Halgi Culture Band’s performance at Indian Heritage Academy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Protest and celebration, and pain and power intermingled in Halgi Culture Band’s ‘Thousand River Blues,’ performed recently at Bengaluru’s Indian Heritage Academy. The Band questioned systemic oppression without disclaiming the fullness of their voices or lives. The sharing was intense and moving,…
In the 1970s, Ramesh Shotham made news as a drummer of the Bengaluru rock-band Human Bondage. He later learnt the Carnatic percussion instrument thavil, before moving to Cologne, Germany. The Chennai-born musician has now recorded his new album ‘Weirdly In Time’, set to release on November 28 on Papercup Records. Two singles — ‘Morsing Madness’…
A few years after Stranger Things premiered in the summer of 2016 on Netflix, I joined this publication as a wide-eyed intern with an overgrown fondness for the ‘80s and a playlist full of synthy classics. My first byline was a small essay titled How Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ makes the most of ’80s nostalgia, which…
Patri Satish Kumar, Kruthi Vittal and L. Ramakrishnan performed at Kasturi Srinivasan Hall. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B. In a vocal concert that was as befitting the occasion was as it was aesthetically pleasing, Kruthi Vittal displayed her artistry with assurance. Anchored by senior accompanists L. Ramakrishnan on the violin and Patri Satish Kumar on…
In this episode, Sudhish Kamath unpacks Narrative Displacement — when a film forgets what it set out to resolve and drifts off course, diluting meaning, theme, and integrity. Source link
Legendary Japanese cinema star Tatsuya Nakadai and some of his most iconic roles | Photo Credit: X/ @@japanacademy, The Criterion Collection Japanese film legend Tatsuya Nakadai, whose commanding presence and emotional depth made him one of the most revered actors in post-war Japanese cinema, has died at the age of 92. His death was confirmed…
Music composer Bharadwaj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In front of a packed audience in Chennai’s Museum Theatre last week, Bharadwaj started singing. He sang just a couple of lines – from his popular ‘Nyabagam Varuthey’ from Cheran’s Autograph (2004) – and had the whole audience captivated. What Bharadwaj did recently at ICAN Awards 2025…
File photo of Actor Dharmendra. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Dharmendra is under observation at a Mumbai hospital and is being “continuously monitored”, said wife Hema Malini on Monday (November 10, 2025), urging well-wishers to pray for his good health. The 89-year-old actor has been in and out of south Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital…
Idan Weiss in a still from ‘Franz’ | Photo Credit: Marlene Film Production “Why was Kafka not into music?” Given an audience, this is the one question that actor Idan Weiss wants to ask the insurance clerk from Prague who weaponised absurdity to expose the soul-crushing machinery of modern existence. The young German actor’s robust performance…
Tamil actor Abhinay, best known for his performance in Kasthuri Raja’s 2002 coming-of-age hit Thulluvadho Ilamai, passed away in Chennai early on Monday, November 10, at the age of 44. The actor had reportedly been undergoing treatment for a severe liver ailment for several months before his death. According to a statement released by his…
