Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The Kerala Police is set to convene a meeting of film producers, actors and distributors in Kochi on Saturday (April 26, 2025) to address the allegedly pervasive use of narcotic drugs in the entertainment industry. Manoj Abraham, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, told The Hindu that synthetic drug […]
Actor Shine Tom chacko being taken by the police to the Ernakulam General Hospital for a medical examination on April 19, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The Kochi City police seem far from convinced about actor Shine Tom Chacko’s reasoning for fleeing a hotel in the city during an inspection by the city police’s […]
The Kochi City police in Kerala have arrested actor Shine Tom Chacko after more than four hours of interrogation at the Ernakulam Town North police station on Saturday (April 19, 2025). This comes after he was acquitted earlier this year in a 2015 drug case. Mr. Chacko had turned up at the station around 10 […]
Actor Shine Tom Chacko appeared before the Kochi City police in Kerala around 10 a.m. on Saturday (April 19, 2025). He turned up at the Ernakulam Town North police station after the police had summoned him to appear for questioning in connection with an incident in which he allegedly fled a hotel at Kaloor in […]
Actor Shine Tom Chacko | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Controversy continued to rage for the second consecutive day on Friday (April 18, 2025) over accusations of alleged drug-impaired misconduct centred around Malayalam film actor Shine Tom Chacko even as the Kerala Police confirmed that they would issue the actor a formal summons. Furthermore, the brouhaha […]
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 […]
