Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra. | Photo Credit: parineetichopra/Instagram Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra and politician Raghav Chadha have named their baby boy Neer. The couple, who got married in 2023, became parents on October 19 last month. They took to social media to share photos where they are posing with the tiny feet of the…
The cast at rehearsal | Photo Credit: From July to September every year, Michael Muthu is a self-confessed Grinch. That is when the search for the annual Mellow Circle Christmas play begins. He goes through various scripts and does not come out of Grinch mode till he finds the perfect one. “We are running out…
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu chats about her interest in pickleball and why she plays the sport actively herself. She also discusses her health issues in the recent past, which led her to taking it a lot more seriously than before. Samantha, who is currently working on ‘Maa Into Bangaram ‘, is also looking forward to…
Sanoli Chowdhury says Femme Music has partnered with AWAL (Artistes Without A Label) for global distribution. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It might just be a great time to be a female indie artist in India. A new record label, said to be the only one in the country, is dedicated entirely to developing female indie…
Mrs. YGP. | Photo Credit: PREETHA She was not just an educationist but a patron of the arts. Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy or Mrs. YGP, as she is popularly referred to, believed in nurturing artistes especially the young and promising ones. She believed culture was part of education, a reason why she started a dedicated auditorium, called…
Cinematographer Krishnan Vasant prefers not to distract audiences. “I like to use the visual language to emotionally engineer them towards the narrative. I try to balance style and realism,” he says. The attempt to keep the visuals grounded and let the characters take centrestage is evident in his Telugu film, The Girlfriend directed by Rahul…
The compositions of Ambujam Krishna (1917-1989) are outpourings of devotion and poetry. With an estimated oeuvre of over 600 songs, primarily in Tamil, and also in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sanskrit, she has also written songs in Manipravalam, a literary genre characterised by a medley of languages within a single composition. Marked by simplicity,…
Pankaj Tripathi (left). Actors Gulshan Devaiah and and Girija Oak. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Actor Pankaj Tripathi has turned producer for an upcoming series, Perfect Family, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Neha Dhupia in the lead. Directed by Sachin Pathak and created by Palak Bhambri, the eight-episode comedy-drama also stars Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa and…
Last Updated:November 19, 2025, 08:19 IST Badshah began his musical journey with the name Cool Equal but changed it to Badshah on Yo Yo Honey Singh’s advice. Badshah turns 40 today, on November 19, 2025. (Image: badboyshah/Instagram) Happy Birthday Badshah: Aditya Prateek Singh, popularly known as Badshah, celebrates his 40th birthday on November 19, 2025….
Last Updated:November 19, 2025, 07:40 IST Badshah began his musical journey with the name Cool Equal but changed it to Badshah on Yo Yo Honey Singh’s advice. Badshah turns 40 today, on November 19, 2025. (Image: badboyshah/Instagram) Happy Birthday Badshah: Aditya Prateek Singh, popularly known as Badshah, celebrates his 40th birthday on November 19, 2025….
