ENTERTAINMENT
Shilpa Rao: I have never sung something like Kaavaalaa before
Playback singer Shilpa Rao sings her first complete female song with Kaavaalaa, the Tamil superhit song, from Rajinikanth's forthcoming film Jailer, is already an Internet sensation.
TRENDS
Amitav Ghosh: ‘Humanity has never been in greater peril than it is now’
The Padma Shri and Jnanpith Awardee novelist on his latest non-fiction book 'Smoke and Ashes', whose foundation was laid with the research for 'Ibis Trilogy', the far-reaching effects of opium trade and humankind's greatest challenges today.
ENTERTAINMENT
Rambo Circus comes to Mumbai: The relevance of live circus in today's digital age
Artistes who perform in our shows are the most valuable part of the business for me, says Rambo Circus owner Sujit Dilip. This weekend, head to Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla in Mumbai for a live show by the famous Rambo Circus.
TRENDS
The curious case of former NSG commando & RAW agent Lucky Bisht
S Hussain Zaidi's biography on Laxman Lucky Bisht, 'R.A.W. Hitman', released this week. A conversation with Bisht, who was in the Special Forces, was a spy, and accused of twin murders, languished in jail, to quitting the Forces for the Hindi film industry.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Amazon, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix and other OTT platforms in July
This monsoon, stay in and watch the shows, new seasons, films and more, that July has in store.
ENTERTAINMENT
Pasoori controversy | Pasoori Nu is just a song, it does not deserve so much hatred: Composer Rochak Kohli
The recreated version is an authorised one and was made only after getting the rights from Pakistani artiste Ali Sethi, which took six-eight months, says the Indian composer.
ENTERTAINMENT
Maamannan singer Pavithra Chari on working with AR Rahman: It’s been a great blessing, a dream come true
Singer-songwriter Pavithra Chari, one half of the band Shadow and Light, whose song was part of this year's Grammy-nominated album, on learning from Rahman and a variety of composers and singing in Mari Selvaraj's new film 'Maamannan'.
ENTERTAINMENT
Lucky Ali sings his first ever English song 'Virtuality', with Israeli artiste Eliezer Cohen Botzer
Indian singer Lucky Ali and Israeli artiste Eliezer Cohen Botzer speak about their Eli/Ali Project of collaborative songs, what brought them together, and shooting the music video during the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.
FOOD
Thailand’s masterchef Vina curates food festival in Mumbai
Chef Vina says Thai food is healthy, fragrant and similar to Indian cuisines. The 10-day Thai food festival, Taste of Thai, is on till June 25 at The Bayview, Hotel Marine Plaza in Mumbai.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Amazon, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix and other OTT platforms in June
The month of June has a fine mix of films and shows, new or with new seasons, binge-worthy and much-anticipated. Look no further, your search stops with this selection
ENTERTAINMENT
Manav Kaul: ‘I write women characters because I really want to meet these women’
Manav Kaul’s new Hindi play by Aranya Theatre, titled 'Tumhare Baare Mein' premieres at Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts this weekend.
ENTERTAINMENT
Cannes 2023 | Director Kanu Behl on ‘Agra’: ‘All physical spaces affect sexuality’
Co-producer Siddharth Anand Kumar ascribes ‘Agra’, which premiered this week in Director’s Fortnight, to writer-director Kanu Behl’s vision and courage to tell a story yet untold, and viewed by ‘cinema-educated’ audience at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
ENTERTAINMENT
Indian Ocean on ‘Tu Hai’ tour: ‘We are a band that is best experienced live’
Indian Ocean band's guitarist Nikhil Rao, an engineer turned musician, spoke about what took the band almost a decade to come up with their eighth album ‘Tu Hai’, their work in film music, and the importance of live performances.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | Bollywood actor & Waayu’s Suniel Shetty: Gymming is my favourite fitness activity, it keeps me toned, fit, alert
Suniel Shetty, who recently launched a food delivery app, Waayu, believes in leading by example, to stay fit so that his team stays fit and active, too.
ENTERTAINMENT
Feroz Abbas Khan on 'Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical' going to US: ‘Nothing has been altered in the show’
If you've watched The Great Indian Musical: Civilization to Nation at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, the musical director Feroz Abbas Khan is set to take his next India musical Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical to North America.
ENTERTAINMENT
Kavita Seth: ‘Auto-tune was used for corrections; now full-fledged songs are made with it’
Singer Kavita Seth on her new album 'Dayaar-e-Rooh', single tracks finding an afterlife in Bollywood songs, OTTs being a boon for singers, too, and more.
FEATURES
VIP Industries’ Radhika Piramal: ‘The most fundamental discrimination I face is that my marriage is not legally recognised in India’
VIP Industries' Ltd executive director and vice-chairperson Radhika Piramal on coming out, LGBTQIA+ community's right to marry and how homosexuality is not a Western import.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon, and other OTT platforms in May
The month of May has a fine mix of binge-worthy shows, much-anticipated films, and most-talked about debuts. Look no further, your search stops with this selection
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Garmi’ director Tigmanshu Dhulia: ‘As young students, at NSD, we felt one must speak up against the wrong’
Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia on his new political thriller series ‘Garmi’, on SonyLIV, that revisits his earlier film ‘Haasil’, his student days at NSD, and biggest takeaway from the Bombay film industry.
ENTERTAINMENT
How ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ singer Antara Nandy monetised content and made her dream debut with AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam
From Hindustani classical music training at age four to becoming an internet sensation with over a million followers and making a breakthrough career start playback singing for AR Rahman on a Mani Ratnam magnum opus, here’s the Antara Nandy interview.
TRENDS
Disco Dancer: Salim-Sulaiman on recreating Bappi Lahiri-Mithun Chakraborty’s 1980s magic
Music composers Salim-Sulaiman are all set for the India premiere of their stage musical 'Disco Dancer' in Mumbai this month.
ENTERTAINMENT
Murder Mystery 2 composers Avinash-Vishwajeet: 'We’d never dreamt of working on a Hollywood film'
The Mumbai-based composer duo of a song in the new Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler-starrer Netflix film 'Murder Mystery 2', after composing film music in Marathi, among others, for 25 years, on their first Hollywood project and being told not to make a 'Disney song'.
TRENDS
What to watch on Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon, and other OTT platforms in April
Look no further, your search stops here; a selection on what to binge-watch
TRENDS
Singer Neeti Mohan: ‘Give women wings to fly, they'll surprise with the heights they achieve’
Bollywood singer Neeti Mohan on receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2023 for best playback singer (female) for the 'Meri Jaan' song from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', and on performing with her sisters as part of MSL, Mohan Sisters Live.
