Roja Kannan goes on a temple trail in her new work

Roja Kannan’s thematic production on Tiruchendur Murugan. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Roja Kannan, along with her students, unravelled the intriguing aspects of Tiruchendur Murugan in ‘Theeraavinaitheerkum Thiruchendur’, in her carefully-crafted recital at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The evening commenced with pushpanjali in raga Shanmukhapriya. Thiswas followed by a viruttam and Subramania kavuthuvam with verses from…

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Filmmaker Aishwarya Sridhar interview: On her award-winning docu ‘Leopard Dynasty: The Rise of Rana‘

Aishwarya Sridhar first laid eyes on Rana, the young leopard who would become the central character of her recently-released award-winning documentary, Leopard Dynasty: The Rise of Rana, through a Facebook post. A friend of hers, she says, began tagging her on pictures of Rana, taken at the Jhalana Leopard Reserve in Jaipur and “something about…

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Is Director Shankar Facing Budget Constraints For His Dream Project Velpari? | Movies News

Last Updated:January 29, 2026, 16:18 IST Director Shankar’s dream project Velpari has finally found a producer amid reports of budget concerns. Shankar’s last two films fell short of expectations. (Photo Credit : X) Veteran director S Shankar is reportedly preparing to start filming his beloved historical epic, Velpari, under new budgetary constraints following the lacklustre…

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Sudip Sharma: ‘Paatal Lok’ investigates the heart of a nation while ‘Kohrra’ is a relationship drama

Mist spreads again to the stingy winters of Punjab as Netflix’s much acclaimed police procedural, Kohrra returns for its sophomore season. It is another chance for writer-director Sudip Sharma to delve into the complexities of Northern India, as he has been doing since the nerve-wracking survival thriller, NH10 (2015). There is an ease with which…

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