Tabla wizard ustad Zakir Hussain (9 March 1951–15 December 2024) left for his eternal journey at a time when he was supposed to be in Kolkata as a much awaited participant in the Swara Samrat Music Festival. The world of art lovers, film lovers, even tea lovers, is shell shocked by this sudden bolt from the blue.
In her latest outing, Superboys of Malegaon, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was last screened at Red Sea (where I watched it), Reema Kagti carts us to a small city in Maharashtra and throws us in the midst of a group of boisterous boys.
As the grand curtain call to Srijit Mukherji’s foray into the Feluda universe, Bhuswargo Bhoyonkawr stands not merely as an apposite swansong but as the crowning jewel of his adaptations.
The 16th Rasheswar Saikia Barbayan Sattriya Dance Award and the 56th Annual Festival of Dance were held recently in Guwahati by Sangeet Sattra in honour of its founder principal, Adhyapak Rasheswar Saikia himself, and were a rich fare.
This year, GD Birla Centre for Education hosted its much-awaited ‘Winter Carnival 2.0’ to celebrate the immense contributions of retired teachers, as well as students, parents and alumni, all held within a day filled with fun and festivities on 7 December.
Shinjan Nrityalaya, founded by seasoned Odissi exponent Aloka Kanungo, presented a scintillating evening of dance performances roping in Hindu mythological figures and bringing them alive on stage at the Madhusudan Mancha on Monday, 29 July
A visit to Natavari Academy’s celebration of the 85th birth anniversary of Guru Purushottam, popularly known as Puru-Dadheech in Indore, on the 17th and 18th of July 2024 was the experience of a lifetime.
A while back, an influential solo art exhibition, titled Solitude, executed by artist Atanu Bhattacharya, was held at the gallery of the Society of Contemporary Art and concluded on 12 July in Kolkata.
Bharatanatyam, a 2,000-year-old dance form, is believed to have been revealed by Lord Brahma to Bharata in a Sanskrit text called the Natya Shastra, eventually experiencing a gradual resurgence throughout the globe.
Interestingly, today Venice is not so much known for its Rialto Bridge, Saint Marks Square, or the gondolas as it is for its film festival, which runs every autumn. This year, the 81st edition will begin rolling on 28 August.
