Breakfast and diabetes: What’s the connection?
By Madhavi Bhatt Trivedi You have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast, as the name implies, is to break the fast between dinner and lunch. It is well-established that…
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I’m a newcomer for pan-India audiences: ‘KGF’ actor Yash
By Arundhuti Banerjee Bengaluru, Nov 12 (IANS) Kannada film actor Yash, who will soon be seen in “KGF” – Kolar Gold Fields – that will release in five languages including Hindi, says he is quite…
‘Rituparno Ghosh led self-expression of Bengal’s new gen via cinema’
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) After Satyajit Ray, it is acclaimed filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh who redefined the image of Bengali cinema and culture for the modern world — and the young generation is…
’96’: An ode to love, pure, simple, untainted by sex
By Subhash K. Jha While I watched the new Vijay Sethupathi blockbuster “’96”, I couldn’t help thinking back to Anurag Kashyap’s “Manmarziyaan” where Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu couldn’t keep their hands off each other….
Enough space for ‘Zero’, ‘KGF’ to survive: Actor Yash
By Arundhuti Banerjee Bengaluru, Nov 9 (IANS) Celebrated Kannada actor Yash, who will be seen in the multilingual film “KGF” — which stands for “Kolar Gold Fields” — which is releasing along with Bollywood superstar…
Digital platform is world of expanding possibility: Andy Serkis
By Durga Chakravarty Singapore, Nov 9 (IANS) With “Mowgli”, a darker adaptation of the classic tale “The Jungle Book” releasing on Netflix, filmmaker and actor Andy Serkis finds streaming wonderful and says that the digital…
Of Lord Vishnu’s avatars, Krishna’s wives and myth woven into fiction
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) This festive season, thumb through the tales of two of the most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu and their lineages; transport yourself to the fantasy land of Indra’s son Jayanta…
J.K. Rowling always challenges us in new ways: Katherine Waterston
By Sugandha Rawal Los Angeles, Nov 9 (IANS) Actress Katherine Waterston loves entering the fantasy world created by J.K. Rowling through “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, and says the “Harry Potter” author manages to come up with…
I have a different approach, says actress Nithya Menen on sexual harassment
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Popular south Indian actress Nithya Menen says she is against sexual harassment and that she has a different way of countering it. She chose not be a…
Thugs of Hindostan Review: Aamir Khan steals the show (Rating: ***1/2)
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Thugs of Hindostan” Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ronit Roy, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Sharat Saxena, and Lloyd Owen Rating: ***1/2 A straight-laced…
There is still prejudice against LGBTQ community: Eddie Redmayne
By Sugandha Rawal Los Angeles, Nov 8 (IANS) Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne, whose forthcoming film “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” courted controversy for allegedly “airbrushing” a key character’s sexuality, feels the world is changing…
My female representation endorsement of female victory, spirit: Artist Rekha Rodwittiya
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Artist Rekha Rodwittiya, whose art is “free, feisty, feminist and more” and yet is the “everyday woman”, consciously placed the female figure at the centre of her…
Disturbed’s latest: A bland and forgettable hard rock melodrama (Music Review)
By Anand Venkitachalam New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) American metal band Disturbed’s seventh studio album, “Evolution”, is a disturbingly weak effort after a three-year wait since the more superior “Immortalized” of 2015. While the album,…
Red Birds: A tough black comedy with laborious wit (Book Review)
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Red Birds; Author: Mohammed Hanif; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 304 With a fallen pilot, an ambitious, but floundering, teenager and a dog as the three narrators, Pakistani writer Mohammed…
Chef Ashwini Singh transforms Dilli 32 from Awadhi to pan-Indian
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) It once specialised in Awadhi cuisine. Now, only some of the more popular items remain on the menu as Chef Ashwani Kumar Singh, after extensive research across…
‘What Will People Say’ will stun you (Movie Review)
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “What Will People Say”; Director: Iram Haq; Cast: Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain and Ekavali Khanna; Rating: **** It is widely believed that every individual has a story to tell. Then…
Far from utopia: Stills from Ethiopia capture tribes in unrest
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Ethiopia, Africas oldest independent country, is home to several tribes, some of which have been brought to the mainstream. The remaining are engaged in a constant battle…
No ready buyers for serious cinema, says film editor Sreekar Prasad
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) National Award-winning film editor Sreekar Prasad, known for his contribution to popular films like “Dil Chahta Hai”, “O Kadhal Kanmani” and “The Ghazi Attack”, says there are…
Finance Minister, RBI Governor and demonetisation in fiction
By Ravi Subramanian (Ravi Subramanian’s “Don’t Tell The Governor”, a novel set against the backdrop of demonetization, arrives on the stands on Tuesday. Below is an exclusive excerpt from the book) Harsha Ranjan was standing…
‘…Sabrina’ is a nod to new chilling adventures: Production designer
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Lisa Soper, production designer of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”, feels that “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” was a nod to the original Archie Comics whereas the new Netflix…