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‘WandaVision’: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and Kevin Feige on Marvel’s new series

Gautam Sunder The team of Marvel’s first superhero show talk about its sitcom-inspired narrative structure, and entering Phase Four of the MCU in some style

Tandav controversy | I&B Ministry seeks explanation from Amazon Prime Video

PTI BJP MLAs write to Prakash Javadekar alleging the series shows Hindu deities in poor light.

Amazon Prime Video to continue investing in local content

PTI A new partnership with Airtel will allow prepaid users of the telecom major to avail the video streaming service as a standalone offering.

‘Master’ movie review: An in-form Vijay takes a backseat to have fun. But is that enough?

Srivatsan S With ‘Master’, Lokesh Kanagaraj yet again pays a hat-tip to his vaathi (Kamal Haasan), in a film that, unlike his ‘Maanagaram’ or ‘Kaithi’, is a bit drag and flab

Movies

Bong Joon-Ho to head Venice Film Festival’s jury

PTI This is the first time in the festival’s history that a South Korean filmmaker will be heading the competition jury

Movies

‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ movie review: Makes practitioners of patriarchy squirm in their seats

S.R. Praveen Actors Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu are excellent in this hard-hitting take on the sheer drudgery of everyday life, that many women go through

Interview Movies

Priyadarshi: ‘Mail’ was an ego-busting experience

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo Actor Priyadarshi Pulikonda on how he played the computer know-it-all Hybath in the new Telugu film

Multimedia

‘Tribhanga’: Mother knows best?

Watch: The people of 'Paava Kadhaigal'

Watch | Paris' rooftop cellist

Watch | Pakistan to restore Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar's dilapidated houses

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Tandav controversy | I&B Ministry seeks explanation from Amazon Prime Video

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‘One Night in Miami’ movie review: Regina King makes a thrilling directorial debut

Mini Anthikad Chhibber This fictional account of a meeting between four powerful Black icons in February 1964 makes for a poignant, thoughtful and fascinating watch

Industry

Amazon Prime Video to continue investing in local content

PTI A new partnership with Airtel will allow prepaid users of the telecom major to avail the video streaming service as a standalone offering.

Movies

KIFF: ‘Bandar Band’ of Iran adjudged best film

PTI The road movie follows the journey of three musicians across a flooded landscape to attend a music competition in Tehran

Movies

‘Tribhanga’ movie review: Of mothers, daughters and then some

Debasree Purkayastha Renuka Shahane’s family drama on Netflix has its intentions in the right place, but falls short of expectations

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Legendary classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan dies at 89

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Kerala

Yesudas gets a birthday melody from fellow singers

P.K. Ajith Kumar 28 singers feature in a song composed by Shwetha Mohan

Music

Kochi Music Foundation organises ‘Para’, a digital hip-hop festival

Athira M Leading rap artistes from Kerala are featured at the fete streamed on the Foundation’s YouTube channel

Music

Meet EDM-pop duo HelloDuck

Aparna Narrain The Kolkata-based band’s first track, ‘Jeene De’ off their debut EP, Yaadein, is out

Music

Need help translating songs in regional languages? Ask Lyrically Obscure

Sweta Akundi Wonder what the Malayalam portion in ‘Jiya Jale’ means? Lyrically Obscure on Instagram provides English translations of everything from film songs to garbas and aartis

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The women behind the Chhau mask

Satyasundar Barik & Anusua Mukherjee

Dance

Why it’s time to stop labelling

Bhanu Kumar In an online discussion, four dancers emphasised the need to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary

Dance

‘Kalyanasougandhikam’ highlights the fine classicism of Kathakali

Sreevalsan Thiyyadi ‘Kalyanasougandhikam’ brought alive the blend of elements unique to a Kathakali play

Dance

Folk arts of South India in focus at Margazhi Village Festival

Gowri S DakshinaChitra’s Margazhi Village Festival will present the folk arts of South India

Entertainment

‘Just Dance 2021’ review: Groove those WFH blues away with this fun family experience

Julian Almeida We played Just Dance 2021 on the Nintendo Switch and found the video game provides wholesome entertainment to make being house-bound a bit more fun

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When walls speak a thousand words at the Centre for Performing Arts in Varkala

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Artist George Fernandez opens gallery at his institute in Thiruvananthapuram

Harikumar J S

Remembering Yasala Balaiah’s world through his batik paintings

Neeraja Murthy

2020 will be remembered as year of artistic resilience

Nivedita Ganguly

Life & Style

Check out these calendars featuring rescue animals for the year 2021

Susan Joe Philip To welcome 2021, animal welfare organisations release calendars that feature photographs and illustrations of their furry superheroes

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Swatantra Theatre’s ongoing four-day online live children’s theatre festival till January 10

Neeraja Murthy Swatantra Theatre’s ongoing four-day online live children’s theatre festival tells stories of the famous funnyman in Urdu literature

Digital platform Theatre

Shreyas Talpade set to unveil Nine Rāsā in January 2021

Neeraja Murthy Shreyas Talpade hopes his new digital theatre initiative will create new opportunities for artistes and technicians

Movies

Mike Muthu on adapting ‘The Burglar’s Christmas’

Srivatsan S Theatre director Mike Muthu on adapting the short story for a film format, and why he feels virtual plays defeat the purpose of theatre

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Movies

‘WandaVision’: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and Kevin Feige on Marvel’s new series

Gautam Sunder The team of Marvel’s first superhero show talk about its sitcom-inspired narrative structure, and entering Phase Four of the MCU in some style

Movies

‘One Night in Miami’ movie review: Regina King makes a thrilling directorial debut

Mini Anthikad Chhibber This fictional account of a meeting between four powerful Black icons in February 1964 makes for a poignant, thoughtful and fascinating watch

Movies

‘Lupin’ review: Netflix heist series is all style, wit and warmth

Mini Anthikad Chhibber A story about thrilling heists, fathers and sons, class and colonialization, the French series has left us gasping for more

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