Robert Crumb, often known simply as R. Crumb, began to draw at the age of two. By the age of ten, Crumb, born in Philadelphia in 1943, was an avid fan of comic strips, and by 16, he was sketching the adventures of the family cat, Fred, who eventually became Fritz, one of his best [...]
Chandra Pemmaraju and Chaitanya Chitta talk about crowd-sourcing and the challenges faced It’s been more than two years since Chandra Pemmaraju conceived the idea of making an indie film, set in New York, about three guys who fall for the same girl. Despite making couple of successful short films, the journey to make his first [...]
Europe’s most glamorous film festival has been accused of sexism as there is not a single female director in the official selection for the Cannes 2012 . However, this has not dampened the morale of the people that attended the event. Here’s a few snapshots from Cannes The Cannes Film Festival has been accused of [...]
Right from the introduction of motion picture to rise of digital cinema, technology has had a huge impact on the evolution of Indian cinema. We dig deeper to find some of the breakthroughs which have had a profound impact The influence of technology on Indian cinema cannot be undermined, despite the fact that we are eons [...]
Compiled by Sameena Kenaz and Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com American writer and illustrator of children’s literature Maurice Sendak’s rich and significant career came to an end on Tuesday. In a tribute to the iconic writer, we look at a few of literature’s best children’s authors, and what they mean to us
Movie aficionados in the City are in for a rare treat as the 17th European Union Film Festival is set to take Hyderabad by storm over the next few days Movie buffs in the City have plenty to look forward to at the 17th European Union Film Festival which is going to begin from today. [...]
Cannes Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, is all set to open its doors for thousands of filmmakers, actors, producers and film enthusiasts from next week. We take a look at some of the best film festivals in the world which you must visit Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film [...]
Movies today have bigger budgets than ever before in history. But once in a blue moon, an indie film, made on a shoe string budget, surprises everyone. Recently, Ee Rojullo, a Telugu film made on a budget of Rs 60 lakhs, went on to become a big hit. We asked Sreenivas, the producer of the [...]
Indian cinema wouldn’t have been the same without the contribution of pioneers like Dadasaheb Phalke, V Shantaram and Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu to name a few. We pay a tribute to some of those visionaries The evolution of Indian cinema was no child’s play. Right from the days of bioscope cinema to huge studios to producing films [...]
Shivani Kaul New Delhi: Celebrated beach music artist and legendary dance music superstar, Norman Quentin Cook is all set to give a taste of his techno beats to Indian audiences during a maiden tour of the country. Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, has been touring the world with concerts for some time and chose to [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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