IIT-Bombay chairman quits post after 'tiff' with HRD ministry

The Human Resource Development ministry was hit by yet another controversy with chairman of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's board of governors and nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar resigning......

Modi sarkar now sacks Book Trust chairman

The Centre has cut short by seven months veteran Malayalam writer A Sethumadhavan's term as National Book Trust chairman and appointed a former editor of RSS' mouthpiece in his place.A senior NBT......

'As an actor she was magic, wearing her genius as lightly as her smile'

'Farewell to the unique artist who loved like a mother and taught many things like a teacher.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sidharth Bharathan/Facebook Noted Malayalam actor KPAC Lalitha passed into......

'Mohanlal can play anything!'

"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha. In a career of 41 years Mohanlal has been there, done it all. His range of roles and......

Can Bollywood make a film as smart as this one?

Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum. IMAGE: Prithviraj as Koshi Kurian in Ayyappanum Koshiyum.   Sachy's Ayyappanum Koshiyum starts off as a Man versus Man story and, very slowly,......

Busy weekend for Malayalam cinema

A number of releases are lined up for the last week of June. Director Anwar Rasheed's Ustad Hotel, which has been scripted by Anjali Menon (who was the scriptwriter for Manjadikkuru) and has......