Suganthy Krishnamachari

SL Naanu’s Sikkal Sivaraman takes a light-hearted look at life

In Stage Creations’ play Sikkal Sivaraman (story, dialogues, and direction are by S.L. Naanu), Chell...

entertainment | 1 month ago

How director C.V. Sridhar, of Kadalikka Neramillai fame, stirred the Tamil cinema world with his brand of comedy

‘Dull-u, dull-u’, goes a song in the film Ratha Pasam, released on August 14, 1954. The career of th...

entertainment | 2 months ago

The Tamil play Kongai Thee highlights the contemporary relevance of Silappadhikaram

Shraddha’s latest play Kongai Thee, written by Indira Parthasarathy shows us the contemporary releva...

entertainment | 2 months ago

How Theatre Marina’s Anniyal explores the fragile nature of self-perception through a Tamil adaptation of Girish Karnad’s Broken Images

Theatre Marina’s Anniyal, staged in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, is a Tamil adaptation (direction Giridha...

entertainment | 3 months ago

The Tamil play Roudhiram Pazhagu was about creating a safe space for women

Before Komal theatres’ play Roudhiram Pazhagu began, Dharini Komal (story and direction) announced t...

entertainment | 3 months ago

Down memory lane with M.S. Viswanathan’s music

A series of programmes titled ‘MSV Isai Vizha’ is being organised by Mohan Nair, son-in-law of the l...

entertainment | 3 months ago

In his birth centenary year, tracing T.R. Mahalingam’s rise to stardom in Tamil cinema

Thenkarai Ramakrishna Mahalingam (TRM) was already a singing sensation on stage, when A.V. Meyyappa ...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Kudanthai Mali’s Big Boss highlights a teacher’s ‘Centum’ fixation

Is there only one route to success — a degree in Engineering at a premier institute? And even assumi...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Yugendran brings alive father Malaysia Vasudevan’s timeless songs

It was an evening that belonged to lovers of Malaysia Vasudevan’s songs. A singer with several hits ...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Sambandamurthy Achari: An unsung music scholar

Music scholar T.A. Sambandamurthy Achari’s (1913-1977) father Appadurai Achari was an authority on T...

entertainment | 5 months ago

Vasantha Kala Ninaivugal: A musical ode to yesterday

Jammers United presented Vasantha Kala Ninaivugal, a music programme of songs from the films of thre...

entertainment | 5 months ago

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s theatre festival featured a range of themes

Theatre Karpanai Kudhirai’s Tiruchiyai Meetta Sundarapandian is about three people, all trying to ru...

entertainment | 6 months ago