On a comic note
Making daily soaps or even movies is a serious business, but there is something that is far more serious than this - making a comedy daily soap! Imagine the innumerable punches, just the right timing and just the right funny dialogues and that too daily.

Graffiti
Aradhika & Sesh

Animated stuff
The impact of four minutes dedicated to a global cause is now being felt around the world. When Jaspal Bhatti wrote the script and his son Jasraj directed Bunty’s Tree, little did they know that a four-minute animation film on tree conservation will get such rave reviews. 

Cut to reality
Only the other day she was full of beans, enacting her parts with gusto. Today Vimmi Jaggi, NSD alumnus, has matured beyond years. The actor who has survived domestic violence not only lives to tell her tale but also make a difference to others.

The world is his stage…
Ankur Vikal, a face that you have seen in movies like Slumdog Millionaire, Mango Soufflé, Maqbool, Missed Call and many more, has his hands full with Bollywood as well as Hollywood projects. Says Ankur, “I grew up in Gujarat, studied architecture in Baroda and later joined the National School of Drama in Delhi.” 

A playwright today doesn’t sit in a locked room, but actors, directors and writers come together to conceive a performance, says eminent theatre person Maya Krishna Rao
Universal appeal
Maya Krishna Rao has played a significant role in bringing about socio-cultural change in the country. Theatre-person, stand-up comedian, Maya’s solo performances make most of the sound, music and silence!

First-day-first show 
Lovable rowdies
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time conman in love with Priya (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girl whom he meets at a wedding where he isn’t invited. Into this picture perfect world enters six-year-old Neha who believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this isn’t bad enough, Shiva also becomes the object of a series of life-threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals who seem to know something he doesn’t.

Gyan zone
Art melange
One can feel the energy brimming in the room. Each student pepped up, each and every one of them making all the efforts to display their collection in the best possible manner. At Suvyan, an annual design collection show put together by the graduating students of NIIFT, Mohali, the scenario is pretty usual. From one corner to the other, there are students’ creations and it isn’t easy to pick up the best. We observe closely to present five among them.

star track
PC to pay tribute to Rekha
Finding the rightful owner
Pricey issue
A journey called acting
Not wanted as of now
Career shift
Emma Roberts, Chord Overstreet split again
Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone to star in Grudge Match
Winning glory
Double the fun

chatter box
The date is decided
Someone’s loss is someone’s gain
Ready to shake a leg
Romance is in the air
Laughing matter
Replacement theory





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