Greed, lust and power
Sujoy Ghosh gives a chilling spin to the story of Ahalya from Ramayana
View ArticleDicey dialogue lands 'Baahubali' in trouble
Baahubali might be raking in the moolah at the box office, but has also run into trouble, courtesy a dialogue featured in the film. The dialogue is “En thaayaiyum thaai naattaiyum e...
View ArticleThe ganjira was his voice
When ganjira V. Nagarajan passed away on February 4, 2004, mridangam vidwan Palghat Raghu said, "The mother of ganjira has gone." Nagarajan’s admirer and ganjira wizard G. Harishankar too passed away...
View ArticleVersatility, his middle name
Veena artist REVATHY KRISHNA, who plays many of maestro M.S. Viswanathan’s melodies on a regular basis, pays tribute:
View ArticleDancers, an asset
The hiccups in ‘Avathara Purushan’ demand an aesthetic relook at the production.
View ArticleWhen Triplicane rocked
“To compose a song, all one needs to do is to create a tune that nobody else has thought of,” M.S. Viswanathan told a huge gathering in Triplicane on June 19, 1963. Easier said than done! I...
View ArticleSinger called ‘Geeta’
Geeta Dutt and her versatile voice are remembered on her death anniversary, which was on July 20.
View ArticleMaestro, Music and Memories
A vidwan, actor and a fan talk about their association with MSV.
View ArticleHindustani raag and hit songs
MSV based a number of film songs on the rare Bilaskhan-i-Todi.
View Article'My mother, my greatest blessing'
As Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam’s daughter, Anuradha Sridhar has got the best training.
View ArticleRomantic Palash
Actor-singer Palash Sen is all set to make a comeback opposite Ira Dubey with India's first ever Carbon Neutral Film 'Aisa Yeh Jahan'.
View ArticleAap Beati (1976)
Tried and tested: Mohan Kumar’s "Aap Beati", a family drama, starring Hema Malini and Shashi Kapoor was a hit.
View ArticleThe sum of life
Writer-actor Shadan Ahmed on playing an old mother grieving the death of her only son in the stage adaptation of Mahesh Bhatt’s “Saaransh”.
View ArticleReliving the past
How ugly incidents can come to haunt one was unambiguously conveyed in 'Abaar Ekattor' while 'Pakhi' highlighted the ignominy faced by a lower middle-class couple.
View ArticleIn the scale of things
Ideas, suggestions and conversations… anything can inspire artist Sudarshan Shetty for his role as the curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016.
View ArticleFrom one generation to another
On the upcoming Guru Purnima, Pandit Arvind Parikh’s disciples will express their gratitude to the master with a two-day music festival in Baroda.
View ArticleParental Guidance?
QTP's production of Yasmin Reza's 'The God of Carnage' will be staged in Delhi under the Aadyam initiative.
View ArticleMaking artistic statement
Accomplished dancers from Chennai and Delhi gave their own interpretation of Bharatanatyam at a two-day festival at IIC.
View ArticleThe tweaking of taste
Sona Mohapatra’s rendition of 'Rangabati' for MTV Coke Studio has once again brought into focus how popular culture treats folk songs and artists.
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