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KIFF 2017: Cinephiles at the festival get a taste of prison... and love it
The food stall at the first Kazhcha Indie Film Fest, supplied by prisoners from the Poojappura central jail, was as big a hit as the movies.
Article Malayalam
KIFF 2017: Virtual Reality would be a terrific challenge to filmmakers, says Sreebala K Menon
Participants at the Bridge session at the Kazhcha Indie Film festival agreed that they would need to learn this form of filmmaking which would radically challenge all that they have learnt so far.
Article Hindi Malayalam
KIFF 2017: Network of independent filmmakers need of the hour
S Durga director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan said piracy is the primary difficulty, while actress Maheen Mirza said the problems filmmakers faced were similar to the problems farmers and weavers faced.
Review Malayalam
Karie review: Shanavas Naranipuzha's film on caste biases worth its weight in gold
Naranipuzha laces the significant content with dry, witty humour in such a powerful manner, that the point is made and convincingly at that.
Article Assam
KIFF 2017: Bobby Sarma Baruah hired an assistant just to teach her Rajbangshi
The director worked for almost seven years on her biopic on Pratima Barua Pandey, a woman who broke several norms and helped to preserve Rajbangshi music.
Article Malayalam
KIFF 2017: Why is Dalits becoming priests news? It must be the norm, says Shanavas Naranipuzha
The director of Malayalam film Karie (Black), which is being screened at the inaugural Kazhcha Indie Film Fest, speaks about his reasons for making the feature, its impact, and the caste system.
Article Hindi
Actor Vishal's by-poll nomination rejected, Cheran withdraws protest
Two signatures in the actor's nomination papers were found to be forged.
Article Tamil
Election commission rejects Vishal's nomination after actor claims it was accepted
After the returning officer rejected Vishal's nomination for the RK Nagar by-election, the actor tweeted that it had been accepted. However, the commission announced late at night that he cannot contest.
Article American Hindi
Tamil actor Napoleon makes Hollywood debut playing museum curator
The well-known actor and former Union minister, who migrated to the US a few years ago, will be seen in Devil's Night: Dawn Of The Nain Rouge.
Article Tamil
There is no law that prohibits me from contesting elections: Actor Vishal Krishna
His statement comes in reponse to demands that the actor resign as the president of TFPC before filing his nomination for the upcoming by-election.
Article Hindi Tamil
Release of Rajini and Akshay's 2.0 pushed to April 2018
The filmmakers had earlier said the film would be released on 25 January 2018.
Article Tamil
Film star Vishal to enter politics, contest by-election for Jaya's seat
Vishal announced that he would file his nomination papers for the RK Nagar by-election on Monday.
Article Tamil
Another producer files complaint against film financier Anbu Chezhiyan
However, the financier's brother denied all allegations and promised to file a defamation suit against the producer who filed the complaint.
Review Tamil
Annadurai review: G Srinivasan's film leaves you drained and dejected
Actor Vijay Antony, who is known to have a penchant for picking the right scripts, seems to have made a serious mistake.
Review Tamil
Thiruttu Payale 2 review: Director Susi Ganesan's drama scores big
The director, who was nowhere to be seen in the Tamil film industry for a while after his film Kandasamy's dismal box office performance, has made a strong comeback with Thiruttu Payale 2.
Article Hindi Tamil
Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah put out latest pics of Vishwaroopam 2
The artistes took to Twitter to put out pictures shot on the sets of Vishwaroopam 2, which they said is well on track again.
Article Tamil
Tamil film financier Anbu Chezhiyan seeks anticipatory bail
He has been accused of abetting the suicide of film producer Ashok Kumar.
Article Tamil
Arya and Sayyeshaa's next Tamil film titled Gajinikanth
The film will be directed by Santhosh P Jayakumar and produced by KE Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green Productions.
Article Tamil
Tiff between CV Kumar and Gopuram Films over, Maayavan to be released soon
Lawyers of Gopuram Films have handed over the the no-objection certificate and have promised to return financial documents to CV Kumar.
Article Tamil
Makers to remove 'kutra parambarai' term from Tamil film Theeran Adhigaram Ondru
The film uses the term, which translates to 'criminal tribes', to address the dacoits.