In this Margazhi season, vocalist Dr. K. Gayatri begins a special series celebrating four iconic South Indian composers across four languages. In this episode, she explores the life and musical brilliance of Kavi Kunjara Bharathi, the 19th‑century Tamil poet‑composer behind masterpieces like Alagar Kuravanji and the soulful padam “Even Yaro Ariyen.” Source link
A scene from Battleship Potemkin, one of the 19 films which have been denied censor exemption at the IFFK this year. The 30th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is facing an unprecedented crisis with the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting denying censor exemption to as many as 19 films charted for screening at…
Brindha Manickavasakan with Bombay R Madhavan on the violin, Poongulam Subramanian on the mridangam and Nerkunam Sankar on the kanjira. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Brindha Manickavasakan attempted a high-strung package, but brought it down a notch by the time she embarked on the sub-main item. At Madhuradhwani, her Brindavana Saranga, ahead of the principal…
Ranveer Singh in ‘Dhurandhar’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Filmmaker Aditya Dhar’s espionage drama Dhurandhar has emerged as a global box office juggernaut, raking in Rs 552.70 crore worldwide in just 10 days, the makers said on Monday. The Ranveer Singh-led movie, which released in theatres on December 5, earned Rs 58.20 crore nett in…
Malladi Brothers offered a wholesome package by including kritis by Tyagaraja, Muthu Thandavar, Annamacharya and Narayana Tirtha in their concert at KFA’s 51’st art festival. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M On several instances, a concert turns out to be not just entertaining but also enlightening because of the performer’s choice of ragas and kritis, and…
Anime in 2025 felt weirdly split between overabundance and constraint. On one side were franchise machines calibrated for big-screen finales, as well as a barrage of endless theatrical spin-offs that often turned into otaku congregations. On the other side were brief, intimate seasons and single-story projects that survived exactly as long as conversation kept them…
Rob Reiner, 78, co-starred in the 1970s hit CBS television comedy “All in the Family” and directed several well-known movies, including “The Princess Bride,” “This is Spinal Tap,” and “When Harry Met Sally” | Photo Credit: Reuters Two people were found dead at the Los Angeles home of actor-director-producer Rob Reiner, with law enforcement officials…
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain | Photo Credit: S.R. Praveen Pablo Larrain flips through the photographs that he clicked on his phone, of the local body election campaign posters in the streets of Thiruvananthapuram. He enquires about the results of the elections and promptly shares his own worries about the projected results of the national elections…
Mridangam maestro Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman performs at the Kalahastheeswarar Temple on Madathu Theru in Kumbakonam. Photo: Special Arrangement It is not uncommon for a musician to perform at the venue where they made their debut. Rarer still is the opportunity to do so eight decades after that first performance. Mridangam maestro Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is…
For Telugu cinema, 2025 was a year of split screens with glittering highs at the box office on one side, and a shadowy underworld of leaks, hacks and digital theft on the other. While some films soared and others sank, the real plot twist unfolded far away from theatre halls. Behind the scenes, a coordinated,…
