With participants from leading theatre groups of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kashmir and West Bengal, as well as troupes from Sweden and Bangladesh, Nandikar’s 24th Theatre Festival included laudable plays in […]
Lost in fairyland
Chandannagar’s Jagatdhatri Puja is famed across Bengal for its spectacular lighting and beautiful idols. Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy take us on a grand puja parikrama of this well-known festival […]
Movie montage – Mr Bean’s Holiday
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willam Dafoe, Max Baldry Direction: Steve Bendelack Bean’s the best The first film had quite a few shortcomings, the chief of them being […]
Theatre at its best
Theatre is losing its charisma for the present generation. Most youngsters these days prefer movies to theatre. If you cared to find out, you would find that a majority of […]
Theatrical extravaganza
Voices Coordinators share their experience of the recently concluded Nandikar’s 23rd National Theatre Festival Furruth: Group-Blank Verse. Though the target audience is basically children, the play is based on Upendrakishore […]
Movie montage – Dhoom 2
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aishwariya Rai, Bipasha Basu Music: Pritam Direction: Sanjay Gadhvi Super Thief & Super Cop Lots of amazing stunts, some super-cool mobikes and […]
The N factor
Nachiketa performing for school students is not a common sight but the audience at Vibes 2006 got the opportunity to witness this on the evening of 25th November. When asked […]
Fantastic finale
Vibes 2006 was moving towards its end. Two days had passed like a couple of moments. Only a few hours were left. All events, contests and the prize distribution were […]
Old akhara vs trendy gym
Bodybuilding as a sport is in a spot in the suburbs. Although youngsters from lower middle class and poor families join the local akharas with big dreams, most drop out […]
Movie montage – Phir Hera Pheri
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu and Rimi Sen Music: Himesh Reshamiya Direction: Neeraj Vora Fitting sequel Neeraj Vora is definitely not Priyadarshan. But that doesn’t […]