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Turning the focus on Arshad Warsi’s best performance, Subhash K Jha looks back at Sehar, which just turned 20 in this edition of his feature series This Day That Year.

Sehar is a small-big film about unlikely heroes. The police force , often shown to be brutal and self-serving, gets a commendable pat on the back from first-time director Kabeer Kaushik in this biographical account of principled police-man Ajay Kumar (Arshad Warsi) fighting “absolute power” emanating from extra-constitutional guns in Up.

The film’s parched ambience and relentless stress on telling it like it is, make it a kind of documented drama that’s still rare in Hindi cinema. The characters are all familiar quasi-stereotypes: gun-toting law-unto-oneself type of anti-socials who have been done to bludgeoning death in the cinema of Govind Nihalani and Ram Gopal Varma.

What makes the age-old combat between Good and Evil in Sehar reasonably riveting is...

As the show begins, a touching story of love, heartbreak, and yearning is ready to unfold. Haari Main Haari Sajna is a deeply emotional narrative that promises to resonate with audiences everywhere, debuting on 30th March 2025, on Bedia Film Music’s official YouTube channel.

Picture a story that speaks to your innermost feelings, reflecting your own journeys through love, loss, and desire. Haari Main Haari Sajna is that tale, a heartfelt depiction of human emotions that will stay with you long after the final scene.

The talented team behind this project highlights its potential for greatness. Ameesha Thakur and Tarun Thakur deliver powerful performances, bringing depth and complexity to their characters that will leave you in awe. The musical score, created by the talented Aman Khan, beautifully combines melody and emotion, enhancing the story’s impact.

Directed by Munish Kalyan, the song is a visual masterpiece that immerses you in a world of feelings.

The 2005 Malayalam film Albhuthadweepu, which was a fantasy comedy about a land of dwarfs, is all set to get a sequel. The film’s director Vinayan has announced that he is planning to make Albhuthadweepu 2, which will feature Unni Mukundan as the lead actor. According to a report, Unni Mukundan will play the role of a prince from another island who falls in love with a princess from Vamanapuri, the land of dwarfs. The film will also have Guinness Pakru, who played the role of Prince Gajendran in the first part, reprising his character. The director said that he has already completed the script and is waiting for the right time to start the production.

Albhuthadweepu was a hit film that starred Prithviraj and Guinness Pakru in the lead roles. The film was about a young man named Ananthan (Prithviraj) who accidentally lands on an island inhabited by dwarfs. He...

New Delhi, Jan 21 (Ians) Indian Deaf Cricket Association (Idca) Tri-Nation One Day International (Odi) for the deaf will be held from April 28 to May 6 in Kolkata.

In this tournament, deaf cricket teams from India, Bangladesh and Nepal will compete with each other to take the coveted trophy home.

For the upcoming tournament, Idca has till now shortlisted the names of 21 players based on their past performance. Out of this, 16 players will be selected for the Tri-Nation tournament by a five-member selection committee after an internal meeting scheduled to be held on January 28 and 29, here.

The committee will be headed by Dev Dutt (Coach). Vinod Kumar Matta (Chief Selector), MP Singh (Head Coach), Sumit Jain (President), Ajay Kumar (Secretary) and Manish Goel (Treasurer) will be on the panel.

Sumit Jain, President, Idca said, “Idca is delighted to be hosted in Kolkata which is one of the venues for the Ipl as well.

RepresentationFor a long time, Malayalam and Tamil movies have resorted to using dwarf persons for humour, which often borders on the cruel. Are we any better now, Tnm explores.Lakshmi PriyaMore than 40 years since its release, veteran Malayalam director Kg George’s 1980 film Mela has proved to be a milestone in many ways. Adapted to the screen from a book of the same name, written by circus artist and writer Sreedharan Champad, Mela tells the story of a 27-year-old dwarf person, who struggles with jealousy and insecurities after his marriage to a woman almost double his height. In his book ‘An Album of Indian Big Tops (History of Indian Circus)’, Sreedharan refers to Mela as the first film in the world to be made with a dwarf person as the hero: Puthenveli Sasidharan. Sasidharan eventually came to be known as Mela Raghu — a beloved screen name he received thanks to...

ControversyThe Madras Hc has ordered a response from the makers of ‘Dr S Anitha Mbbs’.Tnm StaffThe film, Dr S Anitha Mbbs, starring Bigg Boss participant Julie, has run into trouble with Anitha’s father seeking a ban on the biopic based on his daughter, who spearheaded the protest against National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Neet) in Tamil Nadu. The petition was filed by T Shanmugam, father of Ariyalur student and medical aspirant S Anitha, who took her life last year as she could not take up Mbbs due to poor scores in Neet. In the petition filed on November 2, Shanmugam had requested for a ban on Ajaykumar’s upcoming film Dr S Anitha Mbbs, a biopic based on his daughter’s life, with the Madras High Court. He had also requested that a sum of Rs 25 lakh be paid to him and his family for the damages caused. Justice Kalyanasundaram, who heard the petition on Thursday,...

Actor Jayasurya’s Punyalan Private Limited would be released on November 17. The team is working to stick to the deadline and release the film as planned, say sources.

In Punyalan Private Limited, Jayasurya will be reprising the role, Joy Thakkolkaran, he had done in the prequel.

The star cast also includes Aju Varghese, Dharmajan, Vijayaraghavan (actor), Guinness Pakru and Sreejith Ravi.

Music for the film has been composed by Anand Madhusoodanan with the camera work done by Vishnu Narayanan and V Saajan signed up for editing.

Guinness Pakru will soon be fascinating film buffs in an animation film. Sujith Ayappan is all set to make the first ever kids’ fantasy thriller, which is completely new to the Malayalam audiences and has roped in Guinness Pakru to play the male lead. Titled Veerapakru, the film is about the Lilliputam kingdom set in a different era.