No one on that glittery occasion could possibly have imagined that the Chinese were conspiring to invade India, nor could anyone have predicted that the seemingly benign Dalai Lama was plotting to......
Legendary vocalist M Balamuralikrishna, who first exploded on the Carnatic music scene as a child prodigy and later strode classical and cinema worlds effortlessly across generations, passed away......
In this series, Contributing Managing Editor Shobha Warrier has been profiling Carnatic music's brightest stars. In the concluding part, 21-year-old violinist Charumathi Raghuraman, who has been......
In this series, Contributing Managing Editor Shobha Warrier has been profiling Carnatic music's brightest stars. In the concluding part, 21-year-old violinist Charumathi Raghuraman, who has been......
Mayawati's landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh will no doubt encourage the chatterati to pontificate sagely about caste. They will nod their heads ruefully suggesting that, if only, if only, jati......
Lakshmi Mittal, owner of the world's biggest steelmaker, is embroiled in a legal wrangle with a company run by his brother over attempts to develop Liberia's run-down iron-ore industry.Mittal Steel......
Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil album, Avan Ivan. Post YOUR reviews here! Director Bala's latest film Avan Ivan has Arya, Vishal, Janani and Madhushalini in lead roles. Themusic is scored by......
Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti gave a lively song and dance performance at a surbuban hotel on July 1 to promote her debut film, Luck. Shruti sang the title song Aazma Luck, which she has lent her......
Varnam is the latest film to join the likes of Tamil films like Veyil, Subramaniapuram, Paruthiveeran, Pasanga etc that are taking an offbeat path. S M Raju, one of the producers of Santhosh......
Movies are all about moving off the beaten track these days, and Alka Film Corporation's Tamil film Varnam, directed by S M Raju, seems to be one of those movies: a coming of age tale about a young......