'It took 22 working days for us to complete the song.'
An interview with National Award-winning filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh, who has directed new stories for the much-loved serial.
After years of disrepair, R K Narayan's house is inching towards becoming a memorial.
Paresh C Palicha wonders why Malgudi Days has so many subplots when the main idea itself was good enough for a film.
R K Narayan's house has been preserved as a simple museum with his memorabilia, thanks to the imagination of a commissioner of Mysore, who stopped its sale by RKN's successors to a property developer and purchased it for the government.
Choreographer-turned-director Ganesh Acharya talks about Swami, starring Juhi Chawla and Manoj Bajpai.
From dark humour to days of innocence, it's quite an emotional spectrum on OTT this week.
If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out Deepa Gahlot.
One of the busiest actors in Kannada cinema, Rakshit Shetty collaborates with director Yograj Bhat in Vaastu Prakaara which releases this week.
The film is produced by S V Babu and the music will be composed by Ajaneesh Loknath.
Shrilal Shukla, author of the iconic Raag Darbari and a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, passed away last week. In a touching tribute, Sidharth Monga revisits Shukla's most famous work, in which he created a "world inhabited by 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' on crack, minus the momentary optimism"
With Office Office coming up in theatres this week, we check out other TV shows that we would love to see again.
Ranga Shankara invites applications for a theatre workshop for children who are between 9 and 12 years old.
Ranga Shankara invites applications for a theatre workshop for children who are between 9 and 12 years old.
A film that touches ostracism, loss, longing, loneliness. And it makes you smile!
Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.
Karnad, a recipient of Jnanpith Award, was also conferred the Padma Shri in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992.
Girish Karnad lived several lives not only on the stage but also as a scholar, theatre personality, an actor and director in a career spanning over five decades.
Ankhon Dekhi's real star is Sanjay Mishra, says Sukanya Verma.
'I love Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi. I grew up watching it and find it very funny. I am a huge Kishore Kumar fan.' Zoya Akhtar discusses the one thing she loves -- movies!
Hunterrr is a deeply problematic film, and fails rather miserably, warns Raja Sen.
R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny perception
The world's most popular author took questions from you, our dear readers.
December 22 marks the 129th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the greatest Indian mathematician of our time. Just 32 when he died, Ramanujan has fascinated mathematicians, writers and filmmakers for nearly a century.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
