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HBO's loss means Game Of Groans for Disney+ Hotstar (but not much else)

HBO content is leaving Disney+ Hotstar but how scarring will that actually be for Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us fans?

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Published on Mar 31, 2023 12:26 PM IST

ByManik Sharma

Around 130 years after it was conceptualised, Dracula is not outdated: Here’s why

Dracula is set to hit our screens again. But then he never really went away

Through Twilight (2008), Vampires became mass storytelling tropes, serving as vehicles for romance and action but depriving it of serious depth and complexity.(Alamy Stock Photo)

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Published on Dec 06, 2019 08:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Time tripping: See you yesterday... or in a thousand years from now

As a new Terminator film arrives in India next month, here’s why time travel, with its suspenseful blind corners, is such a successful trope

The Terminator was the first mainstream blockbuster to show travel back in time.

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Updated on Oct 25, 2019 09:52 PM IST

ByManik Sharma

Rambo Last Blood: A final message from the original action hero

Stallone is now 73. We last saw him as Rambo 10 years ago, and by then the character had gone from rebellious in the early ’80s to deeply dark and twisted. What will his last words be?

Sylvester Stallone’s quietly magnetic portrayal made Rambo universally popular, and the soldier’s shadow loomed over the action heros that followed.

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Updated on Sep 14, 2019 07:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Is the TV show Beecham House a case of Raj nostalgia? Two British historians weigh in

The series is critical of the East India Company, but has received negative reviews for it’s White saviour complex.

Beecham House follows a former East India Company soldier, John Beecham, as he returns to Delhi to become a trader in the late 18th century.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2019 05:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Aladdin, the boy from Arabia, loved in India

Hollywood is set to release a new Will Smith-starrer Aladdin movie. But the Arabian Nights story, about a boy and his magic lamp, has a long history of film and TV adaptations in India

A poster of the Homi Wadia film, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 1952, starring a young Meena Kumari. Aladdin was played by actor Mahipal and the genie by Vasantrao, better known as Vasantrao Pehalwan.(Photo courtesy:Osianama Research Centre, Archive & Library, India)

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Updated on May 30, 2019 06:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

‘More gold’: What it’s really like to be a wedding planner in Delhi

How accurate is the popular web series, Made in Heaven? Well, over-the-top is the flavour of every season, say planners, and you do have to be a counsellor, confidante, fire-fighter and guide.

Wedding planners Tara (Sobhita Dhulipala) and Karan (Arjun Mathur) from the Amazon Prime Original Made in Heaven, in a scene set at a wedding. The one thing the show gets wrong, wedding planners agree, is that there is never, ever time to stand and just take it all in.

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Updated on Mar 29, 2019 09:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

The spectacular exhibition India and the World reaches Delhi

India and the World, a mammoth, spectacular exhibition, comes to Delhi, with its fascinating stories of how we share our past with continents, countries and people in ways we cannot imagine

Harappan period humped bull with gold horns, unearthed in Bhiwani, Haryana.(Director of Archaeology and Museums, Haryana)

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Updated on May 04, 2018 04:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi: CIMA Art Mela brings best of artworks at affordable prices

An ongoing art mela hopes to act as a link between artists and the middle class by offering quality works of art at affordable prices

An early water colour painting by Delhi-based artist Paresh Maity(CIMA)

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Published on Apr 26, 2018 06:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

The many stories of Indian women

An art exhibition in town presents the works on 15 artists on women and each has something different to say.

An untitled black and white photo by Sanjay Das.(Courtesy: Art Konsult)

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Published on Apr 20, 2018 07:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi weekend: 10 miniature artists interpret the margin

The margin or the border was an important part of traditional miniature paintings. Ten contemporary miniature artists come together to interpret the margin afresh

This or that--regarding a golden deer by V Ramesh literally shifts the frame to make the border the centre, and shows Ramayana in a new light(Credit@ Anant Art Gallery)

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Updated on Apr 14, 2018 08:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi weekend: Vivan Sundaram’s first retrospective

First retrospective of Vivan Sundaram’s works reaffirms that he was a man who defied patterns and perhaps consciously stayed away from being categorised.

Shifting the Elements 2, from 1988, an early collage of photos and drawings in charcoal that talk of the oil crisis.(@ KNMA , Vivan Sundaram)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2018 09:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

The versatile genius of Rahul Sankrityayan

Scholar, linguist, collector, Marxist. An exhibition in Delhi displays his rare Buddhist texts and artefacts

Rahul Sankrityayan in Calcutta, 1950. Sankrityayan was the father of the Hindi travelogue and a scholar who retrieved rare Buddhist texts from Tibet.(Courtesy/ Jaya Sankrityayan and IGNCA)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2018 08:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Portrait of the artist as a radical man: A retrospective of Altaf Mohammedi’s art

A retrospective of the late artist Altaf Mohammedi displays works that hold up a mirror to the inequalities of society

In the pantheon of unambiguously radical artists Altaf Mohammedi stands tall.(Photos courtesy: Delhi Art Gallery)

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Updated on Mar 17, 2018 08:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi weekend: Attend the closing act of Bon Jour India fest

Maudits Sonnant, as the 45-minute performance is called, will see more than a dozen artists merge acrobatics, music and theatre in one show, most of it mid-air.

The Carillon is a lotus-shaped bellringer that is both stage and apparatus. In big cities where there is a space crunch, sometimes vertical is the only way to go.(Transe Express)

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Updated on Feb 23, 2018 10:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Photo exhibition: Gauri Gill collaborates with paper mache artists of the Kokna tribe

Gill’s latest work being displayed in Delhi is based on the idea that our faces are masks that we wear.

A makhi gazes at a sleeping man, with a truck in the background. There is a sense of theatre and performance along with a dose of realism.(Untitled, from Acts Of Appearance, Gauri Gill)

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Updated on Feb 15, 2018 07:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Textile exhibition: Remembering the life and times of Martand Singh

A year after the death of Martand Singh, an exhibition celebrates the legacy of the extraordinary man who breathed new life into Indian textiles

Screen-printed panel with birds in cotton from Tamil Nadu.(A search in five directions)

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Updated on Feb 10, 2018 11:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Atelier theatre’s Kuljeet Singh on taking plays to small towns

The idea to travel and take their work to smaller towns in the touring format came to Singh in 2017.

A scene from Atelier repertory company’s comedy play Short Circuit.(Atelier)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2018 10:24 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi: Dhanraj Bhagat retrospective is a rare chance to admire his love for sculpting

Dhanraj Bhagat - The 100th birth anniversary exhibition & celebration is on at the NGMA

Cry: A painted wood sculpture capturing the working woman’s plight.(Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 28, 2018 09:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

30 years of DD’s Ramayana:The back story of the show that changed Indian TV forever

Thirty years after is was first shown on Doordarshan, a look at the breathtaking success of the TV serial Ramayana and its lasting cultural impact.

The pilot episode of the show was culled out of four episodes which Ramanand Sagar had shot before Doordarshan commissioned him the show.(Courtesy: Sagar Arts.)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2018 06:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Delhi art exhibition brings together the A list of Bengal’s masters

Must-see: Tagores, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy

Jamini Roy’s Mary and Gabriel.(Photos: Courtesy Abhishek Sethi and Jayati)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2017 03:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

The home library: How four passionate fans built impressive comic collections

The number of comic collectors in the country is on the rise. And it has given a unique opportunity to those working as dealers.

At the time Vineeth Abraham began reading, there weren’t that many comics to begin with, except for Indrajaal and occasionally, Amar Chitra Katha.

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Updated on Dec 17, 2017 12:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Satish Gujral’s sculpture unveiled at Delhi’s Bikaner House

‘Trinity’ is a meditation on the three stages of life, death and rebirth.

Satish Gujral is an important Indian painter, sculptor and muralist of the post-independence era.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 13, 2017 04:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

The elusive politics of art: An exhibition of the late KG Subramanyan’s works

An exhibition of the late KG Subramanyan’s works shows how the great modernist responded to what was happening around him through his art.

Subramanyan’s work was seen as rooted and earthly.

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Updated on Dec 01, 2017 09:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Exhibition of rare coins, paper currency, stamps and paintings

A unique exhibition of old coins, paper currency, stamps, paintings and other artifacts is nothing short of a great history lesson

From discovery to collecting and pricing, almost everything in the world of numismatics works to the market-decides format.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2017 08:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

This festival in Delhi brings together the best of music from Southeast Asia. Any guesses?

A mega music festival brings together the best of singers and bands from ASEAN countries in a dramatic open-air setting, Delhi’s Purana Qila

Raghu Dixit will perform at the music festival that brings in artists from Asean countries.(Seher.)

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Updated on Oct 07, 2017 11:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Weekend: The Open Frame Festival is for documentary lovers

PSBT Open Frame festival is a platform for budding documentary filmmakers

A still from Anandana Kapur’s film Jasoosni.(PSBT)

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Updated on Sep 16, 2017 10:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Exhibition: Jagannath Panda’s work reflects his relationship with cities

Jagannath Panda returns to exhibiting after an almost eight -year hiatus

DWELLER OF METROPOLIS II (Medium: photograph, plywood, wood, acrylic, wallpaper, auto paint)(Courtesy:Vadhera Art Gallery)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2017 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Monsoon wedding: Poems of rain sung by Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal puts Premghan’s poems of rain to music at a Delhi concert

Renowned Indian classical singer Shubha Mudgal.(Praveen Bajpai / HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 19, 2017 11:39 AM IST

Hindustan times | ByManik Sharma

Watch the brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

The play Piya Bherupiya has been running to packed house for the last five years.

A scene from the play Piya Behrupiya.(Photo credit/The Company Theatre)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2017 08:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

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HBO content is leaving Disney+ Hotstar but how scarring will that actually be for Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us fans?

Dracula is set to hit our screens again. But then he never really went away

As a new Terminator film arrives in India next month, here’s why time travel, with its suspenseful blind corners, is such a successful trope

Stallone is now 73. We last saw him as Rambo 10 years ago, and by then the character had gone from rebellious in the early ’80s to deeply dark and twisted. What will his last words be?

The series is critical of the East India Company, but has received negative reviews for it’s White saviour complex.

Hollywood is set to release a new Will Smith-starrer Aladdin movie. But the Arabian Nights story, about a boy and his magic lamp, has a long history of film and TV adaptations in India

How accurate is the popular web series, Made in Heaven? Well, over-the-top is the flavour of every season, say planners, and you do have to be a counsellor, confidante, fire-fighter and guide.

India and the World, a mammoth, spectacular exhibition, comes to Delhi, with its fascinating stories of how we share our past with continents, countries and people in ways we cannot imagine

An ongoing art mela hopes to act as a link between artists and the middle class by offering quality works of art at affordable prices

An art exhibition in town presents the works on 15 artists on women and each has something different to say.

The margin or the border was an important part of traditional miniature paintings. Ten contemporary miniature artists come together to interpret the margin afresh

First retrospective of Vivan Sundaram’s works reaffirms that he was a man who defied patterns and perhaps consciously stayed away from being categorised.

Scholar, linguist, collector, Marxist. An exhibition in Delhi displays his rare Buddhist texts and artefacts

A retrospective of the late artist Altaf Mohammedi displays works that hold up a mirror to the inequalities of society

Maudits Sonnant, as the 45-minute performance is called, will see more than a dozen artists merge acrobatics, music and theatre in one show, most of it mid-air.

Gill’s latest work being displayed in Delhi is based on the idea that our faces are masks that we wear.

A year after the death of Martand Singh, an exhibition celebrates the legacy of the extraordinary man who breathed new life into Indian textiles

The idea to travel and take their work to smaller towns in the touring format came to Singh in 2017.

Dhanraj Bhagat - The 100th birth anniversary exhibition & celebration is on at the NGMA

Thirty years after is was first shown on Doordarshan, a look at the breathtaking success of the TV serial Ramayana and its lasting cultural impact.

Must-see: Tagores, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy

The number of comic collectors in the country is on the rise. And it has given a unique opportunity to those working as dealers.

‘Trinity’ is a meditation on the three stages of life, death and rebirth.

An exhibition of the late KG Subramanyan’s works shows how the great modernist responded to what was happening around him through his art.

A unique exhibition of old coins, paper currency, stamps, paintings and other artifacts is nothing short of a great history lesson

A mega music festival brings together the best of singers and bands from ASEAN countries in a dramatic open-air setting, Delhi’s Purana Qila

PSBT Open Frame festival is a platform for budding documentary filmmakers

Jagannath Panda returns to exhibiting after an almost eight -year hiatus

Shubha Mudgal puts Premghan’s poems of rain to music at a Delhi concert

The play Piya Bherupiya has been running to packed house for the last five years.

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