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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Madras High Court Dismisses 2011 Plea To Restrain Retd Justice CS Karnan From Commenting On Judiciary In Media

Live Law

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed in 2011 seeking to restrain retired high court judge Justice CS Karnanfrom making public statements, wither written or oral against constitutional authorities or any wing of the judiciary or advocates in public media. A division bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice AD Maria Clete observed that the prayer in the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Food Safety Department Denies NCRB Report Misinterpretation

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Telangana food safety department issued a detailed rejoinder following reports which it said painted Hyderabad “in a ‘negative light” with regard to food safety standards. Highlighting the measures undertaken by the food safety department, commissioner Karnan pointed to a robust strategy to enhance food quality and public health. Initiatives included surprise inspections by three dedicated task forces, special …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Telangana aims to boost early breastfeeding rate by reducing C-sections

The Hindu

According to the National Family Health Survey-5, while 80% of newborns in Telangana are breastfed within the first day, only 38% start on breastfeeding within the crucial first hour, often referred to as the golden hour. “To raise this figure to 80%-90%, the Telangana government is working to lower the Caesarean section rate, as reducing C-sections is expected to improve …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Rajinikanth join hands with Mari Selvaraj for his next? Director answers

India Today

Tamil director Mari Selvaraj, who is known for films like 'Pariyerum Perumal, 'Karnan' and 'Maamannan', hinted at a possible collaboration with Superstar Rajinikanth. In 'Vaazhai', which is gearing up for a release on August 23, the protagonist Sivanaindhaan is a fan of Rajinikanth, while his friend Sekar is a Kamal Haasan's fan. Here's the trailer: On the work front, Rajinikanth …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Dhanush'a Raayan Trailer Out: Another Karnan, Asuran?

Deccan Chronicle

Dhanush K Raja's much-awaited trailer for his new movie Raayan just landed online. This is Dhanush’s second venture as a director following Pa Paandi.The trailer has sparked great interest with vibes reminiscent of Dhanush’s previous hits Karnan and Asuran. One stand-out scene in the trailer shows another character praising Dhanush’s skill comparing it to a hyena and elaborating on how …

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7 months, 1 week ago

The NRAI Food Safety Taskforce Members met with Mr. R. V. Karnan, State Food Safety Commissioner

Deccan Chronicle

NRAI's Special Taskforce to implement FSSAI standards effectively across all Restaurants in Hyderabad Hyderabad: After the recent issue of highlighting the violations of norms by F&B establishments in the city by the Food Safety Department, NRAI Hyderabad Chapter, the foremost Restaurant Body of the country, has immediately taken effective steps of redressal and constituted a special NRAI Food Safety Task …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The 50 greatest Indian action films of all time

Live Mint

If you're a Hindi film fan and watched a fair number of releases in 2022, you might have had an unprecedented thought: when did our action get good? This revenge Western is full of eye-catching action, whether it’s quick scenes like Amitabh Bachchan darting across a bridge as bullets fly or extended set pieces like the Holi raid. The film, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Dhanush, Mari Selvaraj team up once again after ‘Karnan’

The Hindu

Actor Dhanush will join hands with filmmaker Mari Selvaraj once again after their 2021 hit film Karnan. Mari shared the announcement poster along with a picture with Dhanush and wrote, “Extremely overwhelmed to announce this on the same day as Karnan’s release. I am exhilarated and filled with gratitude in joining hands with @dhanushkraja⁩ sir once again.” Extremely overwhelmed to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Centre wanted vetting process in picking judges

The Hindu

The government, just a little over a month before the Supreme Court Collegium recommended advocate Victoria Gowri for Madras High Court judgeship on January 17, 2023, had in the apex court flagged the “compelling need” for a debate to include an “appropriate mechanism” in the Memorandum of Procedure for “assessment of the personality” of candidates under consideration for judicial appointments …

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2 years, 4 months ago

First Take | Fighting an unequal battle for justice

Firstpost

19 addresses itself to the thorny issue of political absolutism where the voice of dissent is not permissible. Unni Govindraj’s Heaven is the second Malayalam film in a row after Pathaam Valavu where that brilliant actor Suraj Venjaramoodu is a bereaved father. One of the best Indian films on social inequality is Mari Selvraj’s Tamil film Karnan. Dhanush, in one …

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2 years, 4 months ago

SIIMA 2021 Nominations: Allu Arjun’s 'Pushpa', Dhanush’s 'Karnan', Tovino Thomas’ 'Minnal Murali' Get Top Nods

ABP News

New Delhi: Nominations for the 10th Edition of the South Indian International Movie Awards were announced on Wednesday. In the Malayalam segment, Basil Joseph's superhero film, 'Minnal Murali' starring Tovino Thomas, got the maximum nominations. In Malayalam, the films nominated for the Best Film category are 'Minnal Murali', 'Kurup', 'The Great Indian Kitchen', 'Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam', 'Joji'. 'Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana' …

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2 years, 4 months ago

SIIMA 2021: Allu Arjun's Pushpa, Tovino Thomas' Minnal Murali lead the nominations

Firstpost

In Telugu, Pushpa: The Rise, directed by Sukumar and starring Allu Arjun with 12 Nominations is leading while Akhanda starring Balakrishna and directed by Boyapati Srinu with 10 Nominations is in the second position. In Telugu, Pushpa: The Rise, directed by Sukumar and starring Allu Arjun with 12 Nominations is leading while Akhanda starring Balakrishna and directed by Boyapati Srinu …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Dhanush Is The Antithesis Of His Former father-in-Law Rajinikanth

Firstpost

Dhanush’s films sometimes make history. I don’t aim to be that.” Dhanush’s films sometimes make history. In Hindi cinema, Dhanush never really found his bearings in spite of fantastic start in Aanand L. Rai’s Raanjhaana where Dhanush played Sonam Kapoor’s stalker/ardent suitor. Dhanush is a part of my life.” Anand is very proud of the global recognition that’s coming Dhanush’s …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Telangana’s spiralling C-section deliveries

The Hindu

Karnan, the Collector of Telangana’s Karimnagar district, recently summoned a meeting of astrologers, pundits, and purohits, it raised more than a few eyebrows. It showed that Telangana, with a 53.51 per cent share of Caesarian deliveries in district hospitals, stands second among States for C-section deliveries. According to the NITI Aayog study, Karimnagar District Hospital with 69.93 per cent of …

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3 years ago

Best Indian films of 2021: Karnan and Sherni to The Disciple and The Great Indian Kitchen

Hindustan Times

Malayalam cinema’s bull run with the most interesting Indian films continued in 2021. Joji Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video Everyone’s favourite Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil plays a strangely timid and feline Macbeth in this Dileesh Pothan-Syam Pushkaran joint. Karnan Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video Writer-director Mari Selvaraj’s second film follows a Dalit village, led by Dhanush’s titular hero, …

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3 years ago

Most memorable Tamil films of 2021, from Karnan, Sarpatta Parambarai to Mandela, Jai Bhim

Firstpost

In a year when we needed solace, reassurance, hope, and an escape the most, cinema did not fail us. Manimekalai’s restraint in documenting sexual violence and her vibrancy in capturing nature in its fluid glory makes this indie film an important watch. Koozhangal Another product from Tamil cinema’s growing independent cinema, Koozhangal has been celebrated across the world. PS Vinothraj’s …

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3 years ago

From Karnan to Jai Bhim and Master: Best of Tamil cinema in 2021

Hindustan Times

As 2021 comes to a close, we take a look at Tamil films that made an impact, went beyond entertaining audiences and managed to appeal to a large section of the viewers without requiring the backing of a star. From Vijay’s Master to Dhanush’s Karnan and Suriya’s Jai Bhim, here are the best Tamil films of the year in no …

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3 years, 1 month ago

'Jai Bhim' vs PMK: Tamil Cinema Achieves What Dravidian Parties Could Not

The Quint

In September, Stalin announced the construction of a Vanniyar Memorial in Villupuram in remembrance of those killed in the 1987 clashes. In the same breath, Stalin visited people of Irular and Narikuravar communities to distribute house pattas, community certificates and other welfare measures, mere days after the release of Jai Bhim. As much as cinema is intertwined with politics in …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Over 10 Tamil films eye direct OTT premiere as Kollywood industry remains divided on influx of digital platforms

Firstpost

During the first wave of Covid-19 last year, Tamil cinema witnessed a small number of films going the OTT way. After small films such as Andhagaaram and Mandela made waves on Netflix, bigger ones in the form of Nayanthara’s Netrikann, Vijay Sethupathi’s Tughlaq Darbar, Arun Vijay’s Border, the long-delayed Karthick Naren directorial Naragasooran are now in serious talks with leading …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Karthik Subbaraj on Jagame Thandhiram, working with Dhanush: 'He brings a lot of detail to his characters'

Firstpost

Karthik Subbaraj discusses his experience of working with Dhanush on Jagame Thandhiram, the film’s delayed release and what he is looking forward to do next Filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj says he always wanted to work with Dhanush and Jagame Thandhiram, a London-set gangster drama, finally gave him a chance to collaborate with the actor. Despite having played a gangster in his …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The Loss of Power and Reactionary Violence in Dhanush's 'Karnan'

The Quint

Podiyankulam is a village whose symbolic universe is upside–down as compared to the universe of the epic Mahabharata. There is a donkey whose front legs are tied and whenever Karnan experiences helplessness, the director brings in the Donkey, which is trying to run but is unable to do so, because its legs are tied. The first trigger of Karnan’s rebellion …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Dhanush's 'Karnan' Through the Eyes of the Marginalised

The Quint

Karnan recently celebrated its 50th day since release and the film has been widely discussed and debated. Director Mari Selvaraj with his second film shattered both expectations and the kind of cast he carried from his first venture. Many people used Mari's Pariyerum Perumal to pitch him against PA Ranjith and his assertiveness of oppressed people fighting back against injustices …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Law On Reels: 'Karnan': A Melancholic Ode Of Oppression

Live Law

The movie Karnan, released on 9th April 2021, a week after Mandela, unleashes the political quotient and intricacies of caste oppression in rural India. While the District magistrates and Superintendents of the police must report any custodial death within 24 hours of its occurrence to the National Human Rights Commission, the case for custodial torture not resulting in deaths goes …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The sword and the razor: ’Karnan’ and ’Mandela’

Live Mint

The first time we meet the protagonists of Mari Selvaraj’s Karnan and Madonne Ashwin’s Mandela, they are fast asleep. But the voter’s ID card sets wheels in motion; as an election campaign reaches fever pitch, Mandela becomes a deadlock-breaker between two factions, and now suddenly everyone is pampering him. The opening sequences have the texture of deep myth: a bird’s …

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Madras High Court Dismisses 2011 Plea To Restrain Retd Justice CS Karnan From Commenting On Judiciary In Media

Telangana Food Safety Department Denies NCRB Report Misinterpretation

Telangana aims to boost early breastfeeding rate by reducing C-sections

Will Rajinikanth join hands with Mari Selvaraj for his next? Director answers

Dhanush'a Raayan Trailer Out: Another Karnan, Asuran?

The NRAI Food Safety Taskforce Members met with Mr. R. V. Karnan, State Food Safety Commissioner

The 50 greatest Indian action films of all time

Dhanush, Mari Selvaraj team up once again after ‘Karnan’

Centre wanted vetting process in picking judges

First Take | Fighting an unequal battle for justice

SIIMA 2021 Nominations: Allu Arjun’s 'Pushpa', Dhanush’s 'Karnan', Tovino Thomas’ 'Minnal Murali' Get Top Nods

SIIMA 2021: Allu Arjun's Pushpa, Tovino Thomas' Minnal Murali lead the nominations

Dhanush Is The Antithesis Of His Former father-in-Law Rajinikanth

Telangana’s spiralling C-section deliveries

Best Indian films of 2021: Karnan and Sherni to The Disciple and The Great Indian Kitchen

Most memorable Tamil films of 2021, from Karnan, Sarpatta Parambarai to Mandela, Jai Bhim

From Karnan to Jai Bhim and Master: Best of Tamil cinema in 2021

'Jai Bhim' vs PMK: Tamil Cinema Achieves What Dravidian Parties Could Not

Over 10 Tamil films eye direct OTT premiere as Kollywood industry remains divided on influx of digital platforms

Karthik Subbaraj on Jagame Thandhiram, working with Dhanush: 'He brings a lot of detail to his characters'

The Loss of Power and Reactionary Violence in Dhanush's 'Karnan'

Dhanush's 'Karnan' Through the Eyes of the Marginalised

Law On Reels: 'Karnan': A Melancholic Ode Of Oppression

The sword and the razor: ’Karnan’ and ’Mandela’