Mumbai | 21 days ago
Abhishek Varma set to create Laden franchise
Mumbai, July 26 - With the unexpected success of the political satire 'Tere Bin Laden', plans are afoot to make more films featuring the Laden lookalike, played by Pradhuman Singh.The success of the desi Laden has taken the filmmakers by surprise. Director Abhishek Varma admits creating a franchise out of the Laden character is an idea being explored specially since the humour on Laden has been ta ... read more

Mumbai | 1 month ago
'B' schools for Bollywood - where actors are born
Mumbai, July 10 - Actors are born, they say. And perhaps they are, indeed - in the many acting schools in India that have churned out well-known faces in the entertainment industry over the years.'Can you go to any field and work without training? Can you go and do a doctor's job or an engineer's job without training? So how can an actor do his job without training? It is only duffers and uneducat ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Honour killings dent our country's image: Om Puri
New Delhi, July 4 - Om Puri plays a village head who is against same-clan marriages in his next film 'Khap...A Story of Honour Killing' and the acclaimed actor says it is reprehensible that young people are being killed in the name of family honour for marrying out of caste, a practice he says would give the rest of the world the impression that India was living in the 'medieval era'.Winner of two ... read more

London | 1 month ago
NRI playwright wins prestigious award in Britain
London, June 30 - Well-known actor-playwright Sudha Bhuchar and artistic director Kristine Landon-Smith, joint founders of London-based Tamasha Theatre Company, have won this year's prestigious First Women Awards in the entertainment category.Now in their sixth year, the First Women Awards recognise women at the top of their professions, leading the way for the next generation. They are held in as ... read more

London | 1 month ago
NRI playwright wins prestigious award in Britain
London, June 30 - Well-known actor-playwright Sudha Bhuchar and artistic director Kristine Landon-Smith, joint founders of London-based Tamasha Theatre Company, have won this year's prestigious First Women Awards in the entertainment category.Now in their sixth year, the First Women Awards recognise women at the top of their professions, leading the way for the next generation. They are held in as ... read more

Mumbai | 1 month ago
Seema Biswas is bored of serious roles
Mumbai, June 23 - Seema Biswas is tired of always being taken seriously! After doing strong character based-roles in 'Bandit Queen', 'Khamoshi' and 'Water', the talented actress wants to explore the lighter side of cinema.'I'm very bored of doing serious roles. That's the only thing that is offered to me every time and I do it each time with utmost dedication and sincerity, but now I'm tired of do ... read more

Mumbai | 2 months ago
Now an Indian director's satirical take on Osama bin Laden
Mumbai, June 9 - He was several continents away when terrorists struck the twin towers in New York. But the 9/11 strike had a profound influence on ambitous young filmaker Abhishek Sharma who longed to give an artistic response and has finally got the chance with 'Tere Bin Laden' -, a satire on Osama bin Laden.It might sound incongruous for an Indian debutant director to dabble in a global theme l ... read more

Shimla | 2 months ago
A reformed convict's poems give birth to play
Shimla, May 30 - Put behind bars for nine years for rape, Sudhir Sharma underwent the agony of prison life - an emotional journey that found vent in 153 poems. Written on bits of paper and handed over to an NGO each time, the reformed convict's poems will now be staged as a play in Shimla.The play, 'Toote Armano Ki Aawaz', will be staged by eight local artists June 4 with the active participation ... read more

New Delhi | 3 months ago
Famous Assamese mobile theatre takes centre stage
New Delhi, April 21 - The Kohinoor Theatre, the mobile drama company from Assam renowned for taking mega-stage adaptations of blockbusters like 'Titanic' to remote villages, has stepped out of the state for the first time to perform in the capital next week.The troupe will stage three of its signature productions - 'Assemat Jar Heral Seema -', 'O'n Moi Munnai Koisu -' and 'Sheetare Semekarati -' ... read more

Bangalore | 4 months ago
Theatre, women artist's problems on new Rajya Sabha MP's mind
Bangalore, March 20 - Noted Kannada theatre personality B. Jayashree, the newly nominated Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, says she will raise in parliament the concerns of Indian theatre and the problems faced by women in the performing arts field.'I am very extremely happy at this recognition. I think my responsibilities have increased. I think this recognition is not just for me but for the achie ... read more