Classical arts are here to stay
The ‘Classical Voice of India’ contest strives to make all the young and old practitioners of raag-sangeet aware of the real persona of each raga they choose to present.
The ‘Classical Voice of India’ contest strives to make all the young and old practitioners of raag-sangeet aware of the real persona of each raga they choose to present.
Actor-turned-director Parambrata Chatterjee’s thirteenth directorial venture is not an easy watch. It is verbose (so either you are fluent in Bengali or a fast reader), deeply tragic and unabashedly resilient in its quest for the essence of life within the marital domain.
The Bengali film industry should take a leaf out of its Telugu counterpart’s handbook to ensure regular commercial releases outside West Bengal, said star actor Abir Chatterjee.
Helmed by Rishab Seth (Cash, Ready 2 Mingle), Dhoom Dhaam is all noise and just nothing else with the two leads running throughout the 149-minute runtime.
Dexter: Original Sin slices its way onto our screens, picking up—sort of—where Dexter: New Blood left off.
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.
Currently serving as the chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the W20 of G20 India, Sandhya Purecha is steering Indian culture onto a global stage with unprecedented vigor.
