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New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Kuladalli Keelyavudo Team Interview: 'The story called for an ordinary face to reflect extraordinary truths'
Director Ramnarayan, known for films like Snehitaru, Paipoti, Tyson, Crack, Rajamarthanda, and Abbara, takes an unexpected turn in his latest venture, Kuladalli Keelyavudo. After decades of working with stars like Srujan Lokesh, Vijay Raghavendra, Guru Jaggesh (son of Jaggesh), Vinod Prabhakar (Tiger Prabhakar's son), Prajwal Devaraj (Devaraj's son), and Chiranjeevi Sarja, he has chosen to back a complete newcomer. 'This film didn't require a celebrity—it needed someone real,' says Ram Narayan, adding, 'Yogaraj Bhat's story called for an ordinary face to reflect extraordinary truths," says Ramnarayan ahead of the film's release this week Kuladalli Keelyavudo tackles deeper societal issues, moving beyond a commentary on caste. It questions systemic biases—from food and love to religion and land rights—layered with hard-hitting moments meant to provoke. 'It's not about upper or lower caste. It's about why caste still defines our identity today,' Ram asserts. 'When someone is questioned about what they eat or who they love based on caste, we're not talking tradition—we're talking regression.'
Forbes
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
PinkPantheress Previews New Mixtape With Single ‘Tonight'
PinkPantheress British singer PinkPantheress is gearing up for the release of her next mixtape with the new single 'Tonight.' The song is animated by a sample of Panic! at the Disco's 2008 song 'Do You Know What I'm Seeing?", a creative choice that she alluded to back in 2021. "The beat might be drum 'n' bass, but the writing style might be something you'd hear in a hyperpop song, or early '00s Paramore or Panic! at the Disco,' she told Crack magazine at the time of her sonic curation process. 'I'm picking my favorite musical attributes from certain genres, bands, and artists, and combining them.' 'I leave my bedroom with my posters of you up / I do this all because you're my superstar / I look at you and I wonder why its so complicated / You're talking out to a crowd of people who thought you hated / Your friends will tell me you're too scared of coming up / But tonight, why is it all emotional to me?' she sings on the new track. 'You want sex with me / Come talk to me / Talk later, that's why I'm goin' tonight / You're hot, on fire, that's why I'm callin' tonight / Talk later, that's why I'm goin' tonight / You're sex on fire, that's why I like goin' tonight.' Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn't one to let outside voices get to her. 'A lot of my career has been people telling me their perception of me rather than me saying who I am,' she told Mixmag this week. 'Being a 'popstar' or being in the public eye can definitely make you lose yourself. I am somebody who knows myself down to the bone but I'm telling you, being a singer makes it so easy to think about what people think or want to hear and it makes you lose elements of your beginnings.' PinkPantheress' next project is out May 9.
Al-Ahram Weekly
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Dars … keep learning!
BBC News Arabic has launched Dars (Arabic for Lesson), a new educational programme for children who cannot continue their education due to conflicts and wars. According to Fiona Crack, Deputy Global Director of BBC News, "a 2025 report by the UNICIF estimated that at least 30 million children were out of school in the Middle East and North Africa, many of whom are displaced due to conflict." Crack explained that Dars is an award-winning BBC World Service programme that supports education for children aged 11 to 16. It is designed for children whose access to education has been restricted by conflict and war across Central Asia. Since 2023, BBC News Afghanistan, broadcast in Pashto and Dari, has provided free education to millions of children in Afghanistan. Crack continued, "Dars is extending its reach to BBC News Arabic, providing a free education programme for children who have been cut off from education across the Middle East." She noted that in its first season, Dars will run for 12 episodes across 12 weeks, broadcasting on Sundays weekly on BBC News Arabic. "The programme is recorded in Cairo with local presenters, and English language lessons are presented from London by senior journalists from BBC News Arabic," Crack said. The programme sends messages of hope to the children, encouraging them to speak about their aspirations and future. For the first five weeks, it will address children's mental health, teaching them to understand and express their feelings. The messages are carefully curated by mental health specialists in the Arab region, where almost 700,000 children have lost access to education in Gaza and 17 million in Sudan. Sudan's education minister, Ahmed Khalifa, said 70 percent of Sudan's schools had been destroyed. He described the educational crisis there as a "fearful reality." Crack told Ahram Online that the BBC fully funds the production of all Dars Arabic programmes. She explained that the programme capitalizes on the expertise of BBC World Service and BBC Education teams to provide efficient, high-quality programming rooted in the BBC's public service values. Crack further indicated that audiences can watch Dars Arabic weekly on BBC News Arabic every Sunday at 07:30 CLT. The programme will be rerun at 12:05 CLT and throughout the week. Speaking to Ahram Online, Nancy El-Nakib, News Editor of Dars Arabi, said five experts from Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, and Yemen will present the programme. "We used the available material for broadcasting news at the BBC to offer the children an opportunity to stay in touch with education, applying the BBC's slogan' To educate, To inform, To entertain,'" El-Nakib added. She stressed that the children would receive learning materials and topics compatible with Arab culture. Furthermore, El-Nakib explained that Dars is presented in Modern Standard Arabic to ensure that all the audiences understand it with no language barriers that could prevent them from achieving the programme's educational goals. She also noted that the programme will not contain any violent, distressing, or inappropriate material. In addition, El-Nakib indicated that clips from the programme will be available to watch on BBC News Arabic digital platforms and YouTube. The programme will also be broadcast on BBC News Arabic's lifeline radio services in Gaza and Syria, available on medium wave and FM. "The programme is not premiering in any single country first. It rolls out across BBC News Arabic, which airs in all three countries and across North Africa and the Middle East simultaneously," Crack told Ahram Online. Similarly, "Emergency Education response," which began on 1 January, is another educational initiative that has benefited around 18,000 children. According to Sahar Al-Jobury, Chief UNRWA Representative Office in Cairo, the initiative offers intensive Arabic, English, Math, and Science curricula, shortening education to three months. Al-Jobury added that 95 percent of Gaza's schools had been destroyed, and 273 employees in education had been killed, including 166 teachers. "Olives Grandchildren" is another initiative launched in Cairo by Esraa Aly. Speaking to Ahram Online, Aly said the initiative relies on volunteers who teach classes to children from Gaza four days a week from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at an educational centre and serve them meals. Short link:
