Pix: When Venky, Aamir, Rahman took centre stage

Nobel laureate of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, noted theatre personality Ebrahim Alkazi were on Wednesday conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award by President......

Postcards from the Raj

It was an exciting time for India and the world.Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography.Ritika Kochhar reports......

Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi gets French honour

Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has been decorated with one of France's top honour The Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution in promoting peace, solidarity,......

'Kishori Amonkar was a slave to the purity of the note'

'At her last concert on March 26, she bowed down to the artistes and to the audience and said, "Main chahti hoon ki baar baar koi na koi is stage mein bulayein aur main gaati rahoon." But that was......

Ebrahim Alkazi: 'A man who taught us how to see'

'He taught us not only about theatre, acting or dramas but also about life.''He made us discover ourselves.' Photograph: Kind courtesy National School of Drama/Twitter Theatre doyen and legendary......

'Shyam Had The Answer To Every 'Why' Under The Sun'

'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.'Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything......

'Playing tipsy is difficult to enact'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.' Photograph: Kind......

The man who taught Naseer, Om, Anupam acting

'Alkazisaab trained innumerable actors to be good human beings.' IMAGE: Ebrahim Alkazi, a bonafide Indian legend. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonali Kulkarni/Instagram Theatre doyen and legendary......