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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.

Actor Vivekh (1961 - 2021): Of laughter, satire and social responsibility

The Hindu Net Desk The Hindu pays tribute to the one of the most iconic Tamil film comedians and his everlasting legacy

Tamil actor Vivekh passes away, condolences pour in

Special Correspondent He was taken to SIMS hospital in Vadapalani on April 16 morning after he suffered a massive heart attack

Sonu Sood tests positive for COVID-19, days after receiving vaccine

PTI The actor was recently made the brand ambassador for Punjab's anti-coronavirus vaccination programme

Movies

Tribute Thank you, Vivekh: The man who made us laugh and also question

Srivatsan S In his decorated career, Vivekh was a rare actor who practised what he preached through comedy, and lived his life based on those beliefs

Movies

Karan Johar’s Dharma productions replaces Kartik Aaryan in ‘Dostana 2’

PTI Without taking any names, the production house issued a statement about replacement in the film

Ehan Bhat and Edilsy Vargas in ‘99 Songs’

Reviews

‘99 Songs’ movie review: Composer AR Rahman, and not the writer, is who we need more of

Pradeep Kumar The Academy Award-winning musician’s debut effort as a writer falls way short of being an engaging film

Movies

Actor Vivekh (1961 - 2021): Of laughter, satire and social responsibility

The Hindu Net Desk

Movies

Tribute | 10 of Vivekh’s most iconic comedy roles in Tamil cinema

Pradeep Kumar The late actor Vivekh has given Tamil audience plenty of reasons to ROFL during a three-decade career. We recount a few in a tribute

Movies

Naseeruddin Shah starrer 'Dhillon’s Jackpot' re-launched as six-episode series

K Jeshi Director Taranjiet Singh Namdhari resurrects his first feature film as a six-episode series

Vivekh with Ilaiyaraaja at the latter’s new studio

Movies

Vivekh and music: The comedian who played the piano

Srinivasa Ramanujam How the late actor encouraged composers and kept pursuing his musical passion

Movies

From screening reruns of old movies to converting their properties, how single-screen theatres survived the pandemic

Srivatsan S As single screen theatres in the South struggle to survive the pandemic, they rely on old favourites — from Kamal Haasan’s ‘Kalaignan’ to Vijayakanth’s ‘Karimedu Karuvayan’ — that still draw crowds

Music

Musician P. Vasanth Kumar no more

GEETHA VENKATARAMAN

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

Varkey (Arun Varghese) and Gopikrishnan S Kurup in the video

Music

‘Chiri Paatu’ is an ode to friendship

Athira M Composed by Varkey and directed by Goutham Soorya, the music video brings together a group of friends and capture their smiles

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

Santanu Hazarika and his world of cyborg queens and laser kings

Sweta Akundi

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

Pandemic diaries: The view from within

Neeraja Murthy

A piece inspired by (late) artist Anjum Singh’s artwork

Of bonds, art and hope: Aaradhana Jhunjhunwala and the late artist Anjum Singh’s collaborative project

Neeraja Murthy

Pandemic shaped art

Art

The Artist Spud holds first solo exhibition

Ruth Dhanaraj A chat with Bengaluru’s anonymous The Artist Spud, whose work has been creating a buzz from busking spots to art galleries

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

(L to R) SV Krishna Reddy, Pradeep Machiraju, Renu Desai and singer Sunitha

Reality show Entertainment

New season of Drama Juniors – The Next Superstar

Special Correspondent Director KV Krishna Reddy débuts as a judge on the show that provides a platform for aspiring young actors

Movies

New on Netflix this week: ‘The Disciple’, ‘Searching for Sheela’ and more

The Hindu Net Desk Chaitanya Tamhane’s acclaimed Marathi drama and a docu-film on Ma Anand Sheela are among the highlights of the week

Movies

Kani is the winner of ‘Cook with Comali’ Season 2

The Hindu Net Desk Shakeela and Ashwin finished in the second and third places respectively after a celebrity-packed finale

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