'Zakir Bhai Loved Cricket'

'Zakir bhai, Bela, Edgar and I were supposed to bring the As We Speak global concert series to India in January-February 2025.''It would have been our first tour of India after our Grammy win and......

'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......

Exclusive! How India reached out to the Afghan Mujahideen

IMAGE: Ahmad Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance fighters near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images 'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense --......

Asif Ali is Amitabh Bachchan in Ustad Hotel

Asif Ali, who played a cameo in Ustad Hotel, which is the flavour of the season, has reason to be excited. He made a definite impact in the film, even though he was on screen for only a few......

Dulquer Salman's Ustad Hotel, now in Telugu

Get your low down on what's happening in the Telugu film industry, right here! Anwar Rashed's Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, starring Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen, was a huge hit, and......

'We Are The RRR'

'Post COVID, people are much more enthusiastic about going to concerts.''The live music scenario has suddenly become very relevant to people's lives.''They see that it is cooked on the spot.'......

Malayalam films strike gold at the National Awards

Malayalam films might not have won many of the top awards like Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor etc, at the National Film awards this time, but it had the richest haul--15 National Awards.......