(Artwork by Ashwin Pandya) She loved the smell of old books and diaries. All of eight, Monal chanced upon a long pressed piece of paper from her Mamma’s brown diary which sort of read that her grandma had committed suicide along with her lover. It was […]
April 16 is the 127th birth anniversary of Charlie Chaplin. A quick look at a rare genius entertainer who made the world laugh… Imagine a man walking down the street in an oversized, baggy suit, tipping his bowler hat to people walking by and occasionally tapping his cane on the pavement. What is distinct about him is that he waddles like a penguin and has a funny looking moustache (known […]
Sunil Mantri: What inspired you to come up with this album? Asxem Dlean: More than an album or ep, I would categorize it as a concept. Each related but in its own symphony. I was inspired to create and respect separate genre’s rather sticking to one or mixing it all up. SM: How has this Concept influenced your professional outlook? AD: I’ve always believed in The 3 steps to achieving. Hence, a 3 track, 3 step inspired […]
The actor was also a popular singer of folk songs and had brought out several albums. Popular Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani died at a private hospital here on Sunday evening. He was 45. The death occurred around 7.15 p.m. Dr. Sanjeev Singh, senior medical administrator at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here, told The Hindu that the actor was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night with haematemesis (vomiting […]
MANOJ KUMAR WILL RECEIVE THE 47TH DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD, THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCAST POSTED ON TWITTER. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR STARRING IN A LEAGUE OF PATRIOTIC FILMS LIKE SHAHEED, PURAB AUR PASCHIM AND KRANTI. MANOJ KUMAR HAD RECEIVED THE PADMA SHRI HONOUR IN 1992 Mr Kumar is known for films like Hariyali Aur Raasta, Woh Kaun Thi?, Himalaya Ki God Mein, Do Badan, Upkar, Patthar Ke Sanam, […]
“The Revenant” had a golden night by taking home the top honours, including a Best Actor gong for Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, at the 88th Academy Awards. British filmmaker of Indian origin Asif Kapadia won the golden statuette for “Amy”, India’s Reliance Entertainment-backed “Bridge Of Spies” won one award and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra took to the stage as a presenter. “Spotlight” was named the […]
Eminent cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, who chronicled contemporary Indian politics with wit and humour, died here today after battling brain cancer for over two years. Tailang was under treatment for brain cancer since 2014 and breathed his last at his East Delhi residence in Mayur Vihar. He would have turned 56 on February 26 and is survived by his daughter and wife. The cartoonist, who had worked in a number of […]
Filmmaker Karan Johar’s controversial remarks on intolerance on Friday kicked up a storm with the Congress hitting out against the Modi government accusing it of stifling freedom of expression and BJP dismissing the criticism saying India is the most tolerant country. Wading into the intolerance debate, Johar said, “The talk about freedom of expression is the biggest joke I believe in the world. Democracy is the second biggest joke […]
“Chrr tak tak taka daka tak chree… goes the steady printing machine,” begins actor Kalki Koechlin in a video that’s quickly taking social media by storm. The five-minute long video shows Kalki narrating a self-written poem titled ‘The Printing Machine’ in association with the women’s lifestyle Youtube channel of Culture Machine – Blush. The video is part of their #Unblushed series which earlier featured actors like Nimrat Kaur and Sayani […]
DAVID BOWIE IS DEAD AND HE WON’T BE FALLING BACK TO EARTH. ROCK HAS LOST ONE OF ITS GUIDING LIGHTS AND AS THE WORLD MOURNS THE THIN WHITE DUKE, WE CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE HE LIVED THROUGH HIS MUSIC. SPACE ODDITY, HEROES AND CHINA GIRL ARE SOME OF HIS GREATEST HITS The stars look very different today. David Bowie is dead and he won’t be falling back to earth. Rock […]
