[ad_1] Till a few years ago, it was impossible to string a sentence with the words Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), shopping and art. All that there was were tall, swanky office buildings. But now, the space has reinvented itself. We wander past the Jio World Drive in BKC, where we see large scale art installations spread […]
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[ad_1] It’s 8pm on a Saturday. My friends and I are queued outside a door, with a bunch of 16 to 40-year-olds, awaiting our turn to be called inside. Disclaimer: This is not Berghain or another exclusive nightclub, or a blockbuster show or an iconic restaurant. We are at Gameistry, a board game cafe in Chennai. […]
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[ad_1] Sri Padmanabha theatre in Thiruvananthapuram has gone in for a major upgrade in screening facilities | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sri Padmanabha Theatre, located in the heart of the city at East Fort, has been an integral part of the thriving cinema culture in Kerala. After a break, the completely renovated theatre opened on […]
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[ad_1] Ishrat, Wajid, Razadan Shah and Ishamdin Khan at at Kathputli Colony Transit Camp Anand Parbat. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma On a Sunday afternoon, Wazid, a 48-year-old street magician, was arranging props for his show in Noida when a bystander walked up to him and told him to leave the spot. “He threatened to beat me […]
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[ad_1] Scene from Premalekhanam, an adaptation of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s short story. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Nine plays will be staged over six days as part of the Bharat Murali Theatre Festival organised by the University of Kerala. Organised in memory of actor-author Murali who was a student and employee of the University, the […]
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[ad_1] Yashraj Mukhate | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Identifying 26-year-old Yashraj Mukhate by his short dialogue-music mashup Rasode Mein Kon Tha is easier than with his name. The music director couldn’t agree more. He feels immensely happy that during the lockdown his parody memes were a source of entertainment. He says, “It became a turning […]
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[ad_1] Rihanna performs during the halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles | Photo Credit: Ross D. Franklin Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she […]
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[ad_1] Israel-based orchestra Castle in Time Israel-based orchestra Castle in Time, which experiments with groove, jazz, textures, avant-garde, classical contemporary, electro-acoustic, minimalism, and live composition sound languages, will return to India after two years. On the invitation of the Israel embassy and music production company Mixtape, the orchestra will be joined by Indian percussionist-composer Trilok […]
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[ad_1] Israel-based orchestra Castle in Time Israel-based orchestra Castle in Time, which experiments with groove, jazz, textures, avant-garde, classical contemporary, electro-acoustic, minimalism, and live composition sound languages, will return to India after two years. On the invitation of the Israel embassy and music production company Mixtape, the orchestra will be joined by Indian percussionist-composer Trilok […]
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[ad_1] Anurag Basu. | Photo Credit: Kerry Monteen Filmmaker Anurag Basu on Thursday announced his next directorial venture The Black Tiger, a biopic on Indian spy Ravindra Kaushik. Known for films such as Life in a… Metro, Gangster, Barfi!, and Ludo, the director said stories of unsung heroes like Kaushik’s must be shared with people. […]
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