Tag: Entertainment

Advertising giant Ram Ray died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Ray worked as the chief of many Indian and international advertising and marketing firms, headed J. Walter Thompson [JWT] USA, as the only non-American. He headed JWT’s [when it was HTA] Madras, Bangalore & Calcutta offices. He has been running his […]

In A Room of One’s Own, the seminal essay written by Virginia Woolf 90 years ago, the maverick author makes a compelling argument for the space, both physical and figurative, that women writers must occupy in order to make so much as a dent in a literary landscape dominated by men. Part cautionary tale and […]

Despite former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s niece J. Deepa filing a civil suit in the Madras High Court to restrain film director AL. Vijay and producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri of Telangana from making a biopic based on her aunt’s life, the shooting of the film has begun.   Titled Thalaivi, the biopic that stars Bollywood actor […]

Venkata Rajesh Puli is a familiar name in director Maruti’s circle of associates. He had worked as Maruti’s co-director for Ee Rojullo and Bus Stop and also worked for a couple of his films as an executive producer. Thereafter, he directed Bunny and Cherry with Mahath and Prince which tanked at the box office and […]

Sitting outside his lawn, one smoggy Delhi morning, singer and guitarist Rohan Solomon looked up at the sky. There was not a trace of blue. The incident sparked a sense of longing in the musician for the bright skies he remembers growing up under. His recent trilogy of songs reveals a rising concern for the […]

“What do Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have in common? No Chief Minister, of course. I relate to you guys!” exclaimed Sorabh Pant amid a riot of laughter. Performing at SoCo — South of Comedy last weekend, the comedian regaled the audience with his latest show, Born on Mars, a compilation of ridiculous stories that are […]

Singer Krishna Chaitanya has been deflecting offers to act for a couple of years. One of the associate directors concerned with the film Ghantasala The Great was persistent and finally a small team met up with him at his home. The singer on his part hoped to put them off once and for all. He […]

The first time artist K Benitha Perciyal saw pieces of wood at shops selling used wood in the city, she was reminded of books. “The markings on them looked like book spines to me,” she says. The shops, located in places such as Villivakkam and Choolai, usually sell wood from old, demolished houses. “Once the […]

Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run, They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife… It is almost half an hour to the opening show. The all-too-familiar, eerie tune of the nursery rhyme, runs in the background as part of […]