Abhishek Bachchan interview | ‘I want to jump off buildings, ride bikes, dance in Switzerland and sing beautiful songs’

The actor returns with another quietly vulnerable role in ‘Kaalidhar Laapata’, the Hindi adaptation of the Tamil film ‘KD’. It also marks the end of a phase for Bachchan

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In Bengaluru, Caravaggio’s Magdalene prompts questions of art and morality

Lover, murderer, artist — the Italian may have been cancelled had he lived today, and yet there’s so much more to the painter. A ‘fan’ goes behind his work and his notoriety

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Director Ram interview: On ‘Paranthu Po’ and how filmmaking can be therapeutic

The director opens up on why his frequent collaborator Yuvan Shankar Raja hasn’t composed the songs in his latest, the joy of shooting in the mountains, when his film ‘Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai’ will release, and more

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Actor Meenakshi Jayan on her award-winning performance in ‘Victoria’: I can place myself on big stages

She won the best actress award for her performance in the Sivaranjini-directorial, playing a beautician from Angamaly

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M.L. Vasanthakumari’s melodious voice and innovative approach made her music unforgettable

Remembering MLV’s extraordinary life and art on her 97th birth anniversary (July 3).

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Smitha Madhav reimagines Veturi’s lyrical classic, ‘Sirikakolanu Chinnadi’

Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist Smitha Madhav to stage ‘Sirikakolanu Chinnadi’, Veturi Sundara Ramamurthy’s 1969 radio musical, in Hyderabad

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Kajol clarifies Ramoji Film City comment: It’s absolutely safe

Bollywood actor Kajol clarifies her controversial comments on Ramoji Film City controversy. The actor had said that the film studio is “one of the most haunted places in the world”

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‘Bolava Vitthal’ celebrates the songs of the minstrels

The annual abhang series Bolava Vitthal is back with its 19th edition. The Bengaluru segment will be held on June 27, and will feature singers Anand Bhate, Mugdha Vaishampayan and Prathamesh Laghate

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CBFC made demands for Janaki name change through informal ways: Filmmaker M.B. Padmakumar

Although his film was cleared by the regional office of the CBFC, censor officials from the CBFC headquarters in Mumbai refused to certify the film until he changed the name of either of the protagonists – Janaki and Abraham.

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Tamil actor Srikanth arrested for allegedly buying cocaine from drug cartel

A senior police officer confirmed the arrest and said Srikanth had been in regular contact with three drug offenders who were arrested recently

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