Navarasa

Cinematographers-turned-directors always have a special delicate, indrawn way of looking at life - and this isn't the first time Santosh Sivan looks at a fringe community. Sivan plays with the concepts of light and dark, shadow and sunlight to depict the... Full review

Throughout this funny and absorbing film about finding one's center, Sivan searches out quirky and humorous passages....In Swetha's journey from revulsion to acceptance of her uncle's sexual ambivalence lies the film's integrity and sensitivity.....Most of the peripheral players are so authentic you forget you're watching them in the sublime subterfuge of cinema.....The friendship that grows between Swetha and a kind and funny cross-dresser Bobby Darling is punctuated by warmth and solidarity.....Sivan cons ... Full Review

BHUBANESWAR: The special silver jubilee edition of the annual dance festival of the city-based Orissa Dance Academy (ODA) will be under way at Rabindra Mandap in the capital from May 24 to 26. ... Full Article

Till March 28 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Fractals - Works by Anital Gopal. Till April 18 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays... ... Full Article

After wooing the audiences at Cannes with her roles in The Last Monk by Sudipto Sen and Nine Emotions (Navarasa) by Santosh Sivan, Rachana Shah is all set to surprise the audiences with her role as Kamini, Raja Ravi Verma's... ... Full Article

Posted online: Friday, October 21, 2005 at 1635 hours IST Mumbai, October 21: Santosh Sivan is one of the most accomplished names of Indian cinema. ... Full Article