‘Gauhar’will be staged in Bengaluru on January 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Gauhar Jaan’s thumri is food for the soul, many people believe. One of India’s earliest female voices, Gauhar inspired many Indian singers, especially women, to take up music. A historical figure who did not leave much of a visual memory, Gauhar,…
On December 10, 2025, Mallappa, a farmer, was attacked by a tiger in Kundakere village in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district while tending to his cattle in the fields. Chaos erupted in Bandipur on December 27, when forest watcher Sanna Haida was killed by a tiger, becoming the fourth person after three farmers, to succumb to animal…
Neeraj Pandey has this knack for taking us to those forbidden spaces where offenders and upholders of the law become two sides of the same coin. He teases you with dribs and drabs of information, making us guess which side his characters would flip. This week, with Taskaree, the coin is golden, and the field…
A still from ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: Apple TV Apple TV has released a thunderous new teaser for season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, unveiling a brand-new Titan as the series prepares to return globally on Friday, February 27, 2026. The 10-episode second season will debut with a single…
A still from ‘The Mummy’ | Photo Credit: Blumhouse Blumhouse and Atomic Monster have released the first trailer for The Mummy, revealing a darker, blood-soaked reinvention of the iconic monster under the direction of Evil Dead Rise filmmaker Lee Cronin. The brief teaser signals a sharp tonal shift from previous incarnations of the franchise, positioning…
Korean pop band BTS appears at the 2019 Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) | Photo Credit: RICHARD SHOTWELL Global sensation K-pop group BTS, comprising RM, Jin, SUGA, J-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, will embark on an extensive world tour in April this year following…
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, voiced his support for the release of actor Vijay’s Jana Nayagan. Also Read I Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ producer breaks silence: We tried every possible way to release…
Violinist VV Subrahmanyam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement This year marks the 250th birth anniversary of Muthuswami Dikshitar, the youngest of the Carnatic music trinity alongside Tyagaraja and Shyama Shastri. To comemmorate the occasion, the RK Srikantan Trust is releasing a monograph on the Navagraha kritis of Dikshitar. These are a set of nine compositions…
‘In Transit’ poster | Photo Credit: Prime Video In-Transit, the unscripted documentary series produced by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, has been nominated for Outstanding Documentary at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards recognise global excellence in fair, accurate and inclusive representation of LGBTQ+ lives across media. Directed by Ayesha Sood…
Shantanu Moitra and Kaushiki Charaborty | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Kantha is the traditional art of patchwork quilting from Bengal; we choose it for this festival as it shows how different things can come together in unexpected, new ways,” says Abhijit Nath, curator of Kantha Hubba, the musical sub-festival of the BLR Hubba. Abhijit says…
