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South Korea’s military appears to want members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions. Lee Ki Sik, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, said that it’s “desirable” for BTS members to fulfil their military duties to ensure fairness in the […]
Gujarati singer Aditya Gadhvi’s show in Toronto, Canada, had to be cancelled due to mismanagement and chaos, allegedly caused by overbooking of tickets. The show was scheduled last Saturday (October 8). Those who attended the event, organised by Ontario-based Maa Ambe Entertainment, said that people had queued up in biting cold (it was around 7 degrees Celsius in […]
Rahul Koli, the child actor of Chhello Show died of cancer at the age of 15. Koli was among the six child actors who were part of Pan Nalin’s film. For the unversed, Chhello Show is India’s official entry for the Best International feature film category at the 95th Academy Awards. Ten-year-old Rahul was battling […]
The rise of southern cinema has been a topic of national interest ever since 2021 when Pushpa: The Rise was the top grosser. Recently, with a collection of Rs 346 crore, the first instalment of Ponniyin Selvan (PS) released last week has already become the fifth highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022, according to IMDb. Of […]
Love it or hate it, Ahmedabadis can’t ignore the work of architect Kamal Mangaldas and engineer Devendra Shah. As partners in Design Associates, they built hundreds of buildings in the 40-odd years they worked together, which are a hallmark of the city today. They are the ones who introduced the ubiquitous row house (a concept […]
It was a cool, breezy evening as the creme de la crème of Ahmedabad society came together for the launch of Mallika Sarabhai’s book “In Free Fall: My Experiments with Living” on Friday. The Darpana Academy of Performing was decked up for the event, with live music to greet the guests as the made their […]
Every human on this planet will narrate a unique definition of poetry, evoking a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or stimulating a response through figurative language chosen or arranged for its meaning, sound, rhythm, mood, tone, syntax and diction. For poet-diplomat Abhay K, poetry is a spiritual exercise. His latest collection of poems titled ‘Stray […]
Bollywood actors Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal are set to tie the knot in the first week of October this year. After covering up their work commitments by September 24, they will start focusing on wedding preparations in the national capital and Mumbai in the last week of September and in the first week of […]
The Californian-born and ‘House of Hammer’ fame actor Armand Douglas Hammer or famously Armie Hammer’s dreams were crushed to dust when he was allegedly accused by several women, stepped forward to accuse the handsome Hollywood stellar of physical and emotional abuse. It was reported that Armie Hammer was ‘cancelled’ and removed from all on-going film […]
It is the Bangtan baby’s birthday and fans surely can’t keep calm! The K-pop star turns 25 on September 1 and ARMY have poured in wishes on social media platforms. Jungkook has always kept his audience enthralled with performances ever since he debuted in 2013 with RM, Jin, SUGA, J-Hope, Jimin, and V. Popular for […]
The second Shaame Art show was inaugurated with fanfare at the Hutheesing Centre in Ahmedabad on Thursday evening, with actor Aarjav Trivedi as the chief guest. The first Shaame Art show was held in December last year and the Hutheesing Centre now plans to make it a bi-annual event. “We want to make it a […]
Pushpa: The Rise, starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, reached a cult status post-release in 2021. Even after a year, the Pushpa-fever continues to dominate the internet with its songs and dialogues. On August 22, Pushpa fans were delighted to know that the movie’s second part kickstarted with a ‘Pooja’ ceremony. Earlier, the strike by […]
Upon receiving an invitation for the opening of an exhibition of photographs at the Hutheesing Centre on Thursday, I lazily typed in the name of the photographer into Google, Parvez Shaikh is a pretty generic name (I know a doctor by that name in Mumbai) and even with “documentary photographer” added, I wasn’t expecting much. […]
The Oscar-winning American actress and producer, Viola Davis held another flag in her name after receiving a character in the cast of ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’, a prequel movie to the famous dystopian action-based film “The Hunger Games”. According to media reports, the actress will play the charismatic role of the Head Gamemaker, […]
On Wednesday, the second season of the Netflix series Indian Matchmaking began to broadcast. The controversial matchmaker Sima Taparia, often known as Sima aunty, assists her clients in their search for the ideal marriage. However, Sima aunty is shown in one of the episodes of the second season expressing her views on an older woman […]
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s lifelong dream is to adapt the Hindu epic Mahabharata into a film. Nearly a decade ago Aamir expressed his wish to make a film on Mahabharata and said he is scared to work on it. With several successes and failures in his career, Aamir Khan feels he is not ready to […]
BTS rapper and lead dancer J-Hope opened up about his new album Jack In The Box, his Lollapalooza performance as well as the support he received from RM & Suga. Jimin flew to Chicago on Saturday to support J-Hope for his debut Lollapalooza performance. The rapper brought the roof down with his hit tracks, Arson, […]
To add some glamour and style to Ahmedabad’s monochrome fashion landscape, here’s a preview of some of the landmark brands of the world. Organised by actor and fashionista Sanskruti Jayana–the exhibition will have creations by premium brands such as Jimmy Choo, Bottega Veneta & Versace & over 15 more premium designers including Siddharth Bansal, Lovebirds, […]
‘Pardes’ -Celebrating The Rich Culture Of India starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhry has completed 25 years of its release in Hindi cinema on Monday, filmmaker Subhash Ghai recalls everything that went behind creating the romantic musical drama. Speaking about the movie, director Subhash Ghai says: “‘Pardes’ is very dear film to me. I […]
“Moon” is a song by Jin of BTS. It was released on February 21, 2020, and appears as the sixteenth track in their fourth studio album, “Map of the Soul: 7.” The song also appears as the fourth track on CD2 of BTS’s first anthology, “Proof.” Today, August 8, marks 900 days with “Moon.” Exactly […]
