Set in Nantucket, Massachusetts in the U.S., a family gets together for a marriage in a 40-bedroom mansion that is nestled by the blue waters of an ocean. Kidman's Greer Garrison Winbury and Tag (Liev Schreiber) have been married for 29 years, and outwardly they are a perfect pair. But are they?
Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, once quipped, “Drama is life with the dull bits cut out”. In his case, however, it wasn’t just the dull bits—Hitchcock had a knack for turning the mundane into the macabre, and a stroll down a quiet hallway into a pulse-racing ordeal.
Rajendra Khandelwal, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Niger in Kolkata and the founder of the Dhanwantary Chain of Pharmacies in Kolkata, has recently authored a book titled “Karma, the Winner”, understating his own life and the role that karma played in shaping it.
Recently, Kolkata witnessed two vibrant performances—a solo dance by Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee and recipient of Tagore Scholarship Aloka Kanungo at the Kalaakar Festival at Gyan Manch on 17th August followed by another on 26th August at Sisir Manch by her students.
Marking the 100th birth anniversary of Habib Tanvir, Antiquity Natural Mineral Water, in partnership with the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC), commemorated a three-day festival, titled ‘Dekh Rahe Hain Nayan’, from 30 August to 1 September this year, to reminisce about the artist’s life, work and immense contributions to Indian theatre, literature and art.
Credits for Chitragati Collective go to music designer Sayak Mitra, who also gave the voiceover along with Deepmoy Das. Instruments played were by Mandola Joy, Prabir Chatterjee (percussionist), and Rick Mukherjee (flautist). The lights were designed by Amlan Chaudhary.
In 2007, dancer Alokananda Roy and former ADG Prisons Banshi Dhar Sharma embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to rehabilitate prisoners through the transformative power of culture therapy.
The opening artist, young Kathak danseuse Paromita Bhattacharya, disciple of Guru Madhumita Roy, was impressive from the word go due to the combined effect of power and grace in the mangalacharan ‘Niratata Shankar Parvati sang’.
The Oscars are perhaps getting a little tired of the kind feminism that Barbie portrayed.
The crop of new faces in the film is such a delight. All credit goes to the casting director, Romil Modi. Dipak, played by Sparsh Srivastav, and Phool, by Nitanshi Goel, a social media influencer, are outstanding, respectively. Both capture an innocence of India that is still not lost.
