The Habibullah Hall at Pune's National Defence Academy, which once screened at least three movies every week, is now used for seminars, events, and ceremonies.
At the event, Ghar ki Murghi Daal Baraabar, Kiran Segal recalled her mother’s colonial childhood, creative partnership with husband Kameshwar, and the turmoil of Partition.
In March 2012, scholar and art historian Kapila Vatsyayan delivered a speech after receiving the 4th Thalia Prize, explaining the interdependence of different art forms — theatre, dance to music.
The director, Yogeshwar Karera, didn’t know he was making history until a musician pointed out that this is the first time Ramayana has been staged like this in Pakistan.
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake met Odissi with a new narrative drawn from Nala and Damyanti, the ancient Indian epic of exile, devotion, and reunion from the Mahabharata.
‘Seconds Before Coming' is written, directed, and performed by 26-year-old Rishika Kaushik. After performing it at Delhi's Oddbird theatre, she wants to stage it in people's houses.
The Russian influences in 'Chandni Raatein' are heavy, but the story feels Indian. A young Nestanka, played by actor Girija Godbole, stands on a bridge, singing the Nadiya Bairan Bhayi thumri in Raag Des.
Thai Chargé d'Affaires Thirapath Mongkolnavin said the Namaste Thailand Festival celebrates the “deep-rooted cultural connections that have enriched Thailand and India.”
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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