Thiruvananthapuram: Ponmudi and Kallar eco-tourism centers have been closed due to the expansion of Covid. The district administration has demanded that travel to Ponmudi and Kallar tourism centers be avoided. The action was taken following the Kallar ward in Vithura panchayath becoming a containment zone. Ponmudi, which had been closed to tourists for two and a half months following the covid expansion, was recently reopened. Entrance to Ponmudi was restricted due to heavy traffic.
Admission was open to those who received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, those who underwent RTPCR testing, and those who met one month after treatment for Covid infection. However, tourists will be allowed to enter the Kallar ward only when they are exempted from the containment zone.
Mumbai: Twenty-four people have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl in Mumbai. 2 teenagers were taken into police custody. The incident took place in Dombivli, a Mumbai suburb.
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with the gang’s multiple rapes. The girl had been molested for 29 months by 29 men, including 2 teenagers. The girl’s boyfriend raped her in January and videotaped her.
Later, friends of the accused showed the video to the girl and used it to blackmail and gang-rape her. The search for the three is continuing, police said.
Srinagar: The Indian Army has killed three militants who infiltrated the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The soldiers foiled an attempt by terrorists to infiltrate the Uri sector. Military sources confirmed that three terrorists were killed during the infiltration attempt. Troops also seized five AK-47 rifles, 70 grenades, and eight pistols from the slain terrorists.
The army said the clashes lasted for three days. One soldier was injured in the attack. Six terrorists tried to cross the border. This is the second major confrontation since India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire in February. Meanwhile, security forces nabbed four Lashkar militants in a search operation in Bandipora. Weapons were also recovered from them.
•ONE WORD: Taking every single viewer into the life of Sunny, an unforgettable journey.
•DETAIL REVIEW:
The film ‘Sunny’ is directed by the well-known filmmaker Ranjith Sankar who himself handles the story, screenplay, and dialogues. The movie is produced by Ranjith Sankar and Jayasurya under Dreams N Beyond Pictures and Punyalan Cinemas. The film is currently streaming through Amazon Prime Videos.
The plot of the movie revolves around the life of Sunny who dreamt to become a musician but failed to achieve his dream. During the global pandemic of Covid-19 Sunny makes a journey from Dubai to Cochin and spends his seven days of quarantine on a luxurious five-star hotel. How he spends his day and what’s his life and what’s his story is the rest of the movie.
When someone becomes hopeless and the path which comes to their life is something that needs to be overcome, for that the different directions which occur to them are always meant challenging and eventually if they can cross it successfully beautiful and promising days will be ahead of them, this is what the film Sunny is portraying, never be hopeless. The simple story written by the director Ranjith Sankar is the key highlight. The seven quarantine days of a person were told beautifully which helps the viewers to connect with the life of the protagonist. The premise of the story, the surroundings portraying in the story, and the different life scenarios of the central character were written out amazingly without leaving errors. The story is mainly focusing on the life of Sunny so what I liked and found most interesting is the showcasing of emotions. The film is a one-man show of the character Sunny, he is the only major person appearing from the beginning till the end and in between some voices appear that connects Sunny’s life. Therefore the script largely pinpoints the various emotions of the protagonist so while watching the movie his feelings are predominantly taking us to understand the life of Sunny so consequently by the optimistic making the movie is having the power to dominate every single viewer to realize what’s happening with Sunny’s life.
When watching the life of Sunny I felt like I am on an emotional roller coaster, the various path he addresses which occurred to his life was felt disappointing, the unlucky occurrences that happened in his life, the hopeless days he lives with, the pain of his broken family and finally not being able to conquer his dreams was making me sad, because like his life once or twice I too felt some of his pain and struggles that happened with me so all these feelings were passed out brilliantly because of the extraordinary making held by the director Ranjith Sankar. The clever direction and the way he executed the film made this movie successful, the entire brilliantly executed making style deserves special mention. The remarkable realistic making has steered the movie to the fine and safest level, nothing in the making gets diverted from the subject, showing the various present and past life incidents of the protagonist with some other character voices made the whole making unique and felt different.
The added elements in the screenplay like the blending of emotions was written out magically with many surprising heart whelming moments. The emotions like desperateness, anger, betrayal, love, friendship, care, trust, loneliness, and fear were added properly into the script and all of these factors were shining to the top beam offering the viewers to get into the vibe of these feelings that one can easily connect. The positive and inspiring vibe which the movie passes also felt cheerful, the message of one should never lose hope was inspiring and also helped in stimulating to understand our dreams and passion if one had forgotten it. Coming into the dialogues, the powerful words coming out from the protagonist will hook us into the premise, one can easily feel and perceive the depth. The written dialogues by Ranjith Sankar was having a great power to influence, some dialogues make us think, some dialogues help us to understand the pain, and some helps to recognize what’s right for the next. So the dialogues were amazingly written out and also nothing was turned into overdramatic or cliche.
The unique moments which appear in the film are something unforgettable, taking to some strangers without seeing their face and their voice to be a part of our life for a couple of days was interesting. The different characters that arrive in the film through their voice and their vocals to be a part of central character life were filled with many elegant moments, opening up a life to a stranger and their small advice leading to a new good beginning can be seen in this film, so the moment’s happenings between a person and a stranger make this film engaging and compelling. The director needs huge applause for bringing out the acting talents of Jayasurya, he is a versatile actor, as his 100th film, Ranjith Sankar had given him an outstanding character and had masterly used the acting skills of Jayasurya. The thoughts on how to handle the character and the ideas on how to undertake the life of Sunny were successfully passed by Ranjith Sankar to Jayasurya because it’s clearly evident in the film. Therefore by the thoughtful direction and by the excellent writing, Ranjith Sankar is back on his promising track, a great job.
To describe the versatility which we can see in Jayasurya’s performance is something speechless. He is a phenomenal actor, pure mannerism makes him special. The way he use to undertake the character and the skills he gives to express the character always makes me wonder. This film is his 100th work and he had given all his effort to make the character Sunny special, moreover, he was like living into the character. The numerous emotions he portrayed to showcase what’s happening with the life of Sunny made me shocked. The entire film with his face and screen presence was a treat to watch, couldn’t get my eyes to take off. His powerful voice and the method he used to say the dialogues were purely authentic. The genuine feel of living like the character was throughout seen till the end without any single error. The character Sunny demands lots of various emotions and expressions and Jayasurya was on another unimaginative level to give it, no single sort of mistake was felt in his acting. His eyes and facial expressions which he used to exhibit the various ongoing situations with any kinds of emotions were seen on the screen as a magical treat, youngsters and those who wish to be actors must take some lessons from his recent movies. The emotional scenes were completely safer on his hands especially the sentimental scenes in the climax, crying with happiness and sorrows at the same time was terrific. As his 100th film, Jayasurya had done a marvelous job and the character Sunny will surely make him proud, still while closing my eyes I can his astounding one-man performance, truly unforgettable acting, huge applause for Jayasurya. There are some actors in the film who appears with their voices like Aju Varghese, Shritha Sivadas, Innocent, Vijayaraghvan, Siddique, Shivada, Vijay Babu, and Mamtha Mohandas. Everyone had done their part well, their voices were matching to set the premise. Among them Innocent as Doctor Neerali and Shirtha Sivadas as Adithi were momentous, their voice and presence had given a great different feel.
The technical side of the film was fantastic, the cinematography by Madhu Neelakandan was unbelievable because ninety percent of the film running in a closed area, in a luxurious hotel room so capturing its premise for a length of one and half hours to showcase a single character surrounded with many emotions is a tough task but Madhu Neelakandan’s visuals were having a unique power to visualize the storytelling effectively. The great lighting technique needs a special mention and the various close-up shots to capture the different emotions of the protagonist were taken flawlessly also the wide-angle shots were impressive. The background score was lifting every single scene to pass a feel, the background score had amazingly helped to add an extra impact to the crucial scenes, really loved the whistling background score. The track “Nee Varum” sung by KS Harishankar was melodious, therefore the music and background score tuned by Sankar Sharma is one of the major plus factors of this film. The editing of Shammer Muhammed was also crisp and clear without giving any type of mismatching, the near cuts and grading were also good.
So overall to conclude I had enjoyed every single bit of Sunny, the feeling which we can get while watching this film is something that needs to be experienced. The life and seven days of Sunny will give you an unforgettable experience, the brilliant making style and the amazing writing by the director Ranjith Sankar makes Sunny a perfect movie for this weekend. Also, the stunning performance from Jayasurya is a treat to watch, should never be missed. I will surely recommend Sunny to everyone, a movie filled with many wonderful moments.
New Delhi: The Central Government has promised compensation of Rs 500,00 to the families of those who died due to the covid virus. According to the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Health and ICMR, assistance will be given only to those whose death is attributed to covid. The compensation is to be disbursed from the State Disaster Relief Fund.
The application should be submitted in the form prepared by the State Authority. The application will be examined by the District Disaster Management Authority. The decision must be made within 30 days of receipt of the application. Financial assistance will be credited to the bank account linked to Aadhaar. The guideline also directed that a committee be formed at the district level to look into the dispute over the non-registration of covid in the death certificate.
Those who died as part of the covid prevention campaign and future covid deaths are eligible for compensation. The guidelines prepared by the National Disaster Management Authority were handed over to the Supreme Court.
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that covid is under control in the state. He said the growth rate of new cases was 13% and the number of serious cases was declining.
The number of survivors has increased. More than one crore people in the state have taken 2 dose vaccines. He said senior citizens should not be reluctant to take the vaccine and such a situation should be avoided.
At the same time, the CM said that strict action will be taken against those who do not wear masks and no concessions will be allowed in this regard.
Currently, out of 1,61,026 Covid cases, only 13.3 percent are admitted to hospitals/field hospitals. It has been confirmed today that 142 deaths in the last few days were due to covid-19. This brings the total death toll to 24,039.
Kochi: The High Court has ruled that cannot justify paying higher fees for post-covid treatment. The court heard a review petition filed by private hospital management challenging the government’s order restricting covid treatment rates. The court ruled that the high fees could not be justified, citing references in a government order requiring APL members to pay for covid treatment.
The court noted that there was confusion in the state government’s order that APL factions should pay for post covid treatment. The court asked why treatment could not be discounted if the deaths of patients who died negatively after 30 days could be considered covid deaths. The court directed the government to submit a detailed affidavit stating the circumstances under which the exemption was waived.
It was suggested that an explanation should be given regarding the consideration of including covid in the government’s covid treatment package for one-month treatment after covid becomes negative. The court also asked how the denial of post covid treatment could be denied when the negative 30-day-old death was admitted to be due to covid. The petition will be considered again in two weeks.
New Delhi: Covshield, an Indian-made covid vaccine, has been approved by Britain. The new decision is in line with the revised travel guidelines. The revised guidelines state that vaccines, including AstraZeneca Covshield, are approved vaccines. Britain says the problem is not with the Covishield, but with the vaccine certificate issued by India. According to UK standards, the date of birth must be recorded on the Covid certificate. But in India certificate, only age is given. The UK has said it cannot accept this.
At the same time, the question of quarantine for those arriving from India after being vaccinated remains unclear. Those who have taken two doses of covishield vaccine but are required by law to enter the quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in the UK.
Britain does not impose a quarantine on those who receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from Europe and the United States, as Quarantine does on those who receive a Covihield from India. The Covshield vaccine, developed by the Serum Institute in Pune, was developed by Oxford University in the UK and AstraZeneca.
India had earlier informed Britain that Britain’s non-acceptance of the Covshield vaccine was discriminatory. The central government had said that the quarantine requirement was unacceptable and that India’s vaccines were of high quality. In New York, External Affairs Minister S Jayashankar called on the UK Foreign Secretary to address the issue. It was after this that Britain softened its stance.
Thiruvananthapuram: No decision has been taken to stop the distribution of free food kits, said Minister GR. Anil. The minister said it was a fact that there was little difficulty in distributing the kit now.
There is also a current financial crisis regarding the distribution of free food kits. The question of whether it should be given only to priority categories is being raised from many angles. But the government sees all sections as the same. The minister said that a decision will be taken after discussing the matter.
Earlier, it was reported that the government had stopped distributing free food kits. Following this, the food minister himself came forward with an explanation.
The free kit was launched in April-May 2020 when the covid expansion began. The distribution of food kits continued till last month.
The kit was distributed 13 times till Onam. A total of about 11 crore kits were provided. It is estimated that an average of Rs 350-400 crore is spent per month. The government has spent Rs 5,200 crore on 11 crore kits.
The novel Ananthabhadram becomes a movie again. It was written by Sunil Parameswaran. Writer Sunil Parameswaran announced the film through Facebook. The name of the new film is ‘Digambaran’. Digambaran cinema will be directed by Vivek, who directed Fahad Fazil’s Athiran.
Filming will take place in Dhanushkodi and the Himalayas if the covid restrictions are changed. Sunil Parameshwar said in a note shared on Facebook that this will be the first time in the world that two films will be made based on a novel. He says that can see another face of Digambaran in the film.
Santosh Sivan directed Ananthabhadram in 2005 with Prithviraj and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles.
