Theatre & Cinema

A must-read book on Filmindia—the iconic film magazine first published in the 1930s by the Patels—Baburao and Sushila Rani—who owned and edited it. Filmindia remained a popular magazine for several decades, forging a new and exciting path in film journalism. It was bold, feisty and outspoken,...

Deep in the interior of Thanjavur, South India, is a small village called Melattur, rich with traditions of rituals, dance, music and theatre. The male Brahmin priests of the Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple perform classical dance to chaste Carnatic music, enacting various divine stories...