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Salman Khan Cancels Bigg Boss 18 Shoot, Rushes To Hospital

Salman Khan Cancels Bigg Boss 18 Shoot, Rushes To Hospital

New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cancelled his shoot for Bigg Boss 18 on Saturday night after hearing the news of the NCP leader and his close friend Baba Siddique‘s tragic death. Siddique was shot dead by three unknown assailants in Bandra. He was immediately taken to Lilavati Hospital, where he later succumbed to his...

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Meet the young female actor, who plays the role of popular saints

Meet the young female actor, who plays the role of popular saints

Varsha portraying Gadadhar Chattopadhay in the play  Bhagavan Sri  Ramanar.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The lights are dim on the stage. Gadadhar Chattopadhay is ardently praying to a life-size idol of Kali for a darshan at the Dakshineshwar temple in Kolkata. When the Goddess finally appears in front of him, Gadadhar becomes ecstatic. His emotion tugs...

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Latter Reacted When Asked About Former’s Hugs, ‘..When Planned’

Latter Reacted When Asked About Former’s Hugs, ‘..When Planned’

Baba Siddique was shot dead on October 12, 2024. While the reason for the same is unknown, two culprits were detained in close connection to the incident. From the politician’s family members to his friends from the industry, everyone is utterly shocked in this tough time. For the uninitiated, Baba Siddique was a state minister...

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Shilpa Shetty Breaks Down, Raj Kundra, Sanjay Dutt And Others Visit Hospital

Shilpa Shetty Breaks Down, Raj Kundra, Sanjay Dutt And Others Visit Hospital

New Delhi: Bollywood actors, including Shilpa Shetty along with her businessman-husband Raj Kundra, Sanjay Dutt, Zaheer Iqbal and Salman Khan, visited Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai late Saturday night to meet the family of former state minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique. Baba Siddique tragically succumbed to bullet injuries after being shot by unidentified assailants. One...

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How a street play made it to the auditoriums

How a street play made it to the auditoriums

Operation Vijay 1971, a play about the 1971 Indo-Pak war, was staged recently at Guru Nanak college in Velachery. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT An expert was once a hobbyist — ask Maj. Gen. M. Indrabalan (retd). Towards the tail-end of his career in the army, theatre began to fascinate him. This fascination was not...

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Ebrahim Alkazi and his secular approach to theatre

Ebrahim Alkazi and his secular approach to theatre

The lines between personal and professional blur, engage and intertwine at every turn of the page in Amal Allana’s biographical novel Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive, which traces the quintessential identity of the father of modern Indian theatre . “You can’t talk of my father on a personal level alone, because his work was an...

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s theatre festival featured a range of themes

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s theatre festival featured a range of themes

Tiruchiyai Meeta Sundarapandiyan, a tamil play by Karpanai Kudhirai was staged at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Chennai | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan Theatre Karpanai Kudhirai’s Tiruchiyai Meetta Sundarapandian is about three people, all trying to run away from their problems. After much haggling, taxi driver Sundarapandian (Rajbharath) agrees to take Mohanapriya (Subhiskha), to Tiruchi....

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How short duration plays left a strong impact

How short duration plays left a strong impact

From Dabba Nadgam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The sounds of music and dance start ebbing as the sun peaks and heatwave grips Chennai. To bring some respite and change of scenario, the city sabhas turn their attention to theatre by hosting festival of plays. The themes range from comedy and historical to social. Bharatiya...