On the border…
Artists at an ongoing exhibition in the Capital give their interpretation of the border.
View ArticleThe old with a ring of the modern
With her production of “Abhigyana Shakuntalam”, Rita Ganguly hopes to show how India’s classical theatre technique is both relevant and flexible. A curtain raiser
View ArticleExploring the Wonderland of life
Students of Women’s Christian College stage a fantastical modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s work
View ArticleRajinikanth shouldn’t do Tipu Sultan biopic: Hindu group
Reacting strongly to media reports that Rajinikanth may star in a biopic on Tipu Sultan, Hindu Munani leader Rama Gopalan has urged the superstar to desist from doing so.According to Gopala...
View ArticleActor John P. Connell dies at 91
Actor John P. Connell, best known as the star of the daytime TV drama “Young Dr. Malone”, passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 91.Connell, who was also a television writer,...
View ArticleAlia cried while dancing with Shahid in ‘Shaandaar’
Actor Alia Bhatt felt nervous while matching dance steps with her co-star Shahid Kapoor in their forthcoming film “Shaandaar” and even cried as she tried to perfect her task. “...
View ArticleShah Rukh thanks filmmaker Maneesh Sharma for ‘Fan’
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is gearing up for his much-awaited film “Fan”, thanked director Maneesh Sharma for making him rediscover himself with the movie. The 49-year-old “...
View ArticleHero: Close to zero
This week Nikhil Advani tries to rejig the 1980s masala for the diet cola generation and has come up with a contraption high on fizz, low on substance. It is a kind of film where the hero makes an...
View ArticleHora Hori: Old wine in an old bottle
Agumbe is a hamlet in Shimoga district, Karnataka, which receives plenty of rainfall for most parts of the year. The rain-soaked hilly terrain with its lush greenery would be a photographer’s delig...
View ArticleSinger Karthik beyond his voice
As the playback singer’s third album as a film composer, ‘Courier Boy Kalyan' is out, he talks about what pushes him to scale newer heights by the day
View ArticleThe elements of an Empire
Travelling in the U.S., I was asked by Rayan Krishnan if I had read Sam Kean’s book, The Disappearing Spoon. A bestseller, it deals with the history of the world as seen from the elements of...
View ArticleBusy times ahead for Sakshi
Sakshi Agarwal has her hands full with three back-to-back releases
View ArticleViswananthan Anand hosts film premiere
Think chess, think Viswanathan Anand. The Indian grandmaster and NIIT Mind Champion took on a different avatar on Thursday evening, hosting a special screening of Hollywood film Pawn Sacrifice<...
View ArticleThe politics of selfie
Actor Shruti Seth on her brush with Modi fans and what happens when humour transgresses the line
View ArticleYatchan: A well-crafted black comedy that isn’t all it could have been
Imagine you are a filmmaker given these ingredients: murder; shattered dreams; a young woman’s (Swati Reddy) fear that her boyfriend may have run off with someone else; more murder; and a series o...
View ArticleFatwa against A.R. Rahman for film on Prophet
A Muslim group objects to an Iranian film 'Muhammad: Messenger of God'.
View ArticleBollywood stars team up against Twitter trolls
Sonam, Sonakshi, Sunny and Priyanka support one another.
View ArticleMaharashtra CM’s wife debuts as singer in Munde biopic
She has been a student of music since childhood.
View ArticleKamal Haasan meets Kejriwal
Actor Kamal Hassan met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday seeking support for the film industry. The Vishwaroopam star, during the meeting at the Secretariat here, urged Mr. Kej...
View ArticleCarla Bruni promotes Ford
American carmaker Ford has hired France’s one-time First Lady Carla Bruni to star in a promotional video in which she ditches her guitar for the testosterone-charged job of a male soccer team coac...
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