South Korean movie Parasite bagged some of the most prestigious awards at this year’s Oscars. Besides winning the International feature film award (formerly known as the foreign language film award), Parasite also won prizes for Best picture, Best director and Best Original screenplay.
Though Indians have been thrilled to see the Asian presence at the Oscars, there have been some shocking discussions happening in the social media.
According to some, Parasite has similarities with the storylines of two south Indian movies. One is the Tamil movie Minsara Kanna (1999), directed by K S Ravi Kumar with Vijay as the hero. The next is the Malayalam movie Oru Black and White Kudumbam (2009), directed by Shaiju Anthikkad with Jayasurya in the lead.
Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (1948-2023) , a veteran Malayalam actor, the scrupulous politician and the former MP of Loksabha as well. In his career extending more than five decades, he performed in more than 750 films and is concerned one of the iconic comedian in Malayala cinema as well as few Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English films.
National Award-winning actor Nedumudi Venu died at the age of 73 at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He had been in a critical condition for some time due to liver-related ailments.