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'RRR', 'All That Breathes' enter BAFTA 2023 longlist

While “RRR” finds mention in the BAFTA longlist for a ‘film not in English language’ category, “All That Breathes” is also vying for a spot in the top five of the documentary category.




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Poornima Indrajith is a revelation in the Malayalam film ‘Thuramukham’

Poornima Indrajith effortlessly transforms for the role of a lifetime in Rajeev Ravi’s opus Thuramukham




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Gunasekhar and Neelima: Samantha is the perfect choice to portray Shakuntala’s quiet inner strength

Director Gunasekhar and producer Neelima Guna on how they tried to make ‘Shaakuntalam’ appeal to a contemporary audience




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Samantha Ruth Prabhu: We have come a long way to find our place in the film industry

Samantha Ruth Prabhu opens up on being all grace and poise for ‘Shaakuntalam’ to being covered in bruises while filming action sequences for ‘Citadel’




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Teja Kakumanu: Journey from the sidelines to the director’s chair

Teja Kakumanu discusses his chequered journey in cinema as he makes his directorial debut with the Telugu comedy web series ‘Save the Tigers’, soon to stream on Disney+ Hotstar




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‘Virupaksha’ movie review: Invokes fear without the gimmicks

Sai Dharam Tej and Samyuktha Menon’s Telugu supernatural thriller ‘Virupaksha’ delivers the thrills, aided by deft storytelling and an able technical team




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‘The Sound of Music’ connect to ‘Music School’  

Shriya Saran and Sharman Joshi’s Telugu-Hindi film ‘Music School’ directed by Paparao Biyyala will recreate three iconic songs from ‘The Sound of Music’




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Malayalam scenarist and theatre practitioner Gopan Chidambaram on writing ‘Thuramukham’ and ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’

TheWriter of two of the best period dramas in the recent history of Malayalam cinema, Gopan Chidambaram talks speaks about how Thuramukham, a play written by his father in 1968, was adapted to the screen and why he often gravitates towards historical tales




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Protests against the screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ in Kochi

The screenings at two other multiplexes in Kochi were cancelled




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Uttar Pradesh declares The Kerala Story tax-free, CM Yogi to watch with entire cabinet

Uttar Pradesh becomes the second State after Madhya Pradesh to make the controversial film tax-free




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Alice Birch’s adaptation of David Cronenberg’s ‘Dead Ringers’ converts the anarchic physicality of childbirth into something laboratory-like

The Mantle twins want to “change the way women give birth” — the body horror subgenre has always been nimble and alert to the red-button political issues of the day




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Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam: There is no space for elitism in cinema

From being hailed as the poster boy of new age Telugu cinema to understanding the business of cinema, writer-director-actor Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam discusses his roller coaster journey. He also offers a glimpse into his new film ‘Keedaa Cola’ 




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Nandini Reddy on ‘Anni Manchi Sakunamule’: I remembered the warmth of my grandmother’s palm

B V Nandini Reddy, director of the Telugu film ‘Anni Manchi sakunamule’, talks about understanding relationships across age groups and what she learnt from Sooraj Barjatya films




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Watch | Director Sailesh Kolanu: We are all following the path Marvel has created

Director Sailesh Kolanu, now working on Venkatesh-starrer ‘Saindhav’ discusses his approach to cinema and how he hopes to have his signature as the ‘HIT’ universe grows bigger




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Watch | Director Gowtam Tinnanuri: The ‘Jersey’ you saw on screen was the ninth or 10th draft

Gowtam Tinnanuri, the reticent writer-director, talks about his unlikely journey into cinema and the learnings thus far. Next up is a film starring Vijay Deverakonda 




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‘Kushi’ composer Hesham Abdul Wahab: Telugu cinema has given me wings to dream further

Music composer Hesham Abdul Wahab, debuting in Telugu cinema with director Shiva Nirvana’s ‘Kushi’ starring Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, talks about his fluid work space. He is also working on Nani’s and Sharwanand’s films




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Watch | Directors’ Take | Venkatesh Maha: I began seeing the real world from the age of 16; it shaped my personality 

Venkatesh Maha, director of ‘Care of Kancharapalem’ and ‘Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya’, recalls his formative years and why he stands firm to make the films he believes in




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Watch | Directors’ Take | Vivek Athreya: Mani Ratnam remains relevant because of the writing and being open to collaborations

Director Vivek Athreya opens up on his writing techniques, the art of listening and how films of K Vishwanath, Mani Ratnam, Krishna Vamsi and Mysskin influenced him in his formative years




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Meet the cast of ‘Heartbeat’, the K-drama blending vampires with rom-com

The cast of recently-released Korean vampire rom-com series, HeartBeat, on essaying varied roles, and the show’s comedy track




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Anand Deverakonda: Vaishnavi Chaitanya’s character is the soul of ‘Baby’

‘Baby’ is the most emotional film he has done so far, says actor Anand Deverakonda, while asserting that it’s a gender-sensitive film with Vaishnavi Chaitanya’s character as its backbone




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2X surge in ransomware attacks during the April-June quarter: Report

‘Besides demanding ransom from the victim, these evolved threat actors steal the encrypted data and sell it in the open market to make dual income’



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Asus India launches 11 models in commercial PCs, marks entry into the segment

Designed for enterprises and businesses, the offering includes ASUS ExpertBook range of six laptops, the ASUSPRO ExperCenter range of three desktops, as well as two ‘All in Ones’



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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Go, the cheapest at $549

The company uses the Surface business to showcase its Windows and Office programs and to experiment with hardware designs



  • Computers & Laptops

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India one of the 10 most-affected by stalkerware: Report

Russia, Brazil and the USA are at the top of Kaspersky’s 2020 list of countries hit by the secret surveillance software



  • Computers & Laptops

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ASUS ZenBook Duo UX482: The more screens the better

This special notebook isn’t space, but giving you more display to work with



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Realme enters the laptop category in India with the launch of Realme Book (Slim)

Powered by the latest 11th Generation Intel Core i5 & i3 processors, the device comes with a 14-inch screen




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Growth momentum of the PC industry is likely to continue: HP India




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HP announces the launch of new Pavilion laptops in India

The feature includes EyeSafe certified display, HDR streaming, HEVC on FHD panel, among others



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Multi-cloud is the biggest bet we are making: Dell Co-COO



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The bookshop of the world : the role of the Low Countries in the book-trade, 1473-1941 / edited by Lotte Hellinga ... [et al.] ; assisted by Elaine Paintin.

Goy-Houten : Hes & De Graaf, c2001.




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The bookshop book / Jen Campbell.

London : Constable, 2021.




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Scottish fishing boats / Matthew Tanner.

Princes Risborough, England : Shire Publications Ltd, 1996.




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The George of Port Seton / Ian Hustwick.

Latheronwheel : Whittles, [2000]




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The first East Indians to Trinidad : Captain Cubitt Sparkhall Rundle and the Fatel Rozack / Dennison Moore, Ph. D.

[United States] : Kindle Direct Publishing, 2020.




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Absent history : the untold story of Special Branch Operations in Singapore, 1915-1942 / Ban Kah Choon.

Singapore : Horizon Books, 2002.




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Democratic breakdown and the decline of the Russian military / Zoltan Barany.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]




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The invention of chic : Thérèse Bonney and Paris Moderne / Lisa Schlansker Kolosek ; with 188 illustrations.

New York : Thames & Hudson in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2002.




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Helmut Newton : frames from the edge (1989) / written and directed by Adrian Maben [DVD].

Halle : ArtHaus Musik, [2013]




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Julia Margaret Cameron : the colonial shadows of Victorian photography / Jeff Rosen.

London : Paul Melon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2024.




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The worst accident in the world : Chernobyl, the end of the nuclear dream / Nigel Hawkes [and others] ; illustrations by Duncan Mil.

London : Pan Books Ltd : William Heinemann Ltd, 1986.




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The biomimicry revolution : learning from nature how to inhabit the earth / Henry Dicks.

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]




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Creating Belfast : technical education and the formation of a great industrial city, 1801-1921 / Professor Don McCloy.

Dublin : Nonsuch, 2009.




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Patient : the true story of a rare illness / Ben Watt.

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.




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Oxygen : the molecule that made the world / Nick Lane.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.




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The body : a guide for occupants / Bill Bryson.

London : Black Swan, 2020.




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A field guide to tropical reef fishes of the Indo-Pacific / Gerald R. Allen ; illustrated by Roger Swainston & Jill Ruse.

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont ; Singapore : Tuttle Publishing, 2020.




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The nature of winter / Jim Crumley.

Glasgow, Scotland : Saraband, 2018.




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A curious boy : the making of a scientist / Richard Fortey.

London : William Collins, 2021.




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The planets / Dava Sobel.

London : Harper Perennial, 2006.




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Statistics without tears : an introduction for non-mathematicians / Derek Rowntree.

London : Penguin, 2000, c1981.