Arts and Culture

THIS week marks the death anniversary of one of Bollywood’s greatest male-playback singers Mohammed Rafi, who sadly passed away on July 31, 1980, after...

IT WAS fun catching Shomit Dutta’s play, Stumped, at Hampstead Theatre before the run ended. The two-hander involves an entertaining, though not always friendly, conversation between...

WITH Nitesh Tiwari’s last two releases as a director, Dangal and Chhichhore, being huge hits, it was quite a coup for Varun Dhawan to play the lead...

A LOT of stories with South Asian protagonists will usually tread on tried and tested paths that lead towards story troupes that would have...

CONCENTRATING on quality over quantity has not only given Syra Yousuf an impressive body of work across film and television, but also shown off...

DEBATES, films, and drama serials set in the past, divisions triggered by different views of shared history, many books and more, show just how...

WHETHER it is multiple Hollywood remakes, including one headlined by Lady Gaga, Bollywood musicals like Aashiqui 2 and many others globally, a lot of...