'Don't poke your audience, stroke them!'

As a playwright and a thinking individual, Mahesh Dattani's contribution is impressive. His plays have defined the English theatre movement in ways that are path-breaking and a societal reference......

When a man dances

The happy part about commuting to the tail end of Mumbai to catch an afternoon show is being allowed to watch it undisturbed. So when I turned up hot and sweaty in a cool, dim Malad theatre to......

Rakth will be better than Bhoot, says Mallya

Spice Girl Melanie will soon sing a duet with Sunidhi Chauhan while Ricky Martin might sing another with Pakistani music group Junoon.It is the international business tycoon Vijay Mallya, who is......

'Shabana's face was just right'

Come September, theTamil Nadu town of Tirunelveli will play host to Shabana Azmi for at least a week or two. She will be shooting for playwright-filmmaker Mahesh Dattani's new film Morning Raaga,......