Seeing the lighter side of life
People were still pulling Pooja Ruparel’s cheeks when she stepped into her 20s, and asking her about Shah Rukh Khan...till she learnt she had the ability to laugh at her own situation.
View ArticleBihar declares 'Manjhi' tax-free
The Bihar government has decided to give tax exemption to the film Manjhi — The Mountain Man. It is based on the life of Dasrath Manjhi of Gaya district who had carved a path through...
View ArticleCricket’s Faustian deal
The film compellingly conveys how capitalism and corporate greed have poisoned the game, writes Anjali Doshi
View ArticleRemembering a legend who spun magic with his songs
Composer Jerry Amaldev still remembers vividly his meetings with Mohammed Rafi, some half-a-century ago in Mumbai.“Those days I was working as an assistant to composer Naushad,” says Jerry,...
View ArticleAnti-dubbing lobby hopes for Karnataka govt. help
Entertainment industry to approach Supreme Court on the CCI order.
View ArticleNow, a TV series based on ‘Little Women’
The TV script is reportedly a "hyper-stylised, gritty adaptation" of the 1868 classic novel.
View ArticleKangana, Neha most stylish actors, says Kalki Koechlin
Kalki, who turned showstopper for designer Gaurav Gupta at Amazon India Couture Week, was all praise for her contemporaries.
View ArticleMemorial markers
Palliadakku mukku was once used as a cremation ground of the members of the royal family of erstwhile Travancore
View ArticleThe road to good health
The Ernakulam General Hospital began as a dispensary in a thatched building in 1848
View ArticlePandavullo Okkadu: An unexpected fun ride
Sometimes, a small budget film with little known artistes or a dubbed movie surprises and gives us our money’s worth of entertainment. If you think this week is a bore with no big releases and no p...
View ArticleMantra 2: Count on your mantras
The sequel to Charmme’s successful sojourn into horror, Mantra 2 is as empty as the haunted house and the redundant close-up shots of its lead protagonists. The lack of a serious effort to...
View Article‘Early European music is lively’
The all-women group La Compagnie Passagi talk about why youngsters will love the buoyant music and its similarities with Indian classical music
View ArticleThe artist’s story
For art lovers, watching “Rembrandt” the movie is a a visceral delight
View ArticleDrishyam: Stirring soul in a bland body
In times when Hindi cinema is embracing realism like never before, Kamat’s version looks staged, reeks of unwarranted manipulation.
View Article‘An unusual superhero’
Director Nila Madhab Panda is working on a biopic on APJ Abdul Kalam
View ArticleJazz up with ear plugs
Delhi-based music band, The Jass B’stards, say their loud music will make you groove and feel ill at the same time
View ArticleHead banging into Bengaluru
Bhayanak Maut’s vocalist Sunneith Revankar has moved to Bengaluru from Mumbai and is already working with the city's Limit Zero.
View ArticleIdhu Enna Mayam: Nothing magical here
Idhu Enna Maayam will go into the annals of history for inventing a new position in hockey — the pinch-hitting batsman.
View ArticleOrange Mittai: A fairly affecting road movie
The film is basically a road movie. It’s also a drama about fathers and sons.
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