Raajkamal Films International (in which Kamal Haasan is a director) has filed a petition seeking police protection for release of Thug Life due to opposition from pro-Kannada organisations and Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), | Photo Credit: Thamodharan B Slamming actor Kamal Haasan for ‘speaking insensitively’ about the Kannada language, veteran BJP leader B. […]
The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and various pro-Kannada organisations have opposed the release of ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka till actor Kamal Haasan isssues an apology. File | Photo Credit: Johan Sathya Das Jai Tamil movie Thug Life will not be released in Karnataka as part of its worldwide launch on June 5, as actor […]
Activist Vatal Nagaraj leading a protest against actor Kamal Haasan, condemning the latter’s remarks against Kannada, in Mysuru on Monday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj has threatened a Statewide bandh over Tamil actor Kamal Haasan’s remarks against Kannada. Mr. Nagaraj, who led a protest against the actor in Mysuru on Monday […]
File picture of Kamal Haasan during a promotion for ‘Thug Life’ | Photo Credit: B. Thamodharan A co-producer of Tamil movie Thug Life has on Monday (June 2) filed a petition in the High Court of Karnataka seeking directions to restrain the State authorities and the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) from taking any step directly […]
Renowned speed painter Vilas Nayak painted an image of a Yakshagana performer and UNESCO heritage site Hampi during the inauguration of Namma Art Bengaluru, at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat campus. : The first edition of ‘Namma Art Bengaluru,’ a national level art fair organised by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (CKP) in association with the Department of […]
Members of the Yuva Karnataka Vedike staging a protest condemning the appointment of actor Tamannaah Bhatia as the brand ambassador of KSDL, at the company’s Yeshwantpur factory in Bengaluru on May 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain The appointment of actor Tamannaah Bhatia as the brand ambassador of products manufactured by the State-owned Karnataka […]
Harish Mallya, an ardent film buff from Bengaluru, concedes that his theatre visits have come down post the COVID-19 pandemic period. An engineer and a curator of world cinema for the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes), Harish had the habit of watching a film every Friday without fail for decades. In the current situation, he […]
Minister for Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi with artists of Ninasam, who staged Bertolt Brecht’s play Mother Courage and Her Children at Heggodu, in Shivamogga district in Karnataka, on May 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Heggodu (Shivamogga) Minister for Kannada and Culture Shivaraj Tangadagi has promised funds to renovate Shivarama Karantha Rangamandira and […]
For Varijashree Venugopal, the stage has been a second home since the age of four. “Music runs in my blood,” says the Grammy-nominated musician. With the release of her first single ‘Jaathre (Live)‘ from the album Vari (The Live Sessions), Varijashree reflects on her musical journey so far. “This album is a spin-off to my […]
Tom Cruise, who acted in ‘Minority Report’, and (inset) Steven Speilberg who directed it. The year is 2054. In Washington, there’s a police department, ‘Precrime’ which catches criminals before they have committed a crime, thanks to help from three ‘precogs’. This is the premise of the movie Minority Report, based on Philip K Dick’s novella. […]
