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If you scan the Margazhi music schedule of sabhas in Chennai, you will find the names of several Gen Z artistes in the morning, mid-morning and afternoon slots. This is definitely the most heart-warming note of the Season. It augurs well for the future of Carnatic music, despite the many naysayers. It’s intriguing to know…
Mavin Khoo | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M The varnam presents musicians and dancers with a universe of possibilities. Popular variations of the varnam format are the pada varnam, tana varnam, daru varnam and swarajathi. These have a common rule set that is based on a theoretical framework. They are defined through the particularity of sahitya…
Delhi’s premier performing choir, the Capital City Minstrels (CCM), marked three decades of its existence with a December concert, “Echoes of Alleluia”, comprising celebratory music from their eclectic inventory of 30 years. It had many of the group’s ex-conductors and alumni from various parts of India and the world joining the choir. In 1994, a…
A still from ‘The Smile Man’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three-quarters into The Smile Man, a character wonders whether the efforts to catch the psychopath at the centre of the film need as much attention as the Zodiac Killer, and this self-aware attempt at humour makes you chuckle for all the wrong reasons. In…
Bandra’s iconic Mehboob Studios bursts at the seams with a largely Hindi-speaking crowd. But when Tamil rapper Paal Dabba runs up the stage — popping, locking et al — to the backdrop of his recent track ‘Kaathu Mela’, the crowd erupts. A few speedy verses in, hands go up in the air, and fast, folksy,…
Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ | Photo Credit: IMDb Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is set to re-release in theatres on January 3, 2025. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the film was produced under Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and also featured Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin. The film…
(L to R) Actor Matthew Perry, former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, actor Al Pacino and singer Cher. I could have survived without knowing about Al Pacino’s penis or Josh Brolin’s unnatural attraction to his mother. Or that Barbra Streisand took 10 years to write her memoir (it might take that long to read it…
Recently, during an interaction with some law students, I was asked: where have all the rom-coms gone? I have heard this before — at family lunches, in writers’ rooms and at school reunions. Each time, instead of answers, we are left with a dull lament for “simpler” times. But nostalgia is often overrated. Were those…
T.M. Krishna’s Vocal concert at The Music Academy. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M There was an air of impatience near the Music Academy as a huge crowd descended upon the roads surrounding the popular venue resulting in a huge traffic jam. Being one of the few venues in Chennai that is disabled-friendly, the Academy welcomed…
(L to R) Anish Gawande, Shobhaa De and Rajdeep Sardesai. Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist and author “I must confess to having spent a large part of 2024 immersed in writing my own book, 2024: The Election That Surprised India, so I had less time to read as many books as I would have liked. A book I enjoyed reading was ‘An…
