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Kumudini Lakhia revolutionized Kathak, drawing on multiple disciplines and global influences as well as Ahmedabad's vibrant culture scene through the 1960s to the 2020s. A Padma Vibhushan award was announced for her in January this year.
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In the last show before Himmat Shah died on March 2, the inaugural 'Vocabulary of Vision' at the newly opened Black Cube Gallery, in Delhi's Hauz Khas, till March 23, brings together nine modern masters — including Gujarat's Lothal-born Shah — and 16 contemporary voices of Indian art.
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Shyam Benegal Tribute: The pioneer of parallel cinema & Indian New Wave, which showed us new ways of seeing our fissured world & imagined women in a new light, passed away after a prolonged kidney ailment on December 23, 2024, in Mumbai, aged 90.
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Song Min-hyung, who had been battling gall bladder cancer for the past few years, died on Sunday, aged 70. His passing has left a void in the Korean entertainment industry.
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He lent his creative vision to over 50 films under the banner of Ramsay Brothers, including classics like 'Veerana', 'Purana Mandir', and 'Bandh Darwaza', 'Do Gaz Zameen Ke Niche', 'Samri', 'Tehkhana', 'Purani Haveli', and 'Khoj' with Rishi Kapoor.
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Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, a frequent performer at La Scala opera house in Milan, who died on March 23, had won the 2007 Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) for his album 'Chopin: Nocturnes'.
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Walsh, who rose to fame in the 1970s with the role of Dickie Dunn in the film Slap Shot, and later, in memorable roles in Straight Time and The Jerk, died of cardiac arrest on March 19.
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The month of February saw a whirl of celebrity news, from Bollywood weddings, deaths and births, and quirky collaborations. March will see sizzling releases and actors turning directors. Stay tuned for more roundups from the world of the shimmer and glimmer entertainment.
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With his earthy renditions and profound understanding of poetry, the late maestro has not just sung ghazals but captivated hearts across generations.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed their condolences on the passing of renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas.
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The grand old man of radio passed away at the age of 91 but his legacy and contribution to Indian broadcasting will never be forgotten.
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Bob’s Red Mill, which grew to 700 employees by April 2020, became 100% employee-owned, much before Bob Moore passed in 2010 when he established an employee stock ownership plan.
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The Indian classical singer is bound by her gharana and its style of singing, or gayaki. Prabha Atre, from the Kirana gharana, who passed away on Saturday, aged 92, was fearless when it came to these boundaries.
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The demise at age 55 of Ustad Rashid Khan, of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, who was a direct descendant of Mian Tansen, marks the end of an era of Hindustani classical music. Here is a list of some of his memorable songs across genres.
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The legendary boy from Kolkata whose voice brought tears to Bhimsen Joshi's eyes, it was a reassurance that the future of Hindustani classical singing is in safe hands, who kept the classical music alive in our film music, has passed on.
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Author of over 25 books on art, history and culture, BN Goswamy was considered the world’s foremost scholar of Indian miniature paintings.
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The relatable friend from that '90s show, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, who taught an entire generation of Millennials how to laugh at themselves, the disarming charm of witty repartee, and showed men what non-toxic masculinity can be like, is no more.
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Feeney is the grandson of immigrants from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and he has been more than generous to the land of his forefathers providing the seed capital for the founding of the University of Limerick.
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William Friedkin was one of the defining voices of the New Hollywood movement, marking a shift from the studio-driven movies of the '40s and '50s to the era of the film director as authorial voice.
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If Priyadarshan introduced screwball comedy, Sreenivasan mainstreamed satire, Siddique-Lal revolutionised situational comedy in Malayalam cinema. Siddique (1960-2023), one half of the popular Malayalam film director duo Siddique-Lal, passed away after a heart attack on August 7.
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Her voice incandescent, icon of post-punk femininity, the Irish singer-activist spoke her mind and campaigned for a united Ireland, LGBTQ+ rights, and against the Catholic Church and child sexual abuse, which cost her her pop stardom.
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The writer’s distinctive style and themes explored the many facets of American frontiers and ways of life.
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It was not limelight or lucre that kept American storyteller Cormac McCarthy — who passed away this week — writing book after book but just the urge to write.
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More famous as the storyteller whose novel the Coen brothers adapted on screen, American writer Cormac McCarthy, who died this week aged 89, is not easy to read, his stories are about consequences, invoke horror and his world brutal, probabilistic.
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Mangal Dhillon, remembered for his bad guy bit roles in Bollywood and Television serials, from Buniyaad to Junoon, passed away on June 11.
