Scenes from the Bengaluru leg of Swarathma’s India Tour 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement This Saturday, even as fans eagerly waited for Swarathma to rock the stage, an unexpected guest made an appearance — rain. Yet, this did not dampen spirits, and the audience enthusiastically welcomed the rain along with the band’s powerful performance. The…
Kalyani Menon Harikrishnan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement During the incipient stages of its revival in Kerala Kalamandalam in the 1930s, Mohiniyattam anchored mainly on padams of Swati Tirunal, the maharaja who was instrumental in the resurgence of the dance form. While most of the padams had vipralambha sringaram as their leitmotif, Mohiniyattam began to…
Artworks on display at Abstract Alchemy exhibition at Rang Mirage Gallery | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Different styles of abstract work have brought emerging and seasoned artists together,” says Adhvika Agarwal, who has curated the Rang Mirage Art Gallery’s latest exhibition Abstract Alchemy: A Fusion of Form and Color. It showcases the works of nine artists and…
Candlelight Concerts are based on diverse themes to reach out to a large audience. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Fever On a warm humid evening after bracing Mumbai’s rush-hour traffic snarls, you finally enter the Grand Hyatt in Bandra Kurla Complex, where thousands of illuminated candles brighten your mood. The setting at the venue for the…
Pt. C.R. Vyas | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Delhi’s India International Centre recently hosted the centenary celebrations of two great vocalists — Pt. Ram Marathe and Pt. C. R. Vyas — from Maharashtra. Surprisingly, both were at the same point in their lives, disciples of the inimitable Pt. Jagannathbua Purohit, (1904-1968) called ‘Gunidas’, who learnt…
Well into the second half of her 100-minute performance, Brazilian jazz pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias presented the famous song ‘Desafinado’, composed by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim. The audience was familiar with the tune, and the pulsating bass solo and riveting drums added to their joy. The encore, comprising Jobim’s huge hits ‘The girl…
Ramesh Vinayakam | Photo Credit: Johan Sathyadas A lot of things can happen over a coffee break. In music composer Ramesh Vinayakam’s case, it certainly did. At the Goethe Institute in Chennai, the composer was speaking with Sebastian Grams, double bass player, and Jeremy Woodruff, now in Graz University, over a coffee break when he…
Taraji P. Henson attends the ELLE Women in Hollywood celebration | Photo Credit: JORDAN STRAUSS “Empire” star Taraji P Henson is set to return as host for the upcoming BET Awards 2024. According to Deadline, this will be Henson’s third time hosting the ceremony after 2021 and 2022. Rapper Fat Joe was trusted with the…
Nivetha Pethuraj and Naresh Agastya in a still from ‘Paruvu’ | Photo Credit: ZEE5 Streaming platform ZEE5 on Monday unveiled the trailer of its upcoming Telugu crime thriller series, Paruvu. With Pavan Sadineni as the showrunner, the series is written by Siddharth Naidu, who also directs with Vadlapati Rajashekhar, and produced by Sushmitha Konidela. Starring Nivetha…
Actor Rangayana Raghu | Photo Credit: Ravichandran N. Rangayana Raghu is reveling in a fresh phase of his career. The Kannada actor, with three decades of experience in cinema, is now being seen in stories that revolve around his character. Raghu rose to prominence with his terrific coming timing and admirable consistency as a character…
