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Sarita Ravindranath

Mar 3, 20224 min read

Five favourite Gulzar songs

He has hovered around in the background while you were at the nearest nightclub (Dhan Te Nan) or at the crossroads, worrying about your...

Sarita Ravindranath

Mar 3, 20226 min read

I feel the safest as an actor on an Anjali Menon set: Parvathy

Late last year, actor Parvathy went where no young female actor is supposed to go - She expressed an opinion. At the IFFK, Parvathy made...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 28, 20224 min read

Kerala's Women in Cinema Collective: Why their fight is important to us all

A primer on the formation of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) and why the ramifications of the case against actor Dileep go beyond...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 28, 20223 min read

Pampa Biswas: Giving clothes a character

Blouses that hide bruises. A flowing skirt that blends with the wilderness. Shirts and sweaters whose fit and colours keep pace with a...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 24, 20225 min read

Anjali Menon's Happy Journey

The face that launched a thousand inane questions -- Being a woman, Anjali found society was more interested in her personal life than in...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 11, 20224 min read

Murder and the Malayalee: Revisiting Yavanika

Who killed whom and why? It seems no one wants to know just that any more. The murder novel has evolved beyond answering simplistic...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 7, 20225 min read

Playback singing has begun to bore me: Sonu

He is often referred to as India's best playback singer. But Sonu Niigaam, 35, says his sole agenda in life is to die a happy man -- not...