Following his heart
Debutant Sudev Nair, who won the Kerala State Film Award for the best actor, hopes this will lead the way to more interesting roles for him in Malayalam cinema.
View ArticleResounding success
Sandeep Kurissery and Jiji Joseph took home the honour for sync sound recording, the first in the history of Kerala State Film Awards.
View ArticleWith guns blazing
Director Lijo Jose Pellissery packs a punch with the whimsical gangster flick Double Barrel – Iratta Kuzhal.
View ArticlePuli trailer gives fans a Disney-like experience
The CGI-laden trailer features dwarfs, a Troll and good scope for action and romance.
View ArticleWe tend to reduce history to five lines: Deepa Sahi
Writer-producer Deepa Sahi on her ambitious Rani Lakshmi Bai biopic and how Kangana Ranaut has made it possible.
View ArticleDance like a dream
Dance India Dance, the dance reality show on Zee TV has captured the viewers’ imagination like few other shows on television. The show has been going on for around eight years now. One consistent p...
View ArticleJaaneman (1976)
A night street of Mumbai, well lit. A couple hugging and exchanging sweet nothings in the back seat of a taxi. Driver Roni Master (Dev Anand) looks back and shifts attention to his steering. The ti...
View ArticleThe pull of passion
An adaptation of Shakespeare’s “All Is Well That Ends Well”, Sunil Shanbag’s “Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon” is a fairytale with a happy ending.
View ArticleKarishma Kapoor feels stress is hard to keep at bay
Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor, who was recently spotted at an event in Mumbai, said stress is hard to manage but she tries to keep it in control through healthy ways. After giving some health tips...
View ArticleFestival like a breeze, music like rains
No Malhar yet it was a treat for the ears at the four-day music festival to mark the birth anniversary of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
View ArticleChiselling heroes
As “Manjhi – The Mountain Man” generates interest, director Ketan Mehta says that he is our Superman and he is real.
View ArticleA slice of Indian tradition
The Hindu temples, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh City display different architectural styles. Rekha Suresh Kumar writes.
View ArticleMadras, land of the Lords
Chennai has many reasons to commemorate Madras Day. Pradeep Chakravarthy writes about some of the ancient temples that give a special identity to the city.
View ArticleMusic, a numbers game
Arjun Chandy on his tryst with NAFS, one of India’s first vocal groups, that started with a phone call from A. R. Rahman
View ArticleSoiree, Sadir and story-telling
‘Dancing in the Parlour’ unfurls an evening of Madras Presidency’s Sadir, music, history and story telling, on August 23, 6.15 p.m. at the Luz House, Mylapore, to commemorate Madras Day. The v...
View ArticleHandcrafted elegance
From Papier Mache dolls and iron craft to silk saris from different regions the exhibitions in the city offer a wide variety.
View ArticleActor Mahesh Babu to adopt village in Mahabubnagar
This was in response to a suggestion made by Telangana Information Technology and Panchayati Raj Minister K.T. Rama Rao, appreciating Mahesh Babu’s film "Srimanthudu".
View ArticleCelebrating Valluvar
The World Tirukkural Centre, Cherian Nagar, Puduvannai, is conducting a string of events tomorrow, August 22, 9 a.m. onwards at Valluvar Kottam. The release of several books authored by Vall...
View ArticleSholay: The masterpiece at 40
Sholay scorched the screens and the hearts of cineastes four decades ago. It continues to remain a film that perhaps has few parallels in Indian cinema, writes S. Shivakumar
View ArticleIla: a modern fairy tale
Ila is poetry I sat down to face brightly lit Chinese lanterns on stage at the Museum Theatre; it was a tranquil sight. Looking at my ticket, I realised that the play was in Hindi...
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