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Salman Khan’s ‘Radhe’ to release May 13 in theatres and ZEEPlex simultaneously

The Hindu Net Desk The film, directed by Prabhudeva, will have a multi-format release with audiences able to watch it in cinemas or on OTT

Netflix is also facing more competition than ever from a wide range of video streaming services from major companies such as Disney, Apple and HBO

Netflix’s pandemic-fueled subscriber growth is slowing down

AP The streamer added four million worldwide subscribers from January through March, its smallest gain during that three-month period in four years

Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver in ‘Annette’

Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver-starrer ‘Annette’ to open Cannes Film Festival

PTI Set in contemporary L.A, the film tells the story of Henry (Driver), a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour, and Ann (Cotillard), a famous singer

John Stamos on ‘Big Shot’, fatherhood and Uncle Jesse’s legacy

Gautam Sunder In his new dramedy, the actor plays a disgraced basketball coach who gets ousted from the NCAA, and now has a chance for redemption at an elite private high school for girls

Movies

Watch | Meet the team behind Ajeeb Dastaans

The Hindu Net Desk A video interview with the director and lead actors of 'Geeli Pucchi' and Khilauna, two shorts part of Netflix's 'Ajeeb Dastaans.'

Movies

‘Leonardo’ review: Aidan Turner’s Renaissance murder-mystery just about makes the cut

Mini Anthikad Chhibber The new show on the legendary Italian polymath is rather silly, but still binge-worthy

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It was important the complex science in ‘Coded Bias’ be distilled but have integrity, says director Shalini Kantayya

Divya Kala Bhavani Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya says ‘Coded Bias’ highlights data rights as the unfinished business of the civil rights movement

Multimedia

Watch | Meet the team behind 'Ajeeb Dastaans'

Down the years, Vivekh has helped many a leading star to blockbuster glory and sustained success

In pictures | Vivekh, Tamil cinema’s outstanding supporting actor

Meet the team behind 'Pagglait'

(from left) Kalki Koechlin, Tahira Kashyap and Surveen Chawla

Watch | The women at Netflix

Movies

Ileana D’Cruz on her film ‘Unfair & Lovely’: Colour doesn’t define beauty

PTI

The Sree Padmanabha theatre in Thiruvananthapuram. File

Kerala

Coronavirus | Malayalam film industry staring at yet another crisis with many theatres downing shutters

S.R. Praveen The Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala decided that the theatre owners can take a call on whether to continue functioning or not

Movies

When Tamil film 'Mandela' makes news

K Jeshi Madonne Ashwin’s recently-released Tamil political satire is in the spotlight for all the right reasons

Movies

Dakota Johnson to star in Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ adaptation

PTI Acclaimed theatre director Carrie Cracknell will make her feature directorial debut with the movie

Tom Hiddleston narrates ‘Earth At Night In Color’ on Apple TV+

Movies

Earth Day 2021: Apple TV+ celebrates event with three new premieres

The Hindu Net Desk The new releases are documentary special ‘The Year Earth Changed’, and second seasons of ‘Tiny World’and ‘Earth at Night in Color’

Music

Jammu-based hip hop singer Shen B’s never-say-die attitude

Neeraja Murthy

Music

Musician P. Vasanth Kumar no more

GEETHA VENKATARAMAN Son of the late Sulochana Pattabhiraman, eminent musician and musicologist, he was a member of the Executive Committee of The Music Academy.

The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years.

Music

Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50

AP The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest”.

Interview / music Music

Cross-cultural collaboration: Lucky Ali and Eliezer Botzer release their second single, ‘Amaraya’

S B Vijaya Mary Lucky Ali and Eliezer Cohen Botzer hold forth on their latest single ‘Amaraya’ and the spiritual harmony that binds them

Album Music

Vivek Venugopal’s latest album Reveries, Op. 7: Notes of contemplation

Neeraja Murthy Composer Vivek Venugopal discusses why it is the musician and not the composer who adds flavour and life to a piece of music

Dance

Medicos Naveen and Janaki turn Instagram favourites with their rocking dance number

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Dance

This Korean dance-fashion show is where tradition meets modernity

Gowri S Dance-fashion performance Fever hopes to revisit Korean traditions with a contemporary outlook

Team Bollymadras: Sindhuja Hari and Priyanka Nair

Dance

The ‘Dreamum Wakeupum’ girls: Priyanka and Sindhuja on their viral Instagram Reel

Gautam Sunder The Chennai dancers’ choreography for the popular Bollywood number has garnered over 15 million views, and is a social media superhit

‘Ahuti’, a Chitrasena Dance Company-Nrityagram production

Music

Art across the Palk Strait

Meera Srinivasan The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

Theatre

How dancer Anuradha Venkataraman interpreted Dante through the ‘Mahabharata’

Ruth Dhanaraj Sometimes East can meet West as VIDEODANTE a dance production by Instabili Vaganti proves

Art

Fancy buying a Madhubani painting or a Rogan Art stole from award-winning craftsmen? This new platform might help

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo

Framing the festive cheer of Bihu in Assam

Prabalika M. Borah

Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan with her book on Raja Ravi Varma

Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan’s book for children paints a vivid portrait of celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Santanu Hazarika and his world of cyborg queens and laser kings

Sweta Akundi

Rooftop - Streets in the Sky A photograph by Madhu Gopal Rao

Art Society

Pandemic diaries: The view from within

Neeraja Murthy Photographers across the country showcased a slice of life from windows and rooftops during lockdown 2020. In 2021, these three photographers continue to do so

Theatre

This iconic Hyderabad family theatre group is taking an online streaming route

Neeraja Murthy Theatre group, Sri Venkateswara Surabhi Theatre, Hyderabad, is moving online with a month-long programme

Theatre

Sthaayi theatre brings out its latest Tamil play 'Hayavadana' in Coimbatore

Susan Joe Philip The play is directed by Thirunavakkarasu and is a tribute to Girish Karnad and BV Karanth

Theatre

How dancer Anuradha Venkataraman interpreted Dante through the ‘Mahabharata’

Ruth Dhanaraj Sometimes East can meet West as VIDEODANTE a dance production by Instabili Vaganti proves

TV

Movies

Earth Day 2021: Apple TV+ celebrates event with three new premieres

The Hindu Net Desk The new releases are documentary special ‘The Year Earth Changed’, and second seasons of ‘Tiny World’and ‘Earth at Night in Color’

Movies

Netflix’s pandemic-fueled subscriber growth is slowing down

AP The streamer added four million worldwide subscribers from January through March, its smallest gain during that three-month period in four years

Movies

John Stamos on ‘Big Shot’, fatherhood and Uncle Jesse’s legacy

Gautam Sunder In his new dramedy, the actor plays a disgraced basketball coach who gets ousted from the NCAA, and now has a chance for redemption at an elite private high school for girls

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