When an auteur like Mani Ratnam returns to a genre he is known for, with a maverick multihyphenate like Kamal Haasan, the expectations are naturally high; the worst result one could anticipate is a film that works but doesn’t necessarily redefine the…

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Gautham Ram Karthik to star in a sci-fi thriller

Actor Gautham Ram Karthik. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actor Gautham Ram Karthik has signed a new film produced by Dhanishtan Fernando, Rajarajan Gananasambandam, Sanjai Shankar and Shaik Mujeeb under the Verus Productions banner. The untitled film, a sci-fi crime thriller, will be directed by Sooriyaprathap S. Sooriyaprathap S, from the show Naalaiya Iyakkunar season…

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‘Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali’ movie review: A one-sided pamphlet against Section 498A

A still from ‘Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali’  The way a filmmaker conceives a single sequence can sometimes reveal the entire thought process behind the film. This is especially true of single-agenda films like Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali, the debut directorial of Sethunath Padmakumar. Sahadevan (Asif Ali), the protagonist who is facing a case under Section 498A over dowry harassment…

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