Alkazi, who was the longest serving director of the National School of Drama, tutored acting greats such as Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. IMAGE: Ebrahim Alkazi. Photograph: Wikimedia......
'The colloquial language forced a turn to the recent past and I thought about the hangings of men like Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon.''Whatever their deeds, proven or still in doubt, did their deaths......
Girish Karnad, one of modern India's finest playwrights, has passed into the ages. Among the first to tweet his condolences was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said, 'Girish Karnad will......
'One big leader said you might get 3 lakh votes and still lose.''I said if I do, I will make sure you are sleepless because it will be me and three lakh people.'Rediff.com's Archana Masih meets......
More than 600 theatre personalities, including Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad and Usha Ganguli, have signed a letter asking people to "vote Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies" out......
San Francisco and Bengaluru have a lot in common but there is a lot more that is different. Bengaluru needs to imbibe the spirit of San Francisco, says Subir Roy. San Francisco and Bengaluru have......
NAG President Girish Kaushik was in the pilot's seat in last week's face-off against the Jet Airways' management, writes Mihir Mishra. Captains Sam Thomas and D Balaram were the focus of all eyes......
Rs 22 crore (Rs 220 million) -- that was the total value of exports of IT software from Andhra Pradesh in 1994-95. IT exports in the state have now crossed Rs 32,500 crore (Rs 325 billion) during......
The UPA government will work on creating one crore (10 million) new jobs in the textiles sector and attract an investment of Rs 1.55 lakh crore in the next five years, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi......
IMAGE: Director Fazil flanked by his sons Farhaan, left, and Fahadh Faasil, right. Photograph: Kind courtesy Fahadh Faasil/Instagram Fahadh Faasil, the pride of Indian cinema, feels a special......
Shashi Kapoor was a good actor. But he was an exceptional producer too. Bold, enterprising and lavish, Shashi spared no expenses to ensure his films were premium products. His finances would often......
Asha Bhosle's breathtaking versatility has spanned a universe of styles, genres and moods. Many composers of the last millennium may have favoured her sister Lata Mangeshkar's voice, but there were......
As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on the big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content. There's old stuff.......
'Bapi's characters looked and spoke like people we know.' IMAGE: Bindiya Goswami and Rakesh Roshan in Khatta Meetha. "Bapi -- that's what I called him -- lived a full and complete life," Rupali,......