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Udhav Naig The 'Bigil' creative producer of AGS Entertainment speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic might have threatened the existence of the movie exhibition industry, but has also created new opportunities

Movies

‘Bell Bottom’: Akshay Kumar listens to virtual script narration from director

PTI The film follows the story of one of India’s forgotten heroes and is said to be inspired by true events

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Trisha/ Jessie 10 years apart: ‘Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn’ and ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa’

Movies

Why Jessie matters, be it ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa’ or ‘Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn’

Gautam Sunder A quarantine rewatch of Gautham Menon’s 2010 modern-day classic brings intriguing perspective to his recently-released short — and the characterisation of Trisha’s most fascinating role till date

Movies

‘Wild Karnataka’ to be narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Prakash Raj among others

The Hindu Net Desk Premiering on June 5, World Environment Day, the Discovery documentary has actors Rajkummar Rao and Rishab Shetty on board as well

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Music

Roshan D’Souza’s latest is a multi-lingual composition

Ranjani Govind

Music

Remembering Shyamala Bhave

Ranjani Govind It is not the end of an era, Shyamala G Bhave’s students say. Her school, Saraswati Sangeet Vidyalaya, will take her beliefs forward

Music

Singer-songwriter Sanjeeta Bhattacharya’s new single, ‘Watercolour’ is out

Aparna Narrain The song, released on her birthday, speaks of an “unfinished kind of love"

Music composer, producer, playback singer Vivek Verma

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Indie artiste Vivek Verma is set to release his single ‘Aashiyana’, post lockdown

S B Vijaya Mary The teaser of Indie music composer, producer, playback singer Vivek Verma’s new single ‘Aashiyana’ promises to be a feel-good music video

Music

L Subramaniam releases video extolling unity

Ranjani Govind Legendary musicians in India with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and global instrumentalists come together for the violin maestro’s video

Dance

‘Dance Unlocked,’ a short film conceptualised by Mallika Sarabhai, has 24 eminent Indian dancers performing

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Dance

Bengaluru movement arts centre Attakkalari is conducting online programs for children and adults

Praveen Sudevan Attakkalari has come up with new classes amidst the COVID-19 lockdown

Arathy Nair narrates a moving tale of a flower seller and her son during the lockdown

Dance

Classical dancers step it up to depict contemporary themes, narrate stories for children

Saraswathy Nagarajan Classical dancers in Kerala are thinking outside the box to take dance to a new generation of viewers even during the lockdown. April 29 is World Dance Day...

Dance

Nupura School Of Bharatanatyam organises live streaming to celebrate International Dance Day

Shilpa Sebastian R Nupura School Of Bharatanatyam organises a live streaming to celebrate International Dance Day on April 29

Dance

The power of dance: An Instagram Live session with Rama Vaidyanathan to celebrate International Dance Day 2020

The Instagram Live session with Rama Vaidyanathan in conversation with Akhila Krishnamurthy is on April 29 at 6 pm on @thehinduweekend

Art

A photograph from Bengaluru photographer Arjun Kamath’s series on anxiety featuring Shweta Tripathi

Photographer Arjun Kamath’s latest photo story centres around anxiety

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Two professors from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath use the lockdown to create art

Ranjani Govind

A virtual walk through artist AV Ilango’s works

Gowri S

An animation video that evokes the feeling of walking through Kerala countryside on a rainy day

Shilpa Nair Anand

Photographer and life coach Arun Kunjunny has been documenting the lockdown with one photograph every day

Art

This Kerala shutterbug has a photograph for each day of the lockdown

Saraswathy Nagarajan Photographer Arun Kunjunny from Thiruvananthapuram has documented each day of the lockdown to battle COVID-19 with photographs that he clicked in and around his home

Theatre

Health

Online listening circle for health care workers

Sravasti Datta Caretharsis is a safe space where doctors and nurses share their experiences freely, without judgement

Theatre

UK-based Flute Theatre takes to Instagram to help those in the autistic spectrum

Rajashree Das Flute Theatre’s team comes live on Instagram to play an interactive game called Heartbeat Hellos

Theatre

These online improv formats have clicked with Bengaluru audiences

Sravasti Datta Improv artistes Balasree Viswanathan and Laxmi Priya talk about the creative spin they have given to their performances

TV

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The Gorkha Brigade marching contingent marches past the podium.

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. File

17K | Coronavirus | Four COVID-19 vaccine candidates may enter clinical trial phase in 3-5 months, says Harsh Vardhan

File photo shows an arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills.

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A screenshot of the job-seekers' data leaked on the dark web.

16K | Details of 2.90 crore job seekers on dark net

A DTC bus marshal seen checking the temperature of a passenger with thermal screening before boarding the bus during the nationwide lockdown at Seemapuri bus depot in New Delhi on May 24, 2020.

15K | COVID-19 cases: India now in top 10

14K | ‘Bicycle girl’ Jyoti turns down offer from Cycling Federation, to focus on studies

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

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The Mission of Silence