The music composer is the state's first ever brand ambassador!
In A Suitable Boy, Mira Nair holds our hands and takes us through the magical journey, introducing us to so many fascinating characters from another era, observes Aseem Chhabra.
Meet Vidisha Baliyan, the first-ever Indian to win the title of Miss Deaf World 2019.
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
The Rum Diary is fascinating because of Paul Kemp's quirky temperament played by Johnny Depp.
Raja Sen presents his fave songs list for the year.
Raja Sen presents his fave songs list for the year.
Tawang is very much a part of India, and if the present Dalai Lama decides one day to take rebirth in Tawang, the Indian government will openly welcome him and support him, notes Claude Arpi.
The news of death of legendary singer-composer, Dr Bhupen Hazarika (Bhupen Da for all here) has whipped up a tear-soaked reaction from all and sundry in Assam and other parts of the north-east region.
Devi Sri Prasad has a reputation for sticking with his regulation format of tunes and here too, you can see it pop up at certain places but there's also a departure from the usual, mostly an influence of Kamal Haasan in both lyrics and music.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
Sudir talks about directing his Kannada film Pari.
Former journalist and award-winning television scriptwriter Gajra Kottary discusses how she coped with writing her debut novel, Broken Melodies, scripting for the popular soap Balika Vadhu and being a mom.
One expected just a fun-filled score, but composers Vishal-Shekhar have gone beyond that to bring us some soulful melodies as well.
How Naushad boosted Rafi's morale... Tune first or lyrics first? Raju Bharatan reveals some secrets of the Hindi film music industry.
It looks like the director couldn't quite decide which genre to adopt: comedy, romance or angst, and the confusion shows. Even more important, some originality would have helped. As it is, the Tamil movie doesn't live up to the hype.
Here's looking at AR Rahman's collaborations with top Bollywood directors.
An excerpt from former journalist and award-winning television scriptwriter Gajra Kottary's debut novel, Broken Melodies.
Reader Perdy Mohindru from Auckland, New Zealand, sent us this article and picture of Shreya Ghoshal's concert in New Zealand recently.
The Hindi film industry has seen its share of controversies. Raju Bharatan gives us a closer look.
Compere of one of Tamil television's most popular children's shows, Pattampoochi (Butterfly), on Makkal TV, Yazhini is known for her chirpy demeanour, endless patience and devotion to Tamizh.
Making music and movies is not quite the same thing. Yet there are a few who've dared to do both.
Asserting that there are terror groups that are instruments of state's policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said terrorism uses diverse motivations cannot be justified.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
K Vishwanath's Subhapradam is disappointing on account of its lack of a proper storyline.
Brihan Maharashtra Mandal convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held over the extended July 4th weekend, had something for everyone
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
Biju Menon tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com how he transformed himself to play a 73 year old character, one of his most challenging and satisfying roles as an actor.
'Since when have our concert audiences become so intolerant?' the legend asks Subhash K Jha.
Lingusamy's Tamil album composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja isn't really one of his best.
The music of Sonam Kapoor-starrer Aisha rocks.
Malayalam music director M G Radhakrishnan, the creator of many evergreen melodies, died at a private hospital today.
Chinmayi talks discusses her plans as a game show host.
Manikanth Kadri on composing for the Telugu film Village to Vinayakudu.
Sachin Tendulkar has been a role model for a whole generation of cricketers but when it comes to deriving inspiration for himself, the batting great says he looks up to three Bollywood icons. Tendulkar said the passion and energy that legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and melody queens Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle put behind their performance make them really inspiring.
Superb visuals, melodious music and Yogaraj Bhat's dialogues are the high points of the Kannada movie which has a superb first half.
Three indians have been nominated at the Grammys this year. Could this lead to an All-Indian event in the years to come?
The actor was seen drumming his fingers on Indian Idol.
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