By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Hereditary”; Director: Ari Aster; Cast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd and Mallory Bechtel; Rating: ***1/2 Director Ari Aster’s immaculately crafted, black-hearted, horror-in-the-home fantasia “Hereditary” eerily keeps…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Actress Huma Qureshi says people in India have a tendency to intimidate a woman when she opens up about sexual harassment, making her feel like an offender…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Pakistan of today may be “overwhelmed by unsavoury perceptions of it”, but according to the country’s leading cultural critic, Nadeem F. Paracha, its founder Muhammad Ali…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Is yoga just about being twisted into different positions like a pretzel or sitting cross-legged on a mat with closed eyes? One might think of it as…
By Nivedita New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The newly crowned Miss India World Anukreethy Vas — who works for the education of transgenders — feels a smile keeps everyone going, something she has learnt from…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Canadian comedian and actor Mark McKinney hopes to see an Indian adaptation of his American show “Superstore” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move making way for…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Towering skyscrapers and crumbling shanties, swathes of land awash in greenery and cramped urban dwelling spaces, regal-looking bungalows and slums may co-exist on ground but when viewed…
By Nivedita New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) This is an exciting year for Shyamal and Bhumika Shodhan as they plan to reach out to more brides in India and abroad. They designer couple also aspires…
By Durga Chakravarty Bangkok, June 20 (IANS) Back to the Thai capital after a decade, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards, commencing here Thursday, will not just feature power-packed performances by celebrities…
By Saket Suman Hardly has any novel been awaited with as much curiosity and anticipation in recent times as Vikram Seths sequel to the monumental “A Suitable Boy” (1993). Five years on, since he was…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Art and artistes exist beyond religion, politics and boundaries, says veteran actor and politician Paresh Rawal, who believes the audience must also watch the performance of an artiste…
By Nivedita Giri New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) What’s common to the countries of Southern Europe and the Levant? Mediterranean cuisine! Cooked in olive oil, it is light on the stomach and, what’s more, you…
By Vikas Datta Title: Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan; Author: Nadeem Farooq Paracha; Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 499 In the mid-1950s, the screening of a Hollywood film in…
By Nivedita New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Every beauty pageant winner finds her next move to Bollywood, so will Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar, who is going to give away her Miss India title to…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Book: Ocean Rimmed World; Author R.N. Joe D’Cruz; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 563; Price: 575 Universally, the travails of fishermen at sea are unending. Written originally in Tamil, and translated into…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Lust Stories”, an anthology for Netflix; Directors: Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar; Cast: Radhika Apte, Akash Thosar, Bhumi Pednekar, Neil Bhoopalam, Manisha Koirala, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sanjay…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi/Beijing, June 17 (IANS) Indian stories, riding high on star power and universal themes, and splashed with hues of myriad emotions, are finding their way into China, winning hearts and the…
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal, who will be seen in “Sanju”, says he does not take much pressure before the release of his films because he believes that each…
By Vikas Datta Laughter is our audible reaction, usually involuntary, to something that amuses us — yet, it is a complex emotional expression that can also serve as a gesture of bravado, contempt or even…
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) Choreographer-film director Remo D’Souza, whose latest directorial is “Race 3” — an action-packed thriller starring Salman Khan — says making movies of different genres has helped him grow as a creative…