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, thereby enacting his fate as the ideal man and incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On one level, Rama’s […]Read More
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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
Team L&M Keeping its commitment to offer audiences innovative ways to engage with both traditional and contemporary South Asian art forms, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) will present Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra’s (SBKK) magnum opus based on the Indian epic, Ramayana, at Select CITYWALK in New Delhi on October 26, 2018. The interdisciplinary performance […]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
Choreographer Longinus Fernandes pours out his heart 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 […]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
Actor Abhishek Bachchan, who plays a Sikh in Manmarziyaan, says his paternal grandmother, the late Teji Bachchan, who belonged to the community, would have been happy to see him portray this role. When Abhishek’s first look was unveiled, his megastar father Amitabh Bachchan had shared the picture on social media and expressed his pride. “Yes, dad […]Read More
It wasn’t frustrating for actor Kunal Kapoor to wait for the right projects as he chose to explore his creative side. The actor says he invested the time in growing and getting better. He developed diverse projects during the time. “I think the last couple of years have been really fortunate. I have had a chance […]Read More
Rapper Badshah says he gets a lot of hate messages and criticism from people but he is used to them now. Badshah’s latest single Heartless from his album ONE has crossed 50 million views on YouTube. Many have liked it and some haven’t. “Criticism is for real. The amount of hate that I get is… just […]Read More
Huma Qureshi, who has played powerful roles in films like Gangs of Wasseypur and D-Day, believes that she has grown as an actor. “I believe I’ve grown as an actor because that happens with the practice and the experience. As a person, I’m a lot calmer and take every release Friday as it comes,” shared Huma. […]Read More