Dharmendra and Hema Malini | Photo Credit: Hema Malini/X Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and others from the family paid their tributes to Dharmendra on his birthday today (December 8, 2025). The legendary actor passed away on November 24 last month at the age of 89. Hema took to X (formerly Twitter) to share…
Having grown up on, and studied Carnatic music in Mumbai, Shanker Krishnan discovered a new and a different world, once he was at the University of California, Berkeley (for a course in applied mathematics). The sounds of the 18th Century Baroque music, mainly German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, created “a deep impact”. A simultaneous passion…
Rajinikanth in a new re-release poster of Padayappa | Photo Credit: soundaryaarajni/X Even as Rajinikanth fans await the Superstar’s birthday this Friday (on December 12), the actor’s superhit Tamil film Padayappa is set to re-release. Written and produced by Rajinikanth and directed by KS Ravikumar, Padayappa, released in 1999, is considered one of the actor’s…
Crack in the Pavement was not a meticulously planned venture, according to co-founder Nandith Jaisimha, who says it began, “with our common love for hip-hop.” Going by the 800-strong footfall that its third edition in October witnessed, it would seem Crack the Pavement (CITP) has made a significant dent in the city’s cultural calendar. CITP was…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2026 Golden Globe nominations on Monday, outlining the early shape of this year’s awards season and positioning several key contenders ahead of the Oscars. One Battle After Another topped all film nominees with nine mentions, establishing Paul Thomas Anderson’s political satire as a major presence despite its uneven…
A still from ‘Jay Kelly’ | Photo Credit: Netfix Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value has already rerouted the entire bad-showbiz-dad genre, tracing a filmmaker whose parental failures bleed into every crevice of his daughters’ lives. Measured against that, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly takes the same anxieties of artistic guilt, paternal fallout and the ache of a…
S. Saketharaman performing at Narada Gana Sabha for Kartik Fine Arts’ annual music festival. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN S.R. S. Saketharaman’s concert for Kartik Fine Arts at Narada Gana Sabha opened on an arresting note with a mallari in Gambhira Nattai — his own composition — set to misra jati Triputa tala. A refreshing departure…
Eight years after the abduction and sexual assault of a leading actress, a Ernakulam District and Sessions Court found six people guilty, but acquitted actor Dileep in the case. Here’s a timeline of the case. Source link
Kunnakudi M. Balamurali Krishna with H.N. Bhaskar (violin), B. Shree Sundarkumar (mridangam) and S. Karthick (ghatam) | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Kunnakudi M. Balamurali Krishna’s music is characterised by vibrant energy, a penchant for arithmetical intricacy and matching technical virtuosity. When this flair is tempered by aesthetic sensitivity, as it largely was at his Bharatiya…
Vijay Siva with Manoj Siva on the mridangam, Sanjeev Venkataramanan on the violin and Sunil Kumar on the Kanjira. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vijay Siva is known for following the D.K. Pattamal and D.K. Jayaraman style of singing, and this concert was no exception. The concert was a beautiful blend of bhava-laden…
