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Artists perform in Rambo Circus. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat A kaleidoscope of lights, gravity-defying stunts and theatrical wonders — Rambo Circus is all set to captivate Visakhapatnam on February 15 and 16 at Gurajada Kalakshetram. With a troupe of 35 skilled artistes, the circus is reinventing itself with new acts to keep the magic…
A scene from Life of Galileo by Bangalore Little Theatre | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Life of Galileo was written by Bertolt Brecht in 1938 and looks at the life of the polymath who discovered the world was round and who single-handedly took on the Church with his progressive ideas. Bangalore Little Theatre has adapted…
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Matthew McConaughey in a scene from the film ‘Interstellar’ | Photo Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon “We must reach far beyond our own lifespans,” says a character in Christopher Nolan’s 2014 hit film Interstellar and in a way, the film has managed to do exactly that. A decade after its…
A still from ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ The re-release sensation of the week, Harshvardhan Rane and Pakistani actor Mawra Hocane’s Sanam Teri Kasam has earned ₹15.75 crore in its opening weekend, beating out even contemporary offerings like Loveyapa and Badass Ravi Kumar. A romantic drama, Sanam Teri Kasam was originally released in 2016 to a lukewarm…
A glimpse of ‘Tit for Tat’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On January 12, actor Jhansi Laxmi will be presenting the plays Tit For Tat and Purusha Suktam as part of RangaYatra, in collaboration with Sangamam Theatre Festival, at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad. The plays written and directed by Jhansi aim to make the audiences think…
Duvvuri Vathsalendra and Abhimanika | Photo Credit: Ravikanth Kurma Feminist perspectives are sometimes confined to rhetoric, but Duvvuri Vathsalendra is changing that. She is set to perform the Perini Thandavam — a dance form traditionally reserved for male dancers due to its vigorous, powerful movements — demonstrating that women can master and redefine this art form….
Members sketch the Abids book market | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Urban Sketchers’ Hyderabad chapter(USk-H) celebrates a key milestone — its 300th event — this month. This global community of artists practising drawing on location has turned this occasion into a month-long celebration. “Instead of celebrating the milestone as a single event in a day,…
Art and spaces that hold art have for long been synonymous with quietude, hushed whispers, and silent observation. Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai on December 5, however, painted a contrasting picture. The recently-renovated gallery was bursting at the seams with over 60 artists, their 200-plus pieces of work, and enthusiastic patrons and well-wishers, at the…
It is not often that a white cube, its silence and solemnity broken only by colour and canvas on walls, gets inundated. Last week, the precursor show of the upcoming contemporary art festival Madras Art Weekend that highlighted over 60 artists from South India titled Spotlight on the South opened to a sizeable crowd —…
The fabulous life of Shalini Passi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shalini Passi is a vibe. Even when she is frazzled, there is a sense of calm about her. After her talk on Women in Artistry at the Madras Art Weekend (MAW), we sit down for a chat in her suite at the Park Hyatt….
