Wanted to be a doctor, became Carnatic star

Shobha Warrier interacts with Carnatic star Padma Shri Sudha Raghunathan, one of the busiest and the most accomplished singers. It's that time of the year again when the cool air in Chennai......

PHOTOS: Country celebrates festival of colours

IMAGE: People celebrate Holi in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo Clothes were dyed with hues of colours and a spirit of jollity reigned supreme as the country on Monday played Holi. Revellers......

'My art is my God and the stage is my temple'

'Art has no religion. An artist is an artist.' IMAGE: Mansiya. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mansiya VP/Facebook It was in the late 1950s that an 11-year-old Hyder Ali joined the Kerala......

Spectator dies during jallikattu, many bull tamers injured

A spectator died of heart attack near Madurai while more than 40 bull tamers were injured in the bull taming sport of Jallikattu which was held across Tamil Nadu on Thursday as part of Pongal......

'I Wanted To Beat People Up...'

'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.''It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.''Whether it's a series, a movie or......

'Her dance numbers were not just about dancing'

'A whole universe of feelings and moods went into them.' IMAGE: Dola Re Dola Re, the Aishwarya Rai-Madhuri Dixit dance face-off Saroj Khan choreographed in the 2002 box-office hit Devdas, was......

Bollywood votes for Goa!

The heady Goan cocktail of the sun, sand, sea and cinema seems to have given the delegates at the International Film Festival of India a buzz they are thoroughly enjoying.While Kerala and West......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......