A poster of ‘Love Mocktail 3’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The third instalment of the Love Mocktail series has got a release date. The Kannada film Love Mocktail 3, from real-life couple Darling Krishna and Milana Nagaraj, is set to hit the screens this April. While Darling Krishna dons the roles of actor, director,…
Christopher Gurusamy. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN For Kalavaahini, Christopher Gurusamy presented ‘Aananda’, a solo production that examined joy, not as a fleeting emotion but as a state shaped through sustained engagement with movement, memory and discipline. Rooted in the margam format, while allowing space for personal reflection, the work drew from Hindu philosophy, classical…
K Bhagyaraj speaks at the event celebrating his completion of 50 years in the film industry | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran Tamil writer and director K Bhagyaraj has completed 50 years in cinema, a milestone that was celebrated on the director’s 72nd birthday on Wednesday (January 7). T Speaking at the event, Bhagyaraj said…
Anjana Anand. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran A slow, in-rhythm recitation of ‘Ha ra vi ha ra…pu ra vi ha ra.. Ranga pura vihara…’ punched the silence in Narada Gana Sabha as Bharatanatyam dancer Anjana Anand entered with the procession of Ranganatha of Srirangam. High-pitched singing in Brindavana Saranga with ‘Sri rangapura vihara’ (Muthuswami Dikshitar,…
Vijay in a still from ‘Jana Nayagan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The makers of Tamil superstar Vijay’s much-awaited farewell film, Jana Nayagan, confirmed on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) that the film will not release on January 9, 2026, Friday, and that their new release plans will be announced soon. This comes just hours after…
Meera Balasubramanian impressed with her unhurried sancharis. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Meera Balasubramanian’s Bharatanatyam recital, at Brahma Gana Sabha, unfolded as a meditative and emotive journey, where content and individual interpretative choices converged to create a performance marked by quiet intensity rather than overt spectacle. What stood out across the evening was her ability…
Gathering from the previous listening session | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chennai needs to listen to more music. Vinyl & Brew, the community cafe built around music on vinyl records and speciality coffee becomes one of the spaces where people gather to do so. But now, more than coffee is brewing. “I was really bored…
Poster of Vijay-starrer ‘Jana Nayagan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The chances of actor Vijay’s much anticipated movie Jana Nayagan getting released on January 9, 2026 appear bleak as the Madras High Court on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) reserved orders on a writ petition filed by the production house KVN Productions LLP against non-issuance of…
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Divya Hoskere. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR ‘Vanavaasini’, presented by Divya Hoskere, a student of Praveen Kumar, at Kalavaahini’s Dance for Dance festival, was a thoughtfully imagined exploration of Sita as both woman and elemental presence, rooted in the Valmiki Ramayana, yet filtered through poetic introspection. The evening opened with an evocative invocation that set…
