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Kiara Advani (left) and Aneet Padda were rumoured to be cast in the upcoming Hindi movie ‘Shakti Shalini’. Production company Maddock Films on Friday dismissed rumours that it has finalised the cast of its upcoming movies Shakti Shalini and Maha Munjya, part of the banner’s ambitious horror comedy universe. There was speculation online that Aneet…
John McLaughlin, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Selva Ganesh, Shankar Mahadevan and Ganesh Rajagopalan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The collaborative sound of Shakti, which changed musical discourse worldwide, will echo one final time when Mind Explosion: 50th Anniversary Tour Live releases on August 1. The tracks of the album trace the band’s voyage through genres and geographies. With…
Three miniature dance dramas unfolded in quick succession at the Aadi Natya Samarpanam, held under the aegis of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. The well-curated works, celebrating the Tamil month of Aadi, were an outcome of the coming together of creative minds. Deepa Ganesh, artistic director, Upasana, brought together three senior teachers — Sheela Unnikrishnan, Jayanthi…
Sikkil Gurucharan, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Several decades ago, as a young boy, when I was asked to sing a kriti for Lakshmi pooja, I sheepishly declared that a school prayer was all I knew, only to be reminded by my teacher that the famous geetham ‘Varaveena’ is on Mahalakshmi….
Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkataraman. | Photo Credit: RAGU R ‘Prakrti to Para, An Exploration of Sakthi’, conceptualised and visualised by Bharatanrithyam dancers Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkatraman of Nrithyodaya, was an exploration of the Divine Mother from the physical and the metaphysical plane, as described in the Vedas. The dancers had practised well, their…
