Ahmet, the titular character in DJ Ahmet, always goes on about his business with his baby brother Naim in tow. From the land that gave rise to geniuses like Emir Kusturica comes an almost fable-like, fun-filled, and affectionate story that prizes the oddities of youth, and scorns at living life in autopilot. In DJ Ahmet,…
A scene from Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident. By now, we have become so used to seeing Jafar Panahi being the protagonist in his own films that it feels odd when he does not appear in It Was Just an Accident, being screened in the World Cinema category at the 30th International Film…
The inaugural concert at the Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha’s annual Isai, Iyal, Nataka Vizha, featured Sriranjani Tapasya Santhanagopalan, who emphasised clarity and balance, allowing compositions to breathe. The accompanying musicians — Vittal Rangan (violin), Vijay Natesan (mridangam) and Chandrashekara Sharma (ghatam) — contributed with discernment. Veenai Kuppaiyar’s ‘Intha chala’, a short Begada alapana, was taken…
Kashyap Mahesh, a disciple of the legendary musician T.V. Gopalakrishnan and mridangam exponent Karaikudi Mani, has a pliable voice that traverses all three octaves with ease. Kashyap opened the concert with ‘Mathe maladwaja’, a daru varnam by Muthiah Bhagavatar in raga Khamas. This was followed by ‘Sri mahaganapathe’ in Gowla set to Misra Chapu tala,…
Kelly Reichardt has spent three decades making films about an Americana adrift. Since River of Grass in the mid-1990s, her work has returned again and again to figures caught between economic reality and private desire, including a woman searching for her dog in Wendy and Lucy, pioneers stalled in the desert in Meek’s Cutoff, and…
K. Gayatri at the Suguna Purushothaman Memorial concert, hosted by Sunaada Lahari. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Few contemporary Carnatic musicians have the privilege of serving as custodians of their guru’s compositional legacy, and presenting concerts drawing entirely from that repertoire. K. Gayatri, the principal disciple of musician-composer Suguna Purushothaman (1941–2015), offered a heartfelt tribute…
Minister for Culture Saji Cherian | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Kerala’s Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) directed the State Chalachitra Academy to screen all the films as per schedule for the ongoing 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), including the remaining 15 films for which the Union Information…
Krithika Natarajan with Sruthi Sarathy (violin), Sai Raghavan (mridangam) and S. Sunil Kumar (kanjira). | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Kedaram In her concert for Kedaram’s 10th Isai Vizha, Krithika Natarajan offered the audience both aesthetics and melody. The extensive Abheri alapana, compact in expression, had a classic base. Krithika’s perfect modulation and rendering brought out the…
Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, performing at Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R The rain pattered softly outside, setting a prelude to the concert. Inside, the Lalgudi siblings — G.J.R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi — took the stage with their signature poise, supported by Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam on the mridangam and K.V….
A still from ‘Hokum’ | Photo Credit: Neon Neon has unveiled the first trailer for Hokum, a new supernatural horror starring Adam Scott and directed by Oddity filmmaker Damian McCarthy. The teaser introduces Scott as Ohm Bauman, a withdrawn novelist who travels to a remote Irish inn to carry out his parents’ final wish of…
