Mangalacharana organised its 8th Sangeet Sammelan as “Yuva Taal Vadya Utsav” (Youth Percussion Festival). Such a unique concept, focused only on young and rising percussionists (up to twenty-five years of age), was held on the 15th of September at Sisir Manch.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which began its run in the Nehruvian era over five decades ago – and which is now on in Goa's Panaji – was first mooted as a venue for showcasing the mind-boggling diversity of our country through cinema that celebrities like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Raj Kapoor, Kamal Hassan, Mani Ratnam and so many more helped create.
o blend old wine in new bottles, new-age director Dr Krishnendu Chatterjee, keeping Bhanu in mind, has crafted his latest venture: Jamalaye Jibonto Bhanu, which moves between illusion and ground realities, saw the premiere of the film screened on Thursday, 14 November, in Kolkata.
Known for her unique dark pop style and musical influences from icons like Billie Eilish and Dove Cameron, Holly Riva, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Hollywood, bewitched Kolkata with a special performance on 8 November at a city store.
Learn how Ayushmann Khurrana's Vicky Donor not only is evolving as a classic but brought with it several lessons too
Maharaja is undoubtedly worth watching for Sethupathi's scintillating performance.
Ajogyo is a simple tale of middle-class heroism and unpleasant secrets.
The monthly classical music events organised by the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture are serving the cause of music in a big way.
At the recent 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, an out-and-out movie about a vicious goon, Emilia Perez, was hopping and skipping to the beats of rhythm and rhyme.
Tapati Gupta's recent book, Analysing Bengali Drama: Time, Text & Performance (Dasgupta and Company), looks into some landmark aspects of Bengali theatre with regard to text and performances.
