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Creative spirits moved across the room ushering the Elephant God on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. A display of some beautifully created over 100 paintings of Lord Ganesha adorned the walls of L&P Hutheesingh Visual Arts Centre on Thursday. The exhibition titled ‘Ganesha’ is organised by the Gujarat Women’s Artist Association and has on display […]
Designer Rajdeep Ranawat exhibits his “Pichwai” adorned designs at the Deval’s Multi designer store, in Ahmedabad. His new collection is based on the store’s owner Deval Patel’s collection of Pichwai paintings. The collection was supposed to make its debut last year but was postponed due to the pandemic. The team did an elaborate photo shoot […]
Malaika Arora recently shared a video clip on her official Instagram account where she and her sister Amrita Arora were seen grooving to one of the most trending songs, Touch It by KiDi. The two were seen pulling off some cool moves with a hilarious twist at the end where Amrita knocks Malaika out of the […]
JAGRITI (1954) This path-breaking film won a Certificate of Merit at the National Film Awards. It also bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Film, with Abhi Bhattacharya as the new school superintendent Shekhar, taking home the trophy for Best Supporting Actor. Shekhar, unlike the other teachers, doesn’t believe in punishment. Through songs like “De di […]
Sources claim that Actor and model Siddharth Shukla who died yesterday of a great attack complained of chest pain on Wednesday night and asked his mother, who lives on the 6th floor of the same building, to visit him. After talking to her and drinking water, he went to sleep. Later, he suffered a heart […]
Book review by Ashutosh Kumar Thakur Most people would claim reading and traveling are two of their hobbies, but reading a travelogue is not exactly a cup of tea for most people. And expectedly, most readers were skeptical to read the book when recommended. ‘I started the book expecting only to get through the first […]
Picture Credits: BIGHIT MUSIC K-pop’s ‘It’ Band of 2021 TOMORROW X TOGETHER (SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, HUENINGKAI) return to the Billboard 200 at No. 8 with The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE. According to the Billboard 200 (chart dated September 4, 2021), TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s second studio album The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE rises back the ranks to […]
After Hostages 2 and Tandav, Dino Morea returns to play Shaibani Khan, the evil bad man, in the series, The Empire, which starts streaming on Disney+Hotstar from August 27. The film is based on Alex Rutherford’s historical fiction Empire of the Moghul: Raiders From the North. Ask the actor what we can look forward to, having read a lot about […]
Ajit Bhairavkar, the director of the web series Sabka Sai, explains why he thinks actor Raj Arjun is the perfect choice to play Baba. We have had many films and TV shows on Sai, including Shirdi Ke Sai Baba (1977), Sai Baba—Tere Hazaron Haath (TV, 2005), Malik Ek (2008). What can we expect from your mini-series Sabka Sai, which starts streaming on MX […]
HUMA QURESHI-SAQIB SALEM There’s food for thought here On April 8, 2020, Huma Qureshi baked a birthday cake for baby brother Saqib Saleem as he turned 33. She described it as the world’s ugliest cheesecake but consoled herself with the thought that it’s the thought that counts. Her dishes gave Saqib plenty of thought too. […]
Tisca Chopra, who asserts that she’s always looking to do something exciting alongside acting, be it scripting, producing and directing short films or writing a book. Now, she’s ready to go one step up and make her directorial debut on the big screen. So, you are all set to direct a feature film now? Will […]
Saroj Khan had a nickname for him when he was a participant on the 2010 reality show, Dance Sangram. The late choreographer was appreciative of Avinash Dwivedi’s “Robotics Steps” and gave him her signature blessings—Rs 101—three times during the competition. “She called me ‘Akshay Jackson’ because I would integrate the dance styles of Akshay Kumar […]
Much has been written and said about her sublime art. Here, we take a peek at another aspect of Kishori Amonkar: the persona and the woman that made her such a force to reckon with in the world of Hindustani music. I first met Gaayanasaraswati Kishori Amonkar – or “Tai” as disciples addressed her – […]
Is it elitist to talk in terms of India and Bharat? Are Bharat and India merely two names and one nation or is the divide between the politically, economically and socially haves and have-nots more visible in practical terms? Devdutt Pattanaik, one of my favourites, has often tried answering in his simple, yet scholarly fashion. […]
On a regular day, these couples will shy away from the public eye, but once in a while, on their Instagram handles they open their hearts to the world That Alia Bhatt is missing RK is no secret. On July 14, she posted a picture of her silhouette against a gorgeous sunset. She was quick […]
Manbag, murse, city bag, it goes by many names, but the term that captures the essence of what it does is ‘man purse.’ Like its female counterpart, the man purse is meant to carry items men think of as essential when they are going out. And like the women’s purse, they are an important fashion accessory, speaking volumes about their […]
It is an aspect of the human condition – the need to be enthralled, to have adrenaline coursing through the veins, to have the heart skip a beat. For most of us, fortunately, our lives are pretty humdrum, so we search for this excitement elsewhere. Be it by jumping out of a plane mid-air or […]
Fashion need not necessarily come at the cost of the environment. Couturier Purvi Doshi has imbibed this philosophy in her design since the launch of her label in 1992. The PETA-approved designer doesn’t use silk as the Jain philosophy doesn’t approve of harming any creatures, big or small. (FYI: 10,000 silkworms are killed to produce […]
August 4 is a red-letter day for music aficionados across the world because it was on this day, 92 years ago in 1929, that on a Sunday evening in Khandwa, Gauri Devi went into labour. Abhas was the youngest son of lawyer Kunjilal Ganguly and his wife Gauri, born after Kumudlal, Sati Devi and Kalyan. Today, the […]
The Corona virus-triggered lockdown confined many people to their homes, but you can’t keep a filmmaker down. Ananth Narayan Mahadevan picked up his Sony HD camera and decided to shoot a short film. Since he couldn’t get any actors, writers, locations, not even a cameraman and editor, he decided to shoulder all the roles himself, […]
