ControversyThe trailer opens with the line ‘Shalini Unnikrishnan, a Hindu from Kerala’ and shows a happy and carefree Adah Sharma, who plays the lead role.Screengrab/ YOUTUBEThe Kerala Story, starring Adah Sharma, is set to be released on May 5 and the trailer of the film is now out. The film, directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s movie, courted controversy with its claim that 32,000 women from Kerala were forcibly converted and allegedly recruited to the militant outfit Isis. The trailer opens with the line ‘Shalini Unnikrishnan, a Hindu from Kerala’ and shows Adah Sharma who plays the lead role of Shalini, happy and carefree. The next shot shows her being held captive by two gun-laden women in uniforms, belonging to Isis. The trailer also shows some Muslim men instigating others to get into relationships with women, and hand them over to them. Further, it shows Adah Sharma’s religious conversion,...
- 4/26/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
Pookutty shared the award with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. The then 37-year-old Pookutty was an unknown name in the country, but it was not to remain so after the Oscar.
But the highlight was when the then Left government led by V.S. Achuthanandan decided to give him a hero’s welcome and the person who was asked to head the welcoming committee was the then Culture Minister M.A. Baby, at present a Cpi-m politburo member.
And on that day in 2009, his tiny village in Kollam district – Anchal – woke up to welcome their dearest son.
Soon Pookutty became the most popular personality in Kerala and stories of his childhood and how he studied under a kerosene lamp and his daily walk to the school about 10 kms all became news.
Also written was how a bus checker’s son, the youngest of eight children, the hardworking Pookutty was able to rise to the highest level.
But the highlight was when the then Left government led by V.S. Achuthanandan decided to give him a hero’s welcome and the person who was asked to head the welcoming committee was the then Culture Minister M.A. Baby, at present a Cpi-m politburo member.
And on that day in 2009, his tiny village in Kollam district – Anchal – woke up to welcome their dearest son.
Soon Pookutty became the most popular personality in Kerala and stories of his childhood and how he studied under a kerosene lamp and his daily walk to the school about 10 kms all became news.
Also written was how a bus checker’s son, the youngest of eight children, the hardworking Pookutty was able to rise to the highest level.
- 3/12/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
TributeOne of the most respected actors of Malayalam cinema, Sathyan was once a teacher, a soldier in World War II and a policeman.CrisSathyan on Cinemamasika, July 1971 edition / Courtesy - Bipin ChandranIt was a summer of the 1960s. Rajani was a young girl shopping at the Rangoon Textiles shop (which no longer exists) in Thiruvananthapuram. Someone said that actor Sathyan was standing outside the Cannemora Café (which also no longer exists) nearby. Little Rajani ran to have a look at the star. White shirt, black pants, sunglasses and a cigarette on his lips, she noticed him leaning against a car. He saw the little girl and smiled at her, she recalled. Years later, when a friend rang up to tell her about his death, she could not believe it. Only that day – June 15, 1971 – she had read in the morning paper that he was seriously ill. “Until then, we had no idea he was so unwell.
- 6/16/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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