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Hasyam movie review: Jayaraj captures the banality of callousness through a tragi-comic tale of a cadaver agent
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Hasyam movie review: Jayaraj captures the banality of callousness through a tragi-comic tale of a cadaver agent

Although Hasyam sets out to invoke hasya rasa, it elicits a range of moods including, in my case, bewilderment at my lack of revulsion towards the oddballs in this story.

Thoothukudi police tell RJ Suchitra to take down Instagram video on Jayaraj and Bennix custodial deaths
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Thoothukudi police tell RJ Suchitra to take down Instagram video on Jayaraj and Bennix custodial deaths

In a statement released on Twitter, the district police said that the RJ's video seems to be a "figment of imagination" and promotes "hatred against the police"

Jayaraj-Fenix custodial deaths: Policing powers are sovereign powers; privilege and lack of accountability narrows scope for victims
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Jayaraj-Fenix custodial deaths: Policing powers are sovereign powers; privilege and lack of accountability narrows scope for victims

The recent death of a father and son due to alleged custodial torture by the Tamil Nadu police has reverberated the cries to end unjust incarceration and institutional culture of police brutality in India.

'Bloodstains on lathis, no CCTV footage': P Jayaraj and Fenix thrashed all night by Sathankulam Police personnel, finds Judicial Magistrate’s report
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'Bloodstains on lathis, no CCTV footage': P Jayaraj and Fenix thrashed all night by Sathankulam Police personnel, finds Judicial Magistrate’s report

Mentioning Head Constable Revathy's statement in a four-page report to the Madras High Court Madurai Bench, the Judicial Magistrate probing the deaths said she feared to receive threats if she revealed the facts. In her statement, Revathy told the JM that the two persons were 'beaten up the entire night by police personnel there (Sathankulam PS) using lathis.'

MK Arjunan, renowned Malayalam music composer, dies of age-related ailments in Kochi
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MK Arjunan, renowned Malayalam music composer, dies of age-related ailments in Kochi

While he initially created music for theatre, Master Arjunan started his career as a composer in cinema in 1968 with Malayalam film Karutha Pournami.

Malayalam film Bhayanakam wins best cinematography at 2019 Beijing International Film Festival
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Malayalam film Bhayanakam wins best cinematography at 2019 Beijing International Film Festival

Both Jayaraj, Bhayanakam's director, and lead actor, writer and journalist Renji Panicker who attended the festival received the award.

IFFI 2018: Bhayanakam director Jayaraj on his Navarasa project and his love for Shakespeare
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IFFI 2018: Bhayanakam director Jayaraj on his Navarasa project and his love for Shakespeare

Acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj discusses his new film Bhayanakam, why he cast Renji Panicker and what he learnt from working with Bharathan.