Bharat Sundar impresses with his Harikamboji elucidation

Bharat Sundar impresses with his Harikamboji elucidation

Bharat Sundar with L. Ramakrishnan (violin), Vijay Natesan (mridangam) and Sai Subramaniam at the Kedaram concert, organised in memory of N.V. Subramaniam, founder Saraswathi Vaggeyakar Trust. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Kedaram Kedaram recently organised a concert in memory of N.V. Subramaniam (NVS), who founded Saraswathi, a performance-oriented organisation, and the Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust, which focussed on the deeper aspects of music. NVS was more than just a concert organiser. He had learnt to play the violin, and had perfected the art to the extent that he even accompanied senior artistes such as Maharajapuram Santhanam and T.R. Subramaniam. NVS tried to...

Isha Ambani Makes Stylish Entry With Husband, Anand, Join Nita Ambani-Mukesh Ambani For Photo-Sesh

Isha Ambani Makes Stylish Entry With Husband, Anand, Join Nita Ambani-Mukesh Ambani For Photo-Sesh

Isha Ambani, the heiress of the Ambani clan, has been glowing and growing. As the head of Reliance Retails, Isha has been setting new goals and taking her company forward. And no one can believe that she is a mommy of two kids. Recently, Isha arrived in style with her husband, Anand Piramal, and her parents at an event at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center.  Isha Ambani stunned in a formal co-ord set On October 4, 2024, Isha was seen all dressed up at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center. Isha looked gorgeous in a formal cream-toned co-ord set...

Priyanka Chopra’s Throwback Post Comes With A Warning: “Don’t Troll My…”

Priyanka Chopra’s Throwback Post Comes With A Warning: “Don’t Troll My…”

New Delhi: Priyanka Chopra struck throwback gold in her photo archive on Monday. She shared a picture collage featuring a click from her childhood and another shot from her modelling days. Priyanka began the note with a warning: “Don’t troll my 9 year old self.” She added in the caption, “So wild to think about what puberty and grooming can do to a girl. On the left is me at my awkward pre teen era with a Boy cut hairstyle so it wouldn’t be cumbersome at school. (Thanks ma Madhu Chopra ) I went from a katori cut to this....

An Overly Hurried, Steadfastly Middling Thriller

An Overly Hurried, Steadfastly Middling Thriller

The principal plot premise of Bad Cop, streaming on Disney+Hotstar and produced by Fremantle India, is as trite as they come. Two identical twins end up on two sides of the law. One becomes a police inspector, the other a small-time conman. Bad Cop is really just another Bollywood potboiler stretched out into an eight-episode web series. It could, with the requisite permissions from the rights holders, well have been titled Karan Arjun 2. Yes, the guy in uniform is named Karan, the crook is Arjun. When the paths of the orphaned siblings cross again, the inevitable happens. Big trouble...

Harry Potter Actress Maggie Smith Dies At 89

Harry Potter Actress Maggie Smith Dies At 89

New Delhi: Maggie Smith, the acclaimed actress best known for her portrayal of Professor Minerva McGonagall in the https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-last-one-daniel-radcliffe-talks-about-upcoming-harry-potter-tv-series-5911327Harry Potter films, has died at 89, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Her remarkable career spanned over six decades, earning her two Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards and a reputation as one of the finest talents in film and television history. Maggie Smith was widely recognised for her sharp-witted performance as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the series Downton Abbey. The actress won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1970 for her portrayal of a strong-willed...

Can’t Be Good At Everything

Can’t Be Good At Everything

New Delhi: After impressing her fans with Bad Newz, Triptii Dimri is all set for the release of her upcoming film Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video. About a week ago, the film’s makers released the song Mere Mehboob. The video showcases Triptii in an indo-western outfit, dancing to the catchy tune. Some viewers started trolling the actress for her dance moves. Now, Triptii has addressed the criticism, stating that she “can’t be good at everything,” but there is nothing wrong with trying new things. “I said, ‘I have to try everything’. But one can’t be good at everything. But...

‘White Bird’ Interview: Marc Forster and Renee Wolfe

‘White Bird’ Interview: Marc Forster and Renee Wolfe

(L to R) Orlando Schwerdt as Julien and Ariella Glaser as Sara in ‘White Bird’. Photo: Larry Horricks. Opening in theaters on October 4th is ‘White Bird’, which is based on the graphic novel of the same name by author R. J. Palacio and acts as both a prequel and sequel to 2017’s ‘Wonder’. Directed by Marc Forster (‘A Man Called Otto’, ‘World War Z’), the film stars Ariella Glaser (‘Radioactive’), Orlando Schwerdt (‘True History of the Kelly Gang’), Gillian Anderson (‘The X-Files’), Helen Mirren (‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’), and reprising his role from ‘Wonder’, Bryce Gheisar as Julian...

Veenavaadhini Sampradaya Sangit Trust’s ‘Dikshitar 250’ highlighted the enduring appeal of Muthuswami Dikshitar’s compositions

Veenavaadhini Sampradaya Sangit Trust’s ‘Dikshitar 250’ highlighted the enduring appeal of Muthuswami Dikshitar’s compositions

A portrait of Muthuswami Dikshitar. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives Carnatic music has a rich collection of kritis composed by different vaggeyakaras, particularly the Trinity. Muthuswami Dikshitar’s kritis are known for their intricate phrases, melodic appeal and lyrical beauty. As Dikshitar was proficient in playing the veena, one can also see its influence in his compositions. Many of his kritis are set in a leisurely veena-playing style with quicksilver madhyamakala passages to capture the ragas’ essence. To celebrate the composer’s 250th birth anniversary, a year-long event titled ‘Dikshitar 250’ has been organised by Veenavadhini Sampradaya Sangit Trust. the Trust,...

Pashmina Roshan, In Her Bollywood Debut, Is The Film’s Primary Focus Of Attention

Pashmina Roshan, In Her Bollywood Debut, Is The Film’s Primary Focus Of Attention

The bells and whistles and frills and fancies of a coming-of-age romantic drama are crammed into Ishq Vishk Rebound, an uneven but agreeable follow-up to a rom-com (Ken Ghosh’s Ishq Vishk) from two decades ago that gave Shahid Kapoor’s career a solid start. If there is one element in Ishq Vishk Rebound that is consistently solid, it is Rohit Saraf’s performance in an author-backed role. Footage is apportioned equally between him and debutante Pashmina Roshan, but it is he who holds the film together even when it isn’t the easiest thing to accomplish. In a film that is often confused...