KKG treats you to a live Hindustani baithak
Adapted from a Marathi sangeet natak, Katyar Kaljat Ghusali recreates compositions by Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.
View ArticleIt’s raining books on Kannada cinema
Words seem to be dominating visuals in the Kannada cinema industry in the last few months. Volumes are being written on the 80-year-old Kannada cinema industry. The latest is Chandanav...
View Article‘Only a Hollywood director can do justice to a movie on Veerappan’
Muttulakshmi, the widow of the late forest brigand Veerappan, who is asking director Ram Gopal Varma to remove “killing” from the title of the multilingual film ‘Killing Veerappan’ starring Shivara...
View Article‘You only need to have the right voice’
A new online-only singing talent hunt champions musical merit over looks.
View ArticleNot interested in awards: ‘Baahubali’ director
"However, I will be extremely happy if my technicians or people associated with the film win an award. It will be a motivation for them," said Rajamouli.
View ArticlePeople have been bashed for giving opinions: Priyanka
Actor Priyanka Chopra feels one is entitled to his or her opinion, but in the last few years people in India have been “bashed” for expressing their point of view. When asked about the cr...
View ArticleJK Rowling reveals mystery behind Albus Severus
Many fans have expressed their confusion as to why Harry Potter named his second son Albus Severus, after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape.
View ArticleShekhar Kapur welcomes 'intolerance debate'
Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Sunday welcomed the on-going debate in the country on intolerance but remarked that the arrogance of the intellectuals who speak for entire society should not be...
View ArticleOrigin of an ace director
If a director has to transplant real life to celluloid, observational skill and an abundance of life experience are necessities. To an extent, these qualities contributed to Ramu Kariat’s accurate...
View ArticleFusion music needs to be constantly reinvented
Classical musicians from both northern and southern streams used fusion as a means to attract youngsters to more ‘serious’ music
View ArticleTales from two frames
Hindu, Marathi novel by Sharanakumara Limbale Translated into Kannada by Prameela Madhav Navakarnataka Publications, Rs.120 Sharanakumara Limbale is an important c...
View ArticleDance love of a different kind
An archive cum connoisseur – that’s what Sivakumar Perumal Pandithar is. At the recent Dance Jatre he put out an exhibition of a mere 180 articles on dance from his collection of 2000
View ArticleA dancer prepares
Bharatanatyam dancer Vidhya Subramaniam’s workshop at Dance Jatre 2015 underscored the value of interdisciplinary learning
View ArticleAnother year goes by…
Is there another hit apart from Rangi Taranga? The score card looks bleak at the end of 2015
View ArticleAngels of Christmas
Come for a celebration of the season that combines the songs of Christmas with the funny, sweet story of a faith tested, presented by the children and staff of Christian Missions Charitable Trust...
View ArticleA Christmas tale
Mellow Circle's annual production Two from Galilee set the mood for Yuletide
View ArticleWe’ve never had a bad performance: Ministry of Blues
Three musicians — drummer Deepak Keshavan, guitarist Philipe Haydon and bass guitarist Vinoo Mathew — played together for so long (since 1993, to be precise), that it was, by their own admittance,...
View ArticleSongs of yesterday
Classic Hymns, a 225-voice choir founded by Binu Joshua, sings time-tested hymns for its first Tamil CD-DVD
View ArticleUnabashedly Indian
Indian Ocean rocked The Hindu November Fest stage with an earthy mix of different genres
View ArticleSC asks actor Govinda to apologise to person for slapping him
The Supreme Court on Monday advised Hindi film actor Govinda to apologise to a person who had lodged a complaint accusing the industry veteran of slapping and intimidating him in 2008. “You...
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