Who is Sheema Kirmani? Famous Pakistani Bharatanatyam dancer, also seen in Ali Sethi's 'Pasoori,' detained by Sindh PoliceSheema Kirmani News: Renowned Pakistani dancer and activist Sheema Kirmani was among seven Aurat March activists briefly detained by Sindh ...
10 May, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
Salman Khan’s heroine became an overnight superstar. However one decision destroyed her career. Where’s Chandni today?Sanam Bewafa's 1991 success launched Chandni as an overnight sensation. However, a restrictive three-year contract with director Saawan Kum...
09 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
IPL teams appeal for tax rematch: 'Treat event as sport, not entertainment'Indian Premier League teams are asking the government to reclassify match tickets. They want IPL games treated as sports, not entertainment...
21 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Asha Bhosle performed her first song at 10. At 64, she became the first Indian singer to be nominated for Grammy. What was that song?Legendary singer Asha Bhosle has passed away at 92 in Mumbai. With a career spanning over seven decades, she recorded more than 12,000 song...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
Asha Bhosle: Playful, plaintive or pop, India's voice for every mood falls silentAsha Bhosle, the iconic voice of Indian music, has passed away at 92. Her career spanned over eight decades, touching millions with her ver...
12 Apr, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
Visual rhythms in their structures evoke parallel practices in dance and music traditionsThere is much more that a gifted sutradhari (master-planner) and shilpi (sculptor) can also achieve. Take, for example, the mid-6th century...
22 Mar, 2025, 11.13 PM IST
Classical dancer Kanak Rele passes away at 85, Hema Malini & Sudha Chandran mournThe last rites of the Mohiniattam's doyen were held with full state honours.
23 Feb, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Watch video: South Korean woman mesmerises Internet with her Indian classical dance performanceA video has gone viral on the Internet, showing a South Korean woman performing an Indian classical dance at a social function. A dancer na...
07 Oct, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
Fans honour Indian classical dancer Zhang Jun, who made Bharatanatyam, Kathak & Odissi popular in ChinaThe legendary dancer was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 and passed away in 2012.
27 Jun, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
When Bengaluru-based classical dance exponent gave Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake an Odissi makeoverSharmila Mukherjee first came across Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake as a student of ballet at the age of seven.
16 Jun, 2018, 07.58 AM IST
Mrinalini Sarabhai honoured with a Google doodle on her 100th birth anniversarySarabhai received a Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri and had trained close to 18,000 students in dance.
11 May, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
A look through the milieu of danceDid you know that before the written words, humans spoke the language of dance? The earliest findings can be traced to the ancient dances i...
20 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
India, China love story with classical dances charms ChineseIt explores the concept of the male and the female, known in Chinese as Yin and Yang through two distinct cultures.
30 Nov, 2017, 04.59 PM IST
Protima Bedi’s legacy, Nrityagram, will soon dance to Govt’s tunesCabinet has approved cultural policy, which recommends takeover of the dance institute; artists unhappy with move.
12 Aug, 2017, 09.25 AM IST
Classical art forms are not valued for the critical heritage of India they represent: Malavika SarukkaiBharatnatyam exponent Sarukkai, also a Padma Shri awardee was in Bengaluru for her first group choreography, called Vamatara - To The Light.
06 Sep, 2016, 12.56 PM IST
Google doodle pays tribute to danseuse Rukmini Devi Arundale on her 112th birth anniversaryThe Padma Bhushan winner is considered the most important revivalist of Bharatnatyam from its original 'Sadhir' style.
29 Feb, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
Has Bollywood become synonyms with all Indian classical dance forms?Bollywood is undeniably a unique synthesis of all Indian classical dance forms, further enlivened by generous borrowings from the west.
08 Nov, 2013, 06.54 AM IST