Directed by filmmaker Samuththirakani the movie has Puneet Raj Kumar in the lead. ...
12:29 PM, Dec 23, 2012
The power house of acting and a National School of Drama product, Delhi girl from Nashik Anjali Patil is about to prove her metal in 'Apna Desh'. Getting accolades for her performance in Indo-Sri Lankan film at the recently concluded 43rd Goa International Film Festival for 'Oba Nathuva Obe Ekka', Anjali was recognized for her potentiality in Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh'. She will now feauture in E Chennagangappa's a 'Apna Desh'...
07:19 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Veteran actor and theatre personality Girish Karnad's remarks about AR Rahman, that "his music is overpowering that listeners miss the beauty of the lyrics", has created an uproar among Rahman fans. Rahman's fans on social networking and microblogging sites have come to the Oscar winner's support, stating that he always gives importance to lyrics. At the same time, there were few who supported Karnad's claim. Speaking at a recent function...
06:27 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: An expert on Rabindranath Tagore, Professor Ananda Lal, has not taken kindly to veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad's remarks against the Bengali polymath. "Karnad has been saying this for the last 20 years that Tagore is an inferior dramatist, but when you reach a stature that Karnad has, you cannot misuse your position to talk unhistorically," Lal said. Lal accused Karnad of "misinforming everyone and deliberately obfuscating"....
06:05 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Bangalore: Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad has stirred up another controversy. After criticising Nobel laureate VS Naipaul and calling him anti-Muslim, Karnad has now incurred the wrath of Bengal by targeting Rabindranath Tagore by calling him a second rate playwright. Karnad defended his statement while talking to CNN-IBN. "He is not a great playwright, he is a great poet. We all are influenced by his poetry. He did not...
09:40 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: After publicly targeting Nobel laureate VS Naipaul and calling him anti-Muslim, veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad has created another controversy by calling another Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore a "second rate playwright". "Tagore was a great poet but a second rate playwright," Karnad said. Karnad, who is also a famous theatre artist, claimed that Rabindranath Tagore's contemporaries also did not accept him as a playwright. "Rabindranath Tagore...
05:52 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Playwright Girish Karnad strongly defended his attack on VS Naipaul saying he has no regrets for publicly targeting the eminent writer. While speaking to Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose on Face the Nation, Karnad also went on to say that he didn't mind being called a professional secularist but Naipaul had no right to abuse Muslims. Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, good evening. Playwright...
12:36 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Playwright Girish Karnad has strongly defended his attack on VS Naipaul saying he has no regrets for publicly targeting the eminent writer. Karnad also went on to say that he didn't mind being called a professional secularist but Naipaul had no right to abuse Muslims. ...
11:55 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Playwright Girish Karnad has strongly defended his attack on VS Naipaul saying he has no regrets for publicly targeting the eminent writer. Karnad also went on to say that he didn't mind being called a professional secularist but Naipaul had no right to abuse Muslims. "I waited for this opportunity. I regret that he made the statement at this festival. An attack on Muslims annoys me. Naipaul is...
04:38 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Mumbai Lit fest on Friday witnessed major drama when veteran actor and theatre artist Girish Karnad slammed Nobel prize laureate VS Naipaul and called him anti-Muslim. Karnad, who was present at the lit-fest on Friday to conduct a class on theatre, spoke at length about Naipaul. Karnad said, "Now Mr Naipaul has written three books on India, three very big books and if you read them you...
09:59 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Mumbai: Actor and playwright Girish Karnad took on Nobel laureate and India-origin author VS Naipual at the Mumbai Literature Festival calling him "tone-deaf". "Mr Naipaul has written three books on India, three very big books and if you read them you will find that not one of them contains any reference to music. He has gone through the whole of India without responding to Indian music. Now, I think that...
12:08 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Mumbai: Stating that rebellion is the right of every artist, veteran actor and filmmaker Girish Karnad today said reading or possessing books on Naxalism is not a crime. The 74-year-old playwright said Aseem Trivedi, the political cartoonist who was charged with sedition by Mumbai Police, and human rights activist Binayak Sen, accused by the Chhattisgarh Government of having links with Naxals, received different treatment in the cases in which they...
06:45 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda, India's lone medallist at the Paralympics, speaks to CNN-IBN about his triumph. ...
11:05 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Indian Paralympic athletes return home from London on Tuesday. ...
08:53 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has set an example for the country's rich sportsmen as the start badminton player gifted Paralympic silver medallist HN Girisha Rs 2 lakh from her own earnings, Times Of India reported on Friday. In awe of Girisha's medal in the high-jump event, Saina recognised the effort he had put in to compete and win at the big stage. "I am very happy for...
08:48 AM, Sep 07, 2012
London: The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Wednesday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh for Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda for his silver medal leap at the London Paralympics. The committee, however, expressed disappointment at the apathy towards the disabled sportsperson. Girisha, who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of 1.74m in the Men's High Jump F42 event on Monday to finish behind gold...
02:49 PM, Sep 05, 2012
