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Masako Nozawa, the Japanese voice actor of Goku from the ‘Dragon Ball’ franchise | Photo Credit: Aoni Production, Toei In a historic moment for the anime industry, veteran voice actor Masako Nozawa — best known as the voice of Goku in Dragon Ball — has become the first voice actor ever to receive Japan’s prestigious…
In India, the buzz around Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) feels different this time. The posters for the anticipated Infinity Castle Arc movie are already gracing massive billboards; cosplayers are busy sewing fabric into colourful haoris for Comic Cons; and theatres now prepare for an ocean of weebs wielding plastic nichirin katanas to flood their…
A musical drama loosely inspired by the life of Padma Shri Raj Begum, Songs of Paradise puts into focus the rich poetic culture of Kashmir that often gets buried under the “Files” of jaundiced perceptions. It is the side of Kashmir that we have hardly seen in Bollywood. Set in a time and space when the idea…
It’s the Tamil month of Aadi and also a time when L.R. Eswari’s (Lourde-Mary Rajeshwari) devotionals such as ‘Karpoora nayakiye’, ‘Chellatha‘ and ‘Maariyamma’ trend. While Eswari has given us many devotional albums, she first became known through her film songs. Although she had been active in singing for films since the 1950s, her future was…
M.L. Vasanthakumari | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement She came, she sang, she conquered. July 3 marks M.L. Vasanthakumari’s (MLV) 97th birth anniversary. It’s a good time to look back at my guru and an extraordinary vocalist’s life and art — a combination of melody, vidwat and dynamic stage presence. MLV was not only adept at…
Conan O’Brien. | Photo Credit: AP Comedian and host Conan O’Brien has become the latest addition to the star cast of Toy Story 5. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton, who worked as a writer on the previous four films, Toy Story 5 is produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Disney. O’Brien will voice the…
One of Bengaluru’s oldest choirs, The Cecilian Choir, will perform for a fundraiser in Bengaluru. Titled Memories Are Made of This, it is a fundraiser for St. Joseph’s University Scholarship Programs. The Cecilian Choir was started in 1982 by a group of musicians under the leadership of Reverend Dr Theodore Pereira. This year, the concert…
An undated photo of legendary playback singer P. Jayachandran who passed away at the age of 80 on January 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian music has lost one of its finest voices. A voice that brought out the expression of a song the way perhaps nobody else could. A voice that could make…
Spoorthi Rao, Vocal at Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, Vidya Bharathi, in Mylapore on Tuesday…. Photo: SRINATH M/ THE HINDU | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Spoorthy Rao easily won the hearts of the audience with her rich and melodious voice that covered all the octaves up to the tara panchmam. Spoorthy commenced her concert for Sri Parthasarathy…
