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A narrow flight of stairs in an old building in Coimbatore’s Five Corner neighbourhood leads into a tiny studio stuffed with paints, brushes, bundles of canvas, a wooden easel and finished and unfinished portraits arranged in boxes along the wall. “I don’t like cleaning up,” mutters artist V Jeevananthan. The splotches of paint on drop…
What connects the domestic arrivals section at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), and the VIP lounge at Terminal 1 of Delhi Airport? All three feature a sculptural representation of a rustic Telangana woman by renowned artist Thota Vaikuntam. Thota Vaikuntam with one of his sculptures at the Hyderabad airport…
An illustration by Maniam “While drawing on paper, how does one distinguish between Aditha Karikalan and Raja Raja? They are all warriors and kings. They’d have similar features. The nuance lies in changing a nose here, an eye there. Maniam was able to do that with ease,” said yesteryear actor Sivakumar at the launch of…
Bangalore’s International Music & Arts Society’s golden jubilee celebrations have been gratifyingly numerous. Its third ‘Heritage Lecture’ by Asok Kumar Das on ‘Music, Musicians and Musical Instruments at the Mughal Court’was an appropriate subject for an institution primarily concerned with music. Asok, art historian and author, specialising in Mughal and Rajasthani art and culture,divided his talk to…
When dancer-choreographer Divya Nayar speaks about her new work ‘Meenātchi-The Goddess Reigns’, it is less about reviving mythology than about recognising the goddess within us. To be staged under the aegis of her dance institution ‘Dakshina’, on September 21, 6.30 p.m., at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, it will be streamed on September 22. Set against the…
Vijay Antony, Tamil actor and music composer | Photo Credit: Shivaraj S Vijay Antony’s interviews are free therapy sessions. The way he looks at life is starkly different from how other film stars view it. His is a simplistic, non-materialistic point of view. The actor-composer lives it. He prefers walking around barefoot, a trait that…
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s life and legacy comes alive onstage through Gowri Ramnarayan’s biographical play, Enchantment, which premiers on September 12 at the Museum Theatre in Chennai. This evening of music, dance and drama presented by JustUs Repertory, will be in support of REACH, (Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health), a…
A still from ‘The Secret Agent’ | Photo Credit: MUBI The first trailer for The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest feature, has been released following its award-winning debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Brazilian political thriller, led by Wagner Moura, took home Best Director and Best Actor for Moura, along with the…
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It is a scenario straight out of the wildest dreams, or nightmares. An entire village, dressed in festive finery, gathers around a specially constructed stage. There is anticipation in the air, a celebratory mood. But the master of ceremonies (Vishnu Oi), a man summoned from a neighbouring town, is left stunned when he learns the…
