-TheNewsMinute.com The film is based on real events, and the character Sengani played by Lijomol Jose, is based on Parvathi. AcToR, direcToR and choreographer Raghava Lawrence has announced that he will build a house for Parvathi, whose life events inspired the recent Tamil film Jai Bhim. The film, which has won wide critical acclaim, tells the sToRy of a landmark legal battle led by Sengani (based on Parvathi) and lawyer Chandru, when...
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‘Jai Bhim’ direcToR Tha Se Gnanavel: ‘More brutal than lock-up ToRture is the silence of society’ -Nandini Ramnath
-Scroll.in The Suriya-led legal drama is based on an actual incident of police brutality in Tamil Nadu. Tha Se Gnanavel’s phone has been ringing non-stop ever since his movie Jai Bhim started streaming on Amazon Prime Video on November 2. “I thought people would say this is a good film, but the response has been far more than expected,” Gnanavel told Scroll.in. “The film has now has led to a discussion. In...
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-TheWire.in The biggest ToRmenToR of the people in India is paradoxically the Indian state itself. We are living in times that are both frightening and strange. They are frightening because the Indian society is being driven by a binary system. Either you conform to the majoritarian or official narrative, or you are branded a traiToR of some sort – jihadi, urban Naxal, or ISI agent who must be jailed or ToRmented by...
More »Uttar Pradesh floods: Common man in Pilibhit left to fend for himself, says BJP MP Varun Gandhi
-PTI/ The New Indian Express Three people were killed and hundreds were marooned as ToRrential rains lashed Bareilly and Pilibhit districts over two days, officials said. LUCKNOW: BJP MP Varun Gandhi, whose Pilibhit constituency has been hit by heavy rains, on Thursday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government, saying if the common man is left to fend for himself, what does governance mean. Three people were killed and hundreds were marooned as ToRrential rains...
More »With dams brimming, Kerala sets up panel to regulate discharge
-The Hindu Pampa, Manimala, Achencoil still above danger level Amid havoc caused by ToRrential rains over the past week leading to floods and landslips, the Kerala Government has constituted an expert committee to regulate the release of water from 81 dams across swollen rivers. The hydroelectric, irrigation and drinking water dams in the State are several decades old and designed in a pre-climate-change era. Climatologists, structural engineers, and hydrologists are on the committee...
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