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Kochi: Noted actor Shabana Azmi has opposed the banning of ‘The Kerala Story’ which tells about allurement of women into Islam and using them by terrorist outfit of Islamic State.Winner of Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, Shabana Azmi flayed those seeking its ban. She said, “Those who speak of banning #The Kerala Story are …

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Thrissur: The cultural capital of Thrissur is attracting large numbers of people for the 13th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK) that began on February 5. After missing the event for two years due to the pandemic, the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi (KSNA) is organising the event until February 14 in association with the …

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Kochi: After meeting for the first time on the sets of ‘Fukrey’ in 2012, actors  Richa Chadda, 36, and Ali Fazal, 35, have decided to become life partners, media reports said. After dating for about seven years, Fazal of ‘Three Idiots’ fame, first proposed to Richa in 2019 and they decided to get married in …

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Kochi: Suriya, Ajay Devgn and Aparna Balamurali won the top category of the National Film awards. Suriya and Ajay Devgn shared the best actor’s award while Aparna Balamurali won best actress’ title. Suriya and Aparna got it for Soorarai Pottru Tamil feature film and Ajay for Hindi feature film Tanhaji. Soorarai Pottru was adjudged best …

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Kochi: Popular actor Pratap Pothen, 70, was found dead in his flat in Kilpauk in Chennai today.A successful filmmaker, director and scriptwriter, Pratap had contributed immensely to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industry.Born in 1952 in Thiruvananthapuram, Pratap was influenced by his elder brother Hari Pothen, who was a film producer.Not interested in family …

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Kochi: Noted Malayalam Screenplay writer John Paul, 72, passed away due to ill health in a private hospital in Kochi on Saturday.He was in the hospital for the last few months. His condition deteriorated on Friday.His body will be kept homage at Ernakulam town hall from 8 am to 11 am and later at Chavara …

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Kochi: Months after remaining closed, movie theatres were thrown open to film buffs  across the state with Thrissur celebrating release of Dulquer Salman starred ‘kurup’. The cultural capital of the state, Thrissur has to its credit state’s first theatre Jose and rightly the city saw Dulquer fans making the occasion memorable. The crime thriller movie …

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