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Balan The Boy review: Chidambaram’s superbly crafted drama traces a mother and son hiding against the world

Balan The Boy review: Chidambaram’s superbly crafted drama traces a mother and son hiding against the world

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Balan he Boy review Cast: Adhisheshan KR, Farzana Palathingal, Girish AD, Tovino Thomas, and Dolly June Director: Chidambaram Star rating: ★★★.5 The defining image in Malayalam film director Chidambaram’s Balan The Boy comes in the first half, when mother and son find a moment of respite after a lot of running around. The two of them lie on the bed; she keeping a loaded gun beside her. It is a declaration. No one is welcome here in their chosen space, and if some outside force tries to break this peace, there will be consequences. Balan The Boy is directed by Chidambaram, who made Manjummel Boys. Unfolding like a mystery, this is a subtly layered and wrenching drama about the many layers of identity that protects and pulls us apart in equal measure. You enter the world of Balan thinking it as one thing, and slowly it turns, and unfolds into a completely different thing altogether. The premise Amma (Farzana) and her boy (Adhisheshan) drop out of prison when we first meet them. From here on, …

Mouni Roy breaks silence on backlash for playing Varun Dhawan’s mother

Mouni Roy breaks silence on backlash for playing Varun Dhawan’s mother

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Mouni Roy, 40, received widespread criticism for playing the mother of Varun Dhawan, 39, in Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai. While the casting choice sparked trolling and debate online, the actress remained unfazed. In a recent interview, Mouni opened up about the backlash, revealing why she took on the unconventional role. Mouni Roy on playing Varun Dhawan’s mother When asked about the trolling she faced for playing Varun’s mother, Mouni told News18, “I can’t do anything about it. I didn’t care what the noise was. I didn’t care what people were saying. It became such a big thing that, ‘How can the makers do this to me!’ But I knew what I had done in the film. I knew that my director was very happy, and so was everybody I worked with on the film.” Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Vijay was forever changed by sister’s death, reveals mother: ‘He was quieter, reserved’ | Tamil News

Vijay was forever changed by sister’s death, reveals mother: ‘He was quieter, reserved’ | Tamil News

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3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Jun 22, 2026 08:20 PM IST There was a time when the family now associated with one of Tamil cinema’s biggest stars and the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Vijay, was simply trying to make ends meet. According to Shoba Chandrasekhar, they were a lower middle class family, a period when her husband S A Chandrasekhar worked as an assistant director and wasn’t paid in cash, receiving only food and transport to and from film sets for his trouble. ‘Vijay grew up in a middle-class family’ In an interview with Thanthi TV, Shoba Chandrasekhar recalled, “It was my own income from singing, that kept the household running, before my husband eventually gave up a government job to pursue filmmaking full time. In our modest setting, Vijay grew up in a middle-class family.” Talking about Vijay’s childhood, she said, “My husband and I had hoped he would become a doctor, a wish that grew stronger after we lost our daughter. Vijay had his own plans at the time, wanting to become a …

Salman Khan told 19-year-old Dia Mirza she’d play his on-screen mother one day | Bollywood News

Salman Khan told 19-year-old Dia Mirza she’d play his on-screen mother one day | Bollywood News

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After debuting in Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R Madhavan, Dia Mirza signed her second film with superstar Salman Khan in 2002. The action-thriller remains a significant milestone in her acting career, which eventually helped her purchase her first home at the age of 19. In her latest vlog, filmmaker- choreographer Farah Khan and her cook Dilip visited Dia’s maternal home in Mumbai, which the actor revealed she bought from Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge’s fees. Before putting on her baking gloves, she also shared that her film’s co-star Salman had joked that Dia would one day play his on-screen mother in the future. During the vlog, Dia asked Farah, “Do you remember that we were shooting a song and a crowd of around 2 lakh people had gathered. How we got out of there and went back to the hotel.” Then, they recalled shooting a song at a fort boundary, when Farah shared, “We shot that song in half a day. She also used to change her clothes very quickly, behind a tree, no …

Mother, aide booked for abducting 6-yr-old girl from grandparents’ home in Ludhiana

Mother, aide booked for abducting 6-yr-old girl from grandparents’ home in Ludhiana

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Police have booked a woman on charges of abducting her six-year-old daughter from her grandparents’ house in Tibba, where the child had been living since her father’s death last year. Police later rescued the girl from the woman’s residence and reunited her with her grandparents. An FIR in this case was registered on June 17. (HT File) The accused, identified as Gulsafa of Maan Nagar, Daba, reportedly took the child with the help of another woman while she was playing outside the house in Gulabi Bagh on Wednesday (June 17), police said. According to police, the girl had been staying with her paternal grandparents after the death of her father, Irfan, in 2025. Following his death, Gulsafa was booked on charges of abetment to suicide folowing a complaint from her in-laws’, who accused her of harassing their son. She was arrested and later released on bail. The case came to light after the child’s grandfather, Mohammad Yameen, lodged a complaint with Tibba police, alleging that the girl had gone missing while playing outside the house. …

6-year-old boy kidnapped, thrown into canal alive in Meerut; accused was in relationship with his mother

6-year-old boy kidnapped, thrown into canal alive in Meerut; accused was in relationship with his mother

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A six-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped and thrown alive into a canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Tuesday. Police have arrested the accused, Arpit Parashar, who was allegedly in a relationship with the child’s mother. The accused admitted to taking the child and throwing him in the canal, police said. (HT) The victim had come to Bahsuma to spend his holidays with family. His father, Gursevak Singh, works at a private company in Saudi Arabia, while his mother had brought him from Patiala, where he was studying and living with his aunt. The child had been staying in Bahsuma for about a week before the incident. Child went missing after stepping out to play According to police, on Tuesday around 11 am, the child returned home after riding his bicycle. He kept it inside the house and then went out again to play. Investigators believe that shortly after this, a white WagonR car entered the area and he was allegedly lured into the vehicle and taken away. When the boy didn’t return home, his grandmother, …

The goalkeeper who wept for his mother. Now Washington is trying to get her there

The goalkeeper who wept for his mother. Now Washington is trying to get her there

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2 min readJun 17, 2026 05:05 PM IST On Monday night in Atlanta, Vozinha produced seven saves to hold Spain to a goalless draw in Cape Verde’s first ever World Cup match. At full time he wept. His mother had not been there. Ana Candida Evora had been unable to travel from Sao Vicente because she could not afford the bond payment the Trump administration requires from Cape Verdean citizens before a US visa is considered – up to $15,000 under rules introduced in January. Washington dropped the bond requirement for World Cup ticket holders last month, but by then, Vozinha told reporters, it was already too late. “The money for the visa, we didn’t manage on time, and I would like her to be here,” he said. By Tuesday morning, three things had happened simultaneously. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to personally ensure Vozinha’s mother could attend Cape Verde’s next match – against Uruguay in Miami on Sunday. “No mother should miss the chance to …

SC seeks welfare measures for visually impaired man, elderly mother living in poverty

SC seeks welfare measures for visually impaired man, elderly mother living in poverty

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Odisha government, in a suo motu case concerning the welfare and social security of a visually impaired man living in extreme poverty, and directed the state authorities to ensure that all basic amenities are provided to him and his elderly mother.  A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana passed the directions in the matter titled “In Re: Ensuring Basic Human Dignity and Social Security for Differently Abled Citizens Living in Extreme Poverty and Other Ancillary Issues”. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Cape Verde hero Vozinha’s mother could not afford visa fees for World Cup | Football News

Cape Verde hero Vozinha’s mother could not afford visa fees for World Cup | Football News

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The evening did not end for Vozinha, the Cape Verdean hero against Spain. The flag draped around his body, the goalkeeper sprinted in joyous aimlessness around the Atlanta Stadium. When finally, the broadcasters managed to drag him for a chat, his eyes were welling with tears, blending with the sweat dripping over his forehead. He was happy that his seven saves, each rolling into history books, etched his country’s greatest night in football. But he was unhappy that his mother was not with him. The tickets were booked, the bags were packed, but she was denied the visa. “She didn’t manage to be here because of the visa. Because of the money you have to pay for the visa, we didn’t manage on time. I would like her to be here,” he sighed, clutching the player of the match memento as though it were a slice of his soul. Emotion took over. “I cried after the game because I grew up with my grandparents when I was a kid, and they could not be there. …

From ‘Bhuvan Shome’ to playing Bhuvan’s mother: Suhasini Mulay on how she landed a role in ‘Lagaan’

From ‘Bhuvan Shome’ to playing Bhuvan’s mother: Suhasini Mulay on how she landed a role in ‘Lagaan’

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Mumbai, Veteran actor Suhasini Mulay says filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker was so struck by her National Film Award-winning turn in the social drama “Hu Tu Tu” that he set out to find and cast her in “Lagaan”, his 2001 sports drama that would later attain cult status as one of Hindi cinema’s most celebrated films. From ‘Bhuvan Shome’ to playing Bhuvan’s mother: Suhasini Mulay on how she landed a role in ‘Lagaan’ In the film, which completes 25 years on June 15, Mulay delivered one of Hindi cinema’s most enduring portrayals of motherhood as Yashodamai, the supportive mother of Aamir Khan’s Bhuvan. Mulay recalled that Gowariker chanced upon a promo of “Hu Tu Tu” on television and was instantly struck by her screen presence. “Who is that woman?” he asked. Gowariker’s mother, who happened to be in the room, immediately recognised Mulay and recalled her debut in Mrinal Sen’s 1969 classic “Bhuvan Shome”. “So, they had to actually track me. The guy who plays Kachra, Aditya Lakhia, I know his mother very well, they got Lakhia …