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‘Neeye Oli’ rapper Shan Vincent De Paul wants to bring the Tamil diaspora closer to the motherland

Sweta Akundi Shan Vincent De Paul, rapper of the ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ anthem, on how he found his feet in South Asia

‘Schmigadoon!’ review: Apple TV+ musical series falls into the very trap it consciously makes fun of

Gowri S The musical comedy series starring Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong falls flat, despite a strong cast

The Hindu’s designed imaging of Netflix’s gaming ventures

Let the games begin, Netflix

Divya Kala Bhavani Now that Netflix is making a play for the gaming industry, we examine emerging patents and technologies, potential business models, and more. Plus, does this mark an OTT-to-gaming race in the entertainment industry?

First look at Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington in ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

NYFF to open with Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

AP The film, starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington, will have its world premiere on opening night of the New York Film Festival

Dance

Bharatanatyam’s bond with cinema

Renuka Suryanarayan Senior dancer Radhika Shurajit talks about the dance form’s engagement with celluloid

Music

Kanye West unveils new album ‘Donda,’ Jay-Z track at listening event

AP Some of the big names who attended the event were Rick Ross, Khloe Kardashian and his estranged wife Kim Kardashian West

A still from Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ trilogy

Movies

Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ trilogy review: Smells like teen spirit(s)

Mini Anthikad Chhibber Based on RL Stine’s horror book series, the three movies purr along smoothly with the right lashings of blood, guts and gore

Movies

A still from ‘The Interview’ segment in ‘Feels like Ishq’

‘Feels Like Ishq’ review: All you need is (not too much) love

Praveen Sudevan

Movies

Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas start shoot for Nag Ashwin’s film

Special Correspondent Director Nag Ashwin’s new film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas and Deepika Padukone goes on floors in Hyderabad

Movies

Meet ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’s’ Dancing Rose, Shabeer Kallarakkal

Gowri S The actor and theatre practitioner on how his character in Pa. Ranjith’s latest film was inspired from UK-based boxer Naseem Hameed

Movies

Michael B Jordan working on Black Superman project for HBO Max

PTI As per the DC Comics, Val-Zod, who is also from Krypton, is from a different universe, but follows a similar origin story

Movies

Cinema’s Afro-Asia roots

Aditya Mani Jha Be it Netflix anime series Yasuke, or albums by Wu-Tang Clan, the strong connect between the two communities is apparent in pop culture

Music

Naga folk musician, Atso Chasie’s string instrument lends grace to ‘You Raise Me Up’

Deepa Alexander

Interview Music

20 years of Khazana, the festival of ghazals

Neeraja Murthy Ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas on Khazana, the ghazal festival’s two-decade long journey

Musician and vocal coach Jeanne Merchant

Interview Music

Jeanne Merchant is back with an original composition

S B Vijaya Mary ‘Round and Round’ is the latest track from the singer-vocal coach urging people to have faith in humanity

Telangana

Interview Muzigal is the new digital destination for music lovers

S B Vijaya Mary S.B. Vijaya Mary Bizman’s initiative connects nearly 400 music teachers with over 10,000 learners from five countries

Apple Music showing the Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos badges, with AirPods Max

Technology

explained | Did you (literally) hear? Apple has finally rolled out new Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio technologies

Divya Kala Bhavani In its striving towards more sophisticated audio, Apple Music brings studio-quality music to India users by finally rolling out its much-awaited Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio. We break down these technologies that also leverage Dolby Atmos

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

The cover of Mohammad Muneem’s album ‘Siyah’.

Art

Spotlight Years of bloody conflict and unending uncertainty have shaped the sensibilities of Kashmir’s young artists

Peerzada Ashiq Though it is the suffering around them that spurs their creativity, the end result is a vehicle or outlet for pent-up feelings

Theatre

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