The financial year ending March 31, 2020; and the new one starting April 1, 2020; does not augur well for the coming economic period. COVID-19 has made sure the adage ‘life is meaningless,’ is being borne through by all of the planet’s human species, especially...
Even as COVID-19 continues to spread its wings, life, under lockdown, seems to be slowly getting back on track. Although, it’s not the same as it was six months ago, it’s not the same as it was a month ago either. Theatres remain closed and...
It’s certainly a difficult time for living and breathing people all over the world. For a majority of the population (including India), a pandemic is something that we haven’t witnessed in our lives until now. We may have even gone to wars with neighboring countries...
Im in the midst of making a bed ready for the next batch of saplings to be planted. Can I call you back a little later?” he says in that unmistakable baritone he’s known for. It’s 5.30pm and Prakash Raj, it appears, is rather busy...
She was recently named The Most Desirable Woman on Television (for 2019) by Bangalore Times and the title couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. Anushree completed a decade in the television world this year and she’s at her career’s peak, being one of...
Films have, over the years, become more about inclusivity, but when you think of the cavity that exists in the matter of roles written for women in South Indian cinema, it’s still a big one. Writers and directors are, even today, making movies where leading...
Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai, better known mononymously as Shobana, is the very definition of elegance, beauty and grace. As an actor, she is known for an amazing career spanning over almost four decades with over 150 films in more than four languages. As a dancer, she...
In a world where nepotism and the conversations around it rule the roost, actors like Nidhhi Agerwal stand strong as a girl-next-door who worked her way into stardom. We follow the climb to success of this ‘North Indian-South Indian’ girl who effortlessly fits into film...
Dance and you have a long story together – when did this journey start? My mother used to dance, and I used to watch her, sometimes accompanying her to dance classes, standing on the sidelines, very enamoured by the whole thing. I desperately wanted to...
It was a dream start to the decade as some of the highly anticipated releases such as superstar Rajinikanth’s Darbar, Mahesh Babu’s Sarileru Neekevvaru, Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikuntapuramloo and Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior struck gold at the box-office. Despite mixed response from critics,...
