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Akshara Haasan to join Ajith’s next film IANS The film will mark her Tamil acting debut.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu honours S.P. Balasubrahmanyam with the Centenary Award at the 47
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IFFI in Panaji on Sunday. Actor Mukesh Khanna is also seen. — Photo: Atish Pomburfekar

‘Cinema should reflect larger social concerns’ Prakash Kamat Films should expose people to ideas, problems and developments happening in society, says Venkaiah Naidu

Does the craze continue? Vasundhara Rathi As Maratha Mandir and DDLJ touch yet another milestone, we try to find out if there is any magic left, or if nostalgia steering this ship

A promotional poster for 2.0. — Photo: Twitter/@2Point0movie

First look of Rajinikanth and Akshay in 2.0 sends a shiver down the spine Udhav Naig Actor Rajinikanth made an unlikely entry in a digital avatar of Chitti before the man himself took the stage and answered a couple of questions.

Reviews

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: JK Rowling’s magic is back

Deborah Cornelious JK Rowling has a knack of using her literature as a metaphor to draw attention to real issues. In the past, with Harry Potter, she has commented on bi

Entertainment

Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ gown sold for $ 4.8m

AFP The figure-hugging gown Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President John F. Kennedy for his 45th birthday smashed its guide price to sell for $4.8 million at auction on Thursday.The flesh-coloured dress, adorned with 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, had been expected to fetch between $2-3 million, Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills said.It went to Ripley's Believe It or Not!, an American media empire specialising in bizarre and historically significant items which owns a chain of museums, including

Music

Listen to the most hardcore version of Enter Sandman

Internet Desk If you are a heavy metal fan and Metallica is your God and Enter Sandman your prayer song, then what you are about to see is divinely-sanctioned sacrilege.Metallica and Jimmy Fallon, comedian and TV show host, along with his show’s band The Roots, got together to sing the metal anthem accompanied by toy instruments.Listen to James Hetfield in full metal glory belting out the song with a tiny clarinet. Jimmy Fallon

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One on one with Sneha and Prasanna

Stars light up MAMI Film Festival 2016

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Director S.S. Raja Mouli, actor Prabhas, Tamannah Bhatia & Anusha Shetty at MAMI Festival Bandra. Photo: Rajneesh Londhe

Stars light up MAMI Film Festival 2016

Bob Dylan: Winner of Literature Nobel 2016

Movies

Akshara Haasan to join Ajith’s next film IANS

News

‘Cinema should reflect larger social concerns’

Prakash Kamat Films should expose people to ideas, problems and developments happening in society, says Venkaiah Naidu

Movies

Does the craze continue?

Vasundhara Rathi As Maratha Mandir and DDLJ touch yet another milestone, we try to find out if there is any magic left, or if nostalgia steering this ship

News

First look of Rajinikanth and Akshay in 2.0 sends a shiver down the spine

Udhav Naig Rajini made an unlikely entry in a digital avatar of Chitti before the man himself took the stage and answered a couple of questions.

Reviews

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: JK Rowling’s magic is back

Deborah Cornelious JK Rowling has a knack of using her literature as a metaphor to draw attention to real issues. In the past, with Harry Potter, she has commented on bi

Music

A story in MS blue Pankaja Srinivasan

Music

Gently flow the notes

It’s Ustad Bismillah Khan’s birth centenary, and the shehnai is back in focus. SRINIVASA RAMANUJAM on how the instrument has been an integral part of film music in the South

Art

No break for the ‘Breakup Song’ singer

Naveena Vijayan Jonita Gandhi has a lot on her plate, from recording for movies to performing live gigs, but she looks forward to writing her own music

Beatstreet Music

Voice of surrender

ANURAG TAGAT Artiste: Final Surrender; Album: Nothing But Void

Music

...Big on music

Deepa Alexander Eric Martin, frontman of American rock band Mr. Big, who was in the city recently, tells DEEPA ALEXANDER how he found music and how India found him

Dance

Inheritors of tradition Hareesh N. Nampoothiri

Dance

Dance like a man

Athira M. Accomplished male dancers from the city are proving that they are not mere footnotes in classical dance

Dance

Finding her own path

Ranjana Dave Kathak exponent Rachana Yadav draws parallels between the universe and human life in her latest production Swaraah

Dance

In step with changing beats

Archana Nathan The art of nattuvangam has undergone a sea change. Archana Nathan speaks to exponents to find out what this means for the classical form

Dance

Art of poetic movements

G.S. Paul Vinitha Nedungadi has imaginatively enlarged the repertoire in Mohiniyattam by adapting literary works and poetry in the dance form.

Art

Connecting the dots

A constantly evolving canvas

Cut to story

Canvassing for causes

Art

The drama of life

Shailaja Tripathi Artist K.S. Radhakrishnan’s bronze sculpture depicting his signature character Musui at Ranga Shankara blends seamlessly with the environment

Theatre

Mr. Big of rock vocals

Narendra Kusnur Eric Martin, best known as the voice of the popular yesteryears band, and for songs like ‘To Be With You’ and a cover of ‘Wild World’ singer will perform in the city this weekend

Theatre

The magical pull of the mask

Vikram Phukan It’s a dramatic weekend for Mumbaikars with the Berlin-based Familie Flöz all set to perform four shows of Hotel Paradiso

Theatre

Beauty and a band of brothers

Kennith Rosario The Salaam Bombay Foundation adapts old favourite Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi for stage in a modern avatar to showcase the talent of their underprivileged students

TV

Entertainment

Love, found and lost

Lavanya Mohan Sarah Jessica Parker returns to the stables of HBO with Divorce. Parker, through six seasons of Sex and the City, did everything she could to find true love (while accumulating an enviable shoe collection) in New York City. Now, she returns as Frances Dufresne, a married woman struggling to put her life back on track as she goes through, well, divorce.The show begins with the couple, Frances and Robert (Thomas Haden Church), when they’re still married. It’s made obvious that they’ve been togeth

Movies

Playing on contrast

Vasundhara Rathi Actor Purab Kohli talks about why he’s been away from the limelight, the disparity between his new roles in Rock On!! 2 and P.O.W.—Bandi Yuddh Ke and what to expect from these outings

Entertainment

‘The Simpsons’ makes television history

PTI Animated series The Simpsons has made TV history after it was renewed for a 29th and 30th season. With the pick-up, the U.S. show is now the longest-running scripted series of all time, and during its 30th season, the show will hit 669 episodes, which will set another record for the most episodes of any scripted show, reported Variety. “This is yet another record-setting moment for what is truly a landmark series,” Fox Television Group chairmen and CEOs, Dana Walden and Gary Newman, said. “The S