Celebrating the Dagar-dhrupad bond
The highlight of the annual Ustad Zahiruddin Dagar memorial concert held recently was the now-controversial and moving ‘Shiva Shiva’ song Source link
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‘Custody’ movie review: Venkat Prabhu’s mix of conflict and humour works for this Naga Chaitanya, Arvind Swami actioner
Naga Chaitanya in director Venkat Prabhu’s bilingual action entertainer ‘Custody’ Custody opens with a prologue that seems like the worst nightmare anyone could have. Things spiral out of control and everything that can go wrong does. It is the late 1990s. This incident, as expected, has a bearing on the rest of the story. Writer […]
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His rhythm lingers on: Musicians remember guru Karaikudi Mani
V.P. Dhananjayan, Natyacharya Vidwan Karaikudi Mani will live long through his immaculately trained disciples from across the globe. He contribution to popularise Carnatic percussion is immense. He interacted and collaborated with western drummers. He established branches of his Sruthi Laya abroad, and groomed several mridangists. He has also contributed to the naatya repertoire by composing […]
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‘Kennedy’ teaser: Rahul Bhatt goes on a rampage in Anurag Kashyap’s film
Rahul Bhatt in and as ‘Kennedy’ Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy is set to premiere out of competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings section. The festival on the French Riviera will begin next week and run till May 27. Ahead of the Cannes screening, Kashyap shared the teaser of Kennedy on social […]
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New K-dramas to watch: ‘Dr Romantic 3’, ‘True to Love’, ‘Black Knight’ and more
Posters of ‘Black Knight’, ‘Dr Cha’, and ‘Good Bad Mother’ Some much-awaited sequels, a thrilling web series, and some good old romance; there are several ongoing and recently concluded K-Dramas across genres that promise to have you hooked once you start. Here’s a selection of ongoing, and recently concluded K-Dramas across streaming platforms available for […]
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‘Newsense’ Telugu web series review: Navdeep embraces the grey shades in this partially gritty tale of media and politics
Navdeep as a mofussil reporter in the Telugu web series ‘Newsense’, streaming on Aha | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A small town is in the grip of two ruthless rival political groups. Its hapless people have nowhere to go since the cops have turned a blind eye to their woes. It’s a familiar tale in […]
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Johnny Depp to direct ‘Modi’ biopic; Al Pacino in cast
Johnny Depp (L); Al Pacino in ‘Scarface’ (R) Johnny Depp has revealed the cast for Modi, his first directorial effort in 25 years. The biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani will be led by Italian star Riccardo Scamarcio ( John Wick: Chapter 2), Cesar Award winner Pierre Niney ( Yves Saint Laurent) and screen icon […]
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‘Dahaad’ series review: Sonakshi Sinha leads a sensitive procedural
A still from ‘Dahaad’ Dahaad gets going with a sequence of almost unbearable political import. A harried-looking man comes to the Mandawa police station enquiring about his missing sister. The cops—male and upper-caste, except for sub-inspector Anjali Bhaati (Sonakshi Sinha)—ignore his pleas, saying the girl had eloped of her own accord and there isn’t much […]
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Zelenskyy barred from addressing ‘nonpolitical’ Eurovision Song Contest
Tvorchi from Ukraine perform during a dress rehearsal ahead of the second semi-final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain May 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will have Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans — but not the country’s wartime leader. Organisers rejected a request from […]
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‘War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy’ to premiere on Discovery and Discovery+ on 15 May
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and survival expert and ex-SAS trooper Bear Grylls in a still from ‘War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy’ | Photo Credit: Discovery Discover has announced that its upcoming documentary film War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy will premiere on 15 May. The film has survival expert and ex-SAS trooper […]
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