Varsha Bharath in ‘Bad Girl’. | Photo Credit: Sony Music South/YouTube After global festival run,Bad Girl, the coming-of-age drama, is all set to release in theatres across India. The film has been officially certified U/A by the censor board. Written and directed by debutante Varsha Bharath, and produced by acclaimed filmmaker Vetri Maaran, the film […]
Vetri Maaran. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Popular film director and producer C. Vetri Maaran has approached the Madras High Court challenging the denial of a censor certificate for Andrea Jeremiah-starrer Tamil movie Manushi, produced by him and directed by Gopi Nainar. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh is slated to hear his writ […]
Vetrimaaran at The Hindu Huddle | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar How do you define a political film? At a session titled ‘Let’s Get Gritty: Indigenous Cinema in a Mainstream Environment’ at The Hindu Huddle 2025, film director, producer and screenwriter Vetrimaaran says that every film makes a political statement because man is a political […]
A still from ‘Seeing Red’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Seeing Red, the Tamil short film which was selected for the MAMI’s Select: Filmed on iPhone initiative, is facing plagiarism allegations. On Monday (02 May, 2025), writer and journalist Jeyarani took to Instagram to claim that Seeing Red is based on her story, Sevvarali Poocharam, […]
Shalini Vijayakumar(left) on the sets of Seeing Red | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At her residence in the city, Shalini Vijayakumar sits cross legged, and is a picture of calm when she talks about her film Seeing Red. This is ironic, given how the film feels like an ode to rage; a feminine rage that […]
