Siddharth’s upcoming film Aval is going to be a trilingual. The trailer of the Tamil version, also starring Andrea Jeremiah, was released Monday and the 2-minute video is intense and scary. The film is billed as a thriller-horror and is said to be inspired by true events. The sequences shown in the trailer are creepy, creative and promising. Siddharth and Andrea move into a house that stands in the backdrop […]

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the note ban on Novemeber 8, 2016, some of the nation’s economists had raised questions on the government’s move. However, among those who had favoured the decision at that time included none other than 2017 Economics Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler. “This is a policy I have long supported. First step toward cashless and good start on reducing corruption,” Thaler had tweeted soon […]

There is a great deal of panic among the people of Jammu and Kashmir following incidents of braid cutting. Earlier this week, a 70 year old man died after he was beaten with a brick on the suspicion that he was a braid chopper. There are youth out on the streets of Jammu and Kashmir keeping a vigil to foil any attempt of braid cutting. What is the truth behind […]

Though I don’t and never will understand why good directors and big production houses spend their time, energy and money in remaking films, actor-director Jon Favreau’s 2014 movie, Chef, is a pretty decent fit for the Indian context. I mean, give desis an estranged papa-beta, kindle some pyaar while frying pyaaz and you are home safe.  Director Raja Krishna Menon’s Chef goes in for this full-on, giving us not one […]

Twenty-five years ago, a young musician in then Madras was given the opportunity to create music for Mani Ratnam’s movie Roja. The young boy went on to create some everlasting magic. This young boy is none other than the maestro himself – A.R. Rahman. Having created quite a stir in the south, he ventured into creating music for Hindi movies as well. In 1995 he composed music for a movie […]

The trailer of Ittefaq wastes no time trying to set up or build up its plot. As soon as you hit play, you’re sucked into a dark, sinister world and Sidharth Malhotra’s voice takes you further in. “Uss raat accident mein mujhe kaafi chot lagi thi” — coupled with a Hitchock-esque background score, makes for an interesting introduction to Ittefaq. We then see a wounded Sidharth approach Sonakshi Sinha (who […]

The Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department recently released a 32-page booklet titled ‘Uttar Pradesh Paryatan – Apaar Sambhavnaayein‘ (Uttar Pradesh Tourism – Limitless Possibilities), featuring most of the cultural and heritage sites in the state. However, it has no mention of Taj Mahal, one of the seven ‘wonders of the world’. The move has not gone unnoticed as it comes a few months after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said […]

Creativity and inspiration are the two defining factors for most writers and their craft. But while creativity is largely the process of generating original ideas, inspiration is random. Sometimes it comes from the simplest of things. Like the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Poetry, prose or drama; fiction or nonfiction — Gandhi is everywhere. There are indeed only a handful of iconic personalities who have caught the imaginations of as many […]

If you are an account holder in State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, there are a few changes that you need to be aware of. If you haven’t read about them, here they are: 1) Cut in MAB: The bank has decided to treat the metro and urban centres in the same category as far as average minimum account balance (MAB) maintenance is concerned. What this means is […]

“Veteran theatre and film personality Tom Alter on Friday lost his battle against skin cancer at his residence here,” his manager said. He was 67. Tom Alter was battling stage four skin cancer at a Mumbai hospital, where he was admitted earlier in September. He returned home on Thursday and breathed his last on Friday night, the acclaimed actor’s manager Ismail Ansari told IANS. Earlier, Tom Alter’s son Jamie had […]