Illaiyaraaja’s kind gesture
Visually challenged, deaf and mute Children of Little Flower Convent, Nungambakkam, were inundated with almost four feet of water. The children there were in need of food of water. When music comp...
View ArticleThe dino king
What if 65 million years ago the asteroid that hit the earth and killed off the dinosaurs whizzed harmlessly by? The Good Dinosaur from Pixar works on this hypothesis to come up with a beau...
View ArticleThe anger and anguish
D. Bijukumar says his film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal was made to garner support for people whose lives have been blighted by Endosulfan
View ArticleShankarabharanam: Hits the false note
It won’t take an intelligent guess to know the commercial ingredients that Kona Venkat squeezes into Shankarabharanam (a remake of the Hindi film Phas Gaya Re Obama) to pep up the en...
View ArticleRevenge served cold and stale
The one marginally tingling, bizarre moment in Hate Story 3 appears right after the interval. It involves a man, a woman, some kissing and more. Describing the “more” would be giving away a plot p...
View ArticleThe show must go on…
Visitors to the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) never fail to be mesmerised by the city’s cinema literate viewers who throng theatres and animatedly discuss cinema in every...
View ArticleKajarya lacks intensity
There are many stories that lie hidden in the depressing newspaper headlines. The art is in giving them a compelling, emotional shape on screen. Madhureeta Anand succeeds but marginally so in K...
View ArticleIn tune with the times
Upcoming composer Rashaanth Arwin on how his journey in music-making has played out so far
View ArticleFestivals of friendships, protests and solidarity
Move over Panaji, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai…Now small hill stations and towns host film festivals that display as much passion and commitment to good cinema
View ArticleFIR against Aamir Khan, wife Kiran Rao over intolerance remark
An FIR was on Friday lodged against Bollywood star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on a court directive for their controversial remarks on “intolerance.”
View ArticleLet the music ignite
Farid Ayaz and Abu Mohammad have kept the flame of Delhi’s Qawwal Bachchon ka Gharana burning in Pakistan
View ArticleClassic to cool
A form for all seasons, Qawwali continues to connect with the fan and the faithful
View ArticleArchaeological dig unearths Shakespeare's ‘kitchen’
The team uncovered a fire hearth and a cold storage pit, as well as evidence of the brew-house where beer was made.
View ArticlePreserving Bishnupur’s heritage
An anthropological study of the temple town in West Bengal has uncovered the influence of Kalinga art and architecture in the local crafts.
View ArticleIt is a male dominated world: Nicole Kidman
Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman believes the world is still dominated by males even though there is a need for the equality of sexes. “It is a male dominated world. That’s just a fact. Whe...
View ArticleJustin Theroux almost died on honeymoon with Jennifer Aniston
Actor Justin Theroux had a sudden brush with death, when he almost drowned while scuba-diving during his honeymoon in Bora Bora with Jennifer Aniston. The 44-year-old “The Leftovers”...
View ArticleThe queer everyday
Aakriti Kohli and Sandeep Singh, the makers of ‘In The Mood For Love’, talk about their documentary on the everyday reality of LGBT living.
View ArticleNayaki: Commercial call
With Trisha playing the lead, there’s a lot of buzz around director Govardhan Reddy’s ‘Nayaki’
View ArticleNot easy to get Akshay on board for new projects: Nikhil Advani
They have collaborated on three projects but director-producer Nikhil Advani says getting actor friend Akshay Kumar on board for a film is not an easy task. Nikhil has worked with Akshay...
View ArticleActivist seeks stay on release of ‘Bajirao Mastani’
A social activist has approached the Bombay High Court seeking stay on the release of the movie Bajirao Mastani until two of its songs — Pinga and Malhari — are censored, as t...
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