Love Jihad, the upcoming Malayalam film featuring actors Suraj Venjaramoodu, Siddique and Lena, will be a family drama, director Bash Mohammed tells Silverscreen India.
Madhuram Jeevamruthabindu, the upcoming Malayalam anthology presented by filmmaker Siddique, will be a feel-good one, producer Arjun Ravindran told Silverscreen India. The project went on floors on October 6 with a pooja ceremony, and the producer revealed that the shooting will most likely be completed in November.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based freelance journalist, has filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court action against the Mathura jail, where he is currently lodged, and the Uttar Pradesh administration for forcibly discharging him from the hospital where he was undergoing Covid-19 treatment, Bar and Bench reported.
A local court in Mathura rejected the Uttar Pradesh Police’s plea to conduct further probe against Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based freelance journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while on his way to cover the Hathras gang-rape case, Live Law reported.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based freelance journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while covering the Hathras gang-rape case, was denied bail on Tuesday by a local court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Live Law reported.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based freelance journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while covering the gang-rape case in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, and three others, were discharged on Tuesday by a local court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh of the breach of peace charges they were arrested under, The Indian Express reported.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while he was covering the Hathras gang-rape case in Uttar Pradesh, has moved the Mathura District Court applying for regular bail, Live Law reported.
Kappan’s bail plea referred to the Supreme Court judgement granting him the liberty to seek regular bail. The plea said that keeping him in jail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is “nothing but a misuse of its provisions, more particularly when there is no iota of evidence or recovery against the accused even in the charge sheet.”
The Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday to transfer Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan to a hospital in New Delhi, Live Law reported.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 11 Members of Parliament from Kerala along with Raihanth Kappan, the wife of arrested Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday seeking the transfer of Kappan to a hospital in New Delhi from Mathura, Live Law reported.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while he was covering the Hathras gang-rape case in Uttar Pradesh, tested positive for Covid-19. The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking his transfer from Mathura to a hospital in New Delhi hospital for treatment, Live Law reported.
Siddique Kappan, the Kerala-based freelance journalist who was arrested in October 2020 while covering the gang-rape case in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, was named in the 5,000-page chargesheet filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday, Live Law reported.
The world can be speaking about Nesamani, getting #PrayForNesamani to trend, and trying to find out if he’s recovering well from a head injury, sustained nearly two decades ago when a hammer fell on him in the movie Friends. As per the latest memes, he’s at Apollo and eating idli and kalakki. But Vadivelu, the ace comedian who played Nesamani is struggling to rein in his laughter as he speaks about the iconic comic scene.
Actors Siddique and KPAC Lailtha, on Monday afternoon, held an exclusive press meet for television channels in Malayalam, where they lashed out at WCC (Women In Cinema Collective) for a range of ‘offenses’ including ‘insulting Mohanlal’.
Actor Siddique, who serves as the secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), came forward to defend its president Mohanlal, after three actresses from the outfit along with other members of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) made seemingly ‘derogatory’ remarks against the superstar in a press meet organised yesterday. He said it was his duty as an office bearer of the association to present the truth behind the accusations made by the actresses.
Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddique will be next seen in the original Netflix drama called Sacred Games. It’s a crime thriller based on Vikram Chandra’s 2006 novel of the same name. The show revolves around a police officer Sartaj Singh played by Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddhique will be seen as a criminal overlord Ganesh Gaitonde and Radhika Apte plays RAW analyst in this show.
The Supreme Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, passed directions to stop registering cases under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises ‘Sedition’, and stay all pending trials, appeals, and proceedings under it.
Late photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was among four Indian journalists to be honoured with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2022 under the Feature Photography category on Monday.
Members of the Women in Cinema Collective have expressed their disapproval of the Hema committee report, calling its recommendations disappointing and lacking in clarity.
After actor Maala Parvathi, actors Shwetha Menon and Kukku Prameshwaran resigned, on Tuesday, from their posts on the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists) in protest over the organisation not taking any action against actor-producer Vijay Babu, who was recently charged in a rape case.
A Delhi court granted bail, on Monday, to the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case accused Niraj Bishnoi and ‘Sulli Deals’ case accused Omkareshwar Thakur on humanitarian grounds. While their bail has come within months of their arrest, social media users pointed out that several activists continue to remain in prison for years without a trial.
After Naaradan (Malayalam) and Maaran (Tamil) where the media was part of the central conflict, comes Night Drive, directed by Vysakh, where one of the protagonists is a star journalist who brings down a vile, powerful politician.Night Drive pretends to be smarter and more sensitive than the blockbusters Vysakh directed in the past, but in essence, it is just an insincere work that begs to be taken seriously, that reduces a complex and controversial real incident into a bunch of cliches.
“Many people changed their statements in court, many things have been done to topple the case. But I’m optimistic that I will get justice,” said actor Bhavana Menon, who survived abduction and sexual assault in 2017, in an exclusive interview with The News Minute.
This film delves into the story of a dysfunctional family consisting of four brothers abandoned by their mother, who embarks on a religious mission after the demise of their father.Unlike Hindi and Telugu film industries, which mostly focus on producing big-budget films and masala entertainers, Malayalam cinema is known for exploring micro-level concepts, like interpersonal relationships, in a pragmatic way.