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Deepika Padukone recording a performance capture for Atlee’s next Actor Deepika Padukone on Saturday joined the cast of Telugu cinema star Allu Arjun and director Atlee’s upcoming movie. Backed by production banner Sun Pictures, the movie is billed as a “magnum opus”. The currently untitled movie was officially announced on Arjun’s 43rd birthday in April. “The…
From the play The Meaning of Malar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A small, cozy space with minimal lighting, floor-level performance area and props thoughtfully arranged was the unpretentious yet evocative setting of Karpanai Kudirai’s Tamil play, The Meaning of Malar, written and directed by Vedarun, and staged at IDAM, Kodambakkam, Chennai. There were no…
Actor Roshan Mathew’s sophomore directorial play Bye Bye Bypass, co-written with actor Shruti Ramachandran and screen writer and creative director Francis Thomas, is about a set of cousins of the Athimootil family, who lose their ancestral home to the construction of a bypass. The Malayalam play has been inspired by Roshan’s own, similar experience, which,…
Cosmo Jarvis | Photo Credit: Instagram/ @cosmo.jarvis Cosmo Jarvis, fresh off his breakout performance in FX’s Shōgun, is set play a young Joseph Stalin in the upcoming biopic Young Stalin. Directed by Georgian-French filmmaker Géla Babluani (13 Tzameti, Money), the film explores the formative years of the Soviet dictator before he seized global infamy. Based…
From Aunty Moxie is Delulu, a new performance written, directed, and performed by Ashiqa Salvan. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Adishakti Manoj Rahul When one is hurt, and the feeling of being wronged takes hold, how do you navigate the shifting currents between forgiveness and revenge? Is it nobler to forgive, or merely easier? Is seeking…
Aadyam Theatre’s latest offering, Saanp Seedhi, promises Bengaluru audiences an edge-of-the-seat experience. Adapted from Anthony Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning psychological thriller Sleuth, the Hindi play is directed by Shubhrajyoti Barat and stars Kumud Mishra and Sumeet Vyas. After a successful run in Delhi, it is set to play at Ranga Shankara on May 9 and 10….
Shefali Shah | Photo Credit: Ridhika Mehra Growing up, Shefali Shah thought the most she could aspire to be was an air hostess. Today, with over 25 films under her belt (from Monsoon Wedding to Gandhi, My Father and Three of Us), and some hard-hitting TV shows — let’s not forget the 2023 International Emmy award nomination for best actress…
From Kapidhwaja. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In Dummies Drama’s Kapidhwaja (written and directed by Sreevathson), businessman Parthiban (Baskar) is a man of principles. Because of his strong moral compass, he is at loggerheads with his family and his office staff. So he decides to keep away from everyone for a few days, and goes…
In 2012, British artiste Fink aka Fin Greenall made his way to India for the first time as a performer, playing every where — from a theatre in Mumbai and the NH7 Weekender festival in Bengaluru, to the erstwhile Blue Frog club in New Delhi. That is quite a range of spaces for the often-acoustic,…
