Amit Trivedi interview: ‘ A soundtrack’s success cannot predict a film’s fate’

Amit Trivedi has on his plate ‘Secret Superstar’, ‘Rukh’ and the Tamil and Kannada remakes of ‘Queen’.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 15, 2017 · 08:15 am

Biswa Kalyan Rath: ‘All humour is about power and the correct usage of it’

The popular comedian on his Amazon Prime show ‘Laakhon Mein Ek’, success, and political humour.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 13, 2017 · 01:30 pm

In first film ‘Bhasmasur’, rural poverty and donkey love

An impoverished villager in Rajasthan decides to sell his donkey to make ends meet in Nishil Sheth’s directorial debut.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Oct 13, 2017 · 07:15 am

‘An actor should be like water, ego-less’: An interview with Kannada icon Anant Nag

After 50 years of championing parallel and commercial cinema, Anant Nag is still asking, ‘Who or what is a movie star?’

Archana Nathan

· Oct 08, 2017 · 08:15 am

‘Our Souls at Night’ director Ritesh Batra: ‘The old and the new find a way to live together’

Starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, ‘The Lunchbox’ director’s latest can be streamed on the web platform Netflix.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 05, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Interview: We are witnessing the beginning of a peasant rebellion in India, says Yogendra Yadav

The Swaraj India leader says the economy needs a big boost in the rural areas and for small scale manufacturers.

Manas Roshan

· Oct 04, 2017 · 08:00 am

Interview: WHO's new deputy director general Soumya Swaminathan spells out her priorities

Swaminathan has been appointed deputy director general of the World Health Organisation and will be the first Indian to hold such a high post.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 04, 2017 · 07:30 am

What gets Tamil audiences rolling in the aisles? Crazy Mohan knows

‘Return of Crazy Thieves’ is the latest sidesplitter from the Tamil playwright and movie dialogue writer.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Oct 01, 2017 · 09:15 am

Lingayat scholar SM Jaamdar: ‘People linking our stir for minority status to elections are mistaken’

But whichever party supports the cause will be welcomed, says one of the key leaders of the community’s movement to break away from Hinduism.

Archana Nathan

· Sep 30, 2017 · 10:30 am

‘Chef’ is actually about love (and the rotzza), say Saif Ali Khan and Raja Menon

The actor and director talk about remaking Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef’ for an Indian audience and whipping up the ‘rotzza’.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Sep 30, 2017 · 08:15 am

A play on Meena Kumari will depict her hardships and tumultuous relationship with Kamal Amrohi

Written by Delhi-based playwright Danish Iqbal, the biographical play is yet to be cast.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Sep 28, 2017 · 09:15 am

Raghu Dixit on ‘Chef’, his early struggles, performing at Glastonbury and meeting Robert Plant

The 42-year-old singer-songwriter has composed for Raja Menon’s ‘Chef’, which will be out on October 6.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Sep 27, 2017 · 01:30 pm