Rapper Vedan | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, known by his stage name Vedan, was arrested on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) in a rape case registered based on a complaint filed by a woman doctor. The Thrikkakara police in Kochi recorded Vedan’s arrest on the second day of interrogating him in connection…
How many times have time, distance and traffic scuttled your plans to catch a show in the city? The upcoming Linear festival will take place at venues along Bengaluru’s Green Metro Line, making it easy for audiences to hop on and off at events they would like to attend. “We wanted to build something that…
Grace Antony with Aby Tom Cyriac | Photo Credit: Instagram/@grace_antonyy Actor Grace Antony has tied the knot with music producer Aby Tom Cyriac in an intimate ceremony at a church in Kochi. She initially announced her wedding on her Instagram page without revealing the groom’s face, commenting ‘No Sounds, No lights, No Crowd. Finally we…
Season 4 of Only Murders in the Buildingended with Lester (Teddy Coluca), the doorman, found dead in a fountain a day after Oliver’s (Martin Short) wedding to Loretta (Meryl Streep). The first episode of Season 5, “Nail in the Coffin,” finds our favourite true-crime enthusiasts — semi-retired actor Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver, the not-so-successful…
Thaikkudam Bridge | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An array of musical performances, and a curation of the best food that the city has to offer across cuisines awaits the city at The Hindu’s Made of Chennai Food and Music festival on September 13 and 14 from 4pm onwards. On the first day, the line up…
A still from the play ‘Alphi 12 Missing’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “We may not have the Kohinoor diamond, but our true treasures lie in the arts, music, dance and culture,” says Hyderabad-based theatre personality Ajay Mankanpalli, the mind behind the Kohinoor Theatre Carnival. Set to run in Hyderabad from September 15 to 17…
Kochi is a dream destination for Malayalam cinema as the city nurtures the hopes and aspirations of many who want to make a mark on the silver screen, says Sandra Thomas, film producer and managing director of Sandra Thomas Productions, the production house behind the movies Little Hearts and Nalla Nilavulla Rathri. How did Kochi…
Pt. Suresh Bapat performing at the music residency | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Now in its 10th year, the annual music residency in Lonavla continues to offer a unique blend of good music, food, and stay. Held at the serene Manshanti Ashram, the tightly packed 29-hour festival featured an impressive 15 performances, beginning Friday evening…
Poster of ‘Kurukshetra’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Netflix on Wednesday (September 10) announced a new epic mythological animated series, Kurukshetra, a retelling of the globally renowned Indian epic ‘Mahabharata.’ Conceptualised and created by Anu Sikka, the series is set to premiere on the platform on October 10. The streamer announced the news with a motion…
Dan Deacon has built a career on excess. The American composer and electronic musician’s early concerts are remembered for their ecstatic dance circles and the feeling of losing hours inside walls of sound, his records for their dizzying layers of voices and electronics. “I found a meditative peace in the immersion,” he says. “Rather than…
