Kishor Arjun

At the height of his superstardom, Tamil cinema’s favourite son steps off the silver screen to test the limits of political charisma. Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay recently surprised many by announcing that his upcoming film Jan Nayak will be his last, at a moment when his film career appears to be at its peak. Vijay is adored by audiences of all ages, not only in Tamil Nadu but across South India and throughout the global Tamil diaspora. After years of delivering hit and superhit films,...

From AI experiments to restored classics, the 56 th  edition of IFFI has widened the frame of Indian cinema and hinted at where it is headed next. Last month, on the sunlit banks of the Mandovi River, the western Indian state of Goa once again transformed into a brilliant mosaic of reels, voices and visions. From November 20 to 28, the 56th International Film Festival of India saw Panaji turned into a carnival of stories, with each frame a portal to distant lands, untold lives and uncharted...

The iconic filmmaker’s scathing verdict on India’s National Film Awards exposes how India’s highest cinematic honour has drifted from art to appeasement. Adoor Gopalakrishnan is not a man who intervenes casually in public debate. He does not issue press releases, chase relevance or offer opinions to stay in circulation. His appearances in the public square are infrequent, and when he speaks, it is usually in the measured cadences of someone who has spent a lifetime observing rather than...