Art & Culture
Nature, women pivotal of art
By chennaivision at 25 March, 2009, 6:57 pm
Bhopal, Nature and women are artists’ favourite subjects. Most of the world’s best literary and art works revolve around them. Sushma Srivastav has followed this tradition.
”The pivots of my exhibition at the multi-art centre Bharat Bhavan on the bank of the serene Upper Lake here are also the fairer sex and nature,” Shrivastav told [...]
After Mughal-e-Azam, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Gumraah’ to be colourised
By chennaivision at 17 March, 2009, 5:14 pm
New Delhi, After the encouraging response to technicolour versions of K Asif’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and B R Chopra’s ‘Naya Daur’, another classic from the house of late filmmaker B R Chopra ‘Gumraah’ will soon be seen in a colourised version on the big screen.
Work on the colourisation of this Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha and [...]
Entire Northeast not disturbed: Lakhera
By chennaivision at 10 March, 2009, 6:55 pm
Aizawl, Mizoram Governor Lt Gen. (rtd) Lakhera today reiterated that the entire Northeast region was not disturbed as most of the mainland Indians considered.
People from outside the region are reluctant to visit NE as they think it is entirely an insurgency-torn area, which is a misconception, he said speaking at the inauguration of [...]
Entire Northeast not disturbed: Lakhera
By chennaivision at 10 March, 2009, 6:41 pm
Aizawl, Mizoram Governor Lt Gen. (rtd) Lakhera today reiterated that the entire Northeast region was not disturbed as most of the mainland Indians considered.
People from outside the region are reluctant to visit NE as they think it is entirely an insurgency-torn area, which is a misconception, he said speaking at the inauguration of [...]
Preserving heritage not sole responsibility of Govt: Rakeysh Mehra
By chennaivision at 10 March, 2009, 11:05 am
New Delhi, Noted Bollywood filmmaker Rakesyh Mehra, whose recent film ‘Delhi 6′ has been creating a lot of media hype of late, said preserving cultural heritage is not the sole responsibility of the Government.
”Quite often, we all lament that the Government is not doing anything to preserve cultural heritage. However, I feel that [...]
Cartoonist H M Sudan honoured
By chennaivision at 9 March, 2009, 11:48 am
Raipur, Noted cartoonist H M Sudan has been honoured with lifetime achievement award for his outstanding works in the field of animated cartoon.
The award instituted by ‘Cartoon Watch’ was given away to Mr Sudan of ‘Madhu Muskaan’ by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh at a function held here yesterday.
Dr Singh also inaugurated a [...]
UK to donate Second World War artefacts to Kohima Museum
By chennaivision at 7 March, 2009, 2:33 pm
Kohima, British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg has said the United Kingdom would contribute artefacts of the Second World War (WWII) to add to the collections at the Kohima War Memorial Museum at Kisama.
Interacting with mediapersons here last evening, the British diplomat said he had come to visit three North East states [...]
ASI specialist to be in Metro team for Qutab stretch: INTACH
By chennaivision at 5 March, 2009, 2:26 pm
New Delhi, INTACH, a non-profit organisation working for protection and conservation of heritage monuments, has mooted for inducting a ”heritage clause” on the lines of one on environment, before clearing of any development project.
”We had insisted for such a clause for the Delhi Metro project being undertaken near the Qutab Minar and the Metro have [...]
‘This is it’, TAAQ’s 4th album to be released in Jakarta
By chennaivision at 27 February, 2009, 10:11 am
Mumbai, Thermal and A Quarter (TAAQ), a Bangalore based band would launch its fourth album, ‘This is it’, at Asia’s biggest jazz festival ‘Jakarta Java Jazz 09′ to be held on March six.
”This Is It” was mixed by multiple Grammy-winner Jeff Peters at Academy Award winner A R Rahman’s AM Studios in Chennai.
India’s first [...]
Artist sculpts images of Rahman, Resul in sand
By chennaivision at 26 February, 2009, 10:38 am
Kozhikode, An artist today sculpted gigantic images of renowned music composer A R Rahman and sound engineer Resul Pookutty, who won the prestigious Oscar awards for their outstanding work in ”Slumdog Millionaire,” in sand, in the beach here today.
Talking to UNI sand artist Murali Chemmad, said he started worked on the images from 0500 hrs [...]
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