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Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Peter Spears and director Chloe Zhao react for Best Film BAFTA award for "Nomadland", during the 74th British Academy Film Awards in London, Britain, April 11, 2021.

BAFTA Awards | 'Nomadland' wins 4 awards, including best picture, director

AP Emerald Fennell’s revenge comedy “Promising Young Woman” was named best British film, while the best actor trophy went to 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins for playing a man grappling with dementia in “The Father.”

Rajinikanth’s ‘Annaatthe’ resumes shoot

The Hindu Net Desk In December 2020, the shooting of the film had come to a halt following a outbreak of COVID-19 on the sets

Adivi Sesh’s ‘Major’ teaser unveiled

Special Correspondent The film directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka is inspired by the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and will release in Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam

Irrfan Khan’s son Babil to make acting debut opposite Timri Dimri with ‘Qala’

PTI The new movie comes from director Anvitaa Dutt, who had directed ‘Bulbbul’ earlier for Netflix

Reviews

‘Karnan’ movie review: Dhanush and Lal make a fantastic pair in a film that resists, rises and revolts

Srivatsan S Mari Selvaraj’s follow-up to ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ is even more assertive, even more aggressive, and twice as painful to watch and introspect

Movies

The Hindu Explains | What is the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, and why has it been abolished?

Anuradha Raman How will the recent ordinance on tribunals impact filmmakers seeking redressal on certification and cuts?

Nivetha Thomas, Anjali and Ananya Nagalla with Pawan Kalyan

Reviews

‘Vakeel Saab’ movie review: Pawan Kalyan amplifies ‘no means no’ in a masala-laced adaptation

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo The Telugu remake of ‘Pink’ headlined by Pawan Kalyan hits the right notes in the courtroom proceedings

Multimedia

Meet the team behind 'Pagglait'

(from left) Kalki Koechlin, Tahira Kashyap and Surveen Chawla

Watch | The women at Netflix

(clockwise from left) Shweta Basu Prasad, Kalki Koechlin, Surveen Chawla, Amruta Subhash, Sayani Gupta, Neena Gupta, Mithila Palkar, Masaba Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Guneet Monga, Monika Shergill, Inayat Verma, and Divya Dutta

At the Netflix roundtable...

Watch | Pooja Bhatt and Alankrita Srivastava talk about ‘Bombay Begums’

Movies

Deepika Padukone has a packed film slate. | File

Deepika Padukone steps down as Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival chairperson

PTI

Interview Movies

Nivetha Thomas: Enacting Pallavi in ‘Vakeel Saab’ came with responsibility

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo Nivetha Thomas talks about reprising Taapsee Pannu’s part from ‘Pink’, in the Telugu remake ‘Vakeel Saab’, and pulling off the courtroom meltdown scene in one take

Movies

BAFTAs 2021: Complete list of winners

AP Filmmaker Chloe Zhao's ‘Nomadland’wins 4 awards, including best picture, director

Movies

Trisha’s ‘Paramapadham Vilayattu’ to premiere April 14 on Disney+ Hotstar

The Hindu Net Desk The actor’s 60th film is a political-thriller, and is directed by K Thirugnanam

Movies

Filmmaker Farha Khatun’s documentary ‘Holy Rights’ discusses the topic of triple talaq and woman quasis

Susan Joe Philip The film recently won the National award in the non-feature category for the best film on social issues.

Music

The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years.

Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50

Interview / music Music

Cross-cultural collaboration: Lucky Ali and Eliezer Botzer release their second single, ‘Amaraya’

S B Vijaya Mary Lucky Ali and Eliezer Cohen Botzer hold forth on their latest single ‘Amaraya’ and the spiritual harmony that binds them

Album Music

Vivek Venugopal’s latest album Reveries, Op. 7: Notes of contemplation

Neeraja Murthy Composer Vivek Venugopal discusses why it is the musician and not the composer who adds flavour and life to a piece of music

Varkey (Arun Varghese) and Gopikrishnan S Kurup in the video

Music

‘Chiri Paatu’ is an ode to friendship

Athira M Composed by Varkey and directed by Goutham Soorya, the music video brings together a group of friends and capture their smiles

Music

Pakistani rock band Strings call it quits after 33 years

PTI The group took to social media on Thursday evening to announce their decision to disband, saying that the members will share an “inseparable bond”

Dance

This Korean dance-fashion show is where tradition meets modernity

Gowri S

‘Ahuti’, a Chitrasena Dance Company-Nrityagram production

Music

Art across the Palk Strait

Meera Srinivasan The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

Theatre

How dancer Anuradha Venkataraman interpreted Dante through the ‘Mahabharata’

Ruth Dhanaraj Sometimes East can meet West as VIDEODANTE a dance production by Instabili Vaganti proves

Veteren Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra

Other States

Noted Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra dies at 86

PTI Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over her death and paid tributes to the departed soul

Kunhiraman Nair with his family after a performance in 2013

Dance

Kunhiraman Nair — the grand old man of Kathakali

Sreevalsan Thiyyadi Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was one of the last exponents of the Kalladikodan style of the art form

Art

A piece inspired by (late) artist Anjum Singh’s artwork

Of bonds, art and hope: Aaradhana Jhunjhunwala and the late artist Anjum Singh’s collaborative project

Neeraja Murthy

Pandemic shaped art

Four artists from Kerala are on all-India trip to explore and capture the sights on their canvas

Four Kerala artists on an all-India trip to discover the country

Saraswathy Nagarajan

The Artist Spud holds first solo exhibition

Ruth Dhanaraj

Art

Putting Alappuzha on the global art map

PRIYADERSHINI S Behind the scenes at Lokame Tharavadu, the biggest festival of Malayali artists coming up in the land of houseboats and coir warehouses

Theatre

This iconic Hyderabad family theatre group is taking an online streaming route

Neeraja Murthy Theatre group, Sri Venkateswara Surabhi Theatre, Hyderabad, is moving online with a month-long programme

Theatre

Sthaayi theatre brings out its latest Tamil play 'Hayavadana' in Coimbatore

Susan Joe Philip The play is directed by Thirunavakkarasu and is a tribute to Girish Karnad and BV Karanth

Theatre

How dancer Anuradha Venkataraman interpreted Dante through the ‘Mahabharata’

Ruth Dhanaraj Sometimes East can meet West as VIDEODANTE a dance production by Instabili Vaganti proves

TV

Movies

Justin Timberlake to star in ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ series for Apple

PTI The actor-singer is set to play American host Chuck Barris in an hour-long drama series

Movies

Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Netflix series ‘The 39 Steps’

PTI The six-episode show is based on the 1915 John Buchan novel that has previously been adapted several times

Movies

Tom Holland to lead first season of Apple’s new series ‘The Crowded Room’

PTI Described as a gripping anthology series, the show will explore the true and inspirational stories of those who have struggled and learned to successfully live with mental illness

Cut me no cuts

The voyage of discovery

A European dominance

A beginner’s guide to the fantastic beasts and the films that embraced them

Thumbnails from Thiruvananthapuram

The Mission of Silence