Daayra movie: Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj wrap shooting for Meghna Gulzar’s crime-drama

Kareena Kapoor Khan (left), Meghna Gulzar (middle) and Prithviraj Sukumaran (right) | Photo Credit: jungleepictures/Instagram Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran have wrapped shooting for Meghna Gulzar’s upcoming crime-drama, Daayra, the makers announced on December 26, 2025. Jointly produced by Junglee Pictures and Pen Studios, the film is set to be released in 2026. Junglee…

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Four dancers explored the lesser-known facets of Tamil literature at Natya Darshan festival

‘Murugayil Tri-Yatri’, Narthaki Nataraj’s curation for Kartik Fine Arts’ Natya Darshan 2025, saw young dancers engaging with lesser-known facets of Tamil Literature.  It featured  themed segments of Sangam literature and bhakti poetry (Thiruvisaippa, Nondi Chindu and Tirupugazh) and the works of Bharati. It was a laudable initiative, even if a bit over-stretched. Karuna Sagari. |…

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Sanjay Subramanyan’s Season of experiments continues

Sanjay Subrahmanyan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sanjay Subramanyan’s Carnatic journey has travelled through many phases. However, the one constant aspect has been experimentation. His concert might have been familiar to his regular rasikas, but others needed to retune to his style. There were no ghana or important ragas except the ‘Viriboni’ varnam (Bhairavi). Even…

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Nisha Rajagopalan’s concert moved seamlessly across composers and bhakti-laden kritis

Nisha Rajagopalan. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR Parthasarathy Swami Sabha’s Hanumath Jayanthi concert featured Nisha Rajagopalan, who fittingly chose a Hanuman kriti and stuti to begin and conclude her concert. The programme moved from Gopalakrishna Bharati through Ponniah Pillai, to Mysore Vasudevachar and Papanasam Sivan, and further to Banudasa and Tulsidas, with the foundational presence…

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Shashank Subrahmanyam’s music blended strong Carnatic classicism with a global sensibility

Shashank Subramanyam. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Carnatic flute concerts that combine technical brilliance with depth of expression are relatively rare. Flautist Shashank S achieved this with ease in his concert for Brahma Gana Sabha, supported ably by L. Ramakrishnan on the violin and Patri Satish Kumar on the mridangam. Shashank’s music blended strong Carnatic…

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Myth and morality: Here’s why Noaki Urasawa and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ should be on your watch list

Stills from Noaki Urasawa and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ | Photo Credit: Netflix, MUBI The curious poetry of two very different Japanese artists choosing the same word to crown their masterpieces (dare I say monsterpieces) was too tempting a combo to pass on. Monster, the anime (streaming on Netflix) looks outward, following a surgeon through the…

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