Arts and Culture

WHETHER it is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan selling out big arenas, iconic festivals like Womad featuring qawwali concerts or compositions from major names like...

SHE may have had a prolific career, but Puneet Bhandal never planned to be a writer. After completing an MSc in Information Technology, she realised...

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...