The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

Looking at the Dying Studios of Chennai

Film studios in Chennai are a dying breed, discovers S Saraswathi. Film studios in Chennai are no longer considered a commercially viable proposition. Today, the vast acres of land they occupy in......

'People called Amitabh 'camel''

'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.''My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.''They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the......

Kamal Haasan: The Ramanaidu banner will fly for a long time to come

Kamal Haasan pays tribute to Dr D Ramanaidu, who passed away on Wednesday: Mr Naidu was a super-sized producer with a passion to match and, surprisingly, very low strains of hubris for glories......

When Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar didn't speak for 13 years

The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two.Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life. IMAGE: Dilip......

Probables shape up with fun and dance

Whenever Santosh Kumar played Daler Mehndi's popular number Ho Jayegi Balle Balle, offspinner Harbhajan Singh could not contain himself and would break into whoops of joy, dancing the bhangra......