The Man Who Sold His Skin captivated the audience on the third day of the Thalassery leg of the 25th International Film Festival of Kerala on Thursday. As many as 24 films were screened on Thursday, including four films in the competition category. The Man Who Sold His Skin wasContinue Reading
Meet Birgitta Volz, an Aurovillean artist who experiments with tree bark to print abstract pieces of art In 1996, when German visual artist Birgitta Volz was dabbling with wood printing and tree bark printing, she felt particularly attracted to a rather “unspectacular” willow (Salix caprea) tree. She immediately started workingContinue Reading
Unlike many of his peers, Amit Tandon, with his ‘clean comedy’, entertains a generation older than millennials Stand-up comedy stages, unlike television, are not bound by censorship (at least, not yet). So, cuss words and dirty jokes are commonplace. Amit Tandon, however, never swears on stage. At least, not anyContinue Reading
Charges of disturbing communal peace raised against the cast and crew of the web series The Gautam Buddha Nagar police in Uttar Pradesh has registered an FIR against the cast and crew of Amazon Prime’s Tandav for allegedly disturbing communal amity and peace. Lodged late on Monday night, the FIRContinue Reading
Amazon India head of content, ‘Tandav’ web series producer, director and writer have been charged with hurting religious sentiments of Hindus The cast and crew of Tandav, Amazon Prime Video’s web series have issued an apology. In a statement shared on Twitter by Ali Abbas Zafar, director of the series,Continue Reading
BJP MLAs write to Prakash Javadekar alleging the series shows Hindu deities in poor light. Taking cognizance of complaints that Hindu gods and goddesses have been ridiculed in web series Tandav, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday sought an explanation from streaming platform Amazon Prime Video on theContinue Reading
From brutal death metal to electronic and orchestral, there is no form of music that LA-based Prateek Rajagopal has not experimented with How does a musician make the transition from a death metal band to orchestral film scores? Seamlessly and deliberately — with a surprisingly helpful detour through the worldContinue Reading
This Saif Ali Khan drama series is riddled with cliched troupes and larger-than-life figures, that only provides a glimpse at the project’s lost potential There is nothing about Ali Abbas Zaffar’s Tandav that makes it stand out amongst its peers in the fledgling world of India’s web shows. For starters,Continue Reading
Cinematic stories of lookalikes follow a few tried and tested tropes. Red, starring Ram Pothineni in a dual role and directed by Kishore Tirumala, uses some of these tropes until a point and then the game begins to shift, paving way for an investigative thriller. Red Cast: Ram Pothineni, NivethaContinue Reading
At House panel meeting, he gives a presentation on reforms made by CBFC. OTT (Over-The-Top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and others need to be regulated, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information andContinue Reading
