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IMD Predicts Widespread Rain In Tamil Nadu From December 19

Rain is expected in Tamil Nadu starting on Monday, according to the regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

In the state’s Ramanathapuram, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, and Pudukottai districts, it is expected to rain heavily.

On Wednesday, the meteorological service also projected severe to very heavy rain in the districts of Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Tiruvarur, Kallakurichi, and Thanjavur.

A low pressure system that formed in the southeast Bay of Bengal and the nearby Equatorial Indian Ocean is likely to bring rain to the state, with showers spreading over the whole state as a result.

All of Tamil Nadu’s coastal regions could expect mild to moderate rain starting on Monday, according to the meteorological agency.

Three-Day Retrospective On Brazilian Filmmaker Joao Moreira Salles From December 19

Three documentaries by Brazilian director Joao Moreira Salles are being screened by the Brazilian Embassy in association with the Indian Habitat Centre (IHC), IANS reported.

No Intenso Agora, the first film of the three-day retrospective that begins on December 19, analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s, from the military coup in Brazil to China’s Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the conclusion of the Prague Spring.

The second movie, “Nelson Freire,” which will be shown on December 20, is a documentary on the musician and Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire. Santiago, which centres on a former butler for the filmmaker and his parents, will wrap out the retrospective on December 21. Film critic Murtaza Ali Khan, who arranged the retrospective for the embassy, will introduce the movies.

Famous Brazilian documentarian Joao Moreira Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1962. He has won accolades for his work as a producer and director. In Brazil, he started the well-known Piaui magazine in that year.