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Dhanush seeks entry tax exemption for his imported car

Legal Correspondent Recently, the Madras High Court came down heavily on actor Vijay for having filed a writ petition in 2012 seeking entry tax exemption for his Rolls Royce Ghost

Sara Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor to star in new shows on Discovery Plus

PTI The new line-up features shows like ‘Mission Frontline with Sara Ali Khan,’ season two of ‘Star vs Food’ and the Indian adaptation of ‘Say Yes To The Dress’

Lakshmi Manchu: My naysayers advised me to stay home

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo Currently expanding her vistas on multiple digital platforms, actor and talk show host Lakshmi Manchu takes stock of her multi-faceted journey and going against patriarchal conventions

Brendan Fraser boards Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

PTI The actor joins Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone in the film

First look of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Amazon series

Movies

‘Lord of the Rings’ Amazon series to premiere in September 2022

PTI The epic drama will be based on author J R R Tolkien’s fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history

Movies

BBC Studios series ‘Guilt’ to get Indian remake, Jaideep Ahlawat and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub to star

PTI The Indian adaptation will be directed by Shaad Ali, known for films like ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’

Movies

Eiza Gonzalez to star in biopic on Mexican cinema legend Maria Felix

PTI Gonzalez will essay the role of Felix and also produce the movie alongside Dana Harris and Nicole King for Linden Entertainment

Multimedia

The newly-issued stamps for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

These rare and new stamps celebrate the greatest sports show on Earth

Watch | Raghu Karnad on his latest podcast ‘Marine Lines’

(From left) Joseph, Jason, Elysa and Noah Hochman

Watch | This New York-based family of guitarists have fans worldwide

Watch | Actor Arya on how he trained for his role as a boxer in 'Sarpatta Parambarai'

Movies

Kiara Advani: On love in the time of the Kargil war

Gautam Sunder

Movies

Nivin Pauly to star in director Ram’s next Tamil film

PTI With music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the film also stars Anjali and Soori

Movies

Yashika Aannand interview: This is the true version of how the accident happened

Gautam Sunder The ‘Bigg Boss’ star and actor talks about losing her best friend in a car crash last month, and how she’s coping in the aftermath of the incident

Lara Dutta as Indira Gandhi in ‘Bell Bottom’

Movies

Lara Dutta surprises audiences as Indira Gandhi in ‘Bell Bottom’ trailer

PTI Tthe 1980s set spy thriller, headlined by Akshay Kumar, is set to be released in theatres on August 19

Movies

Sukumar and Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa’ eyes December 2021 release

Special Correspondent Part 1 of ‘Pushpa’, directed by Sukumar and starring Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna to release in five languages this December

Music

Ariana Grande announces her next tour — and it’ll be happening on Fortnite

Divya Kala Bhavani

Chennai

Singer Kalyani Menon passes away aged 80

Special Correspondent She had sung in many Malayalam and Tamil films

Kathputhli Colony puppeteers rehearsing scenes from ‘A Timeless Tale of the Turbulent Twosome.’

Theatre

FOLK ARTS Indian puppets perform to Mozart and Puccini compositions

Nahla Nainar Traditional Indian puppets perform Western classical pieces in ‘A Timeless Tale of the Turbulent Twosome,’ a show by vocalist Maya Bajaj of KM Music Conservatory

Music

Santhosh Narayanan on creating authentic sound palettes and finally starting his own YouTube channel

Sweta Akundi For the ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ composer, the greatest compliment his soundtrack received was that it fused completely with the film

Music

Zephyrtone on collaborations, creating songs on love, and more

Kashish Chauhan The duo of Zephyr Ruth and Sayan Dhar look forward to Vh1 Sound Nation League 2021, and talk about how their music has evolved while adapting to the pandemic

Dance

Evoking the navarasa

Rupa Srikanth

Dance

The significance of multidisciplinary approach to classical dance

Aranyani Bhargav Expanding the movement vocabulary will enrich the body, mind and practice

Online breaking battle has b-girls also in the fray

Dance

Dancers in Kerala to raise funds for COVID-19 relief

Athira M Funds raised from an online breaking battle and a workshop to be handed over to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund

Dance

Manodharma in abhinaya

N.C. Srinivasaraghavan Spontaneously innovative abhinaya, Balasaraswati’s forte, is a fading art today and something that is only superficially understood

Dance

The bond between Annamayya and Kuchipudi

Pujita Krishna The lyrical beauty and wide range of Annamayya’s compositions offer immense choreographic possibilities

Art

Coimbatore-based school teacher builds miniature models of a Naval ship and sailing boat

K Jeshi Queenthunk Amalanathan has hand-crafted scale models of iconic ships and sailing boats during the lockdown

Theatre

FOLK ARTS Indian puppets perform to Mozart and Puccini compositions

Nahla Nainar Traditional Indian puppets perform Western classical pieces in ‘A Timeless Tale of the Turbulent Twosome,’ a show by vocalist Maya Bajaj of KM Music Conservatory

Theatre

Kottakkal Sivaraman redefined the female role in Kathakali

Achuthan T K In his 60-year-long career, Kottakkal Sivaraman claimed a rightful place for the female characters in Kathakali. The thespian’s death anniversary was on July 19