He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......
Setting up of integrated theatre commands to synergise the capabilities of the three services would be the next logical move in military reforms after the "momentous" step of appointment of the......
To contain the spread of novel coronavirus, film bodies in India including Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), Indian Film & Television Directors' Association......
'All their idealism, intensity of emotions, acute sense of right and wrong, and burning passion for public causes can never serve as justifiable grounds to be touted by students of any country, let......
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has made no attempts to conceal his obsession with vaastu, the ancient Indian principles of architecture, even telling the assembly,......
Automation devices that offer convenience and safety can be set up easily. Imagine this: Your daughter reaches home from school at 3.30 pm daily. She should be watching television for an hour,......
Around five months earlier, Shrikanth Ghanekar, a city-based wholesale textile exporter, watched a 3D film for the first time. The film, Haunted, was being screened at Regal Cinema in Mumbai, and......
I must confess to remaining fairly unaffected by any great stirrings of 'patriotism'-- or, at least, by what passes for the honourable emotion most of the time. I would frankly smirk if anyone......
Superstar Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and Anil Ambani are about to sign a deal that will see the ADA Group bankroll Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG with between $500 million to $600 million, The......
Hollywood is cashing in on the tremendous success of Spiderman 3, released in Hindi, Bhojpuri and Tamil, among other languages, raking in a record Rs 27 crore in the first week. Distributors of......
'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.''If you pay for social media buzz it does not convert into bums on seats.' IMAGE: Madhavan as Vanraj Kashyap, Ajay......
'As I watched Mammootty 'try out' Mathew Devassy, I could hear from my theatre seat the ready-made appreciation of the liberal press, their applause for the great actor having flirted with......
'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening......
'Touch wood, I'm blessed that I am getting this chance to do the things I love.''I know a lot of people would love to be in my place.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tanya Maniktala/Instagram When......
'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......
Clarke and Hughes's sister spending time with the bowler ‘The real impact for the one who bowled the ball would probably be playing out weeks and months down the track when the shock wears......