Heeramandi: A Spectacle of Grandeur
A review by Sanjiva Sahai If you’re into drowning in grandeur and have a lifetime to spare, indulge in this 8-hour-and-a-half spectacle called हीरामण्डी where the set design gets more screen time than the...
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Sunil Grover, the outrageously, irrepressible match to Kapil Sharma
By Sunil Sarpal Sunil Grover is the most versatile comedian to have graced The Kapil Sharma Show. There is a Hindi song which depicts his aura: “TERE CHAHRE SE NAZAR NAHIN HAT TI, NAZARE...
Is anarchy acceptable in the name of artistic freedom? The magic of OTT.
Book Review by Utpal Datta OTT platforms, a new addition to the media, have become competitors to cinema and television programs, raising a few uncomfortable questions. Does OTT concern discern viewers? Is the tasteless...
Charlie Chopra & The Mystery Of Solang Valley
A Review by Sanjiva Sahai Charlie Chopra& The Mystery Of Solang Valley(The latest Hindi web series in 6 episodes on Sony Liv) ▫️Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj the show opens with an innovative musical score...
The End and the Future of Theater
The first obituary of the theater was written in the 1920s when the talkies ushered in a new era of entertainment. But not only did the theater survive the competition from cinema, the Broadway Book Musicals became a billion-dollar industry around the time. The first real blow to small regional and off-off-Broadway theater came from the television in the 1960s when a television set became a household item. But that did not stop Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller from writing great plays. They forced the audience to return to the theaters. Harold Pinter, Beckett, Albee, and more recently Mamet created scintillating works for the stage despite the competition from the cinema and the television industry. The competition challenged theater to become more daring and intelligent.
