Explore the dynamic world of performing arts, where creativity unfolds through dance, theatre, and music. This category brings together artist interviews, performance reviews, event highlights, and in-depth features that capture the essence of live expression.
From classical traditions to contemporary innovations, discover stories of performers, choreographers, and theatre-makers shaping the cultural landscape. The section celebrates both renowned figures and emerging talent, offering insight into the passion, craft, and evolution of the performing arts.
It can be upsetting. It can be heart-wrenching. But the fact is that this storytelling song about a girl who has seen violence on her mother since childhood is truly inspirational. Later when she gets married, she too falls in the same situation and becomes a survivor of violence and oppression. But she gathers herself […]Read More
She stormed the Indian music scene as a 15-year-old with her hit single, Hotline, the first Indian single ever to be released. Almost three-and-a-half decades later, artist-chef-healer ANAIDA PARVANEH talks to SAURABH TANKHA about her attracting a disease which almost killed her, launching a spiritual colouring book called Tattva that reduces stress and raises frequency, […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha She comes from the family which gave Pachranga Pickles to the world. This meant Panipat-raised MEGHA CHOPRA already had the genes of business in her. But she also inherited the talent for singing from her mother who stole the show at every sangeet or mehendi ceremony in the family. Little wonder then that […]Read More
World-renowned Odissi dancer Padma Shri RANJANA GAUHAR started dancing at the age of five. Due to extensive training in Kathak, Manipuri and Chhau apart from Odissi, her performances have a very unique style. In an interview with Saurabh Tankha, one of the foremost exponents in the world of Indian classical dance talks about the motivation […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha He has over 1.75 million plays on Spotify, 1.5 million plays on Soundcloud, 500K+ views on Worldstar and has collaborated with artistes like Guapdad 4000, 24kGoldn, Yung Bans, Wifisfuneral and Kodie Shane. Not this alone, he has worked with LONEWOLF (a director for Drake and A$AP Rocky) to film a video for his […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It was at the 12th Web Baithak of Pracheen Kala Kendra last evening that Dr Troilee Dutta enthralled one and all with her sarod recital. Born in Kolkata in a culturally sound and music-loving family, Troilee is a first generation sarod player. Her younger sister, Moisilee, also plays the sarod. Troilee was just […]Read More
It was in 2013 that Kerala-based Thaikkudam Bridge music band was formed by Siddharth Menon and Govind Menon. All set to perform at Red FM’s South Side Story tomorrow, the band members have a chat with Saurabh Tankha How did you all meet and the band was formed? Also, how and why Thaikkudam? Our present […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Around midnight when vocalist and percussionist Varun Sunil was busy making music with his sound engineer at a Mumbai studio, his phone rang. On the other side was Sumesh Lal, Music Mojo’s director. Music Mojo is a music show on Kappa TV. Lal asked the name of the band Sunil was a part […]Read More
Picture this: Two young students get together to jam during their days at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science. They stay in touch and indulge in music even after passing out from the Pilani-based educational institution. Over time, it leads to the formation of a band – Studio F6 — from a studio apartment. […]Read More
Well-known sitarist Pt Subrata De of Bishnupur gharana has utilised the period of lockdown due to Covid-19 to creative two new ragas – Shikhashree and Jogiya Ranjini. A firm believer in the fact that music can harmonise the physical and mental state of a person, the noted artiste has carried out experiments with physically challenged […]Read More
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