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Nayakan, the cult-classic Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Mani Ratnam has hit the screens again. The re-release is part of the celebrations of Kamal Haasan’s 71st birthday. For fans of the director and actor, the 1987 gangster drama couldn’t have come at a better time, as the combination’s comeback, Thug Life, turned…
Nayakan, the cult-classic Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Mani Ratnam has hit the screens again. The re-release is part of the celebrations of Kamal Haasan’s 71st birthday. For fans of the director and actor, the 1987 gangster drama couldn’t have come at a better time, as the combination’s comeback, Thug Life, turned…
Mumbai’s iconic single-screen theatre, Maratha Mandir, has remained the permanent home of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge for 30 years and it will continue to do so as long as audiences keep coming, says the theatre’s executive director Manoj Desai. Opened in 1952, the 1,107-seater cinema has screened numerous iconic films, including Mughal-E-Azam and Pakeezah. Yet…
Fifty years after it first swept the nation, Sholay remains a sensory experience like no other. Like the inebriated Veeru (Dharmendra) shouting from atop a water tank in the weary lanes of Ramgarh, its story brims with drama, emotion, and action — this Trioka has made mainstream Indian cinema a global force. The 4K restoration amplifies every…
From the coastal villages of Karnataka to international borders, the traditional dance-drama art form Yakshagana, has traversed and evolved over the decades, with changes in its elaborate costumes, headgear, stage structure and even the themes of its performances. Mainly practiced in Udupi, Shivamogga and Chikkamagalurur in Karnataka, and Kasargod in Kerala, Yakshagana combines dance, music, and…
Akhshay and Ashiqa playing Hansel and Gretel. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Jagriti Theatre’s upcoming play, Gretel, reimagines the classic German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, made famous by the Brothers Grimm. The original story follows two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, who try to make their way back home, after being abandoned in a forest….
Ramesh Prasad, owner of Prasad Studios and Prasads Multiplex, inaugurates the second edition of Red Lorry Film Festival. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The second edition of BookMyShow’s Red Lorry Film Festival kicked off at Prasads Multiplex, Hyderabad, bringing together film enthusiasts, legendary filmmakers and cinematic masterpieces under one roof. The opening day witnessed a…
Julia Garner, from left, Christopher Abbott, and Matilda Firth in a scene from ‘Wolf Man’ | Photo Credit: NICOLA DOVE After the astounding success ofThe Invisible Man, director Leigh Whannell is back to reboot another of Universal Pictures’ most iconic horror titles. While The Invisible Man turned out to be the outing that could have…
