Chand Nizami | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Banyan Tree’s Ruhaniyat, the annual festival of saints and mystics set to song, turns 25 this year. To commemorate this milestone, the organisers have curated an interesting lineup of art forms from India that includes paakh from Jammu, gaatha from Punjab, ninda stuti and jonana from Odisha, tukkha…
The 17th edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) is scheduled to take place from January 29 to February 6, 2026. Over 200 films will be screened across three venues — Lulu Mall in Rajajinagar, Dr Rajkumar Bhavana, Kalavidara Sangha in Chamarajapet and the Suchitra Film Society in Banashankari. Murali PB, artistic director for…
There are two strands to Cheekatilo (In the Darkness), the Prime Video original Telugu film directed by Sharan Kopishetty. On the surface, it is a crime drama that attempts to build an edge-of-the-seat whodunnit. At its core, however, it is a social commentary that urges silenced voices to speak, heal and find closure to long-buried…
Arjun Ashokan in the film | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Actor Arjun Ashokan belongs to the generation that voraciously consumed the entertainment based-wrestling WWE. Taking in the flamboyance of ‘fighters’ such as John Cena, The Undertaker, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and others. It was as much show as showmanship. And so, when Arjun…
Srekala Bharath and students of her Thejas School of Performing Arts presented ‘Uthama Deivangal’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Srekala Bharath and Thejas School of Performing Arts presented ‘Uthama Deivangal’, a thoughtfully-curated thematic production focussed on Santoshi Mata, Shirdi Sai Baba and Swami Ayyappa, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. The presentation employed music, movement and…
A still from the Uzbek film Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GUWAHATI The second edition of the Guwahati Asian Film Festival (GAFF) opened at Jyoti Chitraban, Guwahati, on Thursday (January 22, 2026), bringing together stories, voices, and visions from across the continent. Over four days, GAFF 2026 will screen 26 regional, national and international films…
A sequence from ‘Chatha Pacha’. Every minute aspect about World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers, ranging from their signature moves to their individual body dimensions, is imprinted in the memories of a generation that grew up in the 1990s. Debutant filmmaker Adhvaith Nayar’s Chatha Pacha attempts to tap into this enduring nostalgia of the WWE trump…
The Academy’s morning announcement in Los Angeles confirmed what awards-season chatter had hinted at and then some. Sinners swept into history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most for any film in Academy history, topping the previous high of 14 held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land; turning the presumed frontrunner into…
Last Updated:January 22, 2026, 17:53 IST Bhuvan Bam surprised his fans with a special birthday announcement, leaving everyone buzzing with excitement. His series Dhindora premiered in 2021. (Photo Credit : Instagram) Popular content creator and actor Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam, widely known as Bhuvan Bam, is celebrating his birthday today. Instead of receiving gifts, the…
A still from ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: Disney/YouTube What a joyful ride Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympiansis! There is adventure, action, humour, heartbreak, and growing up in a complete package. Based on the second book of Rick Riordan’s popular fantasy novel series, The Sea of Monsters,…
