M.L. Vasanthakumari | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement She came, she sang, she conquered. July 3 marks M.L. Vasanthakumari’s (MLV) 97th birth anniversary. It’s a good time to look back at my guru and an extraordinary vocalist’s life and art — a combination of melody, vidwat and dynamic stage presence. MLV was not only adept at […]
Visuals of fire outside building A fire broke out at a multi-storey building in Moscow’s outskirts – Krasnogorsk on Tuesday morning after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone, as TASS quoted the Russian defence ministry.Two people were injured in the incident. Over 100 residents, including 30 children, were temporarily evacuated.Several videos are circulating in […]
India batter Tilak Varma had a memorable County debut as the southpaw hammered a century on his Hampshire debut. The 22-year-old, who was unbeaten on 98 against Essex on the opening day, completed his sixth first-class century on the second day. However, the southpaw fell right after reaching his milestone, as former South Africa captain […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) A 64-year-old man in China was shocked to discover that a toothbrush had been stuck in his intestines for 52 years. The man said he accidentally swallowed it when he was 12 years old but was too scared to tell his parents and assumed it would dissolve on its own, as reported […]
The manner in which Sitaare Zameen Par had seen day on day surge over the weekend, it was really unreal. To almost double up from Friday to Saturday and then further jump by more than 50% on Sunday is the stuff that dreams are made of. However, this is what exactly happened and after scoring […]
Khuda Haafiz director Faruk Kabir is all set to give yet another thrilling venture to the audiences on the screen. After two years, the director is returning with his next project, Salakaar, which tells the legend of an extraordinary Indian spymaster who used sheer grit to protect the nation’s security. Faruk Kabir calls his next […]
AI image for representation Satellite images, Israeli intel suggest Tehran shifted near-weapons-grade fuel ahead of bunker buster attack by US, reports the New York Times.Iran may have moved 400 kilograms of enriched uranium, which is enough to produce up to ten nuclear bombs.This happened days before US B-2 bombers struck its key nuclear sites, according […]
Producer Bhushan Kumar, the man behind T-Series, has backed some of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters like Kabir Singh, Animal, Srikanth, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and 3, The Diplomat and Raid 2. Known for blending strong storytelling with chart-topping music, he now presents Metro In Dino– an emotionally-rich musical film directed by Anurag Basu that explores love, […]
Over five decades after it first aired as a radio musical, Sirikakolanu Chinnadi — a lyrical tale set in the court of Sri Krishnadevaraya and centred on the devadasi Aliveni — is being presented on stage in Hyderabad. Written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy in 1969 and brought to life by legendary musicians like Pendyala Nageswara Rao, Voleti Venkateswarulu, […]
Kajol recently addressed comparisons to Jaya Bachchan regarding how she handles the paparazzi, and the perception of her being “scary” off-screen. In a recent conversation, she explained that the paparazzi often “coax and push” celebrities in hopes of eliciting a reaction that can be linked to a negative headline. Kajol on Jaya Bachchan comparisons, ‘Scary’ […]
