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‘Our filmmakers are utterly spineless’

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“Acting is a worthless profession. One wants to be an actor to portray different personalities and have fun. But that is all you can do as an actor!

Beauty queens on the hunt for bigger crowns

 The winners of Miss Tamil Nadu 2012 pageant

Even as Femina Miss India World 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon is busy preparing for the Miss World 2013 pageant to be held next month, she exudes tremendous confidence and attributes it to the va

Theatre diaries

Back in the 1880’s, Binodini Dasi, known as Notee Binodini was one of the most prominent Kolkata-based, theatre actresses.

Portraits of urban life and jazz by the way

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Originating in the 20th century within the African-American communities of South America, Jazz as a genre is difficult to define and includes a range of influences like blue notes, syncopation and swu

Amit on cloud nine

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As a television actor, he became a household name with serials like Kyun Hota Hain Pyarr and Guns and Roses and reality shows like Big Boss and Nach Baliye.

Stitching fantasies

Geometric motifs, colourful mosaic and brilliant paper cut-outs adorn cloth books, meant to attract children. They mighty well manage enrapturing adults.

Tughlaq comes to Delhi

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq occupied the throne of Delhi for 26 years. He was one of the most learned monarchs of Delhi Sultanate era.

Regional flavour in Bollywood

Hindi cinema comprises majority of Indian film industry. For long, north India has been the dominant backdrop for Hindi films.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.