Saurabh Tankha Life took a turn when she quit her Infosys job of six years to pursue filmmaking. Though she commits of not being sure if she had it in her to become a filmmaker, especially in the absence of “connections” in the film industry, Roopa Rao happens to be the writer-director of the country’s […]Read More
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Shobha Deepak Singh The Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra’s Rama transcends the barriers of spatial and universal time. From the moment that the spectator enters the sacred theatre, his involvement in the performance enables him to relive the myth from present time and space to universal time and space. The thin mesh which stands between his […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh The original Ramayana was composed many epochs ago by Sage Valmiki along with later by Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas. This sacred scripture is the cornerstone of the Hindu faith. Ramayana documents Rama’s triumph over demon king Ravana. By doing so, it enacts his fate as the ideal man and incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On […]Read More
In first of the four-part exclusive series, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra director SHOBHA DEEPAK SINGH chronicles the changes in the presentation of the epic over the last six decades The Delhi of 1957 was a far cry from the Capital city as we know it today. Kasturba Gandhi Marg, which runs parallel to the well-known […]Read More
A tribute to Krishna Raj Kapoor who passed away in Mumbai on October 1 Anshu Khanna My mother-in-law Nirmal Khanna was a Kapoor. The poor Kapoor, as in the surname. This was a family joke. She grew up in Lahore but came with the family to Mumbai post-Partition. She was Prithviraj Kapoor’s cousin and also Krishna’s […]Read More
The Most Loved Man of Bollywood: Inside Longinus Fernandes’ Extraordinary
Today, I want you all to meet a dynamic Bollywood choreographer who has made our country proud the world over. I met him over a decade back when I was the technical director of the season one of the super hit television reality series Jhalak Dikhla Jaa which was then telecast on Sony Television and […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It was a chance visit to the LTG Auditorium at Mandi House in the National Capital that I happened to watch a play which drew my attention by its title. Bayar, directed by theatre director Raunak Khan, who has also directed plays like Khoj-bin, Hawalat, Khuda Hafiz and many more in the recent […]Read More
Team L&M Actor Abhishek Bachchan, who plays a Sikh character in Manmarziyaan, says the role carries a deep emotional connection for him, as his paternal grandmother, the late Teji Bachchan, belonged to the Sikh community. He believes she would have been happy to see him portray this part on screen. When Abhishek’s first look from […]Read More
Actor Kunal Kapoor says he never felt frustrated about waiting for the right opportunities in his career. Instead, he used the time to explore his creative side, develop new skills, and build meaningful projects. He believes in taking charge of his own journey rather than waiting passively for work to come his way. “I think […]Read More
Rapper Badshah says he has grown used to receiving hate messages and online criticism, but admits that it still affects him emotionally at times. Despite the negativity, he continues to focus on his music and audience, especially as his latest track Heartless crosses 50 million views on YouTube. “Criticism is real. The amount of hate […]Read More