CinemaThe winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Awards South 2020 have been announced for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.Digital NativeThe winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2020 for excellence in South cinema have been announced. The awards honored individuals from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada film industries for their outstanding contribution towards the growth and development of cinema. Award winners include Dhanush, Jyothika, Ajith, Mohanlal, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Rashmika Mandanna, Shiva Rajkumar and others. From the Tamil film industry, Dhanush has bagged the Best Actor award for his performance in Asuran, while Jyothika won the Best Actress award for the film Raatchasi. Parthiban has been awarded Best Director for his remarkable film Oththa Seruppu Size 7. Anirudh Ravichander bagged the Best Music Director award, and the critically acclaimed film To Let bagged the Best Film award. Ajith Kumar has bagged the award for Most Versatile Actor. In Malayalam cinema, Mohanlal...
- 1/3/2021
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
ControversySuriya's response comes days after Jyothika was dragged into controversy over an old speech in which she asked people to donate to schools and hospitals just as they do to temples.Anjana ShekarImage Credit: Picxy.com/venkyeyemagic "Even if a tree is silent, the wind does not leave it alone," begins actor Suriya's open letter which he tweeted on Tuesday, several days after his wife and actor Jyothika was dragged into controversy over an old video. The statement comes as a response to the communal narrative being built over Jyothika's remarks during an award function earlier this year. In her speech, she had requested people to donate to schools and hospitals just as they do to temples. However, the speech went newly viral, and the actor has faced a barrage of abuse from right wing supporters who have called it an insult to Hinduism and temples. She had compared...
- 4/28/2020
- by Dhanya
- The News Minute
OpinionA speech by the actor calling on people to donate as much to schools and hospitals as they do to temples, has seen Hindu outfits and misogynists spew hate on social media.Manasa RaoOver the past week, Tamil social media has been preoccupied with actor Jyothika and her speech at a recent award show, where she highlighted the need to donate to hospitals and schools as much as temples. Jyothika was speaking at an award function hosted by the monthly magazine, Just For Women (Jfw). She won ‘Best actress in a women-centric film’ for the movie Raatchasi (2019), which, incidentally, is about a teacher managing to turn around a poorly-equipped, underfunded government school. Narrating an incident from Thanjavur where she was shooting for the Gowthamraj directorial, Jyothika said, “I was told not to leave without visiting the famous Brihadeeswara temple as it is very beautiful. I have already seen it. It is so beautiful,...
- 4/26/2020
- by Ragamalika
- The News Minute
OpinionA speech by the actor calling on people to donate as much to schools and hospitals as they do to temples, has seen Hindu outfits and misogynists spew hate on social media.Manasa RaoOver the past week, Tamil social media has been preoccupied with actor Jyothika and her speech at a recent award show, where she highlighted the need to donate to hospitals and schools as much as temples. Jyothika was speaking at an award function hosted by the monthly magazine, Just For Women (Jfw). She won ‘Best actress in a women-centric film’ for the movie Raatchasi (2019), which, incidentally, is about a teacher managing to turn around a poorly-equipped, underfunded government school. Narrating an incident from Thanjavur where she was shooting for the Gowthamraj directorial, Jyothika said, “I was told not to leave without visiting the famous Brihadeeswara temple as it is very beautiful. I have already seen it. It is so beautiful,...
- 4/26/2020
- by Ragamalika
- The News Minute
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