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Jon Batiste performing in New Delhi on November 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Its a powerful thing to play the music of those who came before us,” says Jon Batiste as he notes his presence in “one of the oldest traditions in the World.” He had just spent over 40 minutes rendering classical…
Pankaj Tripathi (left). Actors Gulshan Devaiah and and Girija Oak. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Actor Pankaj Tripathi has turned producer for an upcoming series, Perfect Family, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Neha Dhupia in the lead. Directed by Sachin Pathak and created by Palak Bhambri, the eight-episode comedy-drama also stars Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa and…
Also known as antyakshari, it is a game which involves one team (or player) singing a song that starts with the last letter of the previous song. This game challenges your memory of songs, melody, and how quickly you can respond. This has been played across generations in India — from the king’s courts to…
Also known as antyakshari, it is a game which involves one team (or player) singing a song that starts with the last letter of the previous song. This game challenges your memory of songs, melody, and how quickly you can respond. This has been played across generations in India — from the king’s courts to…
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…
A poster of the Kannada movie ‘Kshameyirali Thande’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Seasoned actor M N Suresha is turning director with Kshameyirali Thande. The veteran theatre artiste, who was recently seen in Niveditha Shivarajkumar’s production, Fire Fly, is also the producer of the upcoming Kannada movie. Known in the film fraternity as Moog Suresh,…
Suriya in a still from ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Suriya might today be one of the most popular Tamil actors around, earning crores of rupees. But did you know that his first salary was a mere ₹736? That money was earned due to his work in a garment factory, where he toiled…
Tamil superstar Suriya, who is celebrating his 50th birthday on Wednesday (July 23), and his wife, actor-producer Jyotika, have for long reigned as Tamil cinema’s most-adored celebrity couple. The actors, who first met on sets of 1999’s Poovellam Kettuppar, fell in love while working on Gautham Menon’s acclaimed cop drama Kaakha Kaakha (2003) and married…
FILE: President of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam and Actor Vijay | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Tamil superstar and president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, Vijay, is celebrating his 51st birthday on Sunday (June 22, 2025). Affectionately called ‘Thalapathy’ by his fans, Vijay is widely considered one of the most successful actors in Tamil cinema. The star,…
German filmmaker and author Wim Wenders at a private hotel in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He is visiting the city as part of ‘Wim Wenders – King of the Road – The India Tour’. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Music, just like travel, is hard to separate from Wim Wenders films, for they are intrinsic to…
