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CIFF 2019: Meet the core programming members behind the festival

Harish Kalyan to star in ‘Pelli Choopulu’ Tamil remake

Pradeep Kumar The ‘Bigg Boss’ star is also playing the lead in the Tamil remake of Bollywood hit ‘Vicky Donor’, titled ‘Dharala Prabhu’

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Interview Movies

Director Bobby is confident of ‘Venky Mama’

Y Sunita Chowdhary There’s a lot more to the film than Venkatesh and Naga Chaitanya’s combination, he says

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Kerala

Producers up the ante against Shane Nigam

G. Anand Kerala Film Producers' Association president told reporters that producers would exclude the young actor from future projects

Spotlight Movies

Shalini Pandey goes to Bollywood, to star opposite Ranveer Singh

Special Correspondent The 'Arjun Reddy' heroine will star in Yash Raj’s new film ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’

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Marie Fredriksson of pop band Roxette sings during a concert at Fredriksskans in Kalmar, Sweden July 18, 2015./ File photo

Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson no more

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Music

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Namagiripettai S. Gokulakrishnan

Namagiripettai Gokulakrishnan has been performing during the December season since 2013.

Music

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Jayakrishnan Unni

A disciple of Neyveli Santhanagopalan since 2005, Jayakrishnan has also been trained by S. R. Janakiraman, Ajay Nambudiri and Lalitha Bhanu.

Music

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Shradha Ganesh

Shradha Ganesh is pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree, dual majoring in Film Scoring and Electronic Production and Design at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Music

Chennai Margazhi young artiste of the day: Mylai M. Karthikeyan

As a rule, Mylai M. Karthikeyan learnt vocal for three years and only then his Nagaswaram lessons began. He also has a diploma in Nagaswaram from the Government Music College, Adyar

The everlasting relevance ofNatya Sastra

V.R. Devika

Dance

Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts to host an interactive performance for infants

Praveen Sudevan Babies’ day out

Dance

Young at 20

MANASA KAMBANNA Kalanadam, the festival organised by Kathak duo Nandini and Murali, hosts the Attendance awards as well

Interview Movies

Choreographer Shabina Khan shares stories behind her viral steps

Divya Kala Bhavani I am more focused on Hindi cinema, shares choreographer Shabina Khan in an interview

Ileana Citaristi, Vidhya Subramanian, Amrita Lahiri and Gauri Sharma Tripathi

Dance

Cross Cultural Conversations: Narratives on art and life

Bhanu Kumar Four dancers come together to share their experiences on learning, teaching and travelling

Theatre

Stand-up comedian Suhas Navaratna says humour is different in one’s mother tongue

Sravasti Datta Kannada humour: Suhas Navaratna from the Kannada stand up collective, Gandhi Class, says humour is different in one’s mother tongue

The script is devised based on what the actors bring to the table

Theatre

In The Little Theatre’s 25th pantomime, a Hawaiian Popaii is out to save the world

Gowri S Twenty five years on, The Little Theatre’s annual pantomimes, can be considered as one of Chennai’s christmas traditions

Different fare Sabrina Arusam’s puppets; Stills from the play Elephant in the Room and Catch That Crocodile

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The Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival packs a wholesome theatre treat

Neeraja Murthy The 10th edition of the Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival starts off with gusto

Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ leads the Golden Globes nominations

Movies

Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ leads nominations at Golden Globes

IANS Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ and Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ follow with five nominations each

'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel' Season 3 review: Trying a bit too hard

Aniruddha Guha

The new season of the show seems to be weighed down by the formula that made it endearing in the first place

Movies

‘The Irishman’ draws 17 million U.S. viewers on Netflix, Nielsen estimates

Reuters Last December’s Netflix thriller ‘Bird Box’, starring Sandra Bullock, scored nearly 26 million U.S. viewers in its first seven days, according to Nielsen

Cut me no cuts

The voyage of discovery

A European dominance

A beginner’s guide to the fantastic beasts and the films that embraced them

Thumbnails from Thiruvananthapuram

The Mission of Silence