‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ movie review: Vineeth Sreenivasan’s humour holds together this ode to cinema and friendship

Nivin Paul excels in the humorous scenes, as does Dhyan Sreenivasan in the emotional sequences; Vineeth has given career-reviving turns to both of them

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Rapper Ice Spice to make acting debut in Spike Lee’s ‘High and Low’

Ice Spice has already started shooting for the film, which also stars Denzel Washington

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Cannes Film Festival to screen Indian directors Payal Kapadia and Sandhya Suri’s films at this year’s ceremony

Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ and Suri’s ‘Santosh’ have been selected to screen In Competition and Un Certain Regard at this year’s ceremony, respectively

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‘DeAr’ movie review: A rushed, contrived relationship drama

Starring GV Prakash Kumar and Aishwarya Rajesh, this messy relationship drama needed measured storytelling and a focused exploration of its central conflict

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Tory MP Murrison wants incinerator permit revoked

An MP asks the government to revoke the permit for a planned incinerator in his constituency.

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UK aid spending on asylum seekers rises again

New Foreign Office statistics show about £4.3bn was spent last year on asylum costs at home.

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Green quits mayoral race ‘to prevent vote split’

Current post-holder Ben Houchen accuses Sally Bunce of making a “grubby” deal with Labour.

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Reform UK sorry for not knowing candidate had died

The party says it is “mortified” it dropped a candidate for being “inactive” without knowing he had died.

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Apple changes ‘state-backed’ hacking language months after India ‘pressure’

The company now calls the advanced hacking attempts of which it alerts targets of government hacking “mercenary attacks”

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‘Maidaan’ makers issue statement after plagiarism claims

The Mysore Principal District & Sessions court reportedly ordered a stay on ‘Maidaan’’s release following plagiarism allegations by a screenwriter

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