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Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma donate ₹2 crore in COVID-19 fight

PTI The campaign will run for seven days on Ketto and the proceeds will be directed to ACT Grants, the implementation partner which will work towards providing oxygen, medical manpower, vaccination awareness and tele-medicine facilities

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Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia dead at 94

PTI With Shyam Benegal, he found his niche in parallel cinema, blending the western with the Indian classical idiom

A still from Amazon Prime’s ‘Invincible’

‘Invincible’ review: Superhero mayhem at its finest

Mini Anthikad Chhibber Amazon Prime’s adult animation saga makes for exhilarating, if bone-squelching violent viewing, and promises an even better second season to come

Interviewing the Beatles was the biggest thrill of my life: Kabir Bedi

Carlo Pizzati The ever-dashing actor on his work, tumultuous life, and new autobiography 'Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Journey Of An Actor'

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Aditya Chopra to provide financial aid to film industry during COVID-19 crisis

PTI Producer and filmmaker launched the ‘Yash Chopra Saathi’ initiative to support the daily wage earners of the film industry

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Veteran Telugu playback singer G. Anand succumbs to COVID-19

S.B. Vijaya Mary Born in Srikakulam district of AP, 67-year-old Anand started his career in Chennai and made a name in the Telugu film industry after the death of Ghantasala

Movies

‘Vincenzo’ review: Dramatic entertainment from the get-go

S. Poorvaja In these rather grim times, the campy and pacy K-drama on Netflix serves as a perfect foil for some distraction

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Carey Mulligan, Best Actress nominee for 'Promising Young Woman', dazzles in a Valentino crop top and skirt, accessorised with Cartier jewellery and Sophia Webster heels.

Academy Awards 2021 red carpet: Thank God, no hoodies

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Watch | Alfonso Cuarón and Chaitanya Tamhane on 'The Disciple'

Watch | Meet the team behind 'Ajeeb Dastaans'

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The membership of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association approved widespread changes designed to diversify its ranks and address ethics complaints

Golden Globes approves changes on diversity, ethics

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From 'Luca' to 'Space Jam: A New Legacy': What to watch with the kids this summer

Naman Ramachandran

Other films in the summer lineup include ‘Spirit Untamed’, ‘Cruella’, and 'Minions: The Rise of Gru'

Movies

‘The Innocent’ review: Spanish adaptation of Harlan Coben thriller works better than the novel

Mini Anthikad Chhibber Director Oriol Paulo, who shares writing credits with Jordi Vallejo and Guillem Clua has created a thrilling narrative, providing the right amount of detail in perfect doses

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Justin Theroux and Melissa George in a still from ‘The Mosquito Coast’

Movies

Justin Theroux, Hollywood’s man for every occasion

Gautam Sunder The actor-writer-producer talks about starring in the Apple TV+ adaptation of ‘The Mosquito Coast,’ the underlying relevance of the series, and why he feels his career is bizarre

P. Pandu, who designed the AIADMK flag and symbol.

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Actor Pandu, who designed AIADMK flag, no more

Staff Reporter A well known artist, Pandu had designed the ‘two leaves’ symbol and the flag of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

Music

Rema Iyer has sung ‘Oru Kanji Paattu’, composed by her mother, Rohini Iyer

‘Kanji’ gets a song and a dance to celebrate it

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Music Entertainment

On song: Shashwat Singh is the new kid on the block

S B Vijaya Mary The lead voice of AR Rahman’s recently-released '99 Songs', Shashwat Singh on the lessons he learnt from the maestro

Music

Nadeem-Shravan made 1990s Bollywood melodious

P.K. Ajith Kumar Composer Shravan Rathod, of popular music director duo Nadeem-Shravan, passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications

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Hear it from Khaled

The 14-track album features R&B artist Jeremih, back after recovering from COVID-19 and Lil Wayne apart from music industry bigwigs

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

Neeraja Murthy Jammu-based hip hop singer Shen B takes on the bullies, censorship and corruption in his four-track EP

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

Hand-painted bottle with light by The Colour Company

Spirited works of art and light: Table lamps created out of used liquor bottles

Neeraja Murthy

An installation on the boundaries of womanhood

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Lakshmi Madhavan with her installation ‘Hanging by a Thread’ for the ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ exhibition at Alappuzha

Lakshmi Madhavan’s installation ‘Hanging by a Thread’ at Alappuzha blends art with life

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Meet Pubarun Basu who won the Youth Photographer of the Year 2021 at the Sony World Photography Awards

Susan Joe Philip

Delhi

It’s the numbness you’re feeling, put down in words

Sweta Akundi People from across India share their experiences of living through the second wave of COVID-19, in blogger The Delhiwalla’s new series

Theatre

Mallika Prasad’s solo piece explores what lies beyond the frame of a ‘picture-perfect’ post

Ruth Dhanaraj ‘Hidden in Plain Sight,’ a solo digital performance addresses issues of loneliness, isolation and mental well-being

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

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Movies

New on Amazon Prime this week: ‘The Last Hour’, ‘The Boy from Medellin’ and more

The Hindu Net Desk A new supernatural crime thriller series and a documentary on award-winning singer J Balvin are the highlights on the platform this week

Movies

‘Vincenzo’ review: Dramatic entertainment from the get-go

S. Poorvaja In these rather grim times, the campy and pacy K-drama on Netflix serves as a perfect foil for some distraction

Movies

Justin Theroux, Hollywood’s man for every occasion

Gautam Sunder The actor-writer-producer talks about starring in the Apple TV+ adaptation of ‘The Mosquito Coast,’ the underlying relevance of the series, and why he feels his career is bizarre

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