Tamil movie industry divided over temporary ban on Dhanush

The calling out of actor Dhanush by the Tamil Film Producers' Council, for accepting advance but not giving dates, has not gone down well for the Tamil film industry, creating quite an uproar.......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

Why 'Captain' Vijayakanth Won't Be Forgotten

The Tamil film industry won't forget Vijayakanth's large-heartedness, how he took care of fellow industry persons, male or female, rich or poor, young or old...recalls N Sathiya Moorthy. How he......

'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.' IMAGE: Dr G G Parikh with Yusuf Meherally's potrait behind him at the Yusuf Meherally......

Discover India's poshest homes

These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy.One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments.A buyer......

Indian among Fortune's 10 most promising women entrepreneurs

Every year, Fortune honours 10 innovators, groundbreakers and game changers as 'Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs'. Image: Brit Morin, Founder and CEO, Brit + Co. Photograph, courtesy: Brit + Co......

Think of this as Husain's IPO

Emotional chicanery or fiscal prudence? Whatever it turns out to be - artist M F Husain's decision to accept Qatari citizenship will result in the hardening of his prices, writes Kishore Singh.......

Young market? Old brands go under knife

As the market grows young, old brands go under the knife. In 1897, a young man named Ardeshir Godrej gave up law and turned to making locks. He went on to make safes and security equipment, and......

Killer Soup Review: Manoj, Konkona Are Star Ingredients, But...

Killer Soup's plots grow too convoluted and the strain of keeping the momentum going shows when its shrewd and surreal visuals lose steam, observes Sukanya Verma. Against the stillness of lush......

'I owe my career to Vijayakanth'

IMAGE: Vijayakanth. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonu Sood/Instagram Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder-leader and actor Vijayakanth passed into the ages in Chennai on Thursday, aged 71,......

Just How Many Songs Did Lataji Sing?

Photograph: PTI Photo Lata Mangeshkar will always remain one of the towering figures of Indian music and it is often claimed that she recorded songs that run into tens of thousands. However, the......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Best Sports Photos of the Week!

Records were broken and fans were enthralled in the world of sport over the last seven days! Iranian women watched the country’s national soccer team for the first time in 40 years on......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

Population size has nothing to do with sporting excellence

IMAGE: Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu with her incredible Coach P Gopichand. Photograph: PTI 'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.''A hundred Indians now feature in the world's......

PHOTOS: South Asian Games end with a colourful closing ceremony

IMAGE: Artistes from Nepal perform at the closing ceremony of the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI Northeast India's diverse and colourful culture were in full display......

Bollywood stars for Ntini's farewell concert

Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will bid farewell to retiring South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini at a glittering concert in Durban on January 9. The 33-year-old......