Shine Tom Chacko | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT An emergency meeting of the monitoring committee led by the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) to handle complaints related to workplace harassment of women in the Malayalam film industry will be held here on Monday (April 21, 2025) to decide on the allegations of suspected drug […]
Two days after Malayalam actor Vincy Aloshious raised allegations of drug use and misbehaviour by a male co-star in a film set, she has filed formal complaints with the Internal Complaints Committee of the film as well as the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), naming actor Shine Tom Chacko. The alleged incident is learnt […]
Actor Sheela | Photo Credit: K. RAGESH She ensures her posture is right, that her pink saree looks perfect in the frame. Then her eyes meet the camera. She smiles. It is not difficult to understand why Sheela was the dream girl of Malayalam cinema for a couple of decades. No actress has lit up […]
Feminichi Fathima, directed by Fasil Muhammed, has won the award for the best film in the 48th Kerala Film Critics Award for the year 2024. Indu Lekshmi bagged the best director award for her film Appuram. Tovino Thomas was adjudged best actor (male) for his performances in ARM and Anweshippin Kandethum, Nazriya Nazim and Rima […]
Writer N.S. Madhavan with journalist V. Musafar Ahamed at a discussion in Kozhikode on April 8. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Mohanlal-starrer L2: Empuraan has been successful in leaving a mark on a generation that was born after 1987 about the Gujarat riots of 2002, writer N.S. Madhavan has said. He was attending a discussion […]
Prithviraj Sukumaran | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Income Tax (I-T) department has sought further clarifications from actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran related to his income earned from a few movies released earlier. It is learnt that the notice was served on the actor in the last week of March by the IT department in Kochi. The […]
Actor Ravikumar, who was popular as a romantic hero in Malayalam and Tamil films of the 1970s and 80s, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday (April 4, 2025) morning. He was 71. Born as the son of actor Bharathi and film producer K.M.K. Menon, who launched Sreekrishna Studio in Thiruvananthapuram — […]
Gokulam Gopalan. File photo. | Photo Credit: Ragu R The Enforcement Directorate on Friday (April 4, 2025) conducted searches at offices of Kerala-based businessman Gokulam Gopalan, one of the producers of the movie L2: Empuraan, and some others as part of an alleged foreign exchange violation case, official sources said. The searches are being undertaken […]
A still from ‘L2: Empuraan’ The makers of Mohanlal-starrer L2: Empuraan have made 24 “voluntary cuts” to the film, totalling 2.08 minutes, following sustained right-wing backlash after its release last Thursday (March 27, 2025). The re-edited version of the film, certified by the regional officer of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), is likely […]
Mohanlal in ‘L2 Empuraan’ Antony Perumbavoor, producer of the movie L2: Empuraan, on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) rejected reports that actor Mohanlal lacked knowledge about the content in the film that had invited a massive online backlash from right-wing supporters. “All of us behind the movie, including Mohanlal knew about the story of the film […]
