Kicking off the proceedings for the 65th annual Grammy Awards, the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony will return to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 5th February 2023. In an exciting development, the ceremony will be marked by a stirring performance by current Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar, making it her third Grammy performance.
Category: Cinema
Javed Akhtar’s Jadunama
Mayank Chhaya- As the hugely popular poet, writer and sociocultural observer Javed Akhtar turns 78 on January 17, he does so in the midst of the release of a compilation, snapshots, of his life called Jadunama. Written in Hindi by Arvind Mandloi and translated into English by Rakhshanda Jalil, ‘Jadunama’ or the chronicles of Jadu, […]
Rahul Dev Burman: A personal reminiscence of a master musician
The great sarod maestro and musician Ali Akbar Khan told me once this about Rahul Dev Burman, “Pancham (R D Burman) could pretty much do anything with music. He just lived music.” That was sometime in 1999, at Khan’s music academy in San Rafael, California where I had gone to interview him.
Box-office record: James Cameron’s Avatar sequel crosses $1 billion in ticket sales in just two weeks
James Cameron’s epic movie, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, has sailed past $1 billion in global ticket sales in just 14 days, becoming the fastest movie to cross the coveted box office milestone this year, reports ‘Variety’.
The role of films in India
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. These days a lot of controversy has arisen in India over the film Pathan. I have already written some pieces opposing the film, not because I am opposed […]
Pathan film
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. A huge controversy is raging these days in India over the action film ‘Pathan’ directed by Siddhartha Anand and starring Shah Rukh Khan, the protagonist ( who is […]
‘RRR’ above Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ in ‘Rolling Stone’ 22 Best Movies list
As ‘RRR’ emerges as an Oscars season favorite across America, with the Pakistani Punjabi film, ‘Joyland’, giving it close competition, the influential ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine has named the “epic Tollywood blockbuster” as one of the 22 Best Movies of 2022.
Veteran film, theatre and television actor Vikram Gokhale passes away at 77
Veteran Bollywood, Marathi films, stage and television actor Vikram Gokhale breathed his last at a private hospital here on Saturday, Nov. 26 his family announced. He was 77.
IFFI 2022: Here’s everything you need to know about Fatima – powerful documentary on human trafficking
‘Fatima,’ a documentary by Sourabh Kanti Datta on the rescue & rehabilitation of trafficked sex workers was screened at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
A story about Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919-2000)
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. This story was told to me by my friend Wajahat Husain Khan, senior advocate of Allahabad High Court, who is now over 80 years old. Wajahat’s grandfather […]