New Delhi: A different aspect of the life of iconic painter MF Husain will come to light on the eve of his first death anniversary with a reading of his personal diary written in Hindi, Urdu and English in New Delhi. The diary, entirely in beautiful calligraphy, would be read out at an event organised by a foundation established by Husain's close friend and painter Sayed Haider Raza on June...
10:34 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was forced to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival and his live video conference cancelled following protests by the Jaipur-based Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace demanding that the proposed video address by Rushdie be called off, claiming that it was an insult to the Muslims. Rushdie has faced repeated threats...
10:01 PM, Jan 29, 2012
The 4th edition of the India Art Fair kicked off in the national capital on Wednesday. The four-day art extravaganza will have works by the masters and contemporaries alike. Works by Picasso, MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta and SH Raza will share space with contemporaries like Bharti Kher, Subodh Gupta, Vivan Sundaram and Sudarshan Shetty. ...
11:25 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Writer-diplomat Pavan Varma talks about Rushdie's absence from the festival and why we need to look at this from a different perspective, especially as compared to the MF Husain case. ...
06:11 PM, Jan 21, 2012
A painting is not a bond. A sculpture is not a share certificate. You like an MF Husain or Tyeb Mehta painting because you can look at it for hours and marvel at the brush strokes that evoke history, politics, religion, philosophy; interpreting the scope of human existence itself within the four corners of an otherwise mute canvas. It is a thing of beauty. And you appreciate it. That is...
09:25 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: They entertained, educated and enlivened our lives with their talent and sheer brilliance. As another year draws to a close, it is time to remember their magic and say adieu once again to some of those who left us in 2011. Bhimsen Joshi: In what was described as the sun setting on Indian classical music, the iconic Hindustani music vocalist passed away at his hometown Pune Jan 24...
05:26 PM, Dec 23, 2011
Mumbai: The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, beginning next month, offers an extravaganza of 200 films from across the globe for connoisseurs and will pay tribute to legendary film personalities like Shammi Kapoor, Mani Kaul and M F Husain, organisers said. An initiative by the Reliance Entertainment and being organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI), the glittering seven-day Mumbai Film Festival will open from October 13, they said....
05:22 PM, Sep 21, 2011
New Delhi: Forced to live away from India, M.F. Husain at one time wanted to destroy all his paintings, says his son Owais Husain who is hungering to conquer the wasteland of possibilities left behind by his illustrious father. "I feel suddenly in life there is a wasteland in front of me, but the wasteland is rich, inspiring a hunger in me to devour the wasteland. I am ready, actually...
11:49 AM, Jul 05, 2011
Writer-director Reema Rakesh Nath is perhaps the only one to have directed M.F. Husain in a film. Not only that, Husain also painted the poster for her father's 1947 moive Romeo and Juliet. The film was Mohabbat (1997) and it featured Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. "It was a scene where Madhuri was to hold an exhibition of her paintings. I asked him to appear as M.F. Husain...
02:29 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Cyrus Broacha also talks about Baba Raamdev, UPA government and other top news. ...
09:32 AM, Jun 12, 2011
M.F. Husain was always full of excitement and ever on the move, reminisces Madhuri Dixit, the celebrated painter's first Bollywood muse with whom he had planned an ambitious project on Indian cinema. The diva, who had spoken to Husain over a month ago, says he would become sad about not being able to return to India. Trying to contain her emotions, Madhuri remembers her final conversation with Husain. "The last...
01:32 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: MF Husain's death has left a gaping hole in the art world; those who knew him will miss the man as much as his talent. The prolific and generous artist leaves behind a substantial legacy with his body of works rumoured to be up to 40,000 pieces. How will it be valued now? MF Husain was an icon of art; he painted continuously and was also very generous...
08:55 PM, Jun 10, 2011
CNN-IBN correspondent Sahar Zaman recalls her meeting with legendary painter MF Husain who died in London on Thursday. ...
12:10 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Legendary painter MF Husain also wanted a biopic to be made on his life. ...
09:56 AM, Jun 10, 2011
MF Husain was a wonderful human being besides a great painter, said Alyque Padamsee. ...
09:48 AM, Jun 10, 2011
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