Farewell Om Puri

He had been so excited about doing theatre after so many years, and was pleased by the response to his Teri Amrita with Divya Dutta. He would message about 'housefull' show...

Banff Mountain Film Festival Brings Adventure To GP

The spirit of independent film is that there are no constraints. Directors, writers, and actors are able to create a visual, thought provoking, emotional journey that will ...

Bengaluru Turns The Spotlight On Puppetry

Puppets are set to take centre stage at a five-day fest celebrating the art form Puppetry is going mainstream and Bengaluru is championing the cause of bringing this centur...

Why 2016 Was The Year Of The Algorithmic Timeline

2016 was the year of "post fact" news, but it was also the year of post-new news. 2016 was the year of the algorithmic timeline, in which tech companies dismantled the conc...

Curtains To Fall On Patna Film Festival Today

PATNA: Intense cold failed to deter cine lovers from thronging the two venues of Patna Film Festival - Regent Cinema and Rabindra Bhawan - in the last six days. The weeklon...

Are music festivals getting Bollywood-ised?

The Indian music festival scene — for long the stomping grounds of the independent (indie, to the cool crowd) music scene-loving fans — saw Bollywood aka the ma...

Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation

Most filmmakers want their work seen by the widest audiences possible. Shekar Dattatri is more interested in reaching influencers who can catalyze wildlife conservation in ...

Socially-conscious children’s films use artistic platform to educate

Hollywood has always been criticized for trying to engineer American society. For example, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accused Brokeback Mountain of advancing a “ra...

Nana Patekar urges students to contribute in nation building

Asserting that Kashmiri children should take part in development of India, veteran actor Nana Patekar said they must focus on education.

"I want to tell the childre...