Popular Chennai-based singer, Saindhavi, has just seen two radically different musical stages: Carnatic music performances at Chennai’s sabhas during the Margazhi season, and performing at actor Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ musical event in Malaysia. In an interview with ‘The Hindu’ for the ‘This Changed My Life’ video podcast, this popular singer talks about adapting to the…
Actor Kamal Roy, 54, brother of actors Urvashi, Kalaranjini and late Kalpana, died in Chennai on Wednesday (January 21, 2026). The death occurred due to cardiac failure, according to a communication. He made his debut in the Tamil movie Puthusa Padikiren Paatu. Some of his movies included Sayujyam, Kollilakkam, Manju, Kingini, Kalyanasougandhikam, Vachalam, Shobhanam, The…
Adithya Narayanan. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj At its core, this was a thoughtful exploration of raga and rasa. S. Adithya Narayanan emphasised rakti and bhava with restraint, avoiding excessive ornamentation. Sruthi Sarathy (violin) complemented his approach with precision, while percussionists Kishore Ramesh (mridangam) and K.R. Sivaramakrishna (kanjira) maintained attentive and balanced support. The…
(File photo) Warsi Brothers performing at Lamakaan | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL “It is a 750-year-old tradition that we continue to uphold,” says Muzaffar Ali Soofi Chishti, referring to the Sufi Basant Festival to be held in Hyderabad on January 23. On Friday, the Dargah Hazrath Shaik ji Hali R A, Urdu Shareef behind Pathergatti,…
“Everybody is obsessed with entertainment. As creatives, we must also educate and provoke thought,” says Nikkhil Advani, whose Freedom At Midnight Season 2 has opened to a tremendous response. “I’m surprised by the emotional outpouring. People told me they usually binge-watch, but with Freedom At Midnight, they paused to read the sources.” After Rocket Boys, Advani was clear…
Once motion-picture was a photographer’s experiment. Decades later, it was a narrative film at the hands of a magician. A century later, it was altered high-definition by engineers. At present, the landmark is IMAX, the brainchild of filmmakers, a businessman, and an engineer. Behold, Image Maximum IMAX stands for “Image Maximum” in a manner reminiscent…
(From left) Kayadu Lohar, Dijo Jose Antony and Tovino Thomas during the shoot of ‘Pallichattambi’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Tovino Thomas-starrer Pallichattambi, directed by Dijo Jose Antony, is set to hit theatres. The release date announcement was made through a motion poster on social media on Tuesday, featuring the actor in a mass look….
A still from ‘Zootopia 2’. | Photo Credit: Walt Disney Animation Studios/YouTube Disney’s hit sequel Zootopia 2 has hopped onto another milestone, becoming Hollywood’s highest-grossing animated film in history, reported Variety. With a collection of USD 1.7 billion globally, the film has taken over another hit Disney sequel, 2024’s Inside Out 2 (USD 1.69 billion)….
The spy thriller Goodachari and Major, the biopic of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, saw Sobhita Dhulipala enact brief yet pivotal parts. While she had become a household name with web series and straddled both indie and mainstream film space across languages, an author-backed character in a Telugu film was still a distance away. Understandably, Sobhita speaks…
Mona Singh as Dhanwant Kaur and Barun Sobti as ASI Amarpal Garundi in ‘Kohrra’ Season 2. | Photo Credit: NETFLIX Streaming service Netflix on Tuesday announced that its acclaimed police procedural series Kohrra will return for a second season on February 11. After a critically acclaimed first season that was widely praised for its nuanced…
