The Hindu’s First Day First Show newsletter brings you news and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming Around tinsel town >Sreenivasan, renowned Malayalam actor-scenarist, passes away Renowned Malayalam actor, scriptwriter and filmmaker Sreenivasan, who redefined Malayalam cinema through his unique acting and compelling stories. Here is a list of articles that offer a tribute to…
New Year’s Day began earlier for me than any sane person deserves, as I hauled myself to the airport to get home after break and fulfil the miserable obligation of watching my teenage nostalgia dismantled by Netflix and the Duffers in real time. Somewhere 40,000 feet above the ground, where nobody should have to confront…
J.A. Jayant accompanied by L. Ramakrishnan (violin), N.C. Bharadhwaj (mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (ghatam) and Sunil Kumar (kanjira). | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Flautist J.A. Jayant presented a concert atSri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha that foregrounded raga elaboration and sustained audience engagement. He was supported by L. Ramakrishnan (violin), N.C. Bharadhwaj (mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (ghatam) and Sunil…
The ending of Bhoothayanam is a twist that is, well, a twist in the tale. It leaves you with more questions than it answers. The short film, written by Pratheek Thomas of Studio Kokaachi and directed by Tony Davis, is a fresh take on the horror genre minus the signature jumpscares and the score. And…
Urmila Satyanarayanan | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan “The Music Academy’s Nritya Kalanidhi award comes at an important stage of my life — it has been 50 years since my arangetram and 30 years of my dance school Natya Sankalpaa,” says Bharatanatyam exponent Urmila Satyanarayanan. The happiness, she says, is manifold, because her mother, who…
Akshay Padmanabhan performing at Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN S.R. The laudable aspects of Akshay Padmanabhan’s concert for Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha were his voice, choice of kritis and how he structured a well-balanced concert. Akshay opened his recital with Lalgudi Jayaraman’s varnam in Nalinakanti and signed off with Lalgudi’s tillana in…
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Vaibhav Arekar and team performing Viyoga. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Kalavaahini Trust’s first commissioned work that premiered at its Dance For Dance Festival was ‘Viyoga- Fragments of Light’ by Vaibhav Arekar with choreographic guidance by Malavika Sarukkai, Kalavaahini’s managing trustee and curator of the Festival. ‘Viyoga’ is based on the premise of ‘Loss,’ which Vaibhav…
Vidya Kalyanaraman with Papanasam Kumar (mridangam); H. Prasanna (ghatam) and B. Ananthakrishnan (violin) | Photo Credit: M. Srinath The emergence of talents like Vidya Kalyanaraman augurs well for the performance scene of the next generation. It is a double delight that she embraces the time-tested musical values, as was evidenced in her concert. ‘Gajavadana karuna sadana’ in Sriranjani was sprightly in a…
In 2025, it was clear that it was not going to be easy to draw moviegoers into cinema halls in large numbers. Stories that do not feel dated, a tighter rein on the scripts, and films that make the audiences feel that the time, effort and money spent to be at the cinema hall are…
