Malayalam cinema
Dulquer Salmaan: The Smouldering Star
Kaveree Bamzai
Artistic and commercial success across four languages is rare but Dulquer Salmaan has achieved it, cementing his national heartthrob status, most recently in a Hindi movie
Prithviraj Sukumaran: Southern Dynamo
In a career spanning almost two decades, Prithviraj Sukumaran has done it all, from playing the loving brother to a sex god to a hard-nosed cop. The actor speaks to Kaveree Bamzai about the joy of a good script and the thrills of contemporary Malayalam cinema.
‘The tide is shifting away from male supremacy in movies,’ says Parvathy
Parvathy is done with the whataboutery of the Kerala film industry. The straightshooting actor shares her hopes and frustrations with Ullekh NP
Fahadh Faasil: Eyes Wide Open
Fahadh Faasil’s new movie is a 90-minute thriller, shot during the lockdown and wrapped up in 18 days. The actor personifies the New Wave of Malayalam cinema
Who Exactly is the ‘Other’?
A swift tour of India’s memorable cultural trends in literature and movies
Men Who Don’t Learn
On an impending meeting in which male Malayalam stars will embarrass themselves further
Balachandra Menon: All in One
Actor, director, producer, writer, lyricist, Balachandra Menon is an unsurpassed hero in Indian cinema
An Act of Horror: The Crime that Shook Kerala
The darker side of the superstar-struck Malayalam film industry
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